Rundu, Kavango: A Case Study of Forced Relocations in Namibia, 1954-1972

Rundu, Kavango: A Case Study of Forced Relocations in Namibia, 1954-1972

M.A. Dissertation - "This is a study about forced relocations in Rundu, Kavango in northeast Namibia. Between 1915 and 1990; Namibia was under South Africa rule. It is during the period of South African rule that the removals of Rundu occurred. In the context of Namibia’s international boundaries, Kavango ends in the middle of the Kavango River. Kavango is both the name of the region and a river situated in the northeast of Namibia. It means “small place” in Rumanyo languages (Namibian language). There were settlements along the Kavango River before the establishment of the Native Affairs Commissioner’s office at Runtu in 1936. By 1936, the following settlements in the forms of homesteads were lined up from west to east: Sauyemwa, Rundu, Nkunki, Ncwa, Sarusungu, Nkondo, (which was situated north of Sarusungu in the flood plains) and Rupouoro. Even by the 1960s most of the African settlement in Kavango stretched along the river."

Kletus Muhena Likuwa

http://etd.uwc.ac.za/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11394/241/Likuwa_MA_2005.pdf?sequence=1

University of the Western Cape

2005

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