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Violence erupts when 75 000 people march to the Katlehong Town Council offices, protesting against high rent and electricity ra
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- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01South African Institute of Race Relations. (1990). Race Relations Survey 1989/90, Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 88
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South African History Online. (2012, March 5). Violence erupts when 75 000 people march to the Katlehong Town Council offices, protesting against high rent and electricity ra. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0076196
South African History Online (2012) 'Violence erupts when 75 000 people march to the Katlehong Town Council offices, protesting against high rent and electricity ra', South African History Online, 5 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0076196 (Accessed: 4 October 2026).
South African History Online, Violence erupts when 75 000 people march to the Katlehong Town Council offices, protesting against high rent and electricity ra [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0076196, (accessed 4 October 2026).
"Violence erupts when 75 000 people march to the Katlehong Town Council offices, protesting against high rent and electricity ra." South African History Online, 5 Mar. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0076196. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Violence erupts when 75 000 people march to the Katlehong Town Council offices, protesting against high rent and electricity ra." South African History Online. March 5, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0076196.
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