This report describes a general strike by African workers in Namibia, which began December 13, 1971 and spread to mines, factories, the fishing industry, railways and docks, municipal services, and to farms.12,500 Ovambo contract laborers quit work and, at their insistence, were sent back to their homes in Ovamboland. U.S. corporate investors in Namibia's mineral wealth include the American Metal Climax, Inc. and Newmont Mining Corporation, which control the Tsumeb Corporation, whose chief economic asset is the $126,000,000-per-year mining industry (copper, lead, zinc, tin, vanadium, diamonds, etc. - with uranium to come).
