Why 97% of Namibia is Empty
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As a Namibian journalist, I feel obliged to point out some factual errors:
1. The capital's name is pronounced "wind-hook", and means windy corner in Afrikaans.
2. The main reason the coast - in part called the Skeleton Coast - is because the very cold Benguela Current makes landfall along the central coastal zone between Lüderitz and Walvis Bay.
3. Our rain does not come from across South Africa, but from a northerly direction via the central Congo Basin. The cyclones from the Indian Ocean collide with the cold dry air pushed up along the south-western coast by the Benguela Current.
That means that most of the precipitation occurs over Angola and it gets progressively drier the further south you go.
Southern Namibia however gets winter rains as part of the winter rain zone over the Western Cape Province of SA.
4. The Benguela current also pushes out sand along the coast line, causing it grow steadily, i.e. Namibia is in fact growing in size as the coastal zone keeps getting wider. Namibia is in fact growing all the time, as can be seen from e.g. how far the shipwreck of the Dunedin Star is now located inland (about 3 km from the beach).
5, Apart from Walvis Bay and Lüderitz, there are three large towns along the coast: Oranjemund on the SA border, Swakopmund located 30 km from Walvis Bay and the retirement town of Henties Bay, about 90 lm north of Swakop.
6. Diamonds only occur along the southern coastal belt in big quantities. While there are diamonds found much further north along the coast, those are believed to originate from Angola. And no, the diamond production is not increasing but in fact in slow decline.
7. Apart from uranium, Namibia is also a major gold producer. And no, uranium is not our biggest mineral export - diamonds are the biggest mineral export by value.
your deserts are full of wildlife and people are rare , a perfect combination too
@@joshuapotts7634 Father = emotional
I'm just surprised that as a Namibian you didn't talk about the fishrot swapo corruption and general swapo corruption as well
The hospitals that are falling apart meanwhile the rolling part spent 800 million to build a headquarters
Etc etc etc
Some of those are not even corrections
Yeah, so basically half of this video is a BS. Thanks that you cleared things out for viewers.
I am a Namibian and I am proud of my countries beauty, but I wish you could have told the truth about our poverty even if the country is rich in resources. Our country is led by corrupt politicians we are starving and unemployment is sky high. Only the elite live a lavish lifestyle whilst 97% of the people are suffering. In a house populated by at least 9 to 14 people a mixture of adults and children only 1 person works whilst the rest are unemployed.
Ii fully agree with you, Namibia has been turned into a country of looters by its ruling elite, who's self entitlement have no limits. Most unfortunate conditions for a young developing country who needs all the resources it possesses, 10% and we have been sold down the drain, how else will corruption and crime not prevail? Where individuals are selling mines not belonging to them and ministers are implicated? Impunity reigns supreme!
@@besirago8544 This unfortunate situation is what we currently have in Nigeria where the corrupt criminal elites are running the show. The billions made from the sale of Oil and gas is being looted by our thieving political elites in collaboration with some western powers so the majority of the population go hungry.
This must be why Western elites love to vacation in your country: everything is geared toward providing luxury for the few.
I’m Namibian and everything you said is true and it is very sad and heartbreaking most times it really angers me because in the hands of more competent and compassionate leaders we could have been great
@@shanicekoita8806 well said
I'm from Angola and have been to Namibia once, I gotta say the capital Windhoek is one of the cleanest and most well organized cities i've been to. I also did a safari there and was amazed by how beautiful it is.
Who are you? You are rich?
@@bluebear787 bro what screams rich about going to namibia when you're already in a neighbouring country
@@bongobagginz yes. Possible
@@bluebear787 are you mad?
@@ellishaindobo1794 you are mad
I'm from East Europe. Over the years I've been with my cargo ship in almost all the big ports in West Africa, from Casablanca all the way down to Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. I've been in Walvis Bay 3 times and always had a nice experience. It's one of the nicest towns I ever visited, warm and friendly people. Unfortunately there are many cities in West African countries, where is not so safe to walk around by yourself (at least for me), but I never had that feeling or got any such info about Walvis Bay.
Even though it's surrounded by desert, for some reason it still remains one of my favorite places.
I grew up in South Africa and my dad was a professional racing driver in his youth. He always speaks of how he did offroad races in the Namib desert, and that Namibia is by far the most beautiful place he has ever travelled to for a race and how friendly the population is. He even considered moving to Windhoek. One day I hope to go on a trip from Johannesburg to Namibia with him and see it for myself
We ain’t friendly lol.(most of us anyways).
Everyone very susceptible to getting robbed
no you didnt
If a south african says people are friendly, they must be real friendly. Even getting mugged in South Africa sounds like this: Hey, I don‘t want to be a bad person…
@@timgerber5563 it’s like sa but more robbing. If u go to Windhoek stay away from katutura and rocky crest
@@DammDamian what do you know about anything? Why are you replying "no you're not" or "no you didn't" to everyone's comments?
Hey man, I love your content. A source document would be nice though. It takes a few minutes to make one and it really adds value for people who want to use your videos as a jumping off point for further research.
this is a really good idea
not to mention he’s been less than reputable in the past to the point where he’s had to delete misleading content.. love this person’s work but yeah some sources would be nice especially considering RLL’s past
lol as if he uses any
Not being funny but if one is dumb enough to use this sh*tshow of a channel as a reference point, given how poorly these videos are made, then more fool them.
