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Diergaardt v. Namibia

Representatives of Rehoboth Baster Community have complained over alleged violations of Articles 1 (right to self-determination), 14 (equality before the courts), 17 (privacy), 25 (right to participate in public life), 26 (ban of discrimination) and 27 (minority rights) of ICCPR.


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.

Bagani, Namibia

On the opposite, north-eastern banks of the river lies Bufalo in Caprivi and the two towns are linked via a nearby border post.

Baster

The Basters left their original home in the Cape Colony in 1868 to trek northwards in search of land and settled in Rehoboth in what is now central Namibia.

Elizabeth Bay

Elizabeth Bay, Namibia (formerly Elisabethbucht) is a ghost town in southern Namibia.

Fly ash

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

Goodhouse

Locality with a landing-strip, on the southern bank of the Orange River, 60 km south-west of Warmbad and 60 km east-south-east of Vioolsdrif.

Gottlieb Viehe

In 1870 he moved to Omaruru and established a small school for children of European settlers.

Johann Christian Friedrich Heidmann

A few years later, he along with approximately 90 Baster families relocated to the deserted village of Rehoboth.

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.

Leonardville, Namibia

The area around Leonardville was inhabited by the Taa-speaking subtribe of the San people until the Khaiǁkhaun (Red Nation), who called the place Naosanabis, occupied their land.

Lüderitz Railway Station

It is part of the TransNamib Railway, and is the terminal of the currently decommissioned line to Aus which was completed in 1906.

Maltahöhe

After the end of the German colonial era in South-West Africa the settlement became a small hub for tourism, serving as gateway to popular destinations like the Sossusvlei, Solitaire, Sesriem, and Duwisib Castle.

Mining in Namibia

The artisans for the industry are educated in the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT) in Arandis, Keetmanshoop, and Tsumeb.

Mukwe Constituency

The constituency contains the major settlements of Bagani and Divundu, and a number of small populated places such as Andara and Diyogha.

Omaruru, Namibia

Omaruru is the only Namibian town not connected to the NamWater pipeline network.

Palgrave Commission

In the ensuing conflict with the other nations of the area, they established a republic and parliament in 1872, around the settlement of Rehoboth.

Sebastian Ignatius ǃGobs

Sebastian Ignatius ǃGobs (born 4 October 1967 in Omaruru, Erongo Region) is a Namibian politician.

Shark Island Concentration Camp

Shark Island Concentration Camp or "Death Island" (Konzentrationslager auf der Haifischinsel vor Lüderitzbucht ) was a camp on Shark Island off Luderitz, Nambia used by the German empire during the Herero and Namaqua genocide of 1904–1908.

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.

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.

Warmbad, Namibia

Scientist Sir James Edward Alexander lived in one of its rooms during his stay in 1836.

In 1834, Wesleyan missionary Edward Cook entered the area and erected a new missionary building on the foundations of the destroyed buildings.


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