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    Train station at Caraculo, Angola Read More

    history

    February, 22 2025 in history
    Discovering Caraculo in Angola

    Journeys are always full of interesting discoveries. On my journey to south-western...

    By Manni Goldbeck
    Commemoration cross at Omandongo, Olukonda Read More

    history, people, Echoes of the Aawambo

    February, 17 2025 in history, people, Echoes of the Aawambo
    Omandongo - Forgotten and Forsaken

    Although Omandongo features prominently in the history of the Aandonga and the...

    By Willie Olivier
    Botha making alterations to Map Read More

    history, people

    February, 16 2025 in history, people
    Bittersweet Karas Home - 28

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

    By Hergen Junge & Manni Goldbeck
    Family De Waal Read More

    history

    February, 13 2025 in history
    Augurabis - The place of much water (Part 2)

    Farm life on the eastern side of the Fish River Canyon

    By Manni Goldbeck & Ron Swilling
    Image of Hendrik and Klara De Waal Read More

    history

    February, 12 2025 in history
    Augurabis - The place of much water (Part 1)

    The early Farmers of the eastern Fish River Canyon

    By Manni Goldbeck & Ron Swilling
    Founding Father Dr Sam Nujoma on Independence day Read More

    history, people

    February, 9 2025 in history, people
    Honoring Namibia's Founding Father

    Today, we received the message that our Founding Father, Dr Sam Nujoma, passed on last...

    By Manni Goldbeck
    Men with springbok that were hunted Read More

    history

    February, 7 2025 in history
    Where have all the Springbok gone?

    Old stories give accounts of herds of springbok that were so large that they would take...

    By Ron Swilling
    Mandume yaNdemufayo, as king of the Oukwanyama Read More

    history, Echoes of the Aawambo

    February, 3 2025 in history, Echoes of the Aawambo
    Mandume yaNdemufayo: The Last Stand of a Warrior King Against Colonial Rule

    “𝐈 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐋 𝐌𝐘 𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓…” When Mandume...

    By Willie Olivier
    People-and-places Read More

    history, people, landscape namibia

    January, 23 2025 in history, people, landscape namibia
    The death mask of Old Fritz

    There was a time when many mountains, rivers and places in Namibia had Nama, Damara or...

    By Manni Goldbeck
    Stories-about-people-from-the-past Read More

    history, people

    January, 17 2025 in history, people
    The epic journey from slavery to landowner

    This is the intriguing story of a woman called Angela van Bengale, who was one of the...

    By Ron Swilling
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