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

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 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.

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

Namibia's founding father Sam Nujoma was 'a giant among leaders' and left behind 'the most precious gift of… freedom', the country's President, Nangolo Mbumba, has said.

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.

Bishop Kameeta Zephania, the former minister of poverty eradication and social welfare, made this statement during Nujoma’s funeral in Windhoek on Saturday.

Vice President Kashim Shettima attended the funeral of Sam Nujoma, Namibia's first president and one of the country's founding fathers.

MULTITUDES of people are making their way to Namibia’s National Heroes’ Acre for the burial of the country’s founding father, Dr Sam Nujoma. Dr Nujoma, who led Namibia from independence in 1990 until 2005,

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,