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Alinah Smith (52), mother of an ANC Youth League Official, is killed when a hand grenade explodes in her house.
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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. 254.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, April 23). Alinah Smith (52), mother of an ANC Youth League Official, is killed when a hand grenade explodes in her house.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082358
South African History Online (2012) 'Alinah Smith (52), mother of an ANC Youth League Official, is killed when a hand grenade explodes in her house.', South African History Online, 23 April. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082358 (Accessed: 5 August 2026).
South African History Online, Alinah Smith (52), mother of an ANC Youth League Official, is killed when a hand grenade explodes in her house. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082358, (accessed 5 August 2026).
"Alinah Smith (52), mother of an ANC Youth League Official, is killed when a hand grenade explodes in her house.." South African History Online, 23 Apr. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082358. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Alinah Smith (52), mother of an ANC Youth League Official, is killed when a hand grenade explodes in her house.." South African History Online. April 23, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082358.
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