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countrymen, when called to battle to defend civilisation, resorted to sabotage against their own fatherland. I volunteered to face German bullets, and as a guard of military installations, both in South West Africa and the Republic, was prepared to be the victim of their sabotage. Today, they are our masters and are considered the heroes, and I am called the coward.
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After retiring from active politics, Toivo devoted his time to his wife, Vicki Erenstein, an American labor lawyer, and two daughters, Mutaleni and Nashikoto, and ran various businesses. He died on the evening of 9 June 2017 at his home in Windhoek at the age of 92 years. Ya Toivo was laid to rest at
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there, and the two became personal friends. On 1 March 1984, Toivo was released from Robben Island, having served 16 of his 20 years. Of all his fellow Namibian guerrillas he was serving the longest sentence on the notorious Robben Island prison. Nevertheless, on his day of release he had to be lured
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died during the trial in Pretoria. The Terrorism Act was applied retroactively to convict these political activists from Namibia. The speech he made on behalf of his group after his conviction gained renown for its pronouncements denying South Africa the right to try South West African citizens or to
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My lord, you found it necessary to brand me a coward. During the Second World War, when it became evident that both my country and your country were threatened by the dark clouds of Nazism, I risked my life to defend both of them, wearing a uniform with orange bands on it. But some of your
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A few meters from my cell, warders tried to push Toivo ya Toivo intolerably around. Andimba unleashed a hard open-hand smack on the young warder's cheek, sending cap flying and the young warder wailing 'Die kaffer het my geslaan'"
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Toivo was held in solitary confinement in Pretoria for more than a year before the sentence. On 26 January 1968, he was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment by the Pretoria Supreme Court. He was incarcerated at
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rule their country. His speech from the dock made headlines and became an internationally circulated key document to rally support for the Namibian liberation struggle.
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Because of his political activities in support of Namibian independence, Toivo was arrested in 1966 by the South African authorities. In his trial in August 1967,
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to rejoin his comrades in exile. He subsequently became a member of the SWAPO Central Committee and Politburo and was elected SWAPO Secretary General in 1984.
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in 1951 and was employed as a railway police officer between 1952 and 1953. He joined political movements such as the Modern Youth Society (MYS), where he met
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in order to be admitted. He completed Standard 6 but stayed on until 1950, graduating as a teacher, whereafter he successfully operated a store at
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out of his cell, not happy to have gained freedom by himself with many comrades still behind bars. After a brief stay in Windhoek he left for
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Later during his prison term Ya Toivo was transferred to Section D where other anti-apartheid activists were serving their sentences. He met
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Interview with Andimba Toivo ya Toivo by Tor Sellström within the project Nordic Documentation on the Liberation Struggle in Southern Africa
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was refused permission by the South African authorities to represent his people at the United Nations. This was used to petition the
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in Silver, awarded in 2009 for "his courageous contribution to the fight for independence and freedom in South Africa and Namibia"
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of SWAPO at the party's August 2002 congress. At SWAPO's November 2007 congress, Toivo failed to be elected to the SWAPO
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At the SWAPO Congress on 2 December 2012, Andimba ya Toivo was elected as a permanent member of the central committee.
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was reconfirmed President of the new organisation. After its reconstitution, SWAPO founded its military wing, the
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for the first time in the party's history. This was attributed to Toivo's purported link to the opposition
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and Windhoek and later to Ovamboland, where he was placed under house arrest in his home village Okaloko.
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but was herding cattle often, as was common for boys in this area. He trained to become a carpenter at
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during his service. When he was tried for terrorism in the 1960s he remembered his motivation thusly:
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and attended school at St Mary's Mission School to learn English. He had to change his religion from
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Andimba Toivo ya Toivo was born on 22 August 1924 as second of seven children in Omangundu in
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Ya Toivo was declared a national hero of Namibia and accorded a state funeral in Windhoek's
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on 26 March 1999. After over three years in that position, he was appointed as
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30 minute documentary on Toivo ya Toivo and the Namibian liberation struggle
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In December 1958, Toivo, with the assistance of Goldberg, sent a tape to
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Several entities in Namibia have been named after ya Toivo, among them:
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Never Follow the Wolf, The Autobiography of a Namibian Freedom Fighter
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took place when the South African forces attacked SWAPO guerrillas at
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Toivo received the eleventh-most votes (358) in the election to the
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in the 1950s. He became politicised there and joined the
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Recipients of the Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo
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From 1984 to 1991, he was the secretary general of the
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Nembwaya, Hileni; Shivute, Oswald (22 August 2014).
