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The Star reports that a police sergeant was shot dead in Osizweni township at Newcastle, Natal, by a man armed with an AK-47 ri
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- 01South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89, Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 98
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South African History Online. (2012, April 23). The Star reports that a police sergeant was shot dead in Osizweni township at Newcastle, Natal, by a man armed with an AK-47 ri. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082244
South African History Online (2012) 'The Star reports that a police sergeant was shot dead in Osizweni township at Newcastle, Natal, by a man armed with an AK-47 ri', South African History Online, 23 April. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082244 (Accessed: 26 September 2026).
South African History Online, The Star reports that a police sergeant was shot dead in Osizweni township at Newcastle, Natal, by a man armed with an AK-47 ri [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082244, (accessed 26 September 2026).
"The Star reports that a police sergeant was shot dead in Osizweni township at Newcastle, Natal, by a man armed with an AK-47 ri." South African History Online, 23 Apr. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082244. Accessed 26 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "The Star reports that a police sergeant was shot dead in Osizweni township at Newcastle, Natal, by a man armed with an AK-47 ri." South African History Online. April 23, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082244.
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