SWAPO

She is a long-term member of Swapo – which has been in power since the country gained independence in 1990 after a long struggle against apartheid South Africa.

Hengari was nominated to parliament by the president to represent the ruling party, Swapo.

By 1959, Nujoma had become the head of the Owamboland Peoples organisation, the independence movement that was a forerunner to Swapo.

With support from Cuban troops who were fighting in neighbouring Angola, Swapo guerrillas were able to attack South African bases in Namibia.

In Namibia's first democratic elections in 1990, Swapo won a huge majority and Nujoma became the country's first president.