Hamutenya Ndadi Explained

Hamutenya Ndadi
Other Names:Wanehepo
Birth Name:Jason Hamutenya Ndadi
Birth Place:Ouhongo, South West Africa
Death Place:Angola
Resting Place:Hainyeko Training Center Cemetery, Lubango, Angola (19772005)
Ouhongo (2005present)
Nationality:Namibian
Occupation:Freedom fighter
Organization:Ovamboland People's Organization

Jason Hamutenya Ndadi (born 1926 in Ouhongo, South West Africa, today Namibia, died 1977 in Angola), also known as Wanehepo, was a Namibian liberation fighter and co-founder of the Ovamboland People's Organization (OPO), the predecessor organization of SWAPO.[1]

Hamutenya died in a traffic accident and was initially buried in the Hainyeko Training Center Cemetery near Lubango in Angola. The body was relocated to his home town of Ouhongo on 6 May 2005.

A street in Windhoek's Olympia suburb was renamed after Ndadi in 2007.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Whatever happened to the Military Council?. Confidence. Musariri. The Villager. en. 2017-09-08. 2019-07-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20190705165359/http://www.thevillager.com.na/articles/2298/Whatever-happened-to-the-Military-Council-/. dead.
  2. Web site: Catherine. Sasman. Reginald Walker Renamed after Wanehepo. 2007-11-06. New Era. Namibia. 2017-11-26. 2016-07-19. https://archive.today/20160719104959/https://www.newera.com.na/2007/11/06/reginald-walker-renamed-after-wanehepo/. dead.