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Brig. Theuns Swanepoel (”Rooi Rus”) (70), one of the most feared interrogators of the SA Security Police, dies in Roodepoort.
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South African History Online. (2012, July 6). Brig. Theuns Swanepoel (”Rooi Rus”) (70), one of the most feared interrogators of the SA Security Police, dies in Roodepoort.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087752
South African History Online (2012) 'Brig. Theuns Swanepoel (”Rooi Rus”) (70), one of the most feared interrogators of the SA Security Police, dies in Roodepoort.', South African History Online, 6 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087752 (Accessed: 9 August 2026).
South African History Online, Brig. Theuns Swanepoel (”Rooi Rus”) (70), one of the most feared interrogators of the SA Security Police, dies in Roodepoort. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087752, (accessed 9 August 2026).
"Brig. Theuns Swanepoel (”Rooi Rus”) (70), one of the most feared interrogators of the SA Security Police, dies in Roodepoort.." South African History Online, 6 July 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087752. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Brig. Theuns Swanepoel (”Rooi Rus”) (70), one of the most feared interrogators of the SA Security Police, dies in Roodepoort.." South African History Online. July 6, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087752.
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