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Dr. Verwoerd is buried in Hero’s Acre, Pretoria. A crowd of some 250,000 people watches the mile-long cortege on its three-mile
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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
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, August 14). Dr. Verwoerd is buried in Hero’s Acre, Pretoria. A crowd of some 250,000 people watches the mile-long cortege on its three-mile. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090849
South African History Online (2012) 'Dr. Verwoerd is buried in Hero’s Acre, Pretoria. A crowd of some 250,000 people watches the mile-long cortege on its three-mile', South African History Online, 14 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090849 (Accessed: 5 September 2026).
South African History Online, Dr. Verwoerd is buried in Hero’s Acre, Pretoria. A crowd of some 250,000 people watches the mile-long cortege on its three-mile [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090849, (accessed 5 September 2026).
"Dr. Verwoerd is buried in Hero’s Acre, Pretoria. A crowd of some 250,000 people watches the mile-long cortege on its three-mile." South African History Online, 14 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090849. Accessed 5 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Dr. Verwoerd is buried in Hero’s Acre, Pretoria. A crowd of some 250,000 people watches the mile-long cortege on its three-mile." South African History Online. August 14, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090849.
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