The government says the repatriation of the remains of two former political prisoners Simon Niilenge and Festus Nehale from Cape Town, South Africa, is about restoring dignity, reconnecting families with their ancestors and addressing a painful chapter in the country's liberation history.

The African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Keetmanshoop played an important part behind the scenes in fighting racial segregation under the colonial apartheid regime.

As Namibia commemorates Heroes Day on 26 August, the country remembers those who sacrificed for its freedom. 

Among them are ordinary Namibians whose contributions to the liberation struggle often remain untold.

Former Robben Island political prisoner Marten Kapewasha has returned to the prison decades after his release.

Kapewasha formed part of the delegation that witnessed the exhumation of Namibian political prisoners Simon Niilenge and Festus Nehale.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has described former President Nangolo Mbumba as a distinguished son of Namibia, a veteran of the liberation struggle, an elder statesman and a devoted servant of the Namibian people as he celebrates his 85th birthday.

The remains of two Namibian political prisoners, who died on Robben Island, have been exhumed in Cape Town.

Festus Nehale and Simon Niilenge died while serving prison sentences during the apartheid era.

Their remains will now undergo scientific examination before being repatriated to Namibia.

A Namibian delegation comprising officials from the University of Namibia (UNAM) and the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts, and Culture is in Cape Town, South Africa, conducting verification of liberation icons who died there.
 

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa paid tribute to the country's liberation fighters on Monday as Zimbabwe marked its 46th National Heroes' Day in Harare under the theme "Lest We Forget".

Swapo veteran Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana has explained that the Women's Council Congress traditionally precedes the main Swapo Congress and therefore sets the tone.

She urged members to strictly follow the party's constitution and founding documents instead of relying on popular opinion.

Former deputy mayor of Rundu, Toini Hausiku, was buried at the Mbunza Royal Cemetery at Kapako in the Kavango West Region over the weekend. 

Hausiku, who was also the widow of liberation struggle icon Marco Hausiku, died on the 19th of July in a Windhoek hospital from cancer.