Omugulugwombashe

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Road sign to Ongulumbashe

Omugulugwombashe or Ongulumbashe , also Omugulu-Gwombashe , Omugulu-gwOombashe or Omgulumbashe , officially according to the Namibian Presidential Office Omugulu gwOombashe , is a settlement in the constituency of Tsandi in the Omusati region in northern Namibia . The name of the place is Otjiherero and means something like "leg of the giraffe".

history

In 1966 the United Nations withdrew South Africa 's mandate for the administration of South West Africa and placed it under its own administration. South Africa did not accept this resolution. Omugulugwombashe had been a training camp of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN), which led the Namibian liberation struggle , since June 1966 . It was under the command of John Ya Otto to whom 90 trainees were subordinate.

On August 26, 1966, eight attack helicopters of the South African Army attacked the 17 PLAN fighters stationed there at the time in Omugulugwombashe. This attack is considered to be the beginning of the Namibian liberation struggle. In commemoration of this event, August 26th is a heroic day in Namibia . On this day, the United Nations commemorates the event as part of the Namibia Day .

On August 26, 2013, a statue of Sam Nujoma, erected by the North Korean company Mansudae Overseas Projects , was unveiled in honor of the Namibian founding president Sam Nujoma and in memory of the attack in 1966 . The statue cost 284,200 Namibia dollars . Another memorial, also made by Mansudae, was unveiled in May 2014.

particularities

The high-speed train operated by the Namibian state railway company TransNamib is called Omugulugwombashe Star . In addition, the highest award of the SWAPO party was named Ongulumbashe Medal in commemoration of the event .

literature

  • Els, PJ: Ongulumbashe: where the Bushwar began. Reach Publishers, Wandsbeck, 2007, ISBN 9781920084813

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY HIFIKEPUNYE POHAMBA, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA, ON THE OCCASION OF THE 32nd ANNIVERSARY OF THE CASSINGA MASSACRE. Office of the President, May 4, 2010. ( Memento of August 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ a b Klaus Dierks: Chronology of Namibian History, 1966 . klausdierks.com. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
  3. ^ Namibian War of Independence 1966-1988 . Armed Conflict Events Database. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
  4. ↑ John Ya Otto Nankudhu passes on . In: New Era , Namibia Press Agency , June 22, 2011. Archived from the original on March 31, 2012. 
  5. ↑ Catherine Sasman: [ WINDHOEK - Aug 14, 2006 ( Memento from September 8, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Julius Shaambeni Shilongo Mnyika: the guerilla [sic] fighter (1938 to 2003)] . In: New Era , August 27, 2010. Archived from the original on Sep 8, 2012. 
  6. ↑ Petronella Sibeene: Swapo Party Turns 49 , New Era . April 17, 2009. Archived from the original on May 15, 2011. 
  7. ↑ United Nations Conferences and Observances
  8. ^ New Nujoma statue for Ongulumbashe. Namibian Sun, August 6, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2013
  9. ↑ Nujoma statue costs N $ 284,200. Allgemeine Zeitung, November 15, 2013 Retrieved November 19, 2013
  10. ↑ Forgiveness without compensation. Allgemeine Zeitung, May 23, 2014 Retrieved May 28, 2014

Coordinates: 17 ° 46 ′  S , 14 ° 42 ′  E