Rioting breaks out across Soweto, South Africa’s largest Black township, following police blockade of youths protesting arrest

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South African History Online. (2012, April 23). Rioting breaks out across Soweto, South Africa’s largest Black township, following police blockade of youths protesting arrest. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082176

South African History Online (2012) 'Rioting breaks out across Soweto, South Africa’s largest Black township, following police blockade of youths protesting arrest', South African History Online, 23 April. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082176 (Accessed: 25 July 2026).

South African History Online, Rioting breaks out across Soweto, South Africa’s largest Black township, following police blockade of youths protesting arrest [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082176, (accessed 25 July 2026).

"Rioting breaks out across Soweto, South Africa’s largest Black township, following police blockade of youths protesting arrest." South African History Online, 23 Apr. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082176. Accessed 25 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Rioting breaks out across Soweto, South Africa’s largest Black township, following police blockade of youths protesting arrest." South African History Online. April 23, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082176.