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Mishake Muyongo
Albert Mishake Muyongo (born 28 April 1940) is a Namibian politician and former Member of Parliament, living in exile in Denmark. Muyongo has been a longstanding advocate for the independence of the Caprivi strip,"Muyongo speaks from the past in treason trial." ''The Namibian''. https://www.namibian.com.na/muyongo-speaks-from-the-past-in-treason-trial/. Accessed 12 April 2025. (now Zambezi region). In 1962, he co-founded the Caprivi African National Union (CANU). That same year, he fled into exile in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania where he negotiated a merger of CANU with the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO). As a result, he was appointed SWAPO representative to Zambia (1964–1965). He later served as SWAPO Secretary for Education (1966–1970), and in 1970, he was elected SWAPO vice president.Klaus DierkBiography of Mishake Muyongo Muyongo was expelled from SWAPO in 1980 and returned to Namibia. He founded the United Democratic Party (UDP) in 1985 and joined the Dem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South West Africa People's Organisation
The South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO ; , SWAVO; , SWAVO), officially known as the SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former independence movement in Namibia (formerly South West Africa). Founded in 1960, it has been the governing party in Namibia since the country achieved independence in 1990. The party continues to be dominated in number and influence by the Ovambo ethnic group. SWAPO held a two-thirds majority in parliament from 1994 to 2019. In the general election held in November 2019, the party won 65.5% of the popular vote and 63 out of the 104 seats in the National Assembly. It also holds 28 out of the 42 seats in the National Council. From November 2017 until his death in February 2024, Namibian President Hage Geingob remained the president of SWAPO after being elected to the position at the party's electoral congress. History Background and foundation German South West Africa was established in 1884. After World War I, the League o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Namibian
''The Namibian'' is the largest daily newspaper in Namibia. It is published in English and Oshiwambo. History The newspaper was established in 1985 by journalist Gwen Lister as a weekly newspaper reliant on support of donors, which aimed to promote Namibian independence from South Africa. Its first edition appeared on 30 August of that year with a print run of 10,000. ''The Namibian'' became a daily newspaper on 1 April 1989. It is owned by the private trust Free Press of Namibia, managed by its founding editor. On the 15th anniversary of its foundation, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan praised the newspaper: "''The Namibian'' worked courageously in difficult and often dangerous conditions. Since then, it has contributed immeasurably to press freedom and nation-building in Namibia. Throughout, it has maintained its integrity and independent stance." Relations to government Prior to Namibian independence The newspaper exposed human rights violations by South Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mabuku
John Mabuku (died July 13, 2008) was the governor of Caprivi Region in Namibia and secessionist supporter of an independent Caprivi Strip. Mabuku, a former Democratic Turnhalle Alliance National Council member, fled to exile in Botswana with former DTA leader Mishake Muyongo following a failed separatist revolt in 1998 in the Caprivi Strip against the Namibian government. Mabuku continued coordinating DTA activities from the Kagisong refugee camp in Botswana and continued to support DTA president Mishake Muyongo, who is in exile in Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a .... He died in exile in Botswana on July 13, 2008, after a long illness. See also * Caprivi conflict * Caprivi treason trial References 2008 deaths Year of birth missing Popular Democratic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zambezi Region
The Zambezi Region, known as the Caprivi Region until 2013, is one of Namibia's fourteen regions, situated in the north-eastern part of the country along the Zambezi River. The region's capital is Katima Mulilo. The Katima Mulilo Airport is 18 kilometres south-west of the town, while the village of Bukalo is located 43 kilometres south-east of Katima Mulilo. The region has eight electoral constituencies and a population of 142,373 according to the 2023 census. Politics Constituencies The region comprises eight electoral constituencies: * Judea Lyaboloma (created 2013) * Kabbe North (created 2013) * Kabbe South (created 2013) * Katima Mulilo Rural * Katima Mulilo Urban * Kongola * Linyanti * Sibbinda Regional elections Electorally, Zambezi is consistently dominated by the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO). In the 2004 regional election for the National Assembly of Namibia, SWAPO won all constituencies, and mostly by a landslide. In the 2015 r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mafwe
