Petrol bombs were thrown at the homes of two VW full time shop stewards in the early hours of Monday July 30. VW branch chairman John Gomomo told FOSATU Worker News that he had woken up at about two because his baby had been coughing.
Archive record
Petrol bombs hit unionists homes

- Origin date
- April 1980
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Petrol bombs hit unionists homes. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106945
South African History Online (2016) 'Petrol bombs hit unionists homes', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106945 (Accessed: 21 August 2026).
South African History Online, Petrol bombs hit unionists homes [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106945, (accessed 21 August 2026).
"Petrol bombs hit unionists homes." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106945. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Petrol bombs hit unionists homes." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106945.
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