Namibia's long road to independence : the Botha era

Ruiters, Michele René

Title: Namibia's long road to independence : the Botha era
Creator: Ruiters, Michele René
Subject: United Nations -- Namibia
Subject: Namibia -- History -- 1946-1990
Subject: Namibia -- Politics and government -- 1946-1990
Date Issued: 1992
Date: 1992
Type: text
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MA
Identifier: vital:2754
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002001
Description: This thesis deals with the ten years preceding Namibia's independence in March 1990. It examines the various characters and groups in this process, and how their roles delayed or promoted it. The era of Pieter W. Botha is very significant in that his rule brought many changes to the decision-making process and content of South African foreign policy. This period, 1978 - 1989, marked the formulation of the Total National Strategy in response to the Total Onslaught being waged on South Africa by perceived hostile external forces. Namibia's transition to independence suffered under this military-oriented policy as did the rest of the region. Never before in South Africa's policy-making history had the security sector played such a major role. Regional relations changed subsequent to the policy changes because of the distorted vision the Botha regime had of black-ruled states. Namibia was seen as an important pawn in the Total National Strategy as the last buffer state in Southern Africa protecting South Africa's white minority regime
Format: 86 leaves
Format: pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University
Publisher: Faculty of Humanities, Political Studies
Language: English
Rights: Ruiters, Michele René

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