Editing Windhoek (section)

===South African administration after World War I===
The German colonial era came to an end after the end of [[World War I]] but [[South West Africa]], and with it Windhoek, had already fallen in 1915.<ref>Britannica, [https://www.britannica.com/place/Windhoek Windhoek] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321190021/https://www.britannica.com/place/Windhoek |date=21 March 2019}}, britannica.com, USA, accessed on July 7, 2019</ref> Until the end of the war, the city was administered by a South African military government, and no further development occurred.<ref name=CoWnew>{{cite web |title=The History of Windhoek |publisher=City of Windhoek |url=http://www.windhoekcc.org.na/tour_history_heritage.php |access-date=26 October 2020 |archive-date=29 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029074218/http://www.windhoekcc.org.na/tour_history_heritage.php |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1920, after the [[Treaty of Versailles]], the territory was placed under a [[League of Nations]] [[League of Nations mandate#Class C mandates|Class C mandate]] and again administered by South Africa.<ref name="geography">Ieuan Griffiths,[https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/40572467.pdf Walvis Bay: exclave no more] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303123113/https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/40572467.pdf |date=3 March 2016}} ''Geography'', Vol. 79, No. 4 (October 1994), page 354</ref>

After [[World War II]], more capital became available to improve the area's economy. After 1955, large public projects were undertaken, such as the building of new schools and hospitals, tarring of the city's roads (a project begun in 1928 with Kaiser Street), and the building of dams and pipelines to stabilise the water supply.<ref name="windhoekcc"/> The city introduced the world's first potable re-use plant in 1958, treating recycled sewage and sending it directly into the town's water supply.<ref>[http://ag.arizona.edu/oals/ALN/aln56/dupisani.html "Surviving in an arid land: Direct reclamation of potable water at Windhoek's Goreangab Reclamation Plant"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606065428/http://ag.arizona.edu/oals/ALN/aln56/dupisani.html |date=6 June 2011}} by Petrus Du Pisani</ref> On 1 October 1966, the then Administrator of South West Africa granted Windhoek the coat of arms, which was registered on 2 October 1970 with the South African Bureau of Heraldry. Initially a stylized aloe was the principal emblem, but this was amended to a natural aloe (''[[Aloe littoralis]]'') on 15 September 1972. The Coat of Arms is described as "A Windhoek aloe with a [[raceme]] of three flowers on an island. Crest: A mural crown [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]. Motto: SUUM CUIQUE (''To each their own'')".<ref>{{cite web |last=Berry |first=Bruce |date=12 February 2014 |url=http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/na-wind.html |title=Windhoek (Namibia) |website=www.crwflags.com |access-date=8 September 2017 |archive-date=7 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207053954/http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/na-wind.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

Windhoek formally received its [[town privileges]] on 18 October 1965 on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the second foundation of the town by von François.<ref name=Stadtrecht>{{cite news |title=Windhoek erhielt heute Stadtrechte |trans-title=Windhoek received town privileges today |language=de |newspaper=[[Allgemeine Zeitung (Namibia)|Allgemeine Zeitung]] |date=18 October 1965 |edition=2015 reprint}}</ref>

In 1971, the [[1971–72 Namibian contract workers strike|Namibian general contract workers]] started from Windhoek with the goal of abolishing the contract labour system, opposing [[apartheid]], and promoting Namibia's independence.<ref name="general">{{cite journal |last=Rogers |first=Barbara |date=1972 |title=Namibia's General Strike |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4185227 |journal=Africa Today |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=3–8 |issn=0001-9887 |jstor=4185227}}</ref>