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The history of Namibia has passed through several distinct stages from being colonized in the late nineteenth century to Namibia's independence on 21 March 1990.
From 1884, Namibia was a German colony: German South-West Africa. After the First World War, the League of Nations mandated South Africa to administer the territory. Following World War II, the League of Nations was dissolved in April 1946 and its successor, the United Nations, instituted a Trusteeship system to bring all of the former German colonies in Africa under UN control. South Africa objected arguing that a majority of the territory's people were content with South African rule.
Legal argument ensued over the course of the next twenty years until, in October 1966, the UN General Assembly decided to end the mandate, declaring that South Africa had no other right to administer the territory and that henceforth South-West Africa was to come under the direct responsibility of the UN (Resolution 2145 XXI of 27 October 1966).
During the 1960s, as the European powers granted independence to their colonies and trust territories in Africa, pressure mounted on South Africa to do so in Namibia, which was then South-West Africa. On the dismissal (1966) by the International Court of Justice of a complaint brought by Ethiopia and Liberia against South Africa's continued presence in the territory, the U.N. General Assembly revoked South Africa's mandate.
Also in 1966, South-West Africa People's Organisation's (SWAPO) military wing, the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) began guerrilla attacks on South Africa, infiltrating the territory from bases in Zambia. After Angola became independent in 1975, SWAPO established bases in the southern part of the country. Hostilities intensified over the years, especially in Ovamboland.
In a 1971 advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice upheld UN authority over Namibia, determining that the South African presence in Namibia was illegal and that South Africa therefore was obliged to withdraw its administration from Namibia immediately. The Court also advised UN member states to refrain from implying legal recognition or assistance to the South African presence.
In 1975, South Africa sponsored the Turnhalle Constitutional Conference, which sought an "internal settlement" to Namibia. Excluding SWAPO, the conference mainly included bantustan leaders as well as white Namibian political parties.
In 1977, the Western Contact Group (WCG) was formed including Canada, France, West Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. They launched a joint diplomatic effort to bring an internationally acceptable transition to independence for Namibia. The WCG's efforts led to the presentation in 1978 of Security Council Resolution 435 for settling the Namibian problem. The settlement proposal, as it became known, was worked out after lengthy consultations with South Africa, the front-line states (Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe), SWAPO, UN officials, and the Western Contact Group. It called for the holding of elections in Namibia under UN supervision and control, the cessation of all hostile acts by all parties, and restrictions on the activities of South African and Namibian military, paramilitary, and police.
South Africa agreed to cooperate in achieving the implementation of Resolution 435. Nonetheless, in December 1978, in defiance of the UN proposal, it unilaterally held elections in Namibia which were boycotted by SWAPO and a few other political parties. South Africa continued to administer Namibia through its installed multiracial coalitions and an appointed Administrator-General. Negotiations after 1978 focused on issues such as supervision of elections connected with the implementation of the settlement proposal.
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@cityking9ne You're really attacking me for a non-issue. Go fuck yourself, nothing I said was wrong or hurtful, racist or cruel.
MrBarelylethal 1 week ago
@cityking9ne ....... What did I ever say that was racist, hurtful, or not true? The Zimbabwean government is a dictatorship that attacked a minority of it's own people. Namibia is now free from a racist regime and blacks are free. This really is common sense and not controversial in any other part of the world with any race group. What country do you live in?
MrBarelylethal 1 week ago
@MrBarelylethal Oh,so this is what pussy as Canadians do with their spare time,fuck with people that aren't aware you live in the pussy of the world.Shut your bitch as up,fucking pussy,I should get your IP address and come piss on you you fucking bitch.
cityking9ne 1 week ago
I am Namibian and I am disgusted with these atrocities, I feel a renewed appreciation for my parents and our leaders that have had to live and pull through this, others that never made it . I want to thank you for the opportunities you have given us. I remember being one of the first black girsl at DHPS wich was the only school that would accept black children at the time this was about 1985
ricokaraable 5 months ago 2
@tHeWasTeDYouTh? Where ru from chicken head, stop yr nonce's and go 2 Kangaroo land or somewhere in Buffalo New York!
53Africa 5 months ago
@SUIDWESTER88? Namibia has a multi Party system of democracy but if ur loosing the Election than look at our history first before making any stupid comments.
53Africa 5 months ago
@Eurafrican? The African Black Egytians educated Plato who taller Plato the whole African philosophy so lets brake it down and find out who told u the same education we Africans contributed already and gave to europe.
53Africa 5 months ago
@53Africa ...what song...what free cd......Zanu-PF a vote for freedom...LMAO!!!!
MrBarelylethal 5 months ago
@MrBarelylethal? If u don't dance my song so how can I give ur free CD??? Same thing, Vote for ZANU-PF vote for freedom and equality of every African and White patriotic Zimbabweans who have never runaway from their birth place.
53Africa 5 months ago
@MrBarelylethal? You know what, to see is to believe so go and see where we are failing and why do u want us to fail if ur suctions are part of the game.
53Africa 5 months ago