Mukurob

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The Mukurob (Finger of God), near Asab in Namibia, collapsed on 04 December 1988. Nama oral tradition related that the power of the "white man" would end when this geological structure collapsed.[1] And so it was; South Africa finally relinquished control of (then) South West Africa a few weeks later when South Africa, Angola and Cuba signed the "New York Treaty" (or "Tripartite Agreement") at UN Headquarters, which finalised the agreements reached earlier in Geneva. Angola and Cuba also signed a bilateral agreement on the Cuban troop withdrawal from Angola, which paved the way for Security Council Resolution 435 to be implemented on 1 April 1989. On 21 March 1990 Namibia gained independence from South Africa.

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  1. ^  Dierks, Klaus (Dr). Undated but probably 2001. Chronology of Namibian History, Chapter 6.
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