Transkei recognition to the so-called independent Transkei." An article published in "Time Magazine" opined that though Transkei declared independence theoretically as a "free Black state", Matanzima ruled as the dictator of a one-party state. He banned local opposition parties and bought farmlands for himself and his family offered by the South African government at subsidised prices. Matanzima published "Independence my Way" in 1976, a book in which he argued that true liberation could only be gained through a confederation of black states; he described Transkei as a positive precedent and maintained that the liberation struggle chosen by the ANC would not
AirTran Airways Corporation with AirTran Airways. The ValuJet Atlanta hub remained the hub for the combined AirTran airline operation. In April 1998, AirTran Holdings transferred all of AirTran Airlines fleet and operations to AirTran Airways and the FAA certificate for AirTran Airlines was canceled, AirTran Airways now becomes the only airline operator for AirTran Holdings and AirTran Airlines now becomes an inactive subsidiary of AirTran Holdings. In August 1999, AirTran Airlines was merged into AirTran Airways, AirTran Airways becomes the surviving airline and AirTran Airlines becomes the non-surviving airline; the airline formerly known as ValuJet Airlines ceases to exist. Even though AirTran