Fifteen coffins were carried in a mass procession of over 30 000 people to the graveyard in the Springs township of KwaThema on July 23.
Archive record
30 000 in KwaThema funeral march

- Origin date
- April 1983
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). 30 000 in KwaThema funeral march. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0106972
South African History Online (2016) '30 000 in KwaThema funeral march', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0106972 (Accessed: 28 July 2026).
South African History Online, 30 000 in KwaThema funeral march [website], https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0106972, (accessed 28 July 2026).
"30 000 in KwaThema funeral march." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0106972. Accessed 28 July 2026.
South African History Online. "30 000 in KwaThema funeral march." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0106972.
Further reading
DISA Archive
Letter from Barney Pityana to Neville Curtis
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