List of people subject to banning orders under apartheid
This list of people subject to banning orders under apartheid lists a selection of people subject to a "banning order" by the apartheid-era South African government. Banning was a repressive and extrajudicial measure used by the South African apartheid regime against its political opponents. The legislative authority for banning orders was firstly the Suppression of Communism Act, 1950, which defined virtually all opposition to apartheid as "Communism", which was superseded by the Internal Security Act, 1982. The régime ceased to deploy bannings and lifted all remaining banning orders in 1990, in the run-up to the advent of democracy in South Africa in 1994. A banning order entailed restrictions on where the banned person could live and who they could have contact with, required that they report weekly to a police station, and proscribed them from travelling outside a specific magisterial district. The banned person was prohibited from attending meetings of any kind, speaking in public, or publishing or distributing any written material. It proscribed broadcasters and the press from broadcasting, publishing or reporting the banned person's words. It thus mixed elements of internal exile, suppression orders and censorship. The prohibition on attending meetings meant that the banned person could not be with more than one other person at a time. The banned person was forbidden all contact with other banned persons and was forbidden to engage in any political activity. The penalty for violating a banning order was up to five years in prison.
Some People subject to banning orders
John Aitchison: banned 1965-1970, 1971-1976.
Phyllis Altman: Banned in 1964.
Jacqueline Arenstein: Banned in 1963, 1973 and 1978.
Farouk Asvat: banned 1973 to 1978:,,,;
Mabel Balfour: Banned in 1963.
Saul Bastomsky: Banned in 1965, emigrated to UK, 1966 to Australia
Mary Benson: Banned in 1966.
Jean Bernadt: Banned 1959 to 1964.
Hilda Bernstein: Banned 1953 and 1958.
Lionel Bernstein: Banned 1950 and 1953.
Steve Biko: Banned February 1973 to 1977.
Brian Brown: Banned 17 October 1977 for five years.
Peter Brown: Banned for 5 years July 1964, renewed for a further 5 years 1969.
Yusuf Dadoo: Banned 1953 until exile and death in 1983.
Lionel Davis: Banned 1971 to 1976.
Patrick Duncan: Banned 1961, 1962; went into exile 1962
Bettie du Toit: Banned in 1952.
Paula Ensor : Banned 27 February 1973 to 31 March 1978. Left for Botswana clandestinely in 1976.
Ruth First: Banned 1960 to 1982.
Ela Gandhi: Banned in 1975.
Alcott 'Skei' Gwentshe: Banned November 1952; sentenced to 9 years in prison for violating the banning order, 26 March 1953.
Bertha Gxowa: Banned in 1960.
Adelaine Hain: Banned in 1963.
Viola Hashe: Banned in 1963 until her death in 1977.
Ruth Hayman: Banned from 1966 to 1981.
Sedick Isaacs: Banned from 1977 to 1984.
Helen Joseph: Banned four times, starting in 1957.
Ronnie Kasrils: Banned 1962 to 1990.
Clive Keegan : Banned 27 February 1973 for five years; left for Botswana clandestinely in 1976.
Bennie Khoapa: Banned 1973 to 1978; went into exile 1978.
Theo Kotze: Banned 17 October 1977 for five years.
Sheila Barsel Lapinsky : Banned 27 February 1973 to 31 March 1978. The only one of the group of NUSAS members banned on that date to serve her time in the country.
Philippe Le Roux : Banned 27 February 1973 for five years. Left the country on an exit permit.