@jesus dont like that im gay but satans cool w it when was he even reputable?
I want to visit Namibia 🇳🇦 so much!!!! Respect, love and blessings to you and all your country from Româniă 🇷🇴
I wish Namibia become like those middle East countries which were Deserts but now are more build and really developed. I am a Kenyan currently in South Africa and I have Namibian friends. They're so calm and friendly. God bless Namibia
Iam a Namibian and have been in Kenya more than 6 times, I love Kenyans. ❤
You guys need lupine :)
Probably future willbe like in south africa
Actually you really want to follow Norway's model. Or maybe Botswana's? Both are low corruption, high diversification and economic accountability based nations, even if Botswana doesnt have oil they came from the diamond and ore trades as well.
The middle eastern states are typically oligarchies and dictatorships where most of the wealth falls into the hands of a few and overall living standards are not in line with the extreme export wealth they have.
Even Qatar who pays its citizens, lives on a vast network of exploitation, slavery, corruption, brutality and religious fundamentalism. Like that time they bought the world cup and then to get the stadiums up in time killed tens of thousands of Pakistani laborers they abducted with false promises. But they have pretty buildings, so if you can swallow the ethical concerns, sure its a good model to follow.
@@Crayzirussian what?
I went to Windhoek once to play in a cricket tournament from Zimbabwe and was blown away by the city. Nothing like I ever expected. The people are so friendly, infrastructure top notch for a small city, very very clean like you won’t find a plastic bag on the street, and some great beer!
Typically German heritage
Keyword: beer.... lol.
@@Xamxon254 what
Respect 💪🏾
Happy u had a great tym.
@@gavinazprokid9125 beer is good. Where there's good beer, there I want to be.
The horrible irony of a massive coast having barely any viable ports and practically no rain. Those massive dunes right at the coast are insane.
the coast acted as a protective sheild, namibia was not impacted by the slave trade and was among the last to be colonised.
The fact that you can find diamonds in the dunes is exactly like how spice is found in 'Dune' lol
When he said the mountains to the east are blocking the clouds. Kind of made me wonder. What if someone mined out the top of those mountai s to allow some clouds through, would that allow namibia to get alot more rain?
@@Warune1 I think they do fog harvesting now, actually :) Less destructive and the fog holds a lot of water.
@@briopalumpus8676 You say that like if the slave trade was made by ship. Or maybe you don't know anything about african slave trade.
Greetings from the USA. I visited Namibia back in 2007 and found it to be a beautiful country with friendly people. I didn’t make it to the coast as I spent most of my time in Windhoek, Namib-Naukluft National Park, and the Caprivi Strip. Hopefully I can visit again someday.
A lot has changed since 2007
Great video! Thanks! Namibia has always been a country I want to visit and I wish that they are doing well!
As a Namibian i love seeing such videos about our beautiful country. We that live here also still get mesmerized by our coastline and dune's every single time we see it.
Well as an American, I loved learning about your country. Someday I think I would love to visit and see it for myself. It has a powerful, strange beauty which I admire.
Fr 😂🇳🇦🤲🏾
For years, a Namibia beach has been on my bucket list to visit. It is the only place I have found on Google Earth that is rolling sand dunes leading straight into the ocean. Truly unique biome! It would feel like being on an alien planet to be there. Once I have enough money, I plan to travel there. The delay is because there is not a lot of tourism and it is uncharted, so I would have to source a guide and import ATV's. Have also considered helicoptering in.
@@mssarah1 helicoptering in out to be expensive
@@maximilianrobespierre8365 totally worth it
I'm from Namibia, thank you for so extensively talking about my country, I always thought it was a very interesting place geographically but some of the stuff you talked about I'm just now finding out about
I’ve always wanted to talk to person from Namibia and Botswana 😅 I really like two these countries and I think you guys have really nice future being democratic, sparsely populated and rich by natural resources. I do hope Namibia and Botswana will be wealthy and developed like Norway and Qatar due to competent economic policy and high level of state management. Could we talk in Instagram, TW or FB? 😅
What is the story behind the little appendage hanging off the top right corner of the country?
@@ericcarabetta1161 - I too am interested in this weird border peninsula
last year Namibia won a qualifier match against Sri Lanka in the t20 WC after that I found out about your country.
Today I got lots of new info.
@@ericcarabetta1161 That little border peninsula is the caprivi strip that houses the Zambezi river that flows into the okavango delta into Botswana, the wettest most tropical part of the country, I will add that river also helps with access and transportation to Mozambique, Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe
It was kinda always a part of the country since colonization but it nearly split into its own little country at the cusp of our independence, since they have their own distinct culture, much more alike to the people living in Zambia
I'm curious, if it's so foggy, would large-scale fog nets be useful in producing fresh water along the coast? I saw another video where they were putting up giant fences/nets to capture fresh water from the fog in one country in Africa. The water would then drip down to the ground and increased the water supply in the streams that were slowly drying up. Right now there is nothing there for the fog to condense on, but if you could get enough fresh water in one area to start growing some bushes/trees they would also support the condensation of fog to create a positive feedback loop.
Yeah, that might work, but then Greta would start calling that man-made climate change...
that would be stealing water from the wildlife !
@@carolinejackson9405Clearly you haven't seen the amount of mist, nor understand the concept of 2,000 kilometers of coastline which is covered in mist every single day
I spent about 6 months in Namibia in the late 60's. Mostly in the Caprivi Strip, the finger that juts out on the top right hand side. I was captivated and have always wanted to return. Active eyeing the train trip from Cape Town to Windhoek. RUclips it, seems fantastic!
