An
independence referendum was held in the
South African
Bantustan of
Ciskei
Ciskei (, or ) was a Bantustan for the Xhosa people-located in the southeast of South Africa. It covered an area of , almost entirely surrounded by what was then the Cape Province, and possessed a small coastline along the shore of the Indian O ...
on 4 December 1980.
[Elections in South Africa's Apartheid-Era Homelands "Bantustans"]
African Elections Database Over 99% of voters voted in favour,
[ and Ciskei was declared independent in 1981 after the Status of Ciskei Act, 1981 was passed by the South African government. The results of the referendum were pronounced on 17 December.][ South African Institute of Race Relations: ''Survey of Race Relations in South Africa 1980''. Johannesburg 1981, p 407]
Results
References
{{Bantustan elections
Ciskei
Ciskei (, or ) was a Bantustan for the Xhosa people-located in the southeast of South Africa. It covered an area of , almost entirely surrounded by what was then the Cape Province, and possessed a small coastline along the shore of the Indian O ...
Ciskei
Ciskei (, or ) was a Bantustan for the Xhosa people-located in the southeast of South Africa. It covered an area of , almost entirely surrounded by what was then the Cape Province, and possessed a small coastline along the shore of the Indian O ...
Ciskei
Ciskei (, or ) was a Bantustan for the Xhosa people-located in the southeast of South Africa. It covered an area of , almost entirely surrounded by what was then the Cape Province, and possessed a small coastline along the shore of the Indian O ...
Referendums in South Africa
Ciskei