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.

Struggle stalwart, educator, and midwife Aino Nangula Tulimevava Nanghonda was buried at Onamukulo Cemetery in the Ohangwena Region, leaving behind a legacy of service and sacrifice.

Nanghonda died on 18 December at Oshakati Intermediate Hospital at the age of 83.

A veteran of the liberation struggle, Rebekka Nepemba Shaningwa, was buried at Ntara village in the Kavango West Region.

Shaningwa died on the 18th of June at the age of 75.