Memorandum on a trip to Namibia to observe a period before the 1989 election. The memorandum says as you know, this was my first visit to Namibia, having been frustrated by the South African government in two previous attempts to go there; I was in the country three weeks--from September 30th to October 22nd--at the height of the per-election excitement; I am also grateful to the Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN) for their invitation to come as an ecumenical observer of the election process and to help assess unofficially if the election would be free and fair; I worked part of the time with a fine team consisting of a West German Methodist Bishop, a British Quaker, and a clergyman of the...
Memorandum on a trip to Namibia to observe a period before the 1989 election. The memorandum says as you know, this was my first visit to Namibia, having been frustrated by the South African government in two previous attempts to go there; I was in the country three weeks--from September 30th to October 22nd--at the height of the per-election excitement; I am also grateful to the Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN) for their invitation to come as an ecumenical observer of the election process and to help assess unofficially if the election would be free and fair; I worked part of the time with a fine team consisting of a West German Methodist Bishop, a British Quaker, and a clergyman of the Church of Scotland. The memorandum discusses Windhoek, the United Nations Transitional Assistance Group (UNTAG), Tsumeb, Rundu, Kavango, the Okavango River, Oshakati, Martti Ahtisaari, the US Liaison officer Roger McGuire, Ovamboland, Katatura township, the DTA (Democratic Turnhalle Alliance), Helmut Angula, SWAPO, Oshakati, Sam Nujoma, automatic gunfire, bursting grenades, South West Africa Territorial Force (SWATF), Kavango, SWA National Party, the Caprivi African National Union, the Herero-based National Unity Democratic Organization, Paramount Chief Kuaima Riruako, Dirk Mudge, Mishake Muyongo, the United African National Council, Bishop Muzorewa. Savimbi's UNITA, Namibia Patriotic Front (NPF), South West Africa National Union (SWANU), the United Democratic Front of Namibia, the Coloured Labor Party, the Damara Council, Namibia National Independence Party, the SWA/Namibia National Party, UNHCR, the Security Council, Resolution 435, RENAMO, and Koevoet. • Intimidation and Violence • Political Parties • The Church • UNTAG • What of the Future?
