Cancer is haunting Namibia – Nandi-Ndaitwah at Pohamba memorial

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has described cancer as a growing concern in Namibia, saying the disease has become a killer and requires greater public awareness. The president at a memorial service for former first lady Penehupifo Pohamba at Okanghudi in the Ohangwena region on Friday said: “These cancers are haunting us in this country, and we were lucky to have had her to chair these institutions, and to mobilise Namibian people to understand how we can handle these cancers, which have really become killers.

” Nandi-Ndaitwah credited Pohamba with contributing to cancer awareness through her leadership and involvement in initiatives addressing breast, cervical and prostate cancer in Africa. She said Pohamba received the global inspirational leadership award in Dubai and served as the chairperson of the forum of African first ladies on breast, cervical and prostate cancer in Africa. “All these types of cancers need attention in our country,” she said. The president described Pohamba, whom she referred to as “Kambosho”, as a freedom fighter, healer, mother and…