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Police begin the removal of houses of 60 000 people in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. These people are resettled in Meadowlands. The
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South African History Online. (2012, January 31). Police begin the removal of houses of 60 000 people in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. These people are resettled in Meadowlands. The. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073629
South African History Online (2012) 'Police begin the removal of houses of 60 000 people in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. These people are resettled in Meadowlands. The', South African History Online, 31 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073629 (Accessed: 9 August 2026).
South African History Online, Police begin the removal of houses of 60 000 people in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. These people are resettled in Meadowlands. The [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073629, (accessed 9 August 2026).
"Police begin the removal of houses of 60 000 people in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. These people are resettled in Meadowlands. The." South African History Online, 31 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073629. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Police begin the removal of houses of 60 000 people in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. These people are resettled in Meadowlands. The." South African History Online. January 31, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073629.
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