Cassinga Day
| Cassinga Day | |
|---|---|
| Observed by | 4 May |
| Frequency | Annual |
Cassinga Day is a national public holiday in
4 May 1978
In the morning of May 4, 1978, the South African Defence Force ran an air strike on camp Cassinga near the village of
paratroopers. The camp was inhabited by exiled SWAPO sympathisers and their families. 165 men, 294 women and 300 children died in this attack. Later the same day the nearby camp Vietnam in the village of Tchetequela was also attacked. As of 2016[update] the graves are unmarked but the Namibian government plans to erect a memorial site.[4]
References
- ^ Let's Review Our National Holidays in The Namibian, 27 April, 2007
- ^ The Commonwealth Yearbook Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Namibian national reconciliation policy in Xinhua News Agency, 21 September, 2006.
- ^ Muraranganda, Elvis (3 May 2016). "Remembering Cassinga Day". New Era. p. 3.[permanent dead link]
