# With delegations from more than ten countries expected, president Cyril Ramaphosa will represent South Africa at the state funeral of Namibia’s founding president, Sam Nujoma, in Windhoek today. Nujoma will be buried at Heroes’ Acre, with today declared a public holiday. Nujoma was a revolutionary, anti-apartheid activist and politician, who served three terms as the first president of Namibia from 1990 to 2005. He was a founding member and the first president of the ruling Swapo in 1960.
Namibia’s founding president’s state funeral taking place today