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Eleven people are killed when Bophuthatswana police open fire on a 5 000-10 000 strong crowd gathered at a meeting called by yo
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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. 263
- 02South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89, Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 112.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, March 16). Eleven people are killed when Bophuthatswana police open fire on a 5 000-10 000 strong crowd gathered at a meeting called by yo. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079700
South African History Online (2012) 'Eleven people are killed when Bophuthatswana police open fire on a 5 000-10 000 strong crowd gathered at a meeting called by yo', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079700 (Accessed: 20 September 2026).
South African History Online, Eleven people are killed when Bophuthatswana police open fire on a 5 000-10 000 strong crowd gathered at a meeting called by yo [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079700, (accessed 20 September 2026).
"Eleven people are killed when Bophuthatswana police open fire on a 5 000-10 000 strong crowd gathered at a meeting called by yo." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079700. Accessed 20 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Eleven people are killed when Bophuthatswana police open fire on a 5 000-10 000 strong crowd gathered at a meeting called by yo." South African History Online. March 16, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079700.
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