Badges

In 1978 the UN Security Council passed Resolution 435 setting out a plan for transition to Namibian independence. After ten years of negotiations between the Western Contact Group of five UN Security Council members and South Africa, agreement was reached on implementation of the plan in December 1988. Namibia held democratic elections in November 1989 and celebrated its independence on 21 March 1990.

Metal badge reproducing the new South African flag adopted in 1994.

Badge in the colours of the South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO).

The Liaison Group of European Anti-Apartheid Movements was set up in 1988 to coordinate initiatives to press the European Economic Community to implement sanctions against South Africa. This badge was produced as a symbol of European anti-apartheid coordination.