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- ↑ Kiloh, Margaret; Sibeko, Archie (2000). A Fighting Union. Randburg: Ravan Press. p. 75. ISBN 0869755277.
- ↑ "John Taolo Gaetsewe". South African History. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
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