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- ↑ "ICSL – Inner City Super League". icsl.co.za. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ↑ Basketball National League [@bnlsa] (2024-06-14). "We're thrilled to share the revised 2024 BNL fixture with you! Note that Cape Town Tigers are excluded, and EC Windbreakers have been relegated. Stay tuned for more updates and let the games begin!" – via Instagram.
- 1 2 "FIBA Africa Zone 6 Weekly Review: 20/08/2024 | AfricaBasket". www.africabasket.net. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
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