Chief Lucas Mangope is deposed as leader of Bophuthatswana. Dr. Tjaart van der Walt is appointed as the territory’s new adminis

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01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.

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South African History Online. (2012, March 12). Chief Lucas Mangope is deposed as leader of Bophuthatswana. Dr. Tjaart van der Walt is appointed as the territory’s new adminis. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0076739

South African History Online (2012) 'Chief Lucas Mangope is deposed as leader of Bophuthatswana. Dr. Tjaart van der Walt is appointed as the territory’s new adminis', South African History Online, 12 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0076739 (Accessed: 28 July 2026).

South African History Online, Chief Lucas Mangope is deposed as leader of Bophuthatswana. Dr. Tjaart van der Walt is appointed as the territory’s new adminis [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0076739, (accessed 28 July 2026).

"Chief Lucas Mangope is deposed as leader of Bophuthatswana. Dr. Tjaart van der Walt is appointed as the territory’s new adminis." South African History Online, 12 Mar. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0076739. Accessed 28 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Chief Lucas Mangope is deposed as leader of Bophuthatswana. Dr. Tjaart van der Walt is appointed as the territory’s new adminis." South African History Online. March 12, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0076739.