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Chief Julius Matatu, former Transkei minister and prominent traditional leader, is shot and killed at his home in Mqanduli, Tra
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- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 255.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, July 6). Chief Julius Matatu, former Transkei minister and prominent traditional leader, is shot and killed at his home in Mqanduli, Tra. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087828
South African History Online (2012) 'Chief Julius Matatu, former Transkei minister and prominent traditional leader, is shot and killed at his home in Mqanduli, Tra', South African History Online, 6 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087828 (Accessed: 14 October 2026).
South African History Online, Chief Julius Matatu, former Transkei minister and prominent traditional leader, is shot and killed at his home in Mqanduli, Tra [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087828, (accessed 14 October 2026).
"Chief Julius Matatu, former Transkei minister and prominent traditional leader, is shot and killed at his home in Mqanduli, Tra." South African History Online, 6 July 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087828. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Chief Julius Matatu, former Transkei minister and prominent traditional leader, is shot and killed at his home in Mqanduli, Tra." South African History Online. July 6, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087828.
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