The circular informs University of Cape Town students of a mass meeting to be held in response to the political turmoil that had begun to affect Cape Town. The government asks for law and order in an unlawful state. The meeting calls for solidarity with all victims of apartheid violence.
Archive record
Now Cape Town...Now Langa too is burning

- Origin date
- 12 August 1976
- Updated
- 26 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Now Cape Town...Now Langa too is burning. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0112128
South African History Online (2016) 'Now Cape Town...Now Langa too is burning', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0112128 (Accessed: 24 July 2026).
South African History Online, Now Cape Town...Now Langa too is burning [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0112128, (accessed 24 July 2026).
"Now Cape Town...Now Langa too is burning." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0112128. Accessed 24 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Now Cape Town...Now Langa too is burning." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0112128.
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