Native Name: | Basterland |
Conventional Long Name: | Rehoboth |
Common Name: | Rehoboth |
Status: | Bantustan |
P1: | South West Africa |
Flag P1: | Flag of South Africa 1928-1994.svg |
S1: | Namibia |
Flag S1: | Flag of Namibia.svg |
Image Map Caption: | Location of Rehoboth within South West Africa. |
Image Map2: | MapBantoustanRehoboth.PNG |
Image Map2 Caption: | Map of Rehoboth. |
Year Start: | 1979 |
Event End: | Re-integrated into Namibia |
Year End: | 1989 |
Date End: | May |
Currency: | South African rand |
Rehoboth (or Basterland) was a homeland in South West Africa (present-day Namibia) intended by the apartheid-era government to be a self-governing homeland for the Baster people in the area around the town of Rehoboth.
The Bantustan existed until 29 July 1989, a few months prior to the Independence of Namibia.
The Rehoboth Self-government Act, 1976 established a Government of Rehoboth consisting of a Legislative Council with the ability to pass legislation known as "Acts" and a Kaptein's Council, led by an elected Kaptein.[1] The office of Kaptein itself dates to the period of German colonial rule.
See main article: Leaders of Rehoboth.