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  2. History of Namibia - Wikipedia

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    The history of Namibia has passed through several distinct stages from being colonised in the late nineteenth century to Namibia's independence on 21 March 1990. From 1884, Namibia was a German colony: German South West Africa .

  3. Namibia - Wikipedia

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    The name was chosen by Mburumba Kerina, who originally proposed "Republic of Namib". [24] Before Namibia became independent in 1990, its territory was known first as German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika), and then as South West Africa, reflecting its colonial occupation by Germans and South Africans, respectively.

  4. South West Africa - Wikipedia

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    South West Africa [b] was a territory under South African administration from 1915 to 1966, and under South African occupation from 1966 to 1990. Renamed Namibia by the United Nations in 1968, it became independent under this name on 21 March 1990.

  5. Namibia–South Africa relations - Wikipedia

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    Namibia–South Africa relations refers to the current and historical relationship between Namibia and South Africa.South Africa (then part of the British Empire as the Union of South Africa) captured the area now known as Namibia from Germany during World War I and governed it, by the name 'South West Africa', until 1990, when the country gained independence under the name 'Namibia'.

  6. Treaty on Walvis Bay - Wikipedia

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    Walvis Bay is the only natural harbour on the coastline of what is now Namibia. It was claimed for Britain in 1878 and formally annexed as an exclave of the Cape Colony in 1884. The rest of what is now the republic of Namibia, including the coastline north and south of Walvis Bay, was colonised by the German Empire as German South West Africa.

  7. 1990 in Namibia - Wikipedia

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    Sam Nujoma is sworn in as the first President of Namibia, in a ceremony attended by representatives of 147 countries, including 20 heads of state. [1] Sam Nujoma was sworn in as the first President of Namibia watched by Nelson Mandela (who had been released from prison shortly beforehand) and representatives from 147 countries, including 20 ...

  8. Namibian nationality law - Wikipedia

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    Namibia became independent on 21 March 1990 as a Commonwealth republic [100] [104] Under the terms of the constitution, persons born in Namibia prior to independence to a Namibian, or a parent who was an ordinary resident of Namibia who did not have diplomatic immunity or was not in the employ of another government at the time of the child's ...

  9. Turnhalle Constitutional Conference - Wikipedia

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    Windhoek's historic Turnhalle building in which the conference was held. Today it houses the SADC tribunal court.. The Turnhalle Constitutional Conference was a conference held in Windhoek between 1975 and 1977, tasked with the development of a constitution for a self-governed South West Africa under South African control.