University of Transkei
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University of Transkei was situated in the former Transkei
region of South Africa. It started as a branch of the University of Fort Hare
, and after the independence of the Transkei in 1977 (which lasted until 1994, when it was re-integrated with the Republic of South Africa at the end of Apartheid), it became the University of Transkei. Well-known graduates include Wiseman Nkuhlu, the first black CA in South Africa, and Luyanda Sithamela.
Transkei
The Transkei , officially the Republic of Transkei , was a Bantustan—an area set aside for members of a specific ethnicity—and nominal parliamentary democracy in the southeastern region of South Africa...
region of South Africa. It started as a branch of the University of Fort Hare
University of Fort Hare
The University of Fort Hare is a public university in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was a key institution in higher education for black Africans from 1916 to 1959. It offered a Western-style, academically excellent education to students from across sub-Saharan Africa, creating a black...
, and after the independence of the Transkei in 1977 (which lasted until 1994, when it was re-integrated with the Republic of South Africa at the end of Apartheid), it became the University of Transkei. Well-known graduates include Wiseman Nkuhlu, the first black CA in South Africa, and Luyanda Sithamela.