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.
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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: 11 October 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 11 October 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 11 Oct. 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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