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Lizzy Makhathini (62) and Nhlanhla Mbatha (36), members of the ANC Women’s League, are killed at Ms Makhathini’s home, Umlazi,
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- 01Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 255.
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South African History Online. (2012, June 15). Lizzy Makhathini (62) and Nhlanhla Mbatha (36), members of the ANC Women’s League, are killed at Ms Makhathini’s home, Umlazi,. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0086231
South African History Online (2012) 'Lizzy Makhathini (62) and Nhlanhla Mbatha (36), members of the ANC Women’s League, are killed at Ms Makhathini’s home, Umlazi,', South African History Online, 15 June. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0086231 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).
South African History Online, Lizzy Makhathini (62) and Nhlanhla Mbatha (36), members of the ANC Women’s League, are killed at Ms Makhathini’s home, Umlazi, [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0086231, (accessed 22 July 2026).
"Lizzy Makhathini (62) and Nhlanhla Mbatha (36), members of the ANC Women’s League, are killed at Ms Makhathini’s home, Umlazi,." South African History Online, 15 June 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0086231. Accessed 22 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Lizzy Makhathini (62) and Nhlanhla Mbatha (36), members of the ANC Women’s League, are killed at Ms Makhathini’s home, Umlazi,." South African History Online. June 15, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0086231.
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