Auleria Wakudumo Omumati weedula 16 Omukwashiwana waAngola okwa xulifa sha dja eshi a xwikwa kolusheno. Oshiningwanima osha ningilwa modoolopa yaMuthiya moshitukulwa shaShikoto, sha ningwa Etitatu lwopo 14h30. Omupopiliko wopolifi moshitukulwa shaShikoto, Chief Inspector Ellen Nehale okwa koleka oshiningwanima eshi. Otaku hokololwa nakufya a li omufita weengobe komukunda Okakoko popepi nOmuthiya. Nakufya okwa shiivika nawa oye...
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Jazema Hangero Ondjira yehupo i hepa omutima omukukutu nombango onyingi. Kavenandangi ‘Pepe’ Karuuombe omuhongwa posikore yovinangongo indji College of the Arts ousupi Ocota ndjiri momaturiro wa Katutura ma tja. U nonyuṋe kokutja u rihonga oviṋa mbya suvera komuinyo mbiri ovinangongo. Karuuombe u ri mombura ye osenina nu u rihonga okuperenda nokuungura ovinangongo pekepeke. Ombura ndji...
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