The Native Affairs Department (NAD) sought a prominent supporter for its policies in Sekhukhuneland, Lydenburg District, [Northern] Transvaal [now Limpopo Province].  The NAD focussed its attention on Morwamotse Sekhukhune, who was officially installed as the Paramount Chief (PC) on 20 August 1953.  However, he ”began a cat and mouse game that was to drag on for years,” suggesting private support for state interventions but refraining from providing any public commitment and support.

Mothebang Mopeli was alleged to have been one of the agitators in the Witzieshoek Native Reserve, Harrismith District, Orange Free State [now Free State Province]. He was accused of having connections to a certain Josiel Lefela, an ”opruier” (agitator) from Basutoland.  Lefela was said never to work yet always had money.  It was speculated this came from a certain lawyer who paid him to be his agent.

Mopeli was banished to Frenchdale Native Trust Farm, Mafeking District, in the Northern Cape (now North West Province) on 8 March 1954.

In 1962, the New Age reported on the “mysterious disappearance of ‘prominent anti-government men from Sekhukhuneland” after “four men were called to the office of the Native Commissioner at Schoonoord.”

Mtetunzima Ganyile, from Amanikwe Location, Bizana District, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape] was described in the motivation for his banishment as one of the leaders of the Pondoland revolt and ‘a strong supporter of the banned ANC [African National Congress].’

Mxoshwa Mdhluli and Mhlupeki Hlongwane were banished, from Ngoba Location, Bergville District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal] on 11 April 1957. Their banishment orders were related to the killing of five police officers during a dagga raid in February 1956; 22 of those responsible were apprehended and sentenced to death. In 1962, when Helen Joseph visited Mdhluli, he was living in a “dark and squalid”¦broken-down shack”  with “broken wooden frames for beds.”

According to Mdhluli:

Tensions between the Ntanzi and Bomvu communities developed in the 1940s, allegedly because Nembe Ntanzi, the hereditary leader of the Ntanzi section, “was dismissed from the office of induna [headman] by Nonkenkeza Ngubane, the Acting Chief of the Bomvu tribe.” Both of these communities lived in the Greytown District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal].’  

Mzondeki Makhunga, a resident from Ingwavuma District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal], was the head induna [chief headman] of Ntunja Mngomezulu in this area.

In 1965, after the death of Chief Zombizwe, Ntunja Mngomezulu was appointed Chief of the Mngomezulu community in the Ingwavuma District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal], following which unrest broke out.

The documentation related to Ndhlovu Msutu’s banishment noted that he was appointed Headman of Msutu’s Location, Peddie District, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape] on 13 December 1920.

On December 1923, he was suspended “because he failed to carry out certain instructions in connection with the holding of a meeting.”  In July 1932, “Msutu’s increment was withheld due to unsatisfactory service.” In September 1933, he was charged with perjury and dismissed.

There was conflict in the Tokazi location in the Usutu Area, Nongoma District, Natal [now Kwazulu-Natal], around Bantu Affairs (BA), betterment and the role played by Paramount Chief (PC) Cyprian Dinizulu.

According to his banishment order, in 1957 Tuntubele Qeliso was dismissed from his post as headman of Ncolosi Location, Tsolo District [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape], due to “misconduct.”