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- ↑ Jabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo, South African History Online
- ↑ The Lost Prince of the ANC: The life and times of Jabulani Nobleman 'Mzala' Nxumalo 1955 – 1991, Mandla J. Radebe, Jacana Books, Johannesburg, 2022
- ↑ Jabulani Nobleman Nxumalo (1955–1991), The Presidency, 2010
- ↑ The Lost Prince of the ANC: The life and times of Jabulani Nobleman 'Mzala' Nxumalo 1955 – 1991, Mandla J. Radebe, Jacana Books, Johannesburg, 2022
- ↑ Mzala Nxumalo — the spectre that haunts Mangosuthu Buthelezi and won’t go away, Mandla J. Radebe, Daily Maverick, 27 May 2021
- ↑ The Lost Prince of the ANC: The life and times of Jabulani Nobleman 'Mzala' Nxumalo 1955 – 1991, Mandla J. Radebe, Jacana Books, Johannesburg, 2022
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