{"id":276866,"date":"2019-08-23T07:09:34","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T05:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=276866"},"modified":"2019-08-23T07:09:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T05:09:38","slug":"ondangwa-airport-named-after-ya-tovio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=276866","title":{"rendered":"Ondangwa Airport named after Ya Tovio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"js_3\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-testid=\"post_message\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p>Maria David <br \/>LIBERATION struggle hero and former Robben Island political prisoner, the late Andimba Toivo ya Toivo, was on Thursday honoured after the airport at Ondangwa was named after him.<br \/>In July 2014, a proposal was made to rename the Ondangwa Airport in honour of the late liberation struggle hero, Herman Andimba Toivo ya Toivo, and after his death in June 2017. These talks gained momentum and Cabinet finally approved the proposal last year.<br \/>The airports custodian, Namibia Airports Company (NAC), then set in motion the procurement process to rename the airport, which is now known as Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo Airport.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-276861\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/69281779_2413301882070091_3415861467025506304_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/69281779_2413301882070091_3415861467025506304_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/69281779_2413301882070091_3415861467025506304_n-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/69281779_2413301882070091_3415861467025506304_n-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/69281779_2413301882070091_3415861467025506304_n-150x105.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba, on behalf of President Hage Geingob, officiated at the renaming ceremony, which was also attended by Founding President Sam Nujoma, former President Hifikepunye Pohamba and Ya Toivo\u2019s family.<br \/>Addressing the renaming crowd, Mbumba stated that Ya Toivo was an unwavering freedom fighter, selfless giant and true Namibian freedom torch bearer.<br \/>According to Mbumba, it is befitting to rename Ondangwa Airport after Ya Toivo, because it was in Ondangwa where he carried Swapo political activities, as the organization\u2019s secretary for northern Namibia.<br \/>\u201cToday also marks an important occasion, which is the birthday anniversary of our liberation icon comrade Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo, who would have turned 95 years of age today. Ya Toivo dedicated his life to the fight against colonial oppression and rejected apartheid South Africa\u2019s reduction of Namibia to be its colony,\u201d stated the Vice-president.<br \/>Speaking at the same occasion, Chairperson of the Namibia Airport Company (NAC), Leake Hangala, said that the company is in the process of finalizing the production of Ya Toivo statue, which will also to be mounted at the airport.<br \/>\u201cOnce the production process has been completed, we will agree on a suitable date to mount the statue, and the thousands of travellers passing through this airport will have the privilege to view and take pictures with this giant statue of our great Namibia hero,\u201d explained Hangala.<br \/>Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo died in June 2017 and was accorded a hero\u2019s funeral.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":276862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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