namibia nurses union namibia nurses union the namibia nurses union commonly known as nanu is a namibian trade union formed in 1999 to represent namibian nurses. since independence, it has been the only vanguard representative of nurses in namibia. namibia nurses unionabbreviationnanufounded atwindhoektypetrade unionheadquarterswindhoek, namibiaregion oshana, oshakati, ohangwena, kavango west, kavango east, zambezi, hardap, erongo and kuneneservicesrepresenting namibian nursespresidentshopati abnersecretary generaltimoteus gerbhardtreasurer generaleliud shiwayu in 2020, the union, through its acting secretary general junias shilunga gave a memorandum to start a student union aimed at representing the plights of nursing students across namibia.