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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'.
After Namibia's independence from South Africa in 1990, it joined SACU as its fifth member, although it had been effectively a part of the customs union from the time of its conquest by South Africa in 1915 [13] (with the situation formalized in 1921 with arrangements between South Africa and the South West Africa). [9]
The position of the South African government was that Walvis Bay remained an integral part of South Africa notwithstanding the 55 years that it had been de facto integrated into SWA. [3] The UN General Assembly condemned South Africa's action as an "annexation", while UN Security Council Resolution 432 called for the "reintegration" of Walvis ...
South Africa: See Namibia–South Africa relations. Upon independence in 1990, Namibia's economy was still tied to South Africa's. [100] To this day, the economy of Namibia is still closely contacted to South Africa through both institutional relationships (Southern African Customs Union, for example) and privately owned mining concessions. [101]
The Namibia–South Africa border dispute centers on the precise demarcation along the Orange River, which forms the southern boundary of Namibia. Historically, the 1890 Helgoland-Zanzibar Treaty between Britain and Germany set the boundary along the northern bank of the river. However, Namibia argues that, based on international principles and ...
During this period, Namibia existed under apartheid as a subjugated colonial state of South Africa. [9] Apartheid began in 1948 [ 11 ] under British control in the Union of South Africa . By the mid-1960s, about 45 to 50 percent of the Black labour force was contract migrant labour from the northern Namibia colonial reserves .
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]
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