The South African authorities established ten Bantustans in South West Africa (present-day Namibia), then illegally occupied by South Africa, in the late 1960s and early 1970s in accordance with the Odendaal Commission. Three of them were granted self-rule. These Bantustans were replaced with separate ethnicity-based governments in 1980.
The South African authorities established ten Bantustans in South West Africa (present-day Namibia) then illegally occupied by South Africa in the late 1960s and early 1970s in accordance with the Odendaal Commission Three of them were granted self-rule These Bantustans were replaced with separate ethnicity-based governments in 1980