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South Africa’s first atomic reactor, Safari I, is opened by the Prime Minister at Pelindaba near Pretoria. Nuclear power will b
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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, July 31). South Africa’s first atomic reactor, Safari I, is opened by the Prime Minister at Pelindaba near Pretoria. Nuclear power will b. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089323
South African History Online (2012) 'South Africa’s first atomic reactor, Safari I, is opened by the Prime Minister at Pelindaba near Pretoria. Nuclear power will b', South African History Online, 31 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089323 (Accessed: 8 August 2026).
South African History Online, South Africa’s first atomic reactor, Safari I, is opened by the Prime Minister at Pelindaba near Pretoria. Nuclear power will b [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089323, (accessed 8 August 2026).
"South Africa’s first atomic reactor, Safari I, is opened by the Prime Minister at Pelindaba near Pretoria. Nuclear power will b." South African History Online, 31 July 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089323. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "South Africa’s first atomic reactor, Safari I, is opened by the Prime Minister at Pelindaba near Pretoria. Nuclear power will b." South African History Online. July 31, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089323.
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