The Parliament Gardens in Windhoek were alive with the vibrant colours and rich cultures of Namibia today, as people gathered to mark Genocide Remembrance Day.  While the day was set aside to honour and remember those who died in the genocide, the atmosphere was one of unity and cultural pride. The affected communities led the […]

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has clarified that the selection of the date 28th of May as Genocide Remembrance Day marks the gravity and compassion with which Namibians should approach the Ovaherero and Nama Genocide, committed between 1904 and 1908. Dr. Nandi-Ndaitwah equally appealed for unity, despite inevitable differences. “That is a clear testament that debates in […]

Descendants of the genocide victims took to the streets of Windhoek to pay tribute to their ancestors in remembrance and honour of the lives lost during the 1904 to 1908 genocide. The Ovaherero descendants marched from the UN Plaza in Katutura all the way to the Independence Memorial Site, where they laid a wreath. They […]

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has encouraged Namibians, and genocide-affected communities in particular, to embrace Genocide Remembrance Day in full and to acknowledge its foundation as laid in the common grounds found on Namibia’s Joint Declaration with Germany.  She urged Namibians to find a degree of comfort in the fact that Germany has acknowledged that its colonial […]