ONDONGA, 28 May 2026- Ondonga King Fillemon Shuumbwa Nangolo addressing the Genocide Remembrance Day. (Photo: Max Henrich) NAMPA

ONDANGWA, 28 May 2026 - Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture Sanet Steenkamp addressing the Genocide Remembrance Day commemoration at Oluno Community Hall in the Oshana region.

OPUWO, 28 May 2026- Director-General of the National Planning Commission Dr Kaire Mbuende addressing the Genocide Remembrance Day commemoration at Opuwo in the Kunene Region. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

OPUWO, 28 May 2026- Director-General of the National Planning Commission Dr Kaire Mbuende, Kunene Governor Vipuakuje Muharukua, and Minister of Industries, Mines and Energy Modestus Amutse during the Genocide Remembrance Day in Opuwo, Kunene Region. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 28 May 2026 - Chiefs of the Zeraeua and !Oe-ǂGan Traditional Authorities Ombara Manase Christian Zeraeua and Gaob Immanuel ǂNu-axa ǃGâseb (l), Chairperson of the Genocide Committee in Erongo Uahimisa Kaapehi (m) and other political and traditional leaders kneel at the entrance of the Swakopmund Memorial Park to seek for permission from the ancestors before entering the cemetery, during the Ovaherero and Nama Genocide. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 28 May 2026 - Gaob Immanuel ǂNu-axa ǃGâseb of the !Oe-ǂGan Traditional Authority, Erongo Governor Natalia |Goagoses, Ombara Manase Christian Zeraeua of the Zeraeua Traditional Authority and Former Member of Parliament (MP) Usutuaije Maamberua paying their respects to the victims of the 1904-1908 Ovaherero and Nama Genocide at the Swakopmund Memorial Park, during the Genocide Remembrance Day. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 28 MAY 2026 - Chiefs of the Zeraeua and !Oe-ǂGan Traditional Authorities Ombara Manase Christian Zeraeua and Gaob Immanuel ǂNu-axa ǃGâseb laying a wreath on the Ovaherero and Nama Genocide Monument at the Swakopmund Memorial Park, in remembrance of the 1904-1908 Genocide. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

OPUWO, 28 May 2026 - Senior Council Uahuna Tjiposa of the Otjikaoko Traditional Authority speaking at the Genocide Remembrance Day commemoration held at Opuwo in the Kunene Region on Thursday. (Photo: Contributed)

Palmeiras' Colombian midfielder #11 Jhon Arias celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Copa Libertadores group stage football match between Brazil's Palmeiras and Colombia's Junior at the Allianz Parque stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil on May 28, 2026. (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP)

Palmeiras' Colombian midfielder #11 Jhon Arias celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Copa Libertadores group stage football match between Brazil's Palmeiras and Colombia's Junior at the Allianz Parque stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil on May 28, 2026. (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP)

Junior's defender #24 Jean Carlos Pestana and Palmeiras' Argentine forward #42 Jose Manuel Lopez fight for the ball during the Copa Libertadores group stage football match between Brazil's Palmeiras and Colombia's Junior at the Allianz Parque stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil on May 28, 2026. (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP)

(FILES) Argentina's forward #21 Franco Mastantuono runs with the ball during the 2026 FIFA World Cup South American qualifiers football match between Argentina and Venezuela at the Mas Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires on September 4, 2025. Lionel Messi will captain Argentina at the World Cup, national head coach Lionel Scaloni announced on May 28, 2026, as he unveiled his 26-man squad. Messi, 38, heads the list on his sixth World Cup appearance, which notably omits Real Madrid's Franco Mastantuono. (Photo by Juan MABROMATA / AFP)

(FILES) Argentina's defender #19 Nicolas Otamendi celebrates with teammate forward #10 Lionel Messi after scoring his team's third goal during a friendly football match between Argentina and Zambia at La Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires on March 31, 2026. Lionel Messi will captain Argentina at the World Cup, national head coach Lionel Scaloni announced on May 28, 2026, as he unveiled his 26-man squad. Messi, 38, heads the list on his sixth World Cup appearance, which notably omits Real Madrid's Franco Mastantuono. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP)

(FILES) Argentina's forward #10 Lionel Messi waves to supporters as he warms up ahead of a friendly football match between Argentina and Zambia at La Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires on March 31, 2026. Lionel Messi will captain Argentina at the World Cup, national head coach Lionel Scaloni announced on May 28, 2026, as he unveiled his 26-man squad. Messi, 38, heads the list on his sixth World Cup appearance, which notably omits Real Madrid's Franco Mastantuono. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP)

Junior's defender #24 Jean Carlos Pestana (top) and Palmeiras' Argentine forward #42 Jose Manuel Lopez fight for the ball during the Copa Libertadores group stage football match between Brazil's Palmeiras and Colombia's Junior at the Allianz Parque stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil on May 28, 2026. (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP)

Cerro Porteno players pose for a team photo ahead of the Copa Libertadores group stage football match between Paraguay's Cerro Porteno and Peru's Sporting Cristal at La Nueva Olla stadium in Asuncion on May 28, 2026. (Photo by DANIEL DUARTE / AFP)