Namibia: Mwatile opposes mausoleum for Nujoma, calls for village burial – News

Former executive director (ED) Peter Mwatile says founding president Sam Nujoma should not be buried in a mausoleum, as he would not have approved of this costly extravagance.

Mwatile, who was close to the Nujoma family, worked in former president Hifikepunye Pohamba’s office.

The former ED last year warned Swapo against using Nujoma’s name in the party’s succession politics.

Mwatile is now claiming Namibia’s first president would not have wanted to be buried in his own…