You will be surprised how over populated it has become.
A lot has changed from the 60's mate, so do yourself a favour, pack your bags and come on over
As someone who lived in Namibia most my life, I'm just glad to see someone talking about us
Quite an interesting country
LIAR
@TheTruthIsHere what
@TheTruthIsHere bro u ok?
@@pleasestfu2451it is normal, only if they are attracted to someone their age obviously. Although those relations wouldn't last a few months
My daughter studied abroad in Namibia, it will always hold a special place in her heart. She said the people were loving, kind and very welcoming. She had wanted to visit Africa since she was a small child and she saw that dream come true. Studying in Windhoek and skydiving in Swakopmund, she made lifetime friends and memories there.
Normal for Africa
We are graceful people
From west Africa
🦅
@@criessmiles3620that’s why y’all keep getting exploited
@adele19b3 inappropriate and also untrue claim. The biggest factor in colonialism and exploitation was a discrepancy in military technology, followed by deliberate drain of the continent’s resources - nothing was really meant to be traded, only extracted.
Please educate yourself before saying hateful things to people about why they shouldn’t be kind. Native Africans (also mostly in northwestern and central Africa - not even close to Namibia) who met early British, Dutch, French and Spanish colonizers DID NOT blindly trust them.
Claiming this is erasure of many skirmishes and wars fought on the continent, that killed or enslaved tens of millions of people. And that’s before you factor in all the industrial mistreatment. You really don’t want to see what happened to the Congolese workers subjugated under Belgian King Leopold II farming rubber… but some truly traumatizing photographs are available for you if you’re curious enough to Google them.
Namibia, being uniquely located on a desert coastline with few visible resources to exploit, managed to escape a lot of this horrible land grab. But even if they hadn’t, it is really just so small-hearted to tell someone else that they ought to stop being kind to anyone else. Find something better to do with your time… like literally any hobby. Maybe you’ll meet some people who make you feel more willing to be kind like the Namibians.
@@emilysmith2965nah he right
@@adele19b3W
The Namib desert alone is not the oldest but shares its age with the Atacama Desert in South America when they were once one landmass and are both aged at 300 million years. There is a major altitude difference of 14 000 ft which occurred after the continental split took place and the Andes mountains started to rise on the present geo faultline.
Much love from Nairobi, Kenya. I'd love to visit Namibia one day.
Namibia is breathtakingly beautiful. I've been fortunate to go on a 4x4 tour all the way up the center and down along the coast. We traveled for days without seeing any signs of humans
Wow! It must have been amazing! Especially the last part lol
Mars on earth
What do you mean by no signs of humans? You had to have driven on a road at least.
@@dr.woozie7500 who says there even is a road to be on? He was in a 4x4 after all
@@dr.woozie7500 The majority of the trip was off road. And for the odd tire track of left by someone else, there really is no sign of other humans in vast areas. The country really that sparsely inhabited.
Just north of Walvis Bay is another town called Swakopmund. I have had the pleasure to visit it before. It has a population of around 50 000 people, so it is quite a major town aside from Walvis Bay and Luderitz, which deserves a mention.
Edit: I'm pretty sure that the town you show in the footage around 18:30 is Swakopmund
He also didn't talk about the Kalahari desert.
It is Swakopmund
To the southwest, there is Luderitz one of our coastal towns.
It is
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Excellent vid. Now I am going to go back and watch the Grand Tour Namibia again. Makes what those three did with their crew truly insane.
I remember seeing a real expensive looking Mercedes coupe in black with tint windows in Windhoek once,had a single siren on the roof, I walked once from Walvis Bay to Swakop in the middle of the night, took 2 days to recover after but is a great memory I wont forget.
As someone who is living in Luderitz I need to make some corrections here.
Firstly most diamonds, especially the largest ones are found between the Orange River and Luderitz.
Secondly There are over 100,000 people living along the Namibian Coast. Luderitz alone has about 30,000 to 40,000 people.
Third Windhoek as John Grobler said is pronounced "wind-hook".
Fourth Luderitz has a harbour that's almost as good as Walvis-Bay. At the 7:15 mark of the video where that ship is, it's almost 12 meters deep. Passenger ships with a capacity of 1,300 passengers such as the Aida Aura can easily fit inside. The bay on the other side of the harbour, also at the 7:15 mark is up to 70 meters deep at the entrance. In many areas around Luderitz and that bay the water drops down quite steeply, from knee deep water to water that's at least 5 meters deep in just a short distance. Plus since it's so rocky we don't have to do as much dredging as in Walvis-Bay which has to do that constantly to keep the harbour the same depth.
Is it cool to live in Namibia? Do you like it, or would prefer to live somewhere else?? 🇳🇦🇳🇦
@@tanjo4 I actually enjoy living here in Namibia and Luderitz since it's relatively peaceful. Sure there are some bad apples, but since there are so few people here, there's a lot of open space. Plus here in Luderitz we got sunny weather for most of the year, though, unless you were born here, or live in a place that has as much wind, the wind might get annoying for many people.
There are places I'd like to visit, like Iceland or Hawaii. Iceland because I want to visit the Geldingaladur and Meradalir eruption sites, hopefully see a volcanic eruption there like the ones that produced the ones I mentioned back in 2021 and 2022. Hawaii to see the Kilauea eruption.
