Lennox Sebe

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Lennox Leslie Wongama Sebe (born July 26, 1926 in Belstone near King William's Town , † July 23, 1994 ) was a South African politician. He was the first president of the homeland of Ciskei .

Life

Sebe received his matric from Lovedale College. He was trained as a teacher and graduated in agricultural science. He was hired as a teacher before becoming a school inspector in 1954. In 1968 he was elected to the Ciskeian Territorial Authority (about " Territorial Authority of the Ciskei"), where he was first responsible for education issues and from 1971 for the agriculture department. He founded the Ciskei National Independence Party, which campaigned for the independence of the Ciskei from South Africa. After the 1973 election he succeeded Chief Justice Mabandla as Chief Minister of the Ciskei by a narrowly won vote . He had internal party opponents expelled from the party.

On December 4, 1981, the Ciskei was granted formal independence from South Africa. Sebe became president; In 1983 parliament appointed him "President for Life". He ruled dictatorially and had protests put down by the 1,000-strong Ciskei Defense Force (CDF). In particular, he suppressed the trade unions. His half-brother, Lieutenant General Charles Sebe, head of the Ciskei's secret service, tried unsuccessfully in 1983 to overthrow Lennox Sebe and was imprisoned. In 1986 he was freed by mercenaries on behalf of the Transkei government . Lennox Sebe's son Kwane was kidnapped almost at the same time and, like Charles Sebe, brought to Transkei. The president had to release numerous political prisoners in exchange for his son.

Sebe frequently visited Israel , where he co-founded a trading company in Tel Aviv run by two Israelis related to the Gush Emunim movement of settlers in the West Bank . The capital of the Ciskei, Bisho , signed a city ​​partnership with the Jewish settlement Ariel in the West Bank in 1984 . In the same year there were 60 Israeli entrepreneurs operating in Ciskei and ten Israeli companies operating; Israelis also participated in the training of the CDF.

On March 4, 1990, Sebe was overthrown by Brigadier Oupa Gqozo in a military coup while visiting Hong Kong . Sebe was accused of corruption and human rights violations .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g portrait at sahistory.org.za (English), accessed on October 21, 2015
  2. ↑ Commandos storm South Africa homeland, free coup leader, seize president's son. Los Angeles Times, September 27, 1986, accessed October 21, 2015
  3. ^ Sasha Polakow-Suransky : The unspoken alliance: Israel's relationship with Apartheid South Africa. Knopf Doubleday, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-307-37925-2 , p. 157. Excerpts from books.google.de
  4. ^ Joel Peters: Israel and Africa: the problematic friendship. IB Tauris, London 1992, ISBN 1-870915-10-0 , p. 162. Excerpts from books.google.de
personal data
SURNAME Sebe, Lennox
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sebe, Lennox Leslie Wongama (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Belstone , Cape Province , South Africa
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 1994