Mourners continue to pay tribute and offer their condolences to former President Hifikepunye Pohamba following the death of his wife, Penehupifo.

Vice President Lucia Witbooi and Former President Nangolo Mbumba were among them.

Senior government officials gathered at the residence of the bereaved family of the late Penehupifo Pohamba in Windhoek to offer their condolences.

The former first lady died last night, aged 78.

Former First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba has died.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has extended her condolences to former President Hifikepunye Pohamba, the bereaved family and the nation.

Vice President Lucia Witbooi expressed her condolences to the Rehoboth community following her visit to the family of 11-year-old Gephardt Doeseb, whose body was discovered under the Oanob Bridge last weekend.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has expressed condolences following the death of Bishop Luke Lungile Pato on Sunday.

Bishop Pato served as the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Namibia from 2016 until his death. 

The husband of Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, Hafidh Ameir Hassan, was buried in Zanzibar's Kizimkazi on Monday, just hours after his death at a hospital on the island.

Hassan's burial was according to Islamic rites, and mourners included senior government, political and religious figures.

"Academia will not be the same without Mwanyangapo, and NBC will never be the same without him. But he has left footprints for us to follow."
Those were the words of Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare as he paid tribute to the late NBC veteran Lameck Mwanyangapo.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says veteran NBC camera operator Lamech Mwayangapo leaves behind a lasting record of Namibia's history through his work behind the camera.

President Nandi-Ndaitwah and First Gentleman Epaphras Ndaitwah paid a condolence visit to the Mwayangapo family in Windhoek.

Senior government officials continue to pay tribute to NBC's former long-serving employee Lamech Mwanyangapo, who died last week on Saturday aged 61.

Some of those who visited the family include the Speaker of the National Assembly, Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila and ICT Minister Emma Theofelus.

Former President Hifikepunye Pohamba joined the family of the late Helao Shityuwete at his home to offer condolences.

The liberation icon and former Robben Island prisoner died aged 92 last Friday.