Lubango dungeons

Lubango dungeons is a term used to describe the notorious killing and torture of SWAPO Party members and refugees by the party, accused of being spies of the South African colonial regime. About 1000 SWAPO members were incarcerate for over nine years in these dungeons. These atrocities were committed during the war of liberation struggle of Namibia in the 1980s at detention a centre, others refer to it as SWAPO death camp in Lubango, Angola. Details of what occurred were published in a left wing journal, Searchlight South Africa, with an interview with two of those who had been kept in pits in horrific conditions.

There have been efforts to suppress this chapter of the liberation movement SWAPO in the discourse of contemporary Namibia's public history by the current government. It was alleged that the Namibian churches participated in the cover-up.

Some of the notable survivors of these atrocities include Bience Gawanas, Oiva Angula, Kalla Gertze, Sustjie Mbumba, Emma Kambangula, Ndapewa Sisingi Hiskia and Ulrich Jackson Paulino among others.