Phuti Matlala was banished on 7 March 1951 from Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Northern Transvaal [now Polokwane, Limpopo Province]to Verdwaal Farm, Lichtenburg District in Western Transvaal (now in the North West Province) due to his ‘presence being inimical to the peace’.
The order was withdrawn on 9 February 1966 after Matlala spent 15 years in banishment.