@@ssoltau9318 Namibia + Luderitz sound awsomeee, also sounds like such a cool location 🏜️🏖️🌊
-Ngl this vid has made me want to visit Namibia in the future.. 🇳🇦
Real life lore also massively fucked up the video about Scotland and NATO a few weeks back too. He’s not doing his best research
10000 people are very less as compared to the coast area
As a Dutchman hearing how you pronounce 'Windhoek' is hilarious 🤣 The combination o+e makes an u sound. Should be vindhuk haha
English speakers here generally pronounce the W the English way.
Correct
And in english the u is pronounced a.
@@d911tru4 Not really. They're two different sounds, albeit very similar ones in many accents. (In my accent (Northern English) they're very different.)
@@d911tru4 - So, “Vind-hak”?
Absolutely not. Lol.
Thank you for posting this well researched and presented video
Hats off to you Real life lore, I'm your biggest fan, you have introduced me to most countries in the world. I have learnt more history and geography from you than ever in my life 😊👏👏
Really puts things into perspective just how dangerous of a place the Namib Desert is when it has a nickname like the Skeleton Coast, and the indigenous San people even call it "The Land God Made in Anger". But apparently, the Namib Desert does have believe it or not, RAIN FROGS. Where others see no life, life still finds a way. The squeaking cute frog that went viral is the Namaqua rain frog (Breviceps namaquensis) which is found in northwestern South Africa and extreme southern Namibia.
So how do rain frogs survive in a place with little rainfall? By burrowing underground and waiting out dry periods and relying on the fog that you mentioned. Another Breviceps species, the desert rain frog, is also found in Namibia, relying on the same fog. Unfortunately, their numbers are dwindling due to diamond mining that you also mentioned. Glad you finally talked about Namibia, it's quite a fascinating place.
Avery the Cuban-American: This is one of the most beautiful, special phenomena of Namibia anyone could ever have mentioned!!
thanks mate, life will ALWAYS ALWAYS find a way.
Namibia should learn from Nigeria,
How they have been manipulated by England to become an indirect blackmailed colony, by Shell.
The mighty frog needs to fight the greedy intruders
17:15 no. you dont get high payd jobs you get low payd jobs and shell takes all the money xD
I had the privilege to visit this beautiful country back in 2017 and it is definitely one of the best and most unique places I’ve ever been! Big love to all Namibians especially those involved in wildlife conservations ❤
no you didnt
Isn't it just? It's an amazing place especially the coast.
@@DammDamian Troll
I would've busted inside of a Namibian and left forever
I travelled to Iceland last year. Had an awesome time and I want to thanks the Icelandic people for their warm welcome ♡
The most beautiful place I visited.. I have been in north Nam twice. Great and friendly people, a lot of smiling faces, low criminal level (unlike RSA), zillion things to see (Gondwana Canyon, Fish river Caynion, Ghost town, Soussvlei, Etosha, Swakopmund,... I even was considering to buy hunting farm and move there but it was difficult to achieve
Was in Namibia twice, one of the most beautiful countries i've ever seen. Greetings from Germany🇩🇪🇳🇦
Bring some reparations next time
@@pz9mo1221whut 💀
@@Vendo_HD reparationen macht frei
Are you gonna mass murder the local people next time?
@@Vendo_HDdon't lookup what the Germans did to the Namibians in the early 1900s💀🙏
As a Namibian I'm very happy and proud to see such representation of my country
On behalf of all Namibians 🇳🇦 we thank you very much
It is a magnificent place 👍
dont get jibbed
Namibia should learn from Nigeria,
How they have been manipulated by England to become an indirect blackmailed colony, by Shell.
@@akshayhazari6570 search for diamonds and sell it to me pls
Brother. I hope y’all industrialize and developer your resources independent of foreign investment.
I'm from Namibia myself and its really great to have a big content creator like you talk about our country. I've been subscribed to you for about a year now and always got an adrenaline rush whenever you mentioned my country. Really great video, hope you make another one about NAMIBIAN soon.
I'm going to visit your country in January 2024. Looking forward to taking in the vast natural beauty! My friend and I will be renting a 4x4 to explore. We'll be spending a month and we hope to experience as much as we can.
no you're not
What is internet like in Namibia
@@littleantukins4415 Oh, its fine. Just think it could be faster though. Most of our towers are either 3G or 4G. I GET ONLINE JUST WELL ENOUGH.
@@bargiosimon5173 oh nice to hear about it
Love the video, it was educational for me as a proud Namibian and I hope it was for anyone foreign ❤
*I just had to laugh out loud for that pronunciation of Windhoek though, just to clarify, it’s pronounced Vind-hook.
Thank you for the entertaining and informative video!
Namibia is definitely an underrated jewel in Africa, i think it’s incredibly beautiful, and since it’s already a growing economy and a relatively safe place i hope it continues to get better with the oil discoveries in the ocean. Salute from 🇮🇹
If there were a jewel in Africa, one of them would have stolen it by now
The himba people and many tribes in Namibia and tribes all over the continent so called Africa are the biblical 12 tribes of Israel. Biblical descendants of the biblical 12 tribes of Israel. The himba are a Hebrew tribe. The continent so called Africa is the biblical promised land. The biblical land of Canaan. The promised land. The black people in western central south east of the continent so called Africa are descendants of the biblical 12 tribes of Israel and biblical Egyptians. There are ancient Hebrews tribes all over the continent so called Africa.
