Chief Albert Luthuli is banned for a further five years

Chief Albert Luthuli, President General of the African National Congress (ANC), led the Defiance Campaign in 1952, a non- violent protest against the pass laws. Yet all these were menacing to the apartheid government hence they gave Luthuli many banning orders. In consequence Luthuli was first banned in 1952 for two years; the ban was renewed in 1954 when he was confined to the lower Tugela area. Again in 1959 he was banned for a further period of five years which would be renewed. Despite of the banning orders Luthuli decisively continued with his political activities until his latter days. Additionally Luthuli’s five year ban expired in 1964, immediately he was served with a new and stricter order.