I’m reading White Supremacy Confronted by Gerald Horne right now (on chapter 7) and apparently Namibia was occupied by South Africa?
Namibia was occupied by South Africa from 1915-90/94. It was handed over from a League of Nations mandate after Germany lost WW1. Of course, Apartheid-era South Africa was a dirty player (what with being a lapdog for US and Israeli interests) and even after granting Namibia independence as terms of the Border War ending, maintained control of the port city of Walvis Bay until a few weeks before Apartheid rule ended.
Namibia was also “illegally occupied” by South Africa since 1966 when the UN ordered it’s withdrawal. South Africa of course, told the UN to go play in traffic.
Thanks! I’m reading Gerald Horne’s book, which I recommend to everyone, right now. The problem with it is that it assumes that you already know certain “basic” things about the history of South Africa and Africa in general. I’m not upset over it or anything, but it can be daunting for someone just getting into 20th century African history (or African history in general for that matter).
Loosely connected to the German occupation and their subsequent attempt to remove the native peoples. Some speculate that their colonisation (including development of concentration camps and research into viral diseases) was a precursor to the attempt to kill the Jews in Europe. This mentality fits closely with the Dutch occupation of South Africa and their obsession with apartheid
Yes, I also read a book on this subject that tied it to the extermination of Jews, Slavs, and so on in Eastern Europe during WW2.
