President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah Honours Fidel Castro’s Legacy and Namibia-Cuba Solidarity

13 August 2026.

Statement by Her Excellency Dr. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, President of the Republic of Namibia, on the occasion of the centenary celebration of the birth of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz.

Director of Proceedings; Your Excellency Lucia Witbooi, Vice President of the Republic of Namibia; Right Honourable Elijah Ngurare, Prime Minister of the Republic of Namibia; Honourable Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, Speaker of the National Assembly; Honourable Jenelly Matundu, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Trade; Your Excellency Sergio Vigoa de la Uz, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba; Honourable Cabinet Ministers; Honourable Members of Parliament; Excellencies Heads of Missions; Ambassador Tuliameni Kalomoh, Deputy Chairperson of the National Committee of the Campaign of Namibians in solidarity with Cuba; Comrades; Members of the Media; Ladies and Gentlemen.

We are here today to commemorate the centenary of the birth of one of the most consequential figures of the twentieth century, El Comandante-En-Jefe Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz.