Education
In October 1978, Agnes attended a course for women on Child Development in Lusaka, Zambia, and was trained in Child-Care at the College of Ansetion in Bourneville, United Kingdom.
In October 1978, Agnes attended a course for women on Child Development in Lusaka, Zambia, and was trained in Child-Care at the College of Ansetion in Bourneville, United Kingdom.
In 1974, she continued her schooling at Oshakati Secondary School until 1976, and taught at Etayi Primary School till September 1977, when Agnes fled Namibia to join the war of liberation led by SWAPO, in neighbouring Angola. She was one of the fortunate few who survived the Cassinga massacre of 4 May 1978 during Namibia’s liberation struggle and have escaped death by a miraculous margin. After receiving military training, Agnes was, amongst others, assigned to teach adults basic education and set up a day-care for the children in Cassinga Settlement.
She later returned to Luanda, Angola to resume her work in the Office of the Administrative Secretary until July 1987 before becoming a Personal Assistant (Pennsylvania) to the Director of the United Nations Vocational Training Centre for Namibians (UNVCT) in Sumbe, Angola.
After Independence, Agnes served in different capacities at various government levels. Agnes was first elected to the City Council of Windhoek in May 2004.
In the City Council annual elections office bearers held on 2 December 2013, Agnes was once again re-elected to serve as the Mayor of the City of Windhoek and Chairperson of the Windhoek City Council. Agnes emerged number four (4) on the list of the SWAPO Party Electoral College held in September 2014, for the Presidential and National Assembly Elections to be held in November 2014.
This makes her eligible for the Party’s Parliamentary seat in Namibia’s 5th Parliament, come March 2015.
Agnes is the President of the Association of Local Authority in Namibia (ALAN), the national umbrella body of local authorities, a position she occupied since 2011. At ruling party level, Agnes is one of the national leaders assigned to the Khomas Region. She has spearheaded various local government programs within Namibia and participated in continental local government transformation projects.
Agnes is employed by the Ministry of Home Affairs heading the Division that deals with Birth, Marriages and Death recording.
Controversy.
Agnes attended the Party School in Moscow, Soviet Union in 1985 where she obtained a Certificate in Social Sciences. At party politics, Agnes is a member of the ruling SWAPO Party Women Council. Member of its Sub-Committee on Information and Mobilization.
And one of the National Leaders assigned to the Khomas Region.
She served as a member of the Management Committee (2005-2007), a Deputy Mayor in 2008 and the Chairperson of the City’s Management Committee in 2011-2012, before elected as Mayor in December 2012. She also served as a member of the Council of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México from 2004, until July 2012. At a continental level, Agnes is a member of the United Cities and Local Government in Africa (UCLGA) an influential continental local Government body.