Richard Kapelwa Kabajani

Richard Kapelwa Kabajani , also Kapelwa Richard Kabajani (born February 15, 1943 in Ivilivinzi , South West Africa , today Namibia ; † May 17, 2007 in Katima Mulilo ), was a Namibian activist , politician and diplomat of SWAPO in the Namibian liberation struggle . He was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Namibia .

Kabajani is buried as a national hero in the heroes' field near Windhoek .

Career

Kabajani went to school in neighboring Botswana from 1955 to 1964 . He then joined SWAPO, for whose armed arm PLAN Kabajani was sent to Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia ) and Tanzania for training . After 1986 he became an adviser to founding President Sam Nujoma .

Kabajani was Minister in the Ministry of Transport from 1992 until 1992 , then Minister in the Ministry of Land and Resettlement until 1995 and then until 2000 in the Ministry of Youth and Sport . In the same year he became Namibia's ambassador to Cuba .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Richard Kapelwa Kabajani: A national hero. New Era, May 23, 2014.
2. ↑ Richard Kaba Jani: An early freedom fighter (1943 to 2007). New Era, July 16, 2010. ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Mwaka Liswaniso: Richard Kapelwa Kaba Jani - a PLAN fighter, diplomat and politician (1943-2007) . In: New Era , June 27, 2014, p. 6. 
4. ↑ Richard Kaba Jani passes away. The Namibian, May 21, 2007.