The Transkei National Independence Party (TNIP) was a political party in the nominally independent South African Xhosa bantustan of Transkei. It was founded by the Matanzima brothers, Kaiser and George.
The party advocated co-operation with the South African government. As of 1985, the leader of the party was George Matanzima. The party governed Transkei from 1976 until the 1987 coup d'état by Bantu Holomisa.
Electoral history 1973: TNIP won 25 out of 43 elected seats (a further 64 seats were filled by chiefs appointed ex-officio by the government) 1976: TNIP won 69 out of 75 seats 1981: TNIP won 74 out of 75 seats 1986: TNIP won 57 out of 75 seatsElections in South Africa's Apartheid-Era Homelands "Bantustans" African Elections Database
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