Nujoma family officially hands Etunda school over to government

The family of the late founding president Sam Nujoma, accompanied by the Sam Nujoma Foundation, officially handed Etunda Primary School and clinic over to the government on Friday afternoon.

Nujoma’s son, Sacky Nujoma, handed over the school and its architectural designs to vice president Lucia Witbooi, who in turn received the physical structures of the school and clinic on behalf of the government.

Witbooi toured and inspected the two classroom blocks, hostels for both girls and boys, kitchen, school hall, teachers’ accommodation, nurses’ home, clinic and ablution facilities.

“The school and clinic structures are all built on a 15-hectare piece of land valued at N$25 million, which was donated by Nujoma himself in 2013,” said Witbooi.

“The visionary Nujoma, who so loved his people, decided to donate this portion of land on his farm for the construction of the Etunda school and clinic to accommodate pupils from grades 1 to 7, who are largely children of farm labourers in the area around Farm Etunda,” said Witbooi.

The vice president said as of 2026, the school will accommodate a total of 240 pupild, 12 teachers and about 100 boys and girls in the hostels.

Otavi constituency councillor George Garab, together with the constituency councillors of the Otjozondjupa Regional Council, donated N$200 000 to be used for fencing the school.

Several speakers from the Swapo, business community, Chinese embassy in Namibia and the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Sport, Youth and Culture pledged their continued support towards the completion and further improvement of the Etunda school and clinic, saying they were proud to be associated with Nujoma’s legacy through this new institution.

Otjozondjupa governor Julius //Khamuseb urged the teachers and pupils who will be placed at the school to take care of the infrastructure.

Deputy minister of education, innovation, sport, youth and culture Dino Ballotti, Sam Nujoma Foundation chairpersonbNahas Angula, former president Nangolo Mbumba and other close family members of Nujoma also attended the event.

Etunda Farm is situated about 30 kilometres south of Otavi.

– Nampa

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