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William Oliphant, unionist, is found dead on a farm near Koster, Western Transvaal, after being abducted two weeks earlier in w
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- 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, p. 248.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, April 13). William Oliphant, unionist, is found dead on a farm near Koster, Western Transvaal, after being abducted two weeks earlier in w. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0081720
South African History Online (2012) 'William Oliphant, unionist, is found dead on a farm near Koster, Western Transvaal, after being abducted two weeks earlier in w', South African History Online, 13 April. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0081720 (Accessed: 5 November 2026).
South African History Online, William Oliphant, unionist, is found dead on a farm near Koster, Western Transvaal, after being abducted two weeks earlier in w [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0081720, (accessed 5 November 2026).
"William Oliphant, unionist, is found dead on a farm near Koster, Western Transvaal, after being abducted two weeks earlier in w." South African History Online, 13 Apr. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0081720. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.
South African History Online. "William Oliphant, unionist, is found dead on a farm near Koster, Western Transvaal, after being abducted two weeks earlier in w." South African History Online. April 13, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0081720.
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