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Eighteen people die in Crossroads, Cape Town, when police fire on protestors.
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- 30 Sep 2019
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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.
- 02https://web.uct.ac.za/
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, February 17). Eighteen people die in Crossroads, Cape Town, when police fire on protestors.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074170
South African History Online (2012) 'Eighteen people die in Crossroads, Cape Town, when police fire on protestors.', South African History Online, 17 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074170 (Accessed: 7 August 2026).
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"Eighteen people die in Crossroads, Cape Town, when police fire on protestors.." South African History Online, 17 Feb. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074170. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Eighteen people die in Crossroads, Cape Town, when police fire on protestors.." South African History Online. February 17, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074170.
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Cape St Francis, Western Cape Peninsula
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