Fox Odendaal

Frans Hendrik Odendaal (1898–1966) (known as Fox Odendaal) was a South African politician, governor of the Transvaal province, best remembered for heading the commission that became known by his last name.

In 1962 Odendaal was appointed as head of the officially named "Commission of Enquiry into South-West Africa Affairs."

The Commission finished its enquiry towards the end of 1963, but its findings were formally handed early in 1964.

[1] The Odendaal Report, as it was called, contained a series of proposals (The Odendaal Plan) regarding the establishment of territories dedicated to the "separate development" of the different ethnic groups in South-West Africa (Namibia today).

Despite all this, the South African government started formal implementation of Odendaal's plan in 1968.