Vibrant diversity Song, dance, dress and food took centre stage at PK de Villiers' Culture Day. Hope van Staden On 20 March, our school hosted an unforgettable Culture Day to celebrate Namibia’s ...

An estimated 60,000 Herero and 10,000 Nama people were killed. May 28 was chosen for the annual Genocide Rememb­rance Day commemoration as it was the day in 1907 when German authorities ordered ...

Between 1904 and 1908, tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people were massacred or forced into concentration camps and starved by German colonial forces under the command of General Lothar von ...

The killings of Herero and Nama men, women and children have been recognized as the first genocide of the 20th century. Historians say von Trotha, who was sent to German South West Africa to put ...

Between 1904 and 1908, German troops massacred tens of thousands of indigenous Herero and Nama people who rebelled against Germany's rule in the southern African country. Genocide Remembrance Day ...

The day is dedicated to honour the victims of the 1904 to 1908 Nama-Herero genocide committed by Germany. A crowd of close to 80 people gathered outside the German consulate in Cape Town to show ...

Namibia has held its first Genocide Remembrance Day to commemorate tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people killed by German colonisers in the early 1900s, in what is widely considered the ...

By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy. The killings of Herero and Nama men, women and children have been recognized as the first genocide of the 20th century.

After lengthy and sometimes acrimonious negotiations, Germany in 2021 recognised the killings by its settlers constituted a genocide. An estimated 60,000 Herero and 10,000 Nama people were killed.

The Namibian government established May 28 as Genocide Day in 2024. However, some representatives of the Herero and Nama communities have expressed reservations about this date, noting that it ...

Genocide Remembrance Day will be celebrated on 28 May in the gardens of Namibia's parliament and feature a candlelight vigil and minute of silence, according to a government programme released Monday.

Namibia to hold first commemoration of German genocide Colonial-era German troops massacred tens of thousands of indigenous Herero and Nama people who rebelled against their rule in the southern ...