12) Bantu languages. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...by 9 million, 7 million, 5 million, and 4 million persons, all living in South Africa, Lesotho, and Botswana; Makua and Thonga, the languages respectively of 4 million...

13) Commonwealth of Nations. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(1964), Malta (1964), The Gambia (1965), Singapore (1965), Guyana (1966), Botswana (1966), Lesotho (1966), Barbados (1966), Antigua and Barbuda (1967), Dominica (1967),...

14) Africa. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(formerly Northern Rhodesia), independent in 1964; Botswana (formerly Bechuanaland) and Lesotho (formerly Basutoland), independent in 1966; and Mauritius and Swaziland,...