The trial of Commodore Dieter Gerhardt begins in the Cape Town Supreme Court on charges of spying for the Soviet Union.

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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

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South African History Online. (2012, August 14). The trial of Commodore Dieter Gerhardt begins in the Cape Town Supreme Court on charges of spying for the Soviet Union.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090689

South African History Online (2012) 'The trial of Commodore Dieter Gerhardt begins in the Cape Town Supreme Court on charges of spying for the Soviet Union.', South African History Online, 14 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090689 (Accessed: 26 September 2026).

South African History Online, The trial of Commodore Dieter Gerhardt begins in the Cape Town Supreme Court on charges of spying for the Soviet Union. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090689, (accessed 26 September 2026).

"The trial of Commodore Dieter Gerhardt begins in the Cape Town Supreme Court on charges of spying for the Soviet Union.." South African History Online, 14 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090689. Accessed 26 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "The trial of Commodore Dieter Gerhardt begins in the Cape Town Supreme Court on charges of spying for the Soviet Union.." South African History Online. August 14, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090689.