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Commandant-General M.W. Pretorius installs Mpande as King of the Zulus after the power of Mpande’s brother, Dingane, is broken
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- 01Kruger, D.W. (ed)(1979). Geskiedenis van Suid-Afrika; verwerk en bygewerk deur D.W. Kruger; 3de bygewerkte uitg., Goodwood, Cape Town: NASOU, p. 221.
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Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, January 31). Commandant-General M.W. Pretorius installs Mpande as King of the Zulus after the power of Mpande’s brother, Dingane, is broken. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073607
South African History Online (2012) 'Commandant-General M.W. Pretorius installs Mpande as King of the Zulus after the power of Mpande’s brother, Dingane, is broken', South African History Online, 31 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073607 (Accessed: 26 September 2026).
South African History Online, Commandant-General M.W. Pretorius installs Mpande as King of the Zulus after the power of Mpande’s brother, Dingane, is broken [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073607, (accessed 26 September 2026).
"Commandant-General M.W. Pretorius installs Mpande as King of the Zulus after the power of Mpande’s brother, Dingane, is broken." South African History Online, 31 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073607. Accessed 26 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Commandant-General M.W. Pretorius installs Mpande as King of the Zulus after the power of Mpande’s brother, Dingane, is broken." South African History Online. January 31, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073607.
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