KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY DR HAGE G. GEINGOB, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA ON THE 40TH COMMEMORATION OF THE CASSINGA DAY MASSACRE, MAY 4, 2018, HEROES ACRE, KHOMAS REGION
We are gathered here today, to remember and pay respect to those who bled for the liberation of Namibia and those who were massacred in the quest for freedom and independence. It is befitting that we can mark the Quadragennial Anniversary of Cassinga Day in the presence of our brothers and sisters from Angola, a country that stood shoulder to shoulder with Namibia, through the darkest days of our struggle for independence. I thank Your Excellency and Dear Brother, João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço for joining us here today. We are honoured and privileged by your presence. I am moved by the ceremony and the performance that I’ve just witnessed, I can imagine the pain and emotion those of you who went through event may feel at this point in time.
“We have to remember and respect the blood of those who died fighting for the liberation of Namibia….” These are the poignant words of one of our sisters of the soil, Lavinia Tuyeimo Muleka, who survived the horrific events that transpired at Cassinga on May 4, 1978.
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