 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1974, Umambo hwePortugal hwakawa uye muganhu weNamibia neAngola wakavhurwa. Nujoma akaziva kuti izvi zvakazarura nzira yekuchinja kukuru munzira iyo hondo yakanga ichirwiwa uye mumakore maviri akatevera kurwisa kwehondo kweSWAPO kwakachinja hwaro hwayo kubva kuZambia kuenda kuAngola. Kuvhurwa kwemuganhu kwakaita kuti zviuru zvevatsigiri veSWAPO zvibude muNamibia kuti zvibatane neboka racho riri muutapwa. Mwanakomana waNujoma Utoni Nujoma nevanununa vake vaviri vakanga vari pakati paavo vakasvika muZambia. Pamusangano Wenyika Unorwisana neRusaruraganda muLisbon muna 1977, Nujoma akasimbisa kudikanwa kwokuparadza gadziriro yekoloni nemasangano ehurumende yeSouth Africa ine rusaruraganda muNamibia kuitira kuti vavake idzo dzichashandira zvido zvevanhu pasinei nerudzi, chitendero kana mavambo. Iye akanyeverawo nezvengozi yokugadzwa kwemapopoma eneo-colonialist ayo aizochinja zvisizvo hurumende yechikoloni inooneka nepo chimiro chevazhinji vevanhu chaizoramba chakangofanana. Mukupera kwema1970, Nujoma akatungamira chikwata cheSWAPO chekutaurirana pakati peWestern Contact Group WCG, iyo yaive neWest Germany, Britain, France, US neCanada, neSouth Africa kune rumwe rutivi, uye Frontline States neNigeria kune rumwe rutivi, pamusoro pezvikumbiro zvaizopedzisira zvave United Nations Security Council Resolution 435, yakatambirwa munaGunyana 1978. Nepo kubvumirana pachisarudzo 435, icho chaisanganisira chirongwa chesarudzo dzakasununguka uye dzakanaka muNamibia, pasina mubvunzo kwaiva kuedza kwokukurukurirana kwenyika, kuitwa kwacho kwakambomira kwemakore gumi. Nzira dzokuverengera dzokuSouth Africa uye chisarudzo chakaitwa nomutungamiri weAmerica Ronald Reagan chokubatanidza kubviswa kweCuba muAngolakuzvimiririra kweNamibia kwakavhiringidza tariro yekugadziriswa nokukurumidza. Pana 19 March 1989, kusainwa kwechibvumirano chokumisa moto neSouth Africa kwakaitika, uko kwakatungamirira kukuitwa kweUN Security Council Resolution 435. 