Bushmanland
Bushmanland (Boesmanland in Afrikaans) may refer to: * Bushmanland (South West Africa), a bantustan in South West Africa (present-day Namibia) * Bushmanland, Northern Cape Bushmanland is an arid area south of the Orange River and west of Kenhardt and east of Springbok (Namaqualand) in the Northern Cape, South Africa. It includes the towns of Pofadder and Aggeneys, and places such as Namies and Bosluis Pan. Exten ...

Bushmanland (South West Africa)
Bushmanland ( af, Boesmanland) was a bantustan in South West Africa (present-day Namibia), intended by the apartheid government to be a self-governing homeland for the San people (the Bushmen). Despite this, a government was not established in the region. The bantustan, then called 'homelands' by the South African authorities, was established with the issue of Proclamation 208 in 1976. Bushmanland, like other homelands in South West Africa, was abolished in May 1989 at the start of the transition to independence. See also * Bushmanland (South Africa) *Apartheid Apartheid (, especially South African English: , ; , "aparthood") was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was ... References History of Namibia Bantustans in South West Africa States and territories disestablished in 1989 {{Namibia-geo-stub ...
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