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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. After the First World War, the League of Nations gave South Africa a mandate to administer the

  3. South African Border War - Wikipedia

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    The South African Border War, also known as the Namibian War of Independence, and sometimes denoted in South Africa as the Angolan Bush War, was a largely asymmetric conflict that occurred in Namibia (then South West Africa), Zambia, and Angola from 26 August 1966 to 21 March 1990.

  4. 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'.

  5. 1990 in Namibia - Wikipedia

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    20 March - State President of South Africa F. W. de Klerk gives his assent to the Recognition of the Independence of Namibia Act, 1990, by which the South African government recognises the independence of Namibia. 21 March - Namibia is officially independent.

  6. Namibia - Wikipedia

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    Namibia (/ n ə ˈ m ɪ b i ə / ⓘ, / n æ ˈ-/), [16] [17] officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa.Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean.It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the east and south.

  7. Recognition of the Independence of Namibia Act, 1990

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    The act received the assent of State President F. W. de Klerk on 20 March 1990 and came into force on the following day, the date of Namibian independence. The act relinquishes South African authority over Namibia, and provides that, as far as South Africa is concerned, South African laws no longer have effect in Namibia. [1]

  8. South West Africa - Wikipedia

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    South West Africa became known as Namibia by the UN when the General Assembly changed the territory's name by Resolution 2372 (XXII) of 12 June 1968. [25] SWAPO was recognised as representative of the Namibian people, and gained UN observer status [26] when the territory of South West Africa was already removed from the list of non-self ...

  9. African independence movements - Wikipedia

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    Article 7 of the South-West Africa mandate stated that the consent of the league was required for any changes in the terms of the mandate. With regards to the local German population, the occupation was on especially lenient terms; South Africa only repatriated civil and military officials, along with a small handful of political undesirables.