Transkei
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Transkei ( , meaning the area beyond [[Great Kei River|[the river] Kei]]), officially the Republic of Transkei (), was an unrecognised state in the southeastern region of South Africa from 1976 to 1994. It was, along with Ciskei, a Bantustan for the Xhosa people, and operated as a nominally independent parliamentary democracy. Its capital was Umtata (renamed Mthatha in 2004).
Key facts
- Country.footnotes
- 1. Constitution of the Republic of Transkei 1976, Chapter 3, 16/Chapter 5, 412. Constitution of the Republic of Transkei, Chapter 5, 24(4): "No court of law shall be competent to inquire into or to pronounce upon the validity of any Act."3. 28 electoral divisions; number of MPs per division in proportion to number of registered voters per division; at least one MP each
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Republic of Transkei
- Country.common_name
- Transkei
- Country.status
- Bantustan
- Country.status_text
- Bantustan(de facto; independence not internationally recognised)
- Country.empire
- South Africa
- Country.event_pre
- Self-government
- Country.date_pre
- 30 May 1963
- Country.event_start
- Nominal independence
- Country.year_start
- 1976
- Country.date_start
- 26 October
- Country.event1
- Break of diplomatic ties
- Country.date_event1
- 1978
- Country.event2
- Coup d'état
- Country.date_event2
- 1987
- Country.event3
- Foiled coup d'état
- Country.date_event3
- 1990
- Country.event_end
- Dissolution
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- iRiphabliki yeTranskei
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- inception
- 1976-10-26
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1994-04-27
- Commons category
- Transkei
- P12749
- Donus
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15 sectionsContents
- History
- Establishment
- International reaction
- Troubled existence
- Dissolution
- Government and politics
- Citizenship
- Flag
- Geography and demographics
- Security forces
- Notable people
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
Transkei ( , meaning the area beyond [[Great Kei River|[the river] Kei]]), officially the Republic of Transkei (), was an unrecognised state in the southeastern region of South Africa from 1976 to 1994. It was, along with Ciskei, a Bantustan for the Xhosa people, and operated as a nominally independent parliamentary democracy. Its capital was Umtata (renamed Mthatha in 2004).
Transkei represented a significant precedent and historic turning point in South Africa's policy of apartheid and "separate development"; it was the first of four territories to be declared independent of South Africa. Throughout its existence, it remained an internationally unrecognised, diplomatically isolated, politically unstable de facto one-party state, which at one point broke relations with South Africa, the only country that acknowledged it as a legal entity. In 1994, it was reintegrated into its larger neighbour and became part of the Eastern Cape province.
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