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Police opens fire on anti-apartheid protesters in the township of Sebokeng, near Johannesburg, killing at least fourteen people
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South African History Online. (2012, March 16). Police opens fire on anti-apartheid protesters in the township of Sebokeng, near Johannesburg, killing at least fourteen people. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079703
South African History Online (2012) 'Police opens fire on anti-apartheid protesters in the township of Sebokeng, near Johannesburg, killing at least fourteen people', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079703 (Accessed: 26 September 2026).
South African History Online, Police opens fire on anti-apartheid protesters in the township of Sebokeng, near Johannesburg, killing at least fourteen people [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079703, (accessed 26 September 2026).
"Police opens fire on anti-apartheid protesters in the township of Sebokeng, near Johannesburg, killing at least fourteen people." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079703. Accessed 26 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Police opens fire on anti-apartheid protesters in the township of Sebokeng, near Johannesburg, killing at least fourteen people." South African History Online. March 16, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079703.
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