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Gaob Justus |Uruhe //Garoëb
NAMCOL Annual Report 2019/2020

2. Served as founding Chairperson of the Damara Raad, which provided
a unified platform for the Damara people to unite and work with other
Namibians from different backgrounds for the liberation of Namibia. Honoris Causa

3. Gaob ǁGaroëb ensured that the flames of the sacred fire of the ancestors
keeps burning through the ancient Annual Traditional Festival of the
ǂNûkhoen (better known as Gaob Fees) since 1976.

4. He spearheaded the building of the Gaobs’ monuments. This is the
burial site for the ǂNûkhoen Gaobs, royal wives and heroes.

5. As an elected Senior Headman of the Khorixas location, Gaob Justus
ǁGaroëb is credited for engineering the Damara Raad’s opposition to
colonial plans, such the Turnhalle Conference of 1975 and 1977, and
1983 Multiparty Conference and Transitional Government of National
Unity.

6. Gaob ǁGaroëb opposed Bantu education to the extent that he took a
delegation of Damara Raad leaders to Pretoria to engage Prime Minister
Voster.

7. He was a Senior Advisor to Gaob Dawid Goreseb and later he
complimented Klemens Kapuoo to write and send petitions to the United
Nations, on behalf of the Gaob Goreseb.

8. In 1976, Gaob Justus ǁGaroëb travelled to New York to attend and
petition at UN General Assembly as part of the SWAPO delegation.

9. He opposed South African colonial Turnhalle Conference of 1977.

10. Gaob Justus ǁGaroëb transformed the Damara Raad from being a tribal
Council to a political entity with strong nationalist aspirations.

11. He opposed participation at the Multi-Party Conference and Transitional
Government of National Unity.

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