Rescuers in Taiwan are working to reach more than 600 stranded people, a day after the island experienced its worst earthquake in 25 years. One survivor has recounted how tremors unleashed rockslides “like bullets” around the coal mine he was working at. The 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit near the eastern county of Hualien, killing nine...
JOURNEY INTO THE FIRE MOUNTAIN: Standing at 2 573 meters high, the Brandberg is a formidable peak which lives up to its name and is one of the highest points in Namibia. The Brandberg in Afrikaans, Dutch and German means Fire mountain, and Dâures for Burning Mountain in Damara. The mountain which is an important...
The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company (TMACC) on Thursday welcomed its 31 millionth visitor to the mountain – a woman from Bloemfontein. Gerda Pretorius was surprised with a special gift hamper when she and her husband, Lood, arrived at the cableway station on Thursday morning. They were waiting their turn to board the cable car,...
WINDHOEK, Oct. 18 — Namibia on Tuesday launched the longest single-staged mountain bike race in the world, the Nedbank Desert Dash which will take cyclists on a 373-kilometer journey through the Namib Desert from Windhoek to the coastal town of Swakopmund. The event slated to take place on Dec. 8 to 9 will see more...
Alex Miller took the centre spot on the podium among the male riders in last weekend’s mountain bike Friedenau Gravel Challenge, organised for the first time on the gravel roads on a farm near Matchless Mine in the eastern section of the Khomas Hochland. Left to right, Drikus Coetzee, Alex Miller, Ingram Cuff. (Photograph by...