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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01Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 248.

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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: 21 September 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 21 September 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 21 Sept. 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.