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- ↑ William Finnegan (19 January 1990). "Books of The Times; The Harsh Judgments of a White South African". New York Times.
- ↑ Adams, Tim (25 March 2007), "The dark heart of the new South Africa", The Observer , retrieved 5 September 2009
- ↑ de Vries, Fred (2008), The Fred de Vries Interviews - From Abdullah to Zille, Wits University Press, p. 325, ISBN 978-1-86814-469-3
- ↑ "White Fright". The Washington Post. 10 May 2004. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
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