The Chairperson of the Council of Traditional Leaders, Immanuel |Gaseb has highlighted that for the families of Nehale and Niilenge, this is a homecoming marked by both relief and grief.
Eighty-four ancestral remains, alongside those of two former Robben Island political prisoners, Festus Nehale and Simon Niilenge, are expected to arrive at the Hosea Kutako International Airport today.
The government says the repatriation of the remains of two former political prisoners Simon Niilenge and Festus Nehale from Cape Town, South Africa, is about restoring dignity, reconnecting families with their ancestors and addressing a painful chapter in the country's liberation history.
Former Robben Island political prisoner Marten Kapewasha has returned to the prison decades after his release.
Kapewasha formed part of the delegation that witnessed the exhumation of Namibian political prisoners Simon Niilenge and Festus Nehale.
The remains of two Namibian political prisoners, who died on Robben Island, have been exhumed in Cape Town.
Festus Nehale and Simon Niilenge died while serving prison sentences during the apartheid era.
Their remains will now undergo scientific examination before being repatriated to Namibia.
It was a sombre day for the families of Namibian liberation heroes Festus Nehale and Petrus Niilenge, as they visited their graves in Cape Town ahead of the exhumation and repatriation of their remains.
The two men died while imprisoned on Robben Island.
The same dispute that led magistrates to stop work and bring courts across the country to a standstill several months back has now landed before the High Court.
The Swapo Party Women's Council (SPWC) has started a tailoring initiative aimed at helping women sharpen their skills and create opportunities for self-employment.
A group of homeless people who have started occupying land illegally behind the Katutura Youth Centre in Windhoek are accusing the City Police officers of moving them to the area.
The U.S. Embassy in Windhoek will no longer issue visas from 1 August.
Applicants looking to travel to the United States will now have to travel to South Africa, either Johannesburg or Cape Town, for visa services.
