THE TRUE FACE OF THE TRANSKEI | IMGpapers 1976

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JNLI. FIRM 26 October was a day of mourning in the black urban communities of South Afric for on that ocupe were strogeo or tneir cuizensnio and with it the last few rights and scanty measure of security that they held in the day more than a million "PEACEFUL' has beer emergency This was the real meaning of the 'inde district. include not who live' there Lies.

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This is the real face of the Transkei:

* For the past 16 years the Transkei -permanent since the South African army and police had to be used to break a mass deasant redeion in the rondoiand * A special force of 700 South African police nao to De oraneo in to cuarante: order during the independence ceremontory Transker Is governed Dy by the with a majority of Todav oniv su Del cent of the Transkei Assembly is appointed; The Chief Minister, Kaiser Matan zima, nas never personally nao to stand • In order to ensure Transkei's democheld just before moesencence. nowever the leacers of the main opposition party were first thrown FOREIGN into jail under the state of emergency [for the "crime' of calling for a referendum ana meu names crossec oit ne paliot.

INDEPENDENT * All the top positions in the Transkei Civil Service are held by white bureau crats on secondment from the South African Government; the army is headed by a white South African officer.

* Over 80 per cent of the Transkei's male workers have to find work outside une temor. on ine tarms mines ant factories of 'white South Africa'; only 25 per cent of the 'national income' of the lanskel is actualiv earned in mne terr The Transkei Government depends for some 75 pe cent or is revenue o subsidies from the South African Gov ernment.

•PROGRESSIVE • The most repressive of South Africa's racist laws - the Terrorism Act and the Suppression of Communism Act - will remain in force in the Transkei - Ine notorious south Atrican secre police agency , BOSS, will handle 'secur ity' matters in the Transkei.

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