Namibia
Namibia is an arid country in Africa. As such it was formed as German South-West Africa in 1883. In 1919 it was removed from Germany and given as a League of Nations Mandate to the Union of South Africa. Following a decade-long insurgency during which the SWAPO terrorists were aided by the Soviet Union and Cuba, the South Africans withdrew from South-West African and it gained independence on 21 March 1990.
See also
Sources
- Legum, Colin, Africa: A Handbook to the Continent, Anthony Blond Ltd., pubs., London, 1961, South-West Africa pps:362-370.
- Sutton-Pryce, Ted, Zimbabwe: A Model for Namibia?, Academia publishers, Pretoria, 1989, ISBN: 0-86874-389-5
- Burke, Terence & Bigalke, Ilse, editors, RSA Policy Review, Pretoria, Oct 1989, pps: 29-37: "South Africa's Interests in Namibia" by Willem Retief. ISSN: 1-12-764X