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- ↑ "City of Windhoek - Councillors Portal - Current Mayor" . Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ↑ von Francois, Feodora. "Cassinga survivor to pen book on massacre". Namibian sun. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ↑ "Kafula's son gets special N$5 million plot" . Retrieved 28 December 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
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