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Samuel Motha, IFP chairman of Kwa-Tema branch, is shot in the head on his way to work.
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- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01Coleman, M. (ed) (1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee.
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Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, August 23). Samuel Motha, IFP chairman of Kwa-Tema branch, is shot in the head on his way to work.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091733
South African History Online (2012) 'Samuel Motha, IFP chairman of Kwa-Tema branch, is shot in the head on his way to work.', South African History Online, 23 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091733 (Accessed: 24 September 2026).
South African History Online, Samuel Motha, IFP chairman of Kwa-Tema branch, is shot in the head on his way to work. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091733, (accessed 24 September 2026).
"Samuel Motha, IFP chairman of Kwa-Tema branch, is shot in the head on his way to work.." South African History Online, 23 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091733. Accessed 24 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Samuel Motha, IFP chairman of Kwa-Tema branch, is shot in the head on his way to work.." South African History Online. August 23, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091733.
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