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- ↑ "Squatters: Housing shortages or lawlessness?". The Sunday Mail. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ↑ Staff writer (20 September 2013). "New slum threat in Harare". The Zimbabwe Independent. Retrieved 31 March 2022.