At the time South Africa administered the land under a policy of <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa_under_apartheid" title="South Africa under apartheid" class="mw-redirect">apartheid</a>, in which the best resources were reserved for those classified <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whites" title="Whites" class="mw-redirect">white</a>, while other Namibians were treated as inferior. After years of asking the <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</