Thandatha Jongilizwe Mabandla

Infobox Person
name = Justice Thandathu Mabandla (Ah! Jongilizwe)
birth_date = 1926
birth_place = Tyume, Alice
occupation = Chief of the Bhele Tribe, AliceChief Minister of the Republic of Ciskei (1968-1973)
spouse = Nolusapho Phumla Ndamase (1935-2001)
parents = Mbovane Mabandla (deceased)
children = Prince Langa Mabandla

Chief Justice Thandathu Jongilizwe Mabandla is currently the chief of the AmaBhele Tribe in Alice (Tyume). He was born in 1926, eldest son of the late Chief Mbovane Mabandla.

In 1968, he became the first Chief Minister (president) of the Republic of Ciskei. In 1972 Lennox Leslie Wongama Sebe, a member of Mabandla's cabinet, broke with Mabandla and formed his own party, the Ciskei National Independence Party (CNIP). The CNIP became successful in 1973 and Sebe then became the new Chief minister of the Ciskei.

In 1978, Mabandla and othet members of his party crossed floors to the CNIP and Ciskei officially became a one-party state.

References

* Ciskei Legislative Assembly (1968-1980). Debates of the session of the Ciskei Legislative Assembly.
* Vail, L. (1989). The Creation of Tribalism in Southern Africa. London Berkley: Currey.

External links

* Rharhabe Kings & Chiefs [http://www.rharhabekingdom.co.za/genealogy.asp]