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Wilbard “Nakada ka Shikololo” Tashiya

Wilbard “Nakada ka Shikololo” Tashiya

by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Jul 12, 2026 | SWAPO Units, North Western Front | 0 comments

Mwetufa “Cabral” Mupopiwa

by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Jul 12, 2026 | SWAPO Units | 0 comments

Dimo Mweukefina Kulaumone Jerobeam Hamaambo

Dimo Mweukefina Kulaumone Jerobeam Hamaambo

by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Jul 12, 2026 | SWAPO Units | 0 comments

Hamaambo finally went into exile in 1962 through Bechuanaland (now Botswana) and into Tanganyika (now Tanzania). From Tanzania, Hamaambo went for military training in newly independent Algeria and later the Soviet Union before becoming Second Deputy Army Commander of...

Otto Omuwa-Etuna “Akudhenga” Shiyagaya

by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Aug 29, 2025 | North Western Front, Northern Front, SWAPO Units | 0 comments

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...

Simeon Linekela “Kambo” Shixungileni

by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Aug 28, 2025 | SWAPO Units | 0 comments

fought at Ongulumbashe. Captured and sent to Robben Island
Charles Dickson Ndaxu Phillip “Ho Chi Minh” Namoloh

Charles Dickson Ndaxu Phillip “Ho Chi Minh” Namoloh

by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Aug 28, 2025 | Operational Command HQ, SWAPO Units | 0 comments

Namoloh became the chief of staff to Dimo Hamaambo in 1979
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