Ciskei
| Republic of Ciskei | ||||||||||
| iRiphabliki ye Ciskei | ||||||||||
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Bantustan (nominal parliamentary democracy) |
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Motto "Siyakunqandwa Ziinkwenkwezi" (Xhosa) "We Shall be Stopped by the Stars" or "The Sky is the Limit" |
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Anthem Nkosi sikelel'i Afrika |
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 Location of Ciskei (red) within South Africa (yellow).
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| Capital | Bisho | |||||||||
| Languages |
Xhosa English |
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| Political structure | Bantustan | |||||||||
| Chief Minister | ||||||||||
| • | 1972–1973 | Chief J. T. Mabandla | ||||||||
| • | 1973–1978a | Lennox Leslie Wongamu Sebe | ||||||||
| • | 1978–1990b | Lennox Leslie Wongamu Sebe | ||||||||
| • | 1990–1994 | Brigadier General Oupa Gqozo | ||||||||
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| • | Self-government | 1 August 1972 | ||||||||
| • | Nominal independence | 4 December 1981 | ||||||||
| • | Re-integrated into South Africa | 27 April 1994 | ||||||||
| Area | ||||||||||
| • | 1980 | 9,000 km² (3,475 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | ||||||||||
| • | 1980 est. | 677,920 | ||||||||
| Density | 75.3 /km² (195.1 /sq mi) | |||||||||
| Currency | South African rand | |||||||||
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| a. | Parliamentary democracy. | |||||||||
| b. | One-party state. | |||||||||
Ciskei (/sɪsˈkeɪ/ or /sɪsˈkaɪ/) was a nominally independent state – a Bantustan – in the south east of South Africa. It covered an area of 7,700 square kilometres (3,000 sq mi), almost entirely surrounded by what was then the Cape Province, and possessed a small coastline along the shore of the Indian Ocean.
Under South Africa's policy of apartheid, land was set aside for black peoples in self-governing territories. Ciskei was designated as one of two homelands or "Bantustans" for Xhosa-speaking people. Ngqika (Rharhabe) Xhosa people were resettled in the Ciskei, and Gcaleka Xhosa were settled in the Transkei, the other Xhosa homeland.
Ciskei had a succession of capitals during its existence. Originally, Zwelitsha served as the capital with the view that Alice would become the long-term national capital. However, it was Bisho (now spelled Bhisho) that became the capital until Ciskei's reintegration into South Africa.
The name Ciskei means "on this side of the Kei River", and is in contrast to the neighbouring Bantustan of Transkei.
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