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Twelve people, nine women and three children, are killed in a pre-dawn attack by a group of unknown people in Masunkazane, Rich
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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. 267.
- 02https://www.anc.org.za/
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, January 31). Twelve people, nine women and three children, are killed in a pre-dawn attack by a group of unknown people in Masunkazane, Rich. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073486
South African History Online (2012) 'Twelve people, nine women and three children, are killed in a pre-dawn attack by a group of unknown people in Masunkazane, Rich', South African History Online, 31 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073486 (Accessed: 25 September 2026).
South African History Online, Twelve people, nine women and three children, are killed in a pre-dawn attack by a group of unknown people in Masunkazane, Rich [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073486, (accessed 25 September 2026).
"Twelve people, nine women and three children, are killed in a pre-dawn attack by a group of unknown people in Masunkazane, Rich." South African History Online, 31 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073486. Accessed 25 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Twelve people, nine women and three children, are killed in a pre-dawn attack by a group of unknown people in Masunkazane, Rich." South African History Online. January 31, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073486.
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