The All Blacks rugby tour was called off in July just a week before the team was due to leave New Zealand. It was determined protest and resistance to the tour by people here and overseas which led to the cancellation.
Archive record
Tussle at VW over tour kombis

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

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Tussle at VW over tour kombis. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0106974
South African History Online (2016) 'Tussle at VW over tour kombis', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0106974 (Accessed: 28 July 2026).
South African History Online, Tussle at VW over tour kombis [website], https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0106974, (accessed 28 July 2026).
"Tussle at VW over tour kombis." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0106974. Accessed 28 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Tussle at VW over tour kombis." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0106974.
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