BIOGRAPHIES OF NAMIBIAN
PERSONALITIES
in alphabetical order
KLAUS DIERKS
Copyright © 2003-2004 Dr. Klaus Dierks
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Ya-Otto, John Gwaniipupu
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John Gwaniipupu Ya-Otto was trained as a teacher. He was an early SWAPO member and was
involved into the occurrences of the "Old Location Uprising" in Windhoek in
December 1959. In 1961 he became SWAPO's Acting Secretary General in Windhoek (until
1966). 1965 he published (together with Helmut Kangulohi Angula) SWAPO's first
publication, "Unity Wings". Ya Otto was arrested by the South Africans in 1966
and tried during the Pretoria Terrorism Trial in 1968. 1973 he was again arrested. Ya Otto
went into exile via Angola in 1974. He served as SWAPO's Secretary of Labour in 1976. He
chaired the internal SWAPO Commission in consequence of the 1976 "SWAPO Spy
Crisis". 1979 he moved from Zambia to Angola and published the SWAPO trade union
magazine "The Namibian Worker". 1989 he became Secretary General of the trade
union Nation Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW).
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Gender: m
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
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Yambeka
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Yambeka was the daughter of Ondonga King Shikongo sha Kalulu.
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Gender: f
Father: Shikomba sha Kalulu
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