Talk:Mafikeng

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'In all, 212 people were killed during the siege, with over 600 wounded. Boer losses were significantly higher.' Perhaps we shouldn't be making a distinction between Boer and people? :-) just a thought.

Presumably this means that 212 inhabitants were killed, while the Boer losses (the besieging) were higher. Zaian 20:49, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

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Is it not time to get rid of colonial mispronunciations? Mafikeng and Botswana instead of Mafeking and Bechuana?

At least the battle should remain Mafeking because that's where we will find all the source material.

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Removed the following:

"Under Apartheid the town was named Mmabatho, the capital of the Bophuthatswana "homeland". In 1994 the name was returned to Mafeking."

The town was known as Mafeking during the apartheid era. It is now known as Mafikeng. Mmbatho was a separate town. Tiles 09:05, 4 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Effectively they're now separate sections of the same city. Zaian 20:49, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] distances

Why are all the distances in this article given in miles instead of metric? South Africa doesn't use miles (nor have we ever I don't think) Joziboy 14 March 2006, 21:10 (UTC)

Well, to be pedantic, we did, before the metrication which started in 1967. Nonetheless, imperial units are inappropriate for an article on a South African topic, and I have metricated the measurements and cleaned up the introduction a bit. - htonl 21:37, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Probably something that people have not considered is that the same barolong call the place Mahikeng. Meaning that in terms of thier phonology the h replaces the f but themeaning is still the same. If anyone is an expert on tswana phonotics please infom why that is the case. For instances people still to date use MAheking instead of the Mafikeng modern western writing.

[edit] Removing "(disputed — see talk page)" from article

The above words make the article look unprofessional and if no one objects I will remove them from the article. People are welcome to discuss the dispute (about the spelling of Mafikeng) here. --Roisterer 13:39, 20 April 2006 (UTC)