Matsiketsane Mashile

Born: 1927
Updated: 20 Jul 2026

Summary

Member of the ANC and SACTU, Bishop in the Bantu Apostolic Faith Mission Church, faith healer, member of the Lebowa Legislative Assembly, political detaineeand banished person.

Soon after his birth, in 1927 at Maripeskop near Klaserie in the eastern Transvaal [Mpumalanga], Matsiketsane “Lanios” Mashile’s family was relocated to a farm at the Native Trust Farm Ludlow, Pilgrim’s Rest District, Transvaal [Mpumalanga]. Growing up in an impoverished family, he was forced to leave school after standard one [Grade 3].

How we know this

01• Contribution by Professor S. Badat, Rhodes University, 2012. From the book, Forgotten People - Political Banishment under Apartheid by Professor S. Badat

Last updated · 20 Jul 2026

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2019, September 2). Matsiketsane Mashile. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149278

South African History Online (2019) 'Matsiketsane Mashile', South African History Online, 2 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149278 (Accessed: 28 August 2026).

South African History Online, Matsiketsane Mashile [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149278, (accessed 28 August 2026).

"Matsiketsane Mashile." South African History Online, 2 Sept. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149278. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Matsiketsane Mashile." South African History Online. September 2, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149278.