Editing South West Africa (section)

====Tier two: Representative Authorities====
The second-tier of governance in South West Africa consisted of ethnic-based Representative Authorities which replaced the previous system of [[Bantustan]]s that were established in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Each authority would have executive and legislative competencies, being made up of elected Legislative Assemblies who would appoint Executive Committees led by chairmen. Representative Authorities had responsibility for land tenure, agriculture, education up to primary level, teachers' training, health services, and social welfare and pensions and their Legislative Assemblies had the ability to pass legislation known as Ordinances.<ref>{{cite web|title= Official Gazette|website=lac.org.na
|url=https://www.lac.org.na/laws/1982/whi23.pdf|access-date=18 March 2024}}</ref> Unlike the former Bantustans, Representative Authorities functioned on the basis of ethnicity only and were no longer based on geographically defined areas. 

Representative Authorities were created for [[White Namibians|Whites]], [[Coloured people in Namibia|Coloureds]], [[Ovambos]], [[Kavango people|Kavangos]], [[Lozi people|Lozi]], [[Damaras]], [[Nama people|Namas]], [[Tswanas]], and [[Herero people|Herero]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.orusovo.com/namcon/sched8.htm | title=Constitution of Namibia - Schedule 8 }}</ref> A similar body had been established for [[Rehoboth Basters]] by the Rehoboth Self-Determination Act, 1976. An advisory council was established for [[San Bushmen]] in 1986. No representative body was established for [[Himba people|Himbas]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Namibia_homelands.html | title=Namibian Homelands }}</ref>