King Fillemon Nangolo, the Ondonga king, has announced that the 2024 Omagongo Festival will be held on 25 May at the Onambango Palace in the Oshana region. The Omagongo Festival serves as a platform to celebrate the Aawambo culture and foster unity among Namibians. Nahas Angula, the chairperson of the Omagongo Festival 2024 organising committee,...
The head of the Ondonga Traditional Authority, Omukwanilwa Fillemon Nangolo Shuumbwa, says the entire Ondonga community is shattered by the death of president Hage Geingob. Shuumbwa said yesterday that Geingob was a good friend of the Aadonga community and was regarded as a son of King Kauluma Elifas whom the previous Ondonga king groomed into...
Staff Reporter THE Christian Church has always been viewed as an instrument for good, serving the spiritual and physical wellbeing of God’s people. However, in recent times, dubious characters posing as church leaders have emerged, creating confusion in communities, separating families, abusing their followers, and causing mistrust and disharmony in society. This consensus was reached...
The Omukwaniilwa of the Ondonga Traditional Authority, Fillemon Shuumbwa Nangolo, says the traditional authority will not allow the unregulated mushrooming of revival churches in areas under its jurisdiction. Shuumbwa made these remarks during an annual stakeholder engagement meeting at Onambango Palace. Omukwaniilwa Shuumbwa alleges some revival churches are becoming a concern as they are destroying...
Staff Reporter ALL villages in the geographic area under the Ondonga Traditional Authority (OTA) must have Oshindonga names, said OTA chairperson, Senior Traditional Councilor John Walenga. Speaking at the installation ceremony of Sylvanus Elago, the new headman of the Ekonghola village, Walenga noted the existence in the Ondonga tribal area of several villages with non-Oshindonga...