In 1993, in the build up to the first non-racial elections in South Africa in 1994, Mangope made it clear that Bophuthatswana would remain independent of the new and integrated South Africa and that he would not allow the upcoming elections to take place in "his country."
Kwa dipuisanong tse di neng di tshwaretswe kwa Kempton Park (1993) tse di tsositseng ditlhopho ka ngwaga wa 1994 kwa Aforika Borwa,Mangope o buile fa Bophuthatswana etla nna ele maphato o ipusang go ya go ileng la fa Aforika Borwa a ka fetoga le gore o tla letelela ditlhopho tse di latelang mo lafatsheng la gagwe.[3]