Solomon David Lion’s father, Edward Lion, was expelled from Basutoland to the Union after his religious sect was banned. The Sechaba-sa-Batung community settled in the Hammanskraal, Pretoria District, Transvaal [now Gauteng] area in 1941 and Solomon and others purchased a portion of the farm Klipgat for communal farming. Solomon allegedly involved himself in corruption, disregarded co-purchasers wishes, committed crimes and was feared by the community. He was banished to Mount Fletcher, Eastern Province [now Eastern Cape] on 9 February 1953.