Table 2.

Southern African countries names pre- and post-independence.

Country: Old Name Pre-Independence	Country: New Name Post-Independence	Year of Independence	Country: Old Name Pre-Independence	Country: New Name Post-Independence	Year of Independence
Reino de Angola	Angola	1975	Portuguese East Africa	Mozambique	1975
Bechuanaland Protectorate*	Botswana	1966	South-West Africa	Namibia	1990
Swaziland	Eswatini**	1968	Union of South Africa	South Africa	1961
Basutoland	Lesotho	1966	Northern Rhodesia	Zambia	1964
Nyasaland	Malawi	1966	(Southern) Rhodesia	Zimbabwe	1980

*‘Protectorate’ is dropped to make communication easy to read in the main text.

**The name Swaziland was changed to Eswatini during its 50^th post-independence celebration (2018).