Police confront some 10,000 students demonstrating against rent increases in Soweto and violence ensues.

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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, April 23). Police confront some 10,000 students demonstrating against rent increases in Soweto and violence ensues.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082279

South African History Online (2012) 'Police confront some 10,000 students demonstrating against rent increases in Soweto and violence ensues.', South African History Online, 23 April. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082279 (Accessed: 25 July 2026).

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"Police confront some 10,000 students demonstrating against rent increases in Soweto and violence ensues.." South African History Online, 23 Apr. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082279. Accessed 25 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Police confront some 10,000 students demonstrating against rent increases in Soweto and violence ensues.." South African History Online. April 23, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082279.