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- ↑ Mart Martin (2000) The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics, p229
- ↑ Lesotho parliament debates return of ‘conquered territory’ Mail & Guardian, 2 May 1997
- ↑ Lehohla v National Executive Committee of the Lesotho Congress for Democracy and Others (CIV/APN/160/98 ) (CIV/APN/160/98) [1997] LSHC 44 (06 May 1997) Leslii
- ↑ Summary of Events in Lesotho, 2000, p14