Proper noun
Bophuthatswana
(historical) A former bantustan in the northwestern region of South Africa.
Following a local referendum on the issue, Mafeking joined Bophuthatswana in 1980, three years after Bophuthatswana was awarded independence, and was renamed Mafikeng, and treated as a suburb of Mmabatho. Source: Internet
Mafeking also briefly served as capital of the pre-independence Bantustan of Bophuthatswana in the 1970s, before the adjoining town of Mmabatho was established as capital. Source: Internet
A struggle hero who took part in the liberation of the people of Bophuthatswana. Source: Internet