[1] Qaqambile Matanzima began his career as a teacher at the Mncuncuzo Junior Secondary in Cofimvaba, South Africa.
[1] In 1986 and 1987, Transki Prime Minister George Matanzima and several other Transkei politicians were implicated in a scandal over the embezzlement of funding originally intended for a housing project.
[1] Qaqambile Matanzima was among the senior members of the Transkei military who planned the removal of his father from office.
Qaqambile Matanzima achieved the rank of colonel in the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) before leaving the military in 1996.
[1] On 5 August 2013 Matanzima, who was en route to a meeting in Bhisho, picked up a man pretending to be a hitchhiker in Stutterheim, Eastern Cape.
[1] Matanzuma was stabbed by the man during an attempted carjacking and robbery, which took place on the N8 road approximately 10 km from Stutterheim.