He joined PLAN in July 1974. He travelled through Angola and Zambia before he arrived at Oshatotwa where he reunited with some of his childhood peers such as Niilo Taapopi “Kambwa kaShilongo”, Shaanika Amukwaya, Max Kaanandunge, Nekwaya lyaHango, Athanasius Chimwandi...
Namibian
Simeon Linekela ‘Kambo’ Shixungileni
fought at Ongulumbashe. Captured and sent to Robben Island
Charles Dickson Ndaxu Phillip ‘Ho Chi Minh’ Namoloh
Namoloh became the chief of staff to Dimo Hamaambo in 1979
Epaphras Denga Ndaitwah
Born in Ohangwena Region, Ndaitwah joined SWAPO-PLAN, in 1974. He attended military training in Russia, Yugoslavia, India, Nigeria, Zambia and Tanzania.
Ruben Michael Ningilanayi ‘Danger’ Ashipala
Ashipala was a PLAN military commander in the 1970s and 1980s. He earned notoriety for capturing South African soldier, Johan van der Mescht, in an operation in Namibia in 1978. Became Commander of the North-Eastern Front
Peter Nanyemba ‘Ndilimani Lyomukunda Wamupolo’ Eneas
In 1962, Nanyemba left Namibia to join other SWAPO leaders abroad in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. He quickly rose through the ranks and was appointed as Chief Representative for SWAPO in Botswana in 1963. He was recalled back to Tanzania in 1964 to serve as Chief...
Patrick Israel Yalombweleni ‘Lungada’ Iyambo
He was one of the PLAN combatants who was engaged in the first battle with then SADF in Namibia on the 26 August 1966 at a place called Ongulumbashe in northern Namibia
Matias ‘Mbulunganga’ Ndakolo
Joined OPO in 1959 and subsequently became a SWAPO member in 1960. He left MPLA and joined SWAPO military wing PLAN in 1964 in Lusaka, Zambia after the military training in Soviet Union 1963. He began conducting military operations in Namibia in the area of Katima...
‘Buttons’ Heyns
Born in Windhoek 1959. Grew up in Otjiwarango and Tsumeb.
Lucus Kilino
Operation Revenge
A SWAPO operation / attack on the South African Defence Force (SADF) base at Katima Mulilo on August 23, 1978, in retaliation for the preceding South African Operation Reindeer. This response involved a bombardment of rockets launched from Zambia, which killed ten...