Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 29 November 1976, Volume 65

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Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 29 November 1976, Volume 65

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Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Peter Sawyer, a technical official from Cape Town, who had witnessed the use of tear gas to disperse crowds, to the Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa.

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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 29 November 1976, Volume 65 . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120434

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