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One of the biggest faction fights ever recorded on the Witwatersrand, starts as a canteen brawl. Zulus, Shangaan, Chopis and
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- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Brink, E. (1999). 1899: The Long March Home: a little-known incident in the Anglo-Boer War, Cape Town: Kwela, p. 36.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, August 27). One of the biggest faction fights ever recorded on the Witwatersrand, starts as a canteen brawl. Zulus, Shangaan, Chopis and. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092098
South African History Online (2012) 'One of the biggest faction fights ever recorded on the Witwatersrand, starts as a canteen brawl. Zulus, Shangaan, Chopis and', South African History Online, 27 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092098 (Accessed: 13 October 2026).
South African History Online, One of the biggest faction fights ever recorded on the Witwatersrand, starts as a canteen brawl. Zulus, Shangaan, Chopis and [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092098, (accessed 13 October 2026).
"One of the biggest faction fights ever recorded on the Witwatersrand, starts as a canteen brawl. Zulus, Shangaan, Chopis and." South African History Online, 27 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092098. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "One of the biggest faction fights ever recorded on the Witwatersrand, starts as a canteen brawl. Zulus, Shangaan, Chopis and." South African History Online. August 27, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092098.
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