Transkei Prime Minister Chief Kaiser Matanzima announces his government's decision to break all diplomatic ties with the Republic of South Africa.This included a unilateral withdrawal from the non-aggression pact between the two governments, and the demand that all South African Defence Force (SADF) members seconded to the Transkei Army should leave. In February 1980, Transkei announced it was re-establishing diplomatic relations with South Africa following Pretoria’s undertaking to negotiate over disputed land. References: O’Malley, P. ‘1980’, from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Dialog, [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org.za (Accessed: 7 May 2013)
eventREF E-0012346Revised
10 April 1978
Transkei breaks all diplomatic ties with the Republic of South Africa
Kaiser Matanzima
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Kaiser Matanzima
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Transkei breaks all diplomatic ties with the Republic of South Africa. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012346
South African History Online (2011) 'Transkei breaks all diplomatic ties with the Republic of South Africa', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012346 (Accessed: 7 October 2026).
South African History Online, Transkei breaks all diplomatic ties with the Republic of South Africa [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012346, (accessed 7 October 2026).
"Transkei breaks all diplomatic ties with the Republic of South Africa." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012346. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Transkei breaks all diplomatic ties with the Republic of South Africa." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012346.
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