The official state of emergency ended on March 7 1986, as in that month more people died than at any other time during the state of Emergency
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Call to whites Repression: Has the State of emergency really ended?
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Call to whites Repression: Has the State of emergency really ended? . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111245
South African History Online (2016) ' Call to whites Repression: Has the State of emergency really ended? ', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111245 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).
South African History Online, Call to whites Repression: Has the State of emergency really ended? [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111245, (accessed 21 July 2026).
" Call to whites Repression: Has the State of emergency really ended? ." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111245. Accessed 21 July 2026.
South African History Online. " Call to whites Repression: Has the State of emergency really ended? ." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111245.
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Letter from Barney Pityana to Neville Curtis
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