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At the time South Africa administered the land under a policy of apartheid, in which the best resources were reserved for those classified white, while other Namibians were treated as inferior and forbidden from active participation in their country. After years of asking the United Nations to ensure the occupying power South Africa released control of South West Africa, he authorized armed resistance in 1966. In the elections, held in November 1989, SWAPO won an overall majority of seats in the new legislature and, at independence in March 1990, Nujoma was installed as the country's first President. The Father of the Nation left the presidential seat on the March 21, 2005, when H.E. Hifikepunye Pohamba was sworn in as the president of Namibia,
Borrowing from Prof. Lazarus Hangula’s words in: The Story of An Extraordinary UNAM Graduand , if one had to summarise H.E. Dr. Nujoma’s socio-economic contribution to post-independent Namibia, it would suffice to give the following catching worlds: “gender, education and development”. H. E. Dr. Nuyoma may not be a perfect person – like nobody is. However his contribution to Namibia and its people before and after the country’s independence is unique and remarkable and ought to be appreciated as one of the true architects of Namibia’s freedom and independence. He is a great man. And has such unlimited passion in education for service and for development. Indeed, it has been a great privilege
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