Social commentator Sam Kauapirura believes more still needs to be done to incorporate genocide studies into the national school curriculum.
Kauapirura was speaking in an interview with NBC's Namibia Connects programme ahead of Genocide Remembrance Day.
Various community members in the Omaheke Region have welcomed the Genocide Remembrance Day.
They, however, urged that commemorations on the day reflect the activities, mood and spirit of what had transpired during the 1904-1908 war.
Some Batswana of Namibian descent have welcomed the progress made in the negotiations between the government and its German counterpart.
The Ovaherero and Ovambanderu communities gathered in Swakopmund to commemorate and honour the victims of the 1904–1908 genocide.
The communities marched through the streets of Swakompmund as they paid homage to thousands of Ovaherero and Nama who died during the genocide.
A documentary exploring the history and legacy of the Ovaherero and Nama Genocide has been produced.
The documentary raises questions about apology, justice and reconciliation, more than a century later.
A ruling by a full bench of the Windhoek High Court has shifted the trajectory of the legal fight over the 2021 Namibia-Germany joint declaration on the 1904-08 Ovaherero and Nama genocide.
The court has decided not to add Germany as a respondent in the case, at least for the time being.
The OvaHerero community, which returned from Botswana in September last year, says it remains optimistic about the promises made by the authorities upon their arrival in Namibia.
Some members of the Ovaherero community, led by Professor Mutjinde Katjiua, held a commemoration today marking the anniversary of the 1904 extermination order against the Ovaherero and Nama people.
In a quest to maintain and preserve culture, the Ovaherero people gathered at the Ombu Cultural Festival in the Otjozondjupa Region.
The Ombu Cultural Festival is a platform created for the Ovaherero people to celebrate their culture and heritage.
The killing of an Otjinene resident has reignited long-forgotten tribal tensions in the community.
