Namibia: Mourning Period for Nujoma Halts Valentine’s Day, School Sport Events

Lovers and schoolchildren are some of the groups affected by the government decision to declare a period of mourning, leaving most sport events and activities banned to honour the late former president Sam Nujoma.

Nujoma (95) died in Windhoek on Saturday.

The City of Windhoek yesterday said they have cancelled the planned Valentine’s Day movie event at Zoo Park this week and in honour of the ongoing national mourning period.

On the other hand, the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture yesterday…