The Mafwe are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group native to Southern Africa. They are part of the larger Lozi ethnic group and have significant populations in Namibia and Zambia Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa. It is typically referred to being in South-Central Africa or Southern Africa. It is bor .... Their language is known as Chifwe. Kings and leaders Leaders since Kabende Sita carry the honorary title of Mamili. *Sebitwane, Kololo King, ? - 1851 *Sekeletu, Kololo King, 1851-1863 *Mbololo, Kololo King, 1863-1864 *Lewanika, Lozi King, 1864-1909 *Moremi II, Tswana King, 1876 - 1890 *Sekgoma Lethsolathebe, Tswana King, 1891-1906 *Kabende Simata, Mamili, 1864-1914 *Simata Lifasi, 1914-1931 *Lifasi Simata Mamili, 1931-1944 *Simata Simasiku Mamili, 1944-1971 *Richard Muhinda, Mamili, 1971-1987 * Boniface Bebi Mamili, 1987-1998 * George Simasiku, Mamili 1999- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boniface Bebi
Boniface Bebi was a Mamili, or tribal king, of the Mafwe in Namibia, from 1987 to 1999. Born in Linyanti, South West Africa (now Namibia), he succeeded Richard Muhinda in 1987, as the sixth recorded King of the Mafwe. After being involved in the Caprivi conflict, in which autonomy was sought for the Lozi people of the Caprivi Strip, he fled for Botswana Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the sou ..., which granted him political asylum, after which Denmark granted him and Mishake Muyongo political asylum. His first-born child, Hoster Bebi, died in 2000; he lost a son while in Danish exile. He was succeeded by George Simasiku as King of the Mafwe. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bebi, Boniface Living people Lozi people Namibian chiefs Namibian exiles Year of birth missing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caprivi Liberation Army
Caprivi Liberation Army (CLA) was a Namibian rebel and separatist group established in 1994 to separate the Caprivi Strip, a region mainly inhabited by the Lozi people. It operates only in the Caprivi strip. Background The Caprivi Strip is located in the far northeast of Namibia. The region is a panhandle of Namibia eastwards about 450 km, between Botswana to the south, Angola and Zambia to the north, and the Kavango Region. During the "Scramble for Africa" period, Great Britain ceded the territory to Germany to access the Zambezi River and reach its other colonies in East Africa while keeping possession of German South-West Africa. The Caprivi strip was of strategic military importance. It saw continual military actions and multiple incursions by various armed forces using the Strip as a corridor to access other territories. Many South African factions mainly handled those military actions during the Rhodesian Bush War (1970–1979). It was also a battlefield for the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Namibia
The government of Namibia consists of the executive, the legislative and the judiciary branches. The Cabinet is the executive organ of government, implementing the laws of the country. It consists of the president, the prime minister and his deputy, as well as the ministers of the Cabinet of Namibia. The legislative organs of government are the National Council and the National Assembly. They make the laws of the country. The judiciary organs of government are the courts. The highest court of Namibia is the Supreme Court. There are also the high courts and lower courts. The Namibian government is partly centralised and partly regional. In the executive branch, central government consists of ministries, offices and agencies, whereas regional government consists of regional councils, and constituencies within these. The legislation is centralised in the lower house (National Assembly), and regional in the upper house (National Council). The judiciary is centralised in the Suprem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Nujoma
Samuel Shafiishuna Daniel Nujoma ( ; 12May 19298February 2025) was a Namibian revolutionary, anti-apartheid activist and politician who served three terms as the first president of Namibia, from 1990 to 2005. Nujoma was a founding member and the first president of the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) in 1960. Nujoma became involved in anti-colonial politics during the 1950s. In 1959, he co-founded and served as the first president of the Ovamboland People's Organization (OPO), a nationalist organization advocating an independent Namibia. In December 1958 he was an organizer of the Old Location resistance and was arrested and deported to Ovamboland. In 1960, he escaped and went into exile in Tanzania where he was welcomed by Julius Nyerere. Nujoma played an important role as leader of the national liberation movement in campaigning for Namibia's political independence from South African rule. The OPO was renamed SWAPO in 1960. Nujoma established the People's Lib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Namibian General Election
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General elections were held in Namibia on 4 and 5 December 1994. Each registered voter could poll two votes, one for president (the first time a president was to be directly elected) and one for the National Assembly. Both elections were won by SWAPO, which won 53 of the 72 seats in the National Assembly, and whose candidate, Sam Nujoma, won the presidential election by more than three-fourth of the polled votes. The elections were the first since Namibia's independence from South Africa. Results President National Assembly By region References Presidential elections in Namibia Parliamentary elections in Namibia Namibia Parliamentary election National Assembly (Namibia) Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
