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- ↑ "Manombe-Ncube, Alexia P.T." Parliament of Namibia . Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ↑ "Manombe-Ncube, Alexia Turimei - Swapo". Namibia Institute for Democracy (NID). Archived from the original on 11 June 2011.
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