the racist rkgime and the creation of tribal armies are continuing. Even more disturbing are reports of a large- scale military offensive recently launched by South Africa in northern Namibia and renewed aggression against Angola. These developments show that, notwithstanding protestations to the contrary, Pretoria remains intent on bIudgeoning the Namibian people into submission and in using Namibia as a military launching pad for its subver- sive and aggressive designs on its neighbours, the front-line States. However, South Africa’s systematic attempts to discredit and destroy the national liberation movement of Namibia, the South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO), by military might and terror tactics, have failed miserably. SWAPO, as the sole and authentic representa- tive of the Namibian people, and its military wing, the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia, continue to provide exemplary leadership to their countrymen, as they have done for the past quarter-century, in their courageous struggle towards final victory. 34. Apart from Namibia’s strategic significance to Preto- ria’s hegemonistic designs on the region of southern Africa, there is also the lure of Namibia’s present and potential economic wealth. Racist South Africa, together with foreign economic interests and transnational corpora- tions, has over the years accrued huge profits through the rapacious exploitation of the human and natural resources of Namibia, in direct violation of Decree No. 1 of the United Nations Council for Namibia’ as well as of relevant United Nations resolutions. The existence of uranium and other strategic resources brings an additional political dimension to the situation. Thus there can be no doubt that economic greed and narrowly perceived notions of stra- tegic interest are a potent inducement for South Africa and its friends to delay for as long as possible the inevitable liberation of Namibia. 35. Pretoria’s persistent attempts to impose an internal 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a political analysis of the situation in Namibia, highlighting the country's struggle for independence and the role of South Africa in suppressing it. The text mentions the exploitation of Namibia's natural resources, strategic significance, and economic wealth, which suggests that the category should be related to politics, international relations, and resource management.

**Category**
International relations, Politics