Staff Reporter
PRESIDENT Nangolo Mbumba has conferred the honour of a State Funeral on the late National Hero, Dr. Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma, and declared the day of his funeral—1 March—a public holiday.
The announcement was published in Government Gazette No. 8577, dated 14 February 2025.
“In terms of Sub-Article (8) of Article 32 of the Namibian Constitution, following the death of the First President of the Republic of Namibia and Founding Father of the Namibian Nation, His Excellency Dr. Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma, I announce that I have, under the powers vested in me by Sub-Article (3)(h) of that Article, read with sections 3 and 4 of the Conferment of National Honours Act, 2012 (Act No. 11 of 2012):
(a) Conferred the honour of a State Funeral on the late National Hero, Dr. Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma, who was born on 12 May 1929 at Etunda, Ongandjera, Omusati Region, in the Republic of Namibia, and who passed away on 8 February 2025.
(b) Directed that the period from 9 February 2025 until 1 March 2025 be observed as a time of national mourning.
(c) Ordered that all flags be flown at half-mast in Namibia and at Namibian missions around the world, with effect from 9 February 2025 until 1 March 2025.
(d) Directed that the remains of the late Dr. Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma be interred at the National Heroes’ Acre in the Khomas Region on 1 March 2025.”
President Mbumba has officially declared 1 March 2025 a public holiday.
“Under the powers vested in me by Section 1(3) of the Public Holidays Act, 1990 (Act No. 26 of 1990), I declare Saturday, 1 March 2025, as a public holiday for the purpose of the burial ceremony of the First President of the Republic of Namibia and Founding Father of the Namibian Nation, His Excellency Dr. Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma.”
