Mzwangedwa Mlaba allegedly campaigned to be the Chief of his community in the Camperdown District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal],  but the community voted for another chief. He and his followers were accused of resorting to violence, creating dissent and attempting to discredit the appointed Chief. There were several outbreaks of violence over this dispute. It was decided that he and three others should be banished to restore the peace.

Seth Moanakwena, originally resident at Mabieskraal [Pilansberg], Rustenburg District, [Western] Transvaal [now North West Province] was banished on 19 December 1955 to Driefontein Native Trust Farm, Vryburg, [Western] Transvaal [now North West Province]. 

Moanakwena was one of the five counsellors of the Bathlako community, together with Chief Jeremiah Mabe, and he was banished from Mabieskraal to the Driefontein banishment camp. It was claimed that their presence in Mabieskraal was “inimical to the peace, order and good government of the African people living there.”

On 27 February 1958, banishment orders were made out for three key Bahurutshe figures - Abraham Mogale, Kenneth Mosenyi and David Moiloa.

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His order was withdrawn on 9 February 1966.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, 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 fr

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, 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, 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, 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 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.’