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- ↑ "Afrikaner Independence: Interview With Volkstaat Council Chair Johann Wingard". 27 May 2005. Archived from the original on 7 August 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
- ↑ Visser, Wessel (2002). Van MWU tot Solidariteit; Geskiedenis van die Mynwerkersunie, 1902 tot 2002 (PDF). ISBN 978-0-620-42142-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ↑ "White Nationalism Moves Into South African Mainstream Politics". Voice of America .
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