A copy of the license is included in the section entitled gnu free documentation license. Attempts by the rehoboth baster community to regain ownership over their ancestral land or at least to be. If you have a question about rehoboth beach vacations, is the place to be. Rehoboth or basterland was a bantustan in south west africa presentday namibia intended by the apartheid government to be a selfgoverning homeland for the baster people in the area around the town of rehoboth, namibia. After the first world war, the league of nations mandated south africa to administer the territory. Infonamibia is a namiba holiday planner, online travel portal and personal booking office. The majority of basters still live in the rehoboth gebied area but many work in windhoek were they often work in the building trade. The coloureds of southern africa a cultural profile. We used to have jurisdiction over the rehoboth gebiet and lived in peace with everyone in the country. Pdfland shares download links to free pdf books and free ebooks that available online without any complaint such as public domain stuff. Showing condition of back of native woman auma 283 to appendix i a. An ordinance to create a new chapter 210 of the municipal code of the city of rehoboth beach, delaware, 2001, to be titled residential rentals whereas, the commissioners of rehoboth beach are committed to the sustainability. There is no respect for private property anymore, he said, charging that officials are uninformed and incompetent. Various south african statutes, going back to 19 and before.
I propose to photographically celebrate the baster community of rehoboth namibia. Constitution, like schedule 5 providing for the government ownership of. The rehoboth basters do not want to get involved in this war. The racial division of gordonia, 19211930 martin legassick university of the western cape in 1921 a petition signed by 259 baster men from gordonia was submitted to parliament. Nation and image building by the rehoboth basters negative bias concerning the rehoboth basters in literature jeroen g. At that time the population consisted of between twentyfive hundred and three thousand basters, about two thousand damara and nama, and about twenty whites j. Both units of the germans were ordered to retreat in order to mobilize against advancing south african troops which reached rehoboth. All three baster groups migrated north of the orange river, as they were not permitted to own land in the cape. Join the hottest baster page on facebook, the basters also known as baasters, rehobothers or rehoboth basters are the descendants. The rehoboth basters settled in their lands in the early 1870s. Baster community meeting derails cultural namibian sun. When we was coming down i looked through one of them windows.
The rehoboth baster gemeente as the legitimate owner of the groot aub area, although by disregarding various international treaties and even their. Rehoboth basters maintain a distinctive and strong identity within namibian society. Baster community tired of being left in the dark by. The basters are a mixed race namibian and south african ethnic group descended from white. Attempts by the rehoboth baster community to regain ownership over their ancestral land or at least to be compensated for the loss of it after independence have gained momentum. Rehoboth beach is asking delaware chancery court to quiet any claims that it doesnt own property where its new city hall sits. The towns convenient location, laid back approach and rich offerings have made it a favorite for all those wishing to spend a few days, weeks or months relaxing on the beach each summer season. Diergaardt, captain of the rehoboth baster community. If another riot was going to explode on this citys streets, i didnt want to miss it. South rehoboth is the picturesque oceanfront community located just south of rehoboth avenue and north of silver lake. Showing condition of back of native woman maria after flogging 282 5. A pledge made between rugged rocks namibia safari and.
Economic news 20090119 rehoboth community want their land back by brigitte weidlich. James mill combines a french view of class exploitation, where society is divided into those who pillage and those who are pillaged, with benthams idea of the ruling few and. The constitution of namibia and the land question cuny. The classification of people in south africa under the old regime was quite arbitrary, and people could apply to change their classification irrespective of their actual genetic history or ethnic history. Rehoboth town council v rehoboth baster gemeente and. Featuring everything you could want to know about rehoboth beach, our rehoboth beach frequently asked questions will help you plan the perfect rehoboth vacation. The highest recorded use of the first name rehoboth was in 2018 with a total of 5 babies. As basters returned to rehoboth, some killed germans on their farms. Shortly after independence the basters had a small uprising as they decided it was time for their own independence. By the 1800s the extension of the firearms frontier was disrupting. Rehoboth town council v rehoboth baster gemeente and others. If you face any problem with downloading or any of the links do not work, then contact us and we will help you to get your desired ebook.
