My great-grandfather is buried in a village outside Mafikeng here in South Africa.

我的曾祖父被安葬在南非麦非肯外的一个小村子里。

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Some evoked the (failed) battle of Arnhem bridge in 1944; others drew a parallel with the (successful) lifting of the siege of Mafikeng (then Mafeking) in 1900.

有人想起了1944年的(失败的)阿纳姆大桥战役；有人认为此行动足以同1900年(成功)解除梅富根之围的胜利相提并论。

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If there was one message to emerge from Mafikeng this week, it was that Mr Mbeki is already making the party his own.

ECONOMIST: South Africa��s new men