France is thieving Africa, hence why many African countries are so poor! It’s because of France!
@@jasintz9245 You don't genuinely believe this, do you?
@@maskettaman1488 what she said is the truth. France is thieving Africa in many ways in modern slavery.
Ocean Conservation Namibia viewer here. I didn’t realize they were essentially operating in isolation! Heck, one of their recent videos has them getting yelled at by tourists in a pickup truck who wrongly thought they were harassing the seals.
Love that channel!!
Me too! OCN are amazing humans!
OCN Do amazing work 🇦🇺❤🦭🦭
But how many other times have you seen other people in their videos unless they're rescuing seals at that place with the boardwalk or those big bulls that hang out at the harbor?
Yeah OCN is a great channel for Namibia, makes me want to go there on vacation and catch Seals.
Your content’s mood shift from sad to happy over and over. Really love it btw. Just sad that a country’s vast resources will only be taken advantage by fewer people and mostly not Namibians.
The only Superior being. That will stop all this unjustice one day. And take this African Land back from the colonizers. Will be God, Yahweh aka Jesus himself, someday.😮😔🙏🏽
We don't have governments. What we have is care-takers or gate keepers :) The corruption on this planet is mind boggling and deeper than we think... Our planet is being harvested. Long live Michelle Gibson!!
@@Lov4Lamar247 And this is why nothing will change. Because God is not coming. The only way to change things is to do it ourselves. It's sad to see the rich cultures and religions of Africa replaced by imperialist monotheism, but history is not about the right thing.
@@Lov4Lamar247I hope you know that the only reason Africans believe in that god is because colonisers spread that religion in Africa. Can you really not see the hypocrisy of your views?
Thats right. Not the Namibians, but definitely will line the pockets of corrupt officials and their cronies.
This is one of the few countries that I really want to visit. It seems like such an interesting place.
As a Namibian, I just have to say it's pronounced 'vind-hook or windhook' not windhoo-ek. It really is an amazing country though. Normally people don't talk about my country because of how underrated it is.
The great Frank Fredericks and now Christine Mboma in sports & Sam Nujoma in anti-apartheid liberation politics and recently in public discourse stumbled on Joseph Dieschois have over the years put Namibia on the map. In my experience, I don't get the sense anyone underrates Namibia, some just don't know about it which is fair enough and those who do, hold it in high regard. Of the 54 countries in Africa only a handful are spoken of frequently, either because of some economic interest or because they have some political instability/war/coup etc. Even with the advent of the so called new media, many still tread the path most travelled by old media. I think because Namibia comes across as just a chilled place, with unassuming people just quietly going about their business building quietly it doesn't hog the spotlight.
Until I know why the E is silent, it is pronounced Wind-hō-ek.
Back in 2017 I did a 2 month trip from Nairobi to Cape Town going through 8 countries total. Namibia was my favourite. Stunning desert landscape, felt like another planet. Would go back in a heartbeat.
I say wind hoe cause I cant pronounce the K .
@@TheSpiritombsableye the “e” isn’t silent, when combined with an “o” (to create “oe”) it is pronounced as the “oo” sound in english. The wonders of Dutch and Afrikaans!
As a South African, I can say that Namibia is definitely one of my favourites as a neighbouring country 💪🏽🇿🇦
I used to visit ZA quite a lot. If I lived there, any other country would be my favourite to avoid the crime rate.
What languages being spoken in Namibia?
@@kuocdo1010 Afrikaans, German, English and a lot of native languages by the local tribes
@@kuocdo1010 there are many official languages including afrikaans, english, german (hardly spoken though), and lots of native languages, bantu and others
@@kuocdo1010 oshiwambo, herero, damara just to name a few
The photography is exquisite and although there are some inaccuracies, this brief video is a very good starting point for anyone who wants to learn more. It's worthwhile trawling through the replies to John Grobler, an ensuing morass of nastiness and nonsense but the gems are worth the trouble. My favourite comment (way, way down the line, from 2 weeks ago as per this submission on 1 Feb)) is the info on the Desert Rain Frog from Avery the Cuban-American. Any interest in my country of origin, no matter how muddled, is touching.
Yup, i can confirm that we flock to the costal side from Windhoek during year end and enjoy the holidays at the beach... but regardless, Walvis Bay and Swakopmund have a decent population and major businesses running there as well, infact, Swakopmund is basically Namibia's #1 tourist destination. And apart from Luderitz there are other small towns like Hnetiesbaai, Oranjemund, and Rosh Pinah.
Great video still, you took me on ride.👊
I grew up in South Africa but moved away before I was a teenager, this is utterly bonkers and fascinating to learn. Being from SA I had no idea Namibia has such a interesting history and geography. Excellent job with this video!
This video is full of shockingly incorrect information, he did a somewhat poor job on it in my opinion.
@@JohnSmith-fq3rg Pedo anime pfp, opinion disregarded
The himba people and many tribes in Namibia and tribes all over the continent so called Africa are the biblical 12 tribes of Israel. Biblical descendants of the biblical 12 tribes of Israel. The himba are a Hebrew tribe. The continent so called Africa is the biblical promised land. The biblical land of Canaan. The promised land. The black people in western central south east of the continent so called Africa are descendants of the biblical 12 tribes of Israel and biblical Egyptians. There are ancient Hebrews tribes all over the continent so called Africa.
