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Armed hostel inmates shoot and hack their way through the Black township of Boipatong, leaving forty-six people dead and scores
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- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau
- 02Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, June 15). Armed hostel inmates shoot and hack their way through the Black township of Boipatong, leaving forty-six people dead and scores. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0086017
South African History Online (2012) 'Armed hostel inmates shoot and hack their way through the Black township of Boipatong, leaving forty-six people dead and scores', South African History Online, 15 June. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0086017 (Accessed: 2 August 2026).
South African History Online, Armed hostel inmates shoot and hack their way through the Black township of Boipatong, leaving forty-six people dead and scores [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0086017, (accessed 2 August 2026).
"Armed hostel inmates shoot and hack their way through the Black township of Boipatong, leaving forty-six people dead and scores." South African History Online, 15 June 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0086017. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Armed hostel inmates shoot and hack their way through the Black township of Boipatong, leaving forty-six people dead and scores." South African History Online. June 15, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0086017.
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