Leonardville is a village in eastern Namibia, situated on the Nossob River in the south-western corner of the Omaheke Region.
Leonardville was the main settlement of the Khaiǁkhaun (Khauas Nama) subtribe of the Oorlam people until their military defeat against Imperial Germany's Schutztruppe soldiers in 1894 and 1896.
[3] The area around Leonardville was inhabited by the Taa-speaking subtribe of the San people until the Khaiǁkhaun (Red Nation), who called the place Naosanabis, occupied their land.
[3] When Imperial Germany colonised the area a decade later, Lambert refused to sign a "protection treaty".
[3] During South African administration the settlement was renamed to Leonardville after Dutch Reformed Church Minister Leonard.
[13] Prospecting activities came to a halt in 2022 when government banned in situ mining and exploration drilling in or near important aquifers.
The Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) and the National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) each won a single seat.
Leonard, who ministered across the vast plains on donkey carts and even reached some isolated farms on foot.
The parsonage was in Pretorius, and each ward had its own church hall where services were held once a month and communion offered twice a year.