During the period 16-21 June, 128 pupils and residents are killed by police in uprisings against the use of Afrikaans as a medi

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01Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 262.

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South African History Online. (2012, June 15). During the period 16-21 June, 128 pupils and residents are killed by police in uprisings against the use of Afrikaans as a medi. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0086178

South African History Online (2012) 'During the period 16-21 June, 128 pupils and residents are killed by police in uprisings against the use of Afrikaans as a medi', South African History Online, 15 June. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0086178 (Accessed: 23 September 2026).

South African History Online, During the period 16-21 June, 128 pupils and residents are killed by police in uprisings against the use of Afrikaans as a medi [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0086178, (accessed 23 September 2026).

"During the period 16-21 June, 128 pupils and residents are killed by police in uprisings against the use of Afrikaans as a medi." South African History Online, 15 June 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0086178. Accessed 23 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "During the period 16-21 June, 128 pupils and residents are killed by police in uprisings against the use of Afrikaans as a medi." South African History Online. June 15, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0086178.