President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah accorded a military memorial and funeral for war veteran Wilbard Ihuhwa over the weekend, where he was remembered for his selfless devotion to the cause of freedom. Ihuhwa died aged 72 in Onandjokwe State Hospital at Oniipa in the Oshikoto region on 8 September after a sudden illness. He was among the Namibian revolutionary icons imprisoned on Robben Island in South Africa. Instead the nation was bidding Ihuhwa, one of the last nine survivors from that time, a sombre farewell. She said Ihuhwa placed the freedom of Namibia above his own safety, risking his life countless times for the liberation of his motherland.