Angelika Muharukua

Angelika Kazetjindire Muharukua (12 January 1958 Opuwo, Kunene Region – 1 October 2017[1]) was a Namibian politician. An ethnic Herero from northwestern Namibia, Muharukua joined the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) in 1979. She was a surprise choice by President Sam Nujoma for the 2nd National Assembly of Namibia in 1995 and remained in the National Assembly since. In May 2004, she was chosen to replace Marlene Mungunda as deputy minister of Women Affairs and Child Welfare, later renamed the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare.[2]

Angelika Muharukua

In September 2012 Angelika Muharukua contradicted international human rights laws such as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples when she publicly announced that indigenous peoples such as the Himba and Zemba would not have the right to choose their own traditional leaders.[3]

On 27 March 2013, Angelika Muharukua publicly opposed protest by about a thousand indigenous Himba and Zemba[4] who were manifesting their grievances that their children are not receiving culturally appropriate education, but are instead forced to cut their children's traditional hair styles, remove their cultural attires and therefore forced to remove their cultural identity.[5]

Angelika Muharukua was married to Kenatjironga Festus Muharukua who died in a car accident in March 2015. She lived in Ovinjange[6] but the couple also had a residence in Windhoek's Hochland Park suburb.[7]

References
  1. Announcement of the Passing Away of Honourable Muharukua, Governor of the Kunene Region. Office of the President, 1 October 2017.
  2. Guide to Namibian Politics Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine by Graham Hopwood, Namibia Institute for Democracy, Windhoek, 2007
  3. "Namibia: Muharukua Unimpressed By Kaoko Demonstrations". The Namibian. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  4. "Namibia: Muharukua Angered By Himba Demo". All Africa. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  5. "Declaration by the traditional Himba leaders of Kaokoland in Namibia". earthpeoples.org. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
  6. "Ovinjange villagers eulogise Kenatjironga Muharukua". New Era. 17 September 2015.
  7. "Kenatjirionga Muharukua has died". Lela Mobile. 10 March 2015.


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