https://padlet.com/andrewyoung2015/5usqcek8ybr7 Made by "Pantheras for Peace" en-us 2017-03-28 10:45:54 UTC 2018-11-15 00:42:06 UTC hello@padlet.com andrewyoung2015 https://padlet.com/andrewyoung2015/5usqcek8ybr7/wish/163076958 * Namibia "South-West Africa ruled by the apartheid system in place (205)

* 1/2 of the regions economic system is based in mining (206)

* Contract Labor System is the only channel to employment in the region if effect (207)

* Located in the "Police Zone", the southern 2/3 of the country (206)

* Ovambos peoples were primarily employed in mines, farms and as house servants (206)]]> 2017-03-28 11:18:34 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewyoung2015/5usqcek8ybr7/wish/163076958 sarahbogden https://padlet.com/andrewyoung2015/5usqcek8ybr7/wish/163183187 •Those in favor of the Contract Labor System remaining in effect for South African workers AKA Ovambos 

•International Court of Government against continued South African Control (Sharp 207)

•2 Lutheran Churches who supported International 
Court of Government (Sharp 207)

•De Vet arguing Ovambos could simply not work and participate within system if unhappy (not very empathetic since South Africans have little choice )... "Let them eat cake"  (Sharp 208) 

•G White, Chief Commissioner for South West Africa begging workers to return to work in Windhoek Compound (Sharp 209)



]]> 2017-03-28 16:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewyoung2015/5usqcek8ybr7/wish/163183187 jmartin2012 https://padlet.com/andrewyoung2015/5usqcek8ybr7/wish/163299068 ·         _{International Court of Justice – Ruling June 1971 (207)}

_{·         African Lutheran Churches - letter writing (207)}

_{·         Dutch Reform Church - called the contract a "form of slavery" (207)}

_{·         Some Sympathizing Policemen of the Ovambos (209)}

_{·         G. White, Chief Bantu Commissioner (209)}

_{·         South African Minister of Bantu Administration and Development (210)}

_{·         United Nations Council for Namibia (211)}

_{·         United Nations (214)}

_{·         South-West African People’s Organization (214)}

]]> 2017-03-29 02:05:19 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewyoung2015/5usqcek8ybr7/wish/163299068 rbarrett2012 https://padlet.com/andrewyoung2015/5usqcek8ybr7/wish/163815473 *inhabitants of Ovambo had to pay taxes, forcing them to look outside their "Homeland" for jobs (206)  

*Indigenous inhabitants of Namibia were only allowed to work in "white area" under contract labor system.(206) 

*In the Police zone, an employee had no choice 
of jobs, nor voice concerning wages, or living conditions. (207)

*The contract labor system (207) 

*Windhoek strike (208-209) 

*The strike spread to the mines of South Africa, deeply impacting the state of the economy, forcing revision of the contact labor system (210)  

]]> 2017-03-30 19:29:50 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewyoung2015/5usqcek8ybr7/wish/163815473 vegam2014 https://padlet.com/andrewyoung2015/5usqcek8ybr7/wish/163819577 *African Labor Strikers/ Ovambo Strikers (206)

*South African Government (205)

*International Court of Justice (207)

*African Lutheran Church Leaders, Dutch Reformed church among other churches (207)

]]> 2017-03-30 19:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewyoung2015/5usqcek8ybr7/wish/163819577 kiralp430 https://padlet.com/andrewyoung2015/5usqcek8ybr7/wish/164208061 *  The Ovambos contract labor workers (Sharp 206).

*The Ovambos are the indigenous group in Namibia. They consist of 45% of the population in this region (Sharp 206).

* Walvis Bay workers were the original struggle group while  hotel workers and rural farm workers joined in the movement later on (Sharp 206).]]> 2017-04-03 00:11:02 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewyoung2015/5usqcek8ybr7/wish/164208061