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Florence Tshuku and her children Lundi, Mncedisi, Abigail and Edward Gebe, are killed when their home is attacked and burnt.
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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. 253.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, August 10). Florence Tshuku and her children Lundi, Mncedisi, Abigail and Edward Gebe, are killed when their home is attacked and burnt.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089746
South African History Online (2012) 'Florence Tshuku and her children Lundi, Mncedisi, Abigail and Edward Gebe, are killed when their home is attacked and burnt.', South African History Online, 10 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089746 (Accessed: 2 October 2026).
South African History Online, Florence Tshuku and her children Lundi, Mncedisi, Abigail and Edward Gebe, are killed when their home is attacked and burnt. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089746, (accessed 2 October 2026).
"Florence Tshuku and her children Lundi, Mncedisi, Abigail and Edward Gebe, are killed when their home is attacked and burnt.." South African History Online, 10 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089746. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Florence Tshuku and her children Lundi, Mncedisi, Abigail and Edward Gebe, are killed when their home is attacked and burnt.." South African History Online. August 10, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089746.
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