Mandela Kapere (4 June 1982—7 December 2020) was a

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n politician of the dominant

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, and a member of parliament until his death.

Biography

Mandela Kapere was the son of SWAPO politician and diplomat Asser Kapere and his wife Maria. He was a member of the

National Assembly of Namibia The National Assembly is the lower chamber of Namibia's bicameral Parliament. Its laws must be approved by the National Council, the upper house. Since 2014, it has a total of 104 members. 96 members are directly elected through a system of cl ...

and SWAPO's central committee. Kapere died from

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at age 38.

References

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