Namibia: Mbumba’s 303 Days in Office

It was on 4 February 2024, slightly past midnight, when then-acting president Nangolo Mbumba, with hands shaking and watery eyes, delivered news that shook the country and the continent – the death of President Hage Geingob.

Mbumba, an old ally and friend of the late Geingob, sat on a couch as he mumbled, with a shaky voice, the words: “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…