Keharanjo Nguvauva

Who is Keharanjo Nguvauva?

Keharanjo II Xavier Komavau Nguvauva was the Chief of the Ovambanderu, a Herero clan in Namibia. Keharanjo was the born to royal Ovambanderu family to the then Chief Munjuku Nguvauva II and his wife Aletta Karikondua Katjiteo-Nguvauva. He was reported dead on the evening of Friday 8 April 2011 in the residential area of Khomasdal, Windhoek where he committed suicide using an electric wire.

Keharanjo just like an ordinary Mbanderu young boy spent his early years tending his father’s livestock at Ezorongondo, Omaheke Region. In 1988, his father took him to Ondauha in Botswana, about 180 kilometres from Maun, to the grave of Keharanjo’s grandfather, Chief Keharanjo I Nguvauva. There he was introduced to the Mbanderu community as a future chief. Nguvauva was then taken to the house of Chief Mathiba Moremi of Batawana, for him to be groomed to be a leader. He was also left in the care of Manuel Nguvauva, brother to Kilus Nguvauva and half-brother to Keharanjo.

Keharanjo began primary school in Botswana. He passed primary and moved on to Sepopa CJSS for his Junior Certificate until he completed his Form Five from Maun Senior Secondary School. Keharanjo graduated with an LLB from the University of Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa in 2010. He was employed as a legal advisor in the Namibian Ministry of Justice.