South African occupation of South West Africa

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The South African occupation of South West Africa was the decades-long control and administration of present-day Namibia by apartheid-era South Africa, marked by racial segregation, international disputes, and a protracted struggle for independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf apartheid-era policy ⓘ
colonial rule ⓘ
military occupation ⓘ
affectedGroup Damara people ⓘ
Herero people ⓘ
Nama people ⓘ
Ovambo people ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Namibia ⓘ
South West Africa ⓘ
capitalDuringOccupation Windhoek ⓘ
characterizedBy apartheid policies ⓘ
dispossession of indigenous land ⓘ
racial segregation ⓘ
suppression of political opposition ⓘ
contestedBy International Court of Justice ⓘ
Organization of African Unity ⓘ
South West Africa People’s Organization ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
United Nations Security Council ⓘ
createdEntity homelands in South West Africa ⓘ
declaredIllegalBy United Nations Security Council Resolution 276 ⓘ
endedWithTreaty Tripartite Accord (Angola–Cuba–South Africa, 1988) ⓘ
linked to: Tripartite Accord
endEvent Namibian independence ⓘ
endTime 1990 ⓘ
governingPolicy Bantustan system ⓘ
apartheid ⓘ
implementedBy South African Defence Force ⓘ
South African Police ⓘ
includedEvent Namibian War of Independence ⓘ
South African Border War ⓘ
legalStatus League of Nations mandate ⓘ
mandateAuthority League of Nations ⓘ
mandateType Class C mandate ⓘ
occupyingPower Republic of South Africa ⓘ
linked to: South Africa

Union of South Africa ⓘ
opposedResolution United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2145 ⓘ
predecessor German colonial rule in South West Africa ⓘ
relatedToConflict Cold War in Southern Africa ⓘ
Cuban military presence in Angola ⓘ
resistedBy Namibian nationalist movements ⓘ
People’s Liberation Army of Namibia ⓘ
South West Africa People’s Organization ⓘ
result independence of Namibia ⓘ
international recognition of Namibia’s sovereignty ⓘ
startEvent South African invasion of German South West Africa during World War I ⓘ
startTime 1915 ⓘ
subjectOfCase Advisory Opinion on Namibia (ICJ, 1971) ⓘ
South West Africa cases (ICJ) ⓘ
successorLegalFramework United Nations trust territory status claim ⓘ

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South African Border War → hasCause → South African occupation of South West Africa ⓘ
Independence Memorial Museum → hasExhibit → South African apartheid administration in Namibia ⓘ
linked to: South African occupation of South West Africa
UN Commissioner for Namibia → relatedTo → South African administration of Namibia ⓘ
linked to: South African occupation of South West Africa
South African Border War → legalContext → South African occupation of South West Africa ⓘ
subject linked to: Border War
Damara Council (historical) → historicalContext → South African administration of South West Africa ⓘ
linked to: South African occupation of South West Africa
Damara Council (historical) → operatedUnder → South African rule in South West Africa ⓘ
linked to: South African occupation of South West Africa
Ovambo people → colonialHistory → South African administration in Namibia ⓘ
linked to: South African occupation of South West Africa
Ambo → colonialExperience → South African administration in Namibia ⓘ
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Cape Town Highlanders Regiment → hasBattleHonour → South West Africa / Namibia operations ⓘ
linked to: South African occupation of South West Africa
Damara → affectedBy → South African administration in Namibia ⓘ
linked to: South African occupation of South West Africa
Schutztruppe for German South-West Africa → successorForceInTerritory → South African administration forces in Namibia ⓘ
linked to: South African occupation of South West Africa
People's Liberation Army of Namibia → opposedSystem → South African occupation of Namibia ⓘ
linked to: South African occupation of South West Africa
United Nations Transition Assistance Group → predecessorAdministration → South African administration of South West Africa ⓘ
linked to: South African occupation of South West Africa
German colonial administration of German South West Africa → followedBy → South African military administration of South West Africa ⓘ
linked to: South African occupation of South West Africa
Haiǁom people → historicalContactWith → South African administration in Namibia ⓘ
linked to: South African occupation of South West Africa
Hosea Kutako → opposedTo → South African administration of Namibia ⓘ
linked to: South African occupation of South West Africa
Theophilus Hamutumbangela → opposedTo → South African rule in South West Africa ⓘ
linked to: South African occupation of South West Africa