11 December 1986
Two Swiss citizens are abducted from Swaziland and questioned on their suspected involvement with the ANC
- Updated
- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Coleman, M. (ed) (1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee.
- 02Claiborne, W. Swaziland blames raids on South Africa. The Washington Post. December 18, 1986. [online] Available at: washingtonpost.com [Accessed 1 December 2009]
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Two Swiss citizens are abducted from Swaziland and questioned on their suspected involvement with the ANC. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012680
South African History Online (2011) 'Two Swiss citizens are abducted from Swaziland and questioned on their suspected involvement with the ANC', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012680 (Accessed: 11 November 2026).
South African History Online, Two Swiss citizens are abducted from Swaziland and questioned on their suspected involvement with the ANC [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012680, (accessed 11 November 2026).
"Two Swiss citizens are abducted from Swaziland and questioned on their suspected involvement with the ANC." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012680. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.
South African History Online. "Two Swiss citizens are abducted from Swaziland and questioned on their suspected involvement with the ANC." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012680.
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