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- ↑ Former Governor of the Ohangwena Region calls on Ombaladila rural community to vote for SWAPO Archived July 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Namibian Broadcasting Corporation, 9 November 2009
- ↑ 'Comrade Billy' Is Not Done Yet Archived March 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine , New Era , 30 August 2005
- ↑ "Namibians honoured by President". New Era . 28 August 2014. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
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