Opening Address by National President Mary Burton at National Conference held at Cape Town on 12 March 1987, discussing: State of Emergency, detentions, conditions of prisons, pass laws, restoration of South African citizenship, education.
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1987, the year of the Krimpvark, the cougar of the rooibok? presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town, 1987

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South African History Online. (2016, February 22). 1987, the year of the Krimpvark, the cougar of the rooibok? presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town, 1987 . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0120113
South African History Online (2016) ' 1987, the year of the Krimpvark, the cougar of the rooibok? presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town, 1987 ', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0120113 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).
South African History Online, 1987, the year of the Krimpvark, the cougar of the rooibok? presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town, 1987 [website], https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0120113, (accessed 22 July 2026).
" 1987, the year of the Krimpvark, the cougar of the rooibok? presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town, 1987 ." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0120113. Accessed 22 July 2026.
South African History Online. " 1987, the year of the Krimpvark, the cougar of the rooibok? presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town, 1987 ." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0120113.
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