Politics & Government
Mission Trip Strengthens Bond Between Prince George's, Bafokeng Nation
A seven-day business mission trip to South Africa allows leaders to visit the county's sister city, the Bafokeng Nation.
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — A delegation of 36 business and civic leaders have accompanied Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks on a seven-day business mission trip to South Africa to visit the county's sister city, the Bafokeng Nation.
Former Prince George's County Council member Dorothy Bailey met the former King of the Bafokeng Nation in the 1980s and encouraged then County Executive Wayne Curry to make the sister city relationship official, 4 Washington reports.
“Even though there were differences, there were so many similarities that reminded me of Prince George’s County,” she said.
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