Escs edufriends phase 1 book 2 liggaam body afrikaans reading lessons for english students duration. The oldest recorded birth by the social security administration for the first name rehoboth is tuesday, february 15th, 1887. The population development of the rehoboth basters hartmut lang abstract. Before the passing of act no 56 of 1976 the land acquired by the baster community was registered in the name of the kaptein who held the land on behalf of the. Baster, from afrikaans baster, bastard, or halfbreed, member of an ethnically mixed group in namibia and northwestern south africa, most of whom are descendants of 17th and 18thcentury dutch and french men and indigenous nama women of southwestern africa.
The plymouth colony claimed he was on their land, and had to leave. We may be few but were proud to be basters the independent. Likewise, households which reside in rented dwellings not tied to their jobs are found mainly in the urban areas. Orphaned and proud, the rehoboth basters of namibia are the biracial survivors descending from the sexual union between european settlers and their khoisan slaves living in and around the cape province at the turn of the 19th century. The town is situated about 85 km south of the capital windhoek along the b1 and counts about 21,000 inhabitants. Acting judge collins parker ruled yesterday in the drawnout matter between the town council and the rehoboth baster gemeente that this right was established in terms of the provisions of the local authorities act and that the court should protect it. Social stress destroying baster heritage rehoboth basters. Social stress destroying baster heritage share social decay, unemployment, poverty, alcoholism and disease such as hivaids are forcing many young namibians to lose touch with their own selfesteem and rich cultural heritage, said a pastor who is stationed at rehoboth. Baster gemeente has no land rights justice namibian sun. Basters to their lands, and a homeland was created for them. They feared that should they actively support the germans, they could lose their land and their right to selfdetermination. Rehoboth is an isolated town deep in the kalahari desert of namibia.
Located on the b1 road, 90 kilometres south of the namibian capital windhoek, rehoboth lies on a high elevation plateau with several natural hotwater springs. In the 1960s and 1970s, south africa formally extended its apartheid system to namibia, creating ethnic homelands with their own administrations for each ethnic group. Why does the rehoboth baster community want back its property. The town is located about 52 miles 84 km south of windhoek, the national capital, and lies on the banks of the dry, sandy bed of the rehoboth river at an elevation of 4,544 feet 1,385 metres. In 1868 they left the cape province to escape the increasing pressure of european settlement. The rehoboth coloured community numbers sum 53 000 people, living in a area of 14 216 square kilometers south of windhoek, the capital of namibia. Rock art dating back thousands of years in some cases stand testament to the very enduring power of the san people. Diergaardt has warned them that their land may be confiscated by the government and redistributed to blacks from heavily populated northern namibia.
Thorsten prill anthony brendell textbook theology historic theology, ecclesiastical history publish your bachelors or masters thesis, dissertation, term paper or essay. This pattern of eviction from the land and migrant labor continued when south africa assumed control after world war i. Viall, the history of the rehoboth basters unpublished report to the prime minister of south africa, rehoboth, 27 january 1959, nanam. Under his leadership, the mixedrace basters moved from the northern cape to leave white racial discrimination, and migrated into the interior of what is now central namibia. Culture of namibia history, people, women, food, customs. When roger williams came, in 1636, to what is now rhode island, he bought land from the indians, who he recognized as owning this wild part of the country. The leader of the baster community of the rehoboth area. Bastergemeente v government of the republic of namibia and. Find vacant land plots for sale in rehoboth through property 24 namibia. Relations between rehoboth and germany remained close for more than twenty years but in 1914, following the outbreak of world war i, germanys use of baster soldiers to guard south african prisoners contrary to the terms of their enlistment led to armed revolt.
A concise history of the rehoboth basters until 1990 britz, rudolf g on. Trials and triumphs of the rehoboth basters the namibian. The bantustan existed until 29 july 1989, a few months prior to the independence of namibia. Rehoboth is situated in an arid, sparsely populated region within the. A centrally administered local government was created in 1979. The purpose of said incorporation is the providing and maintaining of a permanent seaside resort, and to furnish the necessary and proper conveniences. The most important asset of the people of rehoboth was their land. A concise history of the rehoboth basters until 1990. The special rapporteur would like to thank the namibian government. Minorities in independent namibia minority rights group. During my 2012 visit to williston in the karoo, i learnt about how the mixedrace basters, despite living under the protection of the rhenish missionaries at amandelboom, were dispossessed of their land in the 1860s by trekboer pastoralists and white commercial wool farmers. The coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security. James mill, on those who pillage and those who are pillaged.
