Thandatha Jongilizwe Mabandla

Male, Person

1926 –

19

Who is Thandatha Jongilizwe Mabandla?

Chief Justice Thandathu Jongilizwe Mabandla is the chief of the AmaBhele Tribe in Alice. He was born on 16 April 1926 and is the eldest son of the late Chief Mbovane Mabandla.

His reign started in 1957. In 1968, he became the first Chief Minister 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. The CNIP became successful in 1973 and Sebe then became the new Chief minister of the Ciskei.

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

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Born
1926
Alice
Spouses
Nationality
  • South Africa

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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