Namibia: Family Questions State Funeral Hero Criteria

The shityuwete family has questioned the government’s decision to bury liberation struggle veteran Helao Shityuwete at Gammams Cemetery instead of Heroes’ Acre. The family yesterday at the funeral asked the government to tell them what requirement their ‘tatekulu’ [uncle] did not meet to have accorded him a state funeral at Heroes’ Acre. “Why was a […] The post Shityuwete state funeral row: Family questions hero criteria appeared first on The Namibian.