| Property | Value |
|---|
| rdf:type | |
| rdfs:label | |
| rdfs:comment | - The South African government set up the area as one of the two homelands for Xhosa-speaking people, the other being Ciskei; it was given nominal autonomy in 1963. Although the first election was contested and won by the Democratic Party, whose founder Chief Victor Poto was opposed to the notion of Bantustan independence, the government was formed by the Transkei National Independence Party. Of the 109 members in the regional parliament, only 45 were elected; the remaining seats held by ex officio chiefs. The entity became a nominally independent state in 1976 with its capital at Umtata, although it was recognized only by South Africa and later by the other nominally independent republics within the Homeland-system. Chief Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima became its first head of government until
|
| established event | - Independence
- Self-government
|
| dcterms:subject | |
| dbkwik:conworld/property/wikiPageUsesTemplate | |
| conventional long name | |
| leader name | |
| Legislature | |
| Languages | - English, Afrikaans, Sesotho
|
| established date | |
| Currency | |
| national anthem | |
| official languages | |
| national motto | |
| currency code | |
| image map | - Location of Transkei .png
|
| government type | |
| sovereignty type | |
| image coat | - Coat of arms of Transkei.png
|
| map width | |
| Leader title | |
| Capital | |
| image flag | |
| Common name | |
| abstract | - The South African government set up the area as one of the two homelands for Xhosa-speaking people, the other being Ciskei; it was given nominal autonomy in 1963. Although the first election was contested and won by the Democratic Party, whose founder Chief Victor Poto was opposed to the notion of Bantustan independence, the government was formed by the Transkei National Independence Party. Of the 109 members in the regional parliament, only 45 were elected; the remaining seats held by ex officio chiefs. The entity became a nominally independent state in 1976 with its capital at Umtata, although it was recognized only by South Africa and later by the other nominally independent republics within the Homeland-system. Chief Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima became its first head of government until 1978, when he assumed the office of president, a position he held until 1987.
|
