LIST OF ACRONYMS

AAPSO
ACL
ACN
ACP
ACTUR
ADB
AIS
AMEC
ANC
ANS
AU
AWB
BA
CANU
CAP
CCB
CCN
CDA
CDM
CDP
CDU
CEO
CoD
COMESA
DAG
DAN
DB
DCDP
DCN
DDR
DEC
DEMCOP
DMZ
DPP
DRC
DSK
DSWB
DTA
DTEC
DTP
DTPN
DUF
EC
ECB
ECU
ELC
ELCIN
ELCRN
ELOC
EPA
EU
FCN
FCPP
FCWU
FNLA
FP
GDP
GDR
GRN
HNP
HIGCSE
ICSEAF
ICJ
ICU
IDP
IFACTDA
IG
IGCSE
IPU
KAG
KAP
KfW
KOOV
LDP/LF
LP
LTU
MAG
MPC
MPLA
MPP
MW
NACIP
NaDS
NAMPOL
NAMPORT
NAMPOST
NAMPOWER
NAMWATER
NANSO
NANU
NAPDO
NAPLA
NBC
NC
NCC
NCDP
NCFP
NDF
NDP
NDUP
NFTU
NIP
NLFS
NLO
NMC
NMC
NN
NNC
NNDC
NNDP
NNF
NNIP
NNTU
NPF
NPLF
NPP-435
NSDAP
NTU
NUDO
NUDO-PP
NUF
NUNW
NU of SWAW
OAU
OIP
OMEG
OPC
OPO
OPPN
PAC
PAFMECSA
PLAN
PLO
PPP
PTA
RAG
RBA
RDTAP
RP
RRR
RSA
RUP
SA
SAA
SAAPSWA
SACP
SACU
SADC
SADCC
SADF
SAN
SATCC
SAUF
SIDA
SLO
SME
SWA
SWAAG
SWAAU
SWABC
SWACO
SWACPB
SWACTA
SWADU
SWALA
SWAMSA
SWANC
SWANEUM
SWANLA
SWANLIF
SWANU
SWANUF
SWANU-MPC
SWANU-P
SWAPA
SWAPDUF
SWAPO
SWAPO-D
SWASB
SWATF
SWAUNIO
SWAWEC
SWC
SYL
Sysmin
TCCF
TCL
TGNU
TNIP
TNL
UDF
UDP
UN
UNAM
UNAVEM
UNCIVPOL
UNGA
UNIA
UNIN
UNIPP
UNITA
UNPP
UNSWP
UNTACDA
UNTAG
UP
USA
USAID
VELKSWA
WNLA
WRP
ZBU
Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organization
African Communities League
Action Christian National
African-Caribbean-Pacific Countries
Action Front for the Retention of Turnhalle Principles
African Development Bank
African Improvement Society
African Methodist Episcopal Church
African National Congress
Action National Settlement (Aksie Nasionale Skikking)
African Union
Afrikaner Weerstands Beweging
Bushman Alliance
Caprivi African National Union
Caprivi Alliance Party
Civil Co-operation Bureau
Council of Churches in Namibia
Christian Democratic Action for Social Justice
Consolidated Diamond Mines
Christian Democratic Party
Christian Democratic Union
Chief Executive Officer
Congress of Democrats
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
Damara Action Group
Democratic Actions for Namas
Deutscher Bund in Südwestafrika
Damara Christian Democratic Party
Democratic Coalition of Namibia
Deutsche Demokratische Republik
Damara Executive Committee
Democratic Co-operative Party
Demilitarised Zone
Democratic People’s Party
Democratic Republic Congo
Deutsche Aktion: Deutsch-Südwester Komitee
Deutscher Südwest Bund

