SWAPO’S presidential candidate in the November elections, veteran party member and Lands Minister Hifikepunye Pohamba today celebrates his 69th birthday.
Pohamba was a founding member of Swapo in 1960. He was born at Okanghudi in the Ohangwena Region.He did his schooling at the Holy Cross Mission at Onamunama, and worked at the former TCL mine in Tsumeb before he left for exile.Since Independence in 1990, Pohamba has held three ministerial portfolios – Home Affairs, Fisheries, and Lands.He was born at Okanghudi in the Ohangwena Region.He did his schooling at the Holy Cross Mission at Onamunama, and worked at the former TCL mine in Tsumeb before he left for exile.Since Independence in 1990, Pohamba has held three ministerial portfolios – Home Affairs, Fisheries, and Lands.
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