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Elections are held in Venda (15-16 Aug). Traditionalist Chief Patrick R. Mphephu is returned to power despite electoral victory
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- 01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, August 10). Elections are held in Venda (15-16 Aug). Traditionalist Chief Patrick R. Mphephu is returned to power despite electoral victory. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089778
South African History Online (2012) 'Elections are held in Venda (15-16 Aug). Traditionalist Chief Patrick R. Mphephu is returned to power despite electoral victory', South African History Online, 10 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089778 (Accessed: 5 August 2026).
South African History Online, Elections are held in Venda (15-16 Aug). Traditionalist Chief Patrick R. Mphephu is returned to power despite electoral victory [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089778, (accessed 5 August 2026).
"Elections are held in Venda (15-16 Aug). Traditionalist Chief Patrick R. Mphephu is returned to power despite electoral victory." South African History Online, 10 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089778. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Elections are held in Venda (15-16 Aug). Traditionalist Chief Patrick R. Mphephu is returned to power despite electoral victory." South African History Online. August 10, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089778.
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