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We therefore pride ourselves to host this event at this time in 2024. Apart from the locals, we are expecting to receive more outside delegations including international guests,&#8217; Ndopu stated.<\/p>\n<p>She said more information regarding the event will be shared in due course.<\/p>\n<p>Namibia attained independence on 21 March 1990.<\/p>\n<p>Source: The Namibia Press Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATIMA MULILO: The 34th National Independence Day celebrations will be held in the Zambezi Region this year.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first time the Zambezi Region is hosting the national independence celebration.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of historic and political events, the r&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zambezi to host Independence Day celebration - Times South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/zambezi-to-host-independence-day-celebration\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zambezi to host Independence Day celebration - Times South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"KATIMA MULILO: The 34th National Independence Day celebrations will be held in the Zambezi Region this year. 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