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1921-2009

Livingstone Mqotsi

Livingstone Mqotsi (Livie) was born in the village of Rabula in the Keiskammahoek district in the former Ciskei, now Eastern Cape, on 18 April 1921. Mqotsi…

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William Mtsologane

William Mtsologane was one of the six along with Jeremiah Rakoko Mabe, accused of various offences arising from conflict in Mabieskraal (Pilansberg),…

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Ngoza Mvelase

According to documentation related to Ngoza Mvelase’s banishment, community conflict in the Msinga District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal] in previous years…

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Mark Shinners

 Mark Shinners grew up in Attridgeville in Pretoria. He became involved in politics as a teenager and joined the Pan Africanist Congress(PAC). This was shortly…

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1949-1991

Mhlabunzima Maphumulo

Mhlabunzima Maphumulo was born on 6 September 1949 and not much is known on the location of his birth or his childhood. At the age of 24, Maphumulo inherited…

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1959

Phathekile Holomisa

Phathekile Holomisa was born on 26 August 1959 in the Eastern Cape. He went to the University of Natal during the mid 1980’s where he received a Bachelor of…

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1912-1962

Majola Shusha

Executed for the PondoIand killing of Subchief Standford Nomagqwatekana and four others

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1952-1988

Zwelidumisle Mjekula

Zwelidumisle Mjekula was executed at age 36,for the murder of a security guard in Port Elizabeth in June 1986. 

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Alois Mate

The Makoba’s Council was described as ‘a powerful and dangerous group of tribesmen.’ Alois Mate was considered to be ‘the brains of the Council although he…

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Jeremiah Moraka

Jeremiah Moraka, a counsellor to Makwena Matlala, was banished from his residence in Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Transvaal [now Polokwane,…

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Johannes Matlala

In relating his story of banishment to Helen Joseph, Johannes Matlala said he was arrested with others and ‘driven to Pietersburg like a flock of sheep.’ Some…

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Mabaso Siqila

Mabaso Siqila and Nikisi Feni were said to be the leaders of ‘recalcitrant Natives’ in Xengxe Location, near King William’s Town, Eastern Province [now Eastern…

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Maema Matlala

Maema Matlala, an old man who had served in East Africa during the First World War,was related by blood, to the royal family,  was the second most senior…

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Matela Mantsoe

Matela Mantsoe, a resident of Witzieshoek Native Reserve, Harrismith District, Orange Free State (now Free State)was described by government authorities as a …

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Mfoloe Ramokgadi

Mfoloe Ramokgadi was one of the six, alongside Jeremiah Rakoko Mabe, accused of various offences arising from conflict in Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg…

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Mngqingo Pikani

At a 1953 meeting in Lusikisiki, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape] betterment and the Bantu Authorities (BA) were rejected in the presence of the Paramount…

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Nikisi Feni

Nikisi Feni and Mabaso Siqila were said to be the leaders of ‘recalcitrant Natives’ in Xengxe Location, near King William’s Town, Eastern Province [now Eastern…

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Ntlabati Jojo

Ntlabati Jojo had been deposed of his status as headman in the late 1920s though by the 1940s, he was considered to be effectively the chief of a few locations…

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Phuti Matlala

Phuti Matlala was banished on 7 March 1951 from Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Northern Transvaal [now Polokwane, Limpopo Province]to Verdwaal Farm,…

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Gubuzela Ngubane

The documentation related to the banishment of Gubuzela Ngubane provides an account of the historical process by which the Ntanzi community came in the 19th…

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Klaas Matlala

Klaas Matlala was arrested in the fields where he resided at Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, [Northern] Transvaal [now Polokwane, Limpopo Province]…

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1924-1999

Malcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti

Malcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti was born in 1924 in the Kwalera district of the Eastern Cape. Very soon after he was born, his father moved to East London to…

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Mamolatela Seopa

Anna Mokete Mamolatelo Seopa was the 14 year old daughter of Maphuti Seopawhen she was banished,  on 21July 1953  from Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District…

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Maphuti Molatela Seopa

In terms of a banishment order dated 21 July 1953, Maphuti Molatela Seopa and her two children were banished in October 1953 from Matlala's Location,…

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Godfrey Sekhukhune

Mogaramedi Godfrey Sekhukhune was one of the ‘most important’ of the Sekhukhune revolt leaders. He ‘was from the royal family at Mohlaletse and in the 1940s…

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Douglas Ramokgopa

The case of Douglas Ramokgopa illustrates various aspects of banishment: the issue of freedom of movement while in banishment and, in this instance, the sheer…

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Frans Ramaro

Frans Ramaro and his cousin Morris Ranoto were banished on19 January 1955 from Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Northern Transvaal, [now Polokwane,…

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Jackson (Balisile)) Nkosiyane

Jackson (Balisile) Nkosiyane, Twalimfene Joyi, Bangilizwe Joyi and McGregor Mgolombane were all banished on 30 May 1958 from Thembuland, Umtata District, …

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Alex Tikana

Anger at the unilateral imposition of state policies and attempts to appoint pliant pro- Kaizer Matanzima, (chief of the Thembu people) headmen resulted in…

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Alexander Kgobe

It was alleged that in 1958 Alexander Kgobe alias Malemane, from La Pucella, Potgietersrus District, Transvaal [now Mokopane, in Limpopo Province]  wrote…

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