Eastern Caprivi

Ostcaprivi Lozi (from 1976)


Capital	Katima Mulilo
size	11,534 km²
Residents	15,840 (1960)
Form of government	Homeland
Head of state	1972–1976: Josiah Moraliswane (Board Member) 1976: Josiah Moraliswane (Chief Minister) 1976–1981: Richard Muhinda Mamili (Chief Minister) 1981–1984: Josiah Moraliswane (Chairman of the Executive Board) 1984: HJ Becker (Chairman of the Executive Council) 1984–1986: FPJ Visagie (Chairman of the Executive Council) 1986: IJ van der Merwe (Chairman of the Executive Council) 1986–1989: Andries Gerhardus Visser (Chair of the Executive Board)
founding	1972 (1977 autonomy)
resolution	May 1989 (before Namibia's independence )
currency	South African rand
license plate	SWA
Location of the former homeland Okavangoland

Ostcaprivi , also Ost-Caprivi ( Afrikaans Caprivi Oos , English Eastern Caprivi ) was a homeland in the area of the Caprivi Strip (since August 2013 Region Zambezi , previously Caprivi ) in the former South West Africa (today Namibia ), which was self-administered by the South African apartheid government Homeland had been designed for the Lozi .

The Eastern Caprivi was built as a homeland from 1972. The preparatory phase for self-government was prepared with a proclamation of the administration of South West Africa in Windhoek on October 22, 1974 and set for April 1, 1975. In this context, the homeland should already be called Lozi . According to the South African government, at that time there was a non-self-governing Legislative Council with 28 appointed members. Elected members were not represented here. With the Proclamation R42 of March 19, 1976 Ostcaprivi received self-government status. The seat of its administration was in Ngweze not far from Katima Mulilo . The official languages were English , Afrikaans and Lozi .

The Legislative Council consisted of the two chiefs of the two local tribes Masubia and Mafwe and a total of 18 appointed members, 9 each from the two tribal authorities and a further 12 elected members. The regular term of office was five years. For this period the homeland administration was led by a government consisting of the two chiefs and four other ministers (two from each tribe). The body was headed by the Chief Minister , whose first incumbent was Maiba Moraliswami from the Basubia tribe. The Proclamation R35 of February 25, 1972 stipulated that four departments (government departments) were to be formed, whose responsibilities were named: Authority Affairs and Finance (e.g. administration and finance), Agriculture and Works (agriculture and work), Education and Culture (education and culture) and Justice and Community Affairs (such as: justice and community affairs ).

Public holidays existed in the form of Caprivi Day on March 23rd and Van Riebeck Day on April 6th.

The homeland was later renamed Lozi . Like the other homelands in South West Africa , Lozi was abolished in May 1989, shortly before Namibia became independent.

Individual evidence

^ SAIRR: A Survey of Race Relations in South Africa 1974 . Johannesburg 1975. p. 419 (PDF: p. 396)
^ SAIRR : A Survey of Race Relations in South Africa 1975 . Johannesburg 1976. pp. 332, 338
^ SAIRR: A Survey of Race Relations in South Africa 1976 . Johannesburg 1977. p. 466
^ SAIRR: A Survey of Race Relations in South Africa 1972 . Johannesburg 1973. p. 446
^ SAIRR: A Survey of Race Relations in South Africa 1973 . Johannesburg 1974. p. 392

[1] SAIRR: A Survey of Race Relations in South Africa 1974 . Johannesburg 1975. p. 419 (PDF: p. 396)

[2] SAIRR : A Survey of Race Relations in South Africa 1975 . Johannesburg 1976. pp. 332, 338

[3] SAIRR: A Survey of Race Relations in South Africa 1976 . Johannesburg 1977. p. 466

[4] SAIRR: A Survey of Race Relations in South Africa 1972 . Johannesburg 1973. p. 446

[5] SAIRR: A Survey of Race Relations in South Africa 1973 . Johannesburg 1974. p. 392

Eastern Caprivi

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