History of Namibia
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The history of Namibia has passed through several distinct stages from being colonised in the late nineteenth century to Namibia's independence on 21 March 1990.
Herero circa 1910
The first council of the Rehoboth Basters 1872, with the constitution lying on the table.
Lüderitz in 1884.
Nama chief Hendrik Witbooi
Union of South Africa
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The Union of South Africa was a British Dominion and, later, a Commonwealth realm in southern Africa from 1910 to 1961. It was the historical predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa. I
History of Namibia
…of Lothar von Trotha apologized to six chiefs of Herero royal houses for the actions of their ancestor on 7 October 2007. In 1915, during World War I, South Africa launched a military campaign and occupied the German colony of South West Africa. In February 1917, Mandume Ya Ndemufayo, the last king of the Kwanyama…
Holiday Time in Cape Town (1891–1899) depicted an imagined future united South Africa at a time when the idea was being widely debated in the Cape Colony.
The first Union cabinet, 1910
South West Africa stamp: Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret on the 1947 Royal Tour of South Africa
A No. 5 Squadron SAAF Kittyhawk fighter aircraft in Italy