Transkei

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apartheid-era political entity former bantustan territory

Transkei was a former bantustan in southeastern South Africa, established under apartheid as a nominally self-governing territory primarily for Xhosa-speaking peoples.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Transkei canonical	12
Transkei region	5
Transkei area	2
Transkei bantustan	1
former Transkei region	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	apartheid-era political entity ⓘ former bantustan ⓘ territory ⓘ
alternativeName	Republic of Transkei ⓘ
associatedWithLaw	Bantu Authorities Act ⓘ Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act ⓘ
borderedBy	Ciskei ⓘ Lesotho (via South African territory proximity) ⓘ South Africa ⓘ
capital	Umtata ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
coup	1987 military coup led by Bantu Holomisa ⓘ
createdUnderPolicy	bantustan policy ⓘ separate development ⓘ
currency	South African rand ⓘ
dateAbolished	27 April 1994 ⓘ
dateEstablished	26 October 1976 ⓘ
declaredIndependenceFrom	South Africa ⓘ
declaredIndependentBy	Government of South Africa ⓘ surface form: South African government
demographicFeature	overwhelmingly Black African population ⓘ
dependentOn	South Africa for economic support ⓘ
establishedBy	apartheid government of South Africa ⓘ
ethnicBasis	Xhosa-speaking peoples ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Xhosa people ⓘ
firstPresident	Kaiser Matanzima ⓘ
governmentType	one-party dominant state ⓘ
headOfState	Kaiser Matanzima ⓘ
internationalRecognition	not internationally recognized as independent ⓘ
laterLeader	Bantu Holomisa ⓘ George Matanzima ⓘ Stella Sigcau ⓘ
leaderTitle	President ⓘ
legalStatusAfter1994	reincorporated into South Africa ⓘ
locatedIn	southeastern South Africa ⓘ
locatedOn	Indian Ocean coast ⓘ
majorRiver	Mthatha River ⓘ
majorTown	Butterworth ⓘ Lusikisiki ⓘ Mthatha ⓘ Port St Johns ⓘ
mergedInto	Eastern Cape ⓘ surface form: Eastern Cape Province South Africa ⓘ surface form: Republic of South Africa
officialLanguage	English ⓘ Xhosa ⓘ
partOf	Eastern Cape ⓘ surface form: Eastern Cape Province (post-1994)
primaryFunctionUnderApartheid	reservoir of cheap migrant labour for South Africa ⓘ
region	Wild Coast ⓘ
shortName	Transkei self-link ⓘ
status	nominally self-governing ⓘ puppet state of apartheid South Africa ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thembu people → homelandEraTerritory → Transkei ⓘ

Mvezo → region → Transkei ⓘ

Gcaleka polity → historicalRegion → Transkei ⓘ

this entity surface form: Transkei area

Mthatha → wasCapitalOf → Transkei ⓘ

this entity surface form: Transkei bantustan

Bizana, Eastern Cape, South Africa → partOf → Transkei ⓘ

subject surface form: Bizana

this entity surface form: former Transkei region

apartheid government of South Africa → created → Transkei ⓘ

Transkei → shortName → Transkei self-link ⓘ

Sabata Dalindyebo → residence → Transkei ⓘ