12 August 1981
Voortrekkerhoogte military base is attacked
- Updated
- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Kalley, J. A. et al (1999). Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997, Greenwood: London, p. 468
- 02South African Government information, (1998), "Trc Hearing of members of umkhonto wesizwe, 29 April 1998", from South African Government information, [Online], available at www.gov.za [Accessed: 08 August 2013]
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Voortrekkerhoogte military base is attacked. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012461
South African History Online (2011) 'Voortrekkerhoogte military base is attacked', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012461 (Accessed: 15 October 2026).
South African History Online, Voortrekkerhoogte military base is attacked [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012461, (accessed 15 October 2026).
"Voortrekkerhoogte military base is attacked." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012461. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Voortrekkerhoogte military base is attacked." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012461.
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