Clemens Kapuuo
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Clemens Kapuuo (b. 1923 - d. 1978) was a Hereroland chief, "popular moderate and leader of the multiracial Democratic Turnhalle Alliance"[1] in Namibia, then known as South West Africa. He was the second Hereroland chief (after Hosea Kutako) and the first Hereroland Chief Minister under "self rule" brought about by Apartheid South Africa's occupation of Namibia. In 1975-1976, Kapuuo took part in and was acknowledged as the leader of the Turnhalle Constitutional Conference which sought an "internal settlement" to Namibia's independence claims by excluding the "sole representative of the Namibian people", the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), which at that time operated in exile.[2] Kapuuo was assassinated in the black township of Katutura in April 1978, with both SWAPO and the South African authorities blaming each other.[3] Kapuuo is buried alongside Hosea Kutako in the traditionally Herero city of Okahandja..[4] In 1999, Herero Paramount Chief Kuaima Riruako urged the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa to investigate Kapuuo's death as they had done with killed SWAPO activist Anton Lubowski.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ The killing of a black leader, Time Magazine, April 10, 1978
- ^ Defining Moments In History by Jan-Bart Gewald, The Namibian, 26 February 1999
- ^ The killing of a black leader, Time Magazine, April 10, 1978
- ^ Defining Moments In History by Jan-Bart Gewald, The Namibian, 26 February 1999
- ^ Riruako urges TRC toprobe Kapuuo's death The Namibian, 12 July 1999
| Preceded by Hosea Kutako |
Leader of Hereroland 1970-1978 |
Succeeded by Kuaima Riruako |
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