Word: bophuthatswana
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...political situation in south Africa has remained fairly tranquil. Friction between the Inkatha Freedom Party and the African National congress had ebbed, and rightist whites had been held in check by the government. But an ill-timed holdout against free elections by Lucas Mangope, president of the "Black homeland" Bophuthatswana, swept the whole nation into hysteria...
...beneficial consequence of such actions would be the channeling of funds away from corrupt leaders of puppet Bantustan governments (like Bophuthatswana, where Sun City is located) and directing them towards communities and organizations committed to bringing about true change. As a nation which trumpets the values of egalitarianism and humanitarianism, our actions should reflect as much...
...whiff of freedom in the South African air, the country's blacks strained to break one of apartheid's shackles last week by rising up against the Pretoria-installed leaders of two tribal homelands. In coastal Ciskei, army officers overthrew the government of "President for Life" Lennox Sebe. In Bophuthatswana, in north-central South Africa, troops and police rushed in to quell a popular revolt against President Lucas Mangope. Security forces also braced for trouble in Venda, in the country's northern...
Although the Ciskei putsch was bloodless, 27 people died in ensuing riots. Eleven people were killed in Bophuthatswana. Among the demands of the rebellious blacks: reintegration of their homelands into South Africa. Ciskei, Bophuthatswana and Venda are among ten territories made nominally independent or self-governing since 1972. By relegating blacks to these impoverished areas, Pretoria hoped to leave the rest of South Africa to the whites...
Since raising its flag in 1977, Bophuthatswana (pop. 1.7 million) has always been considered the most viable of the four "independent" black homelands | set up by South Africa. Bop, as the homeland is sensibly known, derives substantial revenues from platinum mining and the gambling resort of Sun City. But Bop -- and Pretoria's oft-denounced homeland policy in general -- suffered an embarrassing setback last week, when a coup briefly toppled the government...