Mafikeng

/ ˈmæfɪˌkɛŋ /

noun

1. Former name (until 1980): Mafeking. a town in N South Africa: besieged by the Boers for 217 days (1899–1900) during the second Boer War: administrative headquarters of the British protectorate of Bechuanaland until 1965, although outside its borders. Pop: 23 650 (2001)

Example Sentences

The exercise in Pilanesburg National Park and the Mafikeng and Botsalano game reserves — all northwest of Johannesburg — leaves the rhinos with horn rumps too small for poachers to bother with, Nico Jacobs, helicopter pilot and founding member of non-profit Rhino 911 told Reuters.

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As part of the launch, BBC News will also visit major South African universities, including North West University in Mafikeng, the University of Cape Town in the Western Cape Province, and both the University of Pretoria and the University of Johannesburg in Gauteng.

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Simon Forbes Newbold Hobday was born on June 23, 1940, in Mafikeng, South Africa, but lived for a time in Zambia and Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe.

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Overnight, students at North-West University’s campus in the dusty provincial capital of Mafikeng burned down science and administrative buildings.

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The African News Agency quoted a spokesman of the Mafikeng campus of North West University as saying the clash occurred Wednesday.

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