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- ↑ Constitution Tenth Amendment Act of 2003
- ↑ "Political Parties in National Assembly". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 John Kane-Berman; et al. (2008). South Africa Survey 2007/08. South African Institute of Race Relations. p. 649.
- ↑ John Kane-Berman; et al. (2008). South Africa Survey 2007/08. South African Institute of Race Relations. p. 647.