@@JohnSmith-fq3rg Thank you. I started making a list and just got fed up....
@@JohnSmith-fq3rg His video on how Scotland screws up NATO if it becomes independent is also very wrong. And people like Rosalie also seem to have lists of other misinformative videos. The fact that there are people making whole lists is concerning. So.
I think this guy is utilizing people's lack of knowledge on geopolitics to feed them with incorrect information completely unintentionally by being too lazy to do more research, proofread over mistakes and facts included within the video, and get the information from a reliable source (We don't And while he is pumping out all this misinformative content, you then realize that the channel name is "RealLifeLore". Wait, so, this insinuates he's ju-
I'm going too deep. But, honestly, all of us should just stay away from this channel. They can't even get their facts right when their channel name is "RealLifeLore". They are telling you about the "lore of real lif-
I've realized I'm going too deep again. My point still stands, he is giving out misinformation about a topic that the target demographic doesn't even know half of because he does not put effort into the actual bread and butter (the "information" and yes those quotes are very deserved) of the video. He is not providing sources either (except for the sources of the stock footage videos). We don't know where they come from and as far as we know he could be paraphrasing Wikipedia (an already unreliable source as anyone can edit it) articles to pump out content. He also desperately needs a channel rename, because "RealLifeLore" is not cutting it for someone who is a big hit or miss on if his information is correct or not when his goal is to give people interesting FACTS.
Am I saying all of his videos are false? No. I'm just talking about the misinformative content and the fact that he produces said content periodically. So, anyone else who's reading this, please avoid this guy for the time being until he gets his shit together. Let's just wait for the big "RealLifeLore Exposed!" video that will force him to not be a big hit or miss on if the information is factual.
I love this video! You have teached me more in 2 videos about my region(Southern Africa), than I've ever managed to learn by my self. Thank you so much!
What's the other video?
Taught*
The Namib desert is the #1 place on earth I want to visit. There’s something otherworldly about it. Beautiful and enchanting. I want to see the skeleton coast with the less than 150 desert elephants left in the entire world. So fascinating
Great videos! I’d love it even more if you used the metric system!
I don't know why, but I've always been fascinated by Namibia and the Namib Desert. It's one of the places I really want to go at some point
Hi from Namibia.Dont get lost
@@THESwissBoi🤣🤣🤣
I really liked those beetles that condense fog on its body for drinking.
There definitely UFOs and I would bet money there is an underground alien base in the desert.
I love it, and we will be waiting for your visit.🇳🇦
Watching this as a Motswana from Botswana 🇧🇼. We have a lot in common with Namibia
Minus the coastline . I would love to visit soon, looks amazing.
Yall are richer and have a elephant problem...
@@THESwissBoi we really are not, on paper yeah we look rich but reality 🤦♀️.
I heard that, Botswana is one of most developed country in Africa with good economic growth and well ranked in many sectors like HDI, GDP/capita,economic freedom,tourism and buissness sustainability among all African nations. I would love to visit both you neighbours(Botswana & Namibia). Love and peace from far away India😊🇮🇳...
Did you cut a few seconds off at the start of the video?
My new study project, learn more about Namibia. Thanx for the info!
I'm surprised that the beautiful Etosha wasn't mentioned at all... Or the Caprivi, for that matter. Anyway, Namibia will always be one of the most starkly beautiful countries I've ever visited.
From what I recall also, that whole region of South Africa was subject to a massive mantle eruption of material from further below lyrics crust that forced up a lot of the diamonds that had been formed millions of years before that to the surface where they became part of the surface Rock. I believe this cataclysmic super eruption occurred something like 40 million years ago.
I'm from South Africa. And the first country I wanna visit first is Namibia. I've fallen in love with it from a young age and I can tell you my younger self picked really well here. ❤️❤️❤️ I love Namibia. Hope to see it soon.
Great graphics and maps, may i ask what software you guys use to create them?
I LOVE this channel SO HARD!
My HEAD hurts…but…🤔
I’m LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT! 😆
Im fascinated with Namibia and THAT beautiful coastline. I want to visit for a few weeks. But how safe is it for tourists. Would you need to do a tour group? Thanks for help😊
As someone that had to fit so much information about Namibia in such a short video, you are on point. As for mispronounced names of our capital 😂 it’s normal. As a Namibian I can blame you as I myself mispronounced a lot or words dew to language barrier. I love you videos, very informative and serves as a guide to further studies on some of the topics. 👍
windhooeeeekk🤣
@@agodsjp632 try pronouncing 2010 Russian Census, ... Petrozavodsk, Петрозаводск, Karelia. Let’s see how many Russians will correct or laugh at you. Bottom line is, the narrator was telling us a story pronouncing words that he most probably read for the first time in his life. So cut him some slack and enjoy the informative video
@@WoodyDavids easy man. is not that serious! Beautiful country Namibia.
@@Nerivean true indeed, you should visit us
is there something you recommend doing there while visiting that might not be found in a regular Google search? going to Zambia later this year God willing and would love to jump on and see Namibia.
A few corrections and points to add context to your section on uranium:
- Rössing doesn’t produce 8% of the world’s supply of uranium, it produces 5% (2,444 tonnes U in 2021 out of a world total of 48,332).
