Africa-Press – Namibia. VICE president Nangolo Mbumba will unveil the statue of Namibia’s liberation struggle hero Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo at Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo Airport at Ondangwa on Friday morning.
VICE president Nangolo Mbumba will unveil the statue of Namibia’s liberation struggle hero Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo at Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo Airport at Ondangwa on Friday morning.
In a media release on Thursday, Namibia Airports Company spokesperson Dan Kamati said the unveiling ceremony follows the August 2019 renaming of the Ondangwa Airport in Ya Toivo’s honour.
“The event will be attended by around 150 invitees, including Ya Toivo’s widow Vicki Ya Toivo and family members of the Namibia former Robben Island Prisoners’ Trust and other leaders,” Kamati said.
Kamati, however, urged the public to follow the ceremony on NBC TV and on their Facebook page from 09h00 to avoid overcrowding at the airport, amid the heatwave that the Namibia Meteorological Service warns will persist over the next few days in northern Namibia.
“The airport boasts a new terminal building inaugurated in 2015 by president Hage Geingob,” he said.
Among many other historic achievements, Ya Toivo was a founding member of the South-West African People’s Organisation (Swapo) and its predecessor, the Ovamboland People’s Organisatio.
Following his release from Robben Island in 1984, Ya Toivo committed himself to building a democratic Namibia, serving as secretary general of Swapo and in various ministerial portfolios in government.
Ya Toivo retired from active politics in 2006 and died in 2017.
In a media release on Thursday, Namibia Airports Company spokesperson Dan Kamati said the unveiling ceremony follows the August 2019 renaming of the Ondangwa Airport in Ya Toivo’s honour.
“The event will be attended by around 150 invitees, including Ya Toivo’s widow Vicki Ya Toivo and family members of the Namibia former Robben Island Prisoners’ Trust and other leaders,” Kamati said.
Kamati, however, urged the public to follow the ceremony on NBC TV and on their Facebook page from 09h00 to avoid overcrowding at the airport, amid the heatwave that the Namibia Meteorological Service warns will persist over the next few days in northern Namibia.
“The airport boasts a new terminal building inaugurated in 2015 by president Hage Geingob,” he said.
Among many other historic achievements, Ya Toivo was a founding member of the South-West African People’s Organisation (Swapo) and its predecessor, the Ovamboland People’s Organisatio.
Following his release from Robben Island in 1984, Ya Toivo committed himself to building a democratic Namibia, serving as secretary general of Swapo and in various ministerial portfolios in government.
Ya Toivo retired from active politics in 2006 and died in 2017.
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