Phindile Mfethi

Updated: 4 Oct 2019

Summary

Former trade unionist who was banned to Transkei in 1978 on grounds of the Terrorism Act.

Restricted to Germiston, Transvaal. In mid 1978 banished to the Transkei.Former trade unionist with the National Union of Textile Workers and Secretary of the IAS; detained from 10 May ’76 to 16 May ’77 in terms of the Terrorism Act. After his release he was immediately served with a banning and house arrest order restricting him to his house between 6pm to 6am. His banning after a full year in detention was widely condemned. On 25 July he was deported to Butterworth in the transkei. His wife , two children and his nephew, none of whom are banned, were also deported. The Transkei Government was reported to have co-operated in the implementation of the deportation.

State record

Banning order

Order: Act No. 44 of 1950 Sec. 9 (1)<br><em>Issued Period(s)</em> [13 May 1977 to 31/5/1982]

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South African History Online. (2019, September 2). Phindile Mfethi. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149359

South African History Online (2019) 'Phindile Mfethi', South African History Online, 2 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149359 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

South African History Online, Phindile Mfethi [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149359, (accessed 12 October 2026).

"Phindile Mfethi." South African History Online, 2 Sept. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149359. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "Phindile Mfethi." South African History Online. September 2, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149359.