Richard Molete

Updated: 20 Jul 2026

Summary

Member of the ANC, banished person

In 1956, police killed four and injured others during a march in Lichtenburg [Northern Transvaal, now North West Province] that protested against passes for women. In 1957, Molete, also from Lichtenburg, came to the notice of the authorities when a pamphlet entitled “Burning of pass books, Rooijantjiesfontein, Lichtenburg” was found on him. He was allegedly distributing them in Johannesburg.

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). Richard Molete. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149253

South African History Online (2019) 'Richard Molete', South African History Online, 2 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149253 (Accessed: 28 August 2026).

South African History Online, Richard Molete [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149253, (accessed 28 August 2026).

"Richard Molete." South African History Online, 2 Sept. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149253. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Richard Molete." South African History Online. September 2, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0149253.