2020 in Namibia

Events in the year 2020 in Namibia.

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Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2020 Timeline of Namibian history

Incumbents

• President: Hage Geingob
• Vice President: Nangolo Mbumba
• Prime Minister: Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila
• Deputy-Prime Minister: Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
• Chief Justice: Peter Shivute

Events

• 14 March – The first reported cases of COVID-19 are announced by the Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Kalumbi Shangula. The first cases, a Romanian couple, arrived in Windhoek from Spain via Doha, Qatar, on 11 March.^[1]
• 17 March – President Hage Geingob declared a state of emergency which introduced measures such as the closure of all borders, suspension of gatherings and economic related resolutions.^[2]
• 28 March – The country went into lockdown in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.^[3]
• 26 July – Twaloloka fire in Walvis Bay.
• ShutItAllDown - The Gender Based Violence Protests in October 2020.^[4]

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in Namibia
• COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
• 2020 in Southern Africa
• 2020 in Angola
• 2020 in South Africa
• 2020 in Zambia
• 2020 in Zimbabwe