PALI LEHOHLA | Was Kgosi Mangope a sellout or a provider of a blueprint for a developmental state?

The former Bophuthatswana leader urged us to sacrifice for future generations

25 February 2024 - 21:13 By PALI LEHOHLA

Around 2016 Kgosi Manyane Mangope was at the Southern Sun in Pretoria where Risenga Maluleke and I were having an office meeting with other staff members. Upon noticing him, we went to greet. He rose and as we shook hands and greeted, he introduced himself and said, “I am Manyane Mangope.”..

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