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Four people are shot dead in Nkowankowa after a mass meeting of 30 000 people in a local stadium.
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- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01South African Institute of Race Relations. (1990). Race Relations Survey 1989/90, Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 497
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South African History Online. (2012, February 17). Four people are shot dead in Nkowankowa after a mass meeting of 30 000 people in a local stadium.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074292
South African History Online (2012) 'Four people are shot dead in Nkowankowa after a mass meeting of 30 000 people in a local stadium.', South African History Online, 17 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074292 (Accessed: 25 September 2026).
South African History Online, Four people are shot dead in Nkowankowa after a mass meeting of 30 000 people in a local stadium. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074292, (accessed 25 September 2026).
"Four people are shot dead in Nkowankowa after a mass meeting of 30 000 people in a local stadium.." South African History Online, 17 Feb. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074292. Accessed 25 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Four people are shot dead in Nkowankowa after a mass meeting of 30 000 people in a local stadium.." South African History Online. February 17, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074292.
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