A teacher's account of police brutality against High school students in the Cape Peninsula in the period following the Soweto riots, published as an article in The Guardian, United Kingdom
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Eye-witness account of the action by South African police in a Black Township near Cape Town
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South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Eye-witness account of the action by South African police in a Black Township near Cape Town . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117836
South African History Online (2016) 'Eye-witness account of the action by South African police in a Black Township near Cape Town ', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117836 (Accessed: 5 August 2026).
South African History Online, Eye-witness account of the action by South African police in a Black Township near Cape Town [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117836, (accessed 5 August 2026).
"Eye-witness account of the action by South African police in a Black Township near Cape Town ." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117836. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Eye-witness account of the action by South African police in a Black Township near Cape Town ." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117836.
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