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- ↑ Jeeva (26 September 2011). "Hudson William Edison Ntsanwisi". South African History Online. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ↑ "Hudson Ntsanwisi; Leader of Gazankulu, 72". The New York Times. 26 March 1993. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 11 January 2018.