Joseph Mavi the man who led 10,000 Johannesburg municipal workers in a strike for higher pay, was buried on June 26, the 27th anniversary of the Freedom Charter's signing
Archive record
Tributes paid to a Man of the people

- Origin date
- January 1986
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Tributes paid to a Man of the people. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0110273
South African History Online (2016) 'Tributes paid to a Man of the people', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0110273 (Accessed: 18 August 2026).
South African History Online, Tributes paid to a Man of the people [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0110273, (accessed 18 August 2026).
"Tributes paid to a Man of the people." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0110273. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Tributes paid to a Man of the people." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0110273.
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