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eventREF E-0012348Revised

4 May 1978

AZAPO leaders arrested in Soweto

Updated
30 Sep 2019

How we know this

  1. 01AZAPO activism leads to Black Wednesday, (1977), Black Solidarity Day, from AZAPO organisation, October 19, [online], Available at https://azapo.org.za/azapohistory/black-solidarity-day-alias-black-wednesday-october-191977 [Accessed: 26 May 2014]
  2. 02Mabasa, L, (2001), Testimony to the Open World Conference of Workers, from Open World Conference of Workers Information Organisation, January 26 [online], Available at https://www.owcinfo.org/africa/L%20Mabasa%20IC%20Session.htm [Accessed: 26 May 2014]
  3. 03South African History Online    

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2011, March 16). AZAPO leaders arrested in Soweto. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012348

South African History Online (2011) 'AZAPO leaders arrested in Soweto', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012348 (Accessed: 7 October 2026).

South African History Online, AZAPO leaders arrested in Soweto [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012348, (accessed 7 October 2026).

"AZAPO leaders arrested in Soweto." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012348. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "AZAPO leaders arrested in Soweto." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012348.

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