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- ↑ "The rule of brigadier Oupa Gqozo in Ciskey" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ↑ The Europa World Year Book 1985, Volume II, p. 2593
- ↑ "Chief Lennox Sebe is unanimously elected as Ciskei's president, and the Rev. W.M. Xaba becomes vice-president. | South African History Online". Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
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