Bondelswarts Rebellion
The Bondelswarts Rebellion (aka the Bondelswarts Uprising or Bondelswarts Affair) was a controversial violent incident in South Africa's League of Nations Mandate of South West Africa.
In 1917, the South African mandatory administration had created a tax on dogs, and they increased it in 1921.[1] The tax was rejected by the Bondelswarts, a group of Khoikhoi, who were opposed to various policies of the new administration. They were also protecting five men for whom arrest warrants had been issued.[1]
There is disagreement over the details of the dispute, but according to historian , "most agree that in May 1922 the Bondelswarts prepared to fight, or at least to defend themselves, and the mandatory administration moved to crush what they called a rebellion of 500 to 600 people, of which 200 were said to be armed (although only about 40 weapons were captured after the Bondelswarts were crushed).[1]
, the Mandatory Administrator, organised in 400 armed men, and sent in aircraft to bomb the Bondelswarts. Casualties included 100 Bondelswart deaths, including a few women and children.[1] A further 468 men were either wounded or taken prisoner.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Crawford, Neta (2002). "6 - Sacred Trust". Argument and Change in World Politics: Ethics, Decolonization and Humanitarian Intervention. Cambridge University Press.
Further reading[]
- Freislich, Richard (1964). THE LAST TRIBAL WAR. A History Of The Bondelswart Uprising. 1964: Struik.CS1 maint: location (link)
External links[]
- Lewis, Gavin (1977). "THE BONDELSWARTS REBELLION OF 1922" (PDF). Department of History at Rhodes University.
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- History of Namibia
- Conflicts in 1922
- Battles involving South Africa
- South West Africa
- 1922 in South West Africa