Synopsis
Member of the African National Congress national executive committee, defendant in the 1956 Treason Trial
First name
John A.
Last name
Mavuso
Date of birth
1926
Location of birth
Ermelo,Mpumalanga,South Africa
Date of death
24-May-2011
Location of death
Ermelo,Mpumalanga,South Africa
Gender
Male
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.