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Bophuthatswana

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Bophuthatswana , former black "homeland" and nominal republic, c.17,000 sq mi (44,000 sq km), N South Africa. Bophuthatswana comprised seven separate areas, one along the Botswana border, the remainder landlocked enclaves. The capital was Mmbatho. Under acts of the South African Parliament, land was set aside for blacks in pseudoindependent territories (originally called "Bantustans" ), allegedly to allow to the blacks self-government and cultural preservation. In reality the homelands allowed the white government to control blacks and exclude them from the political process. Bophuthatswana was designated as a homeland for Tswana-speaking people.

Bophuthatswana achieved "self-government" under the Homeland Constitution Act of 1971. In 1977 it was granted "independence," and the South African citizenship of those relocated to the homeland was revoked. Bophuthatswana was not recognized outside South Africa as an independent state. In 1988, the South African government forcibly reinstated Kgosi Lucas Mangope as head of state after a coup attempt. Early in 1994, Mangope was removed by the Pretoria government, which installed an interim government in the homeland. After South Africa's first all-race elections later that year, Bophuthatswana was reincorporated into the country.

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Bophuthatswana

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Bophuthatswana, North West/South Africa In the Setswana language the name means ‘That which binds, bophutha, the Tswana People’, thus ‘The Place of Gathering of the Tswana’; bo‐ is a prefix for abstract nouns and phutha means ‘to gather’. A former independent Bantu homeland (Bantustan), consisting of seven separate enclaves, and nominal republic for the Tswana within the territory of South Africa from 1977, it was reintegrated into South Africa in 1994.

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Bophuthatswana

A Dictionary of Contemporary World History | 2004 | | Copyright

Bophuthatswana, see Bantustan

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	African connection. (Bophuthatswana-Israeli ties) Magazine article from: Israel Business Today; 12/3/1993
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