At least twelve people are killed in the KwaMakhuta massacre when the home of the UDF activist Bheki Ntuli is attacked with AK-47's. Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 264.
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At least twelve people are killed in the KwaMakhuta massacre at the home of the UDF activist Bheki Ntuli.
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- 01Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau
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South African History Online. (2012, January 20). At least twelve people are killed in the KwaMakhuta massacre at the home of the UDF activist Bheki Ntuli.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072890
South African History Online (2012) 'At least twelve people are killed in the KwaMakhuta massacre at the home of the UDF activist Bheki Ntuli.', South African History Online, 20 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072890 (Accessed: 10 October 2026).
South African History Online, At least twelve people are killed in the KwaMakhuta massacre at the home of the UDF activist Bheki Ntuli. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072890, (accessed 10 October 2026).
"At least twelve people are killed in the KwaMakhuta massacre at the home of the UDF activist Bheki Ntuli.." South African History Online, 20 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072890. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "At least twelve people are killed in the KwaMakhuta massacre at the home of the UDF activist Bheki Ntuli.." South African History Online. January 20, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072890.
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