Vusumuzi Vitus Mvelase

Updated: 21 Jul 2026

Summary

Vusumuzi Vitus Mvelase was the Inkahta Freedom Party chair in Transvaal.

Vusumuzi Vitus Mvelase was restricted to Umlazi. He was the former chairman of Umlazi Residents Association; detained in terms of the Internal Security Act from Aug.-Dec.’76 and then banned; banning includes house arrest from dusk to dawn and during weekends. In April ’73 he was convicted of contravening his banning order and sentenced to 30 days imprisonment, suspended for 3 years. He had defulted by taking up a job in Pinetown, which is outside his restriction limits. His son Felix Mvelase was killed by gunmen in the Transvaal on 6 November 1993.

State record

Banning order

Order: Act No. 44 of 1950 Sec. 9 (1)<br><em>Issued Period(s)</em> [4 March 1977 to 31/1/1982]

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2019, August 22). Vusumuzi Vitus Mvelase. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0148176

South African History Online (2019) 'Vusumuzi Vitus Mvelase', South African History Online, 22 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0148176 (Accessed: 28 August 2026).

South African History Online, Vusumuzi Vitus Mvelase [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0148176, (accessed 28 August 2026).

"Vusumuzi Vitus Mvelase." South African History Online, 22 Aug. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0148176. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Vusumuzi Vitus Mvelase." South African History Online. August 22, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0148176.