Word: swapo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Southwest Africa Peoples Organization (SWAPO)--the freedom-fighting organization most Western observers believe commands the support of the majority of Namibians--has rightly refused to participate in elections held in the atmosphere of intimidation and repression South African guns would guarantee. A government established with the "help" of the South Africans would undoubtedly emerge with a weak confederation structure and representation along tribal lines. Such a government merely would insure continued political and economic dominance by the whites in the territory, who currently enjoy one of the world's highest standards of living. With these realities in mind, SWAPO...
South Africa's rejection of U.N.-supervised elections will probably result in the creation of a Namibian government friendly to South Africa, without the participation of SWAPO, analysts said yesterday...
...SWAPO, which most observers agree commands the support of the majority of blacks in Namibia, has consistently refused to participate in elections held under South African supervision...
Under the peace plan, both the South Africans and SWAPO would have to release all their Namibian political prisoners. South Africa has been holding about 400 nationalists in its jails, and some 700 SWAPO dissidents, held by Tanzania and Zambia as a favor to Nujoma, have recently been set free. In both groups, there are men who pose serious threats to the inarticulate and unpredictable Nujoma, 49, who has failed to excite either Western or African leaders. Among them: Andreas Shipanga, a former SWAPO Information Officer released from a Tanzanian prison, who formed the SWAPO Democrats in opposition to Nujoma...
...South African government to make the territory a free port. But Pretoria is more concerned with the area's strategic importance. Walvis Bay is the only deep-water port on the 1,000-mile Namibian coast. As a consequence, the worst South African fear is that a SWAPO-dominated government in Windhoek might allow the Soviets to set up a naval base there...