Today marks 45 years since the Cassinga massacre, during which about 600 Namibians died.

President Hage Geingob says it is not only a day to commemorate the selfless acts of sacrifice but also a day for Namibians to reaffirm patriotism and foster a true sense of pride and duty towards the nation.

The Cassinga massacre was executed by the apartheid South African military on May 4, 1978, when they ran an air strike on Camp Cassinga near the village of Cassinga in Angola.

The camp was inhabited by exiled SWAPO sympathisers and their families.