Berseba is situated 100 km (62 mi) north-west of Keetmanshoop near the Brukkaros Mountain, a famous tourist destination.

The first people to permanently settle at this place, then known under its Khoikhoi name ǃAutsawises, were a group of Oorlam herder clans from the Cape Province, driven across the Orange River by encroaching European settlers and the law enforcement of the Dutch East India Company.

[3] In 1850 their patriarch Paul Goliath established himself as independent leader of this community that subsequently became known as the "Berseba Oorlam" (Khoekhoe: ǀHai-ǀkhaua).

[9] Berseba is connected by road to Tses (MR98), Bethanie (D3901 and D3905), Asab (D3903), Helmeringhausen (D554) and Keetmanshoop (D531), as well as to the Brukkaros tourist site (D3904).

[13] In the 2020 local authority election the Landless People's Movement (LPM, a new party registered in 2018) won with 278 votes and gained two seats.