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Violent clashes about the Transkei territorial authorities continues

Violent clashes about the Transkei territorial authorities continues

Date
25 May 1960
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Violent clashes about the Transkei territorial authorities continues

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.

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  1. 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]
  2. 02Africa Files Southern Africa Report Archive [Online] Available at: www.africafiles.org [Accessed on 23 May 2013]
  3. 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

Cite this entry

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: 5 September 2026).

South African History Online, Violent clashes about the Transkei territorial authorities continues [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011901, (accessed 5 September 2026).

"Violent clashes about the Transkei territorial authorities continues." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011901. Accessed 5 Sept. 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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