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The railway line between Durban and Pietermaritzburg is completed.
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- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau
- 02Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, p. 225
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, November 25). The railway line between Durban and Pietermaritzburg is completed.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070275
South African History Online (2011) 'The railway line between Durban and Pietermaritzburg is completed.', South African History Online, 25 November. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070275 (Accessed: 30 September 2026).
South African History Online, The railway line between Durban and Pietermaritzburg is completed. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070275, (accessed 30 September 2026).
"The railway line between Durban and Pietermaritzburg is completed.." South African History Online, 25 Nov. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070275. Accessed 30 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "The railway line between Durban and Pietermaritzburg is completed.." South African History Online. November 25, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070275.
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