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The ZAR government declares Kromdraai on the Witwatersrand as a digging by request of fifty-one diggers.
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South African History Online. (2011, December 5). The ZAR government declares Kromdraai on the Witwatersrand as a digging by request of fifty-one diggers.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070501
South African History Online (2011) 'The ZAR government declares Kromdraai on the Witwatersrand as a digging by request of fifty-one diggers.', South African History Online, 5 December. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070501 (Accessed: 28 September 2026).
South African History Online, The ZAR government declares Kromdraai on the Witwatersrand as a digging by request of fifty-one diggers. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070501, (accessed 28 September 2026).
"The ZAR government declares Kromdraai on the Witwatersrand as a digging by request of fifty-one diggers.." South African History Online, 5 Dec. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070501. Accessed 28 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "The ZAR government declares Kromdraai on the Witwatersrand as a digging by request of fifty-one diggers.." South African History Online. December 5, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070501.
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