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eventREF E-0012233Revised

5 June 1975

Cape Supreme Court sets aside 1973 Ciskei election of Lennox Sebe on the grounds of irregularities

Cape Supreme Court sets aside 1973 Ciskei election of Lennox Sebe

Updated
2 Jun 2020
Cape Supreme Court sets aside 1973 Ciskei election of Lennox Sebe

The Cape Supreme Court, sitting in Port Elizabeth, sets aside the 1973 election of Lennox Sebe and three other members of the Ciskei Legislative Assembly on the grounds of irregularities at the capital, Zwelitsha. Lennox Sebe is announced ineligible for the office of Chief Minister. However, Sebe manages to launch a successful come back when he becomes Chief Minister of the Ciskei, after he won a by-election on 24 October 1975.

How we know this

  1. 01SAHO Lennox Sebe [online] Available at: www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed on 3 June 2013]
  2. 02African Elections "Elections in South Africa's Apartheid-Era Homelands Bantustans" [online] Available on:https://africanelections.tripod.com [Accessed on 3 June 2013]

Last updated · 2 Jun 2020

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Cape Supreme Court sets aside 1973 Ciskei election of Lennox Sebe on the grounds of irregularities. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012233

South African History Online (2011) 'Cape Supreme Court sets aside 1973 Ciskei election of Lennox Sebe on the grounds of irregularities', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012233 (Accessed: 7 October 2026).

South African History Online, Cape Supreme Court sets aside 1973 Ciskei election of Lennox Sebe on the grounds of irregularities [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012233, (accessed 7 October 2026).

"Cape Supreme Court sets aside 1973 Ciskei election of Lennox Sebe on the grounds of irregularities." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012233. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "Cape Supreme Court sets aside 1973 Ciskei election of Lennox Sebe on the grounds of irregularities." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012233.

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