BIOGRAPHIES OF NAMIBIAN
PERSONALITIES
in alphabetical order
KLAUS DIERKS
Copyright © 2003-2004 Dr. Klaus Dierks
K
000762
Kaapanda, Joel Natangwe
*
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Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Functions: High Commissioner to India - Namibia - 1994-2002
Minister of Regional, Local Government and Housing - Namibia - 2002-
Namibia National Archives Database
000100
Kadhikwa, Rudolph
*
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Rudolph Kadhikwa was arrested in the late 1966. He was charged in mid-1967 under the
Terrorism Act. He was tried with other Namibians in the Pretoria Terrorism Trial from
September 1967 until February 1968. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben
Island.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: PRI 3/23 (Prison file)
000928
Kaempffer, Adolf
* 13.06.1896 at Oberröblingen, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1902
Last departure from Namibia: 1930
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Adolf Kaempffer was born on 13.06.1896 at Oberröblingen in Germany. He was the second son
of Dr. Richard Kaempffer, an ardent German nationalist of the "Alldeutsche"
movement. He came to Namibia in 1902 with his parents who bought the farm "Deutsche
Erde" on the Fish River from Hendrik Witbooi. He served in the Schutztruppe during
World War I. He took over the parents' heavily indebted farm after his father's death in
1919, but could not keep it. He worked in the diamond fields and bought a smallholding in
Bethany (1927) where he married in 1929. He returned to Germany in 1930, where he worked
for the "Reichskolonialbund" and wrote several colonial novels, all of them set
in Namibia. After World War II, he worked at the refugee camp Friedland near Göttingen
and as social worker for the Evangelical Church. He lived in retirement at Göttingen.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: WRI
Profession: Writer
Married to: Marie Kaempffer, née Morgenstern, married 1929-
Father: Richard Kaempffer (-1919)
RAW DATA: Namibiana vol.4, no.2 (1984);
001578
Kahaka
* in Namibia
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Eldest son of Tjetjo's first wife. Leader of a group of Ovaherero who left Namibia around
1896 to settle in Botswana.
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Gender: m
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:111, 344;
001579
Kaharee, Alexander
*
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Evangelist in Jakalswater in 1906.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
RAW DATA: JBRMG 1906:29;
002220
Kahewa-Nawa, Ovaherero (Ovatjimba) Chief
*
+ .1935
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Chief Kahewa-Nawa was the successor of Ovatjimba Chief Kasupi and ruled from 1923
to 1935. In September 1925 the fluid Kaokoland
situation was intensified by an internal power struggle between Chief Kahewa-Nawa and his
nephew Weripaka. This resulted in Kahewa-Nawa’s followers seeking support from Chief
Tom Vita. Chief Kahewa-Nawa died in 1935. A suitable successor could not be found
(Kahewa-Nawa’s brother Karuho and his nephew Weripaka were not very popular amongst
their followers). This led to a further weakening of the system of chiefs in the
Kaokoveld.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader
Functions: Chief - Ovatjimba - 1923-1935
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
001580
Kahikaetaa
*
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Otjiherero "grootman".
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Gender: m
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:114;
000192
Kahitjene, Oove ua Muhoko, Ovaherero Chief
[Nawatab oove ua Muhoko - Nama name]
* .1790 in Namibia
+ ??.04.1852 in Namibia
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Oove ua Muhoko Kahitjene was born around 1790. He was a wealthy and powerful Ovaherero
Chief in the vicinity of Okahandja. Initially, he was a tributary of Orlam Afrikaner Chief
Jonker Afrikaner. In 1842 the Ovaherero chiefs Tjamuaha (born ca.
1790) and Maharero (born 1820) settled in Windhoek on Jonker’s demand. The two
Ovaherero groups under their leaders Oove ua Muhoko Kahitjene and Tjamuaha formed an
alliance with Jonker Afrikaner (24.12.1842: Christmas
Peace 1842). During 1844, Kai||khaun Captain ||Oaseb attacked Oove ua Muhoko Kahitjene
without Jonker Afrikaner lifting a finger to help the latter. Kahitjene’s defeat can
be directly attributed to his attempts to win independent access to guns, horses and
information with assistance of a European missionary, Carl Hugo Hahn. This led finally to
his downfall in 1851. In 1846 Kahitjene moved to Okahandja. In January 1849,
Kamukamu, brother of Oove ua Muhoko Kahitjene, was killed by Jonker
Afrikaner when the Orlam Afrikaners, returning from a raid on Walvis Bay, decided to
plunder Ovaherero villages. In 1850, he launched an unsuccessful attack on
Jonker. After that, he felt insecure at Okahandja and decided to move to Hahn's station at
Otjikango, but as his people were about to leave on 23.08.1850, they were attacked by
Jonker and virtually annihilated. On 12.03.1851 Francis Galton
offered to arrange for a peace treaty between the Ovaherero communities of Oove ua Muhoko
Kahitjene, one of Jonker’s former allies, and Chief John Samuel Aron Mungunda from
Otjombuindja in the Ozongoto area, but Kahitjene declined the offer. In a subsequent
skirmish between Mungunda’s sons and Kahitjene, the latter was killed in April 1852.
The Ovaherero decided that the Mungunda community should settle together with
Tjamuaha’s son, Maharero (or Kamaharero). Kahitjene’s
downfall can be directly attributed to his attempts to win access to arms with assistance
of missionary Hahn.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Lau 1985: V1262; Metzkes 1862: 14; Otto-Reiner; Chronology of Namibian History,
2003 (Dierks);
001581
Kaiser
* in Germany
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Bezirksamtmann of Omaruru in 1896.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: ADM
RAW DATA: Hubatsch;
000929
Kaiser, Ulrich Joachim
* 25.03.1911 at Windhoek
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Ulrich Joachim Kaiser was born on 25.03.1911 at Windhoek. He was educated at the
Realgymnasium Königsberg in East Prussia (then Germany, now Russian Federation). He was a
farmer at Waltershagen in the Otjiwarongo District.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: AGR
Profession: Farmer
Married to: Elfriede Ilse Kaiser, née Ramm, married 1935-
Father: Georg Albert Ferdinand Kaiser
RAW DATA: WWSA A1959;
000930
Kalangula, Peter Tanyengange
* .1926
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Peter Tanyengange Kalangula was born in 1926 in Ovamboland. He obtained his Matric in
1947. He worked as a teacher and civil servant. He studied theology in South Africa and
was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1970. The South African administration attempted to
"build" him systematically as a Bantustan leader and "alternative" to
SWAPO. He initiated a breakaway Anglican Church in Ovamboland in 1971. 1973 he was
appointed to the Ovambo Legislative Assembly. He was a co-founder of the DTA in 1977. He
became DTA President and Chief Minister of the Ovambo Executive in 1980. On 15.02.1982, he
resigned from the DTA and formed a new party, the Christian Democratic Action for Social
Justice (CDA). His party failed completely in the 1989 independence elections. Thereafter
he retired from politics.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: REL POL
Profession: Clergy Politician
Namibia National Archives Database
000931
Kalis, John Lourens
* 12.08.1913 at Kalk Bay, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1935
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John Lourens Kalis was born on 12.08.1913 at Kalk Bay in South Africa. He was educated at
Worcester in South Africa. He came to Namibia in 1935. He participated in the Second World
War between 1940 and 1945. He was a Manager of Hepworths Ltd. in Namibia.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman
Married to: Theunissina Wilhelmina Kalis, née Ströh, married 1942-
Father: William Ferdinand Kalis
RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;
001106
Kalle, Christiane
* in Germany
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Chief Representative of the German development agency GTZ in Namibia from September 2002.
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Gender: f
Field of activity: ADM
Namibia National Archives Database
000932
Kalweit, Fritz Martin Wilhelm Ernst
* 11.07.1887 at Königsberg in East Prussia, then Germany (now Russian Federation)
First entry to Namibia: February 1913
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Fritz Martin Wilhelm Ernst Kalweit was born on 11.07.1887 at Königsberg in Germany (now
Russian Federation). He was educated at Königsberg and the Navigationsschule Hamburg. He
obtained an Offizierspatent der Deutschen Handelsmarine. He came to Namibia in February
1913. He was a cattle and karakul farmer at Daweb Süd and Chairman of the National Party
Keetmanshoop. He was the Mayor of Keetmanshoop from 1934 until 1940.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: AGR
Profession: Farmer Naval officer
Functions: Mayor - Keetmanshoop - 1934-1940
Married to: Charlotte Anna Frieda Kalweit, née Bleicher, married 1919-
Father: Julius Kalweit
RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;
001582
Kamatoto, Daniel
*
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Evangelist in Grootfontein, 1906-1907.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
RAW DATA: JBRMG 1906:28, 1907:36;
001583
Kamatoto, Josaphat
*
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Evangelist in Otjizeva until 1902.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
RAW DATA: JBRMG 1902:23;
000193
Kambararapeke
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+ 30.07.1857 at Ondonga
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Kambararapeke was a servant and cook in the employ of the Rhenish Missionary Johannes
Rath. He was a member of the party that accompanied Carl Hugo Hahn to Ovamboland in 1857,
and was killed when that party was attacked by Ondonga King Nangolo's people on 30.07.1857
near Ondonga.
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Gender: m
RAW DATA: Lau 1985:IV982+IV1061;
001584
Kambatta
[Kambata - alternative spelling]
*
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Kambatta was a Ovaherero "grootman". He was fighting on the side of the
||Khau-|gôan (Swartboois) in the Swartbooi War of 1897/98 against the Germans in the
Grootberg area.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:125, 140;
001585
Kambazembi wa Kangombe, Ovaherero Chief
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+ 09.1903 at Waterberg
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Kambazembi wa Kangombe (Kangombe was Kambazembi’s father)
was the Ovaherero Chief of Otjozondjupa (Waterberg) from ca. 1860 until September 1903. On
21.06.1874, in the presence of Frederick Joseph Green, Maharero
(Kamaharero), together with Chief Therawa from Omaruru and Chief Kambazembi wa Kangombe
from Otjozondjupa, requested Henred Barkly as British High Commissioner in the Cape Colony
to prevent a group of Transvaal Boers (Hendrik van Zyl) from settling in Damaraland. This
led the Cape authorities to find a Special Commissioner for Damaraland. William Coates
Palgrave was consequently duly appointed. However, when the Ovaherero chiefs and Palgrave
hold the Main Conference of Okahandja in September 1876, in order to resolve the problems
in Hereroland, Kambazembi did not attend. Kambazembi was defiant towards the German
colonial take-over of the territory: During August/September 1892 an attorney from Hamburg
(Germany), Julius Scharlach, obtained the "Damaraland Concession", thus breaking
the monopoly of the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft für SWA (DKGSWA). Cecil Rhodes soon
dominated the new South West Africa Company (SWAC), which held the sole right to operate
railway lines between Sandwich Harbour and the Kunene River mouth as well as to exploit
the copper deposits of the Otavi Mountains. Matthew Rogers investigated the mining
potential of the Tsumeb Mine. The accompanying German officials Gustav Duft and Von Bülow
were stopped on order of the brother of the Ovaherero Chief Kambazembi wa Kangombe of the
Waterberg while the British were allowed to proceed. In April 1894 Chief Kambazembi
attempted to reconcile Nikodemus Kavikunua and Chief Riarua with Samuel Maharero. He was,
however, not successful. In September 1903, Kambazembi wa Kangombe died at the Waterberg
and was buried there. His successors were his sons David Kaonjonga Kambazembi, who became
Chief of the Waterberg, and Salatiel Kambazembi, who became Chief of the remaining
Kambazembi areas.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:106, 111; DSAB III; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003
(Dierks);
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks (Grave of Chief Kambazembi wa Kangombe
at the Waterberg)
002201
Kambazembi, David Kaonjonga, Ovaherero Chief
*
+
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David Kaonjonga Kambazembi (1903-1904) was the son of
Kambazembi wa Kangombe (ca. 1860-1903). Kambazembi
wa Kangombe's successors at his death in September 1903 were his two sons David Kaonjonga
Kambazembi, who became Chief of the Waterberg, and Salatiel Kambazembi, who became Chief
of the remaining Kambazembi areas. David took part in the German Ovaherero War 1904. On
the days before the 12.01.1904, there were many rumours amongst German settlers and
soldiers of a possible Ovaherero uprising which added to the outbreak of the war, although
there were no signs about any envisaged Ovaherero insurrection in early January. On
06.01.1904, Kurt Streitwolf reported on a meeting with Traugott Tjetjo in the Gobabis
district. Streitwolf informed that he did not believe that war was imminent. At the
Waterberg, Sergeant G. Rademacher and missionary Wilhelm Eich reacted to reports by Mrs.
