Twelve Blacks are shot dead by police in Soweto, and a town councillor is hacked to death.

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South African History Online. (2012, August 10). Twelve Blacks are shot dead by police in Soweto, and a town councillor is hacked to death.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090303

South African History Online (2012) 'Twelve Blacks are shot dead by police in Soweto, and a town councillor is hacked to death.', South African History Online, 10 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090303 (Accessed: 25 July 2026).

South African History Online, Twelve Blacks are shot dead by police in Soweto, and a town councillor is hacked to death. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090303, (accessed 25 July 2026).

"Twelve Blacks are shot dead by police in Soweto, and a town councillor is hacked to death.." South African History Online, 10 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090303. Accessed 25 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Twelve Blacks are shot dead by police in Soweto, and a town councillor is hacked to death.." South African History Online. August 10, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090303.