Lot Kgagudi Maredi

Following widespread resistance, the Native Affairs Department (NAD) was forced to abolish the Bapedi tribal authority because of a lack of support.  This led to the suspension of Paramount Chief Sekhukhune as Regent for a month and Lot Kgagudi Maredi and Kgagudi Marutanyane were banished from Geluks Location, Sekhukhuneland, Lydenburg District, Transvaal [now Lydenburg, Mpumalanga]in November 1957.

Jack Monamudi Matsepe

Jack Monamudi Matsepe’s banishment appears to be linked to the Maleuskop between Groblersdal [Limpopo Province] and Middelburg [Mpumalanga] to Tafelkop relocation and conflict* His banishment documentation noted thatthere wasconsiderable unreston thefarm Tafelkop in the Groblersdal District, which was believed to be initiated by ‘leftist elements.’  It had already led to the death of Lucas Scott, a ‘Bantu Information Assistant’ in the Department of Information.

Gilbert R Tsikalanga

Gilbert R Tsikalanga was headman in the Mphaphuli Tribal area, Sibasa District, [Northern] Transvaal, [now Tshivhase, Limpopo Province]

He was relieved of his duties due to his insistence on becoming the chief, for agitating against the incumbent chief and the headman, and for causing serious divisions in the community.

He was banished on 3 June 1969 to Ardath Farm No.  Ku.C.O. 5-33, Kuruman District, [Northern] Cape, [now North West Province]

 Gilbert R Tsikalanga’s order was withdrawn on 30 September 1976.

Foko Mbata

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.

Bhungwana Saul Mngomezulu

According to documentation related to his banishment order, 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], after which unrest followed.

An inquiry found that Ntunja was not the rightful heir.  Ntunja fled to Swaziland and had since then terrorized the community from his base in Swaziland.  There was an attack on the chief, which left him paralysed for life. 

Alfred Mamagale Tebeila

The banishment of Alfred Mamagale Tebeila, Mamogase Sebei, Mashilo Tseke Nchabeleng, and Kgalabotwane Tseke from Sekhukhuneland, Lydenburg District, Transvaal [Limpopo Province]  was motivated on the grounds that they were ‘weerbarstiges’ (rebels) who were opposed to BA [Bantu Administration], and interfering in the ‘smooth running of tribal affairs.’  It was noted that the chief transferred them to the authority of another chief but that they refused to move; the chief then burned down some of their huts in order to ‘help them move.’ The act of burning down a hut was justified as 'tribal p

Joseph Hugo Saliwa

Joseph Hugo Saliwawas dismissed from the Native Affairs Department (NAD)in Lady Frere Eastern Province, [now Eastern Cape] ‘on account of unsatisfactory conduct’ in 1947. He thereafter ran a trading store. Saliwawas accused of being ‘prominent at meetings held for administrative purposes at which he assumed the role of protector of the so-called down-trodden Natives.’ It was stated that ‘although at first he had little influence over the Natives in the district, he gradually acquired a following and fostered opposition to measures introduced for the rehabilitation of the reserves.’

Paulus Howell Mopeli

Paulus Howell Mopeli (alias Mopelinyana), originally from Witzieshoek Native Reserve, Harrismith District, Orange Free State (now Free State Province) firstserved a prison sentence in Johannesburg. He was then banished in 1952 to the Middelburg district of the [Eastern] Transvaal [now Mpumalanga].