3 October 1978
Magistrate L.A Coetzee rules that no one is to blame for the prison death of Lungile Tabalaza
- Updated
- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01stanford,'The state inside South Africa between 1960 and 1990' from Stanford University's Online Classroom [online], available at: www.stanford.edu [Accessed 30 September 2013]
- 02Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Magistrate L.A Coetzee rules that no one is to blame for the prison death of Lungile Tabalaza. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012361
South African History Online (2011) 'Magistrate L.A Coetzee rules that no one is to blame for the prison death of Lungile Tabalaza', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012361 (Accessed: 25 October 2026).
South African History Online, Magistrate L.A Coetzee rules that no one is to blame for the prison death of Lungile Tabalaza [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012361, (accessed 25 October 2026).
"Magistrate L.A Coetzee rules that no one is to blame for the prison death of Lungile Tabalaza." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012361. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Magistrate L.A Coetzee rules that no one is to blame for the prison death of Lungile Tabalaza." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012361.
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