The Popular Democratic Movement will commemorate the life of former Ovaherero Ombara Otjitambi and leader of the  Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA)  Clemens Kapuuo on Tuesday afternoon.

Kapuuo was assassinated by an unidentified gunman in Windhoek On Easter Monday in 1978.

Clemens Kapuuo, described by many as an advocate for democracy, played a critical role in Namibia attaining her  independence.

Following his killing, the largest military operation undertaken by South Africa since the Second World War, Operation Reindeer, was launched. 

South African forces attacked targets in southern Angola where over a thousand people were killed in a SWAPO camp that had been established at Cassinga.