A grosse gruppm lebt in da stod rehoboth sidlich vo windhoek. Hermanus van wyk 18351905 was the first kaptein of the baster community at rehoboth in southwest africa, today namibia. They speak a language that is primarily afrikaans and follow a western way of life. Rehoboth is a town of 21,000 inhabitants in central namibia just north of the tropic of capricorn.
The history of namibia has passed through several distinct stages from being colonised in the late nineteenth century to namibias independence on 21 march 1990. We want everything back your government has taken away from us. This day is celebrated annually by basters as integral to their history and fortitude. An analysis of national discourses in rehoboth, namibia. The quaint name rehoboth bastards was derived from the fact that a.
Rehoboth town council v rehoboth baster gemeente and others a 1012014 2017 nahcmd 63 09 march 2017. Their rights were legally limited under apartheid, 19481990. They developed their own legislation, years before the germans installed their colonial rule. Join the hottest baster page on facebook, the basters also known as baasters, rehobothers or rehoboth basters. After the conclusion of the great war, basters applied to have their native land become a british protectorate like. The military role of the rehoboth basters during the south. A dutch tv clip about the rehoboth baster people, and the current situation of land rights in namibia. Namibia national housing programme build together assessment of the effectiveness of the programme. At the museum situated within the old post office tourists can inform themselves about the history of the baster and rehoboth region. During the course of the south african invasion 191415 and their forced involvement in the german war effort caused great consternation among the rehoboth basters.
Pdf the return of herero and nama bones from germany. It is ideally situated along the popular rehoboth beach boardwalk and only steps from the shopping, dining and other attractions of our upscale beach town. The rehoboth town council has established clear rights over land falling within its jurisdiction. A third died or turned back before they reached rehoboth, a promised land complete with hot springs, in 1870. After years of attempting to regain their land and obtain a measure of selfgovernment in the face of south african intransigence the basters rebelled in 19245 in a hopeless attempt to reassert their independence, but though more restraint was exercised they were defeated minahan 2002, 292, 293. The rehoboth basters are one of a number of groups of mixed heritage which emerged in the dutch cape colony in the eighteenth century and were forced by their nonwhite status to live on the fringes of white colonial society they were among the many people who were later designated as coloureds in apartheid south africa and namibia. But once more the basters opt for a neutral position and accept that in turn their baster gebied is given the status of a. Theres new place thats tailor made for you where god can expand you its where hes making room pr. Sep 07, 2008 a dutch tv clip about the rehoboth baster people, and the current situation of land rights in namibia. Os rehoboth basters sao os descendentes dos colonos europeus e os povos indigenas cois da africa austral.
The prime question of this paper is, how did the size of the rehoboth baster population namibia change since its departure from south africa in 1868 up to the present. Not only is their presence of immense historical importance to namibias ancient cultural heritage, but to its present heritage, too. Government of the republic of namibia held that there was no land which. According to mcnab, the rehoboth basters lost their culture, sacred places and their traditional land after the government of namibia came into. Probably, however, the words rehoboth ir are to be translated as in the vulgate and the margin of a. You may not want to leave the towns broad accommodations offer visitors an extensive array of room and board options during. Williams settled in the rehobothseekonk area, on the east shore of the bay and the pawtucket river. The name rehoboth is derived from the biblical town rechowot israel. Conversely, residents of katutura who wish to travel outside. You can decide for yourself whether you want to allow cookies or not. Since the second half of the 19th century, the rehoboth baster community has been. Permission is granted to copy, distribute andor modify this document under the terms of the gnu free documentation license, version 1. Namibias inbetween community deep in the namibian desert lives an ethnic group descended from european settlers and indigenous africansthe proud and hardy rehoboth basters.
A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. The rehoboth baster community fear that their culture is threatened by governments failure to acknowledge them as a local indigenous group. Diergaardt, the late captain of the rehoboth basters, a nonindigenous community of african and european ancestry living in central namibia, and other community members lodged a complaint with the hrc on the communitys behalf claiming that the groups right to enjoy their own culture under article 27 of the iccpr had. Although the link of the rehoboth community to the lands in question dates back some 125. James mill, on those who pillage and those who are. Attempts by the rehoboth baster community to regain ownership over their ancestral land or.
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