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    The ghost of Uniondale Read More

    adventure

    March, 20 2025 in adventure
    The ghost of Uniondale

    It’s not every town that has a statue of a ghost looming up from the roadside, but...

    By Ron Swilling
    gemsbok beans, also known as morama/marama (Tswana), elandsboontjie/braaiboontjie/maramaboontjie (Afrikaans), maramama (Tsonga), cuxwe (Naro), tsi-tsin (!Kung) and gami (Khoi). Read More

    people

    March, 19 2025 in people
    It's ozombanui time!

    This time of year, the ozombanuis start growing, peaking at Easter time. They bring...

    By Manni Goldbeck
    Draaihoek after the rains 2025 Read More

    adventure, Flora and Fauna

    March, 18 2025 in adventure, Flora and Fauna
    Greenery in Draaihoek, south of Sesriem

    Namibians are celebrating the good rains in the desert. These beautiful photos taken by...

    By Magrietha Shivute
    Oshigambo in Northern Namibia Read More

    history, people, Echoes of the Aawambo

    March, 17 2025 in history, people, Echoes of the Aawambo
    Oshigambo - The Northern river that starts far away

    Situated on the eastern edge of the Cuvelai system, the name Oshigambo is said to mean...

    By Willie Olivier
    Emil Friedrich Hartung Read More

    books, Bittersweet Karas home, Bittersweet Karas Home Chapter 3

    March, 16 2025 in books, Bittersweet Karas home, Bittersweet Karas Home Chapter 3
    Bittersweet Karas Home - 32

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

    By Hergen Junge & Manni Goldbeck
    Tannie Elsie van Damaraland, Namibia Read More

    people

    March, 15 2025 in people
    Tannie Elsie se dak waai af - Damaraland

    In die droeë seisoen van Namibia se Damaraland (wat soms jare duur) was die lewe nog...

    By Gert Jacobie
    Women selling Ostrich feather dusters in South Africa Read More

    adventure

    March, 14 2025 in adventure
    Oudtshoorn: Of ostriches, feather palaces & magical caves

    Set in the Swartberg Mountains of the Western Cape, the ‘ostrich capital of the world’...

    By Author
    Cornelius Bowe of Fransfontein Read More

    people

    March, 13 2025 in people
    Farewell to one of Fransfontein's stalwarts - Cornelius Bowe

    One of Fransfontein’s stalwarts, Mr. Cornelius Bowe, sadly passed away on the 7th of...

    By Willie Olivier
    Hubert Janson grave stone Read More

    people

    March, 12 2025 in people
    Hubert Janson, The Vegetable Gardener of Fransfontein

    Over the years of visiting Gondwana’s Damara Mopane Lodge east of Khorixas, I made...

    By Manni Goldbeck
    Queen Ohamba Meekulu Martha Mwadinomho's home Read More

    adventure, people, Echoes of the Aawambo

    March, 10 2025 in adventure, people, Echoes of the Aawambo
    Omhedi - Seat of the Ovakwanyama

    When Ohamba (a traditional name for King or Queen) Mandume yaNdemufayo abandoned his...

    By Willie Olivier
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