Leonardville, Namibia
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Leonardville is a village in eastern Namibia, situated on the Nossob River in the south-western corner of the Omaheke Region. It belongs to the Aminuis electoral constituency.[1]
Leonardville was the main settlement of the
History
The area around Leonardville was inhabited by the
Amraal Lambert and most of his family died from smallpox in 1864. Some time after that the Kaiǀkhauan, now under the leadership of Amraal's grandson Andreas, moved back to Naosanabis. From here they controlled important trade routes. Using their technological advantage of commanding firearms and horses, they waylaid and robbed merchants. In the 1880s the Kaiǀkhauan were considered a powerful and dangerous force.[2]
When Imperial Germany colonised the area a decade later, Lambert refused to sign a "protection treaty". Regarding the Kaiǀkhauan as a comparatively weak force, the German commander,
The Schutztruppe forces won the battle and expelled the village's residents. The land was given to
Geography
Leonardville is situated on the
The place normally receives an annual average rainfall of 236 millimetres (9.3 in), although in the 2010/2011 rainy season 530 millimetres (21 in) were measured.[10]
People
Despite the encroachment of
Economy and infrastructure
The C20 regional road leads past Leonardville.
The main economic activity in the area is cattle farming.[11]
Headspring Investments, the Namibian subsidiary of Uranium One, which in turn is owned by the Russian Rosatom, was prospecting for Uranium in the area and had opened an office in the village.[12] Prospecting activities came to a halt in 2022 when government banned in situ mining and exploration drilling in or near important aquifers.[11]
Politics
Leonardville is governed by a village council that has five seats.[13]
In the
Dutch Reformed Church
The
The congregation occupied an area of 25,000 square kilometres (9,700 sq mi) at its foundation. The resulting sprawl was alleviated somewhat by the secession of the Dutch Reformed Church Aroab in 1955. There was originally no congregational seat, so by 1952 it effectively consisted of four different wards, namely Uhlenhorst (140 members), Blumfelde (about 140 members), Aroab (about 360 members), and Pretorius (about 320 members). The parsonage was in Pretorius, and each ward had its own church hall where services were held once a month and communion offered twice a year.
Notable people
- Jan de Wet, Namibian farmer and former politician, settled in Leonardville.[17]
References
- ^ Mauku, Iuze (23 November 2010). "Presidential Affairs Minister visits Leonardville". Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC). Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ a b c d Shiremo, Shampapi (14 January 2011). "Captain Andreas Lambert: A brave warrior and a martyr of the Namibian anti-colonial resistance". New Era. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ a b "Taa". Dokumentation bedrohter Sprachen (Documentation of Endangered Languages). Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ Vedder 1997, p. 177.
- ^ Dierks, Klaus. "Chronology of Namibian History, 1843". Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ a b Vedder 1997, p. 325.
- ^ a b Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities, L". Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ^ "The Dorsland Trekkers". tourbrief.com. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
- ^ Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities, W". Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ Menges, Werner (26 May 2011). "Rainy season was one for the record books". The Namibian. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011.
- ^ a b Ndjavera, Maihapa (25 January 2023). "Uranium One still hopeful for Leonardville mining…as company awaits new borehole drilling permits". New Era.
- ^ Movirongo, Clifton (11 June 2023). "Russian State-owned Company Uranium Miner Opens Office in Leonardville Village-Set to Construct School Dining Hall". Namibia Economist.
- ^ "Know Your Local Authority". Election Watch. No. 3. Institute for Public Policy Research. 2015. p. 4.
- ^ SWAPO wins 3 seats in Leonardville Local Authority Namibian Broadcasting Corporation, 29 November 2010
- ^ "Local elections results". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 28 November 2015. p. 5. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015.
- ^ "2020 Local Authority Elections Results and Allocation of Seats" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Namibia. 29 November 2020. p. 12. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ Jan de Wet Archived 2009-03-13 at the Wayback Machine at Who's Who in Southern Africa
Literature
- Olivier, P.L. (1952). Ons gemeentelike feesalbum [Our congregational holiday album] (in Afrikaans). Cape Town and Pretoria: Dutch Reformed Church Press.
- ISBN 0-949995-33-9.