According to his banishment order, in 1957 Tuntubele Qeliso was dismissed from his post as headman of Ncolosi Location, Tsolo District [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape], due to “misconduct.”
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Tuntubele Qeliso
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- 01• Contribution by Professor S. Badat, Rhodes University, 2012. From the book, Forgotten People - Political Banishment under Apartheid by Professor S. Badat
Last updated · 3 Oct 2019
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