South African Communist Party leader Abram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment in Pretoria on communism charges.

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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, March 16). South African Communist Party leader Abram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment in Pretoria on communism charges.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079570

South African History Online (2012) 'South African Communist Party leader Abram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment in Pretoria on communism charges.', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079570 (Accessed: 22 September 2026).

South African History Online, South African Communist Party leader Abram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment in Pretoria on communism charges. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079570, (accessed 22 September 2026).

"South African Communist Party leader Abram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment in Pretoria on communism charges.." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079570. Accessed 22 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "South African Communist Party leader Abram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment in Pretoria on communism charges.." South African History Online. March 16, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079570.