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    History-and-the-past Read More

    history

    September, 10 2023 in history
    Digging up the past 107 years later

    More than a thousand rusty WWI rifles were unearthed last week at Tsumeb when Telecom was...

    By Manni Goldbeck
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    history

    September, 8 2023 in history
    Honouring memories

    By Admin
    Nature-at-its-best Read More

    nature, history

    August, 14 2023 in nature, history
    The Finger of God

    Although the ‘Finger of God’ rock pinnacle tumbled to the earth more than thirty years...

    By Ron Swilling
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    history, people

    May, 27 2023 in history, people
    David ‘Twyfelfontein’ (part2)

    If you’ve ever wondered about the name given to Namibia’s famous rock engravings,...

    By Ron Swilling
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    history, people

    May, 26 2023 in history, people
    David ‘Twyfelfontein’ (part1)

    If you’ve ever wondered about the name given to Namibia’s famous rock engravings,...

    By Ron Swilling
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    history, people

    May, 5 2023 in history, people
    His master’s voice

    When I found a photo of a woman and her dog in an album in the archives, it immediately...

    By Manni Goldbeck
    Many-lives-of-a-Bedford-truck Read More

    history

    April, 25 2023 in history
    The many lives of a Bedford truck

    On my journeys around Namibia, I sometimes spot an old Bedford truck abandoned in the...

    By Manni Goldbeck
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    history, Flora and Fauna

    March, 31 2023 in history, Flora and Fauna
    Bringing back the quagga

    The last quagga died in the Amsterdam Zoo on 12 August 1883. Its passing went unnoticed...

    By Ron Swilling
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    history, people, funny moments from the past

    March, 21 2023 in history, people, funny moments from the past
    Funny moments from the past – The flying nun

    This unusual photo was taken at the Swakop River in the big flood of 1934.Every few...

    By Author
    Remembering-old-days Read More

    history

    March, 15 2023 in history
    Remembering dairy days

    One of my childhood memories is the early-morning delivery van dropping off milk from the...

    By Manni Goldbeck
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