South African occupation of South West Africa

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apartheid-era policy colonial rule military occupation

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
South African administration of Namibia	1
South African apartheid administration in Namibia	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	apartheid-era policy ⓘ colonial rule ⓘ military occupation ⓘ
affectedGroup	Damara people NERFINISHED ⓘ Herero people NERFINISHED ⓘ Nama people NERFINISHED ⓘ Ovambo people NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ South West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalDuringOccupation	Windhoek NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy	apartheid policies ⓘ dispossession of indigenous land ⓘ racial segregation ⓘ suppression of political opposition ⓘ
contestedBy	International Court of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ Organization of African Unity NERFINISHED ⓘ South West Africa People’s Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ United Nations General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ United Nations Security Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdEntity	homelands in South West Africa ⓘ
declaredIllegalBy	United Nations Security Council Resolution 276 NERFINISHED ⓘ
endedWithTreaty	Tripartite Accord (Angola–Cuba–South Africa, 1988) NERFINISHED ⓘ
endEvent	Namibian independence ⓘ
endTime	1990 ⓘ
governingPolicy	Bantustan system ⓘ apartheid ⓘ
implementedBy	South African Defence Force NERFINISHED ⓘ South African Police NERFINISHED ⓘ
includedEvent	Namibian War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ South African Border War NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatus	League of Nations mandate NERFINISHED ⓘ
mandateAuthority	League of Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
mandateType	Class C mandate ⓘ
occupyingPower	Republic of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Union of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedResolution	United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2145 NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	German colonial rule in South West Africa ⓘ
relatedToConflict	Cold War in Southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Cuban military presence in Angola ⓘ
resistedBy	Namibian nationalist movements ⓘ People’s Liberation Army of Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ South West Africa People’s Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	independence of Namibia ⓘ international recognition of Namibia’s sovereignty ⓘ
startEvent	South African invasion of German South West Africa during World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1915 ⓘ
subjectOfCase	Advisory Opinion on Namibia (ICJ, 1971) NERFINISHED ⓘ South West Africa cases (ICJ) NERFINISHED ⓘ
successorLegalFramework	United Nations trust territory status claim ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South African Border War → hasCause → South African occupation of South West Africa ⓘ

Independence Memorial Museum → hasExhibit → South African occupation of South West Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African apartheid administration in Namibia

UN Commissioner for Namibia → relatedTo → South African occupation of South West Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African administration of Namibia