- There are only two currently operating uranium mines in Namibia, and Rössing is actually the smaller of the two. The other, Husab, which is 5km south of Rössing and is owned by Swakop Uranium (which you should have mentioned - they're in the image you show at 14:47), produces 7% of global production, so Namibia produces 12% of all global uranium in total.
- A third mine, Langer-Heinrich is due to come out of care and maintenance when uranium prices (presumably) rise in line with renewed demand from nuclear power plants. This will obviously increase Namibia's uranium revenues further.
- Also, it would have been worth adding that while Namibia technically exports most of its uranium to China, this is because its two active mines are both majority-owned by Chinese companies (Rössing - China National Uranium Corporation; Husab - China General Nuclear Power Group and China Africa Development Fund, with the Namibian government holding a minority 10% stake).
The question is: how much taxes do those companies pay of the 90% they have?
He said biggest export not biggest export by value two different meanings
Why was Brent Carlsson Assassinated? Why was Olaf Palme assassinated? Was Lockerbie a De Beers Bombing?
Thank you to Namibia for unselfishly sharing ae hoki these wonderful gifts from Papatuanuku with the world aroha nui.
I watched the Grand Tour episode where Nambia was featured. It was amazing!! ❤
It being specifically Nambia
RealLifeLore should talk about why Hong Kong have more people than Alabama. Alabama is nearly 120 times bigger than Hong Kong but have a couple million less people than Hong Kong. Not to forget that both Hong Kong and Alabama have similar climates, similar temperatures, similar elevations, and definitely similar precipitation. It wasn’t always like this, Alabama back in the old days used to have way more people than Hong Kong.
Alabama - Humid Subtropical
Alabama - 50,750 square miles of land
Alabama - 5,097,641 people
Hong Kong - Humid Subtropical
Hong Kong - 429 square miles of land
Hong Kong - 7,291,600 people
I agree, HGK is very densely populated
I spent two months in Swakopmund years ago when I was in my teens. Namibia is a gem of a country with lots to do. I’m glad it’s getting some shine on this very fine channel.
Windhoek is actually pronounced 'Vindhook' which when directly translated means 'Wind Corner' in Afrikaans.
Thanks for making this video about my home. I haven't lived there for years since my parents moved my sister and I halfway across the world to Canada. But it will always be my home and I will always be proud of it. I just really wish that it was better managed by the government because it is an incredibly poverty stricken country. A very rich land with corruption in the government causing all the riches of the land to be misused and go to waste. Meaning the people who live there never see any of the profit from the riches of the land. :(
God bless Namibia 🇳🇦
Being from Namibia, I wish some of my online friends would watch this video so they can understand me a bit better 😅 I'm originally from the capital, but now I live in the desert by the coast
You should share the video with them. If they're ur friends I would think they would love to watch it.
Wow - you completely forgot to mention Swakopmund, 60km north of Walvis Bay which is Namibia's Tourism Capital and 100's of thousands of people flock here every year. It is a major attraction with a population of more than 65 000 people and most people working on the Uranium mines that you mention, live here. And yes, the town at 18:30 is indeed Swakopmund - it's a gem of a town.
This is just clickbait...look at the caption of this whole story. 97%? 😂 If this guy had sat foot on our soil he wouldn't have put out this video as he did.
Looks like a average coastal city in western style
@@RobGar78 Well it's accurate, your country is massive but population density-wise, 97% of your country is lacking human population
In the part of the video you are most likely referencing, he is referring to PORT cities, which Swakopmund is not. It is evidently a lovely city, but geopolitically, it is not very important on a global scale
I am a proud Namibian and happy that my country is getting well deserved recognition so thank you for taking the time to make this video. However, I am also disappointed in the amount of errors in a video meant to educate people, this video has about 1.2 mil views and will leave people with a partly false impressions.
Thank you for your comment. Would you mind taking the time to point out the errors? I would find this most interesting.
Namibia should learn from Nigeria,
How they have been manipulated by England to become an indirect blackmailed colony, by Shell.
@@akshayhazari6570 How does England play into this? The total amount of trade between Namibia and England is 142 million pounds - next to nothing. I thought it was the Germans, the Chinese, and Dutch Shell were the big players.
@@jimpollard113 Britain indirectly controls Nigeria by its exploitation of Oil Trade.
Nigeria is indirectly still a colony of British.
While there are 7 British colonies still
Watch the video - WOW. This is pure EVIL by channel Jake Tran
@@akshayhazari6570 You and I must be watching different videos. This one is about Namibia, not Nigeria.
I actually cried at hearing you say this so casually. I’ve never heard of this. 10:40 this is so sad
This was a great video. Had to come back a second time.
I would have never been educated about this country or this topic without this video. Thank you for making this!
0:01 huge country in southwest Africa
The first few seconds of you inaccurately comparing sizes was comedy gold.
I'm from South Africa and I have family in Namibia. I really hope to visit Windhoek one day🤞
I had been to Namibia just last Autumn. It's a fantastic place. Nature is spectacular. Definitely visit the Fish River Valley, the second-largest valley on Earth.
@justiny.1949 you're close. September.
@justiny.1949 we were lucky enough to see the desert in full blume in Richtersveld, South Africa.
It's funny how the Europeans. The white people took everything away from the African indigenous people. Why why why. For how long we the indigenous people of Africa must suffer 🤔🤨😔. My God in Heaven, please come soon and rescue your people. 🙏🏽
You mean Canyon, nor Valley. It's called "Fish River Canyon". And it is indeed the 2nd largest after "Grand Canyon".
