Khomasdal
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| Country | File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (South African Standard Time) |
Khomasdal is a suburb of Namibia's capital of Windhoek in the Khomas Region. Founded as Windhoek's residential area for Coloured people, Khomasdal still is primarily composed of Coloured people.[1]
Khomasdal is located in Khomasdal Constituency and part of it in Windhoek-west Constituency. The suburb consists of some 15 residential neighborhoods each with their distinct character, history and offers. The neighhoods are Betlehem (Skuldbult), Donkerhoek, Eldorado, Francoistown, Funky Town, Grysblok, Kloppersdal, Laeveld, Rykmansheuwel, Spokiesdorp, Die Ses, Die Star, Vaalhoek, Vergenoeg, and the Extentions. Khomasdal is affectionately known as "Die Dal" which is short for Khomasdal, and teasingly as "Kom-ons-dwaal" and "Kom-ons-dalla" referring to the party and funky character of the suburb. The Facebook group, Khomasdal Times, is a well-known platform of 40k members for news and updates on the community and events in Khomasdal.
In October 2006, the City of Windhoek announced the construction of an informal market in Khomasdal. The market will give the Khomasdal community the opportunity to generate their own income and even create more jobs in the process. Since then the Market has been finished and is situated on the corner of Mahatma Gandhi and Hans-Dietrich Genscher streets in Khomasdal. [2] A similar SME Market can also be found in Katutura.
Khomasdal is also home to the Windhoek College of Education, one of four national colleges of education.[3]
Notable people from Khomasdal
[edit | edit source]- Zenobia Kloppers (born 1973), actress
- Ricardo Mannetti (born 1975), head coach of the Brave Warriors[4]
- Robbie Savage (1967–2017), official mascot of the Brave Warriors[4]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Community dreams of a new Khomasdal Denver Isaacs, The Namibian via allafrica.com, 4 March 2008
- ^ Informal market for Khomasdal, extension of SME centre, The Namibian, Nampa, 26 September 2010 Archived 31 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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