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PlacePearson Conservatorium and Prince Alfred’s Guard Memorial, St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth
… of South African wars from 1877 to 1902.Including: the Transkei War, 1877 ; Basutoland War, 1880-1881; Bechuanaland …
EventSA President P.W Botha meets with leaders of independent homelands
… 'independent' homelands, namely; Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, Transkei, and Venda, attended a five-nation summit in …
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… roles of the traditional leaders. Bantustans such as Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei provided a good …
ArticleThe Daily Dispatch
… from the arrival of autocratic leaders in the newly formed Transkei and Ciskei . Kaizer Matanzima banned the paper for …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1920-1929
… After formal application by representatives from the Transkei, the ANC’s annual convention formally recognises the Transkei as a province under the ANC’s…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… would govern itself independent of White intervention. Transkei was the first territory to benefit from the provision of this Act when the Transkei Self…
EventBophuthatswana is granted independence by the South African government
… the second Bantustan to gain ‘independence’ following the Transkei, a year earlier. The region’s President, Lucas …
Placem'Bashe Lighthouse
… about 40 kilometres away. With independence in 1976 the Transkei replaced the solitary lightkeeper with one of their …
EventNelson Mandela is born
… village of Mvezo , in the district of Qunu near Umtata , Transkei (now known as Eastern Cape ). Mandela became …
EventWinnie Mandela is banished to Brandfort
… the option of either leaving South Africa for Swaziland or Transkei , which was regarded as independent by the South …
EventSouth African Parliament votes to restore citizenship to residents of so-called independent states
… around the restoration of citizenship to the residents of Transkei, Bophutatswana, Venda and Ciskei. A Transitional …
Support our People until Power is Restored to Them - Statement at the Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly by O. R. Tambo, New York, 26 October 1976
… domination. The Charade of "Independence of Transkei" With the orchestrated chorus of a coterie of handpicked placemen, Vorster is today declaring the…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… ANC branches could be revived. Govan Mbeki publishes Transkei in the Making a work of political analysis which is … deeply critical of the system of local…
Mandela and his three wives - Evelyn, Winnie and Graca by Sapa-AFP, 6 December 2013
… from politics. Like him, Evelyn Wase hailed from the rural Transkei and had come to Johannesburg in the early 1940s to … behind their two youngest children…
Chapter 2 - SADF Speaks...
… and control headquarters for ANC action against SA, Transkei and Ciskei and were used as a springboard for … the ANC was planning to carry out deeds of…
EventP.W. Botha launches CONSAS at the Carlton Conference to eliminate “Marxist threat”
… Africa (Namibia by 1990), Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Transkei, Bophuthatswana and other homelands which became …
EventPresident P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison
… release where the condition was that he be confined to the Transkei . The offer was also extended to prisoners serving …
ArticleEastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878
… forces under Sir Andries StockenstrÁ¶m pushed into the Transkei forced Kreli, the Gcaleka chief, to acknowledge … War (1877-1878) Kreli was allowed to return…
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… living in Manzana Village in the Engcobo district of the Transkei. 1900 Xuma attends the Wesleyan Mission School in … after which he begins teaching at…
EventANC rejects National Party proposal for a new constitution
… the 'bill of rights' would contain, the freedom given to Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei to choose whether, …
PlaceTsolo, Eastern Cape
… Government offered to extend its "protection" in the Transkei to amaMpondo territory and, as a result, Mhlonthlo … and within the year indigenous groups…
EventThe Republic of South Africa is established
… development was accelerated to such an extent that the Transkei was granted self-government as early as December, …
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) raid Maseru in an effort to kill suspected members of the African National Congress
… against political leaders in the black "homelands" of Transkei and Ciskei. The SADF displayed a rocket launcher, …
The Black Face of Apartheid
… sold their souls to the white man'. Biko observed that Transkei president Kaiser Matanzima and Chief Gatsha M …
Chapter 10
… antagonisms. In the remote parts of Zululand and the Transkei tribal feuds are still allowed to break out from … education. "Why!"he said, "I have travelled…
Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo - Extract from "No Easy Walk to Freedom: Articles, Speeches and Trial Addresses of Nelson Mandela edited by Ruth First", 1965.
… partnership. Nelson and I were both born in the Transkei, he one year after me. We were students together at … our people. Nelson, one of the royal…
This item by Oliver Tambo was published as the introduction to the book "No Easy Walk to Freedom" by Ruth First, 01 June 1965
… political partnership. Nelson and I were both born in the Transkei, he one year after me. We were students together at … into our people. Nelson, one of the…
Nelson Mandela by Oliver Tambo
… partnership. Nelson and I were both born in the Transkei, he one year after me. We were students together at … our people. Nelson, one of the royal…
PlaceButterworth, Wild Coast
… oldest towns in the Eastern Cape's Wild Coast (the former Transkei - a black homeland during the apartheid years). … oldest towns in the Eastern Cape's Wild…
PlaceUlundi, Kwa-Zulu Natal, (also known as Mahlabathini)
… to this system was particularly forced in Pondoland , the Transkei and Sekhukhuneland . In 1959, the second step was … that full independence would soon be…