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- ↑ "Office of The House of Assembly Speaker". Parliament of Swaziland. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
- ↑ The International Directory of Government 2021. Routledge. 2021-08-04. ISBN 978-1-000-52137-5.
- ↑ Lansford, Tom (2021-05-31). Political Handbook of the World 2020-2021. CQ Press. ISBN 978-1-5443-8473-3.
- ↑ "PETROS MAVIMBELA IS NEW PARLY SPEAKER". Times Of Swaziland. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
- ↑ "Parliament of Eswatini". Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Retrieved 2022-10-11.