Sir de Villiers Graaff announces his retirement from politics, having been leader of the opposition from 1956 until the dissolu

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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.

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South African History Online. (2012, August 27). Sir de Villiers Graaff announces his retirement from politics, having been leader of the opposition from 1956 until the dissolu. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092043

South African History Online (2012) 'Sir de Villiers Graaff announces his retirement from politics, having been leader of the opposition from 1956 until the dissolu', South African History Online, 27 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092043 (Accessed: 10 November 2026).

South African History Online, Sir de Villiers Graaff announces his retirement from politics, having been leader of the opposition from 1956 until the dissolu [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092043, (accessed 10 November 2026).

"Sir de Villiers Graaff announces his retirement from politics, having been leader of the opposition from 1956 until the dissolu." South African History Online, 27 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092043. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

South African History Online. "Sir de Villiers Graaff announces his retirement from politics, having been leader of the opposition from 1956 until the dissolu." South African History Online. August 27, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092043.