2024 in Namibia

See also: 2024 in Southern Africa

Events in the year 2024 in Namibia.

← 2023 2022 2021 2024 in Namibia → 2025 2026 2027
Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2024 Timeline of Namibian history

Incumbents

• President: Hage Geingob (until his death on 4 February); Nangolo Mbumba (since 4 February)
• Vice President: Nangolo Mbumba (until 4 February); Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (since 4 February)
• Prime Minister: Saara Kuugongelwa
• Deputy-Prime Minister: Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (until 4 February); John Mutorwa (since 4 February)
• Chief Justice: Peter Shivute

Events

• 4 February:
  • President of Namibia Hage Geingob dies at the age of 82.^[1]
  • Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba is sworn in as the fourth President of Namibia.^[2]
• 16 April: Eleven inmates escape from a prison in Katima Mulilo, Zambezi Region.^[3]
• 21 June: The High Court of Namibia rules that two colonial-era laws criminalizing gay sex are unconstitutional.^[4]
• 27 August: The Ministry of Environment and Tourism announces a plan to cull 723 wild animals, including 83 elephants, and to distribute the meat to people struggling to feed themselves because of a severe drought across the country.^[5]
• 16 September: Four children are found dead inside a disused freezer in Katima Murillo.^[6]
• 27 November: 2024 Namibian general election: Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah becomes the first woman to be elected president of Namibia, while her SWAPO party retains a narrow majority in the National Assembly amid criticism over logistical problems that saw delays in voting.^[7]

Deaths

• 31 January – Gerhard Tötemeyer, academic and politician (born 1935)^[8]
• 4 February – Hage Geingob, 82, politician, president (since 2015) and prime minister (1990–2002, 2012–2015).^[9]
• 14 July – Katrina Hanse-Himarwa, 57, politician, Education minister, (born 1967)^[10]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Namibia

Source:^[11]

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