Jackson (Balisile) Nkosiyane, Twalimfene Joyi, Bangilizwe Joyi and McGregor Mgolombane were all banished on 30 May 1958 from Thembuland, Umtata District, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape] to Voorspoed Farm No. 1376, District of Zoutpansberg, Transvaal [Limpopo Province].  Their banishment orders were, however, signed some two weeks earlier, on 14 May 1958.

Fanele Mbali was born on 1 December 1937 in a village called Eqolweni. Mbali’s father, Charlton Babana Mkhonto and his brother William Ntozakhe decided on the Mbali surname as it was more appealing and adopted it instead. Mbali was the main stem of the Mkhonto family tree line. He spent the first four years of his life at Eqolweni  where he and his sister, Liziwe lived with his paternal grandfather, Gadu and his wife, Mas’Thathu. His biological mother, Nomanundu, worked as a domestic worker in Queenstown at the time.

Kaizer Matanzima, chief of the Thembu people, was keen to banish Abel Ntwana, claiming that his presence at Manzimale Location, Xhalanga District, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape] was “detrimental to the administration and development in that area.”

Anger at the unilateral imposition of state policies and attempts to appoint pliant pro- Kaizer Matanzima, (chief of the Thembu people) headmen resulted in violence erupting in Cala, [Eastern Province now Eastern Cape], withhut burnings at Emnxe, Eastern Province  in July-August 1960. 

It was alleged that in 1958 Alexander Kgobe alias Malemane, from La Pucella, Potgietersrus District, Transvaal [now Mokopane, in Limpopo Province]  wrote threatening letters to the principal of the La Pucella school, insisted that he was the headman of La Pucella and interfered in NAD [Native Affairs Department] affairs and school issues.

Darius Segatle was the principal of a school in Rooijantjiesfontein, Lichtenburg [Northern Transvaal, now North West Province] until the end of 1960, when he was dismissed for his purported anti-state activities.  He was accused of playing a leading role in meetings agitating for the burning of passes, being a member of the ANC [African National Congress], and having said: ‘Being an African, I am a member of all African organisations and I shall always help where I can to let the organisation improv

Foko Mbata’s banishment documentation claimed that he led the Mbata clan and that they had attacked and killed people in the Hlazakazi area [Natal, now KwaZulu-Natal].  It went on to claim that the violence had caused the Ngobese clan move away from area.  It was also alleged that the Mbata clan wished the chief to resign so that Foko Mbata could take up his place, since they had conquered the area, and that no arrests could be made, as everyone was afraid of Mbata and refused to give testimony.

Gibson Magwaza, from Nongoma District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal] was banished for coming into conflict with Chief Cyprian Dinizulu and the state.  A document on his banishment noted thatMagwaza was a senior induna [headman] who was very influential, and in 1957 played an important role in opposing the implementation ofstate policies.

Gilbert Hani and Jacob Mpemba,prominent ANC [African National Congress] leaders and strong opponents of Kaizer Matanzima and the Bantustan policy, were banished from Langa location in Cape Town, [Western Province, now Western Cape] on 23 October 1962.

Between 1959 and 1962, eight people were banished from various districts of Mpondoland, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape].  They included some of those who constituted the leadership of the Hill Committee* and prominent traditional leaders opposed to BA (Bantu Affairs).