Activists in Cape Town mark Namibia’s first Genocide Commemoration Day
The day is dedicated to honour the victims of the 1904 to 1908 Nama-Herero genocide committed by Germany.
A group of activists in Cape Town mark Namibia’s first Genocide Commemoration Day on 28 May 2025. Picture: Morgan van de Rede/EWN
CAPE TOWN - A group of activists in Cape Town is marking Namibia’s first Genocide Commemoration 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 solidarity with the people of Namibia.
Abeedah Adams from the South African Energy Embargo Campaign said that by being complicit, Germany was aiding in a genocide.
"So, today we are here primarily to observe, to commemorate the genocide that the Germans perpetrated against the Namibian people. We are here again to register our position towards the role that Germany is playing, they played in the past in terms of what happened in Namibia, they were directly responsible for that genocide."
In 2021, Germany recognised that it was responsible for the genocide in Namibia.
It also agreed to fund projects worth 1.1 billion euros over 30 years to make up for the property seizures and killings by German colonial forces.