John A. Mavuso

Born: 1926
Died: 24 May 2011
Updated: 3 Sep 2019

Summary

Member of the African National Congress national executive committee, defendant in the 1956 Treason Trial

Born in 1926 Mavuso worked at different times as a messenger and a shopkeeper. He was a member of the African National Congress national executive committee from 1955 to 1956 and was active in the Alexandra branch in Johannesburg. Banned a number of times under the Suppression of Communism Act, he was a defendant in the Treason Trial from December 1956 until charges were dropped against him in December 1957.

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South African History Online. (2011, February 17). John A. Mavuso. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0008502

South African History Online (2011) 'John A. Mavuso', South African History Online, 17 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0008502 (Accessed: 24 August 2026).

South African History Online, John A. Mavuso [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0008502, (accessed 24 August 2026).

"John A. Mavuso." South African History Online, 17 Feb. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0008502. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "John A. Mavuso." South African History Online. February 17, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0008502.