Incomplete article by I B Tabata about a bus boycott in Johannesburg following an increase in fares.
Archive record
The bus boycott, Johannesburg: The explosive penny

- Origin date
- February 1957
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). The bus boycott, Johannesburg: The explosive penny . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111269
South African History Online (2016) 'The bus boycott, Johannesburg: The explosive penny ', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111269 (Accessed: 8 August 2026).
South African History Online, The bus boycott, Johannesburg: The explosive penny [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111269, (accessed 8 August 2026).
"The bus boycott, Johannesburg: The explosive penny ." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111269. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "The bus boycott, Johannesburg: The explosive penny ." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111269.
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