The History of Koingnaas – PART 1 This is part 1 of 3: Koingnaas is part of the longest stretch of coastal desert on the planet. It is part of the Namibia Desert that stretch for nearly 2000 km from the Elephants River in the south to the Curunjamba River in the north of Angola. […]
The History of Koingnaas – PART 2 You can read Part 1 here: Jan van Riebeeck, the colonial administrator of the Cape of Good Hope (later Cape Town) sends, around 1662, a few men into Namaqualand – up north of The Cape, along the coast line to look for copper and other minerals of value […]
The History of Koingnaas – PART 3 You can read part 2 here Diamonds In Namaqualand The first diamonds in Namaqualand are discovered in 1925 in Port Nolloth, a small harbour town that was built to export copper-ore mined in Okiep and Springbok. Port Nolloth is about 150 km north of Koingnaas and between these […]