KAMENGA BATTLEFIELD - A REMINDER OF THE SACRIFICES MADE DURING NAMIBIA’S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM

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2025-08-25

KONGOLA, 24 August 2025 - Retired Navy Captain of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF), Richard Kopano points out at the core area where several wars of the liberation struggle of the Namibian independence where fought in 1968 at Kamenga battlefield situated about 130 kilometres west of Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi Region. Kopano said Kamenga battlefield is where wars of the liberation struggle had shifted shortly after the first bullet of the struggle was fired at the Omugulugwombashe in the Omusati Region. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

By Mulisa Simiyasa
(NAMPA FEATURES SERVICE)

KONGONGOLA, 25 AUG (NAMPA) – Located about 121 kilometers south of Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi Region, the site of the former Kamenga military base stands as a powerful reminder of Namibia’s liberation struggle.
Once a South African Defence Force installation, Kamenga was a key battleground in the eastern and southern Zambezi, witnessing fierce clashes between the apartheid regime and fighters from th...

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KONGOLA, 24 August 2025 - Retired Navy Captain of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF), Richard Kopano at the core area where several wars of the liberation struggle of the Namibian independence where fought in 1968 at Kamenga battlefield situated about 130 kilometres west of Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi Region. Kopano said Kamenga battlefield is where wars of the liberation struggle had shifted shortly after the first bullet of the struggle was fired at the Omugulugwombashe in the Omusati Region. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

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