Funeral cover in Namibia sits at the intersection of compassion and commerce. It has long been regarded as a financial safety net that allows families to bury their loved ones with dignity, but it has ...

Namibia reportedly spent 30m Namibian dollars ($1.7m; £1.25m) on transport costs during founding President Sam Nujoma's funeral The Namibian government has announced a temporary ban on state funerals ...

WINDHOEK, Namibia — Namibian President Hage Geingob was laid to rest in the country's Heroes' Acre cemetery on Sunday following a state funeral attended by African leaders, the German president and ...

WINDHOEK (Reuters) - African leaders past and present gathered in Namibia on Saturday to bury the country's "founding father" Sam Nujoma, who challenged colonialism and a military occupation by South ...

In a move set to streamline the administration of state-recognised funerals, Cabinet has imposed a moratorium on the granting of official funerals effective 16 June 2025 until 31 March 2026. The ...

WINDHOEK, Namibia — Namibia’s founding president, Sam Nujoma, who steered the country to freedom from apartheid South Africa, was laid to rest in the country’s Heroes Acre cemetery on Saturday ...

WINDHOEK, NamibiaWINDHOEK, Namibia — El presidente de Namibia, Hage Geingob, fue enterrado el domingo en el cementerio Acre de los Héroes, tras un funeral de Estado al que asistieron mandatarios ...

Senate President Godswill Akpabio will today, Saturday, February 24, lead a presidential delegation to the state funeral of the late president of Namibia, Dr Hage Geingob who died on February 4, 2024 ...

The Namibian government has announced a temporary ban on state funerals amid criticism over the rising costs of these burials. Only President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has the power to exempt funerals ...

The government has not said whether the decision was related to mounting criticism of the increasing costs of the numerous state funerals, as reported by local media. The Windhoek Observer, a ...