Namibia: Walvis Bay Remembers Butchery Bomb

Although almost forgotten by many, friends and family members of the victims of the Atlantic Meat Market bomb on 2 August 1986 cannot forget.

The Walvis Bay butchery, which was built in 1951 by Walter Hertzberg, was a popular shopping destination for residents, especially on Saturdays.

Here they bought unique meat products, like smoked bones, jagwors and hardewors.

Former Atlantic employees Vera Steenkamp and Regina Adams remember the Saturday morning on which a bomb exploded at the butchery,…