Tlou Matlala was banished on 11 June 1952 from Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Transvaal [now Polokwane, Limpopo] to Zwelitsha Native Reserve, King William’s Town District, Eastern Province [now Eastern Cape].
He was the son of Mokoena Matlala, aged 12 at the time of his banishment and heir to the chieftainship.
His order was withdrawn on 1 October 1964.
References
• Contribution by Professor S. Badat, Rhodes University, 2012. From the book, Forgotten People - Political Banishment under Apartheid by Professor S. Badat