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- ↑ Michael Goreseb Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine from the Namibia Institute of Democracy, 2007
- ↑ "Education Deputy Minister gets philosophical in NA", The Namibian, 24 October 2005.
- ↑ "National Assembly pays tribute to fallen lawmakers- NBC". YouTube .
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