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EventSouth Africa relinquishes sovereignty over Walvis Bay
… Walvis Bay, from the Dutch for "Whale Bay", is situated in Namibia, along the west coast of southern Africa, formerly … South Africa relinquished sovereignty…
ArticleAngolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Timeline of Events
… 1975 South Africa deploys troops stationed in Namibia in support of the FNLA and UNITA. Additionally Zaire …
In summary: Factors resulting in the crisis
… opposed the South African occupation of South West Africa (Namibia). The SADF also went into Angola to aid UNITA against … was also a turning point in the…
Enuga S Reddy: Meeting with SWAPO in Dar Es Salaam -1969
… Representative, said the only way to end apartheid in Namibia was to expel South Africa from Namibia. South Africa was making propaganda in the towns and…
EventRev. Michael Scott besiege the UN for justice regarding Herero people
… same year (1948) Rev. Scott was banned in South Africa and Namibia. Rev. Scott was not a stranger to the UN as he … on countless occasions to put pressure on…
EventAngola, Cuba and South Africa allegedly signed a cease fire treaty
… its forces from Angola, and South Africa was to grant Namibia independence and withdraw its forces and elections … and Cuban presence in Angola, and to the…
ArchiveNotes on meeting between Director-General and President Savimbi on 26 October 1988
… Meeting between the Director-General of Namibia and President Savimbi on the progress of the Namibian …
ArchiveSummary notes of meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General: Cape Town, Monday, 22 January 1979
… a meeting to discuss the dates for deployment of UNTAG in Namibia, the implementation of Resolution 435 and the issue …
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
… at one stage but he had a love for the Karoo, Kalahari and Namibia where he would hunt from time to time with friends, …
BiographySefako Mapogo Makgatho
… formerly Tanganyika) and German West Africa(Namibia, formerly South West Africa). It demanded that these …
Hunter-Gatherers in Southern Africa
… arrows and gathering plant food in the Kalahari Desert in Namibia. One group, the !Kung, lived in an area called Nyae … ny ny, rhyming with high), near the…
BiographyJeanette Carlson
Jeanette Levinson Carlson was born on 21 June 1929, in Muizenberg, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape Province). She was the youngest of Israel and…
PlaceRehoboth
… Rehoboth is a Town in Central Namibia and lies on a high elevated plateau with several hot … population in 2011, the numbers had risen to 28 843. Namibia…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid, 12 January 1982
… are encouraged by his recent statement on the question of Namibia, and his assessment of the South African situation. The independence of Namibia under the…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the meeting of the United Nations Special Committee against apartheid, 12 January 1982
… are encouraged by his recent statement on the question of Namibia, and his assessment of the South African situation. The independence of Namibia under the…
EventAdvocate Anton Lubowski secretary-general of the SWAPO is assassinated
… his luxury home in Windhoek, South West Africa (now Namibia). The Civil Co-Operation Bureau (CCB) was held …
EventSADF’s 31 Battallion is disbanded
… in South African townships and who fought in the war in Namibia. President F. W. de Klerk announced that it would be …
EventHerero people defeat German Forces
… by Herero people near Okaharui, German West Africa (now Namibia). Herero men in the Okaharui ambushed German forces …
ArticleGrade 12 - Civil Resistance in South Africa 1970s to 1980
… that were given to Black People in South Africa and in Namibia (which was then the South West Africa and was … , they were Venda, Bophuthatswana, Transkei…
ArchiveChapter 3 University by Denis Goldberg
… was Andimba Ja Toivo Andimba Toivo ja Toivo, a friend from Namibia I met Hermann ja Toivo, as he was known in colonial … and exploitation. The reality of…
BiographyMartin Plaut
Martin Plaut was born in Cape Town, South Africa in May 1950. His parents were Erwin Plaut and Faith Plaut. His father was a furniture designer who had a shop…
ArticleNational Newspapers and News Sites
… online news site. Allgemeine Zeitung - Oldest Newspaper of Namibia. Business Day - Daily Newspaper. Detailed business …
In the Belly of the Beast - Speech at Conference of the International Committee against Apartheid, Racism and Colonialism in Southern Africa (ICSA) by O. R. Tambo, Stockholm, April 1980
… remained intact, the national leaders of the oppressed in Namibia and South Africa were kept securely imprisoned, and … against apartheid, racism and…
EventA police mob attacks big SWAPO rally
… (SWAPO). The meeting was held in Katatura, Windhoek Namibia and it was attended by nearly 3000 people, including …
EventSADF's 31 Battallion is disbanded
… in South African townships and who fought in the war in Namibia. President F. W. de Klerk announced that it would be …
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… the MPLA the demise of apartheid rule in South Africa and Namibia. In fighting the South Africans, the Cubans were thus … mercenaries and South African…
EventFormer Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF), General Jannie Geldenhuys is born in Kroonstad
… diplomatic and negotiating skills in South West Africa (Namibia) during negotiations towards an internationally …
Statement at the 19th African-American Conference by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 12 January 1989
… an end to colonial and racial domination. The people of Namibia are today on course to gain their independence and … with the signing of the historic Treaty…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the 19th African-American Conference, 12 January 1989, Lusaka
… an end to colonial and racial domination. The people of Namibia are today on course to gain their independence and … with the signing of the historic Treaty…
Statement by Oliver Tambo, on behalf of the Southern African Liberation Movements, at the closing session of the seventh summit meeting of the Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African states, 02 December 1988, Arusha
… movements and in the name of the fighting masses of Namibia and South Africa. We wish firstly to convey to His … in the PTA, but also in the struggle for the…