Africa-Press – Namibia. MOURNERS gathered at the Sarusungu cemetery in Rundu on Saturday to pay their final respects to the late president of the All People’s Party (APP), Ignatius Shixwameni.
At the state funeral in honour of Shixwameni president Hage Geingob said he was a patriot who used education as a weapon to free Namibia. He described Shixwameni as a principled leader who sacrificed his youth to fight against the apartheid education system and for the liberation of Namibia.
“The contribution made during his lifetime as a former student leader and as a leader to many is remarkable,” Geingob said.
“In a year which has brought much heartache and pain, in a year we have said many farewells, in a year where our nation’s resilience has been stretched to its limits, we once again gather under the clouds of sorrow, to pay tribute to a fallen Son of the Namibian Soil,” the president said.
A 13 gun salute was fired as the casket was lowered into the grave, near those of Shixwameni’s mother and brother. He died on 10 November after collapsing during a meeting at parliament.
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