The Alexandra ‘6-day war’ (15-21 February) starts.

Updated: 30 Sep 2019

The Alexandra '6-day war' (15-21 February) starts. Twenty-seven people are killed when SAP and SADF clash with youths after the funeral of a schoolboy who was killed by a shopping complex security guard.

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01Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 263.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2012, February 10). The Alexandra ‘6-day war’ (15-21 February) starts. . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074088

South African History Online (2012) 'The Alexandra ‘6-day war’ (15-21 February) starts. ', South African History Online, 10 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074088 (Accessed: 29 July 2026).

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"The Alexandra ‘6-day war’ (15-21 February) starts. ." South African History Online, 10 Feb. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074088. Accessed 29 July 2026.

South African History Online. "The Alexandra ‘6-day war’ (15-21 February) starts. ." South African History Online. February 10, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074088.