Tswanaland
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Tswanaland | |||||||||
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1980–1989 | |||||||||
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Map of the bantustan. | |||||||||
Status | Bantustan | ||||||||
Capital | Aminuis | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1980 | ||||||||
• Re-integrated into Namibia | May 1989 | ||||||||
Currency | South African rand | ||||||||
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Plan_Odendaal.png/300px-Plan_Odendaal.png)
Allocation of Land to bantustans according to the Odendaal Plan. Tswanaland is the rectangle in eastern central South West Africa
Tswanaland was a bantustan in South West Africa (present-day Namibia), in the far central eastern area of the territory around the village of Aminuis. It was intended by the apartheid government to be a self-governing homeland for the Tswana people. Unlike all other homelands, it was never implemented that way. The Ovaherero were allowed to stay in the area, and the Tswana remained a minority.[1] Tswanaland nevertheless got an ethnic Tswana, Constance Kgosiemang, as political leader between 1980 and 1989.[2]
Tswanaland and all other homelands in South West Africa were abolished in May 1989 at the start of the transition to independence.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Aroams_Oos_in_Tswanaland%2C_Namibia_%282017%29.jpg/220px-Aroams_Oos_in_Tswanaland%2C_Namibia_%282017%29.jpg)
Aroams Oos in Tswanaland (2017) 23°03′12″S 19°38′41″E / 23.053451°S 19.644827°E
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities, Entry for Clemens Kapuuo". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
- ^ Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities, Entry for Constance Kgosimang". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
Categories:
- History of Namibia
- Bantustans in South West Africa
- States and territories established in 1980
- States and territories disestablished in 1989
- Tswana people
- Former polities of the Cold War
- Namibia geography stubs