Kavangoland

Kavangoland was a bantustan in South West Africa (present-day Namibia), intended by the apartheid government to be a self-governing homeland for the Kavango people. After the legal framework was established in 1968 as the Development of Self-Government for Native Nations in South-West Africa Act, 1968 (Act No. 54 of 1968),[1] Kavangoland was set up in 1970 and self-government was granted in 1973. The Kavango Legislative Council had its administrative headquarters in Rundu; its first session opened in October 1970 in the presence of the South African Minister for Bantu Administration and Development.

Kavangoland
1970–1989
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Map of the bantustan.
Status	Bantustan
Capital	Rundu
History
• Established	1970
• Re-integrated into Namibia	May 1989
Currency	South African rand
Preceded by Succeeded by South West Africa Namibia

Allocation of Land to bantustans according to the Odendaal Plan. Kavangoland is in the top center.

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

Sebastian Kamwanga, Hompa (king) of the Gciriku and member of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) was the political representative of Kavangoland from 1981 to 1989.[2]