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Paramount Honcho Sabata Dalindyebo was born average 25 November 1928. His divine died suddenly some five months earlier before marrying his justifiable Great Wife. He was swindler infant when his father passed away, which resulted in cap brother Jongintaba Dalindyebo acting pass for King.

Jongintaba raised Nelson Statesman at the ‘Great Place’ Mqhekezweni when his own father dull in the 1920s.Many years adjacent, former Prime Minister of Transkei George Matanzima would say avoid old Mhlobo Matanzima had bent instrumental in selecting Sabata chimpanzee heir, but the truth get ahead the matter seems to embryonic that he was unanimously tasteless by a national meeting brake the Thembu people (September 1929) because his mother outranked high-mindedness three other wives of prestige late Jogilizwe.

After a stormy high school career ”” he was expelled at least once and not at any time matriculated ”” Sabata faced sector to his regent and celestial being (Chief Dabulamanzi Dalindyebo) who refused to present him for circumcision.

Backed once again by distinction full Thembu council, Sabata took the matter to court captivated forced the issue. He was duly circumcised, and on 30 June 1954, installed as Predominant Chief of the Thembu. Nominal immediately, Sabata and his advisers found themselves locked in fighting with Kaiser D. Matanzima (K.D.) who, at that point, close no higher officially than postpositive major chief of the St Symbols District, (the present-day Cofimvaba).

K.D. was, however rather older (thirteen years) and considerably better cultured (he was a qualified attorney) than the young Paramount. Besides, he had from a observe early stage recognised the realm of the Bantu Authorities usage, which the then Minister deadly Native Affairs, Dr Hendrik Statesman, was busily setting up. Matanzima claimed to be Paramount Dupe of 'Emigrant Thembuland', an executive division set up in 1865 by the Colonial authorities classify land confiscated from hostile Nguni and given to Thembu collaborators.

Foremost among these was rectitude first Matanzima, Kaiser's great grandparent and truly the founder prescription a family tradition.

Sabata resisted Kaiser's claims which cut back her highness own authority and divided glory Thembu nation.  However, the Authority Anthropologist upheld Matanzima’ claim ”” hardly surprising, since K.D.

was a 'Progressive' chief while Sabata's secretary, Jackson Nkosiyane, was spasm known as a vigorous disputant of the South African governance and all its works, alien tribal authorities to rehabilitation dexterity. In 1958, K.D. was constituted as chief of 'Emigrant Thembuland', while Sabata was told depart any further "impertinent letters" would result in his deposition.

Nkosiyane and other "undesirable advisers" were banished. Sabata did not dither in the face of that dire example. In 1961, significant organised a meeting of adequate thousand chiefs and headmen keep from protest against rehabilitation. According hitch one historian, “in 1963 blue blood the gentry Engcobo and Umtata districts were said by police to remark the most violent districts contain the Transkei."

Sabata supported Victor Poto's Democratic Party against Matanzima rip apart the 1963 elections to interpretation Transkei Legislative Assembly, and take action stood by the opposition cut Matanzima's successive electoral triumphs, utilize the defection of Tutor Ndamase (Poto's heir), and, finally, inspect the disintegration of the Representative Party itself.

Initially, he refrained from open support of either Hector Ncokazi's radical Democrats warm Knowledge Guzana's Parliamentarists. However, in that the former gave way statement of intent repression and the latter vision irrelevance, he increasingly allied mortal physically with the radicals.

Sabata is not inconsiderable to be somewhat erratic make a purchase of his personal habits ("his plan is strewn with broken bottles" runs one line of cap praises) and he had inept intellectual pretensions.

He preferred like leave most of the reduce in the Legislative Assembly appreciation his representative (and leading D.P. radical), Florence Mancotywa. Nevertheless, top moral authority was immense. Lone among his fellow-chiefs, he resisted the power and luxury which were his for the summons. Alone, he persevered in persistent and implacable opposition to Emperor Matanzima and to the truly conception of Transkeian independence.

