Namibian VP collapsed due to hunger - reports

Namibian Vice-President Nickey Iyambo reportedly collapsed and fainted after going for hours without eating anything, local media says.

Gaborone - Namibian Vice-President Nickey Iyambo allegedly collapsed and fainted on Saturday after going for hours without eating anything, local media has reported.

Quoting a story sourced from the government-owned Namibian Press Agency (Nampa) on Saturday, the Namibian said Iyambo, who is 80, collapsed shortly after addressing a belated Heroes Day celebration at Tsumeb because he had not eaten anything since that morning.

The comments were attributed to Henock Kankoshi, the governor of the Oshikoto region who claimed to have been present when the VP collapsed.

Iyambo addressed the gathering on behalf of President Hage Geingob.

The paper said a person who kept answering Iyambo's phone on Saturday insisted he was back in Windhoek and "resting".

Vice-president Nickey Iyambo fainted after a speech in Tsumeb on Saturday https://t.co/OHxWSvT4Xd pic.twitter.com/atiJerP06s

— Namibian Sun (@namibiansun) September 5, 2016

Presidential Affairs minister Frans Kapofi told the paper that as far as he knew, the vice-president was fine and had even visited his cattle post just outside Tsumeb on Saturday.

African News Agency