{"id":264819,"date":"2019-04-25T10:59:23","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T08:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=264819"},"modified":"2019-04-25T10:59:23","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T08:59:23","slug":"peter-mvula-ya-nangolo-passes-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=264819","title":{"rendered":"Peter Mvula ya Nangolo passes on"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js_2\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p>Staff Reporter<br \/>\nFORMER editor and poet, Peter Mvula ya Nangolo, early this morning passed away at his home in Hochland Park at the age of 75.<br \/>\nThe retired special advisor to the Minister of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) was a colourful and well-known character in especially the city centre in recent years.<br \/>\nHe was also a great lover of the arts and published many poems and books, including &#8216;From Exile&#8217;, which was published in 1976, 1991&#8217;s &#8216;Thoughts From Exile&#8217;, 1995&#8217;s political documentary &#8216;Kassinga &#8211; A Story Untold&#8217; and his latest work &#8216;Watering The Beloved Desert&#8217; which is a collection of new poems.<br \/>\nYa Nangolo was born in Oniimwandi on 9 August 1943.<br \/>\nHe lived in Germany in exile and upon his return to Africa, Ya Nangolo lived in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where he established a TV programme on Namibia that would be broadcast in English, Afrikaans, Oshiwambo and Otjiherero.<br \/>\nHe eventually went on to become the first editor of Swapo\u2019s newspaper, Namibia Today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter FORMER editor and poet, Peter Mvula ya Nangolo, early this morning passed away at his home in Hochland Park at the age of 75. 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