Baster Council
The Baster Council (Afrikaans: Basterrad), is the parliament of the unrecognized state of the Rehoboth area in Namibia.[1] It forms the legislature, or Volksraad, of Rehoboth together with the executive Captains Council (Kapteinsraad).[2]
The Baster Council serves as the mouthpiece for the Rehoboth Baster people and is obliged to convey the wishes, needs, and recognition of the citizens to the Captains Council.[1] Originally, only citizens who paid taxes were eligible to vote.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Republic of South Africa - Government Gazette" (PDF). RehobothBasters.org. 28 April 1976.
- ^ JHP Serfontein: Namibia? , Focus South Publishers, 1976, pp. 140ff/246.
- ^ "Statutes of the Rohoboth Basters by Resolution of the Kaptein and his Councillors in the Year 1872" (PDF). RehobothBasters.org. 31 January 1872. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
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