Transkei Transkei Transkei (, meaning "the area beyond [the river] Kei"), officially the Republic of Transkei (), was an unrecognised state in the southeastern region of South Africa from 1976 to 1994. It was a Bantustan—an area set aside for members of a specific ethnicity—and operated as a nominally independent parliamentary democracy. Its capital was Umtata (renamed Mthatha in 2004). Transkei represented a significant precedent and historic turning point in South Africa's policy of apartheid and "separate development"; it was the first of four territories to be declared independent of South Africa. Throughout its existence, it remained an internationally unrecognised, diplomatically
Bechuanaland National Airways Bechuanaland National Airways Bechuanaland National Airways was an airline of the Bechuanaland Protectorate and was based in Francistown. The airline was formed on 1 October 1965 with a government grant by Johnny Gibson and took over the route network of privately owned Bechuanaland Safaris. Assistance from British airline Autair International Airways was given, seeing Autair providing Bechuanaland National Airways with its first two aircraft, Douglas DC-3s. The airline was also technically supported by Air Trans Africa. Operations of the airline commenced on 15 November 1965, and the airline immediately began the development of a large domestic air network from Francistown