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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.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
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: 10 September 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 10 September 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 10 Sept. 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.
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