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A large-scale work and school stay-away takes place to commemorate the Sharpeville shootings in 1960.
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- 01South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89, Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 595
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South African History Online. (2012, March 16). A large-scale work and school stay-away takes place to commemorate the Sharpeville shootings in 1960.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079509
South African History Online (2012) 'A large-scale work and school stay-away takes place to commemorate the Sharpeville shootings in 1960.', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079509 (Accessed: 7 August 2026).
South African History Online, A large-scale work and school stay-away takes place to commemorate the Sharpeville shootings in 1960. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079509, (accessed 7 August 2026).
"A large-scale work and school stay-away takes place to commemorate the Sharpeville shootings in 1960.." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079509. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "A large-scale work and school stay-away takes place to commemorate the Sharpeville shootings in 1960.." South African History Online. March 16, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079509.
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