[1][2] Mungunda was born in 1932 to migrant labourer Theopoldt Shivute and Emilia Kavezeri, a niece of Hosea Kutako.
It is reported that the fatal shooting of her only son,[4] Kaaronda Mungunda,[5] enraged her so much that she ran towards the car of a high-ranking administrator, poured petrol over it, and set it alight.
The car either belonged to mayor Jaap Snyman or to Old Location Police Superintendent de Wet.
Founding president Sam Nujoma remarked in his inauguration speech on 26 August 2002 that: On that fateful day [of the Old Location uprising], twelve peaceful demonstrators were killed and more than fifty others were injured.
In the face of this brutality, a courageous and fearless young woman by the name of Kakurukaze Mungunda demonstrated her bravery and heroism by setting alight the car of De Wet who was the superintendent of the Windhoek Old Location.