{"id":35754,"date":"2026-05-29T07:52:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T05:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=35754"},"modified":"2026-05-29T07:52:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T05:52:55","slug":"namibia-marked-genocide-remembrance-day-at-shark-island","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/namibia-marked-genocide-remembrance-day-at-shark-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Namibia marked Genocide Remembrance Day at Shark Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Namibians gathered at Shark Island in L\u00fcderitz on Thursday to commemorate Genocide Remembrance Day, a newly declared public holiday observed annually on May 28.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The day honours the victims of the genocide committed against the Ovaherero and Nama communities during German colonial rule.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Residents from the \u01c1Kharas and Hardap regions gathered at Shark Island in L\u00fcderitz as Namibia marked Genocide Remembrance Day.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The day, declared a public holiday from May 2025, serves as a national reflection on the atrocities committed against the Ovaherero and Nama people during German colonial rule.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Addressing the commemoration, the Governor of the \u01c1Kharas Region in Namibia, Dawid Gertze, explained the significance behind officially recognising May 28 as Genocide Remembrance Day.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;The decision to officially recognize May 28as a genocide remembrance day was not taken lightly. It was preceded by broad and meaningful consultations with traditional leaders and affected communities. historians and stakeholders across our nation. Together, we sought a date that would be neutral, inclusive, unifying and historically grounded. A date belonging to all descendants of the genocide.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Gertze stated that the commemoration is also a reminder that the suffering of victims must never be forgotten.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":35755,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-35754","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Genocide Remembrance Day","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35756,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35754\/revisions\/35756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=35754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}