Known as the "Mamili Six", they are alleged to be among the main leaders who planned the CLA attack.(11) The defendants maintain that they were held incommunicado from November 1999 until May 2000 when they appeared in Court for the first time.
Depuis l’indépendance, les Masubia ont toujours soutenu la South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO, Organisation du peuple du Sud-Ouest africain), le parti au pouvoir. Les membres de la communauté mafwe, plus nombreux, se rangent habituellement du côté des partis d’opposition.