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- ↑ Steve Mogotsi Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine at Namibia Institute for Democracy
- ↑ "Stefanus Mogotsi nimmt Kapias Stelle ein" [Stefanus Mogotsi takes Kapia's position]. Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 24 October 2005.
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