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- ↑ A Profile of 28 National Assembly By-Election Constituencies (PDF). Zimbabwe Election Support Network. 2022-03-22.
- ↑ Glen View South, Mangwe and Masvingo RDC Ward 1 By-Elections Report (PDF). Zimbabwe Election Support Network. 2019.
- ↑ "MPs and Senators declared elected after 30 July 2018_harmonised elections". veritaszim.net. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ↑ "BREAKING: Tsvangirai-Java dies". The Herald. 2019-06-10. Retrieved 2022-12-23.