Kaizer Matanzima, chief of the Thembu people, was keen to banish Abel Ntwana, claiming that his presence at Manzimale Location, Xhalanga District, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape] was “detrimental to the administration and development in that area.”
Biography record
Abel Ntwana

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- 20 Jul 2026

South African History Online. (2019, September 2). Abel Ntwana. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149300
South African History Online (2019) 'Abel Ntwana', South African History Online, 2 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149300 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).
South African History Online, Abel Ntwana [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149300, (accessed 21 July 2026).
"Abel Ntwana." South African History Online, 2 Sept. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149300. Accessed 21 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Abel Ntwana." South African History Online. September 2, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149300.
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