Fox Odendaal

Image:Plan [Odendaal.png|right|225px|thumb|Map of Namibia with Odendaal Commission recommendations]
Frans Hendrik Odendaal was a South African politician, administrator of the Transvaal province, best remembered for heading the commission that became known by his last name.

Odendaal Commission

In 1962 Odendaal was appointed as head of the officially named "Commission of Enquiry into South-West Africa Affairs." Over time the commission came to be popularly called the "Odendaal Commission". The Commission finished its enquiry towards the end of 1963, but its findings were formally handed early in 1964. The Odendaal Report, as it was called, contained a series of proposals regarding the establishment of territories dedicated to the "separate development" of the different ethnic groups in South-West Africa. The Odendaal Plan thoroughly described the different steps needed to establish in South-West Africa bantustans similar to those already in South Africa. The report was first rejected by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United Nations, and then by the General Assembly. Despite all this, the South African government started formal implementation of Odendaal's plan in 1968.