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- ↑ Nkuyane, Lucky (30 May 2019). "Long wait over for NC's new executive council". OFM. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ↑ "New Members of the Provincial Legislature sworn in". DFA. 12 June 2020. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
