Tumbee Tjombe
editChief Tumbee Fanuel Kavetumbu Tjombe (Born 29 June 1947-31 July 2014 ) was a chief of Ovambanderu community in Otjombinde constituency, and acting Paramount chief of Ovaherero 19 July 2014 - 31 July 2014 [1]
Early life and education
editTjombe was born on 29 June 1947 in Gobabis. He was born as the son of Theophelus Karuvepo Kavari (Omukwejuva) Rebekka Tjivanda Tjombe (Omukwauti). He attended school at the Rhenish Mission School in Gobabis. As a middle-aged man he joined the Traditional Council of Chief Eliphas Tjingaete, with young peers like Uaonga Willie Hoveka and Gottlob Kungairi Katjirua among others and joined the council of senior, older and wiser men like Adam McCleod, Claudius Heuva, Petrus Tjijenda, Festus Toromba, Levy Karora Nganjone, Gebhard Hengari, Katukuri Tjipepa and Erastus Tjejamba, and many others.
OvaHerero chieftainship
editAfter the death of Chief Eliphas Tjingaete in 1993, Tjombe was appointed as a chief of Ovambanderu Community in Otjombinde constituency. He was later chosen by the late Paramount Chief of the Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA) Kuaima Riruako to act on his behalf, as the traditional authority Act prohibits political office-bearers to double up as head of a traditional community. He acted in the position since 2008 till his death.
He also became the Vice President of National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) when the latter withdrew from the DTA of Namibia, a position he held from 2005 till 2008. In this regard, he relinquished his Nudo Vice-President position.
Chief Tjombe played a pivotal role in the reparation quest and led the Ovaherero and Ovambanderu delegation that met the former Director General for African Affairs in the German Foreign Office, Walter Lindner, in Windhoek in 2011 and then in 2012.
He was also part of the delegation that met German MP and the former Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul in Windhoek.
Death
editHe died on 31 July 2014 at the age of 67 after he was admitted in Windhoek Central Hospital a week before.[2]
Further Reading
editObituary: Chief Tumbee Tjombe - Truth, for its own sake. (kundana.com.na)
Chief Tumbee Tjombe reaffirmed as acting chief after the death of Paramount Chief Kuaima Riruako - YouTube
[4] Namibia: Chief Tumbee Tjombe Passes On - allAfrica.com
Chief Tjombe laid to rest - Truth, for its own sake. (neweralive.na)
[5] Tjombe to continue as acting Ovaherero chief - Truth, for its own sake. (neweralive.na)
[6] OvaHerero reaffirm acting chief - The Namibian
Wikipedia:Oral citations experiment/Articles/Kuaima Riruako - Wikipedia
[7] OvaHerero paramount chieftaincy battle rages - Namibian Sun
[8] Namibian traditional polities (rulers.org)
Paying homeage to the dearly departed | Namibia Economist
[9] #4305-Gov N150 (lac.org.na)
[10] OTA Says Uutoni Has Plans To Hijack Its Leadership – Eagle FM
[11] Vekuii Rukoro - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia
[12] Pohamba mourns ‘best friend’….’was a unifier’ – political leaders (namibia-botschaft.de)
[13] Paramount Chief joins his ancestors - Informanté (web.na)
https://www.jstor.org/stable/i25065061
[14] Herero people - Wikiwand
References
edit- Obituary: Chief Tumbee Tjombe New Era News Paper 15-08-2014
- [15] GOVERNMENT GAZETTE OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA No. 4305 27 July 2009 P. 3
- Pastor Boas Roree Tjingaete installed as Chief of Otjombinde 2015-05-26 New Era newspaper staff report