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The following table provides an overview of public holidays in Namibia. These are stipulated in the Public Holidays Act of 1990 (Act 26 of 1990) of the Namibian National Assembly. When a public holiday fall on a Sunday, the following Monday is observed as a public holiday. In addition, the president of Namibia may declare additional public ...
Cassinga Day is a national public holiday in Namibia remembering the Cassinga Massacre.Commemorated annually on 4 May, the date "remembers those (approximately 600) [1] killed in 1978 when the South African Defence Force attacked a SWAPO base at Cassinga in southern Angola". [2]
2 Holidays. 3 References. ... 1 May - International Workers' Day; 4 May - Cassinga Day; 25 May - Africa Day; 28 May - Genocide Remembrance Day;
1.4 Namibia. 1.5 South Africa. 2 Events. ... South Africa South Africa ... 1 May - International Workers' Day; 16 June – Youth Day;
South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa declared 15 December as a public holiday to celebrate the country’s Rugby World Cup victory.. Mr Ramaphosa said the December date was chosen for the ...
Pages in category "Public holidays in Namibia" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
4 February: President of Namibia Hage Geingob dies at the age of 82. [1] 4 February: Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba is sworn in as 4th President of Namibia; 16 April: Eleven inmates escape from a prison in Katima Mulilo, Zambezi Region. [2] 21 June: A high court rules that two colonial-era laws criminalizing gay sex between men are ...
After independence, the new government of Namibia declared 4 May as "Cassinga Day", a public holiday to commemorate the loss of life during the raid. [33] In 2007, the names of the Cuban soldiers who were killed were carved into the wall of Freedom Park in South Africa. Depiction of the Cassinga massacre at the Namibian Independence Memorial ...