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A police patrol, out to investigate an assassination attempt in the Transkei, are attacked by a gang of about sixty Poqo member
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- 01Kruger, D.W. (ed)(1979). Geskiedenis van Suid-Afrika; verwerk en bygewerk deur D.W. Kruger; 3de bygewerkte uitg., Goodwood, Cape Town: NASOU, p. 599.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, December 9). A police patrol, out to investigate an assassination attempt in the Transkei, are attacked by a gang of about sixty Poqo member. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070897
South African History Online (2011) 'A police patrol, out to investigate an assassination attempt in the Transkei, are attacked by a gang of about sixty Poqo member', South African History Online, 9 December. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070897 (Accessed: 26 September 2026).
South African History Online, A police patrol, out to investigate an assassination attempt in the Transkei, are attacked by a gang of about sixty Poqo member [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070897, (accessed 26 September 2026).
"A police patrol, out to investigate an assassination attempt in the Transkei, are attacked by a gang of about sixty Poqo member." South African History Online, 9 Dec. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070897. Accessed 26 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "A police patrol, out to investigate an assassination attempt in the Transkei, are attacked by a gang of about sixty Poqo member." South African History Online. December 9, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070897.
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