Bophuthatswana

American  

[boh-poo-taht-swah-nuh] / ˌboʊ pu tɑtˈswɑ nə /

noun

1. a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa, consisting of several landlocked areas, along the NE part: granted independence in 1977 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,988 sq. mi. (44,000 sq. km). Mmabatho.

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Bophuthatswana British  

/ ˌbəʊpuːtɑːtˈswɑːnə /

noun

1. (formerly) a Bantu homeland in N South Africa: consisted of six separate areas; declared independent by South Africa in 1977 although this was not internationally recognized; abolished in 1993. Capital: Mmabatho

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Example Sentences

But many South Africans hoped that De Klerk was right last week when he observed the wreckage of apartheid's twisted hopes in Bophuthatswana: "This is the last chapter of an old, imperfect system."

From Time Magazine Archive

But unemployment in Bophuthatswana, a nominally independent homeland, is high.

From Time Magazine Archive

Kerzner, who began his career as an accountant, opened the first hotel-casino in 1977 in Mmabatho, the capital of the homeland of Bophuthatswana, about 150 miles from Johannesburg.

From Time Magazine Archive

The worst confrontation took place on a soccer field in the nominally independent Bophuthatswana homeland, north of Pretoria, where more than 5,000 people had gathered to protest the arrest and detention of local youths.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Swazi bantustan, Lebowa, and Venda were composed of three pieces each; Gazankule, four; the Ciskei, seventeen; Bophuthatswana, nineteen; and KwaZulu, twenty-nine.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela