Nehale lya Mpingana (died 28 April 1908[1]) was Omukwaniilwa of Ondonga, a subtribe of the Owambo, in German South West Africa.

Their tribal area is situated around Namutoni on the eastern edge of Etosha pan in today's northern Namibia.

[2] Under Mpingana's leadership the Ondonga fought and won two wars against intruders into their area.

In 1886, Boer settlers on their Dorsland Trek were defeated after they—allegedly fraudulently—acquired land between Otavi and Grootfontein, and declared it to be the Republic of Upingtonia.

The group dispersed after the attack, with some settlers moving on towards Angola, and others turning back to the Transvaal.