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House of the first Native Commissioner of Kavango
Names: Rundu Ontspannings Klub Other Site Details
Classification  | A.11.3.1. (Complexes of) Buildings, Private, Residences
Proclamation No  | 155/2011
Place  | Rundu, Erf 1535, Extention 5
Region  | Kavango
Refences  | Government Gazette 4787, No. 155, 2011
Legal Status  | National Heritage Act, No 27 of 2004, proclaimed 01 September 2011
     

Description

A two-room building  used as a recruiting office for migrant labour.

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Brief History

The Commissioner's house has three historical dimensions, first as a recruitment house where the native workers were recruited to go to tthe farms and South African mines, secondly the house of the native commissioner of Kavango and then it was the borderding landmark between Mbunza and Sambyu Traditional Authorities.

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