Sequel to Long Walk to Freedom - Revision 4 - Chapter 10 Page 5

Tutor Ndamase was then king of Western Pondoland with Headquarters at Nyandeni. Holomisa, who was present at that meeting had become the military ruler of the Transkei, where Pondoland was situated. He staged a successful but bloodless coup against Prime Minister Stella Sigcau, princess of Eastern Pondoland. In welcoming us Vulindlela boasted that he was not an ordinary traditional leader, but a well-known king. Nobody, he claimed, would ever dare to coup him. It was as if he was challenging the general to try to unseat him. But the general appeared not to be offended by the royal boast. We also visited King Xolilizwe Sigcau of the House of Tshivo. In his welcome speech he strongly attacked the Toyi-Toyi, which had become a popular form of protest. He said there was nothing he hated more than that toyi-toyi. He had investigated to find out