Democratic Turnhallen Alliance
Damara Tribal Executive Committee
Democratic Turnhalle Party
Democratic Turnhalle Party of Namibia
Damara United Front
European Community
Electricity Control Board
European Currency Unit
Evangelical Lutheran Church (previous Rhenish Missionary Society)
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia
Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia
Evangelical Lutheran Ovambo-Kavango Church (previous Finnish Missionary Society)
Engineering Profession’s Association of Namibia
European Union
Federal Convention of Namibia
Federal Coloured People’s Party
Food and Canning Workers’ Union
Angolan National Liberation Front
Federal Party
Gross Domestic Product
German Democratic Republic
Government of the Republic of Namibia
Herstigte Nasionale Party
Higher International General Certificate for Secondary Education
International Commission for South-East Atlantic Fisheries
International Court of Justice
Industrial and Commercial Workers Union
Ipelegeng Democratic Party
International Federation of Air Traffic Controller’s Association
Interessengemeinschaft Deutschsprachiger Südwester
International General Certificate for Secondary Education
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Kavango Action Group
Kavango Alliance Party
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau
Kleurling Ouer-Onderwyser Vereniging
Liberated Democratic Party/Liberation Front
Labour Party
Luft Transport Unternehmen
Monitor Action Group
Multi-Party Conference
Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
Mmabatho People’s Party
Mega Watt
National Convention Independence Party
Namibisch-Deutsche Stiftung für kulturelle Zusammenarbeit
Namibian Police
Namibia Port Corporation
Namibia Post
Namibia Power Corporation
Namibia Water Corporation
Namibian National Students Organisation
Namibia African National Union
Namibia African People’s Democratic Organisation
Namibian People’s Liberation Army
Namibian Broadcasting Corporation
National Convention
Namibian Communications Commission
Namibia Christian Democratic Party
National Convention of Freedom Parties of Namibia
Namibian Defence Force
National Democratic Party
National Democratic Unity Party
Namibia Federation of Trade Unions
National Independence Party (later Namibia Independence Party)
National Labour Force Survey
Northern Labour Organisation
Native Military Corps
National Monuments Council
Namibia Nachrichten
Namibia National Convention
Namibia National Democratic Coalition
Namibia National Democratic Party
Namibia National Front
Namibia National Independence Party
Namibia National Trade Union
National Patriotic Front
Namibia People’s Liberation Front
Namibia Peace Plan 435
National-Sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter Partei ("Nazi Party")
Namibia Trade Union
National Unity Democratic Organisation
NUDO Progressive Party
Namibia United Front
National Union of Namibian Workers
National Union of SWA Workers
Organisation for African Unity
Ovamboland Independence Party
Otavi Minen- and Eisenbahngesellschaft
Ovamboland People’s Congress
Ovamboland People’s Organisation
Original People’s Party of Namibia
Pan African Congress
Pan African Freedom Movement for East, Central and Southern Africa
People’s Liberation Army of Namibia
Palestinian Liberation Organisation
Progressive People’s Party
Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern Africa
Rehoboth Action Group
Rehoboth Baster Association
Rehoboth Democratic Turnhalle Alliance Party
Republican Party
Repatriation, Resettlement and Reconstruction Committee
Republic of South Africa
Riemvasmaak United Party
South Africa/n
South African Airways
Society for the Advancement of the African People in South West Africa
South African Communist Party
Southern African Customs Union
Southern African Development Community
Southern African Development Coordination Conference
South African Defence Force
Socialist Alliance of Namibia
Southern African Transport and Communications Commission
South African United Front
Swedish International Development Agency
Southern Labour Organisation
Small and Medium Enterprises Development
South West Africa
SWA Action Group
SWA Agricultural Union
South West African Broadcasting Corporation
South West African Coloured Organisation
South West Africa Coloured People’s Bond
South West African Coloured Teachers’ Association
South West African Democratic Union
South West Africa Liberation Army
South West Africa Municipal Staff Association
South West African National Congress
South West African Non-European Unity Movement
South West African Native Labour Association
South West African Liberation Front
South West African National Union
South West Africa National United Front
South West African National Union – Multi-Party Conference
South West African National Union – Progressive
South West Africa Progressive Association
South West African People’s Democratic United Front
South West Africa People’s Organisation
South West Africa People’s Organisation – Democrats
SWA Student Body
South West Africa Territory Force
South West Africa United National Independence Organisation
South West Africa Water and Electricity Corporation
SWAPO Women's Council
SWAPO Youth League
Système Minièr
Technical Committee on Commercial Farmland
Tsumeb Corporation Limited
Transitional Government of National Unity
True Namibia Independence Party
TransNamib Holdings Limited
United Democratic Front of Namibia
United Democratic Party
United Nations
University of Namibia
United Nations Angolan Verification Mission
United Nations Civilian Police
United Nations General Assembly
Universal Negro Improvement Association
United Nations Institute for Namibia, Lusaka, Zambia
United Nama Independence People’s Party
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola
United Namibia People’s Party
United National South West Party (Verenigde Nasionale Suidwes Party)
UN's Transportation and Communication Decade in Africa
United Nations Transition Assistance Group
United Party in SWA
United States of America
United States Agency for International Development
Vereinigte Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Südwestafrika
Witwatersrand Native Labour Association
Workers Revolutionary Party
Zentralbureau des Kaiserlichen Gouvernements

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