It feels good to be an Oranjemunder!

[Michael Alexander]

Yes! Indeed you all are!,.,,,, No Matter what year, No matter what decade, No Matter where you live...... you are  , forever, an Oranjemunder,,,,, A person who was, in no small part, a large part, of the greater diamond industry of the world.... we mined, we lived, we died ................ ORANJEMUND FOR YOU!

[Rhona]

Well; well; well.......what have we got here - is somebody feeling all mushy after his beer and braai and more beer? 

[Michael Alexander]

Perhaps!... but I doth protest, I, Madam, did not braai..... a trusty friend of mine did do the nasty work.....

[SandyB]

I  assume you enjoyed seeing your  Bro's pain  today .. and yes tonight you can as a reward for last nights  batting off the   naughty angel .. have  fun and relax ...    and yes it always feels good to be an Oranjemunder ...  //

[Richard Opperman]

ORANJEMUND

What is Oranjemund?

Just another town in Namibia?

A town of familiar buildings and places that have stood the test of time for many who have passed through it.

What gives the town a soul?  Not the buildings for they will always be there!

The soul is its people!

People that have live, lived, played, worked, died or retired and moved on to where ever in this small world of ours.
Each one of them has some memory of the town whether happy or sad.

The people are the soul of the town and it has had many over the years.

Our short time over the reunion, gave us a brief glimpse of the new soul and it is a good one!

There are still many good people in the town that give it soul – concerned people for the future of their town.

Here is to the new soul of the town – WE THANK YOU!

[Bertie Horak]

  Richard,

Yes, I feel blessed that I was born in Oranjemund and grew up in a place with so much soul. 
I'm soooo proud to be called an Oranjemunder, and will always be! 

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

Having a moment there my Richard?
All jokes...yes O'mund is special and oh so different from any other town I've lived in. Amazing how gaga one gets when seeing an OR  ( SC) car driving along any road or highway in SA. At a braai or any other gathering you'd meet up with somebody from O'mund and "gaan aan" as if you the best of friends even though you actualy never new them during their time in O'mund. We've often had occasions where a bunch of us are to-gether and bore the sh*t out of the guests that have no connection to O'mund.  that says something about a very special town and as I've said before I wonder if there is another place on earth where the people have his effinity. It has been truely wonderful for me to have grown up in this town from the age of 4 to 23.

[Michael Alexander]

It amazes me how "apart" the English and Afrikaans speaking Oranjemunders grew up. Ok, today there is more communication, but when you meet up with an ex Oranjemunder who happens (in my case) to be an Afrikaaner, they rattle off a whole list of Afrikaans names of people that lived and went to school during my my time, and all I can do is shake my head..... Gee! where we really that different back then?

[Delia]

To repeat what i said to Richard in a PM which sums it up for me:

"We certainly had a unique & wonderful childhood in a unique and wonderful town with unique and wonderful people."

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

Just a thought......I was thinking I was......who would be the eldest BORN O'munder still living there.

[Michael Alexander]

Freddie Ahrens or Stennie?

[Nada Ulbrich (Rall)(RIP)]

"Just a thought......I was thinking I was......who would be the eldest BORN O'munder still living there."

Me?

Mike, see the last Whk Observer regarding Namdeb.  They talk about this site and quote the good things about Oranjemund that was discussed here! 

[Leon Sumter]

Di on a similar note what also amazes the hell out of me is whenever OMD crops up in conversation how many people, or their uncle, or their brother, father, cousin whatever either lived or worked in OMD. At my College their are three of us who worked in OMD.          OMD has touched many peoples lives.

[Clive Symes]

And in truth Leon still continues to do so !