Word: namibia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lost opportunity for Namibia...
...bothered by the demonstration, he gave no sign of it. After a private discussion with Secretary of State George Shultz, followed by a working lunch, Botha claimed confidently that the U.S. had a "real chance" of resolving one of southern Africa's thorniest problems: getting independence for Namibia, a vast, arid territory controlled by South Africa. Echoed a senior State Department official in response to Botha's optimism: "We do feel we have something viable...
...decision ignores South Africa's unique position in the world community. In 1974, the United Nations General Assembly voted Pretoria out of that body to protest apartheid and the illegal occupation of neighboring Namibia. While other totalitarian states can count on sympathy from at least a few other nations, South Africa is almost totally ostracized...
...reasonably sound economy to maintain repression at home and oppression abroad. The IMI money will indeed help Pretoria correct its payment deficit That in turn will allow the white minority to "keep Blacks in their place" and continue a massive arms build-up that will insure dominance over Namibia...
Since 1974, South Africa has been barred from the General Assembly of the United Nations because its occupation of its neighbor Namibia violates international law, and because its internal system of racial laws--called apartheid--are universally repugnant. A white minority of mixed European descent makes up only 15 percent of the South African population, but they hold over 80 percent of the land and completely exclude the Black majority from voting All public areas are segregated...