In the first post-independence election in Transkei, the ruling Transkei National Independence Party (TNIP) is returned to power, winning virtually all seventy-five elected seats.
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In the first post-independence election in Transkei, the ruling Transkei National Independence Party (TNIP) is returned to power.
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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 23). In the first post-independence election in Transkei, the ruling Transkei National Independence Party (TNIP) is returned to power.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091531
South African History Online (2012) 'In the first post-independence election in Transkei, the ruling Transkei National Independence Party (TNIP) is returned to power.', South African History Online, 23 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091531 (Accessed: 7 August 2026).
South African History Online, In the first post-independence election in Transkei, the ruling Transkei National Independence Party (TNIP) is returned to power. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091531, (accessed 7 August 2026).
"In the first post-independence election in Transkei, the ruling Transkei National Independence Party (TNIP) is returned to power.." South African History Online, 23 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091531. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "In the first post-independence election in Transkei, the ruling Transkei National Independence Party (TNIP) is returned to power.." South African History Online. August 23, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091531.
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