Pensioners at Swakopmund say they are still in shock and devastation over the death of President Hage Geingob, whom they described as a hero.

Pensioners at the Mondesa Multi-Purpose Centre all wanted to say something about his legacy and spoke with passion in their vernacular languages and Afrikaans as they remembered the times that the late president spent with them.

Erongo Governor Neville Andre decided not to present his prepared speech so that the senior citizens would have enough time to express their feelings.

They stressed that they would not forget the President, who was such a people person because he took time out of his busy schedule to celebrate his birthdays with them.

They continued to praise him and called him a champion of pensioners' rights, while others sang songs in his honour.

One of the speakers, Petronela Mbari, a grandmother, said that although she has been in the hospital for the past two weeks, she decided to pray for strength just so she could get an opportunity to say thank you.