Thousands celebrate Omagongo Festival at Onambango Palace

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President Nangolo Mbumba says the annual Omagongo Festival, which is hosted on a rotational basis by the eight Aawambo traditional authorities, remains an enabler for communities to gather and share history, traditions, and practices. 

OTA revives manhood initiation ceremony

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Ondonga Traditional Authority (OTA) chairperson, John Walenga, led a group of 150 participants, ranging from nine to over 70 years old, in a salt collection initiation process over the weekend.

Finland returns extracted stone fragments of the Ondonga people

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Finland has returned the extracted stone fragments of the Ondonga people to the Namibian government.

The handover was done at State House, witnessed by President Hage Geingob and his counterpart, Sauli Niinisto of Finland.