Faith and Chris were very happy in the
Ciskei. A loving and open home was created in Seymour, a third daughter arrived, the practice was thriving, and Chris was in his element.
The province has an approximate geographical area of 169 580 [km.sup.2], which represents 14% of the country's land area.'11 It was formed by the amalgamation of the two former homelands, Transkei and
Ciskei, with the border regions of East London and Port Elizabeth (both former Cape Provincial Administration).
For some reason, Bophuthatswana seemed to have more leeway than other homelands such as Transkei and
Ciskei in hiring expatriate staff.
This correlates with Gugushe (2006) where it was reported that in some villages in the former
Ciskei area of South Africa, most villagers prefer firewood for cooking and house heating despite the fact that they have access to electricity.
Only hospitals providing primary care, generally the point of first entry for patients in the different regions (the former Transkei and
Ciskei), were included.
My work was initially in inner city Johannesburg and then in Nelson Mandela Bay and in the rural areas of the former homelands of the
Ciskei and the Transkei where Rolihlahla Mandela was born.
We visited the Bantustans, the puppet black 'states' within South Africa, set up by apartheid to pretend the country's blacks were not South African, but citizens of
Ciskei, Transkei and other Orwellian deceptions.
Chairman of the Council of State,
Ciskei ([1992] 3 S Afr LR 250 at 265, (
Ciskei HC)), the court held as follows: "This Court has always stated openly that it is not the maker of laws.
I emigrated to South Africa in 1983 where I held the posts of Chief Nature Conservation Officer for
Ciskei, and founding Director of the Bophuthatswana National Parks and Wildlife Management Board.
These Bantustans, known collectively by the initialism TBVC (Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda, and
Ciskei), each had their own military forces.
Simplified techniques for assessing veld condition for livestock production in the
Ciskei Region.
If our pride will only get us into trouble with the authorities or get us deported to the dry and barren
Ciskei, does it benefit anything.