South African Colonial Rule
The South African colonial rule, like the German one before it, was first and foremost concerned with the privileges and labour requirements of the white settlers. It was not prepared to address itself to the pressing problem of land for the Namibians.
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The Namibian people who had hoped that the end of German colonialism would lead to the restitution of their land, were disappointed to discover that, except for a brief respite, all the oppressive and exploitative policies of the German imperialism were not only continued but actually intensified.Racial discrimination in land ownership and occupation was thus quickly entrenched as one of the pillars of South Africa colonial rule in Namibia.
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The changing of Pretoria’s occupation of the country into a League of Nations Mandate in 1920 made no practical difference as the interests and rights of the Namibian people were concerned. In short in soon came clear to the Namibians that the policies of the new South Africa Colonial Rule were all but calculated to ensure the perpetual impoverishment of the country’s indigenous inhabitants.
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