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纳米比亚政府最近宣布了一项"省钱新招"——暂停所有国葬！原来这个国家办国葬已经贵到离谱，光是今年运送开国总统努乔马的遗体全国巡游就花了3000万纳米比亚元（约合1100万人民币）。更夸张的是，国葬开支两年暴涨18倍，逼得政府不得不成立"七人治丧委员会"来研究怎么省钱。现在除了总统特批，谁也别想享受国葬待遇。网友调侃：这是连死都要"精打细算"啊！
Namibia halts all state funerals amid criticism of the high cost
纳米比亚因高昂费用暂停所有国葬
The Namibian government has announced a temporary ban on state funerals amid criticism over the rising costs of these burials.
纳米比亚政府宣布暂停举行国葬，此前这类葬礼不断上涨的费用引发批评。
Minister of Information and Communication Technology Emma Theofelus made the announcement following a Cabinet meeting earlier this week.
信息与通信技术部长艾玛·特奥菲勒斯在本周早些时候的内阁会议后宣布了这一决定。
She said the moratorium would last until April 2026, while a review committee looks into the"criteria and processes associated with bestowing official funerals".
她表示暂停将持续到2026年4月，同时一个审查委员会将研究"授予官方葬礼的标准和流程"。
Only President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has the power to exempt funerals from the moratorium, the government said.
政府表示，只有总统南迪-恩代特瓦有权豁免葬礼不受暂停令限制。
Ms Theofelus told the BBC that a committee consisting of"no more than seven members" would be established to lead the review.
特奥菲勒斯告诉BBC，将成立一个"不超过七人"的委员会来领导审查。
The government has not said whether the decision was related to mounting criticism of the increasing costs of the numerous state funerals as reported by local media.
政府没有说明这一决定是否与当地媒体报道的国葬费用增加的批评有关。
The BBC has asked the presidency for comment.
BBC已向总统府寻求评论。
The Windhoek Observer, a privately owned publication, said calls for the moratorium had been made as far back as 2021 when the rising cost of official burials came under scrutiny, especially at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.
私营出版物《温得和克观察家报》称，早在2021年就有人呼吁暂停国葬，当时官方葬礼不断上涨的费用受到审查，尤其是在新冠疫情高峰期。
It quoted Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare, who earlier this year revealed that official funerals had cost the government 38.4m Namibian dollars ($2.2m; £1.6m) in the 2024/2025 financial year.
该报援引总理埃利亚·恩古拉雷的话说，他在今年早些时候透露，2024/2025财政年度的官方葬礼花费了政府3840万纳米比亚元（220万美元；160万英镑）。
By comparison, only 2.1m Namibian dollars was spent on 23 funerals during the 2022/2023 financial year, according to the news site.
据该新闻网站报道，相比之下，2022/2023财政年度23场葬礼仅花费了210万纳米比亚元。
The Observer said the state had spent 30m Namibian dollars just to transport the body of founding President Sam Nujoma around the country ahead of his state funeral in February this year.
《观察家报》称，国家仅在今年2月为国葬前运送开国总统萨姆·努乔马的遗体在全国巡游就花费了3000万纳米比亚元。
Nujoma, who died at the age of 95, led the long fight for independence from South Africa after helping found Namibia's liberation movement, the South West Africa People's Organisation (Swapo), in the 1960s.
努乔马享年95岁，他在20世纪60年代帮助创立纳米比亚解放运动西南非洲人民组织（Swapo）后，领导了长期争取脱离南非独立的斗争。
After independence, Nujoma became president in 1990 and led the country until 2005.
独立后，努乔马于1990年成为总统，并领导国家直到2005年。
