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    An old donkey cart tyre repaired with wire, cloth and grass shows rural ingenuity, extending its life through a clever tubeless-style fix. Read More

    Upcycling at its best

    February, 25 2026 in Upcycling at its best
    Wired, Stuffed, and Rolling On

    This old tyre on a donkey cart has been repaired with wire and stuffed with old cloth and...

    By Manni Goldbeck
    Historic Endola house of Eliaser Tuhadeleni, where the first SWALA fighters (G1) were hosted and early Namibian liberation activities took place. Read More

    History

    February, 24 2026 in History
    A forgotten piece of history in Endola

    There’s a forgotten piece of Namibia’s history at Endola– the house where Eliaser...

    By Willie Olivier
    Historic depiction of the 1897 Xamsib Kloof battle, showing German troops confronting Afrikaner Oorlam warriors after the rinderpest outbreak. Read More

    Bittersweet Karas home

    February, 24 2026 in Bittersweet Karas home
    Bittersweet Karas Home 11: Transcontinental rinderpest

    Set in southern Namibia, Great Namaqualand, ‘Bittersweet Karas Home’ is the story of...

    By Hergen Junge & Manni Goldbeck
    Vintage Windhoek scene showing WHS students cycling up and down steep city hills in the 1970s, past school buildings and bicycle sheds. Read More

    Afrikaans in Namibia

    February, 24 2026 in Afrikaans in Namibia
    Martelpype en ou jare

    Juniorjare in die Hoërskool Windhoek daar op die bult in die middestad, was soggens...

    By Gert Jacobie
    Vintage magazine cover showing white jacaranda branches, telling the story of how Windhoek received its rare white jacaranda trees in the 1960s. Read More

    Seasons

    February, 24 2026 in Seasons
    The story of Windhoek’s white jacarandas

    My old friend and hobby historian, the late Walter Rusch, collected everything and...

    By Manni Goldbeck
    Interior of the new Maritime Museum in Lüderitz, featuring ship models, marine displays, information panels and aquarium tanks inside the renovated Old Power Station. Read More

    museum

    February, 24 2026 in museum
    Opening of the Maritime Museum in Lüderitz: A sneak preview

    A state-of-the-art maritime museum, housed in the renovated Old Power Station building...

    By Padlangs
    Community gathering in Fransfontein, north-western Namibia, celebrating Swartbooi history and cultural heritage amid arid landscapes and mopane woodland. Read More

    Afrikaans in Namibia

    February, 24 2026 in Afrikaans in Namibia
    Wanderlus deur Damaraland

    Eers was die wêreld in die noordweste van wat nou Namibië is, woes en leeg. Die enigste...

    By Gert Jacobie
    Warning sign outside a Spar supermarket in Oranjemund alerting shoppers to gemsbok roaming freely along the road. Read More

    Pic of the week

    February, 24 2026 in Pic of the week
    When Oryx Have Right of Way

    We had to smile when we saw this sign at the local Spar supermarket in Oranjemund where...

    By Padlangs
    At the Mercy of Empire: The Hill Family and Power Shifts in Great Namaqualand Read More

    Bittersweet Karas home

    February, 24 2026 in Bittersweet Karas home
    Bittersweet Karas Home 10: The second generation

    Set in southern Namibia, Great Namaqualand, ‘Bittersweet Karas Home’ is the story of...

    By Hergen Junge & Manni Goldbeck
    A young plains zebra standing among cattle on a Namibian farm, acting as a natural livestock guardian near the Etosha border. Read More

    Afrikaans in Namibia

    February, 24 2026 in Afrikaans in Namibia
    Muil, zebra - jou wonderlike ding

    Evert Burger is die laaste suiwer beesboer teen die Etosha-grens voor die Anderson-hek....

    By Gert Jacobie
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