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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 ...
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' 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 .
WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Namibian President Hage Geingob was laid to rest in the country's Heroes' Acre cemetery on Sunday following a state funeral attended by African leaders, the German ...
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:
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On 26 August 2015, Namibia's Heroes' Day, ǁGaroëb was reburied at Namibia's National Heroes' Acre. [1] Moses ǁGaroëb Constituency in Windhoek is named after him, [5] as well as a street in Swakopmund and a primary school in Hakahana, Katutura.
Hendrik Witbooi (c.1830 – 29 October 1905) [1] was a chief of the ǀKhowesin people, a sub-tribe of the Khoikhoi.He led the Nama people during their revolts against the German colonial empire in present-day Namibia, in connection with the events surrounding the Herero and Namaqua Genocide.