Ralekeke Rantuba

Updated: 20 Jul 2026

Summary

Banished person

Ralekeke Rantuba, from Evaton Township, Vereeniging District, Transvaal [now Gauteng], was the kingpin of the anti-boycott force during the Evaton bus boycott. He was banished to the “ward of Chief Magamege, Reserve No 10” in the Mtunzini district of Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal].

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). Ralekeke Rantuba. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149255

South African History Online (2019) 'Ralekeke Rantuba', South African History Online, 2 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149255 (Accessed: 6 September 2026).

South African History Online, Ralekeke Rantuba [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149255, (accessed 6 September 2026).

"Ralekeke Rantuba." South African History Online, 2 Sept. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149255. Accessed 6 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Ralekeke Rantuba." South African History Online. September 2, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149255.