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A strike by Black municipal workers in Johannesburg ends when police supervise the removal of over 1,000 dismissed men.
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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
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, July 27). A strike by Black municipal workers in Johannesburg ends when police supervise the removal of over 1,000 dismissed men.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089169
South African History Online (2012) 'A strike by Black municipal workers in Johannesburg ends when police supervise the removal of over 1,000 dismissed men.', South African History Online, 27 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089169 (Accessed: 10 September 2026).
South African History Online, A strike by Black municipal workers in Johannesburg ends when police supervise the removal of over 1,000 dismissed men. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089169, (accessed 10 September 2026).
"A strike by Black municipal workers in Johannesburg ends when police supervise the removal of over 1,000 dismissed men.." South African History Online, 27 July 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089169. Accessed 10 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "A strike by Black municipal workers in Johannesburg ends when police supervise the removal of over 1,000 dismissed men.." South African History Online. July 27, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089169.
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