Born in 1923, Mati worked as a clerk. He joined the African National Congress in 1946. He was active in the 1949 bus boycott in Port Elizabeth. Mati served three months imprisonment during the Defiance Campaign for defying unjust laws after his arrest for organising the illegal May Day meeting in Port Elizabeth in 1955.
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Born in 1923, Mati worked as a clerk. He joined the African National Congress in 1946. He was active in the 1949 bus boycott in Port Elizabeth. Mati served three months imprisonment during the Defiance Campaign for defying unjust laws after his arrest for organising the illegal May Day meeting in Port Elizabeth in 1955.