Agnes Kafula Explained

Agnes Mpingana Kafula (born 1 November 1955) is a Namibian politician who has served as mayor of Windhoek from November 2012[1] to December 2014.[2] She is a survivor of the Cassinga massacre of 4 May 1978.[3]

During her tenure as mayor of the City of Windhoek, Kafula was involved in dubious land sale deals by awarding land at discount prices to friends and family,[4] resulting in the mass land demonstration in Windhoek.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Namibia: Windhoek Elects New Mayor. Loide. Jason. 27 November 2012. 28 December 2016. AllAfrica.
  2. Web site: City of Windhoek - Councillors Portal - Current Mayor. 28 December 2016.
  3. Web site: von Francois. Feodora. Cassinga survivor to pen book on massacre. Namibian sun. 8 May 2012. 27 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141227092635/http://sun.com.na/content/national-news/cassinga-survivor-pen-book-massacre. dead.
  4. Web site: Kafula's son gets special N$5 million plot. https://archive.today/20141226233841/http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?archive_id=130117&page_type=archive_story_detail&page=1. dead. December 26, 2014. 28 December 2016.
  5. Web site: City sits on 26 000 land applications. https://archive.today/20141226233828/http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?category_id=1&page_type=story_detail&id=21093. dead. December 26, 2014. 28 December 2016.
  6. Web site: Land scandal may unsettle Namibia poll. Ndanki. Kahiurika. 27 November 2014 . 28 December 2016.

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