Bophuthatswana coup d'état of 1994

When

11 Mar 1994

Kind

Coup

Coordinates

25.85° S, 25.63° E

Description

Political crisis in the batustan of Bophuthatswana, South Africa

Crisis in South Africa

The 1994 Bophuthatswana crisis was a major political crisis which began after Lucas Mangope, the president of Bophuthatswana, a nominally independent South African bantustan created under apartheid, attempted to crush widespread labour unrest and popular demonstrations demanding the incorporation of the territory into South Africa pending non-racial elections later that year.

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