Plebiscite for South West Africa

Date: 28 Jan 1971
Updated: 22 Aug 2019

A newspaper reported that the South African government told the World Court in a letter that it is prepared to hold a plebicite so that the people of SWA may decide whether South Africa or the United Nations should administer the territory.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Plebiscite for South West Africa. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012154

South African History Online (2011) 'Plebiscite for South West Africa', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012154 (Accessed: 17 September 2026).

South African History Online, Plebiscite for South West Africa [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012154, (accessed 17 September 2026).

"Plebiscite for South West Africa." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012154. Accessed 17 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Plebiscite for South West Africa." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012154.