President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has extended well-wishing greetings to the Christian community in Namibia and the world over in observance of Ascension Day.
The Ascension Day is rooted in the Christian faith’s belief in the Ascension of Jesus Christ into heaven.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has clarified that the selection of the date 28th of May as Genocide Remembrance Day marks the gravity and compassion with which Namibians should approach the Ovaherero and Nama Genocide, committed between 1904 and 1908.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has encouraged Namibians, and genocide-affected communities in particular, to embrace Genocide Remembrance Day in full and to acknowledge its foundation as laid in the common grounds found on Namibia's Joint Declaration with Germany.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says Africa Day reminds citizens of the continent’s heroes and heroines, such as Kwame Nkrumah, Julius Nyerere, Sam Nujoma, and many others who founded the Organisation of African Unity in 1963, which later transformed into the African Union.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has appointed former Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy, Kornelia Shilunga, as Special Advisor and Head of Upstream Petroleum Unit in the Presidency.
SADC member states are exercising heightened vigilance against the trend of rising unilateralism, calling it a reversal of gains made through multilateralism.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has encouraged African countries to rally behind the Museum of African Liberation and own the narrative of the continent.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah paid homage to Zimbabwe’s fallen heroes and heroines by laying a wreath in their honour at the National Heroes Acre in Harare.
Among the liberation struggle stalwarts buried at the National Heroes Acre are Josia Magama Tongogara, Joshua Nkomo, and Sally Mugabe.
The discussions between Presidents Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and Emmerson Mnangagwa will be followed up with concrete actions, particularly those pertaining to trade and infrastructure development.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and President Emmerson Mnangagwa have identified the Trans-Kalahari Highway as a critical enabler to increase trade and other economic activities between Namibia and Zimbabwe.
