2025 in Namibia

Incumbents

• President:
• * Nangolo Mbumba
• * Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
• [Vice President of Namibia|President of Namibia|Vice President]:
• * Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
• * Lucia Witbooi
• Prime Minister:
• * Saara Kuugongelwa
• * Elijah Ngurare
• Deputy-Prime Minister:
• * John Mutorwa
• * Natangwe Ithete
• Chief Justice: Peter Shivute

Events

March

• 20 March – Saara Kuugongelwa is elected as the first female speaker of the National Assembly.
• 21 March – Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is sworn in as the first female President of Namibia.

April

• 27 April – President Nandi-Ndaitwah dismisses Mac-Albert Hengari as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform following his arrest on rape charges.

May

• 18 May – A British national is arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing 34 San children in Otjozondjupa Region.
• 28 May – Genocide Remembrance Day, commemorating the Herero and Nama genocide during German rule from 1904 to 1908, is officially held as a holiday in Namibia for the first time.

June

• 10 June – The European Union adds Namibia to its list of high risk jurisdictions for money laundering and terrorism financing.

July

• 4 July – The government issues a moratorium on state funerals until April 2026 with exception to be granted by the president, citing high costs.

August

• 30 August – A police van collides with a prison bus near Mariental, killing 14 people and injuring three others.

September

• 22-29 September – A wildfire breaks out in Etosha National Park and destroys a third of its grazing land; the Namibian Army deploys helicopters and over 500 troops to contain it.
• 23 September – At least 90 buffaloes are recorded to have died in a stampede following a lion attack along the Chobe River in the Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area.

October

• 19 October – The Ministry of Health and Social Services declares an outbreak of mpox in Swakopmund.
• 26 October – President Nandi-Ndaitwah dismisses Natangwe Ithete as Deputy PM and Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy, assuming the portfolio herself.

December

• 2 December – President Nandi-Ndaitwah appoints Modestus Amutse as minister of mines, energy, and industry, replacing Natangwe Ithete.
• 9 December – TotalEnergies announces an agreement to obtain a 40% stake in the petroleum exploration licence for the Mopane oil field.

Holidays

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 21 March – Independence Day
• 18 April – Good Friday
• 20 April – Easter Sunday
• 21 April – Easter Monday
• 1 May – International Workers' Day
• 4 May – Cassinga Day
• 25 May – Africa Day
• 28 May – Genocide Remembrance Day
• 29 May – Ascension Day
• 26 August – Heroes' Day
• 10 December – Human Rights Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day
• 26 December – Family Day

Deaths

• 8 February – Sam Nujoma, 95, politician, first President of Namibia.
• 24 June – Moses Amweelo, 73, politician, MNA.
• 11 August – Solomon Huwala, 89, Namibian military officer, chief of defence force.