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Neil Aggett, South African worker’s union leader, commits suicide while in detention, allegedly by hanging himself with a scarf
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- 30 Sep 2019
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South African History Online. (2012, January 31). Neil Aggett, South African worker’s union leader, commits suicide while in detention, allegedly by hanging himself with a scarf. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073433
South African History Online (2012) 'Neil Aggett, South African worker’s union leader, commits suicide while in detention, allegedly by hanging himself with a scarf', South African History Online, 31 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073433 (Accessed: 27 July 2026).
South African History Online, Neil Aggett, South African worker’s union leader, commits suicide while in detention, allegedly by hanging himself with a scarf [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073433, (accessed 27 July 2026).
"Neil Aggett, South African worker’s union leader, commits suicide while in detention, allegedly by hanging himself with a scarf." South African History Online, 31 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073433. Accessed 27 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Neil Aggett, South African worker’s union leader, commits suicide while in detention, allegedly by hanging himself with a scarf." South African History Online. January 31, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073433.
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