Dimbulukeni Nauyoma
Dimbulukeni Nauyoma (born 1992) is a Namibian youth activist. Along with Job Amupanda and George Kambala, he co-founded a radical youth movement known as the Affirmative Repositioning Movement in 2014.[1][2][3] He also served as Secretary General of the Namibia National Students Organisation (NANSO) from 2015 - 2017.[4][5]
Dimbulukeni Nauyoma | |
|---|---|
| Secretary General of the Namibia National Students Organisation | |
| In office 2015–2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1992 Windhoek, Namibia |
| Alma mater | Namibian Institute of Bankers University of Namibia |
Early life
Nauyoma was born in Windhoek, Namibia. He attended the University of Namibia. He holds an advanced diploma in Banking Finance & Credit from the Namibian Institute of Bankers (IOB) where he served as Student Representative Council President. He was part of the SWAPO Party Youth League leaders who were suspended and expelled from the party for occupying a plot in an upmarket Windhoek suburb.[6][7]
Affirmative Repositioning Movement
In November 2014, three youth leaders occupied land in an affluent Klein, Windhoek suburb as a means to demand land in the city.[8]
ERF 2014
Nauyoma alongside fellow land activists named their occupied land as in reference to the year of occupation with the initiative receiving help from many young Namibians.[9][10]
New Parliament Building
In 2016, the Namibian government announced plans to build a new Parliament. However, the Affirmative Repositioning Movement began to Mobilization young Namibians for a June 16 protest against the decision saying resources could be used in more needed areas.[11][12]
References
- ↑ https://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=131571&page=archive-read | Affirmative Repositioning – The Rationale - The Namibian
- ↑ https://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?page=archive-read&id=144771 | Affirmative Repositioning: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - The Namibian
- ↑ http://namibtimes.net/swapo-vs-affirmative-repositioning-movement Archived 2019-01-19 at the Wayback Machine | Swapo vs Affirmative Repositioning Movement | Namib Times
- ↑ https://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=134165&page=archive-read | Nanso falls to 'militants' - The Namibian
- ↑ http://www.informante.web.na/nanso-%E2%80%9Cwar-not-over%E2%80%9D.17233[dead link] | NANSO - “war not over” | Informante
- ↑ https://www.lelamobile.com/content/40527/Job-three-suspended-from-Swapo Archived 2019-01-19 at the Wayback Machine | Lela Mobile Online - Job-three suspended from Swapo
- ↑ http://www.observer.com.na/index.php/sports/item/5710-swapo-draws-heavy-fire-in-high-court-battle Archived 2019-01-19 at the Wayback Machine | Swapo draws heavy fire in High Court battle - Windhoek Observer
- ↑ https://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/namibian-youth-plans-more-land-grabs-1806559 | Namibian youth plans more land grabs | IOL News
- ↑ https://www.newera.com.na/2015/03/26/affirmative-repositioning-grab-unoccupied-land Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine | Affirmative Repositioning could grab unoccupied land | New Era Newspaper Namibia
- ↑ http://allafrica.com/stories/201511260437.html | Namibia: Affirmative Repositioning - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly - allAfrica.com
- ↑ https://www.newera.com.na/2016/04/13/ar-govt-shelve-parliament-funds-service-plots Archived 2017-11-15 at the Wayback Machine | AR wants govt to shelve new parliament … use funds to service new plots | New Era Newspaper Namibia
- ↑ https://www.newera.com.na/2016/05/11/youths-protest-n2-billion-parliament[dead link] | Youths to protest N$2 billion new parliament | New Era Newspaper Namibia