Shot dead

Shot dead as he was leaving his home.

A National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa shop steward. Mafiyeka was gunned down by one of a group of four men who approached him as he walked to work.

Prince Mafoko was an official of the ANC Youth League (ANCYL). He was shot and killed by police.

Mhlupeki Hlongwane and Mxoshwa Mdhluli were banished from Ngoba Location, Bergville District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal]on 11 April 1957. Their banishment orders were a consequence of developments 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.

According to Mdhluli, on 12 April 1957 the police took Mhlupeki Hlongwane, the son of Mdhluli’s chief, and himself to the Native Commissioner’s office at Bergville.

Mdhluli recounted:

Tom Lebekoe was one of the six persons, alongside Jeremiah Mabe,  accused of various offences arising from conflict in Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg District, Transvaal (now North West Province).  

An order dated 9 September 1949 banished Lebekoe, this order was revoked on 14 May 1952.

Jim Lithako was banished on 8 March 1954, from Witzieshoek Native Reserve, Harrismith District, Orange Free State [now Free State Province]. He was said to be one of the leading agitators in Witzieshoek, who had refused the instructions of the head of the Native Commission.

Levi Mabe was one of the six, alongside Jeremiah Mabe, accused of various offences arising from conflict in Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg District, Transvaal (now North West Province).

In a banishment order dated 8 May 1935, he is mentioned as a member of the Batlako community who committed certain acts of ‘misconduct,’ ‘but of a less serious nature.’

Ntloe Mabe, originally a resident of Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg District, [Western] Transvaal [now North West Province] was banished on 19 December 1955 to Driefontein Native Trust Farm, Vryburg, [Western] Transvaal [now North West Province]. 

Mabe was one of five counsellors of the Bathlako community, together with Chief Jeremiah Mabe, that was banished from Mabieskraal to the Driefontein banishment camp. It was claimed that their presence in Mabieskraal was “inimical to the peace, order and good government of the African people living there.”

Piet Mabukela was banished on 28 July 1952 from Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Transvaal [now Polokwane, Limpopo Province]to Castle Rock, Mount Fletcher, Eastern Province [now Eastern Cape].

Mabukela died on 25 November 1954.