Talk:Bophuthatswana

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An AWB-supported coup thwarted in 1990? Isn't this referring to the one in 1994? Zaian 00:28, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm a bit confused too. THere were certainly two, and the one in 90 was certainly supported by the AWB. I'll check. Guinnog 00:37, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm struggling here. Can anyone else help?Guinnog 19:34, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

The AWB support for Mangope in 1994 is documented; can't find anything about 1990. Hope you don't mind if I remove the statement for the moment. Zaian 18:27, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Map

Isn't one map enough? Zaian 00:00, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Two maps will cause no harm to this article - expecially since one shows location within (or, technically, surrounded by) ZA while the other map shows only the lands that made up this thuisland in their proper relative locations. =J //Big Adamsky 09:20, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Is that really true that Latvia reconiced Bophuthatswana as a independent state? Latvia was not even a independent state during that time? �Dr.Poison 15:12, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

It was after 1991. I assume that Latvia recognized Bophuthatswana during that period.

Why did they do that? ��Dr.Poison 11:10, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

A quick Internet search suggests that Latvia never actually recognized Bophuthatswana:

Clearly nothing had come of intermittent efforts to beguile or buy international recognition since 'independence' in 1977. No government had given diplomatic recognition nor even hinted at it. Conservative parties and organisations in Bavaria, Italy, Israel, and, later, in Latvia responded encouragingly to Mangope's overtures, but these responses were never put on a formal basis. [1]

I will therefore remove the claim about Latvian recognition from the article. -- Eb.hoop 04:01, 2 August 2006 (UTC)