Sonnenberg, whose husband, trader G. Sonnenberg, had held discussions with Chief David
Kambazembi on the growing indebtedness of the Ovaherero. Rademacher and Eich reported that
war was unlikely, especially that Kambazembi was preparing for a visit of Chief Ouandja at
Otjikururume. When the war had started on 12.01.1904, the Waterberg military station was
conquered by the Ovaherero under the command of Kambazembi. All soldiers under the command
of Sergeant G. Rademacher were killed (14.01.1904). However, on the other hand, Samuel
Maharero allowed missionary Eich with his small party of German women and children safe
passage from Waterberg to Okahandja (date of arrival: 09.04.). Headmen such as Michael
Tyiseseta, Ouandja, Assa Riarua and David Kambazembi agreed to the safe passage. After the
Waterberg Battle in August 1904, the surviving Ovaherero assembled at Okahandja North
between the Omatako omuramba and the Eiseb omuramba. They fled further via
Otjinene, Epata, Osombo-Windimbe (Ozombo ja Windimba) and Erindi-Ombahe, following the
course of the Eiseb omuramba. Zacharias Zeraua from Otjimbingwe reported later that
the chiefs Samuel Maharero from Okahandja, Banjo from Otjombonde, David and Salatiel
Kambazembi from Waterberg, Ouandja from Otjikururume, Kayata from Otjihaenena, Michael
Tyiseseta from Omaruru, Katjahingi and Assa Riarua had all assembled at Osombo Onjatu at
the Eiseb omuramba.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
001368
Kambazembi, Josephat, Ovaherero Chief
*
+ .1960 at Otjozondjupa
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Josephat Kambazembi (1941-1960) was the son of Salatiel Kambazembi (1903-1941). He remained the
Ovaherero Chief at the Waterberg from 1941 until 1960 when he died. His indirect successor
was Ombara Tuhavi David Kambazembi (1989-).
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Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002202
Kambazembi, Salatiel, Ovaherero Chief
*
+ .1941 at Otjozondjupa
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Salatiel Kambazembi (1903-1941) was the son of
Kambazembi wa Kangombe (ca. 1860-1903). Kambazembi
wa Kangombe's successors at hi death in September 1903 were his two sons David Kaonjonga
Kambazembi, who became Chief of the Waterberg, and Salatiel Kambazembi, who became Chief
of the remaining Kambazembi areas. Salatiel took part in the German Ovaherero War 1904.
After the Waterberg Battle in August 1904, the surviving Ovaherero assembled at Okahandja
North between the Omatako omuramba and the Eiseb omuramba. They fled further
via Otjinene, Epata, Osombo-Windimbe (Ozombo ja Windimba) and Erindi-Ombahe, following the
course of the Eiseb omuramba. Zacharias Zeraua from Otjimbingwe reported later that
the chiefs Samuel Maharero from Okahandja, Banjo from Otjombonde, David and Salatiel
Kambazembi from Waterberg, Ouandja from Otjikururume, Kayata from Otjihaenena, Michael
Tyiseseta from Omaruru, Katjahingi and Assa Riarua had all assembled at Osombo Onjatu at
the Eiseb omuramba. On 08.12.1904 it was reported that Chief Michael Tyiseseta and nine followers escaped the Germans and Michael handed
himself over to the British authorities in the Walvis Bay enclave. Between 800 and 1 000
Ovaherero made their way to Walvis Bay and approximately 1 175 to British Bechuanaland.
Some Ovaherero including Haingombe, Wilhelm Katjisume, Thomas Mutate and Martin Kazerewi
escaped into Angola, where they joined Vita Tom. Later the Okahandja Ovaherero preferred
the leadership of Salatiel Kambazembi who temporarily also had joined Vita. In 1923 it was
reported that, following the funeral of Samuel Maharero in August 1923, Frederick
Maharero, the oldest son of Samuel, appealed to the SWA Administration to be permitted to
stay in SWA. His appeal was backed by Salatiel Kambazembi (who returned to SWA around
1920), Hosea Kutako, Traugott Maharero, Alfred Maharero, Joel Kasetura, Asser Kamusuvise,
Silphanus Mungunda and Wilfried Kazondonga. He remained the
Ovaherero Chief at the Waterberg until 1941 when he died. His successor was Josephat
Kambazembi (1941-1960).
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Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002204
Kambazembi, Tuhavi David, Ombara, Ovaherero Chief
* at Okakarara
+
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Ombara (traditional title) Tuhavi David Kambazembi
(17.07.1989-) is the current Ovaherero Chief at the Waterberg in Okakarara (Kambazembi
Royal House).
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Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
001586
Kambonde kaMpingana, Ovamboland (Ondonga West) King
*
+ 22.06.1909 in Ovamboland
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When the ninth Ondonga King Iitana yaNekwiyu died on 26.09.1884, he was succeeded by two Ondonga kings: King Kambonde
kaMpingana (1884-1909) with the capital Onamayongo (or Okaloko according to other oral
evidence)(western Ondonga) and King Nehale (1884-1908) with the capital Onayena in the
Oshitambi area (eastern Ondonga). The Finnish Missionary Society supported King Kambonde
against King Nehale with weapons and ammunition because King Nehale was perceived to be an
"enemy of the European mission work in Africa". On 21.04.1885, William Worthington Jordan bought 50 000 km2 of land from King
Kambonde. Jordan called this area "Republic Upingtonia" and a group of Dorsland-Trekkers
from Angola settled there – in the area of Otavi and Otjiwanda (Oshiwambo:
Oshaandashongwe; Khoekhoegowab: Kai|aub)(present-day Grootfontein) which included the
copper mines at Tsumeb. This deal increased the tensions between the two kings Kambonde
and Nehale. Jordan was murdered in 1886 in Ondonga and the Republic Upingtonia was
dissolved (June 1887). In 1895 King Kambonde kaMpingana (1884-1909) sent a message,
assisted by Finnish missionary Martti Rautanen, to this effect: "[I] hope to never
see the German Governor in [my] life because the Germans are coming to rule." At the
end of 1895 Kambonde reported that a number of Ovaherero had come to see him, complaining
that Samuel Maharero had become the servant of Theodor Leutwein. During October 1900 Erich
Victor Carl August Franke visited the Ovamboland Kings Kambonde kaMpingana of the Ondonga
area and Ueyulu ya Hedimbi of the Uukwanyama area. Uukwambi King Negumbo refused to allow
Franke to visit his territory and threatened the Germans with war. Franke reported about
growing native resistance against the activities of the Finnish missionaries. During the
German Ovaherero War 1904-1908 Samuel Maharero tried in vain to draw the Ovambo into the
war. According to Finnish missionary Albin Savola, an Ovaherero messenger requested King
Kambonde kaMpingana to help the Ovaherero against the Germans. But the Finnish
missionaries counselled the Ovambo to remain neutral, and in only one instance – King
Nehale’s attack on Namutoni in January 1904– did they side with the Ovaherero.
In January 1905 the Finnish missionary Martti Rautanen persuaded King Kambonde kaMpingana
not to support King Nehale, who under Ovaherero influence was ready to rise against the
Germans again. In May/June 1908 Erich Victor Carl August Franke visited again the
Ovamboland Kings Kambonde kaMpingana of the Ondonga area and Ueyulu ya Hedimbi of the
Uukwanyama area. He also visited the Uukwambi, Uukwalhuudi and Ongandjera areas. Franke
concluded protection treaties with all the kings of these areas, with assistance of the
missionaries Martti Rautanen and August Wulfhorst. These treaties brought Ovamboland
formally under German protection, but in practice the kingdoms still continued to function
as independent units. On 22.06.1909 King Kambonde died. His successor was the 11th King
Kambonde kaNgula (1909-1912).
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Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002233
Kambonde kaNamene, Ovamboland (Ondonga) King
*
+ .1960 in Namibia
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The 13th Ondonga King Kambonde kaNamene ruled from 1942 until 1960.
His royal court was at Okaloko. The powerful Ondonga "Queen
mother", Mutaleni kaMpingana, played an important role in the succession. Kambonde
died in 1960. He was followed by the 14th Ondonga King Martin
(Ambala) Ashikoto (1960-1967).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002229
Kambonde kaNankwaya, Ovamboland (Ondonga) King
*
+ .1883 in Namibia
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Kambonde ka Nankwaya was the eighth Ondonga King and followed his nephew Shikongo sha
Kalulu (1859-1874) in 1874. He ruled from 1874 until 1883 when he died. He established his capital at Onamumgondu. His successor was the ninth Ondonga
King Iitana yaNekwiyu (1883-1884).
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Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002231
Kambonde kaNgula, Ovamboland (Ondonga) King
*
+ .1912 in Namibia
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Kambonde kaNgula (1909-1912) was the eleventh Ondonga King.
He was followed by the 12th Ondonga King Martin Nambala yaKadhikwa
(1912-1942).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002293
Kambungu kaMuheya, Ovamboland (Uukwanyama) King
*
+ around 1600
---
The first Uukwanyama King on record was King Kambungu kaMuheya
(together with King Mushindi uaKanene in the first line of the Uukwanyama genealogy). He
ruled around 1600. The first seven Uukwanyama kings cannot be precisely dated. His
successor was Uukwanyama King Mushindi uaKanene.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
000276
Kameeta, Zephania, Dr.
* 07.08.1945 at Otjimbingwe
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Zephania Kameeta was born on 07.08.1945 at Otjimbingwe. He was educated at the Rhenish
Mission School at Karibib, thereafter the Paulinum at Otjimbingwe. He was ordained as a
pastor of the Evangeliese Lutherse Kerk in Suidwes-Afrika (Rynse
Sendingkerk)(ELKSWA) in 1972. Since 1977 he is a member of the Central
Committee of SWAPO. He taught and served as principal at the Paulinum. He was pastor at
Lüderitz from 1978 until 1981 and Vice-Bishop of ELKSWA from 1982 to 1989. He was an
active supporter of SWAPO. He was arrested and put by the South Africans into prison. At
an other occasion, a passport in order to attend an international conference, was refused
by the SA authorities. After independence, he was elected to the Constituent assembly
(1989/90) and the first and second Parliament of the Republic of Namibia, where he served
as Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly. He resigned from Parliament in 2000 and served
again as pastor at Maltahöhe. In 2000, he was elected as a Moderator of the United
Evangelical Mission. He was ordained as Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the
Republic of Namibia (ELCRN) on 20.01.2002.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: REL POL
Profession: Church minister
Functions: Member - SWAPO Central Committee - 1977-
Member - National Assembly of Namibia - 1990-2000
Deputy Speaker - National Assembly of Namibia - 1990-2000
Moderator - United Evangelical Mission - 2000-
Vice-Bishop - Evangelical Lutheran Church in South West Africa - 1982-1988
Bishop - Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia - 2002-
Namibia National Archives Database
000194
Kameno
*
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Son of Ondonga King Nangolo dAmutenya (ca. 1820-1857).
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Gender: m
Father: Nangolo dAmutenya
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002265
Kamongwa, Ovamboland (Uukwaluudhi) King
*
+
---
The third Uukwaluudhi King on record was King Kamongwa. He followed
King Nakakwiila. He ruled before 1850. The first seven Uukwaluudhi kings cannot be dated.
