Nigerian immigrants seeking asylum in the difficult conditions of South Africa
In 1914, the South entered World War I on behalf of the British Empire against the German Empire in South Africa later conquered German South-West Africa, and held until the independence of Namibia in 1990.
South Africa entered World War II on the side of the Allies against Nazi Germany and other Axis many members in South Africa, including the movement Afrikaner Ossewabrandwag OB, objected and sought to maintain neutrality South Africa during the conflict, if not enter the war on the side of Germany 1.
OB members have refused to join the South African forces, and sometimes harassed uniformed soldiers broke into this opening in Johannesburg on 1 February 1941 riots 140 soldiers were seriously wounded two.
More dangerous than it was the training of English Stormjaers assault troops, literally stormhunters, a paramilitary wing of the OB similar to Nazi Sturmabteilung The nature of Stormjaers was attested by the oath of new recruits If I retire , kill me if I die, avenge me If I advance, follow me ek afrikaans omdraai, skiet my val As ek wreek my storm As Ek Volg my 3.
The Stormjaers engaged in sabotage against the government of the Union They dynamited lines and electric railways, and cut telegraph and telephone lines 2 These types of acts went too far for most Afrikaners, and Malan ordered the Party National break with OB in 1942 4.
The Union government has cracked down on the OB and Stormjaers place thousands of them in internment for the duration of the war between the camps was interned future premier B J Vorster.
At the end of the war, the OB was absorbed by the National Party and ceased to exist as a separate agency.
West Germany and apartheid in South Africa had very close ties, despite international sanctions In 1821 a West German Consulate General was opened in Cape Town in 1955, negotiations for an agreement culture began in 1956, a trial of 156 opposition members for high treason began south Africa requested assistance from Bonn in this important trial and received without delay of the accused in this trial was Nelson Mandela 5.
During the 1960s and 1970s West Germany and apartheid in South Africa even had nuclear cooperation In early 1970, the Federal Republic of Germany had recalled its ambassador to NATO because he had visited a uranium enrichment plant of south Africa 6.
The industry of the West German armaments exported armor in South Africa - even after the official proclamation arms embargo UN 1977 Daimler is a key partner of the South African defense industry, concluded Abdul Minty, director of the international anti-apartheid organization in the late 1980s and there is an international company, which could weaken the army of the state of apartheid, it is Daimler-Benz 7 despite UN sanctions, Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm exported helicopters in South Africa 8 to evade sanctions in 1979, the South African company Atlantis diesel engine was developed Daimler-Benz had 12 participated in this 9 society.
When more than 100 US companies have withdrawn from South Africa in mid-1987 western German companies increased their trade and investment in South Africa 10.
Since the end of apartheid relations between the two countries increased the German-South African Binational Commission provided a framework for bilateral cooperation since 1996 11.
In October 2007, Chancellor Angela Merkel visited South Africa to meet with South African President Thabo Mbeki November 12 13 In 2010, the German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle visited South Africa and called the great relationship and a strategic partnership in economic affairs and the world 14.
South Africa is the largest trading partner of Germany in Africa 15 Trade between the two countries is very important and a total value of 12 € 6 billion in 2008 11 In 2010, Germany was the fourth partner shopping South Africa after China, the US and Japan, the total trade of 35,478 million rand 3718 16 million of South Africa continues to report huge trade deficits with Germany and recently the South African department of trade and industry has brought to the attention of the European Union pending the renegotiation of trade between the two countries.
Relations South Africa-Germany, Germany, south Africa relations.