Casssinga commemorations were underway at Okongo in the Ohangwena region on Sunday, where Namibians gathered to remember the events of 4 May 1978.
Survivors of the bombing of a Swapo refugee camp in Angola during the liberation struggle recounted the South African airborne attack.
“This day reminds us of 4 May 1978 when mostly women and children were brutally killed at Cassinga in Angola … We remember those who perished on this fateful day,” said Swapo Women’s Council secretary Fransina Kahungu.
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