During the days South Africa ruled what is now Namibia (1920 to 1990) the laws of South Africa applied. At that time the country was called "South West Africa", or simply "South West." It had been a German colony from the late 1880s until the end of World War One.
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They were not able to choose where they lived.
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The founding father of Namibia is Hosea Kutako, who freed Namibia from South African occupation.
No, Namibia is a country next to South Africa.
Nelson Mandela is the former South African president who started dismantling the Apartheid system.
Namibia used to be known as South West Africa. Being a neighbour of South Africa, and having shared a long history of oppression under the minority white rule of the racist apartheid South African regime, Namibia was known as South West Africa - first, because of its geographic location and secondly because the apartheid regime wanted to incorporate Namibia as the South Western Province of South Africa - making her an intergral part of South Africa. Thus, Namibia remained known as South West Africa till she attained her independence on 21st Of March 1990.
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AN oil embargo helped end apartheid in South Africa. Another thing that helped end apartheid was that in 1991 the South African government repealed apartheid laws.
The South African giraffe can be found in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique.