Lest we forget: Cuito Cuanavale and the debt we owe – Windhoek Observer

Lest we forget: Cuito Cuanavale and the debt we owe – Windhoek Observer

Every year on 23 March, a date of immense historical weight quietly passes, often without the national reflection it deserves. It marks the anniversary of the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale, a defining confrontation not only in the liberation of Southern Africa but also in the eventual independence of Namibia. Thirty-eight years on, the memory risks fading into the background of a nation preoccupied with present challenges and future ambitions. But h…