Commemorated annually on 4 May, the date "remembers those (approximately 600)[1] killed in 1978 when the South African Defence Force attacked a SWAPO base at Cassinga in southern Angola".
[2] Commemorations are marked yearly by ceremonies at Heroes' Acre, outside of Windhoek.
These ceremonies are attended by many important national political figures, including incumbent President Hage Geingob and former Presidents Hifikepunye Pohamba and Sam Nujoma (as of 2016).
Later the same day the nearby camp Vietnam in the village of Tchetequela was also attacked.
As of 2016[update] the graves are unmarked but the Namibian government plans to erect a memorial site.