South Africa’s longest political trial ends in Bethal, Transvaal, with seventeen defendants sharing a total of 147 years’ impri

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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, June 22). South Africa’s longest political trial ends in Bethal, Transvaal, with seventeen defendants sharing a total of 147 years’ impri. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0086421

South African History Online (2012) 'South Africa’s longest political trial ends in Bethal, Transvaal, with seventeen defendants sharing a total of 147 years’ impri', South African History Online, 22 June. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0086421 (Accessed: 25 July 2026).

South African History Online, South Africa’s longest political trial ends in Bethal, Transvaal, with seventeen defendants sharing a total of 147 years’ impri [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0086421, (accessed 25 July 2026).

"South Africa’s longest political trial ends in Bethal, Transvaal, with seventeen defendants sharing a total of 147 years’ impri." South African History Online, 22 June 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0086421. Accessed 25 July 2026.

South African History Online. "South Africa’s longest political trial ends in Bethal, Transvaal, with seventeen defendants sharing a total of 147 years’ impri." South African History Online. June 22, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0086421.