Ponhofi senior secondary school
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Ponhofi Senior Secondary School is a government educational institutions located in Helao Nafidi Town Council, in the Ohangwena region of Namibia.[1] Established in 1976.[2] Dateline (1988) reported that between 1987and 1988 more than a dozen schools were destroyed by arson fire or bomb blast that were widely attributed to the army of ritaliation for student's anti -occupation campaign.[3] Some students at Ponhofi senior secondary school were killed and severely wounded after soldiers opened fire at their rooms/hostels in retaliation for attacks by the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) combatants.[4]
Ponhofi lost its students when PLAN fighters attacked the South West Africa Territorial Force (SWATF) military base between 1987 and 1988, two students were murdered and seven others were injured by the military.[4]
Students that were killed are as follow:
- Hilka Mwanyekange (10 February 1982)
- Albertina Nghikongelwa (12 March 1987)
- Victoria Nghikofa (16 April 1987)
And a teacher who was also murdered:
- Benjamin Nakale (9 April 1981)
Seven others were injured during an attack.[2]
To pay respect to those who lost their lives in the war, a monument was erected and opened on 22 July 2004, which is situated in the school premises.