Cornelius Tuhafeni Ndjoba (1930–1982) was the chief of the

Ovamboland Ovamboland, also referred to as Owamboland, was a Bantustan in South West Africa (present-day Namibia), intended by the apartheid government to be a self-governing homeland for the Ovambo people. The term originally referred to the parts of ...

bantustan in Namibia, then known as South West Africa from August 1975 to July 1980 and president of the

Democratic Turnhalle Alliance The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), formerly the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), is an amalgamation of political parties in Namibia, registered as one singular party for representation purposes. In coalition with the United Democratic ...

(DTA) from 1978, the year of the assassination of

Clemens Kapuuo Clemens Kapuuo (16 March 1923 – 27 March 1978) was a Namibian school teacher, shopkeeper, president of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), now called Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), and chief of the Herero people of Namibia. Kapuuo w ...

, to 1980.Desie Heita
ELECTIONS 2009: DTA, a political giant once
'' New Era'', 11 September 2009 Njoba was an outspoken critic of South West Africa People's Organization (

SWAPO The South West Africa People's Organisation (, SWAPO; af, Suidwes-Afrikaanse Volks Organisasie, SWAVO; german: Südwestafrikanische Volksorganisation, SWAVO), officially known as the SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former ind ...

). He was killed in his vehicle in a landmine explosion in which six other people were also killed. South West African security forces said the mine was laid by SWAPO guerrillas.

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1930 births 1982 deaths Ovambo people Popular Democratic Movement politicians Deaths by explosive device {{Namibia-politician-stub