OTAVI
Said to be named after a powerful spring reminiscent of the one at Kaoko- Otavi and therefore named Otavi. Of Herero origin said to mean ‘pulsing spring’, ‘gushing fountain’. Similar to the pushing of a calf against a cow’s udder to make the milk flow; the water emanating from the spring was reminiscent of this action
Khorab Memorial
Khorab memorial, Kilometre 500 - Erected circa 1930 it commemorate the article of capitulation that was signed here on 9 July 1915 between the Union troops of South Africa and the German troops. The pague bears the following: This marks the placw where hostilities terminated in South west africa, 9th july 1915. A meeting of the leaders was at Kilometre 500 of the German railway network.
