President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has urged Namibians, especially the youth, to take up the second phase of the national struggle and a responsibility to honour the sacrifices of liberation heroes by contributing to the country's economic development.
Following a successful repatriation of remains of two Namibian liberation heroes, who died at the then notorious Robben Island Prison, has inspired South Africa to perform a similar programme.
On the 26th of August 1966, the first shots of the Namibian Liberation Struggle rang out at Omugulugombashe in the Omusati Region – forever altering the course of the nation's history.
Instilling values of patriotism, unity of purpose and respect for national symbols is at the top of the "My Namibia, My Pride" campaign.
The programme recognises the sacrifices of heroes whose contributions continue to support nation-building.
From the battlefront to the honours list.
Namibians who took part in the fight for freedom have now received the country's salute ahead of the Heroes Day commemoration on Wednesday.
After more than five decades, Namibia has laid to rest two liberation heroes who died in captivity on Robben Island, while honouring six others whose remains and legacies have now been brought together at Heroes' Acre.
A reburial ceremony, to honour the sacrifices of the country's liberation struggle icons, will be held at the Heroes Acre tomorrow, ahead of the Heroes Day commemoration on Wednesday.
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.
The Governor of the ||Kharas Region, Dawid Gertze, said corruption is eroding public trust, undermining development, and betraying the sacrifices of Namibia's liberation heroes, and made a strong call for moral renewal.
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has paid tribute to the visionary leaders who lit the torch of the liberation struggle across the African continent.
