 He fought with SWAPO until 1989, when negotiations ended the Namibian War of Independence.Prior to independence, he also worked as a journalist for the Namibia Press Agency (NAMPA) and the Voice of Namibia radio program.A year later, Namibia became independent and moved to Namibia, the land of his family, where he became a journalist for "Namibia Today", the official mouthpiece of the SWAPO Party.