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The South African Bureau of State Security is established (later refe…

The South African Bureau of State Security is established (later referred to as BOSS).

Published 14 May 2012Updated 30 September 2019

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Kalley, 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.

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