A combined force of South African Defence Force troops and police seal off the townships of Sebokeng, Sharpeville and Boipatong

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01Kalley, 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.

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South African History Online. (2012, August 28). A combined force of South African Defence Force troops and police seal off the townships of Sebokeng, Sharpeville and Boipatong. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092771

South African History Online (2012) 'A combined force of South African Defence Force troops and police seal off the townships of Sebokeng, Sharpeville and Boipatong', South African History Online, 28 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092771 (Accessed: 25 July 2026).

South African History Online, A combined force of South African Defence Force troops and police seal off the townships of Sebokeng, Sharpeville and Boipatong [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092771, (accessed 25 July 2026).

"A combined force of South African Defence Force troops and police seal off the townships of Sebokeng, Sharpeville and Boipatong." South African History Online, 28 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092771. Accessed 25 July 2026.

South African History Online. "A combined force of South African Defence Force troops and police seal off the townships of Sebokeng, Sharpeville and Boipatong." South African History Online. August 28, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092771.