Zephania Kameeta

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Zephania Kameeta (born 7 August 1945 in Otjimbingwe, Erongo Region) is a Namibian religious and political leader.

Education

He attended the Martin Luther High School at Okombahe and then the Paulinum Seminary at Otjimbingwe (1968–1971).

Independence movement

He was ordained as a minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia in 1972, and taught at the Paulinum Seminary from 1973, and was principal 1976-77.

In 1975, Kameeta founded the Namibia National Convention, and was detained under the Terrorism Act while addressing an NNC meeting in Katutura, Windhoek to protest against the Turnhalle Constitutional Conference. He was kept in darkness and solitary confinement for a fortnight.

He was a parish minister in Lǔderitz from 1978 to 1981. He was elected vice-president of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1982 and deputy bishop in 1985. He was an exponent of Black Theology.

1990-

When Namibia became independent he was elected as a South West Africa People's Organization member of the National Assembly. He became its first Deputy Speaker. Between 2002 and 2013 Kameeta was bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN),.^[1]

Kameeta is married to Elizabeth Goases.

Bibliography

Pütz, Joachim; von Egidy, Heidi & Caplan, Perri (1990). Namibia handbook and political who's who. Windhoek: Magus. ISBN 0-620-14172-7. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)

References

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 93941652 LCCN: n85341403 ISNI: 0000 0000 6673 9378 GND: 110429885

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Name	Kameeta, Zephania
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Short description	Namibian politician
Date of birth	7 August 1945
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