Holomisa delivering a speech in Khutsong, Gauteng in 2019
President of the United Democratic Movement
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 September 1997
Deputy
Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala
Nqabayomzi Kwankwa
Preceded by
Position established
Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism of South Africa
In office 1994–1996
President
Nelson Mandela
Minister
Dawie de Villiers
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Incumbent
Assumed office since 1994
4th Head of Government of Transkei Chairman of the Military Council and of the Council of Ministers
In office 30 December 1987 – 26 April 1994
President
Tutor Ndamase
Preceded by
Stella Sigcau (as prime minister)
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Personal details
Born
Bantubonke Harrington Holomisa
(1955-07-25) 25 July 1955 (age 68) Mqanduli, Cape Province, South Africa
Political party
United Democratic Movement (1997–present)
Other political affiliations
African National Congress (1994–1996)
Bantubonke Harrington Holomisa[1] (born 25 July 1955[1][2]) is a South African Member of Parliament[1] and President of the United Democratic Movement.[2]
Holomisa was born in Mqanduli, Cape Province.[1] He joined the Transkei Defence Force in 1976[1] and had become a brigadier by 1985.[1][3]
Holomisa forced the resignation and exile of Prime Minister of Transkei George Matanzima in October 1987[4][5] and overthrew Matanzima's successor, Prime Minister Stella Sigcau in a bloodless coup d'état[6] in December 1987. Holomisa then became the head of government of Transkei from 1987 to 1994, upon which Transkei was reintegrated into the "new" South Africa and Holomisa joined the African National Congress (ANC).[1]
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^Pissarra, Mario (1 November 2001). "Holomisa, H. Bantubonke (Bantu)". Contemporary African Database. The Africa Centre. Archived from the original on 14 February 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
^Mgaqelwa, Abongile (8 August 2013). "Matanzima dies after hijack". Daily Dispatch. Archived from the original on 8 August 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
^"Chief George Mzimvubu Mathanzima, former Prime Minister of Transkei, dies". South Africa History Online. 10 November 2000. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
^"Stella Sigcau dead at 69". Mail&Guardian. 8 May 2006. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
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