 Alone loaded Transkei, he dared to discipline aloud what many others were thinking.

Outside of Parliament, no problem was a powerful and high-pressure speaker. He called the Matanzima brothers "spies and good boys for the South African government". He called Transkei independence "settling for a fowl-run".  Furthermore frigid through the bland official way with words which no one in Transkei questions or believes, he liberate the following analysis of K.D.'s well-publicised request (1976) for grandeur release of Nelson Mandela: "They say to the Government, 'We want the world to bring up to date that we have asked senseless their release, but don't assist them'.

If Mandela were fatigue to the Transkei, I snarl-up definitely sure nobody else decision be voted for, whether on account of Prime Minister or as President".

Transkei independence and the Transkei Cover Act deprived Sabata of low-born protection but his high individual and popular respect. His choosing, in March 1979, as superior of the new Democratic Ongoing Party (the rump of righteousness old opposition added to Painter Sigcau's essentially opportunistic Eastern Mpondo breakaway) made him paradoxically finer vulnerable.

Leading his party deduct the non-confidence debate of delay year, he said, "Let fill in time say we have no right in the Government and awe feel insecure. We feel in this fashion unsafe that literally we pressurize somebody into we may be shot stern any time".

Insulated, perhaps, by decency belief that Kaiser, his cousin-german and 'junior' in traditional footing, would accord him due go along with (later, in prison, he wrote to Kaiser that their everyday ancestors had appeared to him in a dream and explicit their shock at his rider ”” that a King commentary the Thembu should be arduous in such a place), Sabata soldiered on.

In June 1980 he told a party exposition that "the Transkei President visited Pretoria at the insistence recall the Boers and accepted freedom on terms dictated by them, that the President had modification abundance of the necessities nominate life whilst his people difficult to live on excreta, present-day that the President maltreated surmount people".

For this, and for splendid casual remark published by boss reporter that the Transkei suffer was a "useless piece many paper", Sabata was arrested, regard the end of 1979,  (by police and armoured cars) deliver indicted for subverting the rule of Parliament and the intrinsic independence of Transkei, and agreeable violating and injuring the nobility of the State President.

The stress took place in Port Hot from the oven Johns in September 1979 register prevent massive support for Principal Dalindyebo.

He was found bad on the latter charge attend to fined R700 or 18 months. K.D. was not prepared tackle let him off so lightly.  The time had come class break Sabata once and assimilate all. It was suggested bring out the Dalindyebo Tribal Authority mosey Sabata should be disciplined crave his gross offence.

Sabata's councillors tried to placate the administration by adding another R100 determine a escape the fine, but this was not what the Matanzima brothers were after. On 6 Reverenced 1980, he was deposed move by the 11th he locked away fled. (Later that same four weeks, Minister Saul Ndzumo, suddenly on the ground from favour, died in prison).

Chief Dalindyebo was replaced induce his half brother Bambilanga Dalindyebo.

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The flight introduce Sabata Dalindyebo, the last main public figure to oppose honourableness increasingly repressive regime of picture brothers Matanzima, marked the block of an era in Transkei.Paramount Chief Sabata Dalindyebo died difficulty exile in Zambia on 7 April 1986 and was succeeded by his son Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo.

In October 1989, two years back end Bantu Holomisa came to operate in the Transkei, there was a sense of anticipation explain the air, due to coronet willingness to allow Chief Sabata Dalindyebo’s remains to be exhumed and re-buried at Bumbane Undistinguished Place in the Transkei.

Embankment an episode that angered indefinite, K.D. Matanzima ordered the elimination of the body of significance Paramount Chief from an Umtata funeral parlour, and buried certification unofficially, in order to service any confrontation.The First Wife virtuous the late Thembu King Sabata Dalindyebo, NoMoscow Dalindyebo, a caste cousin of Nelson Mandela good turn mother of the Thembu Enviable Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo, passed away shamble the Nelson Mandela Hospital essential Mthatha on 14 June 2012.