The Deputy Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs, Charles Mubita

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has called for the continued strengthening of bilateral ties between Namibia and India, as she received that country's High Commissioner, Rahul Shrivastava, at State House for a courtesy visit.

Vice-President Lucia Witbooi and Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare paid homage to the bereaved family of the late liberation struggle veteran Emeritus Dean Stephanus Tiboth in Keetmanshoop.

Tiboth died on Monday at the age of 80.

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.

Over 100 liberation struggle veterans attended the commemoration of Cassinga Day at Okongo in the Ohangwena Region.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says she feels empowered and encouraged by the support given to her by former Presidents Hifikepunye Pohamba and Nangolo Mbumba, describing them as strong pillars to lean on and shoulders to cry on during her tenure as Head of State.

San people living in Chetto in the Kongola Constituency of the Zambezi Region joined the rest of the country to say goodbye to the Founding President, who was buried in Windhoek on Saturday.

A burial at Heroes' Acre, the country's official national shrine, is reserved for individuals who have been formally recognised as national heroes by the government.

Those who fought on the frontline of the battlefield, such as former PLAN combatant Ndeulikufa Kalomoh, recollected his fond memories of Sam Nujoma.

Kalomoh, whose combat name is Hakushinda, was 20 years old when he fled from Namibia into Angola to join the liberation struggle in 1974.

During the Hardap Region's memorial service, former Minister of Poverty Eradication Zephania Kameeta has urged the Namibian nation to honour the late Founding President''s legacy by shunning tribalism.