Synopsis
Banished person
First name
Mceleli
Last name
Buthelezi
Especially interesting in the light of the role that Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi came to play in Bantustan and national politics was the banishment of Mceleli Bongwefile Buthelezi on 1 October 1959.
The latter contested Buthelezi’s appointment as Chief in the courts to no avail. The dispute over chieftainship and Mceleli Buthelezi’s campaigning against Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s confirmation as chief created a “serious rift” in the Buthelezi community.