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SADF seals off Vaal townships

Date
23 Oct 1984
Updated
30 Sep 2019
SADF seals off Vaal townships

A combined force of seven thousand South African Defence Force (SADF) troops and the South African Police (SAP) sealed off the Vaal Triangle townships of Sebokeng, Sharpeville and Boipatong. They carried out house-to-house searches, arresting 358 people, some of who were immediately charged in special courts. The purpose was to eliminate criminal elements and intimidating forces from the townships.

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  1. 01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E.eds1999.Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). SADF seals off Vaal townships. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012567

South African History Online (2011) 'SADF seals off Vaal townships', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012567 (Accessed: 30 July 2026).

South African History Online, SADF seals off Vaal townships [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012567, (accessed 30 July 2026).

"SADF seals off Vaal townships." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012567. Accessed 30 July 2026.

South African History Online. "SADF seals off Vaal townships." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012567.

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