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WATCH: Memorial service of Namibian freedom fighter Toivo ya Toivo

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The memorial service of Namibian freedom fighter ex-Robben Island prisoner Andimba Toivo ya Toivo is underway in Johannesburg. The event is hosted by the Nelson Mandela Foundation.

The 93-year-old struggle icon died in Windhoek earlier in June.

Ya Toivo was one of the 36 Namibian freedom fighters arrested by South African apartheid police in 1966 on terrorism charges.

He was a co-founder of the South West African People’s Organisation or Swapo, still the governing party in Namibia.

Former President, Kgalema Motlhanthe has delivered the keynote address.

– By Noma Bolani

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