@@Lov4Lamar247 They took everything but left you their one God instead of the many you used to have. So that you can at least pray to one of their inventions in the vein hope it will make your lifes better, instead of you doing something about it yourself. ;)
Wasn't that nice of them?
RLL is one of the only youtubers that can talk about something no one asked about and can make me watch the full video
Namibia is beautiful passed through there when Angola was at war in 1975 being staying in South Africa since 1975
Very Informative Video 👍
I know next to nothing about Namibia, so thank you for this informative little overview of the country. I would enjoy more future videos on other African nations as well! I don't know very much about sub-Saharan Africa. Thanks again!
God be with you out there everybody! ✝️ :)
Fantastic, thank you. Always thought the Skelton Coast was one of the eeriest places on earth, so beautiful but so desolate.
Fun tip: during the first week of June Namibia experiences very strong and dry sandy winds on the coast winter in Namibia is June July And August and during this first week the winds are very hot on the coast
I worked at Nam Dep on the open mines and I loved it there !!!!
I'm not one for warm climates, so visiting Africa has never been appealing. But Namibia is so incredibly beautiful that I would definitely love to visit it. Maybe someday!
Come in winter. You maybe cannot swim except in the far northern areas (Kavango and Kunene rivers) but you will not roast. Temperatures are quite pleasant.
You will love it here
You can come from April to July that's our winter season
@@flowkid4775 thank you
Unfortunately if u not prepared for warm climate, major fact! I'm namibian currently in Windhoek, IT'S HOT.
@@senseisilverback14 eish. Hot is an understatement🥵
I visited Namibia last year! Absolutely amazing place with super friendly people and fantastic landscapes!
Nice country, I once visited and stayed in Windhoek, still planning for a holiday there in the near future.
As a south African I always wanted to visit Namibia but right now where I am.
I am at Namibia
Love the graphics! Thank you for leading with the spatial orientation.
The diamonds in the Namibian desert were discovered rather an by accident. One of the expeditions looking for diamonds was camping through the night in the desert, and they noticed that the sands were shimmering strangely in the moonlight. Turns out, the winds blew away lighter minerals from the sands and left behind heavier ones, among them diamonds. It was said that you could walk on diamonds there.
One of my most memorable trips was to Namibia. Gave me a break from all the screens.
I always seen in grade school that Saudi Arabia was part of Africa in my World Geography class.When did this all change??????
Thanks very much for sharing the knowledge,very nice video.
the video's audio gets cut off at the beginning
Thanks for shedding the light on my beautiful country of heritage, Namibia. I have learned some new things about Namibia, as far as why it's underpopulated. Thanks for the lesson.
It's funny how the white Europeans and some Arabians. Managed to genocide, sabotage, taking everything away from the African Indigenous People.
And claimed ownership of all its richness and valuable resources.
Why why why. For how long we the indigenous people of Africa must suffer 🤔🤨😔. My God in Heaven, please come soon and rescue your people. 🙏🏽
Hopefully our God Yahweh will soon restore everything to its original form, as it was meant to be from the beginning of time.
When the original indigenous people of the world were pure African Black People.
Living in the continent of Africa.
And may God- Yahweh, delete all the Devils🤘 😈 from our planet Earth. 🙏🏽
This was very well researched and presented. I gradually associated Namibia with Arrakis and Dune, where powerful invaders ruthlessly exploit the population for the priceless resources that the desert hides. So poetic and sad at the same time.
It's funny how the white Europeans and some Arabians. Managed to genocide, sabotage, taking everything away from the African Indigenous People.
And claimed ownership of all its richness and valuable resources.
Why why why. For how long we the indigenous people of Africa must suffer 🤔🤨😔. My God in Heaven, please come soon and rescue your people. 🙏🏽
Hopefully our God Yahweh will soon restore everything to its original form, as it was meant to be from the beginning of time.
When the original indigenous people of the world were pure African Black People.
Living in the continent of Africa.
And may God- Yahweh, delete all the Devils🤘 😈 from our planet Earth. 🙏🏽
Namibia is a beautiful country. It is so unique. I visited many years ago with my dad, I hope to go there again some day.
I visited Namibia six years ago and I absolutely loved the country. The people were so friendly and welcoming. Beautiful place.
I’m so happy to see some love shown to Namibia, visited in 2015 , walked down fish river canyon. Drove through the country, met some amazing people. I can’t describe the peace I felt their, the silence of the Desert over there is amazing. I recommend anyone to go there.
Good video man
my vacation in Namibia was life changing! I totaly recommend to everybody! what an amazing country and lovely people
I'm really worried about Namibia's oil being found by shell.... What they did in Nigeria just taught them, that they can get away with it for a while, which is enough time to ruin a whole country.
Great video though!
It's such a wonderful an amazing country to see and live in, but I am as concerned as you are when big corporations start investing in pristine countries and by greed in a few years everything gets ruined. Hope this won't happen with Namibia, but it's escalating into limelight by the day.
It's funny how the Europeans took everything away from Africa indigenous and take everything away from the people. Why why why. For how long we the indigenous people of Africa must suffer 🤔🤨😔. My God in Heaven, please come soon and rescue your people. 🙏🏽.
So you know when they mess up here they will just pull out and leave the Namibians to clean up the mess
Namibia is so beautiful. My friend is german and his family have been living there for over 30 years.