diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0327005..91ce1e7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
     Shanks says Asia/Novokuznetsk switched from LMT (not "NMT") on 1924-05-01,
     not 1920-01-06.  The old entry was based on a misinterpretation of Shanks.
 
+    Some more zones have been turned into links, when they differed
+    from existing zones only for older time stamps.  As usual,
+    these changes affect UTC offsets in pre-1970 time stamps only.
+    Their old contents have been moved to the 'backzone' file.
+    The affected zones are: Africa/Blantyre, Africa/Bujumbura,
+    Africa/Gaborone, Africa/Harare, Africa/Kigali, Africa/Lubumbashi,
+    Africa/Lusaka, Africa/Maseru, and Africa/Mbabane.
+
   Changes affecting code
 
     An access to uninitalized data has been fixed.
diff --git a/africa b/africa
index 10354b0..b17c62b 100644
--- a/africa
+++ b/africa
@@ -110,23 +110,13 @@ Zone	Africa/Algiers	0:12:12 -	LMT	1891 Mar 15  0:01
 # See Africa/Lagos.
 
 # Botswana
-# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21):
-# Milne says they were regulated by the Cape Town Signal in 1899;
-# assume they switched to 2:00 when Cape Town did.
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Africa/Gaborone	1:43:40 -	LMT	1885
-			1:30	-	SAST	1903 Mar
-			2:00	-	CAT	1943 Sep 19  2:00
-			2:00	1:00	CAST	1944 Mar 19  2:00
-			2:00	-	CAT
+# See Africa/Maputo.
 
 # Burkina Faso
 # See Africa/Abidjan.
 
 # Burundi
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone Africa/Bujumbura	1:57:28	-	LMT	1890
-			2:00	-	CAT
+# See Africa/Maputo.
 
 # Cameroon
 # See Africa/Lagos.
@@ -161,10 +151,7 @@ Zone	Indian/Comoro	2:53:04 -	LMT	1911 Jul # Moroni, Gran Comoro
 			3:00	-	EAT
 
 # Democratic Republic of the Congo
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone Africa/Lubumbashi	1:49:52 -	LMT	1897 Nov 9
-			2:00	-	CAT
-# The above is for the eastern part; see Africa/Lagos for the western part.
+# See Africa/Lagos for the western part and Africa/Maputo for the eastern.
 
 # Republic of the Congo
 # See Africa/Lagos.
@@ -466,11 +453,7 @@ Zone	Africa/Nairobi	2:27:16	-	LMT	1928 Jul
 			3:00	-	EAT
 
 # Lesotho
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Africa/Maseru	1:50:00 -	LMT	1903 Mar
-			2:00	-	SAST	1943 Sep 19  2:00
-			2:00	1:00	SAST	1944 Mar 19  2:00
-			2:00	-	SAST
+# See Africa/Johannesburg.
 
 # Liberia
 # From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
@@ -552,9 +535,7 @@ Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 -	LMT	1911 Jul
 			3:00	-	EAT
 
 # Malawi
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Africa/Blantyre	2:20:00 -	LMT	1903 Mar
-			2:00	-	CAT
+# See Africa/Maputo.
 
 # Mali
 # Mauritania
@@ -964,6 +945,13 @@ Zone Africa/El_Aaiun	-0:52:48 -	LMT	1934 Jan # El Aaiún
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Africa/Maputo	2:10:20 -	LMT	1903 Mar
 			2:00	-	CAT
+Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Blantyre	# Malawi
+Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Bujumbura	# Burundi
+Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Gaborone	# Botswana
+Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Harare	# Zimbabwe
+Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Kigali	# Rwanda
+Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Lubumbashi	# E Dem. Rep. of Congo
+Link Africa/Maputo Africa/Lusaka	# Zambia
 
 # Namibia
 # The 1994-04-03 transition is from Shanks & Pottenger.
@@ -1031,9 +1019,7 @@ Zone	Indian/Reunion	3:41:52 -	LMT	1911 Jun # Saint-Denis
 # Tromelin - inhabited until at least 1958
 
 # Rwanda
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Africa/Kigali	2:00:16 -	LMT	1935 Jun
-			2:00	-	CAT
+# See Africa/Maputo.
 
 # St Helena
 # See Africa/Abidjan.
@@ -1077,6 +1063,9 @@ Rule	SA	1943	1944	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00	0	-
 Zone Africa/Johannesburg 1:52:00 -	LMT	1892 Feb 8
 			1:30	-	SAST	1903 Mar
 			2:00	SA	SAST
+Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Maseru	   # Lesotho
+Link Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Mbabane    # Swaziland
+#
 # Marion and Prince Edward Is
 # scientific station since 1947
 # no information
@@ -1104,9 +1093,7 @@ Zone	Africa/Khartoum	2:10:08 -	LMT	1931
 Link Africa/Khartoum Africa/Juba
 
 # Swaziland
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Africa/Mbabane	2:04:24 -	LMT	1903 Mar
-			2:00	-	SAST
+# See Africa/Johannesburg.
 
