The pamphlet says if you are Black and you live in White-minority-ruled Namibia (South West Africa), you do not have: the right to live where you choose, the right to work where you want or to negotiate the wages for which you are willing to work, the right to freedom of speech, the right of freedom of assembly, or freedom of the press. The pamphlet says in 1884, when Europe divided up Africa, Germany received South West Africa. The pamphlet says after World War I, the League of Nations permitted South Africa to administer Namibia; the entire country was divided into ten Black homelands and the majority of the country was reserved for Whites; and the Bantustan (Homeland) policy, with its...
The pamphlet says if you are Black and you live in White-minority-ruled Namibia (South West Africa), you do not have: the right to live where you choose, the right to work where you want or to negotiate the wages for which you are willing to work, the right to freedom of speech, the right of freedom of assembly, or freedom of the press. The pamphlet says in 1884, when Europe divided up Africa, Germany received South West Africa. The pamphlet says after World War I, the League of Nations permitted South Africa to administer Namibia; the entire country was divided into ten Black homelands and the majority of the country was reserved for Whites; and the Bantustan (Homeland) policy, with its attendant apartheid and contract labor systems, was instituted. The pamphlet says on October 27, 1966, the United Nations General Assembly resolved that South Africa had no further right to administer the territory; and in June 1968, the UN Council for Namibia became the body with overall legal and administrative responsibility until such time as the country achieved independence. The pamphlet says South Africa has intervened militarily in Namibia and has violated Angola's borders in pursuit of Namibian refugees. The pamphlet says after the Shah's government was over-thrown in 1978, and the new Iranian government cut off South Africa's supply of oil. The pamphlet says South Africa is not a signer of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The pamphlet discusses apartheid, divestment, the South West Africa Peoples' Organization (SWAPO), the Peoples' Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN), the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), the Cassinga Massacre, the South African Defence Force (SADF), the International Conference in Solidarity with the Struggle of the People of Namibia, UN Decree No.1 for the Protection of the Natural Resources of Namibia, Rio Tinto Zinc (RTZ), Rossing Mine, Tsumeb Corporation, and Consolidated Diamond Mines (a subsidiary of Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa. The pamphlet discusses diamonds, lead, tin, zinc, copper and uranium. The pamphlet says for more information call the Namibia Peace Center or the Southern Africa Support Coalition.
