African Activist Archive

Memorandum faxed from Namibia to Lutheran World Federation (Geneva), which distributed it in Europe, and the Lutheran Office for World Community (New York), which distributed it in the U.S. The memorandum discusses the long-awaited homecoming of Namibians in exile after the South African Administrator-General granted them amnesty and repealed discriminatory and restrictive laws, including detention without trial. The newsletter includes a copy of WELCOME HOME, BROTHERS AND SISTERS! by Wilfried Neusel of the Repatriation, Resettlement and Reconstruction Committee. The memorandum discusses UNTAG (United Nations Transitional Assistance Group), the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN), Koevoet, Casspir armored vehicles, curfew, the Windhoek Airport, SWAPO, the Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN), Committee on Repatriation, Resettlement and Reconstruction (RRR), the Terrorism Act, AG 9, AG 26, the Internal Security Act, the Unlawful Organizations Act, the African National Congress (ANC), the Security Districts Proclamation, the deportation of undesirable persons, the UN Special Representative, voting, Ovamboland, the Administrator-General, AG 8, a free and fair election, Obdobe Lutheran Church, Olle Eriksson, the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), Ondangwa, Norwegian Church Aid, Dean Josephat Shanghala, Oshakati, Helvi Kondombombolo, Sam Nujoma, Okahao, the Roman Catholic Church at Omulukilo, Onsndjokwe, the O'Linn Commission, the SWA Broadcasting Corporation, the SWA National Security Council, A.G. Visser, colonial rule, apartheid, and police.

African Activist Archive

Observations from Namibia

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