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The resignation of the Minister of the Interior, Theo Gerdener, is announced and will take effect from 31 July 1972.
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- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 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
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, June 15). The resignation of the Minister of the Interior, Theo Gerdener, is announced and will take effect from 31 July 1972.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0085955
South African History Online (2012) 'The resignation of the Minister of the Interior, Theo Gerdener, is announced and will take effect from 31 July 1972.', South African History Online, 15 June. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0085955 (Accessed: 9 October 2026).
South African History Online, The resignation of the Minister of the Interior, Theo Gerdener, is announced and will take effect from 31 July 1972. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0085955, (accessed 9 October 2026).
"The resignation of the Minister of the Interior, Theo Gerdener, is announced and will take effect from 31 July 1972.." South African History Online, 15 June 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0085955. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "The resignation of the Minister of the Interior, Theo Gerdener, is announced and will take effect from 31 July 1972.." South African History Online. June 15, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0085955.
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