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Namibia: Final Rites for the Late Ithana
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The Namibian (Windhoek)
9 May 2008
Posted to the web 9 May 2008
Namibia's first Public Service Commission Chairman, Joseph Ithana, will be laid to rest at the Pionierspark cemetery in Windhoek tomorrow.
The family confirmed on Wednesday that the burial would be preceded by mourning rites, which will include a memorial service at the Hosiana Church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia in Windhoek today.
The late Ithana, the husband of the country's Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana, died in hospital on Monday after a long battle with cancer.
President Hifikepunye Pohamba has described the late Ithana as a patriot who cherished the principle of 'One Namibia One Nation', and as as someone who despised tribalism and ethnicity.
In a letter of condolences, the Head of State said Ithana's contribution to the Namibian struggle for freedom and independence would forever be remembered by many generations to come.
Pohamba said Ithana had contributed to the balanced restructuring of the civil service, and had passionately pursued the policy of gender equality in the civil service in his capacity as Chairperson of the Public Service Commission.
"There is no doubt that Namibia has lost a great son, an outstanding comrade who dedicated his whole life to the just struggle of the Namibian people for independence and self-determination," Pohamba said.
Ithana was born in 1938 in the Osona District near Okahandja and completed his secondary education at a Teachers' College at the town.
He left Namibia in 1966 to further his education overseas, completing a Diploma in Banking in Karachi, Pakistan.
He later obtained an Associate Degree in Arts at Robert Morris College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and subsequently a Bachelor of Business Administration in Philadelphia.
The late Ithana taught at various South West Africa People's Organisation (Swapo) education centres before creating a technical training centre in Angola - a project undertaken for the International Labour Organisation.
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He later transferred to Lusaka, where he became a lecturer in economics before being promoted to Registrar of the United Nations Institute for Namibia.
In 1989 he returned to Namibia under the auspices of the United Nations Organisations (UNO) and served the Namibian Government as a Commissioner in the public service, going on to become Chairman of the Namibian Public Service Commission.
Nampa
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