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From 2-9 August, police find seventy-five unidentified bodies of residents in the East Rand area.
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- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 266.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, July 27). From 2-9 August, police find seventy-five unidentified bodies of residents in the East Rand area.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089222
South African History Online (2012) 'From 2-9 August, police find seventy-five unidentified bodies of residents in the East Rand area.', South African History Online, 27 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089222 (Accessed: 9 September 2026).
South African History Online, From 2-9 August, police find seventy-five unidentified bodies of residents in the East Rand area. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089222, (accessed 9 September 2026).
"From 2-9 August, police find seventy-five unidentified bodies of residents in the East Rand area.." South African History Online, 27 July 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089222. Accessed 9 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "From 2-9 August, police find seventy-five unidentified bodies of residents in the East Rand area.." South African History Online. July 27, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089222.
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