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Callistus Dingiswayo Ndlovu was a Zimbabwean academic, diplomat, and politician. He joined the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) in 1963 as a teacher in Matabeleland, and went on to serve as its representative to the United Nations and North America in the 1970s. After Zimbabwe's independence in 1980, he was a member of the House of Assembly from 1980 to 1985 and served as a senator from 1985 to 1990. He left ZAPU and joined the ruling ZANU–PF party in 1984.
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- ↑ "Ursula Ndlovu". Netball World Cup. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ↑ "Ursula Ndlovu". Netball Draft Central. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ↑ "Zimbabwe". Netball Draft Central. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
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