Bophutatswana
| Republic of Bophuthatswana | ||||||||||
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Repaboleki ya Bophuthatswana Republiek van Bophuthatswana |
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Bantustan (nominal parliamentary democracy) |
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Motto "Tshwaraganang Lo Dire Pula E Ne" (Tswana) "If we stand together and work hard we will be blessed with rain" a |
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Anthem Lefatshe leno la bo-rrarona b (Tswana) This Land of our Forefathers |
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 Location of Bophuthatswana in Southern Africa.
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| Capital | Mmabatho | |||||||||
| Languages |
Tswana English Afrikaans |
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| Political structure | Bantustan | |||||||||
| President | Lucas Mangope | |||||||||
| Legislature | Parliament | |||||||||
| • | Parliament | President and National Assembly | ||||||||
| • | National Assemblyc | 24 regional representativesd 12 non-voting specialistsd, e 72 elected MPs |
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| History | ||||||||||
| • | Self-government | 1 June 1972 | ||||||||
| • | Nominal Independence | 6 December 1977 | ||||||||
| • | Coup d'état | 1988 | ||||||||
| • | Coup d'état | 1990 | ||||||||
| • | Insurrection / coup d'état | 1994 | ||||||||
| • | Dissolution | 27 April 1994 | ||||||||
| Area | ||||||||||
| • | 1980 | 44,109 km² (17,031 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | ||||||||||
| • | 1980 est. | 1,323,315 | ||||||||
| Density | 30 /km² (77.7 /sq mi) | |||||||||
| • | 1991 est. | 1,478,950 | ||||||||
| Currency | South African rand | |||||||||
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| a. | Bophuthatswana at Flags of the World. | |||||||||
| b. | Constitution of the Republic of Bophuthatswana as amended in 1984, Schedule 1. | |||||||||
| c. | ibid., Chapter 5. | |||||||||
| d. | Appointed. | |||||||||
| e. | With or without citizenship. | |||||||||
Bophuthatswana (/ˌboʊpuːtətˈswɑːnə/, meaning "gathering of the Tswana people"), officially the Republic of Bophuthatswana (Tswana: Repaboleki ya Bophuthatswana; Afrikaans: Republiek van Bophuthatswana), was a Bantustan ("homeland"; an area set aside for members of a specific ethnicity) and nominal parliamentary democracy in the northwestern region of South Africa. Its seat of government was Mmabatho.
Bophuthatswana was the first area to be declared an independent state whose territory constituted a scattered patchwork of individual enclaves. During its last days of existence, events taking place within its borders led to the weakening and split of right-wing Afrikaner resistance towards democratizing South Africa.
In 1994, it was reintegrated into South Africa, and its territory was distributed among the new provinces of the Orange Free State (now Free State), Northern Cape, and North West Province.
The area was set up as the only homeland for Tswana-speaking people in 1961. It was given nominal self-rule in 1971, and elections were held the following year. Following the 1977 elections, Lucas Mangope became president after his Bophuthatswana Democratic Party won a majority of seats. The territory became nominally independent on 6 December 1977. In the 1982 elections, the Democratic Party won all 72 elected seats. It also won a large majority in the 1987 elections.
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