Peter Nanyemba
Peter Eneas Nanyemba (Ndilimani) (born 1935 - died 1 April 1983) was a Namibian freedom fighter[1] and Commander of the Swapo Party's military wing, the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN). He also arranged training and equipment for PLAN.
Early Life
Nanyemba grew up in Owamboland in the north of Namibia herding cattle, while at the same time struggling to attend school. He then went to work Walvis Bay where he became discontent with the harshness of the colonial and apartheid system.
Political Career
Nanyemba left Namibia in 1962 to join others already abroad in order to wage the struggle from outside of Namibia. He served as a Swapo representative in East Africa with a base in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. During the Tanga Consultative Conference, he was elected Secretary of Defence, a position he held until his death on 1 April 1983 when he died in a car accident in Lubango in the Angola's Huila Province.
Recognition
A primary school was built and named after him in Angola in 2005, also a rehabilitation of the cemetery and a monument outside Lubango at the cost of N$ 8,5 million.[2]