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Bophuthatswana
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Bo·phu·tha·tswa·na  (b-ptät-swän)
A former autonomous Black homeland of northern South Africa. It was granted nominal independence in December 1977 and was dissolved and reintegrated into South Africa under the 1994 constitution.

Bophuthatswana [ˌbəʊpuːtɑːtˈswɑːnə]
n
(Placename) (formerly) a Bantu homeland in N South Africa: consists of six separate areas; granted independence by South Africa in 1977 although this was not internationally recognized; abolished in 1993. Capital: Mmabatho


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These armed forces were the so-called statutory forces--the South African Defence Force, the Transkei Defence Force, the Ciskei Defence Force, the Bophutatswana Defence Force, and the Venda Defence Force--and the three nonstatutory forces, which were armed wings of previously outlawed political parties.
 
 
 
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