Kalahari Constituency Kalahari Constituency Kalahari Constituency is an electoral constituency in Omaheke Region, Namibia. It has 9,234 inhabitants, the constituency office has been inaugurated in 2009 and is located at the Ben-Hur settlement. The constituency forms part of the border between Namibia and Botswana. In the 2004 election, 4541 residents were registered voters; 4011 (88%) of registered voters cast valid ballots. Hifikepunye Pohamba of SWAPO Party received 2312 total votes (58%), followed by Katuutire Kaura of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA, 11%), Henk Mudge of the Republican Party (RP, 9%), Kuaima Riruako of the National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO, 8%), Ben Ulenga
Kalahari Craton Archaean-Palaeoproterozoic core of the craton is called the Proto-Kalahari Craton. This core plus accreted Mesoproterozoic crust and dispersed non-African fragments compose the Kalahari Craton. Before the Pan-African Orogeny, the Kalahari Craton was much larger than it is today, but its sutures and therefore its extent are difficult to locate due to later overprinting. The Kaapvaal Craton, Zimbabwe Craton, and Limpopo Belt are made of Archaean terranes and contain crust at least 3.2 and are underlain by a thick () layer of buoyant mantle that is producing garnets and diamonds. During the Palaeoproterozoic the northwest margin of the Archaean core grew