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The death toll in the strife-torn Reef townships rises to 515 although relative calm had returned to all the major conflict are
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- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01Pretoria News, August 26, 2002. Today in History
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, August 10). The death toll in the strife-torn Reef townships rises to 515 although relative calm had returned to all the major conflict are. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090246
South African History Online (2012) 'The death toll in the strife-torn Reef townships rises to 515 although relative calm had returned to all the major conflict are', South African History Online, 10 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090246 (Accessed: 14 October 2026).
South African History Online, The death toll in the strife-torn Reef townships rises to 515 although relative calm had returned to all the major conflict are [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090246, (accessed 14 October 2026).
"The death toll in the strife-torn Reef townships rises to 515 although relative calm had returned to all the major conflict are." South African History Online, 10 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090246. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "The death toll in the strife-torn Reef townships rises to 515 although relative calm had returned to all the major conflict are." South African History Online. August 10, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090246.
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