Hidipo passes on Liberation struggle stalwart
Hidipo Hamutenya, fondly known as HH, died early this morning at the age of 77
in Windhoek. During his time in government, he served as a minister of
information and later minister of trade and industry before leaving government
to form the RDP. Hamutenya, a long-serving member of the Swapo party government
left the ruling party to form his own Rally for Democracy and Progress in 2007
but, made a historical comeback to the fold of the ruling party in August 2015.
He has been ill for the past few weeks.