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- ↑ Pohamba appoints 2 deputy ministers Archived 2012-01-07 at the Wayback Machine The Namibian, 21 January 2011
- ↑ "Nicanor Hilma Ndinelago". Parliament of Namibia . Retrieved 5 December 2015.
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