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Chief Kaiser Matanzima announces in Umtata that the Transkei will become fully independent on 26 October 1976.
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- 01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, August 27). Chief Kaiser Matanzima announces in Umtata that the Transkei will become fully independent on 26 October 1976.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091905
South African History Online (2012) 'Chief Kaiser Matanzima announces in Umtata that the Transkei will become fully independent on 26 October 1976.', South African History Online, 27 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091905 (Accessed: 8 September 2026).
South African History Online, Chief Kaiser Matanzima announces in Umtata that the Transkei will become fully independent on 26 October 1976. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091905, (accessed 8 September 2026).
"Chief Kaiser Matanzima announces in Umtata that the Transkei will become fully independent on 26 October 1976.." South African History Online, 27 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091905. Accessed 8 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Chief Kaiser Matanzima announces in Umtata that the Transkei will become fully independent on 26 October 1976.." South African History Online. August 27, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091905.
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