Medal - Transkei Independence

In 1959, the National Party government introduced legislation to create eight ethnically and linguistically divided homelands for black South Africans. As an implementation this policy, the Republic of the Transkei was created in 1976 to serve as a nominally independent homeland state for the Xhosa people. The country was bordered by the Umtavuma River in the north and the Great Kei River in the south, while the Indian Ocean and the Drakensberg Mountains of the landlocked kingdom of Lesotho served as Transkei's eastern and western frontiers respectively. The main city was Umtata.

In 1994 the country was reincorporated into South Africa, despite opposition from many of its citizens.

This medal is known to exist with and without a suspension hole in the 12 o'clock position.