Sekgopela Mashile supported his older brother’s, Matsiketsane Mashile, recognition as a Chief and voiced opposition to the manner in which tribal authorities had been demarcated.

Sekgopela “Winias “Mashile, from Native Trust Farm Ludlow, Pilgrim’s Rest District, Transvaal [Mpumalanga]was banished to the Binfield Park Native Trust Farm, Victoria East District, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape] on 27 June 1963. 

Setswiki Matabata, Molomo Ntwampe and Ramonkung Mpihleng from Sekhukhuneland, Lydenburg District, [Northern Transvaal, now Limpopo Province],were said to be supporters of Motodi Ntwampe.  Motodi Ntwampe was allegedly involved in a succession dispute following the death of a sub-Chief in Sekhukhuneland, with his campaign being championed by “leftist” supporters.  He also apparently accused the acting chief,Diphale Ntwampe,of accepting Bantu Administration (BA) without the approval of the community and of threatening her with death and causing her to flee to the mountains.

Smash Moweng, from Evaton Township, Vereeniging District, Transvaal [now Gauteng] was described as yet another “ringleader” (of the Evaton bus boycott) who was 35 years old and ”a fighter suspected of being responsible for many assaults and is a supporter of the boycott movement.”

He was said to be unemployed and exercised “such a tremendous influence over the local Natives that it is well-nigh impossible to obtain evidence against him.” On 1 November 1956 he was banished to the ”ward of Chief Madoda, Reserve No. 5” in the Empangeni district, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal].

Solomon Madikizela, from Amagutyana Location, Bizana District, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape] “established himself as the leader of proceedings at Ndhlovu Hill.  He was in some respects an unlikely rebel leader, a Methodist evangelist who also ran a small rural butchery.” Apparently Madikizela’s goal was to:

Solomon Thamaga was banished from Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, [Northern] Transvaal, [now Polokwane, Limpopo Province]to the Natives Reserve 10 [Mandini], Mtunzini District, 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.

Thamaga's banishment order was withdrawn on 9 February 1966.

Theophilus Tshangela was banished from Kwamaleida in the Amadiba Location, Bizana District [Eastern province, now Eastern Cape] to the Frenchdale Native Trust Farm, Mafeking District [Northern Cape, now North-West Province].

 Having received information that he was on a death list, he moved his partner and six children to a safe house and then observed his home being burnt down.  He noted that, “I was jailed under the emergency regulations and served six months at Pietermaritzburg and 18 at Bizana.  After serving these sentences I was brought here [to Frenchdale}.”

Original residence: Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, [Northern] Transvaal [now Polokwane, Limpopo Province]

Place of banishment: Tabaans Location (Louis Trichardt [Makhado]), Sibasa District, [Tshivhase], [Northern] Transvaal, [now Limpopo]

Date of banishment: 21July 1953

There is no information on Marapo Seopa. Indeed, it is not clear whether such a person existed.  Louisa Tlou Seopa speculates that:

Shabangu was an active organiser at the street level for the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) in Dube, Soweto. He assisted in setting up and coordinating Congress of the People (COP) committees for house-to-house visits during the early 1950s.

Karel Tip was born and raised in Durban. Tip attended a comparatively multi-racial primary school which he “tended to soften the [racial] lines a little” (LRC Interview, 2007: 1). He began studying engineering at the University of Natal in Durban. However, Tip soon drifted into studying Political Science under the mentorship of Rick Turner. It was during this time that Tip’s opposition to apartheid developed and he became very involved in student activities.

David Bruce received a call-up notice from the South African Defence Force (SADF) in July 1987. His choices were two years in the army, exile, or six years in jail. Bruce had just finishing an extended stay in college, went to an open-air military induction point called Sturrock Park, on 5 August, and told a clerk there he would refuse military service-not because he`s a pacifist, but because he won`t ``fight in defence of a racist political system.``