Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s founding president who steered the country to freedom from apartheid South Africa, has been laid to rest in the country’s Heroes Acre cemetery following a state funeral attended by African leaders and foreign dignitaries.

Thousands of Namibians gathered on the outskirts of the capital Windhoek on Saturday to bid farewell to the country’s founding president, Sam Nujoma, who died last month in a private hospital at the age of 95.

African leaders past and present gathered in Namibia on Saturday to bury the country's "founding father" Sam Nujoma, who challenged colonialism and a military occupation by South Africa's racist white minority government.

Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s founding president, was laid to rest on March 1, 2025, at the Heroes Acre in Windhoek after passing away in February at the age of 95. Thousands gathered, including southern African leaders,

WINDHOEK: IN a solemn and deeply emotional ceremony, Namibia yesterday laid to rest its Founding President and

He was laid to rest at Heroes Acre on Saturday in a ceremony attended by his family and African leaders past and present.

The Hosea Kutako International Airport, where President Mnangagwa landed, is the same airport that was previously known as JG Strydom Airport, where Dr Nujoma famously kissed the ground on September 14, 1989 as he returned to an almost independent Namibia to a hero’s welcome, effectively ending his 30-year forced exile.

Namibia’s President Nangolo Mbumba opened the tributes and called Nujoma “the most distinguished son of the soil”. He was a “giant” among leaders, he said of the man who headed the South West People’s Organisa­tion (SWAPO) that led the liberation struggle.

Sam Nujoma, the founding father of Namibia, was laid to rest in the Heroes Acre cemetery.According to Associated Press, Namibia’s founding father who died on February 9, 2025, at the age of 95, was laid to rest on Saturday,

African leaders and residents of Namibia gathered on Saturday (March 1) to bury the country's "founding father" Sam Nujoma. At the funeral, current President Nangolo Mbumba spoke of Nujoma's leadership in challenging colonialism and a military occupation by South Africa's racist white minority government.