His successor was the fourth Uukwaluudhi King Natshilongo shIikombo.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
000195
Kämpfer, Friedrich
* 16.09.1830 at Barmen, Germany
+ 14.07.1908 at Tannenhof, Germany
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Friedrich Kämpfer was born on 16.09.1830 at Barmen in Germany. He was a merchant who was
appointed as secretary responsible for the business affairs of the Rhenish
Missionary Society on 02.01.1862 and held this post until 1903, when he retired. He has
never been to Namibia. He died on 14.07.1908 at Tannenhof in Germany.
---
Gender: m
RAW DATA: Kriele 1928:238; Menzel 1978:188; Vergissmeinnicht 1893:110; v.Rohden 1988:99;
000196
Kamukamu
*
+ ??.01.1849
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Kamukamu was the half-brother of Kahitjene oove ua Muhoko. He was killed by Jonker
Afrikaner and his commando in January 1849, who had ridden to Walvis Bay to salvage the
cargo of a ship said to have run aground there, but, disappointed in their attempt,
decided to plunder Ovaherero villages on their return journey. This later resulted in
several clashes between Kahitjene and Jonker.
---
Gender: m
RAW DATA: Vedder 1985:229;
000197
Kamuzandu
*
+ .1869
---
Kamuzandu was an Omuherero from Otjikango who became the first to attend Carl Hugo Hahn's
catechism classes. He accompanied Hahn on his journeys and also assisted him in linguistic
work. Amongst others, Hahn was able to complete the translation of the first three
chapters of the Lutheran Catechism into Otjiherero with his help. He died in 1869.
---
Gender: m
RAW DATA: Irle 1906:234-235; Vedder 1985:275; Heese s.d.:154;
000360
Kamwanga, Sebastian
[Hompa, traditional title]
* at Shankara
+ 22.01.1999
---
Gciriku King Kamwanga was born at Shankara. He was a teacher and church catechist. He was
the fifth in the recorded genealogy of the Gciriku kings. He was nominated to represent
the Gciriku in the Kavango Legislative Council; later became Chairman of the Executive
Council of the Kavango Bantustan Government, and was crowned as Hompa of the
Gciriku in 1985 until 1999 when he died on 22.01.1999. He was succeeded by Hompa
Kassian Shiyambi (1999-).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Functions: Hompa - Gciriku Community - 1985-1999
RAW DATA: An obituary in New Era of 5-7 Feb.1999 gives his birth date as 01 April 1943,
which is obviously wrong (possibly 1934?); Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
001029
Kandanga-Hilukilwa, Gertrud Rikumbi
* 01.01.1937 at Ombujekuna Mongombe ja Mbatera, Omaruru District
+ 20.12.2002 near Kamanjab
---
Gertrud Rikumbi Kandanga-Hilukilwa was born on 01.01.1937 at Ombujekuna Mongombe ja
Mbatera in the Omaruru District. She was one of the first women to join the Ovamboland
People's Organisation (OPO) in 1959. She was one of the founding members of SWAPO, and
remained a SWAPO activist throughout her life. She was frequently arrested, and put under
house arrest in Walvis Bay in the early 1980s. She went into exile in 1984 to attend the
Lusaka talks. She was a Member of the SWAPO Central Committee since 1984. She returned to
Namibia in 1989, and served as SWAPO Deputy Head of Voter Registration. She was a Member
of the SWAPO Politburo from 1990 until 1994. She was a Member of the National Assembly
from 1990 until 2000. She also was a Member of the SWAPO Elders Council, and SWAPO Women's
Council, and chairperson of the SWAPO Party Veteran Trust Fund. She died in a car accident
on 20.12.2002 near Kamanjab, and was buried on 18.01.2003 at the Heroe's Acre in Windhoek.
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: POL
Married to: Josua Hilukilwa
RAW DATA: The Namibian 06.01.2003; New Era 06-09.01.2003 + 13-16.01.2003;
001587
Kandirikirira, Elia
* in Namibia
---
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Namibia National Archives Database
002093
Kandjimi, Hawanga, Uukwangali King
[Hompa, traditional title]
*
+ .1924 at Grootfontein
---
In the Kavango, Uukwangali King Himarua died in 1910 and was succeeded by Hompa
Kandjimi Hawanga who ruled the Uukwangali area until his death in 1924. He was the
eleventh in the recorded genealogy of the Uukwangali kings. Kandjimi was originating from
the Uukwambi area in the western Ovamboland. Himarua was followed by King Mbuna
who ruled until 1926.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002203
Kangombe, Ovaherero Chief
*
+
---
Ovaherero Chief Kangombe (before 1860) was the father of Kambazembi wa Kangombe (ca. 1860-1903).
.---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002095
Kanuni, Uukwangali Queen
[Hompa, traditional title]
*
+ .1971
---
In the Kavango, Uukwangali King Mbuna died in 1926 and was succeeded by Queen Kanuni who
ruled the Uukwangali area until 1941 when she was deposed by the South African Native
Commissioner, Harold Eedes and sent into exile to Angola. She was the thirteenth in the
recorded genealogy of the Uukwangali kings and queens. Eedes appointed Hompa
Sivute to rule the Uukwangali area until his death in 1958. During Kanuni's reign the
Uukwangali area was opened to Christian missionaries. The Roman Catholic mission station
Tondoro was established in 1926. 1958 Queen Kanuni returned to Namibia and ruled until her
death in 1971. She was followed by King Mbandu who ruled until 1977.
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
000101
Kanyele, Matheus Elia
*
---
Matheus Elia Kanyele was charged in June 1967 under the Terrorism Act. He was tried with
other Namibians in the Pretoria Terrorism Trial from September 1967 until February 1968.
He was sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: PO
Namibia National Archives Database
002084
Kapango, Mbunza Queen
*
+ around 1750
---
In the Kavango, Kapango was the sister of the Uukwangali Queen Mate I. She ruled around
1750 and settled in the Mbunza area of the Kavango. This resulted in the establishment of
the two kingdoms in the western Kavango, the Uukwangali Kingdom and the Mbunza Kingdom.
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
000102
Kapewasha, Martin Mwula
*
---
Martin Mwula Kapewasha was Chairman of the SWAPO Youth League. He was arrested in August
1973 under the Sabotage Act. He was tried in Swakopmund in November 1973 with inciting
others to violence. He was sentenced to eight years imprisonment on Robben Island. He was
a Member of the National Council since 1992 and became Deputy Minister of Youth and Sport
in March 1995. On 03.04.1996 he was transferred as Deputy Minister to the Ministry of
Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation. Two years later he was appointed as Namibia's
Ambassador to the Russian Federation in Moscow.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: PRI 3/19 (Prison file)
000264
Kapuuo, Clemence, Ovaherero Chief
[Kapuuo, Clemens - alternative name]
* 16.03.1923 at Teufelsbach near Okahandja
+ 27.03.1978 at Windhoek
---
Clemence Kapuuo was born on 16.03.1923 on the farm Teufelsbach near Okahandja. He was
educated at the St. Barnabas School, Windhoek. After this he was trained as a teacher in
Johannesburg. In November 1946, the African Improvement Society
(AIS) was founded as a kind of secretariat for the Herero Chiefs’ Council by students
and teachers such as Clemence Kapuuo. Its functions were mainly cultural and educational.
It soon began to compete in importance with the semi-official Bantu Welfare Club (founded
at the beginning of the 1930s; "black" committee members 1937: AE Mogale, AS
Mungunda, AS Shipena) operating in the "Old Location" in Windhoek. Prominent
members were Bartholomeus Gerhardt Karuaera (President), Berthold Himumuine (Secretary),
Clemence Kapuuo and David Meroro. Himumuine was the first Namibian "black" to
obtain the "Matric". During 1949 Sam Nujoma moved to Windhoek to join his uncle
Hiskia Kondombolo. With assistance from Aaron Hamutenya, father of Hidipo Hamutenya,
Nujoma learned English at the St. Barnabas Night School. The school’s director was
Berthold Himumuine, the real force behind Hosea Kutako. Nujoma became aware of the United
Nations through Hosea Kutako. He met Hosea with help of Gabriel Mbuende, father of Kaire
Mbuende, and Clemence Kapuuo. From 1950-1953 Kapuuo was the President of the
South West Africa Coloured Teachers Association. He became a Member of the Herero Chiefs
Council. He was instrumental in organising the first petitions to the United Nations. In
May 1959 the formation of the South West African National Union
(SWANU) was envisaged: the Herero Chiefs’ Council, SWAPA and the SWASB, as well as
Sam Nujoma and Jacob Kuhangua, were instrumental in its formation. Clemence Kapuuo
proposed the name "SWANU", but he did not hold a function in the
party. Chiefs such as Hosea Kutako later did not succeed in gaining
control of this mass-based organisation. On 20.08.1959 SWANU was unofficially founded. The
first elections for the executive office of the party led to a power struggle for
positions. Clemence Kapuuo and Levy Nganjone represented the "traditionalist"
wing. In September 1959 the Ovamboland People's Organisation (OPO) joined SWANU (but
continued to operate as an independent party). An alliance of the OPO, SWANU and the
traditional headmen and chieftains of the Ovaherero, Nama and Dama organised a mass
campaign against a re-settlement programme that envisaged destroying
the "Old Location" (30 000 inhabitants) west of Windhoek’s town centre, and
building the townships of Katutura (Otjiherero: "the place where people do not
live") and Khomasdal. Protest models were the "Defiance Campaign" of the
African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa, and Ghandi’s non-violent
"satyagraha". Some external leaders such as Kozonguizi and Kerina wrote letters
to local political leaders such as Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo, Sam Nujoma, John Muundjua,
Barney Mbuha and Clemence Kapuuo, in which they provided political advice and expressed
hope for self-determination under the auspices of the UN. Kapuuo was a witness of the
"Old Location Uprising" of December 1959. As from 1960 he served
as Secretary for Hosea Kutako and Deputy Chief, due to Kutako's age. Clemence Kapuuo was as Deputy Chief elected despite strong opposition from SWANU
and the Ovambanderu (Mbanderu Council). In the same year he assisted Sam Nujoma to go into
exile. In 1964 Clemence Kapuuo rejected the Odendaal Plan. On 25.09.1964 Clemence Kapuuo,
Mburumba Kerina and Hosea Kutako established the traditionalist National Unity Democratic
Organisation (NUDO). Kapuuo from the NUDO and Fritz Gariseb from the DEC opposed the South
African Apartheid policy but advocated a federal type of government based on the old
tribal regions. SWAPO (Nujoma) and SWANU (Kozonguizi) favoured a non-racial democracy
based on universal franchise and on the ideology of Pan-Africanism. Clemence
Kapuuo succeeded Hosea Kutako as Chief of the Ovaherero on 20 July 1970. Consequently the Association for the Preservation of the Tjamuaha-Maharero Royal
House was founded by Jephta Maharero to dispute the legitimacy of Hosea Kutako’s
successor, Kapuuo. On 13.11.1971 the National Convention (NC), also known as the
National Convention of Freedom Parties of Namibia (NCFP)(and from 1975 as the Namibia
National Convention (NNC)) was formed as a "united front" of liberation forces.
SWAPO under Meroro, NUDO under Kapuuo and the Rehoboth Volksparty under Diergaardt
participated. On 13.02.1972 the National Convention (NC) was further strengthened during a
meeting in Rehoboth attended by parties like SWAUNIO, the Voice of the People Party, SWANU
under Gerson Hitjevi Veii, NAPDO and the Association for the Preservation of the
Tjamuaha-Maharero Royal House. The NC appointed Clemence Kapuuo as Chairman and Veii as
Secretary. Other parties, including DEMCOP, the Herero Chiefs’ Council, the Nama
Chiefs’ Council and the Damara Tribal Executive Committee (DTEC) later joined the NC.
