Namibia News News Namibia » History: Namibia’s Caprivi Strip: The Border That History Forgot
Namibia’s strange northeastern finger — the Caprivi Strip — is one of Africa’s most unusual borders. Born from imperial treaties during the scramble for Africa, its story weaves through colonial ...
News Namibia » History: An early visit to Namibia’s most famous ghost town: Kolmanskop
During the early years of the 20th century, the small town of Kolmanskop, which originally was just a train station, became the richest town in Namibia during a diamond boom. However, after mining ...
News Namibia » History: Namibia celebrates independence heroes, but glosses over a painful history
Namibia celebrates 26 August as Heroes’ Day. It recalls the first military encounter between the South African army and members of the South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo), Namibia’s ...
News Namibia » History: Is Namibia's history for tourists alone?
Extracted from: Namibia review (Windhoek) 2 (7) October-November 1993, pages 1-3. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries ...
News Namibia » History: Namibia: Madame President - Namibia's Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and the Courage to Redefine Power
Guest Column - When Namibia’s Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah took the oath of office earlier this year, she did more than just become the country’s first female president. She challenged Africa’s ...
News Namibia » History: Namibia: Witbooi Backs Rural Revival At Maltahöhe
Vice president Lucia Witbooi has expressed the government's support for rural development during her visit to the RuralRevive initiative at Maltahöhe last week.