Bophuthatswana
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Bophuthatswana, officially the Republic of Bophuthatswana, colloquially referred to as the Bop and by outsiders as Jigsawland was a Bantustan that was declared independent by the apartheid regime of S
Bophuthatswana in 1977
Lucas Mangope
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Kgosi Lucas Manyane Mangope was the leader of the Bantustan of Bophuthatswana. The territory he ruled over was distributed between the Orange Free State – what is now Free State – and North West Provi
Bophuthatswana
…Tswana Territorial Authority. It was given nominal self-rule in 1971, and elections were held the following year. Following the 1977 elections, Chief Lucas Mangope became the first president after his Bophuthatswana Democratic Party won a majority of seats. The territory became nominally independent on 6 December…
Mangope in 2007