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Thamaga's banishment order was withdrawn on 9 February 1966.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.``
Nellie Jibiliza was born in 1926 to parents who were African National Congress (ANC) activists in Cape Town. Thus, she grew up in a politically active household and began attending Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) gatherings in 1942, later joined the organisation. This background inspired her deep involvement in politics.
Barasarthi Naidoo, the eldest son of Thambi and Veerammal Naidoo, was born on 22 December 1903. At a farewell banquet for Mohandas (Mahatma) Karamchand Gandhi on 14 July 1914, (Gandhi was returning to India), Thambi Naidoo offered his four sons [Naransamy, Barasarthi, Balakrishnan and Pakirisamy] to Gandhi, saying, “I have the honour to present these four boys to be servants of India”.
Narainsamy Pillay, the brother of Veerammal Naidoo, was jailed in November and December 1908 for brief terms with hard labour due to hawking without a licence. He was sentenced twice in 1909 to three months with hard labour.