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Transkei breaks all diplomatic ties with the Republic of South Africa

Kaiser Matanzima

Kaiser Matanzima

Date
10 Apr 1978
Updated
10 Apr 2026
Kaiser Matanzima

Kaiser Matanzima

Transkei Prime Minister Chief Kaiser Matanzima announces his government's decision to break all diplomatic ties with the Republic of South Africa.This included a unilateral withdrawal from the non-aggression pact between the two governments, and the demand that all South African Defence Force (SADF) members seconded to the Transkei Army should leave. In February 1980, Transkei announced it was re-establishing diplomatic relations with South Africa following Pretoria’s undertaking to negotiate over disputed land. References: O’Malley, P. ‘1980’, from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Dialog, [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org.za (Accessed: 7 May 2013)

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Transkei breaks all diplomatic ties with the Republic of South Africa. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012346

South African History Online (2011) 'Transkei breaks all diplomatic ties with the Republic of South Africa', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012346 (Accessed: 10 September 2026).

South African History Online, Transkei breaks all diplomatic ties with the Republic of South Africa [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012346, (accessed 10 September 2026).

"Transkei breaks all diplomatic ties with the Republic of South Africa." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012346. Accessed 10 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Transkei breaks all diplomatic ties with the Republic of South Africa." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012346.

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