 # Tanzania
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -1227,11 +1214,5 @@ Zone	Africa/Kampala	2:09:40 -	LMT	1928 Jul
 			3:00	-	EAT
 
 # Zambia
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Africa/Lusaka	1:53:08 -	LMT	1903 Mar
-			2:00	-	CAT
-
 # Zimbabwe
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-Zone	Africa/Harare	2:04:12 -	LMT	1903 Mar
-			2:00	-	CAT
+# See Africa/Maputo.
diff --git a/backzone b/backzone
index d9183cd..d63afab 100644
--- a/backzone
+++ b/backzone
@@ -57,10 +57,18 @@ Zone	Africa/Banjul	-1:06:36 -	LMT	1912
 			-1:00	-	WAT	1964
 			 0:00	-	GMT
 
+# Malawi
+Zone	Africa/Blantyre	2:20:00 -	LMT	1903 Mar
+			2:00	-	CAT
+
 # Republic of the Congo
 Zone Africa/Brazzaville	1:01:08 -	LMT	1912
 			1:00	-	WAT
 
+# Burundi
+Zone Africa/Bujumbura	1:57:28	-	LMT	1890
+			2:00	-	CAT
+
 # Guinea
 Zone	Africa/Conakry	-0:54:52 -	LMT	1912
 			 0:00	-	GMT	1934 Feb 26
@@ -92,11 +100,29 @@ Zone	Africa/Freetown	-0:53:00 -	LMT	1882
 			-1:00	SL	%s	1957
 			 0:00	SL	%s
 
+# Botswana
+# From Paul Eggert (2013-02-21):
+# Milne says they were regulated by the Cape Town Signal in 1899;
+# assume they switched to 2:00 when Cape Town did.
+Zone	Africa/Gaborone	1:43:40 -	LMT	1885
+			1:30	-	SAST	1903 Mar
+			2:00	-	CAT	1943 Sep 19  2:00
+			2:00	1:00	CAST	1944 Mar 19  2:00
+			2:00	-	CAT
+
+# Zimbabwe
+Zone	Africa/Harare	2:04:12 -	LMT	1903 Mar
+			2:00	-	CAT
+
 # South Sudan
 Zone	Africa/Juba	2:06:24 -	LMT	1931
 			2:00	Sudan	CA%sT	2000 Jan 15 12:00
 			3:00	-	EAT
 
+# Rwanda
+Zone	Africa/Kigali	2:00:16 -	LMT	1935 Jun
+			2:00	-	CAT
+
 # Democratic Republic of the Congo (west)
 Zone Africa/Kinshasa	1:01:12 -	LMT	1897 Nov  9
 			1:00	-	WAT
@@ -105,6 +131,10 @@ Zone Africa/Kinshasa	1:01:12 -	LMT	1897 Nov  9
 Zone Africa/Libreville	0:37:48 -	LMT	1912
 			1:00	-	WAT
 
+# Togo
+Zone	Africa/Lome	0:04:52 -	LMT	1893
+			0:00	-	GMT
+
 # Angola
 #
 # Shanks gives 1911-05-26 for the transition to WAT,
@@ -116,9 +146,13 @@ Zone	Africa/Luanda	0:52:56	-	LMT	1892
 			0:52:04	-	AOT	1912 Jan  1 # Angola Time
 			1:00	-	WAT
 
-# Togo
-Zone	Africa/Lome	0:04:52 -	LMT	1893
-			0:00	-	GMT
+# Democratic Republic of the Congo (east)
+Zone Africa/Lubumbashi	1:49:52 -	LMT	1897 Nov 9
+			2:00	-	CAT
+
+# Zambia
+Zone	Africa/Lusaka	1:53:08 -	LMT	1903 Mar
+			2:00	-	CAT
 
 # Equatorial Guinea
 #
@@ -131,6 +165,16 @@ Zone	Africa/Malabo	0:35:08 -	LMT	1912
 			0:00	-	GMT	1963 Dec 15
 			1:00	-	WAT
 
+# Lesotho
+Zone	Africa/Maseru	1:50:00 -	LMT	1903 Mar
+			2:00	-	SAST	1943 Sep 19  2:00
+			2:00	1:00	SAST	1944 Mar 19  2:00
+			2:00	-	SAST
+
+# Swaziland
+Zone	Africa/Mbabane	2:04:24 -	LMT	1903 Mar
+			2:00	-	SAST
+
 # Niger
 Zone	Africa/Niamey	 0:08:28 -	LMT	1912
 			-1:00	-	WAT	1934 Feb 26
diff --git a/checktab.awk b/checktab.awk
index 0f113f4..84c49ff 100644
--- a/checktab.awk
+++ b/checktab.awk
@@ -17,18 +17,9 @@ BEGIN {
 	if (zone_table == "zone1970.tab") {
 	  tztab["Africa/Addis_Ababa"] = 1
 	  tztab["Africa/Asmara"] = 1
-	  tztab["Africa/Blantyre"] = 1
-	  tztab["Africa/Bujumbura"] = 1
 	  tztab["Africa/Dar_es_Salaam"] = 1
 	  tztab["Africa/Djibouti"] = 1
-	  tztab["Africa/Gaborone"] = 1
-	  tztab["Africa/Harare"] = 1
 	  tztab["Africa/Kampala"] = 1
-	  tztab["Africa/Kigali"] = 1
-	  tztab["Africa/Lubumbashi"] = 1
-	  tztab["Africa/Lusaka"] = 1
-	  tztab["Africa/Maseru"] = 1
-	  tztab["Africa/Mbabane"] = 1
 	  tztab["Africa/Mogadishu"] = 1
 	  tztab["America/Antigua"] = 1
 	  tztab["America/Cayman"] = 1