The World - News from Feb. 10, 1988

Radio stations in southern Africa reported a coup in the tribal homeland of Bophuthatswana early today and said the whereabouts of President Lucas Lawrence Mangope were unknown. The government radio in Botswana, an independent country bordering the homeland, said shots were heard in the Bophuthatswana capital of Mmabatho. The radio quoted a Bophuthatswana army statement as saying Mangope had been deposed. Mangope has ruled Bophuthatswana since the homeland was declared independent 10 years ago. Bophuthatswana is one of four homelands that have been declared independent by South Africa.