Haulyondjaba seeks apology from intelligence service

Former police commissioner Elisa Haulyondjaba wants the Namibia Central Intelligence Service (NCIS) to apologise to him, retired army colonel Kondjeni Haikokola and the late Elobby Amundamba.

Haulyondjaba says the three of them have been accused by an NCIS official at the Namibian consulate at Ondjiva in Angola that they wanted to secede part of southern Angola to make it part of Namibia.

He says the accusations were made in 2017 after they travelled to Angola in September 2016 to visit Vietnam, a former People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (Plan) military base in southern Angola. Haulyondjaba says while in Angola, they visited the Namibian consulate and had a meeting with then Namibian consular Kakena Nangula and informed her that they wanted to visit the military base.

He says the military base was attacked by South African apartheid forces in 1978, and about 300 people, including one Plan commander, Wilbard Nakada, died.

Haulyondjaba says the information that they wanted to capture the southern part of Angola was also shared with president Hage Geingob, who later declared that Namibia has no intention of expanding its borders into Angola.

Geingob said this at the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the death of Oukwanyama King Mandume ya Ndemufayo held at the Oukwan­yama palace at Omhedi.

At the time New Era quoted Geingob as saying: “However, this does not mean we should start to claim the territories of fellow African states by using ancestral boundaries as justification.

There is no basis for Namibians to claim Angolan territory as their own.

“Whoever dreams of that notion must stop it today.

“Therefore, I would like to state in the most emphatic terms that Namibia respects Angola’s territorial integrity. We have no intention whatsoever to extend our boundaries beyond our current border with Angola, and we are pleased that we can share in this celebration together as peaceful and fraternal neighbours.”

Haulyondjaba says: “We were, however, informed by reliable sources that we, Elisa Hiyalasha Haulyondjaba, Elobby Amundamba and Kondjeni Haikokola, were the very same people who wanted to capture part of Angola and make it part of Namibia.”
He says they were also contacted by Angolan intelligence officers and were queried on the matter.

In March 2017, the three wrote a letter to the Namibian minister of international relations and cooperation, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah.
In their letter they said: “We spent sleepless nights in our quest to liberate our motherland. We pursue these liberation goals inside Angola. It hurts us to learn that we want to dismember part of the very nation that hoisted us for so long.”

Nandi-Ndaitwah was not available for comment. She did not respond to a text message sent to her either. They also said the information has disturbed them and caused them reputational damage.

Hamundamba died this month and was laid to rest at the Eenhana Shrine.

Halyondjaba told The Namibian they have also discussed the matter with former NCIS head Philemon Malima, who reportedly said the official at the Namibian consulate at Ondjiva has provided incorrect information.

Malima said: “It was the wrong information. Haulyondjaba, Kondjeni and Hamundamba are patriots. They cannot do those kinds of things.”

Current NCIS head Benedictus Likando declined to comment.
“I have no comment, sir,” he said.