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Born and educated in Soweto , Mosando was a participant in the anti- Afrikaans riots in 1972 . He also established underground Umkhonto We Sizwe cells in Soweto, and was imprisoned on Robben Island from 1975 to 1981 for his participation in anti- Apartheid activities. After he was released, he served as a member of the Soweto Civic Association , and was again detained under the emergency regualtions from June 1985 to March 1986 , and again from July 1986 to 1989 . He was also elected as a member of the Gauteng Legislature, and was subsequently elected to serve as Mayor of Johannesburg in 2001 . |
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