The NC later refused to participate in the South African Advisory Council for South West
Africa (the constitutional predecessor of the Turnhalle Conference of 1975). On
01.03.1973 South Africa established the Multi-National Advisory Council for SWA. The
Advisory Council, excluding SWAPO, SWANU and the National Convention, met three times.
Kapuuo rejected it because of its "ethnic" foundation. In November 1973 Clemence
Kapuuo of NUDO tried to obtain UN recognition for the National Convention. He was
supported by David Hoveka Meroro of SWAPO and Gerson Hitjevi Veii of SWANU, but was
unsuccessful in his effort. In July 1975 the SA Minister of Bantu Administration and
Development, M.C. Botha, in an attempt to curb the dissension among different Ovaherero
factions, and after intense lobbying on the part of Clemence Kapuuo, informed the
Ovaherero at Okakarara that they can stay in Aminuis, and that the Aminuis Ovaherero would
not be relocated to the Rietfontein Block in Hereroland East. A "homeland" for
the Tswana ("Tswanaland") in parts of Aminuis, was originally planned in
accordance with the Odendaal Plan. Botha thus dismembered the Odendaal Plan by eliminating
Tswanaland as one of its proposed ethnic "homelands". This move was one of the
reasons that Kapuuo joined later the Turnhalle Conference. The Turnhalle
Constitutional Conference, plans for which had already been announced in November 1974,
was constituted along ethnic lines on 01.09.1975. SWAPO was excluded, and during its
inauguration held demonstrations under the leadership of Danny Tjongarero to protest this
SA-initiated conference. The conference was preceded by a wave of arrests of
"black" opposition leaders, notably from SWAPO and the NNC. Clemence
Kapuuo’s participation in the Turnhalle Conference constituted an effort to
improve the situation of the Ovaherero. On 05.11.1977 the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance
(DTA) was founded, with Ovaherero Chief Clemence Kapuuo as its first President and Dirk
Mudge its Chairman. The NUDO (Clemence Kapuuo), the RBA (Ben Africa), the LP (Andrew
Kloppers), the RP (Dirk Mudge), SWAPDUF (Engelhardt Christy), the Nama Alliance (Daniël
Luipert) and the NDP (Cornelius Ndjoba) joined the DTA as member parties. On 27.03.1978
Clemence Kapuuo was, in the presence of Gerson Hoveka from the Epukiro Reserve, and other
friends, assassinated in Katutura/Windhoek. Clashes between Ovambo and Ovaherero followed
in Katutura and Okakarara. Quickly the South African Administration accused SWAPO of the
murder, although nobody was ever formally charged with the killing. The killing was never
clarified. If the question is asked who benefitted from the murder, the scenario becomes
clearer. The SWAPO activist Axel Johannes was charged by the South African security forces
with the murder, tortured and mock executed, although he could prove that he was not in
Windhoek during the incident. The killing, and the accusation which was levelled against
SWAPO, was used to justify the crackdown by the South African Defence Forces on SWAPO
followers inside Namibia and on SWAPO bases outside Namibia, thus efficiently and
effectively derailing the United Nations peace process in 1978. Finally it led to the fall
of the Vorster government and the advent of P.W. Botha’s government of his
"securocrats". Kapuuo's successor was Kuaima Riruako (1978-).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader Politician
RAW DATA: Dickie/Rake 1973; Drechsler 1966:286-287; South African Panorama Mai 1978:13;
SWA Annual 1979:32-35; Afrika-Post 1980, July, 220-221; Afrika-Post 1978, Mai, 130-132;
Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks
001588
Kariko, Daniel, Ovaherero Chief
* in Namibia
---
Daniel Kariko (ca. 1890-1896) was the Ovaherero Chief of Okombahe. On 30.11.1894, the Dama leader Cornelius ||Goreseb was installed by Theodor Leutwein as the
first paramount chief of the Dama (Berg Damara) in Okombahe in order to weaken the
Ovaherero position of Manasse Tyiseseta of Omaruru. The Ovaherero leader at Okombahe,
Daniel Kariko, was simultaneously deposed from his position as chief. Later differences
between Kariko and Manasse were exploited by Leutwein and led to the complete downfall of
Kariko in 1896. On 26.06.1896 Kariko was arrested, found guilty of high treason and
sentenced to jail. Due to Manasse Tyiseseta's intervention, his life was spared and he was
later banished to Erahui. In 1897 he escaped to Walvis Bay. Kariko participated in the
German Ovaherero War of 1904. After the Waterberg Battle in August 1904, Daniel Kariko,
the former group leader from Okombahe, fled to the Ongandjera King, Tshaanika Tsha
Natshilongo after first escaping to Walvis Bay. Later he moved to South Africa. After the
end of German colonial rule in Word War One, Kariko returned to Central
Namibia in 1915. On 18.04.1917, Daniel Kariko applied for an
Ovaherero reserve at Otjohorongo. The request was supported by the surviving Ovaherero
chiefs from Omaruru, Moses Mbandjo and Christof Katjimune as well as Gerhard Zeraua. This
was granted by the magistrate for Omaruru, Major Thomas Leslie O’Reilly. Mr. Dixon
became Superintendent of the reserve in 1918, with Katjimune as the appointed reserve
leader.
---
Gender: m
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:155, 167, 199, 356; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003
(Dierks);
001589
Kariko, Johannes
*
---
---
Gender: m
Namibia National Archives Database
001590
Kariko, Samuel
*
---
Samuel Kariko was a schoolmaster, during 1905 at Lüderitzbucht, later at Usakos, 1907
again at Lüderitzbucht.
---
Gender: m
RAW DATA: JBRMG 1905:27; JBRMG 1907:22;
001591
Kariko, Zebulon Daniël
[Kariko, Zorrow - colloquial name]
*
---
Zebulon Daniël Kariko was an Ovaherero journalist who worked i.a. for the South African
propaganda paper "Die Taak". Since 1978 he was the media officer at the SADF
command in Namibia, the first "black" SADF officer in Namibia.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL JOU
Profession: Journalist Military officer
RAW DATA: Afrika-Post Mai 1980;
001722
Karow, Maria
* .1879 at Siedkow, Germany
+ .1949 at Berlin, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1905
Last departure from Namibia: 1909
---
Maria Karow born in 1879 at Siedkow in Germany. She worked from 1905 until 1909 on the
farm of her sister (married Mercker) in Okombahe. After her return to Germany 1909, she
wrote a book "Wo sonst der Fuss des Kriegers trat" about her experiences. In
Germany, she was active for the colonial movement as a member of the "Kolonialer
Frauenbund" and with many slide show lectures all over Germany. She
died 1949 in Berlin.
---
Gender: f
Married to: Walter Trapp, married 1927-
RAW DATA: AHK 1975:99-101;
000944
Kaschik, Ernst Guenter Erich
* 16.01.1932 in Germany
+ at Windhoek
---
Ernst Guenter Erich Kaschik was born on 16.01.1932. He was the Manager of SWA Buildings
Society, Director of various finance and hotel companies. He was Windhoek City Councillor
since 1967 and Mayor of Windhoek from 1974 to 1976. He was President of the "Windhoek
Karneval".
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman
Functions: Mayor - Windhoek - 1974-1976
Married to: Ursula Kaschik, née Roll
RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;
000103
Kashikola, Kambua
*
---
Kambua Kashikola was charged in June 1967 under the Terrorism Act. He was tried with other
Namibians in the Pretoria Terrorism Trial from September 1967 until February 1968. The
sentence is unknown.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Namibia National Archives Database
002065
Kasimana, Mbukushu King
*
+ before 1850
---
In the Kavango, one of the earliest known Mbukushu Kings was Kasimana. He was the fourth
in the recorded genealogy of the Mbukushu kings. He succeeded King Sihurera. No life dates
could be traced so far. His successor was King Mashambo (before 1850).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002187
Kasupi, Ovaherero Chief
*
+
---
Setting out from the Kaokoveld, Ovaherero leader Mutjise, son of Mbunga,
son of Tjituka, son of Kasupi, son of Vatje, son of
Kengeza of the oruzo orwohorongo (community or clan, also religious group from the
father’s side, while eanda is a socio-economic group to which the mother
belongs), moved to Okahandja (probably after 1785). Chief Kasupi was the
great grandfather of Mutjise, thus the first to settle at Okahandja. Kasupi was living in
the Kaokoveld. He was followed by Ovaherero Chief Tjituka
who also still stayed in the Kaokoveld.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader
Functions: Chief - Ovaherero - before 1750
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002219
Kasupi, Ovaherero (Ovatjimba) Chief
*
+ .1923 at Ombepera
---
Chief Kasupi was a famous Kaokoland (Ovatjimba) leader and ruled from ca. 1900 to
1923. In 1910 the German geologist J. Kuntz reported that he had
reached the main village Ombepera (west of Otjiyandjasemo) of Ovatjimba Chief Kasupi. At
the beginning of World War One Heinrich Vedder and Bernhard Trey from the Rhenish
Missionary Society undertook an expedition into the Kaokoveld, in order to establish
mission stations. Kaoko Otavi was identified as an appropriate location. Trey tried to
convince Chief Kasupi from the Otjiyandjasemo area to support them, but Kasupi refused to
see him. When Trey linked up with Vedder again he related a most peculiar rumour which he
had heard from Ovaherero in Angola, and which baffled the missionaries for months. He
heard that the British had invaded the Portuguese territory and that the exiled Ovaherero
Chief Samuel Maharero had invaded SWA and captured several German ships at Swakopmund.
Later they learned the truth that World War One had begun. The "bush telegraph"
of the Kaokoveld had misled the missionaries - but there had been a grain of truth in the
rumours. In 1917 Kaokoland Chief Vita Tom ("Chief Oorlog") returned from Angola.
Vita settled permanently at Otjiyandjasemo, south-west of present-day Okonguati. He was
supported by Chief Kasupi from Ombepera. The Ovatjimba Chief Kasupi died during 1923. He
was succeeded by Chief Kahewa-Nawa (1923-1935), who received the areas around Ombepera.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader
Functions: Chief - Ovatjimba - ca. 1900-1923
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
000894
Katamila, Kaveke Antony
* 09.03.1933
+ 07.05.2002
---
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: EDU
Profession: Teacher
Namibia National Archives Database
000447
Katanga, Matthews Haumati Hamutenya
* 25.12.1944
+ 12.06.2001 at Windhoek
---
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Architect
Married to: Silvija Katanga
Namibia National Archives Database
000198
Katharine
*
---
Kitchen maid in the Hahn household at Otjimbingwe.
---
Gender: f
Namibia National Archives Database
002218
Katiti, Muhona, Ovaherero (Ovahimba) Chief
*
+ 13.09.1931 at Epembe
---
Muhona Katiti was a famous Ovahimba Chief. During the First World
War he returned from Angola. In 1917 tensions built up between Chief Vita Tom ("Chief
Oorlog") and him. The South African authorities (SA Police at Cauas Okawa) tried to
mediate between Vita and Muhona. On 06.06.1917 Tom Vita was called to Windhoek and met SA
Colonel M.J. de Jager in order to find a solution for the various Kaokoland conflicts.
