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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John A. Mavuso
- Born
- 1926
- Died
- 24 May 2011
- Updated
- 3 Sep 2019
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