[3]: 8 He then attended Lovedale High School completing a senior certificate in 1948.
[3]: 8 In 1963 he completed a Diploma in Bantu Law and Tradition at the Jongelizwe College for the Sons of Chiefs and Headmen.
[3]: 8 In 1972 Lennox Leslie Wongama Sebe, a member of Mabandla's cabinet, broke with Mabandla and formed his own party, the Ciskei National Independence Party (CNIP).
In 1978, Mabandla and other members of his party crossed floors to the CNIP and Ciskei became a one-party state.
Bhekuzulu", West Pondoland and sister to King Tutor Vulindlela Ndamase "Aa!