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    Ciskei (/səsˈkaɪ, sɪs-, -ˈkeɪ/ səss-KY, siss-, -⁠KAY, meaning on this side of [the river] Kei), officially the Republic of Ciskei (Xhosa: iRiphabliki...
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    The Ciskei Defence Force (CDF) was established during March 1981 from the 141 Battalion of the South African Defence Force (SADF). It was the defence force...
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    September 1992 in Bisho, in the then nominally independent homeland of Ciskei which is now part of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Twenty-eight African...
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    the name was invented by Ciskei leader Lennox Sebe, after his unsuccessful bid to incorporate King William's Town into Ciskei, as Qonce (the Xhosa version...
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    "independence" with effect from 13 September 1979. The Status of Ciskei Act 110 of 1981 granted Ciskei "independence" with effect from 4 December 1981. Brother...
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    Mdantsane was recognised as a homeland town under the bantustan of Ciskei in 1966. Ciskei became self-governing in 1972 and then granted nominal independence...
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    The flag of Ciskei consisted of a white diagonal stripe running from the upper-right corner to the lower-left corner, with a blue crane (known as Indwe...
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  • capital of Ciskei; today it is the capital of the Eastern Cape. Previously part of the King William's Town district, code CD. Government: GC – Ciskei government...
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    The 1990 Ciskei coup d'état was a bloodless military coup in Ciskei, an unrecognised state and a nominally independent South African homeland for the Xhosa...
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    Sudan (1989)c 1990s Sudan (1990) Nigeria (1990) Zambia (1990) Chad (1990)c Ciskei (1990))c Venda (1990)c Mali (1991)c Lesotho (1991)c Suadn (1992) Sierra...
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  • Oupa Gqozo (category Heads of state of Ciskei)
    ᶢǃʱɔz̤ɔ]; born 10 March 1952) was the military ruler of the former homeland of Ciskei in South Africa. Gqozo was born in Kroonstad, Orange Free State on 10 March...
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  • established in the Supreme Court of Transkei. A similar process took place in the Ciskei, which received nominal independence and established its own Supreme Court...
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    of 28 July 1972. Called the Ciskei Constitution Proclamation, 1972. The Status of Ciskei Act 110 of 1981 granted Ciskei "independence" with effect from...
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  • This article lists elections for legislative or quasi-legislative bodies in South Africa. 15 September 1910 20 October 1915 20 March 1920 8 February 1921...
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  • Rharhabe (section Ciskei)
    (Right Hand House) of the Xhosa Kingdom. Its royal palace is in the former Ciskei and its counterpart in the former Transkei is the Gcaleka, which is the...
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    Ciskei International Airways was an airline run and owned by the Bantustan government of the Ciskei in South Africa. The airline ran from June 1987 to...
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    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...
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  • The Wesley–Ciskei Wind Power Station is a 34.5 megawatts wind power energy project, under construction in South Africa. The power station is under development...
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    Monument of the Republic of Ciskei: Ntaba kaNdoda is located in Dimbaza, South Africa. It was commissioned by President of Ciskei Lennox Sebe, and was opened...
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    abandoned the partly Ciskei government-owned Ciskei Transport Corporation (CTC) buses for taxis and trains. On 4 August 1983, the Ciskei police tried to prevent...
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  • 1979 with effect from 13 September 1979. The Status of Ciskei Act 110 of 1981 granted Ciskei "independence" with effect from 4 December 1981. Called...
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  • Charles Sebe (died c. 1991), a leader of the Ciskei Defence Force, the military of the Bantustan of Ciskei, and its Director of State Security; younger...
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  • The Ciskei National Independence Party (CNIP) was a political party in the nominally independent South African homeland of Ciskei. It was founded and...
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  • The Ciskei Defence Medal was instituted by the President of the Republic of Ciskei in 1988, for award to all ranks for general service. The Ciskei Defence...
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    head. The Ciskei Defence Force killed 29 people and injured 200 when they opened fire on ANC marchers demanding the reincorporation of the Ciskei homeland...
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    (1910–1961) Transkei (1976–1994) Bophuthatswana (1977–1994) Venda (1979–1994) Ciskei (1981–1994) Events Political culture African nationalism Afrikaner Calvinism...
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    (1910–1961) Transkei (1976–1994) Bophuthatswana (1977–1994) Venda (1979–1994) Ciskei (1981–1994) Republic of South Africa (1961–present)  South Africa portal...
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    1985, Apartheid practitioners conceived a plan to merge the Transkei and Ciskei and create a 'united nation of Xhosa speakers' who they thought would support...
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  • statistical services of the former Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei. 1999 Survey of Activities of Young People, or the SAYP. South African National...
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    Fengu lived in the Bantustans of Transkei and Ciskei, established by the Apartheid government. Ciskei was the scene of political rivalry between the...
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