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Upington 14 are sentenced

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22 Aug 2019
Upington 14 are sentenced

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Justice J. Basson handed down death sentences on fourteen Blacks (Upington 14) for the murder of Lucas Tshenolo Sethwala, a Black police constable who fired at demonstrators attacking his home with stones on 13 November 1985. The rest of the twenty-five accused, the largest group ever to be convicted of murder in a single SA trial, received sentences ranging from six to eight years imprisonment and another six defendants were sentenced to community service. References: South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89, Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 576.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Upington 14 are sentenced. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012814

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South African History Online. "Upington 14 are sentenced." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012814.

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