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- ↑ Bruno Edgar Siegheim defeated Max Blieden in a playoff match.
- ↑ Kurt Dreyer who defeated Jack Wolpert in a playoff match.
- ↑ The tournament was actually won by the visiting Argentinian Grandmaster Miguel Quinteros, who was not eligible for the national title
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- A History of Chess in Southern Africa, by Leonard Reitstein (2003), ISBN 978-0-620-29829-2. This covers the period from 1892 until 1945.
- South African Chessplayer, edited by Leonard Reitstein, published from 1953 to 1986.
- Guinness Chess: The Records, by Ken Whyld (1986), page 114. This list covers the period from 1892 until 1986.
- Chess In The RSA, edited by Charles van der Westhuizen and others, published from 1987 to 1990.
- Chess in Southern Africa, edited by Mark Levitt and others, published from 1991 to 1995.
- The Week In Chess (TWIC) by Mark Crowther. Refer to TWIC187 for 1998, TWIC286 for 2000, TWIC451 for 2003, TWIC548 for 2005, TWIC685 for 2007, TWIC791 for 2009, TWIC892 for 2011.
- On the 1924 championships: