1990 Venda coup d'état

Bloodless military coup d'état in Venda January 2023 October 2024 1990 Venda coup d'état Venda in South Africa.svg Map of Venda (red) within South Africa. 1990 4 5 y Venda Thohoyandou Military coup Regime change NPV–led government of Frank Ravele Gabriel Ramushwana Venda (faction) Coup succeeds The overthrow of government of President Ravele. The establishment of military rule under the Council of National Unity headed by Colonel Ramushwana. The 1990 Venda coup d'état was a bloodless military coup in Venda, an unrecognised state and a nominally independent South African homeland for the Venda people, which took place on 5 April 1990. The coup was led by the then 48-year-old Colonel Gabriel Ramushwana, the Chief of Staff of the Venda Defence Force, against the government of President Frank Ravele (NPV).UPI Archives Security forces stage coup in S. African homeland https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/04/05/Security-forces-stage-coup-in-S-African-homeland/8816639288000/ April 5, 1990 September 26, 2019 19 October 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201019073659/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/04/05/Security-forces-stage-coup-in-S-African-homeland/8816639288000/ live Ramushwana's military government stayed in power until January 1994,https://books.google.com/books?id=JiZBAQAAIAAJ Who's who of Southern Africa 1994 9780958390217 26 September 2022 2 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220502024235/https://books.google.com/books?id=JiZBAQAAIAAJ livehttp://www.jacarandafm.com/post/former-army-general-dies/ Jacaranda FM - Former army general dies www.jacarandafm.com 22 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20150113213000/http://www.jacarandafm.com/post/former-army-general-dies/ 13 January 2015 dead several months before the reunification of Venda with South Africa after the first post-apartheid general election.All Bantustans (both nominally independent and self-governing) were dismantled and their territories reincorporated into South Africa with effect from 27 April 1994, in terms of section 1(2) and Schedule 1 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993, the so-called "Interim Constitution" which abolished apartheid in South Africa. The text of this Interim Constitution, which came into force on 27 April 1994, coinciding with the beginning of the first democratic elections, is available online at Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993 as of 27 April 1994. See also 1987 Transkei coup d'état 1990 Ciskei coup d'état 1994 Bophuthatswana crisis References Category:Coups d'état in Venda Category:Politics of Venda Category:1990 in South Africa Category:April 1990 in South Africa Category:1990s coups d'état