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

Joseph Faniso Mati was born on a farm near Adelaide, Eastern Cape and grew up in Port Elizabeth. During high school, teachers encouraged students to attend speeches of Professor ZK Matthews, Chief Albert Luthuli and Nelson Mandela.

In a letter to the NAD [Native Affairs Department] Secretary dated 14 August 1958, the CM [Chief Magistrate] claimed that [Kaizer] Matanzima was keen on banishing four people: Abel Ntwana, Silumko Ntame, Edward Sineke Tyaliti and Tyutyu Michael Nyovane.

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 (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].

Alan Keith Brooks was born on 18 May 1940 in Bristol, United Kingdom. His father was a doctor by profession. His family moved to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) where he grew up. After completing high school, Brooks with the help of the Beit Scholarship, went to the University of Cape Town (UCT) where he registered for a law degree. He subsequently became a lecturer in the African Studies department.

George Mokate Ramafoku is the only person, banished post-1948, who was also banished prior to 1948.   

His banishment order, of 8 May 1935, notes that Chief Solomon Mabi made complaints against fifteen members of the community and that an inquiry was held at Pilansberg, Western Transvaal (now North West Province) on 25 March 1935. 

Richard Owen Dudley was born in Cape Town and grew up in the house bought in 1852 by his great-grandfather in Palmboom Road, Newlands. The large house was shared by his father, Samuel, and an aunt and both their families.

There had been periodic unrest at Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg District, Transvaal (now North West Province) from the 1930s onwards. During the 1950s, the regent, Jeremiah Rakoko Mabe, and his councilors and a large section of the community opposed the introduction of Bantu Authorities. They ‘stated that acceptance of this system would amount to rule by government officials rather than the traditional tribal leaders.’