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The Star reports that two men, Elliot Nkuma and Joseph Mahlalela were sentenced to death for the ‘necklace’ murder of M. Mpapne
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- 01South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89, Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 577
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South African History Online. (2012, July 6). The Star reports that two men, Elliot Nkuma and Joseph Mahlalela were sentenced to death for the ‘necklace’ murder of M. Mpapne. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087956
South African History Online (2012) 'The Star reports that two men, Elliot Nkuma and Joseph Mahlalela were sentenced to death for the ‘necklace’ murder of M. Mpapne', South African History Online, 6 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087956 (Accessed: 9 September 2026).
South African History Online, The Star reports that two men, Elliot Nkuma and Joseph Mahlalela were sentenced to death for the ‘necklace’ murder of M. Mpapne [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087956, (accessed 9 September 2026).
"The Star reports that two men, Elliot Nkuma and Joseph Mahlalela were sentenced to death for the ‘necklace’ murder of M. Mpapne." South African History Online, 6 July 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087956. Accessed 9 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "The Star reports that two men, Elliot Nkuma and Joseph Mahlalela were sentenced to death for the ‘necklace’ murder of M. Mpapne." South African History Online. July 6, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087956.
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