Cassinga Day

Cassinga Day
Observed byNamibia
Date4 May
FrequencyAnnual

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] Commemorations are marked yearly by ceremonies at Heroes' Acre, outside of Windhoek. These ceremonies are attended by many important national political figures, including incumbent President Hage Geingob and former Presidents Hifikepunye Pohamba and Sam Nujoma (as of 2016).[3]

  1. ^ Let's Review Our National Holidays in The Namibian, 27 April, 2007
  2. ^ The Commonwealth Yearbook Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Namibian national reconciliation policy in Xinhua News Agency, 21 September, 2006.