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unusual facts about College of the Arts, Windhoek



2009 mid-year rugby union tests

Initial plans were that the Boks would play a late May test against neighbours Namibia at Windhoek, to be followed by a match in Soweto with New Zealand Māori.

African Banking Corporation

In 1920 ABC opened a branch in Windhoek, South West Africa, but later that year Standard Bank of South Africa acquired ABC.

B1 Butcher

Body parts were found in June and July 2007 in the Khomas Region along the B1 in the greater Windhoek area between Rehoboth and Okahandja.

In August 2007, the German citizen Heinz Knierim was arrested because he was suspected of having raped a 29-year-old Namibian near Windhoek the previous month.

Cecil Margo

the crash of the Pretoria, an SAA Boeing 707 which crashed after take-off from Windhoek in 1968;

College of the Arts, Windhoek

Cota was established by citizens of German heritage in 1971 as a Whites-only State Conservatory of Music.

Conor Armstrong

He has not played for the senior team since the final of the 2005 Intercontinental Cup against Kenya at Windhoek in October 2005, but he did represent the Ireland A team in 2006.

Crime in Namibia

More than two fifths of all reported crimes occur in the capital Windhoek, where the majority of reported crimes are burglaries, robberies, and assaults.

D-Naff

D-Naff is also a motivational and inspirational speaker and has visited more than 15 schools in Namibia including the University of Namibia, Windhoek College of Education, Ongwediva College of Education and the Polytechnic of Namibia.

Diamond Trading Company

Sorters in London, Kimberley, Windhoek and Gaborone sort these diamonds into approximately 12,000 different categories based on size, shape, quality and colour.

Fachhochschule Flensburg

Oversea partners are the University of North Carolina, the North-West University in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa and the Polytechnic of Namibia in Windhoek.

Fly ash

Ash bricks have been used in house construction in Windhoek, Namibia since the 1970s.

German South-West Africa

The Herero went on the offensive, sometimes surrounding Okahandja and Windhoek, and destroying the railway bridge to Osona.

Greenwell Matongo Community Library

The City of Windhoek in partnership with the Ministry of Education and City of Vantaa, Finland came up with an initiative, to help the community through educational services.

Harold Pupkewitz

Apart from Windhoek, the Pupkewitz group has outlets in many other places in Namibia, among them Walvis Bay, Keetmanshoop, Grootfontein, Otjiwarongo, Gobabis, and Aranos.

Johannes van der Merwe

Born in Windhoek, the young batsman played in several youth one-day internationals during the Under-19 World Cups of 1997/98 and 1999/2000, his first match coming against Bangladesh Under-19s on January 12, 1998, where he was bowled out by a duck by Shabbir Khan.

John Witherow

In 1971, he spent a period of time in Namibia as a volunteer teacher at St Mary's Anglican School in Ovamboland, but on being refused a permit to enter Ovamboland by the South African government he was asked by Bishop Colin Winter to remain in Windhoek to help establish a diocesan library and study centre for correspondence students.

Joseph Gotthardt

When the prefecture became the Windhoek Vicariate soon thereafter, he became Vicar and was ordained as Bishop at Hünfeld in Germany in 1924, becoming the leader of the Catholic Church in South-West Africa.

Kareeboomvloer massacre

The proceedings were conducted in the High Court in Windhoek and lasted for over four years.

Katutura Community Radio

Katutura Community Radio (KCR) is a Community radio station based in Katutura, Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia.

Kazenambo Kazenambo

In January 2011,Windhoek police were called to separate Kazenambo and the manager of Hochland Park’s Spar Supermarket when the Minister confronted the manager regarding his alleged mistreatment of black customers.

Kranzberg Railway Station

At Kranzberg the railway line from Windhoek splits; one line continues westwards to Swakopmund and Walvis Bay, the other one continues north-eastwards towards Omaruru and Tsumeb.

Largemouth bass fishing in Namibia

The main dams for largemouth bass fishing are the Hardap Dam in Mariental, Von Bach Dam in Okahandja, Avis Dam in Windhoek and Oanob Dam in Rehoboth.

Lets Celebrate

The album was launched at the Playhouse Theatre in Windhoek on 16 December 2010.

Namibia–Russia relations

Also in 2006, the Namibia-Russia Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation was officially opened during a visit by Russian Natural Resources Minister Yuri Trutnev to Windhoek.

Namibia–United States relations

In addition to the Embassy, the Centers for Disease Control, Peace Corps, and the Defense Department have offices in Windhoek.

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

In Namibia, the show is broadcast in most large towns and cities across the country by Windhoek based radio station, RadioWave.

Quinton Jacobs

Quinton Norman Jacobs (born 21 January 1979 in Windhoek) is a Namibian football midfielder who plays for Mohun Bagan in the I-League.

Red Ensign

The most notable usage of the Red Ensign as a national flag was when General Louis Botha flew the flag over Windhoek in what was then German South West Africa after the town's occupation by South African troops in 1915.

Robert Gwaze

In 2007, he won the African Individual Chess Championship in Windhoek, Namibia, earning a spot in the 2007 Chess World Cup.

South African Airways Flight 228

South African Airways Flight 228 was a scheduled flight of the Boeing 707-300C Pretoria, registration ZS-EUW, on 20 April 1968 from Johannesburg to Heathrow via Windhoek, Luanda, Las Palmas and Frankfurt.

South African Airways Flight 228 was a scheduled flight from Jan Smuts International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa to London Heathrow International Airport that flew into the ground soon after take-off after a scheduled stopover in Windhoek, South West Africa (present day Namibia).

The first leg of the flight under Captain Eric Ray Smith from Johannesburg to JG Strijdom Airport, Windhoek, South West Africa was uneventful.

South West African 2-8-0T

The locomotives were placed in service on the line between Lüderitzbucht and Keetmanshoop and on the lines from the latter north to Windhoek and south to Warmbad.

State House of Namibia

Located in the Auasblick suburb of Windhoek, the State House was constructed by Mansudae Overseas Projects of North Korea from September 2002 to March 2008, a total of 66 months.

Theodor Leutwein

During his tenure there, Leutwein created a decentralized administration with three regional centers (Windhoek, Otjimbingwe and Keetmanshoop).

Trans-Kalahari Corridor

The Trans-Kalahari Corridor is a paved highway corridor that provides a direct route from Walvis Bay and Windhoek in central Namibia, through Botswana, to Johannesburg and Pretoria in Gauteng province in South Africa.

United Congregational Church of Southern Africa

The Namibia Regional Council of the denomination has 3,000 members and 7 congregations in Duineveld, Rehoboth, Karlfeld, Windhoek, Luderitz, Walvis Bay, Swakopmund, Grootfrontein.

University of Namibia

The University of Namibia (UNAM) is the national university of Namibia, located in the Pioneers Park residential area of Windhoek.

Wilhelm Sander

The three castles of Windhoek, Heinitzburg, Schwerinsburg and Sanderburg, are what he is best known for but he also built the Gathemann and Erkrath buildings and was involved in the erection of the Tintenpalast.

Windhoek Declaration

The Declaration was produced at a UNESCO seminar, "Promoting an Independent and Pluralistic African Press," held in Windhoek, Namibia, from April 29 to May 3, 1991; it was later endorsed by the UNESCO General Conference.

Zimbabwe Cycling Federation

In July 2007 Zimbabwe entered a 9 member team to the African Mountain Bike Championships that were held in Windhoek Namibia along with South Africa, Rwanda, Namibia and Mauritus.


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