Feature Namibia


In 21 years of independence, the government of Namibia has done exceedingly well developing and maintaining the country’s infrastructure. The roads are good, the water supply works, power cuts are unknown, traffic queues are almost non-existent – even in the capital Windhoek – cleanliness is next to Heaven, the greenery is superb. In short, the orderliness in Namibia belies its geographical location – in Africa! But there is a catch, as our editor, Baffour Ankomah, visiting Namibia for the second time in April discovered. Here is his report.


The trouble with Namibia


Namibia’s spanking new State House is a sight to behold


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AMIBIA IS IN AFRICA (LET nobody make a mistake about it, from the above introduc- tion). It is a wonderful country. Its capital city, Windhoek, is


one of the most beautiful and cleanest cities in the whole wide world. You must see it to believe it. The orderliness in Windhoek takes the breath away. Somebody has said “clean and orderly” Windhoek is “perhaps the most attractive capital city on the Afri-


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can continent”. And they are right. Few places on earth can match the pleas-


antness of Windhoek. Located in the hilly valley of two mountain ranges – the Eros to the north and west, and Auas to the east and south, this African city of 324,000 people is a sight to behold. From everywhere you look, the Eros and Auas mountains appear like packed acorns ringing the garden city of delightful houses, six- and four-lane av- enues, well-kept trees and groomed gardens,


modern shopping centres, and some of the most hospitable people on earth. What is more: it is one of the best sign-posted cit- ies in the world! And it is in Africa (it must be repeated)! And you haven’t even seen Swakop-


mund, the seaside resort on the Atlantic coast to the west which the German colo- nisers built and which their descendants still keep as a paean to German efficiency. Swakopmund smells of Germany and


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