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Britain annexes the Offshore Islands off the Namibian coast to the Cape of Good Hope.
BiographyJudge Jan Hendrik Steyn
… the South African legal team in the World Court case over Namibia in The Hague, and was managing director at the time …
BiographySimon van der Stel
… day Northern Province in South Africa into neighbouring Namibia) in search of the area’s copper potential. En-route …
Britain takes possession of Ichaboe Island off the Namibian coast in the name of Queen Victoria.
A German Tupolef plane and an American Starlifter collide off the Namibian coast, killing thirty-three people.
ArchiveThe Colonising Camera photographs in the making of Namibian History
BiographyBenedict ‘Bennie’ Saul McCarthy
Benedict 'Bennie' Saul McCarthy was born in Cape Town in November 12, 1977. His soccer career began with the Cape Town based club, Cape Town Spurs. He made his…
The Johannesburg and the Namibian Stock Exchanges sign an accord for the exchange of technology, skills and information.
Date of the implementation of United Nations Resolution 435 for Namibian independence, according to a four-point protocol signe
ArticleBattle of Cuito Cuanavale 1988
… and Cuban presence in Angola, and to the Independence of Namibia. The battle of Cuito Cuanavale is, however, a … – they were of the opinion that it would…
BiographyGuy Tillim
… South Africa (report on the Himba people of Northern Namibia) 1998 Mondi Award for photojournalism, South Africa …
BiographyDulcie Evonne September
… economic consequences of discrimination against women in Namibia and South Africa. In 1981 she was called to work …
EventPLAN launches armed struggle against South Africa
… On 26 August 1966, the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN), the armed wing of SWAPO, fought in a battle … African occupying forces at Omugulugwombashe…
EventGwen Lister is born
… graduating at the University of Cape Town, Lister left for Namibia and joined the Windhoek Advertiser as a political Correspondent. In Namibia Lister…
ArchiveTribute to Ottilie Schimming Abrahams (2 Sept 1937-1 July 2018) – some notes and memories by Heike Becker
… being spent. [2] Ottilie, Kenneth and others returned to Namibia after having been granted political amnesty at the … while being part of forming a new…
At least twelve people are killed in rebel attacks on a police station, airport and the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC)
Britain proclaims sovereignty and dominion over Ichaboe and adjacent islands off the Namibian coast, now known as the Offshore
INTERNATIONAL NGO CONFERENCE AGAINST APARTHEID AND COLONIALISM IN AFRICA Geneva, 2 - 4 September 1974
… Statement by Sean MacBride United Nations Commissioner for Namibia Having had the honour and privilege of presiding over … until the whole of Southern Africa…
EventMagnus Malan and Constand Viljoen deny knowledge of mass graves
… found at Eenhana, 850km north-east of Windhoek, capital of Namibia. The bodies were believed to be that of members of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia…
The Namibian election ends, following five days of voting. Three days after the five-day polling period (7-11 November) ended,
The office of the Windhoek newspaper Namibian is devastated by fire. The ‘Wit Wolwe’ (White Wolves), an ultra-right organis
![Press statement issued by the National Union of Namibian Workers [and] the Congress of South African Trade Unions, 6 April 1989](/sites/default/files/styles/saho_medium/public/archive-files/LaApr89.0377.5429.014.001.Apr1989.22.thumb.gif?itok=mycU95C2)
ArchivePress statement issued by the National Union of Namibian Workers [and] the Congress of South African Trade Unions, 6 April 1989
EventSouth West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) is founded to oppose South African rule
… was founded in Windhoek, South West Africa (presently Namibia) on 19 April 1960 by Herman Toivo Ya Toivo. The party … by the United Nations as the legitimate…
PlaceAakaap/Rietfontein, Northern Cape
… . It functions as the Rietfontein Border post with Namibia , during the day hours of 08:00-16:30, that gives access to and from South-East Namibia, via Aroab…
Mohammed Charles Ouseb, Namibian football player for Kaizer Chiefs who was winner of the Kick Off Footballer of the Season, 98/
EventSouth West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) is founded to oppose South African rule
… was founded in Windhoek, South West Africa (presently Namibia) on 19 April 1960 by Herman Toivo Ya Toivo. The party … by the United Nations as the legitimate…
Mission Stations - N-S
… DGT NABILEYO , Flagstaff, Cape: No data available NABIS , Namibia: RM NAKEEKE , Namibia: see ONAKEEKE , Namibia NAMAKUNDE , Namibia: RM 1901 NAMKOLOKLO ,…
ArchiveOttilie Abrahams: An Honest and Upright Person by Harry Boesak (Pambazuka News), 14 July 2018
… one of the most remarkable personalities of contemporary Namibia. She led through example as a political … brought back from the Northern Cape for a proper…