• Contribution by Professor S. Badat on Banishment, Rhodes University, 2012. From the book, Forgotten People - Political Banishment under Apartheid by Professor S. Badat.
Synopsis
banished person
First name
Phuti
Last name
Matlala
Phuti Matlala was banished on 7 March 1951 from Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Northern Transvaal [now Polokwane, Limpopo Province]to Verdwaal Farm, Lichtenburg District in Western Transvaal (now in the North West Province) due to his ‘presence being inimical to the peace’.
The order was withdrawn on 9 February 1966 after Matlala spent 15 years in banishment.