Agnes Mpingana Kafula (born 1 November 1955) is a

Namibian Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

politician who has served as

mayor of Windhoek The city of Windhoek, capital of South West Africa, then Namibia, was officially founded on 18 October 1890 by Curt Karl Bruno von François, an Imperial German Colonial Official in the ''Schutztruppe'', to serve as capital of German South West A ...

from November 2012 to December 2014. She is a survivor of the

Cassinga massacre The Battle of Cassinga also known as the Cassinga Raid or Kassinga Massacre was a controversial South African airborne forces, airborne attack on a SWAPO, South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) military camp at the town of Cassinga, Ang ...

of 4 May 1978. During her tenure as mayor of the City of Windhoek, Kafula was involved in dubious land sale deals by awarding land at discount prices to friends and family, resulting in the mass land demonstration in Windhoek.

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1955 births Living people Mayors of Windhoek SWAPO politicians Women mayors of places in Namibia 21st-century Namibian women politicians 20th-century Namibian politicians 21st-century Namibian politicians {{Namibia-mayor-stub