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Thirty residents are killed in an attack on ANC dominated Umthambeka by The Toaster gang and hostel dwellers, allegedly in coll
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- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 266
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, July 20). Thirty residents are killed in an attack on ANC dominated Umthambeka by The Toaster gang and hostel dwellers, allegedly in coll. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088937
South African History Online (2012) 'Thirty residents are killed in an attack on ANC dominated Umthambeka by The Toaster gang and hostel dwellers, allegedly in coll', South African History Online, 20 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088937 (Accessed: 25 September 2026).
South African History Online, Thirty residents are killed in an attack on ANC dominated Umthambeka by The Toaster gang and hostel dwellers, allegedly in coll [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088937, (accessed 25 September 2026).
"Thirty residents are killed in an attack on ANC dominated Umthambeka by The Toaster gang and hostel dwellers, allegedly in coll." South African History Online, 20 July 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088937. Accessed 25 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Thirty residents are killed in an attack on ANC dominated Umthambeka by The Toaster gang and hostel dwellers, allegedly in coll." South African History Online. July 20, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088937.
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