Charles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, jurist, journalist, politician, farmer and first state president of SA, dies in Bloemfontein.

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01Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC.

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South African History Online. (2012, July 13). Charles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, jurist, journalist, politician, farmer and first state president of SA, dies in Bloemfontein.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088326

South African History Online (2012) 'Charles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, jurist, journalist, politician, farmer and first state president of SA, dies in Bloemfontein.', South African History Online, 13 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088326 (Accessed: 23 August 2026).

South African History Online, Charles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, jurist, journalist, politician, farmer and first state president of SA, dies in Bloemfontein. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088326, (accessed 23 August 2026).

"Charles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, jurist, journalist, politician, farmer and first state president of SA, dies in Bloemfontein.." South African History Online, 13 July 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088326. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Charles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, jurist, journalist, politician, farmer and first state president of SA, dies in Bloemfontein.." South African History Online. July 13, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088326.