1987 Transkei coup d'état

Bloodless military coup d'état in Transkei January 2023 October 2024 1987 Transkei coup d'état Transkei in South Africa.svg Map of Transkei (red) within South Africa. 1987 12 30 y Transkei Umtata Military coup Regime change TNIP–led government of Stella Sigcau Bantu Holomisa Transkei (faction) Coup succeeds The overthrow of government of Prime Minister Sigcau. The establishment of military rule under the Military Council headed by Major General Holomisa. thumb|Topographic map of Transkei. The 1987 Transkei coup d'état was a bloodless military coup in Transkei, an unrecognised state and a nominally independent South African homeland for the Xhosa people, which took place on 30 December 1987. The coup was led by the then 32-year-old Major General Bantu Holomisa, the Chief of the Transkei Defence Force, against the government of Prime Minister Stella Sigcau (TNIP).Army Coup in South African Homeland https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/31/world/army-coup-in-south-african-homeland.html 2021-12-01 The New York Times 31 December 1987 Burns John F.Army Stages Coup in Black S. Africa Area: General Takes Over in Transkei Region, Charges Corruption https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-30-mn-21764-story.html 2021-12-01 The Los Angeles Times 30 December 1987Army Stages Coup, Ousts Woman Prime Minister In Transkei https://apnews.com/article/7080a612ae972263341e4a82c868e85c 1987-12-30 2021-06-08 AP NEWSBantu Holomisa deposes Stella Sigcau as President of the Transkei South African History Online https://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/bantu-holomisa-deposes-stella-sigcau-president-transkei 2021-06-08 Holomisa suspended the civilian constitution and refused South Africa's repeated demands for a return to civilian rule on the grounds that a civilian government would be a puppet controlled by Pretoria.May 1996 South Africa Homeland Militaries http://www.photius.com/countries/south_africa/national_security/south_africa_national_security_homeland_militaries.html (Accessed 1 May 2015) A counter-coup staged in 1990 failed,Coup Attempted In Transkei Homeland https://apnews.com/article/767981776cbecfe771cb88b19aedd4bd 1990-11-22 2021-06-08 AP NEWS and Holomisa's military government stayed in power until the reunification of Transkei with South Africa in 1994, 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. The Military Rule Medal was instituted to commemorate the 1987 coup d'état. While the medal is known to have been instituted and awarded, no warrant has yet been traced.South African Medal Website - Transkei Defence Force (Accessed 30 April 2015)Republic of South Africa Government Gazette Vol. 477, no. 27376, Pretoria, 11 March 2005, 72827981 See also 1990 Ciskei coup d'état 1990 Venda coup d'état 1994 Bophuthatswana crisis References Category:Coups d'état in Transkei Category:Politics of Transkei Category:1987 in South Africa Category:December 1987 in South Africa Category:1980s coups d'état