On 27 March 2013, Angelika Muharukua publicly opposed protest by about a thousand indigenous Himba and Zemba[5] who were manifesting their grievances that their children are not receiving culturally appropriate education, but are instead forced to cut their children's traditional hair styles, remove their cultural attires and therefore forced to remove their cultural identity.[6]
Angelika Muharukua was married to Kenatjironga Festus Muharukua who died in a car accident in March 2015. She lived in Ovinjange[7] but the couple also had a residence in Windhoek'sHochland Park suburb.[8]
On 1 October 2017, Angelika Muharukua died in a Windhoek hospital on a suspected heart failure (attack).[9]