Editing Basters (section)

===Traditional leadership===
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Largely through missionary work during the 19th century, they coalesced into fiercely independent, autonomous communities that maintained their identities even after being incorporated into the Cape Colony. Others moved farther north into what is now Namibia in the late 1860s because of pressure from Boer settlers and eventually established a settlement that became known as Rehoboth.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baster {{!}} Khoisan, Namibia, Rehoboth {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Baster |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>

The first Kaptein was [[Hermanus van Wyk]], the '[[Moses]]' of the Baster nation, who led the community to Rehoboth from South Africa. He served as Kaptein until his death in 1905.<ref name="NE11">{{cite news
|url=http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=38914
|title=Hermanus van Wyk: The 'Biblical Moses' of the Rehoboth Baster Community
|last=Shiremo
|first=Shampapi
|date=26 May 2011
|newspaper=[[New Era (Namibia)]]
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331025848/http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=38914
|archive-date=31 March 2012
}}</ref> After his death, the German colonial government established a separate council. The Rehoboth Basters did not elect another Kaptein until the United Kingdom took over the territory as a [[British Protectorate]] in 1914 during World War I. Basters elected [[Cornelius van Wyk]] as Kaptein. He was not officially recognised by the [[South Africa]]n authorities, which administered the territory from 1915 to Namibian independence in 1990.