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

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