Moses Moichela

Moses Moichela, from Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, [Northern] Transvaal, [now Polokwane, Limpopo Province]was banished to “Natives Reserve 7B” in the Lower-Umfolozi district of Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal] on 19 January 1955.

His banishment order stated that despite the removal of Makwena Matlala and her key advisers, people like him were still opposing Native Affairs Department (NAD) rule.

His order was withdrawn on 9 February 1966.  

Boas Moiloa

Boas Moiloa, from Linokana Reserve (Zeerust), Marico District, Transvaal [North West Province] is described by Advocate George Bizos’ as ‘a dignified, elderly man who, during the troubles after Abram's expulsion, had come through necessity to be seen as the head of the tribe.’ Kgosi [Chief] Abram Ramotshere Pogiso Moiloa, was a key figure in the Bahurutshe resistance of the 1950s.  He was from Linokana Reserve (Zeerust), Mari

David Moiloa

David Moiloa, a flamboyant, amusing orator often at the rear of events, had been imprisoned in Johannesburg during the 1952 Defiance Campaign. He was the brother of Chief Israel Moiloa, with whom he was strongly at odds. According to his banishment order, he and Kenneth Mosenyi were the chief instigators of the disruptions among the Bahurutshe.

Piet Mokoena

Piet Mokoena, from Witzieshoek Native Reserve, Harrismith District, Orange Free State [now Free State Province], was a strong supporter of Paulus Howell Mopeli,also a banished person, and was alleged to have undermined the authority of the appointed chief. In terms of a banishment order dated 19 February 1953, he was banished, in 1954, to Frenchdale in the Mafeking district, [Northern Cape], [now Mahikeng, North West Province].

His banishment followed ‘the announced visit by the police, the call to the Commissioner’s office, and the imposition of the banishment order.’

Monica Molife

Monica Molife, from Nqutu District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal] was banished on 18 August 1953 to Delville Trust Farm, Xhalanga District, Eastern Province [now Eastern Cape]. Her order was revoked on 7 September 1962.

Isaac Molife

Isaac Molife, from Nqutu District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal] was banished on 18 August 1953 to Delville Trust Farm, Xhalanga District, Eastern Province [now Eastern Cape]

His order was revoked on 7 September 1962.

Caswell Moloi

Caswell Moloi was described by the government as a leader of the ‘recalcitrant natives’ in the Witzieshoek Native Reserve, Harrismith District, Orange Free State [now Free State Province].

He apparently ‘gave a solemn undertaking that on his release from goal he would remove himself voluntarily from the Reserve for a period of two years.’ This he did at first, but subsequently returned to the Reserve despite the fact that the conditions in the Reserve were ‘still far from normal.’

Maphuti Moraka

Maphuti Moraka was banished from Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Northern Transvaal [now Polokwane, Limpopo Province] toMatatiele, Eastern Province, [now Eastern Cape] on 3 June 1953, where she joined her partner, Jeremiah Moraka.She had refused to leave but was forced into the police van.She took a three-year old child into banishment but left her older children with an aunt. Another child was born in banishment.

Kenneth Mosenyi

Kenneth Mosenyi was jailed for a month during the uprising in Bahurutshe. He was involved in the African National Congress (ANC) prior to his return from Johannesburg in 1953 and had connected Kgosi Moiloa to the ANC. Documentation related to his banishment claimed he used this relationship to turn people against the government, convinced women not to apply for pass books and mobilised residents of the ‘black spots’ to refuse to move to the reserve.