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Aerial view of Heroes´s Acre in 2017. Heroes' Acre is an official war memorial of the Republic of Namibia. Built into the uninhabited hills 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of the city centre of Windhoek, Heroes' Acre opened on 26 August 2002. It was created to "foster a spirit of patriotism and nationalism, and to pass [this] to the future ...
Kahimemua Nguvauva is one of nine national heroes of Namibia that were identified at the inauguration of the country's Heroes' Acre near Windhoek.Founding president Sam Nujoma remarked in his inauguration speech on 26 August 2002 that:
Heroes' Day (Afrikaans: Helde-dag, German: Heldentag) is a national public holiday in Namibia. It is recognized by the United Nations as Namibia Day . Celebrated annually on 26 August, [ 1 ] the day commemorates the Namibian War of Independence which began on 26 August 1966 at Omugulugwombashe .
He became speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia in 1990, until his retirement in 2004. [5] Theo-Ben Gurirab succeeded him. [3] Tjitendero died on 26 April 2006 in Windhoek. He was declared a National Hero of Namibia and buried at Namibia's Heroes' Acre outside the capital. [6] He was married to Sandra, a fellow Namibian in exile. [7]
Heroes' Acre, situated 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of Windhoek, is a burial ground for Namibian National Heroes and Heroines. The burial site consists of 174 tombs, not all of which are currently occupied. [9]
Since Namibia's independence on 21 March 1990, Mungunda is regarded one of the heroes of the Namibian nation. [1] [2] Mungunda was born in 1932 to migrant labourer Theopoldt Shivute and Emilia Kavezeri, a niece of Hosea Kutako. She had three siblings who all died in their infancy. [3]
Heroes' Acre (Namibia) K. Khorab Memorial This page was last edited on 8 April 2023, at 14:04 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
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