Kashanu laid to rest
Hundreds of mourners gathered this weekend at Oshilemba village in the Omusati Region to pay their last respects to prominent northern businessman and farmer Tobias Shivute Kashanu.
Kashanu, 63, died in the Lady Pohamba Private Hospital in Windhoek on 15 January.
He started doing business in 1974 by transporting people from Lüderitz in the //Karas Region to northern Namibia before establishing several businesses in the Omusati and Kunene regions.
He owned businesses at places such as Oshilemba, Otamanzi, Okahao and Ruacana in the Omusati Region and at Otjokavare in Kunene under the Onekuni Generation brand. Kashanu was also a member of the Mangetti Farmers' Association (MFA) and farmed with livestock at Uuku and Okenene in the Ongandjera traditional district in Omusati and at Oromaua in the Opuwo area.
His funeral service was to be held at the Lutheran Church of Ombogodhiya in the Otamanzi Constituency, but it was instead held at his family homestead at Oshilemba to accommodate the large number of mourners who had turned up.
Chairperson of the northern branch of the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI), Tomas Iindji in the chamber's message of condolences said Kashanu was a business leader of great distinction and a person of rare quality. “The rich contribution he made to our society and the imprint he has left engraved on our history goes far beyond what is known by each one of us who has had the privilege and opportunity to work with him or to count him amongst our friends,” Iindji said.
Another member of the NCCI in northern Namibia, Josua Haimbodi said he contributed immensely to entrepreneurship and economic development in Namibia.
Kashanu is survived by his wife, Vistorina and 14 children.
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Kashanu, 63, died in the Lady Pohamba Private Hospital in Windhoek on 15 January.
He started doing business in 1974 by transporting people from Lüderitz in the //Karas Region to northern Namibia before establishing several businesses in the Omusati and Kunene regions.
He owned businesses at places such as Oshilemba, Otamanzi, Okahao and Ruacana in the Omusati Region and at Otjokavare in Kunene under the Onekuni Generation brand. Kashanu was also a member of the Mangetti Farmers' Association (MFA) and farmed with livestock at Uuku and Okenene in the Ongandjera traditional district in Omusati and at Oromaua in the Opuwo area.
His funeral service was to be held at the Lutheran Church of Ombogodhiya in the Otamanzi Constituency, but it was instead held at his family homestead at Oshilemba to accommodate the large number of mourners who had turned up.
Chairperson of the northern branch of the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI), Tomas Iindji in the chamber's message of condolences said Kashanu was a business leader of great distinction and a person of rare quality. “The rich contribution he made to our society and the imprint he has left engraved on our history goes far beyond what is known by each one of us who has had the privilege and opportunity to work with him or to count him amongst our friends,” Iindji said.
Another member of the NCCI in northern Namibia, Josua Haimbodi said he contributed immensely to entrepreneurship and economic development in Namibia.
Kashanu is survived by his wife, Vistorina and 14 children.
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