In relating his story of banishment to Helen Joseph, Johannes Matlala said he was arrested with others and ‘driven to Pietersburg like a flock of sheep.’ Some of them were charged for murder but he was acquitted.
Soon after, he was again arrested and banished, from his original residence at Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District (now Polokwane) in the Northern Transvaal [now, Limpopo Province] on 11 June 1952 to Nthabachicha, Mount Fletcher, Eastern Province [now Eastern Cape].
Mabaso Siqila and Nikisi Feni were said to be the leaders of ‘recalcitrant Natives’ in Xengxe Location, near King William’s Town, Eastern Province [now Eastern Cape].
Maema Matlala, an old man who had served in East Africa during the First World War,was related by blood, to the royal family, was the second most senior councilor in the royal house (mošate).
Matela Mantsoe, a resident of Witzieshoek Native Reserve, Harrismith District, Orange Free State (now Free State)was described by government authorities as a ‘recalcitrant native’. Mantsoe served a two-year jail sentence in Bloemfontein. He was ordered to keep away from Witzieshoek but subsequently returned.
Mfoloe Ramokgadi was one of the six, alongside Jeremiah Rakoko Mabe, accused of various offences arising from conflict in Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg District, Transvaal (now North West Province).
An order of 9 September 1949 banished Ramokgadi from Mabieskraal. This order was revoked on 14 May 1952.
At a 1953 meeting in Lusikisiki, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape] betterment and the Bantu Authorities (BA) were rejected in the presence of the Paramount Chief (PC). Govan Mbeki writes in his book, The Peasants Revolt, that‘one man by the name of Mngqingo (Pikani) turned his backside to Botha Sigcau, a sign of no-confidence.
Nikisi Feni and Mabaso Siqila were said to be the leaders of ‘recalcitrant Natives’ in Xengxe Location, near King William’s Town, Eastern Province [now Eastern Cape].
Ntlabati Jojo had been deposed of his status as headman in the late 1920s though by the 1940s, he was considered to be effectively the chief of a few locations. He is said to have led resistance to state measures, and surrendered ‘with twenty-one others. All but one were tried and convicted that same day.’
The Native Affairs Department accused Jojo of displacing his older brother Gawulibaso Kaiser Jojo as chief after sections of the community opposed ‘rehabilitation measures’ introduced in 1949 by the government, which were supported by Chief Gawulibaso.
Phuti Matlala was banished on 7 March 1951 from Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Northern Transvaal [now Polokwane, Limpopo Province]to Verdwaal Farm, Lichtenburg District in Western Transvaal (now in the North West Province) due to his ‘presence being inimical to the peace’.
The order was withdrawn on 9 February 1966 after Matlala spent 15 years in banishment.
Boy Seopa was 18 years old when he was banished on 21 July 1953 from his original residence at Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Northern Transvaal [now Polokwane, Limpopo Province] to Tabaans Location (Louis Trichardt [Makhado]), Sibasa District, [Tshivhase], Northern Transvaalwith his mother, Maphuti Seopa. He left his place of banishment to work in Johannesburg, noting that, ‘No one gave me permission to leave Davhana to work in Johannesburg.