Mahikeng

Lefatshe ka bophara, Mahikeng e tumile ka Siege of Mafeking, tlhaselo kgolo ya Ntwa ya bobedi ya Maburu (Second Boer War).

Mahikeng, e gaufile bodara ya Botswana le Aforika Borwa. Ka ngwaga wa 2001, Mahikeng e ne e na le batho ba ba ka nnang 49 300, mme ka ngwaga wa 2007 palo e e ne e tlhatlhogile go ya go 250 000. Batho ba ba ka nnang 65 000 go ya go 75 000 ba nna mo bogareng ba toropo e.

Mahikeng ke kantoro-kgolo ya batho ba Barolong Boo Ratshidi. Toropo e e tlhamilwe ke Molema Tawana (c.1822 - Ferikgong 1882). Molema o ne a tsalwa kwa Khunwana ka nako ya Difaqane,e le ngwana wa Kgosi Tawana wa baTshidi Barolong. Abuti wa ga Molema, e leng Montshiwa, o ne a feleletsa e le ena kgosi. Ka nako e baTshidi Barolong ba ne ba nna kwa Thaba Nchu, Molema o ne a fetoga a nna Mokeresete, a fetolwa ke batsamaisa efangedi ba Wesleyan ba ne na nna fago le bona. Morwa le mojalefa wa a Molema, Silas Molema, o ne a rutwa kwa Healdtown College. Silas o ne a thusa setlogolo sa gagwe Sebopioa Molema go ya Amerika go ya go ithuta tsa molao, ka ngwaga tsa 1904, kwa Wilberforce University, e eleng kwa Wilberforce, Ohio.

Mafelo Magolo

• North-West University
• Mafikeng Railway Station
• Mmabatho Stadium
• Mafikeng Airport
• Mafikeng Game Reserve (4800 Ha)
• Botsalano Game Reserve (5800 Ha)
• Molemane Eye Nature Reserve
• Ntando Qelo

Leina

Babrithani ba ne ba peleta leina la toropo e jaaka "Mafeking". Morago ga gore toropo e wele ka fa tlase ga Bophuthatswana leina le ne la fetolwa go nna "Mafikeng" ka ngwaga wa 1980. Ka Tlhakole 2010, Lulu Xingwana, o ne a le tonakgolo ya tsa Arts le tsa Setso, o ne a amogela gore leina la toropo e le fetolwe gape go ya go "Mahikeng". Mme batho bone ba santse ba e bitsa Mafikeng ka gonne e le lona leina le le tlwaelegileng.