King Vulindlela Ahh! Nyangelizwe KaPhangwa (Tutor Vulindlela Ndamase; 1921–1997) was the third President of the bantustan of Transkei, which was granted nominal independence from South Africa on 26 October 1976. He was the King of Western Mpondoland, the son of King Victor Poto Ndamase, the brother to Xhosa Queen Nondwe Sigcawu the wife of King Xolilizwe Sigcawu; AmaRharhabe Queen Nolizwe Sandile the wife of King Mxolisi Sandile and mother of King Maxhob'ayakhawuleza Sandile; and Chieftain Nolusapho Mabandla of the wife of AmaBhele Chief Thandathu Jongilizwe Mabandla. Ndamase became president on 20 February 1986, after the retirement of King Kaiser Matanzima, the second

President of Transkei This article lists the leaders of the TBVC states, the four Bantustans which were declared nominally independent by the government of the Republic of South Africa during the period of apartheid, which lasted from 1948 to 1994. Their independen ...

(in office from 1979) and served until 26 April 1994, when Transkei was reintegarted into South Africa. Ndamase represented the

Transkei National Independence Party The Transkei National Independence Party (TNIP) was a political party in the nominally independent South African homeland of Transkei. It was founded by the Matanzima brothers, Kaiser and George. The party advocated cooperation with the South Afr ...

(TNIP) until 1987, when the party was abolished following the coup d'état led by Bantu Holomisa. He died in 1997.

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