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Nineteen hostel residents die in Sebokeng in an attempted hostel takeover allegedly by IFP vigilantes, while another eleven die
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- 01Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, August 14). Nineteen hostel residents die in Sebokeng in an attempted hostel takeover allegedly by IFP vigilantes, while another eleven die. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090650
South African History Online (2012) 'Nineteen hostel residents die in Sebokeng in an attempted hostel takeover allegedly by IFP vigilantes, while another eleven die', South African History Online, 14 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090650 (Accessed: 9 August 2026).
South African History Online, Nineteen hostel residents die in Sebokeng in an attempted hostel takeover allegedly by IFP vigilantes, while another eleven die [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090650, (accessed 9 August 2026).
"Nineteen hostel residents die in Sebokeng in an attempted hostel takeover allegedly by IFP vigilantes, while another eleven die." South African History Online, 14 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090650. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Nineteen hostel residents die in Sebokeng in an attempted hostel takeover allegedly by IFP vigilantes, while another eleven die." South African History Online. August 14, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090650.
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