Others In later years, several additional people have been declared national heroes, and buried here. These are: Dimo Hamaambo (1932–2002), served as the second commander of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia Maxton Joseph Mutongulume (1932–2004), founding member of the Ovamboland People's Congress and long-term SWAPO functionary and Central Committee member Markus Kooper (1918–2005), petitioner to the United Nations Mose Penaani Tjitendero (1943–2006), first speaker of National Assembly Richard Kapelwa Kabajani (1943–2007), former cabinet minister and ambassador to Cuba John Pandeni (1950–2008), prisoner of Robben Island and later Namibian Minister Peter Tsheehama (1941–2010), People's Liberation Army of Namibia commander and Chief of Namibian Intelligence John ya Otto Nankudhu (1933–2011), People's Liberation Army of Namibia commander and Robben Island inmate Frederick Matongo (1946 or 1947–2013) Lieutenant Colonel of the Namibian Defence Force, early participant of the Namibian War of Independence against apartheid South Africa Andrew Intamba (1947–2014), first director of the Namibia Central Intelligence Service, and Namibian ambassador to Egypt Mzee Kaukungwa (1919–2014), veteran of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia and founding member of SWAPO. Gerson Veii (1939–2015), founding member of the South West Africa National Union (SWANU). Veii is the first opposition party member to be accorded a hero's burial Hidipo Hamutenya (1939–2016), former cabinet minister, long-time leading member of SWAPO, founder of RDP. Andimba Toivo ya Toivo (1924–2017), anti-apartheid activist, politician and political prisoner. Founding member of SWAPO. Theo-Ben Gurirab (1938–2018), former Prime Minister, former Speaker of the National Assembly, veteran diplomat of SWAPO. There are further National Heroes of Namibia without any connection to Heroe's Acre, namely: Niko Bessinger David Moses Meroro John Mutwa Seven veterans of the Namibian liberation struggle were reburied on Heroes' Acre in 2014: Peter Nanyemba Walde Homateni Timoteus Kaluenya Isak "Pondo" Shikongo Natalia Ndahambelela Shikangala Mavulu Augustus "McNamara" Nghaamwa Putuse Appolus Lineekela Kalenga On 26 August 2015, Namibia's Heroes' Day, three more veterans were reburied on Heroes' Acre: Moses ǁGaroëb Peter Mweshihange Anton Lubowski Construction controversy Mansudae Overseas Projects, a company from North Korea was given a N$60 million contract from Namibia to build the monument. The contract was awarded without any competitive tendering process, and eventually the construction cost doubled. The non-transparent contracting of foreign manual labour has been criticised by corruption watchdog insight Namibia. The memorial has been described as "monstrous" and its erection was speculated to "reveal a lack of African self-confidence". The statue of the Unknown Soldier resembles