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🇳🇦 Cassinga Day in Namibia
Commemoration of the Cassinga Massacre
Date in Namibia
May 4
Instituted1978
Commemorates the Cassinga Massacre of 1978 when South African forces attacked a SWAPO refugee camp
Public life in Namibia
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
What this holiday commemorates
In Namibia, around 1978
- 1978 SADF airborne assault on SWAPO base at Cassinga kills 600 people · Namibia
- 1978 Kuaima Riruako's path to traditional leadership opens as Paramount Chief Clemens Kapuuo is assassinated in Katutura, Windhoek, creating a leadership v... · Namibia
- 1978 (c.) Kuaima Riruako elected in absentia by the OvaHerero Chiefs' Council as the substantive Paramount Chief while in Paris, France, with his reign retroact... · Namibia
- 1978 Sam Nujoma leads negotiations with the Western Contact Group, facilitating the eventual passage of United Nations Security Council Resolution 435. · Namibia