Namibians paid their last respects as they bid farewell to the late Ambassador Hadino Hishongwa, who was buried this morning at Eenhana Memorial Shrine in the Ohangwena Region.

Speaker after speaker described the diplomat Hishongwa as one who served with commitment to the advancement of Namibia.

Liberation struggle icon and former Ambassador Hadino Hishongwa has died.

Aged 80, Hishongwa died this morning at Ongwediva Medipark after an illness.

Hishongwa served as a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly from 1990 to 2005.