On Namibia's 35th Independence Day Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah was sworn in as president. The 2nd and 3rd highest offices are now also held by women.
Book tips on "Haiǁom in the Etosha Region" by Ute Diekmann and "Beggars on our own land ..." by Willem Odendaal on the past & present of the Haiǁom people.
Namibia mourns the loss of its founding president and father of the nation: Samuel 'Sam' Nujoma died in Windhoek on 8 February at the age of 95.
In Toasis near Aminuis, 120 kilometres south of Gobabis, a museum commemorates the former OvaHerero Paramount Chief and resistance fighter Hosea Kutako.
Namibia honours Namibian Women and International Human Rights on 10 December. Authorities and most shops will be closed, supermarkets will be open.
140 years ago, on 15 November 1884, the Congo Conference began in Berlin, at which the German Empire secured its claim to South West Africa (Namibia).
Most Namibia holidaymakers skip Gaub on their round trip. A pity really. Especially for those who are interested in history. Because Gaub in the Otavi Mountains south-east of Etosha National Park has a long and chequered past full of exciting stories.
With a memorial march through Swakopmund, OvaHerero commemorate the extermination order of Schutztruppe commander Lothar von Trotha on 2 October 1904.
Self-driving Namibia travellers should take extra care on Namibia's highways today and on Monday. Heroes' Day on Monday makes for a long weekend. Many Namibians use it for a short holiday at the coast or on the farm.
It was not actually a battle. Historians speak of several skirmishes. 26 German soldiers were killed, 60 were wounded. The number of casualties on the OvaHerero side is estimated at 120 to 150. And yet the 'Battle of Waterberg' or 'Battle of Ohamakari'
Living on the banks of the salt pan in the middle of the Namib is exactly what some of our ancestors did tens of thousands of years ago.
Great commemoration in Germany of the resistance against Adolf Hitler. Saturday, two days ago, marked the 80th anniversary of the failed assassination attempt of 20 July 1944 at the Führer's headquarters in the Wolf's Lair. Federal President Walter Stein
The President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Dennis Francis visited Namibia in preparation for the upcoming UN Summit of the Future in September.
Namibia will observe an extraordinary public holiday on Monday in a fortnight' time. This was announced by the Namibian Ministry of Information at the weekend. According to the announcement, the state funeral for the late President Hage Geingob will take
Dressed in more or less light brown uniforms, hundreds of men stand in front of the station building. Not at attention, but orderly in rows. Some older ones sit, obviously tired from waiting for hours. Suddenly a whistle sounds from a distance, then a sof
The statue of the German Schutztruppen commander Curt von Francois was removed yesterday morning from its place in front of the Windhoek municipality. The city council had voted at the end of October to move the statue to the Windhoek City Museum.
"On 9 September the Naute Dam near Keetmanshoop will be officially opened by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Water Affairs, J. P. Kriel. The Mayor of Keetmanshoop, W. K. Steyn, will on this occasion commission the filtration plant and the pumpi
Namibia’s coastal town Swakopmund will be 130 years old on 4 August 2022 and it will celebrate this landmark in style. The official event will be held on the historic day of 4 August to mark 130 years of growth from strength to strength through German
After many years, the BaTswana cultural group of Namibia finally has a new leader. Chief Andrew Kgosiemang, was recently inaugurated as the new head of the BaTswana community.
With its stark white walls, towers and arched gateways, Fort Namutoni is the focal point of the eponymous rest camp which is just 12 km from Von Lindequist Gate, the eastern gateway to the Etosha National Park.
The death of Ondonga King Iitana yaNekwiyu on 16 September 1884 plunged the kingdom into a succession struggle which saw Prince Kambonde kaMpingana ascend to the throne on 27 September 1884. Tensions reached near-breaking point when his younger brother, P
The arbitrary farm names made more sense after reading it - that is if sense even comes into it. Rather than there being any heartfelt emotion involved in the name-giving, it was more a matter of assigning a myriad of names in a short time, as a formality
Although today Outjo is considered the gateway to Etosha National Park, it was once considered the gateway to the North and to Kaokoland.
Tales of adventure and lost treasure are woven around the desolate coastline of Namibia, which early sailors avoided in favour of more promising shores.
It was first visited by Europeans centuries ago when Portuguese explorers left their homeland for years at a time, braving the vast oceans in their small wooden vessels searching for resources and new trade routes to the East.
When Gondwana Gondwana Collection Namibia bought its first pieces of land in the area bordering the Fish River Canyon in the late 90s, the area was bone dry after a severe drought.
When I recently visited a friend who had moved into a new home in Windhoek, I found myself looking at the name Robert Koch Street and wondered, who was Robert Koch, and why did his name sound so familiar?
Most visitors to Namibia’s popular coastal town are familiar with the old steam locomotive named ‘Martin Luther’ that is enclosed in a glass structure on its outskirts.
in 1854, when much of Namibia remained unexplored and unknown to the western world, a man named Aaron de Pass arrived in Walvis Bay
Beach, surf waves from the Atlantic, howling seagulls and the view over the endless sea, the silhouette of a ship disappearing on the horizon - for many visitors to the Namibian coast this is the epitome of vacation.
Among the historic buildings in the coastal town of Swakopmund, a well preserved, stately double-story building is very popular among tourists coming to Swakopmund for photos.
Travelling through Namibia often leads to discoveries of unexpected hidden treasures such as small private museums that are certainly worthwhile a visit. In our third article on museums in Namibia, we journey south.
Often when I’m traveling in southern Namibia on my way to Klein-Aus Vista lodge, I make a turn at the Commonwealth War Graves on the outskirts of Aus. Rows and rows of WW1 soldiers are buried there, many of whom died not from confrontation with the enem
In his life, Hermann Dietz had never achieved any great fame in Namibia. As a young teenager, aged 14 or 15, he left school and went to the Cologne area to learn the trade of bricklayer.
When travelling to Namibia’s famous Etosha National Park,why not also explore the northern areas beyond the King Nehale conservancy and another 100 kms or so to Ondangwa?
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