Hereroland
Hereroland was the first bantustan in South West Africa (present day Namibia), intended by the apartheid government to be a self-governing homeland for the Herero people. It was set up in 1968.[1]
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| Status | Bantustan | ||||||||
| Capital | Okakarara | ||||||||
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• Established | 1968 | ||||||||
• Re-integrated into Namibia | May 1989 | ||||||||
| Currency | South African rand | ||||||||
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Allocation of Land to bantustans according to the Odendaal Plan. Hereroland is in the north-east.
Hereroland, like other homelands in South West Africa, was abolished in May 1989 at the start of the transition to independence.
See also
References
- Lenggenhager, Luregn (2018). Ruling Nature, Controlling People: Nature Conservation, Development and War in North-Eastern Namibia since the 1920s. African Books Collective. p. 96. ISBN 978-3906927015.
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