This led later to an expedition to investigate affairs in the Kaokoveld under the command
of the Native Resident Commissioner Charles N. Manning. On 24.08.1917 Charles Manning
mediated between Vita Tom and Muhona Katiti in Otazuma in the vicinity of Otjivero in the
Kaokoveld. Consequently Muhona moved his residence to Epembe at the Ondoto River. During
June 1919, new disputes between Vita Tom and Muhona Katiti arose. They resulted in Charles
Manning’s new visit to the Kaokoveld. At this time Vita lived no longer at
Otjiyandjasemo but in Ongongo at the Hoarusib River. After Manning had also visited Muhona
and the Ovatjimba leader Kasupi, he met Vita at Kaoko Otavi. In April 1923 new disputes
between Vita Tom and Muhona Katiti occurred. They led, as requested by Carl Hugo Linsingen
(Cocky) Hahn, Resident Commissioner of Ovamboland, to the third visit by Charles Manning
to the Kaokoveld, meanwhile Magistrate of Rehoboth. As a result of this visit, Manning
recommended dividing the northern Kaokoveld into three tribal areas: Muhona Katiti was
given Ondoto, Epembe, Ovikange and Ehomba and Tom Vita the areas west of Epembe with
Otjitanga, Hamalemba, Omangete, Ombakaha and Otjiyandjasemo. Muhona Katiti
died on 13.09.1931 at Epembe. His successor was not his son
Muhonisa, but his brother Karuvapa.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
000904
Katjako, Moureen
*
+ 10.07.2002
---
Moureen Katjako was an HIV-AIDS activist from Walvis Bay who came out publicly about her
HIV-positive status in 2000. She campaigned tirelessly in the Erongo Region in education
efforts about HIV-AIDS and as chairperson of the "Positive but Confident"
support group. On 10.07.2002 she died of an AIDS-related illnesses and was buried in her
home town Okakarara.
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: COM
RAW DATA: The Namibian 17.07.2002, 18.07.2002;
002200
Katjari, Ovaherero Chief
*
+
---
Chief Katjari (Chief of the Otjirungu group under the leadership of John
Samuel Aron Mungunda from Otjombuindja in the Ozongoto area, son of Chief Tjoro, son of
Chief Tjihahu) took a defiant attitude against the strong social influence exercised by
the Rhenish missionaries in Otjikango.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader
Functions: Chief - Ovaherero - around 1844
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
000945
Katjavivi, Peter Hitjitevi
* 12.05.1941 at Okahandja
---
Peter Hitjitevi Katjavivi was born on 12.05.1941 at Okahandja. He grew up in Okahandja. He
received his schooling in Okahandja and Windhoek. He went into exile in 1962 and studied
in Tanzania from 1965 until 1968. He headed the SWAPO Office in London from 1968 until
1978. He is a Member of the SWAPO Central Committee. He studied history in the United
Kingdom and received a Ph.-D. degree at Oxford in 1986 with a dissertation on the
history of resistance in Namibia. In independent Namibia, he was member of the Constituent
Assembly of 1989 and, until 1993 of the National Assembly. On 23.04.1993 he became the
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Namibia. Since November 2003 he is Namibia's
Ambassador to the European Union and the Kingdom of Belgium in Brussels.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Married to: Jane Katjavivi, née Cole
RAW DATA: Dickie/Rake 1973;
000199
Katjimune, Christian
* .1858
---
Born ca.1858, Son of Phillippus Katjimune.
---
Gender: m
Father: Philippus Katjimune (1800-1863)
Namibia National Archives Database
000200
Katjimune, Kamumbonde
* ??.??.1862
---
Youngest child of Phillippus Katjimune.
---
Gender: m
Father: Philippus Katjimune (1800-1863)
Namibia National Archives Database
000201
Katjimune, Kazembire
* .1860
---
Daughter of Phillippus Katjimune.
---
Gender: f
Father: Philippus Katjimune (1800-1863)
Namibia National Archives Database
000202
Katjimune, Philippus
* .1800
+ 15.06.1863
---
Philippus Katjimune was an Omuherero by birth but grew up in Namaland. He spoke Dutch and
Nama fluently, and was Kleinschmidt's interpreter in the 1840s. He was a waggon-driver for
Galton and Andersson during their 1850-1851 journeys, but was again in employ of
Kleinschmidt as waggon-driver in 1857. He settled at Otjimbingwe in 1859. His skills as
warrior and organiser were appreciated by both, Chief Zeraua and the Europeans at the
settlement, and he headed a private corps, raised by Andersson, for trader Latham. He was
killed in an attack on Otjimbingwe by the Orlam Afrikaners on 15.06.1863.
---
Gender: m
RAW DATA: Lau 11985:V1287; Lau 1989:311; Metzkes 1962:29-30;
000946
Katjiuongua, Moses Ngesuako
* 24.04.1942 at Windhoek
---
Moses Ngesuako Katjiuongua was born on 24.04.1942 at Windhoek. He was a founder member of
SWANU. He went into exile 1959. He joined SWANU in Dar-Es-Salaam in 1961. He studied in
the German Democratic Republic, then in Sweden and Canada. He returned to Namibia in 1982
where he first worked for Rössing Uranium. He was elected as SWANU President in 1982. He
was the leader of the SWANU delegation in the Multi-Party Conference 1983. He became
Minister in the Interim Government. In 1989 he was elected into the Constitutional
Assembly for the Namibia Patriotic Front (NPF). He was a Member of the first and second
Namibian National Assembly from 1990 until 2000. He joined the Congress of Democrats (CoD)
party in November 2003.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Politician
Married to: Bathseba Katjiuongua
Namibia National Archives Database
000203
Katuti
*
---
Katuti was a servant in the household of the Rhenish Missionary Johannes Rath. She
survived the marine disaster off Walvis Bay in which Johannes Rath lost his wife and four
children on 01.04.1859.
---
Gender: f
Namibia National Archives Database
000947
Kauaria, Veno
* at Windhoek
---
Veno Kauaria left Namibia in 1979 for studies in the United Kingdom, then in the United
States of America. She obtained Master degrees on Library and Information Science at the
Long Island University. [Probably she is the first qualified "black" Namibian
librarian?]. In 1989 she returned to Namibia and worked first for the Academy Library, and
later headed the United States Cultural Centre Library in Windhoek.
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: LIB
Namibia National Archives Database
001592
Kauffenstein, P.G.
*
---
P.G. Kauffenstein was the Head (Landespropst) of the German Lutheran Church (Deutsche
Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche DELK) in Namibia from ... to ... . He was strongly
anti-SWAPO and against the ecumenical cooperation with "black" Namibian
churches.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Clergy
Namibia National Archives Database
000377
Kaufmann, Hans Richard
* 26.11.1878 at Königsberg, Germany (now Russian Federation)
+ 28.08.1914 at Hohenstein, Germany
---
Hans Richard Kaufmann was born on 26.11.1878 at Königsberg in Ostpreussen, then Germany.
He took a military career and came to Namibia as a Schutztruppe officer. He deputised as a
district commissioner in the Caprivi Strip from 1910 to 1911 and a second time from 1913
until 1914. He returned to Germany. He died in World War I at the Battle of Hohenstein,
Ostpreussen, Germany on 28.08.1914.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ADM MIL
Profession: Military officer Colonial administrator
Functions: Deputy district commissioner - Caprivi Strip - 1910-1911, 1913-1914
RAW DATA: Fischer 1035:148-151, 222-223;
002313
Kaukungua, Simon "Mzee"
[Simon Kaukungwa - alternative spelling]
* 06.10.1919 at Ohalushu
+
---
Simon "Mzee" Kaukungua was born on 06.10.1919 at Ohalushu. He received
his schooling at the Lutheran Mission School at Ohalushu and the Ongwediva Primary School
(1938). In September 1939 Kaukungua, who later became a stalwart of
the South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO), left the territory to serve on
the British side in Egypt during World War Two (until 1945). In 1946 he joined the South
West Africa Railway Police. But he was forced under the contract system to work in Port
Elisabeth and later in Cape Town in South Africa. On 02.08.1957 the Ovamboland
People’s Congress (OPC) was launched by Herman Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo in Cape Town
(in formal terms the OPC was never constituted). Among the founding members were Simon
Kaukungua, Eliazer Tuhadeleni (Kaxumba kaNdola), Peter Hilinganye Mweshihange, Solomon
Mifima, Maxton Joseph Mutongulume, Jariretundu Kozonguizi, Emil Appolus, Andreas Shipanga,
Ottiliè Schimming and Kenneth Abrahams. He resigned from the railways in 1958 in
preparation for the formation of a political party, the Ovamboland People's Organsiation
(OPO), in 1959. In 1959 he became OPO organiser in Ohalushu. Later he became one of the
first SWA petitioners to the UN. The petitions, translated into English by Theophilus
Hamutumbangela, were sent to the UN via Michael Scott or Toivo Ya Toivo. In 1962, at
a large meeting between Ovamboland chiefs and the South African Minister for Bantu
Affairs, De Wet Nel, SWAPO supporters under Simon Kaukungua asked provocative questions.
When the chiefs in their embarrassment challenged the SWAPO supporters, they got up and
left taking most of the people with them. When the chiefs later tried to threaten the
SWAPO group with rifles the people opposed them with knives and the chiefs were forced to
withdraw. On 20.02.1964 Kaukungua went into exile. He became the
first SWAPO Political Commissar of the SWA Liberation Army (SWALA) and trained soldiers in
Tanzania until 1970. During SWAPO’s Consultative Congress in Tanga/Tanzania December
1969/January 1970, he became Secretary of the SWAPO Elder’s Council. In 1972
Kaukungua was appointed as SWAPO’s Head of Finance in Dar-Es-Salaam/Tanzania,
managing SWAPO's funding from the OAU and other quarters (1972-1986). In 1986 he was
transferred to Angola as Head of the SWAPO Centre. He returned to Namibia in 1989 as
member of the SWAPO Election Directorate. Simon Kaukungua is still a member of the SWAPO
Central Committee and SWAPO Elder’s Council until the present day of time. He
is a member of the Steering Committee of the Archives of the Anticolonial Resistance and
Liberation Struggle (AACRLS).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Politician
Married to: Johanna Nathaniel Kaukungua, née Shehaama
Collections/Papers:
1). Namibia Handbook and Political Who's Who, 1990 (Pütz, Von Egidy and Caplan)
2). Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks)
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks (2003)
000892
Kaulinge, Sam Mweshipandeka
* 08.11.1921 in Namibia
+ 17.11.2001 at Ondobe
---
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Senior Headman
Namibia National Archives Database
002236
Kauluma, Immanuel Elifas, Ovamboland
(Ondonga) King
*
+
---
The seventeenth Ondonga King Immanuel Elifas (Kauluma) rules since
1975. He followed King Filemon (Shuumbwa) yElifas
lyaShindondola who was killed in Onamagongwa on 16.08.1975. He
resides at Onamungundo. In 1988 the South African Defence Force destroyed King’s
Immanuel Elifa’s homestead at Onamungundo (Olukonda) because he is a strong supporter
of SWAPO.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
001593
Kaunario, Salomo
* ca.1835
+ 24.02.1881 in Namibia
---
Salomo Kaunario was one of the first christianised Ovaherero. He fell on 24.02.1881 in a
battle against Nama forces.
---
Gender: m
RAW DATA: A. Schreiber: Salomo Kaunario, in: Lebensbilder der Rheinischen Mission für
Missionsstunden, p.14-22 (Barmen 1884);
000032
Kautwima, Gabriel
*
+ 26.02.1995
---
Gabriel Kautwima succeeded Nehemia Shoovaleka as senior headman of the Omhedi area. After
implementation of the Odendaal Plan, he became the first chairman of the Owambo
Legislative Assembly, until he resigned in 1985 for political reasons. He was a prominent
DTA member but resigned from the party in 1991. He died on 26.02.1995.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Functions: Senior Headman - Omhedi
Chairman - Uukwanyama Tribal Authority
Namibia National Archives Database
001594
Kavazeri
*
+ .1902
---
Kavazeri was the half-brother of Samuel Maharero. He died in 1902.
---
Gender: m
Namibia National Archives Database
000564
Kavikunua, Nikodemus, Ovaherero (Ovambanderu) Chief
[Kambahahiza, Nikodemus]
*
+ 12.06.1896 at Okahandja
---
Nikodemus Kavikunua was the eldest son of Kavikunua, who was the eldest son of Tjamuaha.
He was one of the rivals for succession when Maharero (Kamaharero) died in 1890. He lost,
however, out against Samuel Maharero. Nikodemus was also known as Nikodemus Kambahahiza.
