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- Gerson_Veii abstract "Gerson Hitjevi Veii (18 January 1939 – 14 February 2015) was a Namibian politician. Veii was founder member of the South West Africa National Union (SWANU) and its president from 1968 to 1982. After Namibian independence he was the first governor of Kunene Region.Veii was born on 18 January 1939 in Kalkfeld in central Namibia. He was the first Namibian to be tried under the 1962 Sabotage Act of apartheid South Africa. Following a December 1967 speech in Windhoek's Old Location against the incarceration of SWAPO leaders in the wake of the military actions at Omugulugwombashe he was arrested, convicted of inciting racial hatred, and sentenced to five years in prison. He spent one year in solitary confinement in Pretoria, and a further four years on Robben Island. When he was released in 1972 he had developed a brain tumour and several other debilitating health problems. His family suspected that he was experimented on on Robben Island. Veii died of cardiac arrest in Windhoek on 14 February 2015. He was married with eight children.Veil was elected deputy secretary-general of SWANU in 1960. In 1968 while imprisoned on Robben Island he was elected party president in absentia, a position he held until 1982. Following Namibia's independence in 1990 he was appointed first Governor of Kunene Region. Veil received a state funeral on 25 February 2015. He was buried at Heroes' Acre near Windhoek, the first card holder of an opposition party to receive this honour.".
- Gerson_Veii birthDate "1939-01-18".
- Gerson_Veii birthPlace Kalkfeld.
- Gerson_Veii birthYear "1939".
- Gerson_Veii deathDate "2015-02-14".
- Gerson_Veii deathPlace Windhoek.
- Gerson_Veii deathYear "2015".
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- Gerson_Veii wikiPageWikiLink Heroes_Acre_(Namibia).
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- Gerson_Veii wikiPageWikiLink SWAPO.
- Gerson_Veii wikiPageWikiLink Sabotage_Act,_1962.
- Gerson_Veii wikiPageWikiLink Solitary_confinement.
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- Gerson_Veii wikiPageWikiLinkText "Gerson Veii".
- Gerson_Veii dateOfBirth "1939-01-18".
- Gerson_Veii dateOfDeath "2015-02-14".
- Gerson_Veii name "Veii, Gerson".
- Gerson_Veii placeOfBirth "Kalkfeld".
- Gerson_Veii placeOfDeath "Windhoek".
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- Gerson_Veii description "Namibian politician".
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- Gerson_Veii subject Category:Inmates_of_Robben_Island.
- Gerson_Veii subject Category:National_heroes_of_Namibia.
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- Gerson_Veii comment "Gerson Hitjevi Veii (18 January 1939 – 14 February 2015) was a Namibian politician. Veii was founder member of the South West Africa National Union (SWANU) and its president from 1968 to 1982. After Namibian independence he was the first governor of Kunene Region.Veii was born on 18 January 1939 in Kalkfeld in central Namibia. He was the first Namibian to be tried under the 1962 Sabotage Act of apartheid South Africa.".
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