An advocacy group has launched a movement calling for what it describes as true and just reparations for the descendants of the Ovaherero and Nama genocide.
The Genocide Reparations Advocacy Forum launched the movement at a media briefing in Windhoek on Tuesday.
Activists and descendants of 1904-1908 genocide victims raised concerns over the absence of, particularly, genocide in the education curriculum.
They raised these concerns during a panel discussion ahead of the official commemoration this week.
Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare has described how the Ozombuzovindimba heritage site in Otjinene Constituency carries a vast and unforgettable history of what transpired during the war of 1904–1908.
Senior lecturer at the University of Namibia, Dr. Gerson Sindano, has urged the people of Kavango West to explore their historical connection to the 1904-1908 genocide.
Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Dr Sanet Steenkamp says the 1904–1908 War of Resistance remains one of the most defining chapters in Namibia's history.
The Ovaherero and Ovambanderu communities gathered in Swakopmund to commemorate and honour the victims of the 1904–1908 genocide.
The communities marched through the streets of Swakompmund as they paid homage to thousands of Ovaherero and Nama who died during the genocide.