Nikodemus allied himself with Kahimemua Nguvauva, whose position towards Samuel Maharero
(subordinate or equal) was also in dispute. When in August 1891 the Germans recognised
Samuel Maharero as Paramount Ovaherero Chief, this was not accepted
by other Ovaherero leaders, such as Manasse Tyiseseta of Omaruru, Kandji Tjetjo of
Owikokorero and Kahimemua Nguvauva, as well as Riarua, Maharero’s former advisor.
They were all serious contenders to the Ovaherero chieftaincy of Okahandja. On 05.07.1892
Ovaherero and Ovambanderu under the leadership of Assa Riarua (son of Maharero’s
former advisor Riarua), as well as Nikodemus Kavikunua, Daniel, Barnabas and Justus
Kavizeri, attacked Hendrik Witbooi’s stronghold Hornkranz but were defeated. On their
way back to Windhoek, the unsuspecting Ovaherero were attacked by some German settlers
under the command of John Ludwig. Two Ovaherero were killed, some are wounded and cattle
are driven off. This incident was not followed up by the German authorities, and Samuel
Maharero’s faith in the Germans was badly shaken. During April 1894 Ovaherero Chief
Kambazembi of the Waterberg attempted to reconcile Nikodemus Kavikunua and Chief Riarua
with Samuel Maharero. He was not successful. On 19.05.1894 Nikodemus visited Windhoek to
lobby for German support for his position, without any success because Leutwein was away
in the south and Gustav Duft had no authority to negotiate. In January 1895 a dispute over
the southern border in the eastern sector of Namibia arose between the Ovambanderu leaders
Kahimemua Nguvauva and Nikodemus Kavikunua and the Germans. Nikodemus still opposed Samuel
Maharero, also on the border dispute, because the land question was an extremely sensitive
issue for the Ovaherero and Ovambanderu. The fierce and bitter border quarrel brought the
dispute between Maharero on the one side and Kahimemua and Kavikunua on the other to a
head. On 18.05.1895 Theodor Leutwein, Samuel Maharero and Riarua met Kavikunua and
Kahimemua at Otjinauanaua. An agreement was reached which eventually led to the downfall
of Nikodemus and Kahimemua. On 15.06.1895 Leutwein concluded a treaty with Kavikunua which
enforced harsh border controls between Ovambanderu and German settler areas. Kavikunua
sought a closer relationship with Samuel Maharero, thus breaking with Kahimemua.
Nikodemus’ claim to Gobabis was, however, rejected. Instead of this the Germans
established a garrison at Gobabis and a military post at Olifantskloof, ostensibly to
control the trade to and from the Bechuanaland Protectorate. On 08.04.1896 Leutwein issued
a proclamation at Kowas where, in agreement with Samuel Maharero, he dismissed Kavikunua
and Kahimemua from their positions as chiefs. During the German Ovambanderu War of 1896
the Ovambanderu were defeated in the battle of Otjunda (Sturmfeld). Kahimemua surrendered
to the Germans. Kavikunua, however, did not participate in the battles of Gobabis and
Otjunda. Kahimemua sent Ovambanderu to Ngamiland (present-day Botswana) under the
leadership of his son, Hiatuvao Nguvauva, father of the later Ovambanderu Chief Munjuku
Nguvauva II. This was the first wave of Ovaherero to flee to present-day Botswana. Some
Ovaherero escaped into the north-east of the territory. They settled in the area of
Karakuwisa. There the Ovaherero were involved in violent clashes with local San groups. Nikodemus
Kavikunua was executed by s shooting squad on 12.06.1896 after an official trial by
the Germans in Okahandja for his co-responsibility in the war, together with Kahimemua
Nguvauva. Theodor Leutwein was prepared to pardon the two leaders, but Samuel Maharero
insisted on the executions, in order to get rid of two rivals of his own position as
Paramount Chief of the Ovaherero. Before his execution, Kahimemua is said to have uttered
a curse on his enemies which foretold the rinderpest which reached Namibia in late 1896.
Kahimemua's story as told by Ovaherero and Ovambanderu informants has been documented in
two publications, see Sundermeier (1987) and Heywood (1992). For additional biographical
details, see Van Rooyen and Reiner (1995) and Pool (1991). One of the other Ovambanderu
leaders, who was involved in the war against the Germans, Kanangati
Hoveka, died shortly after the executions. His successor was Nikanor Hoveka (born around
1875).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Father: Kavikunua
RAW DATA: Lau 1995:239; Drechsler 1966:69, 996, 99-101, 109, 111-112, 114-115, 344;
Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
001595
Kavinjongo
*
+ .1902 at Osire
---
Ovaherero chief in Osire, died 1902.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: TRA
RAW DATA: JBRMG 1902:27;
001596
Kavizeri, Joel
*
+ 02.11.1904 at Ombakaha
---
On 02.11.1904 the Germans under the command of First Lieutenant von
Beesten invited some Ovaherero soldiers to Ombakaha (Omuramba Ganas) allegedly to
negotiate with them to lay down their arms, but instead, the latter were massacred (most
of the 70 Ovaherero who came to surrender). Ovaherero chiefs Joel Kavizeri from Okahandja
and Saul from Otjenga were also killed there. Von Beesten reported: " ... I gave
orders to open fire. For a brief period of time the enemy vigorously returned the fire,
but then careened down the hillside, pursued by our shells and bullets, to come to a halt
at a distance of approximately 300 metres. In the meantime the kapteins and headmen had
tried to escape and had all been killed within a radius of 10 to 300 metres ... About 12
noon the remainder of the enemy withdrew. As far as I know, no one escaped unscathed ...
There were no casualties on our side."
---
Gender: m
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:188;
001597
Kavizeri, Justus
*
---
Justus Kavizeri was an Ovaherero noble who after the battle of Waterberg escaped to
Botswana via Rietfontein - Nuchei.
---
Gender: m
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:198;
002295
Kavonga kaHaidongo, Ovamboland (Uukwanyama) King
*
+ around 1600
---
The second Uukwanyama King on record was King Kavonga kaHaidongo.
He followed King Mushindi uaKanene. He ruled around 1600. The first seven Uukwanyama kings
cannot be precisely dated. Kavonga's successor was the third Uukwanyama King Heita yMuvale
(around 1650).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
000948
Kayser, Paul
* 09.08.1845 at Öls, Oberschlesien, Germany (now Poland)
+ 13.02.1898 at Leipzig, Germany
---
Paul Kayser was born on 09.08.1845 at Öls in Germany. He was a German jurist and an
expert in labour law and protégée of German Chancellor Bismarck. He was transferred from
the Reichsjustizministerium to the Foreign Office, where he was Kolonialdirigent from
30.06.1890 until 26.03.1894, and Kolonialdirektor from 27.03.1894 until 14.10.1896. Later
he became Senatsspräsident at the Reichsgericht (the German supreme court). He never
entered Namibia but was part of important decisions for the colony. He died on 13.02.1898
at Leipzig.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: LAW
Profession: Civil servant
RAW DATA: Gann: Rulers; Hubatsch; Drechsler 1966:72, 73, 80, 81, 304, 331, 335, 337,
341-342;
000204
Kazahendike, Kambauruma
* in Namibia
---
Kambauruma Kazahendike was referred to as Magdalena after her baptism. She was the sister
of Urieta Kazahendike (Johanna Gertze). She was trained as a teacher by the Rhenish
Missionary Society in Stellenbosch, and in 1866 was responsible for the girl's school at
Otjimbingwe. In 1870, however, she was at Okahandja, where she married Wilhelm Maharero.
---
Gender: f
Functions:
Married to: Wilhelm Maharero
RAW DATA: Pool 1991:37;
000205
Kazahendike, Urieta
[Uerieta - alternative spelling]
[Gertze, Johanna Maria - married name]
[Gertse, Johanna Maria - alternative spelling]
* ??.09.1837 in Namibia
+ 03.07.1936 at Otjimbingwe
---
Urieta Kazahendike was born in September 1837. She was the daughter of Kazahendike and his
wife Kariaavihe. She was a servant, teacher and interpreter, lived with the Rhenish
Missionary Hahn family since the age of ca. eight years. She could speak Dutch, German,
English, Nama and her mother tongue, Otjiherero. She worked with Carl Hugo Hahn on a
Otjiherero-German grammar and dictionary (for which Hahn received a Ph.-D. in 1874). She
was Hahn's first Omuherero convert, she was baptised on 25.07.1858 and named Johanna
Maria. In 1859, she accompanied the Hahns to Germany. She married Samuel Gertse in 1864,
raised his eight children from his previous marriage and had nine children of her own. She
died on 03.07.1936 at Otjimbingwe.
---
Gender: f
Married to: Samuel Gertse (1805-1889), married 1864-1889
Mother: Kariaavihe
Father: Kazahendike
RAW DATA: Lau 1986:V1296; Baumann 1967:39; Irle 19106:238;
001598
Kazakaetua
*
---
Kazakaetua was the son of Ovaherero Chief Mbuanjou (Banjo). He lived 1907 in Omaruru.
---
Gender: m
RAW DATA: JBRMG 1907:34;
000906
Keding, Gerhard Peter Christian
* 06.11.1937 at Stettin, Germany (now: Poland)
+ 12.02.2002 at Windhoek
---
Gerhard Peter Christian Keding was born on 06.11.1937 at Stettin, Germany (now: Poland).
He was a renown photographer whose shop for many years did the photographic reproductions
for the National Archives of Namibia. He also produced films and was a keen philatelist.
He died on 12.02.2002 at Windhoek.
---
Gender: m
Profession: Photographer
Namibia National Archives Database
000949
Keen
* 02.01.1916 at Cape Town, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1956
---
Keen was born on 02.01.1916 at Cape Town in South Africa. He was educated at the South
African College, Cape Town, and University of Cape Town. He was an orthopaedic surgeon and
came to Namibia in 1956.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MED
Profession: Medical doctor
Married to: , married 1940-
RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;
000180
Keetman, Johann
* 29.11.1793 at Hamburg, Germany
+ 10.10.1865 at Elberfeld, Germany
---
Johann Keetman was born on 29.11.1793 at Hamburg in Germany. He was a wealthy banker and
founding member of the Rhenish Missionary Society. In 1830 he purchased the stand in
Barmen on which the RMS headquarters were erected, and donated it to the Society. He
served on the Society's executive as from the founding in 1828, and, when the position of
President was created in 1843, he was elected as first President of the RMS and held this
post until his death in 1865. Shortly before his death, he donated 1000 Thalers for a
mission station in Namaland. This donation made the establishment of the station at
Zwartmodder possible, and the station was consequently named Keetmanshoop. Keetman himself
has never been in Namibia. He died on 10.10.1865 at Elberfeld in Germany.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Banker
Functions: President - Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft - 1843-1865
RAW DATA: Lau, Hahn V:1266; Kriele 1928:50, 60-61, 82, 275;
000565
Keister, Keister
[Keizer, Keizer - alternative spelling]
*
---
Keister Keister was the bearer of high office under Hendrik Witbooi. Although one Journal
entry lists him as "commandant", he is on record as having called himself
"profisie-kaptein" (head of provisions). Other sources identify him as
"Händler und Platzmajor von Hornkranz", or as Hendrik Witbooi's "finance
minister". Clearly, he co-ordinated and managed the manifold tasks relating to the
administration of the settlement at Hoornkrans (German: Hornkranz). Some German sources
portray him as a drunkard and clown who nevertheless managed Witboois' administration
efficiently, and therefore was given more credit by Witbooi than others.
