Africa Links 24 with Willie Olivier
Published on 2025-08-07 17:00:00
The first high school in the Oukwanyama kingdom, Ponhofi (meaning ‘a central place where most people meet’) was opened in 1976.
Twelve years after its establishment, Ponhofi Secondary School became the rallying point of the 1988 school boycott.
A South African Defence Force (SADF) and police base were built near the school in the late 1970s.
This strategy was used by the SADF to discourage attacks on the base by the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (Plan) and to isolate…
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