By Lake Zone Watch Writer
Namibia's President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah began a Tanzanian state visit on Saturday to strengthen the relations between the two countries.
This is President Ndaitwah's second visit to Tanzania since she became her country's fifth president and its first female leader on March 21, 2025.
Tanzania and Namibia enjoy friendly relations since the days of the latter's independence struggle in the 1960s, 70s and 80s until early 1990 when it attained self-rule from colonisers.
A State House statement issured on Friday said President Ndaitwah will hold talks with her host, President Samia Suluhu Hassan, on matters of mutual interest touching on cooperation between the two countries, regional as well as international cooperation before addressing a press conference.
During her visit, the statement said the Namibian leader will visit Dar es Salaam's famous surbub of Magomeni Mwembechai, a place where she lived in the 1980s when she was the Chief Represenntative of Namibia's ruling party, the South West People's Organisation (SWAPO).
To President Ndaitwah and other Namibian freedom fighters, Magomeni Mwembechai embodies special historical significance when remembering Tanzania's unwavering support to their country's liberation struggle.
Before concluding her Tanzanian tour, President Ndaitwah is also scheduled to visit the former Kongwa freedom fighters camp in Dodoma, where combatants from southern Africa liberation movements underwent various training courses ready for the independence struggle of their countries.
Under the leadership of the Father of the Nation, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, in the 1960s and 70s Tanzania played a critical role in spearheading the liberation struggle against colonialism in southern Africa.
Leaders such as Sam Nujoma of Namibia, Samora Machel of Mozambique and Emmerson Munangagwa of Zimbabwe had stayed in Tanzania when their countries' liberation movements waged a protracted struggle against colonialism.
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