---
Gender: m
RAW DATA: Lau 1995:239; Bülow 1896:153; De Kock 1945:200;
001426
Keller, Kuno
* 06.05.1879
+ 26.03.1906 at Ukamas
---
Kuno Keller was born on 06.05.1879. He was a Schutztruppe officer. During the German
Namibian War 1904 to 1908 he died in action at Ukamas on 26.03.1906.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer
RAW DATA: Fischer 1935:201;
000908
Kemba, Walter
* in Namibia
+ 22.10.2002 at Windhoek
---
Walter Kemba was a trade unionist and SWAPO politician. He served as Vice-President of the
Mineworkers Union of Namibia, as Member of the National Assembly and Deputy Minister of
Labour (March 1999-21.03.2000). He died on 22.10.2002 at Windhoek.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Politician
Married to: Zandile Kemba
RAW DATA: The Namibian 24.10.2002;
002185
Kengeza, Ovaherero Chief
*
+
---
Setting out from the Kaokoveld, Ovaherero leader Mutjise, son of Mbunga,
son of Tjituka, son of Kasupi, son of Vatje, son of
Kengeza of the oruzo orwohorongo (community or clan, also religious group from the
father’s side, while eanda is a socio-economic group to which the mother
belongs), moved to Okahandja (probably after 1785). Possibly the Ovaherero came from the
north-east because in Otjiherero "Okunene" could mean "the right-hand
side" or "that which lies to the right", while "Okavango" could
mean "the small hip" or "that which lies to the left". It is quite
possible that other theories on the origin of the two river names exist. Chief Kengeza
still lived in the Kaokoveld. He was followed by Ovaherero
Chief Vatje who also still stayed in the Kaokoveld.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader
Functions: Chief - Ovaherero - before 1750
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002030
Kennedy
*
+ 05.1868 in Namibia
---
Kennedy was a hunter and trader. He accompanied Palgrave to Ovamboland in 1866-67. He was
killed in May 1868 on the road to Walvis Bay in a raid by Orlam/Nama under Jacobus Boois.
---
Gender: m
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:62;
002034
Kenney, R.T.
*
---
Trader whose presence in Hereroland is documented for 1876.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:62;
002035
Kenny, John
*
---
John Kenny was a servant, trader's assistant and hunter. He was Chapman's servant on his
journey to Lake Ngami, 1859, and then travelled with Polson, 1861. This may have been the
same person as the Kennedy or Kenny who was killed when he was with Palgrave and others in
1868 in a raid by Orlam/Nama under Jacobus Boois on the road to Walvis Bay.
---
Gender: m
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:62;
000950
Kerby, George
* 27.06.1884 at Cape Town, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1916
---
George Kerby was born on 27.06.1884 at Cape Town in South Africa. He came to Namibia in
1916. He was appointed as Town Clerk of Windhoek by the Administration in 1918. He served
as Captain in the SWA Infantry Battalion from 1939 until 1941. He was a Member of SWA
Township Board, United Municipal Executives of Union of S.A., National Executive of S.A.
Legion B.E.S.L., Divisional Command for SWA of the Boy Scouts Association of the Union of
South Africa and the Returned Soldiers Assistance Board.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL ADM
RAW DATA: SSWA 1959;
001599
Keria, Willibald
*
---
Evangelist in Otjosazu 1902. [Name possibly Kerina?].
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
RAW DATA: JBRMG 1902:23;
001600
Kerina, Mburumba, Prof.
[Getzen, William Eric, called after his mother]
[Kerina - Otjiherero name for Frederick Thomas Green, his great great grandfather]
* 06.06.1932 at Tsumeb
---
Mburumba Kerina was born on 06.06.1932 at Tsumeb. He is an Ovaherero descendant of the
traveller Frederick Thomas Green (Green is in Otjiherero "Kerina"). He got
schooled in Namibia and managed to leave the country for further education under the name
Eric Getzen. In 1953 he left for the USA to take up a scholarship
at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania but never graduated. In the 1960s he became
Professor for Afro-American Studies at the Brooklyn College in New York (further details
unknown). From 1956 onwards he petitioned and testified at the United
Nations for Namibia on behalf of the Herero Chiefs’ Council
until he later fell out with the Council. In 1956 the International
Court of Justice (ICJ) continued to deal with the SWA problem in an advisory capacity. It
confirmed the UN General Assembly’s right to adopt resolutions on SWA, and to grant
oral hearings to petitioners (Michael Scott, Mburumba Kerina (Getzen), Jariretundu
Kozonguizi, Hans Beukes, Markus Kooper, Sam Nujoma, Ismael Fortune, Jacob Kuhangua and
Hosea Kutako). This gave new impetus to the political socialisation and consciousness of
"black" leaders in the territory. In 1958 the Ovamboland People's Congress (OPC)
was renamed the Ovamboland People’s Organisation (OPO), as allegedly suggested by
Mburumba Kerina. The emergence of the OPO and SWANU (established in 1959) introduced
an element of rivalry which later resulted in a clash between Kerina and Kozonguizi. Their
personal rivalry was further aggravated by the illusion of imminent independence for SWA
under the auspices of the United Nations. After the shootings in December 1959 at
Windhoek's "Old Location" where the South African Police shot and killed 13
demonstrators - among them his brother - Kerina turned radical, demanding that
"whites" be pushed into the sea. Kerina later joined the South West Africa
People’s Organisation (SWAPO). In April 1960 the
OPO’s reconstitution as SWAPO was triggered by national leaders such as Sam Nujoma,
Mburumba Kerina, Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo, Jacob Kuhangua, Solomon Mifima, Paul Helmuth,
Andreas Shipanga, Erasmus Erastus Mbumba, Emil Appolus, Maxton Joseph Mutongulume and
Carlos Hamatui. During 1961 Mburumba coined allegedly the name
"Namibia" (originally, "Namib"). In July 1962 Kozonguizi
and Kerina met in New York. They discussed the formation of a new party to unify SWAPO and
SWANU. The proposed name of the party was National Independence People’s Party
(NIPP). Kerina published these plans without consultation. Kozonguizi denied any
agreements. SWAPO reacted with anger and expelled Kerina. In June 1964 Mburumba Kerina
announced the formation of the Independence and National Convention Party. Two months
later Kerina’s Independence and National Convention Party was reconstituted as the
United Nama Independence People’s Party (UNIPP). It disappeared again in early 1965.
In the mean time Kerina had unsuccessfully tried to return to Namibia and remained for a
short while in Bechuanaland until he was expelled in 1964, from where he went to Tanzania.
On 25.09.1965 Mburumba Kerina, Hosea Kutako and Clemence Kapuuo established the
traditionalist National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO), after Kerina had repaired
his relationship with the Herero Chiefs’ Council until he again broke with the
Council in 1966. Kapuuo from the NUDO and Fritz Gariseb from the DEC opposed the South
African Apartheid policy but advocated a federal type of government based on the old
tribal regions. SWAPO and SWANU favoured a non-racial democracy based on universal
franchise and on the ideology of Pan-Africanism. Both parties declined to join NUDO and
joined SWANLIF instead. SWANLIF, however, failed after 1964 because the party was not able
to link SWAPO and SWANU. In 1966 the South West Africa National United Front (SWANUF) was
formed by Mburumba Kerina - who in the mean time had returned to New
York during 1966 - and Veine Mbaeva as an attempted merger of NUDO and SWANU. By the late
1970s SWANUF was defunct. Kerina returned to Namibia in 1976. By the end of
1976 Mburumba Kerina, who led the pro-Turnhalle
PROSWA/Namibia Foundation, supported the Turnhalle principles. He even went so far
as to allege that the Turnhalle had met every condition set by the OAU, UN, ICJ and
the "Lusaka Manifesto". In 1978 the Namibia Patriotic Coalition (NPC) was
constituted by Mburumba Kerina to join a short-lived alliance with the Rehoboth Liberation
Front (LF) and the Liberal Party. Kerina returned to New York in 1979. Several attempts to
launch investment projects with local business people and politicians in grandiose mining
or investment schemes received detailed press coverage without coming to fruition and with
a significant amount of adverse publicity. In 1982, after becoming defunct, the Namibia
Patriotic Coalition (NPC) was reconstituted as the Namibia National Democratic Coalition
(NNDC) under Mburumba Kerina. In 1988 the Federal Convention of Namibia (FCN) was
constituted in Rehoboth under Hans Diergaardt and Mburumba Kerina. In the 1990s and after
the year 2000 Kerina was involved in the case of war reparations to the Ovaherero from the
Germans due to the German Ovaherero War 1904-1908. In March 1998 the German Federal
President, Roman Herzog, visited Namibia. This state visit resulted in some irritations on
the Namibian side due to Herzog’s refusal to acknowledge the calls by some members of
the Ovaherero community for compensation in consequence of the Ovaherero-German War 1904
to 1908. Herzog maintained that "no international legislation existed at the time
under which ethnic minorities could get reparations". Mburumba Kerina countered by
claiming that the Second Hague Convention, dated 29.07.1899, at which the Germans were
represented, outlawed "reprisals against civilians on the losing side". Herzog
dismissed the idea of an apology "because too much time had passed to make
sense". Kerina left the DTA in January 2004 and joined Kuaima Riruako's
new NUDO instead. He lost his DTA seat for the Aminuis Constituency in the National
Council in February 2004.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Namibia Handbook and Political Who's Who, 1990 (Pütz, Von Egidy and Caplan);
Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks
002312
Kgosiemang, Constance Letang, Tswana Chief
* 05.08.1946 at Aminuis
+
---
Constance Letang Kgosiemang was born on 05.08.1946 in the Aminuis
Reserve. He received his schooling at Aminuis and the Döbra Training College at Windhoek.
He was a clerk and storeman for an engineering firm and an operator in a Walvis Bay fish
factory. He joined the DTA in 1978 and became a DTA organiser in Walvis Bay. On 28.04.1979
Tswana Chief Kgosi-kgolo (traditional title) Constance Letang Kgosiemang was sworn
in as traditional leader of the Tswana community in Gobabis. He was a Member of the Tswana
Royal House and descendant of Chief Morwe who moved with his people from Kuruman in South
Africa to settle at Aminuis during the 19th century. In 1980 the Tswana Alliance became a
party, named the Seoposengwe Party and led by Constance Letang Kgosiemang. The Seoposengwe
Party formed an alliance with the DTA. He was appointed as Member of the Executive
Committee (Finance and Personnel) and Chairman of the Tswana Second Tier Authority from
1980 until 1989. Kgosiemang was the Tswana Chief until 1992. He was followed by Hubert
Tidimalo Ditshabue (1992-).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Married: Emilie Sekompane (six children)
RAW DATA: Namibia Handbook and Political Who's Who, 1990 (Pütz, Von Egidy and Caplan);
Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002169
|Khanabeb, ||Khau-|gôan Captain (Swartboois)
*
---
|Khanabeb was the first captain in the genealogy of the Swartbooi Nama. The precise dates
could not be traced. Most probably he lived at a time, when the ||Khau-|gôan were still
part of the Kei||khaun (also called Red Nation)
community. He was followed by Tsauxab gaib (before 1800).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Budack 1972:252-253;
002157
||Khaub gaib ||Khomab, Kai||khaun Captain (Red Nation)
*
+ .1740
---
The Nama Captain of the Kai||khaun (also called Red Nation), ||Khaub
gaib ||Khomab (1725-1740), was probably the third Chief on record
of this community. He was followed by #Ô-||nâib ||Khaumab (1740-1755).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader
Functions: Captain - Kai||khaun (Red Nation) - 1725-1740
Married to: #Ô-||nâis
RAW DATA: Budack 1972:242; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002170
Khaxab gaib |Khaoremab, #Aonin Captain (Topnaars)
*
---
Khaxab gaib |Khaoremab was the Captain of the Topnaars (#Aonin). He was the third Chief on
record in the genealogy of the captains of the #Aonin dynasty. Khaxab died around 1850 and
he was followed by Piet Haibeb (||Haibeb ||Gamab)(ca. 1850-1909/10).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Married to: |Khaores
RAW DATA: Budack 1972:245-246; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002156
||Khomab, #Hâmab, Kai||khaun Captain (Red Nation)
*
+ .1725
---
The Nama Captain of the Kai||khaun (also called Red Nation), the
main group of all Nama groups in Namibia, ||Khomab #Hâmab
(1710-1725), was probably the second Chief on record of this community. He
was followed by ||Khaub gaib ||Khomab (1725-1740).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader
Functions: Captain - Kai||khaun (Red Nation) - 1710-1725
Married to: ||Khaus
RAW DATA: Budack 1972:242; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
001427
Kickton, Hans, Dr.
