May 4th marks 46 years since apartheid South African troops attacked a refugee camp in southern Angola, killing hundreds of people, the majority being women and children.

Since the 1978 massacre, 4 May in Namibia has been commemorated as Cassinga Day, named for the camp sheltering an estimated 11,000 to 12,000 Namibians who had crossed the border into Angola to escape fighting between apartheid forces and South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) freedom fighters. SWAPO had taken up arms to free Namibia from South African occupation.

The attack on the refugee camp, located about 240 kilometres north of the Angola-Namibia border, started just after 7 a.m., when fighter planes began bombardments. Shortly afterwards, estimates say almost 400 South African paratroopers descended on the camp under ‘Operation Reindeer.’

Five hours later, South African troopers had left a trail of blood and destruction, having killed close to 800 Namibians and injured more than 1,000 people in one of the bloodiest days in the struggle against the apartheid regime.

As news of the massacre spread, the world reacted with horror. The South African apartheid regime claimed the Cassinga camp was a SWAPO military base housing trained fighters. However, the only fighters present provided security at the majority-civilian camp. Further, the United Nations and a media delegation that visited the camp shortly after the attack confirmed South Africa had killed refugees.

For instance, Guardian News Service journalist Jane Bergerol’s report stated, ‘The camp has been almost totally destroyed. Three walls of the school remain standing. Inside is the rubble of home-made desks, English-language lesson books, exercises in Ovambo and English. Most of the children we saw were under 12 years old.’

We mourn the deaths of the Namibian refugees who fled an apartheid regime, and we salute SWAPO freedom fighters who eventually prevailed as part of the broader anti-apartheid movement.

You want freedom? Be selfish for a moment. What enslaves you? Not us collectively but you specifically. That is where self improvement is needed.

In the near future, AirPods will be able to read your mind!

Apple has just granted a patent for a revolutionary update to their AirPods - biosensors that can monitor brain activity.

This new feature adds sensors to the AirPods that can measure various biosignals, including brain waves, muscle and eye movement, heart function, and blood volume pulse.

Imagine one of the biggest companies in the world being able to track your focus levels at work, monitor how stressed you are, and what you’re thinking any time of the day.

Will you use this technology?

This male sumatran orangutan is Raku: he got a wound on his right cheek. Scientists were surprised to spot him applying a medicinal plant on his face: akar kuning (Fibranaurea tinctoria), a type of climbing vine that acts as an analgesic.

After about 8 days he applied the chewed stems and leaves of the plant, the wound began to heal and in approximately a month he completely recovered.

This series of observations undoubtedly constitutes the conclusive proof of the level of ingenuity that these majestic animals have.

Two years ago CNN released a photo taken by the photographer Anil Prabhakar in the forest in Indonesia. The image shows an orangutan, currently under threat of extinction, while stretching out his hand to help a geologist who fell into a mud pool during his search. When the photographer uploaded the photo, he wrote this as a caption: “In a time when the concept of humanity dies, animals lead us to the principles of humanity.”

NEED to find motivation to pack up some stuff 😇

My Uber driver says he gotta make a stop first.

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