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- ↑ "Gordon Oliver, mayor of Cape Town, PFP, Nelson Mandela release, 11th February 1990". www.capetown.at. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ↑ "UU World: Cape Town Unitarian's journey from mayor to minister, by Olivia Holmes and Tom Stites". archive.uuworld.org. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ↑ "Berkley Center" . Retrieved 31 August 2020.