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

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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

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"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 9 Nov. 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.