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Samuel Tshabalala wins the Pietermaritzburg-Durban Comrades, the first Black person to win the race since the ban on their part
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- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89, Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. xxxviii
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, May 25). Samuel Tshabalala wins the Pietermaritzburg-Durban Comrades, the first Black person to win the race since the ban on their part. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0084040
South African History Online (2012) 'Samuel Tshabalala wins the Pietermaritzburg-Durban Comrades, the first Black person to win the race since the ban on their part', South African History Online, 25 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0084040 (Accessed: 24 September 2026).
South African History Online, Samuel Tshabalala wins the Pietermaritzburg-Durban Comrades, the first Black person to win the race since the ban on their part [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0084040, (accessed 24 September 2026).
"Samuel Tshabalala wins the Pietermaritzburg-Durban Comrades, the first Black person to win the race since the ban on their part." South African History Online, 25 May 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0084040. Accessed 24 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Samuel Tshabalala wins the Pietermaritzburg-Durban Comrades, the first Black person to win the race since the ban on their part." South African History Online. May 25, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0084040.
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