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The student activists Porta Shabangu, Thabo Mohale and Derrick Mashobane are ambushed and shot in Swaziland by a Vlakplaas divi
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- 01Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau
- 02Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 250.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, January 31). The student activists Porta Shabangu, Thabo Mohale and Derrick Mashobane are ambushed and shot in Swaziland by a Vlakplaas divi. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073717
South African History Online (2012) 'The student activists Porta Shabangu, Thabo Mohale and Derrick Mashobane are ambushed and shot in Swaziland by a Vlakplaas divi', South African History Online, 31 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073717 (Accessed: 6 August 2026).
South African History Online, The student activists Porta Shabangu, Thabo Mohale and Derrick Mashobane are ambushed and shot in Swaziland by a Vlakplaas divi [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073717, (accessed 6 August 2026).
"The student activists Porta Shabangu, Thabo Mohale and Derrick Mashobane are ambushed and shot in Swaziland by a Vlakplaas divi." South African History Online, 31 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073717. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "The student activists Porta Shabangu, Thabo Mohale and Derrick Mashobane are ambushed and shot in Swaziland by a Vlakplaas divi." South African History Online. January 31, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073717.
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