The Minister of International Relations and Trade, Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, commended the government for its collaboration with Angola to erect a memorial shrine in that country in remembrance of those who died in the Cassinga massacre.

President Nangolo Mbumba has described the late Chief Hosea Kutako as an exemplary nationalist, a leader of peace, unity, and a leader of justice for the Namibian people.