Police arrest the Azanian People’s Organisation’s (AZAPO) two principal leaders, Ishmael Mkhabela and Lybon Mabasa in Soweto.

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01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.

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South African History Online. (2012, May 3). Police arrest the Azanian People’s Organisation’s (AZAPO) two principal leaders, Ishmael Mkhabela and Lybon Mabasa in Soweto.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082561

South African History Online (2012) 'Police arrest the Azanian People’s Organisation’s (AZAPO) two principal leaders, Ishmael Mkhabela and Lybon Mabasa in Soweto.', South African History Online, 3 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082561 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).

South African History Online, Police arrest the Azanian People’s Organisation’s (AZAPO) two principal leaders, Ishmael Mkhabela and Lybon Mabasa in Soweto. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082561, (accessed 21 July 2026).

"Police arrest the Azanian People’s Organisation’s (AZAPO) two principal leaders, Ishmael Mkhabela and Lybon Mabasa in Soweto.." South African History Online, 3 May 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082561. Accessed 21 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Police arrest the Azanian People’s Organisation’s (AZAPO) two principal leaders, Ishmael Mkhabela and Lybon Mabasa in Soweto.." South African History Online. May 3, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082561.