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Late Ilonga to be buried at Heroes’ Acre

Late Ilonga to be buried at Heroes’ Acre

Written by Anna Salkeus on 16 December 2018.

WINDHOEK, 16 DEC (NAMPA) – President Hage Geingob has accorded the late freedom fighter and trade unionist Petrus Ilonga a State funeral.
A State funeral means Government arranges the burial and covers all funeral costs.
Geingob, in a statement from the Presidency issued Sunday declared the late Ilonga who died at the age of 71 on 11 December a national hero.
The late politician who was born at Etilyasa-Ongandjera in the Omusati Region, died on Tuesday evening after a long illness.
Ilonga will be laid to r ...

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