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South Africa’s longest serving White political prisoner, David Kitson, is released, seven months short of completing his twenty
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- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 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, May 11). South Africa’s longest serving White political prisoner, David Kitson, is released, seven months short of completing his twenty. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083088
South African History Online (2012) 'South Africa’s longest serving White political prisoner, David Kitson, is released, seven months short of completing his twenty', South African History Online, 11 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083088 (Accessed: 10 November 2026).
South African History Online, South Africa’s longest serving White political prisoner, David Kitson, is released, seven months short of completing his twenty [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083088, (accessed 10 November 2026).
"South Africa’s longest serving White political prisoner, David Kitson, is released, seven months short of completing his twenty." South African History Online, 11 May 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083088. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.
South African History Online. "South Africa’s longest serving White political prisoner, David Kitson, is released, seven months short of completing his twenty." South African History Online. May 11, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083088.
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