Nandi-Ndaitwah out of the woods

Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has been moved out of the intensive care unit and is now recuperating in a general ward at the Medi-Clinic private hospital in Windhoek.Her husband, Lieutenant-General Epaphras Denga Ndaitwah, who has remained by her bedside, yesterday expressed his family's condolences to the bereaved families of the two men who died in the same accident.Namibian Sun found Ndaitwah as he was reading the daily newspaper while a physiotherapist treated his wife.“My wife is fine, recovering very well, and at quite a speed. It is sad that such precious lives were lost. As a family we are deeply saddened by this,” he said. The deputy prime minister had just taken a walk in the hospital corridors before Namibian Sun arrived, her husband said. The deputy prime minister's official vehicle collided head-on with an Opel Corsa bakkie on the Tsumeb-Oshivelo road on Thursday last week.She and her driver sustained serious injuries while the two occupants of the oncoming vehicle died.They were identified as 27-year-old Sem Shafishuna Iiyagaya and 33-year-old Nghipangelwa Paulus. According to the police three cars were in her motorcade.She was first admitted to the Tsumeb State Hospital but soon airlifted to Medi-Clinic where she was placed in the ICU. The medical evacuation team would not provide any details on the flight, saying the matter is confidential.According to General Ndaitwah, the driver, who remained at the Tsumeb State Hospital, has since been discharged and is recuperating at home with his family. “With the grace of God he could spend New Year's Eve with his family and out of hospital,” he said.JEMIMA BEUKES

Nandi-Ndaitwah out of the woods

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Namibian Sun 2025-05-29

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