The Ciskei government under the military ruler Brig. Oupa Gqozo signed an agreement with the South African government, represented by Foreign Minister Roelof "Pik" Botha, to reincorporate Ciskei into a new non-racial South Africa. The first step taken to implement the agreement took place when the ministries of economic affairs, finance and justice, and, agriculture, public works and transport were handed over to the South African government. Gqozo later issued a decree amending the homeland's constitution to allow sovereignty to be relinquished.
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Agreement to reincorporate Ciskei into South Africa is reached

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- 01Keesing's Record of World Events, New Digest for February 1991, p. 37992.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Agreement to reincorporate Ciskei into South Africa is reached. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012952
South African History Online (2011) 'Agreement to reincorporate Ciskei into South Africa is reached', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012952 (Accessed: 26 October 2026).
South African History Online, Agreement to reincorporate Ciskei into South Africa is reached [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012952, (accessed 26 October 2026).
"Agreement to reincorporate Ciskei into South Africa is reached." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012952. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Agreement to reincorporate Ciskei into South Africa is reached." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012952.
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