East Caprivi

Republic of East Caprivi
Republiek van Oos-Caprivi
Republik Ostcaprivi
Bantustan
1972–1989
Flag
Coat of arms
Allocation of Land to bantustans according to the Odendaal Plan. East Caprivi is in the top right corner.
Capital Katima Mulilo
Languages Lozi
English
Afrikaans
German
Political structure Bantustan
History
   Self-government 1972
   Re-integrated into Namibia May 1989
Currency South African rand
Preceded by
Succeeded by
South West Africa
Namibia

East Caprivi was a bantustan in South West Africa (present-day Namibia), intended by the apartheid government to be a self-governing homeland for the Lozi people. It was set up in 1972 and self-government was granted in 1976. The homeland was renamed Lozi soon after. Not like the other homelands in South West Africa, Lozi was directly administrated through the Department of Bantu Administration and Development in Pretoria.[1]

Lozi, like other homelands in South West Africa, was abolished in May 1989 at the start of the transition to independence.

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References

  1. Lenggenhager, Luregn (2015-05-04). "Nature, War and Development: South Africa's Caprivi Strip, 1960–1980". Journal of Southern African Studies. 41 (3): 467–483. ISSN 0305-7070. doi:10.1080/03057070.2015.1025337.
  2. Forrest, Joshua B. (2003). Subnationalism in Africa: Ethnicity, Alliances, and Politics. Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 188. ISBN 1-58826-227-8.
  3. "Caprivi Liberation Front". Federation of American Scientists. Retrieved 10 April 2009.

Coordinates: 17°46′10″S 24°12′49″E / 17.76944°S 24.21361°E / -17.76944; 24.21361

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