Observance in Namibia
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🇳🇦 Constitution Day in Namibia
Anniversary of the adoption of the constitution
Date in Namibia
February 9
Instituted1990
Marks the adoption of the country's constitution.
Commemorates the adoption of the current constitution
How Constitution Day is observed in Namibia
Historical significance
Constitution adopted in 1990, marking end of apartheid.
Public life in Namibia
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
On this day in African history
- 1961 Cyrille Adoula appointed Minister of the Interior in the provisional government of Joseph Iléo under President Joseph Kasa-Vubu. · Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 1978 Winnie Mandela is sentenced to six months' imprisonment for breaking her ban and house arrest order by receiving unauthorised visits by friends and re...
- 1994 Nelson Mandela becomes the first black president of South Africa.
- 2023 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa declares a national "state of disaster" to respond to the country's electricity crisis amid daily blackouts.