Baster Council

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The Baster Council (Afrikaans: Basterraad), 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]

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  2. ^ JHP Serfontein: Namibia? , Focus South Publishers, 1976, pp. 140ff/246.
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