Afrikaner settlers arrive and reach Ovambo kingdoms
British annexation of Walvis Bay
Walvis Bay claimed by Britain’s Cape Colony (South Africa)
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German Colonization: Formation of German Southwest Africa
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Conflict with the Germans and indigenous Herero and Nama peoples
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Herero and Nama rebellion, Herero genocide by the Germans: possibly 60,000 (80%) of the Herero population are killed
Act of Union: Walvis Bay included in new South Africa
South Africa conquest over South West Africa during WWI
Governance of South West Africa granted to South Africa by League of Nations (Class C) mandate
United Nations refuses annexation of South West Africa by South Africa
Herman Toivo ja Toivo and the creation the opposition movement (Ovamboland People's Congress, later renamed South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO))
Herman Toivo ja Toivo and SWAPO leaders tried for terrorism, imprisonment at Robben Island
South West Africa renamed Namibia
Namibia independence, Sam Nujoma elected as president
South Africa grants sovereignty to Namibia over Walvis Bay
Germany apologizes for colonial-era genocide of Herero people
