Botha Sigcau
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Paramount Chief
Botha Sigcau was a chief in Eastern Pondoland, Transkei
, South Africa
(1939-1976) and later President of Transkei from 1976-1978. A graduate of University of Fort Hare
, Sigcau was the first President of Transkei. He was a member of the Transkei National Independence Party
. Sigcau was an early supporter of the Bantu Authorities in Transkei and was rewarded by the South African government when he was appointed as chairman of the Transkei Territorial Authority, the government before independence.
, was the leader of the TNIP and the first female Prime Minister of Transkei in 1987.
Paramount chief
A paramount chief is the highest-level traditional chief or political leader in a regional or local polity or country typically administered politically with a chief-based system. This definition is used occasionally in anthropological and archaeological theory to refer to the rulers of multiple...
Botha Sigcau was a chief in Eastern Pondoland, Transkei
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...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
(1939-1976) and later President of Transkei from 1976-1978. A graduate of 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...
, Sigcau was the first President of Transkei. He was a member of the Transkei National Independence Party
Transkei National Independence Party
Transkei National Independence Party was a political party in the bantustan of Transkei, South Africa. The party advocated cooperation with the South African government. As of 1985, the leader of the party was George Matanzima. In the 1981 Transkei elections, the party got 74 out of 75 seats. TNIP...
. Sigcau was an early supporter of the Bantu Authorities in Transkei and was rewarded by the South African government when he was appointed as chairman of the Transkei Territorial Authority, the government before independence.
Family
Sigcau's daughter, Stella SigcauStella Sigcau
Princess Stella Sigcau is best known as a Minister in the South African Government. Sigcau was also the first female Prime Minister of the Transkei before being deposed in a military coup in 1987....
, was the leader of the TNIP and the first female Prime Minister of Transkei in 1987.
Sources
- Southall, Roger "South Africa's Transkei: The Political Economy of an Independent Bantustan" Monthly Review Press, 1983