NNN: A CHAMPION OF LIBERATION, DIPLOMACY AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS
NNN: A CHAMPION OF LIBERATION, DIPLOMACY AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS Born in 1952 on 29 October in the northern Namibian village of Onamutai and married to retired Lt Gen. Epaphras Denga Ndaitwah, a former chief of the Namibia Defence Force (NDF), Her Excellency Dr Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, dubbed NNN, is a veteran politician, accomplished diplomat and lifelong […]
FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS TO THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN NAMIBIA
FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS TO THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN NAMIBIA History was made on 21 March 2025 when Namibia’s first female president was sworn in. Ndemupelila Netumbo Nandi was born to Justina and Petrus Nandi on 29 October 1952 at Onamutai, a small settlement situated about 20 km northeast of Oshakati as the crow flies. She […]
REMEMBERING SAM NUJOMA: A VISIONARY LEADER AND MENTOR
REMEMBERING SAM NUJOMA: A VISIONARY LEADER AND MENTOR Dr. Nujoma inspired me greatly when it came to visionary leadership—seeing possibilities beyond the ordinary, believing in a vision, and working to make it a reality instead of merely dreaming about it. Having grown up in Grootfontein, which housed the biggest army bastion at the time, we […]
THE MAN, THE LEADER, THE LEGACY
THE MAN, THE LEADER, THE LEGACY I first met Sam Nujoma in Lusaka in 1974, along with a number of young Namibians who had left the country to join the fight for freedom. Like many others, I had known of him from a young age—his name was already deeply woven into the consciousness of those […]
THE ONE WHO GAVE NAMIBIA INDEPENDENCE
THE ONE WHO GAVE NAMIBIA INDEPENDENCE H.E. Dr Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma(12 May 1929 – 8 February 2025) Freedom fighter. Revolutionary. Liberation hero. Pan- Africanist. Sam Nujoma was all of this and so much more. He was the Father of the Namibian nation, and the pioneer who led Namibia to independence. Sam Shafishuna Nujoma was born […]