Editing Transkei (section)

===Citizenship===

With the establishment of the republic, the citizenry consisted of all those who had been holding the citizenship of the former territory of Transkei. Individuals were given no choice in this matter as the Transkeian constitution was a legally binding act; for the future, it provided citizenship regulations based on both ''[[jus sanguinis]]'' and ''[[jus soli]]''. Citizenship by descent was given along the [[Patrilineality|paternal line]], regardless of a person's place of birth; in addition, any individual born within the republic's territory was eligible for citizenship, excluding those whose father held diplomatic immunity or was deemed an illegal immigrant and whose mother was a non-citizen.<ref>{{Citation|title=Constitution of the Republic of Transkei, Chapter 8, 57-59|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Transkei_Constitution.pdf|access-date=11 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721224511/http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Transkei_Constitution.pdf|archive-date=21 July 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> Dual citizenship at birth was not permitted, and renunciation of one's citizenship was legally possible, but rendered the individual stateless in most cases. In effect, the regulations thus created an almost homogeneous population of Xhosa ethnicity, though exceptions existed.