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- ↑ Three successful PPAs held - EFF
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- ↑ "Hansard: NCOP: Unrevised hansard". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
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- ↑ @MPLegislature (30 August 2022). "Congratulations to the newly sworn in Member of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature, Mr. Sam Zandamela of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). He comes in after the vacancy which was a result of the resignation of former member Mr. Gcina Mofokeng" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Collen Sedibe retains EEF Mpumalanga leadership". SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.