The Transkei National Independence Party (TNIP) was a
political party in the nominally independent
South AfricanXhosabantustan of
Transkei. It was founded by the
Matanzima brothers,
Kaiser and
George. The party advocated cooperation with the South African government. As of 1985, the leader of the party was George Matanzima. The party governed Transkei from 1976 until the
1987 coup d'état by
Bantu Holomisa.
Electoral history
1973: TNIP won 25 out of 43 elected seats (a further 64 seats were filled by chiefs appointed ex-officio by the government)[1]