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The South West Africa National Union (SWANU) is a Namibian political party founded in 1959. Most of its members came from the Herero people, while fellow independence movement SWAPO was mostly an Ovambo party.
The South West Africa National Union (SWANU) is a Namibian political party founded in 1959. Most of its members came from the Herero people, while fellow...
South West Africa. Movements such as the South West African National Union (SWANU) and the South West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) advocated for...
unification of SWAPA and the OPO as the South West African National Union (SWANU) on 27 September 1959. In December 1959, the South African government announced...
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Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP): 2 South West Africa National Union (SWANU): 1 United People's Movement (UPM): 1 Republican Party (RP): 1 The following...
structures of OPO. In September 1959, the South West African National Union (SWANU) was formed as an umbrella body for anti-colonial resistance groups. Nujoma...
It co-opted other groups such as the South West Africa National Union (SWANU), and later in 1976 the Namibia African People's Democratic Organisation...
South African Border War 1966–1990 African nationalist forces: PLAN (SWAPO) SWANU Supported by: Cuba MPLA Soviet Union China Yugoslavia Bulgaria Tanzania...
African National Union (SWANU) office in Cairo, Egypt. From 1961 to 1962 he studied journalism in Magdeburg, East Germany on a SWANU bursary. Katjiuongua...
votes) and Bartholomeus Kauahuma of the South West Africa National Union (SWANU, 170 votes) also contested this election. After councillor Mensah-Williams...
Rick Turner Durban Moment activist 8 January 1978 Durban Clemens Kapuuo SWANU activist 27 March 1978 Katutura South West Africa Solomon Mahlangu Umkhonto...
In Namibia, by the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) and SWANU against apartheid South Africa. The Dhofar Rebellion in Muscat and Oman...
politician. He was the president of the South West Africa National Union (SWANU) from 2007 until 2017. Maamberua has served in the National Assembly of...
parties: the South West Africa National Union (SWANU) and the Ovamboland People's Organization (OPO). SWANU had its base among the Herero population while...
member of the founding committee of the South West Africa National Union (SWANU) in 1958. He resigned as a teacher in 1960 when he was appointed deputy...
Montoneros Cuba Argentina Defeat Angolan Civil War (1975–1991) MPLA SWAPO SWANU Cuba MK UNITA FNLA FLEC South Africa Zaire Stalemate Three Powers Accord...
Progressives (SWANU-P). He returned to SWANU, again became secretary-general in 1984, and the party's president in 1989. SWANU, like SWANU-P, merged into...
18 Benjamin Ulenga Congress of Democrats 5,812 0.73 Usutuaije Maamberua SWANU 2,968 0.37 David Isaacs Democratic Party of Namibia 1,859 0.23 Frans Goagoseb...
was elected the first President of SWANU, which was the first political party in Namibian history. He lasted as SWANU's leader until 1966, when Kozonguizi...