On 30 December 1987, Major General Bantu Holomisa, commander of the Transkei Defence Force (TDF), a staunch African National Congress
(ANC) activist, led a bloodless coup against the Transkei government.
Holomisa, who would become Deputy Minister of Housing in President
Nelson Mandela's cabinet, suspended the civilian constitution and
refused South Africa's repeated demands for a return to civilian rule.
He insisting that a civilian government would be a puppet controlled by
Pretoria.
At the time of the coup Transkei was under the leadership of Stella Sigcau who
would also be a Cabinet Minister in Mandela’s government. The Transkei
was then ruled by a Military Council, with General Holomisa as
Chairperson. Holomisa and his accomplices later applied for amnesty to
the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for what they did in 1987.
Source: SA History Online
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