By Durrell Namasani
President Chakwera has joined the people of Namibia in mourning the death of its leader, President Hage Geingob.
A message released by State House , President Chakwera said he was saddened by the death of Geingob who he described as a “dear brother and colleague”
President Chakwera went further to say ” His leadership and dedication to Namibia and Africa were admirable throughout the continent”
Hage Geingob, aged 82, has passed away in a hospital early on Sunday.
His death was announced by the Namibian president office via a social media post on Sunday earlier this morning.
This comes weeks after his cancer diagnosis, disclosed last month after a medical check-up. Geingob, in office since 2015, had previously survived prostate cancer.
An excerpt of the statement on X reads thus,
“Fellow Namibians, It is with utmost sadness and regret that I inform you that our beloved Dr. Hage G. Geingob, the President of the Republic of Namibia has passed on today, Sunday 4 February 2024 at around 00h04 at Lady Pohamba Hospital where he was receiving medical treatment from his medical team.
At his side, was his dear wife Madame Monica Geingos and his children. His medical team, as I informed the nation only yesterday has been trying its utmost best to ensure that our President recovers. Regrettably, notwithstanding the team’s spirited effort to save his life, sadly, fellow Namibians, President Geingob passed on. “
President Hage G. Geingob of Namibia, was a prominent figure in a struggle for independence from apartheid-era South Africa who later became the country’s first prime minister and a long-serving head of state.
