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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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- 27 Aug 2012
South African History Online. (2012, August 27). 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-0092085
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, 27 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092085 (Accessed: 13 October 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-0092085, (accessed 13 October 2026).
"Minister of Manpower Eli Louw announces that in future Workers’ Day would always be on 1 May.." South African History Online, 27 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092085. Accessed 13 Oct. 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. August 27, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092085.
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