Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Gordon Battaliou, a pastor in the Stirling Baptist Church in East London and Wellinton Sangotsha, a reporter, 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 28 January 1977, Volume 95

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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 28 January 1977, Volume 95 . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120443
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South African History Online. " Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 28 January 1977, Volume 95 ." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120443.
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