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David Rattray, KwaZulu historian is murdered at his home at Fugitive’s Drift Lodge. It immediately becomes world news and affec
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South African History Online. (2012, January 20). David Rattray, KwaZulu historian is murdered at his home at Fugitive’s Drift Lodge. It immediately becomes world news and affec. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073028
South African History Online (2012) 'David Rattray, KwaZulu historian is murdered at his home at Fugitive’s Drift Lodge. It immediately becomes world news and affec', South African History Online, 20 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073028 (Accessed: 24 September 2026).
South African History Online, David Rattray, KwaZulu historian is murdered at his home at Fugitive’s Drift Lodge. It immediately becomes world news and affec [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073028, (accessed 24 September 2026).
"David Rattray, KwaZulu historian is murdered at his home at Fugitive’s Drift Lodge. It immediately becomes world news and affec." South African History Online, 20 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073028. Accessed 24 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "David Rattray, KwaZulu historian is murdered at his home at Fugitive’s Drift Lodge. It immediately becomes world news and affec." South African History Online. January 20, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073028.
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