1994 Bophuthatswana crisis
Crisis in South Africa
1994 Bophuthatswana crisis
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. Violent protests immediately broke out following President Mangope's announcement on 7 March that Bophuthatswana would boycott the South African general elections. This was escalated by the arrival of right-wing Afrikaner militias seeking to preserve the Mangope government. The predominantly black Bophuthatswana Defence Force and police refused to cooperate with the white extremists and mutinied. The Afrikaner militias were then forced to leave Bophuthatswana. The South African military entered Bophuthatswana and restored order on 12 March. The Bophuthatswana Crisis highlighted the deep unpopularity of the Mangope...
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