A naughty, nostalgic smile flashes across Peter Nnane’s weathered face as he recounts how he was once arrested by the Bophutha­tswana police during one of their raids on shebeens in the homeland.

The President of the embattled homeland of Bophuthatswanna, Lucas Mangope. File. By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Lucas Mangope, a leader of one of South Africa's tribal homelands who resisted ...

Lucas Mangope, who died on Thursday at the age of 94, was one of the longest-serving "heads of state" of the constellation of so-called homelands that formed the centrepiece of apartheid policy. He ...

Like all of us, Lucas Mangope’s life trajectory had many exciting twists and turns. His illustrates a journey from the outskirts of a traditional village — Motsweding, in North West — to political ...

The wife of former bantustan leader Lucas Mangope wife tried in vain to reach an ambulance in a desperate bid to take him to the hospital to save his life. But the family had to organise alternative ...

Rosemary Nishebo Mangope, the Queen of Bahurutshe boo Manyane and a dedicated member of ActionSA, has died following a battle with cancer. Mangope died on Saturday, March 15. Nishebo, as she was ...

Eyewitness News was in the North West, ahead of the elections, where residents of Mahikeng say the once bustling city is now a shell of its former self. MAHIKENG - The urban decay of North West’s ...

JOHANNESBURG - The son of former Bophuthatshwana leader, Lucas Mangope, said that the North West province had deteriorated to alarming levels. Kwena Mangope is running as the premier candidate for ...

The late Mangope was described as a radical, militant and a disciplined individual who was way ahead of his time as a youth league member. Photo by Raymond Moeng. Slain Randfontein resident and former ...

Former Bophuthatswana leader Lucas Mangope has died‚ SABC reported on Friday. Mangope was the leader of the apartheid-era homeland from 1977 to 1994. The former high school teacher was widely ...