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Name: Bophuthatswana

Type: Polity

Start: 1972 AD

End: 1994 AD

Parent: south africa

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Was a Bantustan (self-governing homeland created during Apartheid to segregate the black African population) in South Africa created for the Tswana people.

Establishment

  • June 1972: Bophuthatswana was established as a Bantustan in 1972. A Bantustan was a territory designated by the white National Party administration of South Africa for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) as part of its policy of apartheid.

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    1. Events

  • April 1994: The Bantustans were abolished with the end of Apartheid in South Africa in 1994.

    • Disestablishment

  • April 1994: The Bantustans were abolished with the end of Apartheid in South Africa in 1994.

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