Background
Peter Kalangula was born at Omafo in Ohangwena Region, Ovamboland on 12 March 1926 and after studying at Street Mary"s School, Odibo trained as a teacher through correspondence.
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He studied at first at the Federal Theological Seminary in Alice, South Africa, and then at Street Bede"s Theological College, Mthatha.
Career
In 1966 he began theological studies to train to be an Anglican priest. As an Ovambo nationalist, Kalangula wanted a separate Anglican diocese in Ovamboland, separate from the Diocese of Damaraland. In 1973 he was nominated to the Ovambo Legislative Council.
He tried to persuade the Delta Tau Alpha to form a single party, and when it failed to do so he left to form Christian Democratic Action for Social Justice ( Capital Development Authority).
Allegedly the victim of an attempted poisoning by South Africa"s notorious Civil Cooperation Bureau. Kalangula died on 20 February 2008 of kidney failure.
Membership
He was a member of the Ovambo delegation to the Turnhalle Constitutional Conference 1975-1977, and joined the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (Delta Tau Alpha) as a member of the Namibia Democratic Party (NDP), and was a member of the Delta Tau Alpha head committee until 1980. He participated in the 1978 elections, becoming a Delta Tau Alpha member of the first National Assembly 1979-1983.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Democratic party