The Miss Namibia Top 10 finalists had the opportunity to step into an important chapter of Namibia's liberation history during their visit to Charles Hill in Botswana, where they learned how Ludwig Kandetu Stanley drove founding president Dr Sam Nujoma to Botswana under the instructions of Chief Hosea Kutako.

The finalists were taken to the area, Botswana, Charles Hill District, where Dr Nujoma stayed hidden for several weeks before travelling through various African countries and eventually flying to New York to petition the United Nations to end South African colonial rule in South West Africa, now known as Namibia. The visit gave the beauty queens a deeper appreciation of Namibia's liberation struggle and Botswana's important role in the country's journey to independence.

"Namibia's strong relations with Botswana have not just started recently; these are things that date back before independence, a country that has housed many Namibians who came through exile. Right now we are in the Charles Hill District in Botswana. We're standing at the car that drove our founding president into the country at the border when he was in exile. Botswana is an integral and really big part of our independence and our history because this country is a country that has humbled itself and made a safe haven for many numbers, whether it was during the liberation struggle or during genocide. "It's a country that has a big pot of Namibian independence and history," says NBC reporter Urizirira Mureti. 

Christopher Kanguaiko is a historian from Botswana who narrates, "The car ended at the border, so the found president then walked from there to come into Botswana, and the car then drove back to Namibia." This man, Stanley, drove this car and came here to Charles Hill, where he then stayed here till his death. from the fence to come to the place where he slept for two days was just 4km at a woman, Kaitina Kangootui and when they saw that the police are geting closer to them they then moved him to my father's village. By that time, we were so young, and the elder that was there was Richard Kanguiako, and the founding father stayed there at his house for two weeks. As young men, we were told to walk behind Sam Nujoma with the sheep and goats just so that the police could not find his trails as we escorted him. 

The visit served as a powerful reminder that the road to Namibia's independence was built on courage, sacrifice and the support of neighbouring countries like Botswana, while inspiring the Miss Namibia Top 10 finalists to carry the nation's history and unity proudly into the future.