Public Holiday in 2025
A public holiday in honour of founding president Sam Nujoma.
When is Public Holiday?
| Year | Dates |
|---|---|
| 2025 |
Where is Public Holiday observed?
| Place | Dates |
|---|---|
| Namibia | |
| Namibia |
President Nangolo Mbumba has declared March 1st 2025 as a public holiday in honour of founding president Sam Nujoma who will be buried on the same day.
This is contained in a government gazette published on Friday February 14th.
“I declare Saturday 1 March 2025 a public holiday for the purpose of the burial ceremony of the first president of Namibia and founding father of the nation Sam Nujoma,” reads the notice.
Friday February 28th 2025, will remain a regular working day.
Samuel Shafiishuna Daniel Nujoma (12 May 1929 – 8 February 2025) was a Namibian revolutionary, anti-apartheid activist and politician who served three terms as the first president of Namibia, from 1990 to 2005. Nujoma was a founding member and the first president of the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) in 1960.
On 8 February 2025, Nujoma died at a hospital in Windhoek, where he had been confined for the past three weeks due to an illness. He was 95.