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Phuti 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The order was withdrawn on 9 February 1966 after Matlala spent 15 years in banishment.

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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The order was withdrawn on 9 February 1966 after Matlala spent 15 years in banishment.