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Minister of Manpower Eli Louw announces that in future Workers’ Day would always be on 1 May.
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- 01South African Institute of Race Relations. (1990). Race Relations Survey 1989/90, Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 364
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South African History Online. (2012, June 8). Minister of Manpower Eli Louw announces that in future Workers’ Day would always be on 1 May.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0085653
South African History Online (2012) 'Minister of Manpower Eli Louw announces that in future Workers’ Day would always be on 1 May.', South African History Online, 8 June. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0085653 (Accessed: 28 August 2026).
South African History Online, Minister of Manpower Eli Louw announces that in future Workers’ Day would always be on 1 May. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0085653, (accessed 28 August 2026).
"Minister of Manpower Eli Louw announces that in future Workers’ Day would always be on 1 May.." South African History Online, 8 June 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0085653. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Minister of Manpower Eli Louw announces that in future Workers’ Day would always be on 1 May.." South African History Online. June 8, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0085653.
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