First name
John
Last name
Mtini
Date of birth
1887
Born in 1887, John Mtini was the 'Grand Old Man' of the trial who took part in the 1929 anti-pass campaigns, the struggles of the unemployed of 1931-2, the formation of a Railway Workers' Union in 1936 and many subsequent campaigns. He was a veteran African Congressman, and he was over seventy years old at the time of the trial.