McGregor Mgolombane, from Thembuland, Umtata District, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape] was  banished to Native Trust Farm Magagapere No. KU 1.8 (also known as Wesselsvlei), Kuruman District, [Northern Cape] on 14 May 1958.

He was said to be “intimately associated” with Jackson Nkosiyane (Secretary to Paramount Chief Dalindyebo) and Twalimfene and Bangilizwe Joyi and to travel and write “to oppose stabilization”¦he frequently travelled to Cape Town and other big centres where he was suspected of making contact with subversive elements.”

References

• Contribution by Professor S. Badat on Banishment, Rhodes University, 2012. From the book, Forgotten People - Political Banishment under Apartheid by Professor S. Badat

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