If it hadn't been for the National Union of Textile Workers Brown Lung Campaign, Gretta Maphumulo wouldn't have known exactly what she was suffering from.
Archive record
Retrenchment an excuse to get rid of me says 55-year-old Brown Lung victim

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

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Retrenchment an excuse to get rid of me says 55-year-old Brown Lung victim. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106940
South African History Online (2016) 'Retrenchment an excuse to get rid of me says 55-year-old Brown Lung victim', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106940 (Accessed: 27 August 2026).
South African History Online, Retrenchment an excuse to get rid of me says 55-year-old Brown Lung victim [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106940, (accessed 27 August 2026).
"Retrenchment an excuse to get rid of me says 55-year-old Brown Lung victim." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106940. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Retrenchment an excuse to get rid of me says 55-year-old Brown Lung victim." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0106940.
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