This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Dirk Mudge, a former white nationalist politician whose later embrace of multiracial democracy helped forge Namibia’s independence from apartheid-era South Africa, died on Wednesday in the Namibian capital, Windhoek. The cause was complications of Covid-19, his family told local media outlets. Mr. Mudge died on Heroes’ Day, a public holiday honoring the liberation activists who fought for the country’s independence from neighboring South Africa. Mr. Mudge played a pivotal, if sometimes controversial, role in that struggle.

Source: New York Times August 28, 2020 19:30 UTC