Morwamotse Sekhukhune

Updated: 20 Jul 2026

Summary

Banished person

The Native Affairs Department (NAD) sought a prominent supporter for its policies in Sekhukhuneland, Lydenburg District, [Northern] Transvaal [now Limpopo Province]. The NAD focussed its attention on Morwamotse Sekhukhune, who was officially installed as the Paramount Chief (PC) on 20 August 1953. However, he ”began a cat and mouse game that was to drag on for years,” suggesting private support for state interventions but refraining from providing any public commitment and support.

How we know this

01• Contribution by Professor S. Badat on Banishment, 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). Morwamotse Sekhukhune. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149272

South African History Online (2019) 'Morwamotse Sekhukhune', South African History Online, 2 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149272 (Accessed: 23 August 2026).

South African History Online, Morwamotse Sekhukhune [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149272, (accessed 23 August 2026).

"Morwamotse Sekhukhune." South African History Online, 2 Sept. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149272. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Morwamotse Sekhukhune." South African History Online. September 2, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149272.