East Caprivi
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, in the very corner of the Namibian panhandle called the Caprivi Strip. It was granted a self-governing status in 1976. The homeland was renamed Lozi soon after. Unlike the other homelands in South West Africa, Lozi was directly administrated through the Department of Bantu Administration and Development in Pretoria.[1]
Republic of East Caprivi Republiek van Oos-Caprivi Republik Ostcaprivi | |||||||||
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 Allocation of Land to bantustans according to the Odendaal Plan. East Caprivi is in the top right corner. | |||||||||
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| Status | Bantustan | ||||||||
| Capital | Katima Mulilo | ||||||||
| Common languages | Lozi English Afrikaans German | ||||||||
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• Self-government | 1972 | ||||||||
• Re-integrated into Namibia | May 1989 | ||||||||
| Currency | South African rand | ||||||||
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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
- Lenggenhager, Luregn (4 May 2015). "Nature, War and Development: South Africa's Caprivi Strip, 1960–1980". Journal of Southern African Studies. 41 (3): 467–483. doi:10.1080/03057070.2015.1025337. ISSN 0305-7070.
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