Forty-four Blacks on the East Rand die on this and the following night in attacks on townships from hostels.

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

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South African History Online. (2012, August 14). Forty-four Blacks on the East Rand die on this and the following night in attacks on townships from hostels.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090535

South African History Online (2012) 'Forty-four Blacks on the East Rand die on this and the following night in attacks on townships from hostels.', South African History Online, 14 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090535 (Accessed: 24 July 2026).

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"Forty-four Blacks on the East Rand die on this and the following night in attacks on townships from hostels.." South African History Online, 14 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090535. Accessed 24 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Forty-four Blacks on the East Rand die on this and the following night in attacks on townships from hostels.." South African History Online. August 14, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090535.