Editing Mafikeng (section)

===Incorporation into Bophuthatswana===
Although it was outside the protectorate's borders, Mafeking served as capital of the [[Bechuanaland Protectorate]] from 1894 until 1965, when [[Gaborone]] was made the capital of what was to become [[Botswana]]. Mafeking also briefly served as capital of the [[Bantustan]] of [[Bophuthatswana]] in the 1970s, before the adjoining town of [[Mmabatho]] was established as capital when Bophuthatswana became nominally independent in 1977.

Following a local referendum, Mafeking joined [[Bophuthatswana]] in 1980 and was renamed ''Mafikeng''. The town was treated as a suburb of Mmabatho.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/za-nw-mm.html|title=Mafikeng / Mmabatho (South Africa)|access-date=2013-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/town-mafeking-officially-surrendered-republic-south-africa-republic-bophuthatswana-and-u|title=The town of Mafeking is officially surrendered by the Republic of South Africa to the Republic of Bophuthatswana, and upon its|last=jonas|date=2012-08-23|work=South African History Online|access-date=2018-06-17|language=en}}</ref><ref name = "gcBarMahikeng">
{{cite web
|url=http://www.sabar.co.za/law-journals/2010/april/2010-april-vol023-no1-p53.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205143824/http://www.sabar.co.za/law-journals/2010/april/2010-april-vol023-no1-p53.pdf |archive-date=2010-12-05 |url-status=live
|title=North West High Court, Mahikeng
|author=John Stander
|date=April 2010
|work=Advocate
|publisher=General Council of the Bar of South Africa (GCB)
|access-date=11 December 2011}}
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