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- ↑ Report on the: 26 March 2022 By-Elections (PDF). Zimbabwe Election Support Network. 2022.
- ↑ Magoronga, Michael (28 July 2020). "Kwekwe Central legislator, Blackman dies". The Chronicle. Retrieved 22 December 2022.