Violent clashes continued to take place in Pondoland (Transkei) between supporters and opponents of the African territorial authorities. 29 Africans were killed, 50 wounded. The combined forces South African military and police suppressed the violence that culminated into an open revolt against the establishment of the Transkei Territorial Authority.
eventREF E-0011901Revised
25 May 1960
Violent clashes about the Transkei territorial authorities continues
- Updated
- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01SAHO, 'Bizana and the Pondoland Revolt 1946 - 1962' from South African history online, [online] Available at: www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed on 23 May 2013]
- 02Africa Files Southern Africa Report Archive [Online] Available at: www.africafiles.org [Accessed on 23 May 2013]
- 03SAHO, 'The United Nations Organisation's response to Homelands'. from South African history online, [online], Available at www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed on 2 June 2014]
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Violent clashes about the Transkei territorial authorities continues. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011901
South African History Online (2011) 'Violent clashes about the Transkei territorial authorities continues', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011901 (Accessed: 23 October 2026).
South African History Online, Violent clashes about the Transkei territorial authorities continues [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011901, (accessed 23 October 2026).
"Violent clashes about the Transkei territorial authorities continues." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011901. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Violent clashes about the Transkei territorial authorities continues." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011901.
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