Tourist survives leopard attack

In the Kuiseb Canyon near the gravel road from Windhoek to Walvis Bay, a German motorhome traveler was attacked by a leopard at night. At the beginning of April, Hardy Specker (61) and his wife Petra Windmeisser (60) parked their camper van near the Kuiseb Bridge to...
Sleeping near the airport at a low price

Sleeping near the airport at a low price

Everything is becoming more expensive, even the holiday. Thus it is no wonder that budget accommodation is increasingly sought-after. Ondekaremba also feels this increasing demand – and has responded promptly: The bungalows for self-caterers were expanded and are now...

Headlines – 30 April to 3 May

+++ 3/05 – World Bank recommends public private partnership for upgrading and operating Hosea Kutako International Airport +++ 3/05 – Angola’s President Lourenço expected in Windhoek today for a three-day state visit on occasion of 40th anniversary of Cassinga...
Aircraft disaster at Ondekaremba 50 years ago

Aircraft disaster at Ondekaremba 50 years ago

The International Airport near Windhoek had been in operation for just four years when it experienced its first and so far only major plane crash. Exactly 50 years ago, in April 1968, a brand new Boeing 707-344C of South African Airways mysteriously crashed 50 seconds...

Headlines – 3 to 6 April

+++ 6/04 – Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Finance, Nandi-Ndaitwah and Schlettwein, confirm loans from China for projects such as the expansion of the International Airport near Windhoek +++ 6/04 – Ministry of Environment neglects the provision of police officers...