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In 2014 an honorary doctorate in civil law from the
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Because of OPO's deep roots in the 1618:Members of the National Assembly (Namibia) 1342:"The ruling party's new Central Committee" 1224:"Biographies of Namibian Personalities, T" 589:Evangelical Lutheran Ovambo-Kavango Church 31: 1188: 1186: 992: 990: 945: 943: 941: 939: 869: 867: 865: 458:Industrial School between 1939 and 1942. 1623:Members of the African National Congress 1258:"Two-prong strategy in latest reshuffle" 897:"Hilundwa and his best friend, ya Toivo" 717:on 27 August 2002, switching posts with 386:Andimba grew up in the northern part of 377:South West African People's Organisation 917: 915: 835: 692:South West Africa People's Organization 568:violations in South West Africa, after 494:After the war he worked on a farm near 477:. He fought on the British side of the 357:question marks, boxes, or other symbols 123:26 March 1999 – 27 August 2002 1468:International University of Management 1402:"National Orders awards 27 March 2009" 1373:Maletsky, Christof (3 December 2007). 850:Profile at Namibian Parliament website 845: 843: 841: 839: 784:International University of Management 650:— Andimba Herman Toivo ya Toivo, 1967. 185:21 March 1990 – 26 March 1999 1638:Mines and energy ministers of Namibia 1285:Maletsky, Christof (28 August 2002). 1214: 1212: 1210: 621:The state v. Tuhadeleni and 36 Others 7: 1406:South African Government Information 1313:Amupadhi, Tangeni (4 October 2004). 1076:Sasman, Catherine (27 August 2010). 729:, saying that he had "done enough". 1536:. via allafrica.com. Archived from 1528:"School Renamed to Honour Ya Toivo" 997:Nembwaya, Hileni (22 August 2014). 633:People's Liberation Army of Namibia 450:. He attended the church school at 1526:Mvula, Toivo (27 September 2004). 1287:"Nujoma shuffles the Cabinet pack" 1193:Nakale, Albertina (12 June 2017). 25: 1608:Namibian people imprisoned abroad 1315:"Major shift in Swapo leadership" 702:, leaving Nujoma the presidency. 623:, he appeared as Accused No. 21. 601:South West Africa Liberation Army 1350:. 27 August 2002. 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Vol. 6, no. 3. 777:Grand Companion of OR Tambo 1679: 1663:National heroes of Namibia 1180:, London 1990, pp. 246–47. 999:"Ya Toivo gave me Namibia" 983:. 16 June 2017. p. 6. 1375:"Swapo big names dropped" 1022:"Tate Andimba in summary" 725:again at the time of the 535:African National Congress 396:African National Congress 371:activist, politician and 325: 310:Vicky Erenstein ya Toivo 231: 178: 116: 52: 41: 1653:Namibian revolutionaries 1613:Inmates of Robben Island 1047:Goldberg, Denis (2016). 605:South African Border War 1560:24 January 2014 at the 975:"Defiant and inspiring" 810:, a ship renamed as MV 615:Trial and incarceration 414:in the same section as 404:independence of Namibia 671: 647: 498:until he came back to 492: 341:This article contains 36:Andimba Toivo ya Toivo 18:Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo 1569:– dated 17 March 1995 1501:business.highbeam.com 855:30 March 2004 at the 666: 543:Congress of Democrats 487: 475:Union of South Africa 467:Native Military Corps 402:, advocating for the 1247:, parliament.gov.na. 707:Constituent Assembly 214:Position established 1540:on 11 January 2013. 1477:on 8 September 2017 629:Nathaniel Maxuilili 471:racially segregated 27:Namibian politician 1593:People from Oshana 1437:on 25 January 2019 1049:A Life for Freedom 929:The New York Times 764:Awards and honours 711:Minister of Labour 686:After independence 625:Eliaser Tuhadeleni 570:Chief Hosea Kutako 373:political prisoner 312:(m. 29 March 1990) 111:Minister of Labour 1628:SWAPO politicians 1226:. klausdierks.com 1131:on 26 August 2014 734:central committee 723:National Assembly 448:South West Africa 353:rendering support 347:Khoekhoe language 329: 328: 262:South West Africa 16:(Redirected from 1670: 1542: 1541: 1523: 1517: 1516: 1514: 1512: 1503:. 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Index

Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo
Minister of Prisons and Correctional Services
Sam Nujoma
Theo-Ben Gurirab
Marco Hausiku
Peter Tsheehama
Minister of Labour
Hage Geingob
Moses ǁGaroëb
Marco Hausiku
Minister of Mines and Energy
Jesaya Nyamu
Omangundu
Ovamboland
South West Africa
Namibia
Windhoek
SWAPO
click symbols
Khoekhoe language
rendering support
question marks, boxes, or other symbols
apartheid
political prisoner
South West African People's Organisation
Ovamboland People's Organization
Namibia
Cape Town
African National Congress
United Nations

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