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Thousands of Cape Peninsula train commuters are left stranded when the deliberate destruction of a major cable throws the train
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- 5 Mar 2012
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South African History Online. (2012, March 5). Thousands of Cape Peninsula train commuters are left stranded when the deliberate destruction of a major cable throws the train. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0076293
South African History Online (2012) 'Thousands of Cape Peninsula train commuters are left stranded when the deliberate destruction of a major cable throws the train', South African History Online, 5 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0076293 (Accessed: 27 September 2026).
South African History Online, Thousands of Cape Peninsula train commuters are left stranded when the deliberate destruction of a major cable throws the train [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0076293, (accessed 27 September 2026).
"Thousands of Cape Peninsula train commuters are left stranded when the deliberate destruction of a major cable throws the train." South African History Online, 5 Mar. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0076293. Accessed 27 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Thousands of Cape Peninsula train commuters are left stranded when the deliberate destruction of a major cable throws the train." South African History Online. March 5, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0076293.
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