What the records say
- When
- 4 Mar 1990
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 32.85° S, 27.44° E
- Description
- bloodless military coup d'état in Ciskei in 1990
1990 Ciskei coup d'état
Bloodless military coup d'état in Ciskei
The 1990 Ciskei coup d'état was a bloodless military coup in Ciskei, an unrecognised state and a nominally independent South African homeland for the Xhosa people, which took place on 4 March 1990. The coup was led by the then 37-year-old Brigadier Oupa Gqozo, the Chief of Staff Intelligence of the Ciskei Defence Force, against the government of President for Life Lennox Sebe (CNIP), who was on a state visit to Hong…
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