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

    β€œπˆ π–πˆπ‹π‹ π…πˆπ†π‡π“ π”ππ“πˆπ‹ 𝐌𝐘 𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓…” When Mandume...

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    The death mask of Old Fritz

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    By Manni Goldbeck
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    The epic journey from slavery to landowner

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    January, 12 2025 in adventure, history, people, books, Bittersweet Karas home, Bittersweet Karas Home Chapter 2
    Bittersweet Karas Home 24

    Set in southern Namibia, Great Namaqualand, β€˜Bittersweet Karas Home’ is the story...

    By Hergen Junge & Manni Goldbeck
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    history, people

    January, 10 2025 in history, people
    Exploring Luderitz with Lawrence Green

    I tucked the well-known author’s book β€˜So few are free’ under my arm while I walked from...

    By Ron Swilling
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    Stories & History, history, Uis

    December, 21 2024 in Stories & History, history, Uis
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    It was the Moonshine Express, an old Ford F250, that stands out clearly in my mind from...

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    November, 26 2024 in history, people
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    Family members, friends, dignitaries and mourners gathered in their numbers at Onesi on...

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    November, 25 2024 in adventure, history, people
    Breyten Breytenbach- Peace, perfect peace

    It was with sorrow that I heard yesterday of Breyten Breytenbach’s passing. The esteemed...

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    history, books, Bittersweet Karas home, Bittersweet Karas Home Chapter 1

    November, 17 2024 in history, books, Bittersweet Karas home, Bittersweet Karas Home Chapter 1
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    Set in southern Namibia, Great Namaqualand, β€˜Bittersweet Karas Home’ is the story of...

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