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Two boys, aged ten and fourteen, die near Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape, after picking up an explosive device they found while hunt
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South African History Online. (2012, August 10). Two boys, aged ten and fourteen, die near Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape, after picking up an explosive device they found while hunt. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089997
South African History Online (2012) 'Two boys, aged ten and fourteen, die near Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape, after picking up an explosive device they found while hunt', South African History Online, 10 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089997 (Accessed: 29 September 2026).
South African History Online, Two boys, aged ten and fourteen, die near Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape, after picking up an explosive device they found while hunt [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089997, (accessed 29 September 2026).
"Two boys, aged ten and fourteen, die near Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape, after picking up an explosive device they found while hunt." South African History Online, 10 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089997. Accessed 29 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Two boys, aged ten and fourteen, die near Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape, after picking up an explosive device they found while hunt." South African History Online. August 10, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089997.
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