Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Abednego Bartholomew Clement Xaba, Chairman of the Management Committee of the Edendale Lay Ecumenical Centre in Pietermaritzburg and Sighart Bourquin, Chief Director, Port Natal Bantu Affairs Administration Affairs Board in Durban, to the Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa.
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Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 17 January 1977, Volume 83

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South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 17 January 1977, Volume 83 . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120440
South African History Online (2016) ' Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 17 January 1977, Volume 83 ', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120440 (Accessed: 23 July 2026).
South African History Online, Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 17 January 1977, Volume 83 [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120440, (accessed 23 July 2026).
" Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 17 January 1977, Volume 83 ." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120440. Accessed 23 July 2026.
South African History Online. " Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 17 January 1977, Volume 83 ." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120440.
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