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Further trouble erupts at a funeral in Soweto when a crowd of 4,000 attacks police. Retaliatory fire causes deaths and injuries
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- 01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, August 28). Further trouble erupts at a funeral in Soweto when a crowd of 4,000 attacks police. Retaliatory fire causes deaths and injuries. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092810
South African History Online (2012) 'Further trouble erupts at a funeral in Soweto when a crowd of 4,000 attacks police. Retaliatory fire causes deaths and injuries', South African History Online, 28 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092810 (Accessed: 31 July 2026).
South African History Online, Further trouble erupts at a funeral in Soweto when a crowd of 4,000 attacks police. Retaliatory fire causes deaths and injuries [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092810, (accessed 31 July 2026).
"Further trouble erupts at a funeral in Soweto when a crowd of 4,000 attacks police. Retaliatory fire causes deaths and injuries." South African History Online, 28 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092810. Accessed 31 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Further trouble erupts at a funeral in Soweto when a crowd of 4,000 attacks police. Retaliatory fire causes deaths and injuries." South African History Online. August 28, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092810.
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