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A White family is killed in their caravan whilst camping on the Bashee River in the Engcobo area of the Transkei. Forty African
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- 01Kruger, D.W. (ed)(1979). Geskiedenis van Suid-Afrika; verwerk en bygewerk deur D.W. Kruger; 3de bygewerkte uitg., Goodwood, Cape Town: NASOU, p. 599.
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Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, January 31). A White family is killed in their caravan whilst camping on the Bashee River in the Engcobo area of the Transkei. Forty African. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073424
South African History Online (2012) 'A White family is killed in their caravan whilst camping on the Bashee River in the Engcobo area of the Transkei. Forty African', South African History Online, 31 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073424 (Accessed: 25 September 2026).
South African History Online, A White family is killed in their caravan whilst camping on the Bashee River in the Engcobo area of the Transkei. Forty African [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073424, (accessed 25 September 2026).
"A White family is killed in their caravan whilst camping on the Bashee River in the Engcobo area of the Transkei. Forty African." South African History Online, 31 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073424. Accessed 25 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "A White family is killed in their caravan whilst camping on the Bashee River in the Engcobo area of the Transkei. Forty African." South African History Online. January 31, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073424.
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