Ciskei National Independence Party

Ciskei National Independence Party
iQela leSizwe leNkululeko yeCiskei.
Ciskei National Independence Party iQela leSizwe leNkululeko yeCiskei.
Leader	Lennox Sebe
Founder	Lennox Sebe
Founded	February 19, 1973
Dissolved	March 4, 1990
Ideology	Xhosa nationalism ; Anti-communism ; Totalitarianism ; Right-libertarian economics ; Pro-apartheid ;
Political position	Right-wing to far-right
National affiliation	National Party (South Africa)
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Last updated October 06, 2025

The Ciskei National Independence Party (CNIP) was a political party in the nominally independent South African homeland of Ciskei. It was founded and led by Lennox Sebe.^[1]

The party advocated cooperation with the South African government. The party governed Ciskei from the 1973 legislative election until the 1990 coup d'état by Oupa Gqozo.

Electoral history

1978: CNIP won all 50 elected seats (a further 87 seats were filled by chiefs appointed ex-officio by the government)^[3]
1984: CNIP was deemed to won the election unopposed, as its 23 candidates were the only ones to register^[3]

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[1] "Lennox Sebe | South African History Online".

[2] ttps://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/mar/23/the-ciskei-experiment-a-libertarian-fantasy-in-apartheid-south-africa

[AED-3] 1 2 Elections in South Africa's Apartheid-Era Homelands "Bantustans" African Elections Database

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