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- ↑ Ngobeni, Lesego. "GDE and police raid Westbury Secondary" (Archive). EWN . September 5, 2014. Retrieved on November 26, 2015.
- ↑ "Cops tasked with cleaning up Gauteng schools " (Archive). ENCA. Saturday 6 September 2014. Retrieved on 26 November 2015.
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