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The government decides to close The Post and The Sunday Post because they have become media for communist viewpoints.
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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, January 20). The government decides to close The Post and The Sunday Post because they have become media for communist viewpoints.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073042
South African History Online (2012) 'The government decides to close The Post and The Sunday Post because they have become media for communist viewpoints.', South African History Online, 20 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073042 (Accessed: 8 August 2026).
South African History Online, The government decides to close The Post and The Sunday Post because they have become media for communist viewpoints. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073042, (accessed 8 August 2026).
"The government decides to close The Post and The Sunday Post because they have become media for communist viewpoints.." South African History Online, 20 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073042. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "The government decides to close The Post and The Sunday Post because they have become media for communist viewpoints.." South African History Online. January 20, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073042.
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