Twenty-four residents are killed (26-27 August) in police action during a rent demonstration in White City, Soweto.

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01Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 263.

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South African History Online. (2012, August 10). Twenty-four residents are killed (26-27 August) in police action during a rent demonstration in White City, Soweto.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090242

South African History Online (2012) 'Twenty-four residents are killed (26-27 August) in police action during a rent demonstration in White City, Soweto.', South African History Online, 10 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090242 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).

South African History Online, Twenty-four residents are killed (26-27 August) in police action during a rent demonstration in White City, Soweto. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090242, (accessed 21 July 2026).

"Twenty-four residents are killed (26-27 August) in police action during a rent demonstration in White City, Soweto.." South African History Online, 10 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090242. Accessed 21 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Twenty-four residents are killed (26-27 August) in police action during a rent demonstration in White City, Soweto.." South African History Online. August 10, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090242.