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Some 200,000 Coloured workers stay away from work (15 – 16 September) in the Cape Town area. The extent of the strike is unex
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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
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, August 23). Some 200,000 Coloured workers stay away from work (15 – 16 September) in the Cape Town area. The extent of the strike is unex. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091153
South African History Online (2012) 'Some 200,000 Coloured workers stay away from work (15 – 16 September) in the Cape Town area. The extent of the strike is unex', South African History Online, 23 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091153 (Accessed: 31 July 2026).
South African History Online, Some 200,000 Coloured workers stay away from work (15 – 16 September) in the Cape Town area. The extent of the strike is unex [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091153, (accessed 31 July 2026).
"Some 200,000 Coloured workers stay away from work (15 – 16 September) in the Cape Town area. The extent of the strike is unex." South African History Online, 23 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091153. Accessed 31 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Some 200,000 Coloured workers stay away from work (15 – 16 September) in the Cape Town area. The extent of the strike is unex." South African History Online. August 23, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091153.
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