Fox Odendaal

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Map of South West Africa with homeland subdivision according to the Odendaal plan

Frans Hendrik "Fox" Odendaal (born September 18, 1898 in Kimberley , Cape Colony ; † February 8, 1966 ) was a South African politician and administrator of the Transvaal Province in the Union of South Africa .

Fox Odendaal gained international fame as chairman of the Odendaal Commission , which in 1963 made conceptual recommendations on racial segregation in South West Africa as part of the Odendaal Plan and was largely responsible for the establishment of homelands in South West Africa .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johan Willem De Villiers: The lewe van FH Odendaal. University of South Africa, Pretoria 1992/1993, Dissertation, p. 377.
  2. ^ A b Christo Botha: The Odendaal Plan: "Development" for colonial Namibia. History Department, University of Namibia, Windhoek.