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- ↑ "MSU Principal Officers". Midlands State University. Archived from the original on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- ↑ "How we started MSU: President".
- ↑ Bhebhe, Ngwabi; Ranger, Terence E. (1995). Soldiers in Zimbabwe's Liberation War. James Currey. ISBN 978-0-85255-659-7.
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