South African President Charles Roberts Swart opens the first session of the Transkei Legislative Assembly

Date: 9 May 1964
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

South African President Charles Roberts Swart opens the first session of the Transkei Legislative Assembly

In his speech during the opening of the first Legislative session of the Transkei Legislative Assembly, President Charles Robberts Swart said that the Transkei now has an all-Westernised system of government. The President added that the Republic of South Africa would continue to assist the Transkei and would train its successors in office. His speech came a year after Transkei Constitution Act created a Legislative Assembly, based in Umtata. This was the first step to self-governance, with Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima as the chief minister. On 25 October 1976, Transkei was granted independence with Matanzima continuing as chief minister, and Botha Sigcau as president.

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01Jecqueline A. Schoeman E. (1999), Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Political Events from Independents to Mid 1997, (Greenwood Press) pg 341
02Boddy-Evans A. ‘This Day in African History: 9 May’, from About.com African History [online], available at www.africanhistory.about.com (Accessed: 13 April 2012)

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South African History Online. (2012, May 2). South African President Charles Roberts Swart opens the first session of the Transkei Legislative Assembly. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082533

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