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- ↑ "IFP Youth Brigade demands that uMkhanyakude District Municipality be given to the party voted for by the people". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ↑ "IFP welcomes and congratulates two new Members of Parliament". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ↑ @IFPinParliament (15 February 2022). "Today, IFP Youth Brigade Acting Chair, Hon. Sanele Zondo, MP was officially sworn-in as a Member of @ParliamentofRSA - Join Us in welcoming Hon. @SethembeniZondo! Seen here is the new IFP MP taking his oath of office with the Speaker of Parliament" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ "The 400 MPs elected to the National Assembly - IEC - DOCUMENTS | Politicsweb". www.politicsweb.co.za. Retrieved 11 June 2024.