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Students at the University of Bophuthatswana celebrate the coup to topple Bophuthatswana’s president, Lucas Mangope, taking ove
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- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89, Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 303
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South African History Online. (2012, January 31). Students at the University of Bophuthatswana celebrate the coup to topple Bophuthatswana’s president, Lucas Mangope, taking ove. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073640
South African History Online (2012) 'Students at the University of Bophuthatswana celebrate the coup to topple Bophuthatswana’s president, Lucas Mangope, taking ove', South African History Online, 31 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073640 (Accessed: 28 September 2026).
South African History Online, Students at the University of Bophuthatswana celebrate the coup to topple Bophuthatswana’s president, Lucas Mangope, taking ove [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073640, (accessed 28 September 2026).
"Students at the University of Bophuthatswana celebrate the coup to topple Bophuthatswana’s president, Lucas Mangope, taking ove." South African History Online, 31 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073640. Accessed 28 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Students at the University of Bophuthatswana celebrate the coup to topple Bophuthatswana’s president, Lucas Mangope, taking ove." South African History Online. January 31, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073640.
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