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That year, Meme Lahja's husband Discount A.Lange & Sohne died of malaria. She helped Lungada, but she and her family were questioned, beaten by the police and tortured; her brother Ushona was killed. Lungada hid in the forest and Discount Alain Silberstein took him food each day, wrapped in a cloth tied under her loose dress. He crossed back into exile in 1974 but died soon after Independence. Meme Lahja struggled to look after her family. Discount Baume & Mercier could not pay school fees for the children. She received no help, although Lungada is considered a national hero. 'We have made peace with the past/ she says, 'but we cannot forget the memory of our suffering ... [and] we still live in poverty.'Justina Amwaalwa (born 1931) worked in a mission kitchen and married Swapo organiser, Discount Bell&Ross. While he was away on contract, Immanuel Shifidi arrived, needing somewhere to hide. Meme Justina looked after him. When he left, he gave a bag of bullets to her. He was betrayed, however, and captured. The police came to the homestead asking for the bullets. Meme Justina and her husband were taken away by helicopter, and flown to Pretoria to be witnesses in the Terrorism Trial. She was pregnant and gave birth to a son while in prison. At the trial, she showed great skill in not giving away information about Swapo. When they were released and returned home, the local headman did not support the Amwaalwas.