Published 30 January 2015Updated 15 June 2023Cite This PageShare Release of Political Prisoners Copied to clipboardRelated Content & TopicsRelated ContentNegotiations and the transitionThe increasing social unrest in South Africa that swept through the country in the 1980s, and the changing geopolitical Popular ContentNamibia21 March 1990, Namibia became the forty-seventh African colony to gain independence. Whilst preparing for this State of Greyton, Western ProvinceThe village of Greyton was established in 1852, although the first plots of land were only sold in 1854.Tulbagh, Western CapeThe valley is perhaps best known for its production of some of the country’s finest wines. Estate wines such as Twee JonFranschhoek, Western CapeFranschhoek (French Corner, in Afrikaans) is a lovely Town located in the picturesque Valley at the foot of the MountaiPolice station operations, 1986, White S. African Reporter Pleads Guilty to Treason, Associated Press, 3 November 1986