* 03.04.1880
---
Schutztruppe medical officer.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL MED
Profession: Military officer
RAW DATA: Fischer 1935:221;
002178
Kido, Benjamin, !Gomén Captain (Topnaar)
[Kulib Gâsemab - Nama name]
* in Namibia
+ in Namibia
---
Benjamin Kido was a Captain of the Topnaars (!Gomén) of Sesfontein. He was the sixth
captain in the genealogy of the !Gomén dynasty. Kido was not related to the !Gomén
family of the captain genealogy, but a member of the ||Khau-|gôan (Swartboois) of
Franzfontein. It is reported that he was appointed by the South African Native
Commissioner of the Kaokoveld, Mr. Barnard. He was never acknowledged by the majority of
the !Gomén. After Kido's death, the office of !Gomén captain was bestowed to the son of
the sister of the !Gomén Captain ||Gaubeb Anibamap, to Simon ||Hawaxamab (Kukub gaib
||Hawaxamab).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Married to: Kolens
RAW DATA: Budack 1972:247-248;
001428
Kieckebusch, Hermann
* 01.10.1883
---
Schutztruppe officer.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer
RAW DATA: Fischer 1935:260;
001601
Kingon, W.L.
*
---
British businessman, associate of Robert Lewis.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:56, 62, 308;
000405
Kirchheim, Heinrich Georg
* 06.04.1882
+ 12.1973 at Lüdenscheid, Germany
---
Heinrich Georg Kirchheim was born on 06.04.1882. He served as Schutztruppe officer in
Namibia. He died in December 1973 in Lüdenscheid, Germany.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer
RAW DATA: Afrikanischer Heimatkalender 1976, p.110; Fischer 1935:111, 137, 151-169, 174,
204, 220;
000951
Kirkpatrick, John Simpson
* 31.03.1930 at Windhoek
---
John Simpson Kirkpatrick was born on 31.03.1930 at Windhoek. He was educated at the
Pretoria Boys High School and Pretoria University in South Africa. He was an attorney with
the Windhoek based legal firm Lorentz and Bone. He was director of various companies. He
was the Secretary of the Law Society of SWA 1949-. He was President of the Association of
Round Tables of Southern Africa. He chaired the SWA Blood Transfusion Service.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: LAW
Profession: Lawyer
Married to: Patricia Anne Kirkpatrick, née Mauritzen
Father: John Loudon Kirkpatrick
RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;
000952
Kirsten, Gysbert Matthys Theunis
* 06.12.1897 at Vredenburg, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: March 1921
---
Gysbert Matthys Theunis Kirsten was born on 06.12.1897 at Vredenburg in South Africa. He
was educated at Vredenburg. He came to Namibia in 1921. He started farming in 1926. He
chaired the Farmers Association Maltahöhe. He was a Member of the Land Board from 1945
until 1951.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: AGR
Profession: Farmer
Married to: Martha Elisabeth Johanna Kirsten, née Liebenberg, married 1926
Father: Johannes Christiaan Kirsten
RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;
002036
Kisch, Daniel Muntague
* 06.1840 at Sprouston, England
+ 11.12.1898 at sea
First entry to Namibia: 1860
Last departure from Namibia: 1861
---
Daniel Muntague Kisch was born in June 1840 at Sprouston in the United kingdom. He was a
hunter and trader. He joined H. Chapman on a hunting and trading journey to Ovamboland in
1860-61. He died on 11.12.1898 while at sea.
---
Gender: m
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:62-63; DSAB;
001602
Kisker, Hans
*
---
German settler, portrayed in Hans Grimm's "Südwesterbuch".
---
Gender: m
Namibia National Archives Database
000953
Kitazawa, Yoko
*
---
Yoko Kitazawa was a Japanese scholar. She has published several articles on Japanese
economic relations with Namibia and South Africa, and has conducted research on this
subject on behalf of the United Nations Council for Namibia.
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: SCI
Namibia National Archives Database
000580
Kitchingman, James
*
First entry to Namibia: 1820
Last departure from Namibia: 1829
---
James Kitchingman was a missionary of the London Missionary Society. He was based at
Steinkopf, Little Namaqualand. He visited Schmelen at Bethany during May-June 1820. In the
same year he visited, together with Shaw and Schmelen, the Chief of
the Kai5khaun (also
called "The Red Nation"), Tsawúb Gamab.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:63;
001603
Kito, Nikodemus
*
---
Evangelist in Sesfontein, 1902, 1907.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
RAW DATA: JBRMG 1902:27, 1907:35;
001604
Kividoe, Orlam Afrikaner Chief
*
+ 02.08.1897 in Namibia
---
Orlam Afrikaner commander Kividoe was the leader of the remainder of the Orlam Afrikaner
in the extreme south-east of Namibia. He led the "Afrikaner rebellion" against
the Germans in July/August 1897. On 05.07.1897 the first battle
between the Orlam Afrikaners and the Germans ended in defeat for the latter (Lieutenant
von Bunsen, District Chief of Warmbad and Lieutenant Helm). On 02.08.1897 the reinforced German forces overpowered the Orlam Afrikaners under their leader
Kividoe in the battle of the Gamsib Ravine at the Oranje River. Following the battle,
Kividoe and all his officers were executed after being extradited by the South
African Cape Police, to whom they had surrendered.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:122; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
000924
Kiwi, Joachim Werner, Dr.
* 30.07.1910 at Berlin, Germany
---
Joachim Werner Kiwi was born on 30.07.1910 at Berlin in Germany. He was educated at the
Realgymnasium Berlin-Treptow, the universities of Würzburg and Berlin, as well as the
University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. He was a medical doctor. He emigrated
from Germany to South Africa in 1934. During World War II, he served in the South African
Army (Major S.A.M.C.). He came to Namibia 1946. He chaired the S.A. Red Cross, SWA Region.
He was a violinist in the Windhoek Symphony Orchestra.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman
Married to: Ruth Kiwi, née Kornblum, married 1942-
Father: Rudolph Kiwi
RAW DATA: WWSA 1959,1974;
000566
Klaase, Adam
*
+ 22.02.1888 at Gibeon
---
Adam Klaase was a highly placed official under Moses Witbooi from at least 1871, and
apparently his closest associate. In 1886 he was even called Moses' Deputy Captain. He and
Moses were executed by Visser on 22.02.1888 at Gibeon, apparently to avenge
Veldschoendrager (||Hawoben) Captain Karl Hendrik's (Ses)(!Nanib #karib #Arisemab) death
in February 1888.
---
Gender: m
Namibia National Archives Database
000955
Klein, Cedric Bruce
* 17.03.1920 at Bloemfontein, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 03.07.1959
---
Cedric Bruce Klein was born on 17.03.1920 at Bloemfontein in South Africa. He was educated
at Grey College, Bloemfontein, and the Witwatersrand, Durban and Free State Technical
Colleges. He was trained as a technician engineer. He came to Namibia in 1959 as Senior
Engineer for the Department of Posts and Telegraphs (until 1966). He was then in private
enterprise. He was the Managing Director of Engineering Sales and Services of SWA.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ENG BUS
Profession: Engineer, Businessman
Married to: Joan Klein
Father: Francis Charles Arthur Klein
RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;
000956
Klein, Friedrich Wilhelm Alfred
* 01.07.1911 at Windhoek
---
Businessman in the tourism industry, managing director of Universal Travel Bureau
(previously with Barclays Bank).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman
Married to: Elisabeth Klein, née Hagner (1943-)
Father: F.W. Klein
RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;
000957
Klein, Hans
* 11.07.1931 at Mährisch-Schönberg, Czechia
+ .1996
---
Hans Klein was born on 11.07.1931 at Mährisch-Schönberg in Czechia. He studied at
Loughborough in the United Kingdom. He worked as a journalist from 1953 until 1959. He
entered the German diplomatic service in 1959 (until 1965). He was a CSU Member of the
German Bundestag since 1976, with a special focus on foreign affairs. He was a prominent
defender of the South African Apartheid position on Namibia.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: JOU POL
Profession: Journalist, politician
RAW DATA: Wege und Wandlungen 2; Kürschners Deutscher Bundestag 10 (1983);
000958
Klein, Hans Hugo, Prof.
* 05.08.1936 at Karlsruhe, Germany
---
Hans-Hugo Klein was born on 05.08.1936 at Karlsruhe in Germany. He studied law at
Heidelberg and München. From 1969 onwards he was Professor for public law at Göttingen.
He was a CDU member of the German Bundestag (Wahlkreis Göttingen). In 1982 he became
Parlamentarischer Staatssekretär in the Bundesministerium der Justiz. He was a prominent
German defender of the South African Apartheid position on Namibia.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: LAW POL
Namibia National Archives Database
001429
Klein, Otto
* 15.03.1866
+ 29.11.1904
---
Schutztruppe officer.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer
RAW DATA: Fischer 1935:154-155;
000117
Klein-Werner, Heinz Anton
* 17.06.1912 at Königsheide, Germany
+ at Kleinmond, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1935
---
Born on 17.06.1912 at Königsheide near Wuppertal, Germany, Heinz Klein-Werner emigrated
to Namibia in 1935. He was the author of the "Südwesterlied" (South West Song),
written for the German Boy Scouts, which became very popular among German-speaking
Namibians and is considered their unofficial "anthem". He died in Kleinmond in
South Africa.
---
Gender: m
Namibia National Archives Database
001605
Kleinschmidt, Gerhard
* 10.01.1883 at Samentin, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1913
---
Mission farmer of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft at Gaub.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: AGR
Married to: Clara Kleinschmidt, née Heuer, married 1913-
Namibia National Archives Database
000208
Kleinschmidt, Hanna
[Schmelen, Hanna - birth name]
* 04.08.1819 at Bethany
+ 18.12.1884 at Otjimbingwe
---
Hanna Kleinschmidt was born on 04.08.1819 at Bethany. She was the daughter of Johann
Heinrich Schmelen and his first wife, Anna. She married Franz Heinrich Kleinschmidt on
23.05.1842. She was a translator, interpreter and preacher at Rehoboth between 1845 and
1864. She also bore and raised eight children. While at Rehoboth, she furthermore engaged
in community work such as establishing a clinic, and building and maintaining houses for
the aged. She worked for the Rhenish Missionary Society as a teacher and shop assistant
for a further twenty years, from 1864 to 1884. She died on 18.12.1884 at Otjimbingwe.
---
Gender: f
Married to: Franz Heinrich Kleinschmidt (1812-1864), married 1842-1864
Mother: Anna Schmelen
Father: Johann Heinrich Schmelen (1777-1848)
Children: Johanne Marie Kleinschmidt (married Baumann)(1843-1926)
Elisabeth Kleinschmidt (married Hegner)(1844-1913)
Katharine Albertine Kleinschmidt (married Björklund)(1847-)
Johannes Kleinschmidt (1849-)
Heinrich Kleinschmidt (1851-)
Friederika Kleinschmidt (married Rautanen)
Ludwig Kleinschmidt (1857-1929)
Wilhelm Kleinschmidt (1858-)
RAW DATA: Lau 1985:V1269;
000181
Kleinschmidt, Franz Heinrich
* 25.10.1812 at Blasheim near Ravensberg, Germany
+ 02.09.1864 at Otjimbingwe
First entry to Namibia: 1842
---
Franz Heinrich Kleinschmidt was born on 25.10.1812 at Blasheim near Ravensberg in Germany.
He was trained as carpenter and worked as an assistant in a military hospital. He joined
the Rhenish Missionary Society in 1838 and came to Komaggas (South Africa) in May 1840. He
learned blacksmith