Soweto flares into violence again. An estimated £75,000 damage is caused. Incidents are also reported from Cape Town, Pretoria

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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, August 27). Soweto flares into violence again. An estimated £75,000 damage is caused. Incidents are also reported from Cape Town, Pretoria. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092541

South African History Online (2012) 'Soweto flares into violence again. An estimated £75,000 damage is caused. Incidents are also reported from Cape Town, Pretoria', South African History Online, 27 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092541 (Accessed: 28 July 2026).

South African History Online, Soweto flares into violence again. An estimated £75,000 damage is caused. Incidents are also reported from Cape Town, Pretoria [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092541, (accessed 28 July 2026).

"Soweto flares into violence again. An estimated £75,000 damage is caused. Incidents are also reported from Cape Town, Pretoria." South African History Online, 27 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092541. Accessed 28 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Soweto flares into violence again. An estimated £75,000 damage is caused. Incidents are also reported from Cape Town, Pretoria." South African History Online. August 27, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092541.