When Did the Windhoek Massacre Happen?
On 10 December 1959, Five Days After a Group of Women from Windhoek's Old Location Marched to the Then Swa Administrator's Home in Protest Against the...
On 10 December 1959, five days after a group of women from Windhoek's Old Location marched to the then SWA administrator's home in protest against the apartheid regime's oppression and intention to relocate Old Location residents to Katutura, police clashed with residents, killing 11 and wounding 44.
What was the consequences of the Windhoek massacre?
Their forced removal to the newly established township Katutura, initiated during the late 1950s, provoked resistance, popular demonstrations and escalated into violent clashes between the residents and the police. These resulted in the killing and wounding of many people on 10 December 1959.
Why Namibian did not want to move to Katutura?
For a number of reasons most residents did not want to move: They had owned the erven in Old Location whereas in Katutura all land belonged to the municipality. ... This event is known as the Old Location uprising, it is the reason for the declaration of December 10, Human Rights Day, as a Namibian national holiday.
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