{"id":305925,"date":"2021-07-10T07:43:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T05:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=305925"},"modified":"2021-07-10T07:43:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T05:43:15","slug":"namibia-lost-a-great-educator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=305925","title":{"rendered":"Namibia lost a great educator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maria David<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>EDUCATOR, visionary leader, adviser and great help were the words used to describe the late Chief Samuel Ankama, who died on Sunday at the age of 63.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ankama died after a short battle with COVID-19 at Ongwediva Medi-Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oshana regional governor, Elia Irimari said that the late Ankama moulded many of the Swapo pioneers into the political leaders of today.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Irimari stated that his death is a great loss to the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Namibia-lost-a-great-educator.png\" alt=\"Namibia lost educator visionary leader adviser Chief Samuel Ankama died Sunday\" class=\"wp-image-305915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Namibia-lost-a-great-educator.png 540w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Namibia-lost-a-great-educator-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Namibia-lost-a-great-educator-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Namibia-lost-a-great-educator-36x36.png 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the late Ankama\u2019s vision for Oshakati while he was the first ever Mayor is still visible in the continuous growth of the town.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We lost a caretaker that accommodated many of the people that needed assistance and those that know him know that he was very friendly to everyone,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Irimari stated that the late Ankama was one of the few people that would be willing to advise anybody whenever they met.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maria David \u00a0 EDUCATOR, visionary leader, adviser and great help were the words used to describe the late Chief Samuel Ankama, who died on Sunday at the age of 63. \u00a0 Ankama died after a short battle with COVID-19 at Ongwediva Medi-Park. \u00a0 Oshana regional governor, Elia Irimari said that the late Ankama moulded many &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":305915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-305925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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