Dimbulukeni Nauyoma

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Dimbulukeni Nauyoma
Secretary General of the Namibia National Students Organisation
In office
2015–2017
Personal details
Born1992 (age 31–32)
Windhoek, Namibia
Alma mater Namibian Institute of Bankers
University of Namibia

Dimbulukeni 'Dee' Nauyoma (born 1992) is a Namibian youth activist who along with Job Amupanda and George Kambala co-founded a radical youth movement known as the Affirmative Repositioning in November 2014. [1] [2] Prior to the formation of the Affirmative Repositioning, he served in the SWAPO Youth League until 2014. From 2015 to 2018, he served as Secretary General of the Namibia National Students Organisation. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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Personal life

Nauyoma 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 one of the SWAPO Party Youth League leaders who were suspended and expelled from the party for occupying a plot in an upmarket Windhoek suburb. [8] [9]

Involvement in student politics

Nauyoma first joined the Namibia National Students Organisation in high school in 2008. He went on to become the chairperson of NANSO's Khomas Region branch. In 2015 he was elected Secretary General at the organisation's elective conference. Following the FeesMustFall movement initiated by Mcebo Dlamini and Chumani Maxwele in South Africa, Nauyoma led students at the University of Namibia and Namibia University of Science and Technology in demanding a decrease in fees in 2016. [10] [11] [12]

In 2016, he called on NSFAF to help allow underprivileged students get access to education by providing them with registration assurances after both the University of Namibia and Namibia University of Science and Technology stated that they needed assurance from the department of education before they could allow walk-ins. [13] [14]

Affirmative Repositioning

In November 2014, the three AR youth leaders of Amupanda, Kambala and Nauyoma occupied land in an affluent Klein Windhoek suburb as a means to demand land from the City of Windhoek municipality. [15] They named their plot Erf 2014 to coincide with the year of action. [16] [5]

In 2016, the Namibian government announced plans to build a new Parliament. Thereafter, the Affirmative Repositioning movement began to mobilise young Namibians for a June 16 protest against the decision to build the parliament saying resources could be used in more important areas in which the country faced critical problems. [17] [18]

Political Parties

Nauyoma has been a member of Swapo, the AR, and the Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters. [19] He was the head of campaign for the Independent Candidate Ally Angula who failed to register to partake in the 2024 presidential election. In November 2024, Nauyoma rejoined SWAPO at the final star rally held in Windhoek, just few days before the Namibia 2024 election. [20]

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References

  1. ↑ Kambala, George; Nauyoma, Dimbulukeni; Amupanda, Job (12 December 2014). "Affirmative Repositioning – The Rationale". The Namibian . p. 11.
  2. ↑ http://namibtimes.net/swapo-vs-affirmative-repositioning-movement | Swapo vs Affirmative Repositioning Movement | Namib Times
  3. ↑ http://www.informante.web.na/nanso-%E2%80%9Cwar-not-over%E2%80%9D.17233 Archived 2016-07-10 at the Wayback Machine | NANSO - “war not over” | Informante
  4. ↑ https://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=134165&page=archive-read | Nanso falls to 'militants' - The Namibian
  5. 1 2 Kamwanyah, Ndumba J (26 November 2015). "Affirmative Repositioning: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". The Namibian . p. 26.
  6. ↑ https://allafrica.com/stories/201901220516.html | Namibia: AR to Challenge Squatters Law - allAfrica.com
  7. ↑ "Windhoek High Court orders hospital treatment for AR activist Dimbulukeni Nauyoma".
  8. ↑ Article title [usurped] | Lela Mobile Online - Job-three suspended from Swapo
  9. ↑ 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
  10. ↑ https://thepatriot.com.na/index.php/2017/01/20/nanso-eyes-crunch-talks-with-university-bosses/ Archived 2019-01-19 at the Wayback Machine Nanso eyes crunch talks with University bosses | ThePatriot
  11. ↑ https://economist.com.na/7444/education/late-financial-assistance-hampers-students-progress/ Late financial assistance hampers students progress | Namibia Economist
  12. ↑ "Kapere ready to work with new Nanso leadership - New Era Live". kundana.com.na. Archived from the original on 2019-01-19.
  13. ↑ https://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?page=archive-read&id=134086 | We will not repay NSFAF loans, declare students - The Namibian
  14. ↑ Article title [usurped] Lela Mobile Online - NUST students lock down institution
  15. ↑ https://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/namibian-youth-plans-more-land-grabs-1806559 | Namibian youth plans more land grabs | IOL News
  16. ↑ 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
  17. ↑ 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
  18. ↑ https://www.newera.com.na/2016/05/11/youths-protest-n2-billion-parliament%5B‍%5D | Youths to protest N$2 billion new parliament | New Era Newspaper Namibia
  19. ↑ Petersen, Shelleygan (2024-11-24). "Former AR leader Dimbulukeni Nauyoma rejoins Swapo". The Namibian. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  20. ↑ Petersen, Shelleygan (2024-11-24). "Former AR leader Dimbulukeni Nauyoma rejoins Swapo". The Namibian. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
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