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 – 16 to 20 April

+++ 20/04 – Secret Service (NCIS) has acquired two farms and an apartment for 65 million Namibia Dollar, which may be privately used +++ 20/04 – At state broadcaster NBC in the financial year 2015/16 about 2,000 decoders disappeared without a trace +++ 19/04 – Clear...

Headlines – 9 to 13 April

+++ 13/04 – In the Kuiseb Canyon, a leopard attacks a German tourist through the window of the motorhome – victim survives only because of courageous help of his wife +++ 13/04 – Fishcor buys an old fish factory in Walvis Bay for 160 million Namibia Dollar, although...

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...