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SWAPO was founded with the aim of attaining the independence of Namibia and therefore is part of the African nationalist movement. Pre-independence it had a socialist , [ 4 ] Marxist–Leninist [ 8 ] ideology, a thinking that was not immediately abandoned when independence was achieved in 1990 and SWAPO became the ruling party. [ 23 ]
Anton Theodor Eberhard August Lubowski (3 February 1952 – 12 September 1989) was a Namibian anti-apartheid activist and advocate. He was a member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO).
SWAPO's military wing was founded as the South West Africa Liberation Army (SWALA) in 1962. [8] [10] On 12 June 1968, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution which proclaimed that, in accordance with the desires of its people, South West Africa be renamed "Namibia". [19]
As the strategic objective of the time (Based on the firm belief that SWAPO as a Communist - influenced organisation would institute a Communist Soviet - aligned government in South-West Africa) was to avoid Namibia falling into the hands of a SWAPO government on the border with South Africa, the South African government supported UNITA in its ...
Herman Andimba Toivo ya Toivo (22 August 1924 – 9 June 2017) was a Namibian anti-apartheid activist, politician and political prisoner.Ya Toivo was active in the pre-independence movement, and is one of the co-founders of the South West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) in 1960, and before that, its predecessor the Ovamboland People's Organization (OPO) in 1959.
Moses ǁGaroëb was a SWAPO loyalist. Not having a tribal power-base, his popularity within SWAPO was based on his outspokenness and his accessibility as an Administrative Secretary, while outside SWAPO, his often uncompromising and hard-hitting statements made him many enemies. ǁGaroëb was married to Monica ǁGaroës. They had three children.
The Paralympic Phryge has one prosthetic leg, and it has the word “Bravo” written in Braille on the back, as well as a gold, silver or bronze medal sewn into the belly, ...
Lubango dungeons is a term used to describe the notorious killing and torture of SWAPO Party members and refugees by the party, accused of being spies of the South African colonial regime. [1] About 1000 SWAPO members were incarcerate for over nine years in these dungeons. [2]