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...

Trump as “Commercial Clown”

The lodge group Gondwana Collection has once again used US President Donald Trump for an advertising campaign for Namibia. In mid-January, a humorous video clip mocking Trump’s alleged “sh…thole” statement on African states reached more than...
Rhinos saved from bush fire

Rhinos saved from bush fire

Shortly after it got dark, Ghaub suddenly got into a flap: fire alarm! After a lightning strike, the grass on the high plateau of the farm was on fire. Fuelled by the wind, the wall of fire moved down the slope of the mountain and approached the wilderness area of the...
Rhino baby with swollen leg

Rhino baby with swollen leg

At the tender age of six months, one of the two rhino babies at Ghaub would have already been doomed to die if it were not for the help of man: A wound on the right foreleg became infected and the leg swelled. The mission of the veterinarian and his assistants was not...