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About Auguste Mukwahepo Immanuel
- Mukwanangombe Auguste Mukwahepo Immanuel (7 October 1937 – 30 May 2018) affectionately known as Meekulu Mukwahepo was a Namibian guerrilla, notable for being the first woman recruit of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia.
- Mukwahepo committed her life looking after children during the South African Border War, moving from one camp to another whenever the need arose.
- In 1963 Mukwahepo left her home in Namibia and followed her fiance Shikongo Hangala across the border into Angola.
- They survived hunger and war and eventually made their way to Tanzania.
- There, Mukwahepo became the first woman to undergo military training with SWAPO.
- For nine years she was the only woman in SWAPO's Kongwa camp.
- She was then thrust into a more traditional women's role - taking care of children in the SWAPO camps in Zambia and Angola.
- Mukwahepo underwent combat training in 1965 in Kongwa, Tanzania where she remained for nine years.
- At independence she was repatriated along with five children that she took care of in exile, according to UNAM's Ellen Ndeshi Namhila ’s book about the life of Mukwahepo; Mukwahepo : woman soldier mother
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