In 1760, in southern Namibia, a European traveller named Jacobus Coetsé Jansz encountered an animal he struggled to classify. He described it as: “An animal, not quite as large as an elephant, but rather tall in body, with a long…

Kolmanskop, the abandoned diamond mining town located just 10 kilometres inland from Lüderitz in southern Namibia, is experiencing a resurgence of interest as it revealed a new kind of treasure. Once a thriving hub of diamond extraction, Kolmanskop fell into…

For a century, the Morris column has stood quietly at the intersection of Daniel Tjongarero and Nathaniel Maxuilili streets at Swakopmund. Often overlooked by locals, this unassuming structure once served as a vital source of public information – social media…