Bernhard !Gaeb, a well-known retired journalist, died Tuesday morning in Mariental, aged 66.

!Gaeb, a veteran journalist, is among the first black scribes in Namibia. 

He started his career at the then-Journal newspaper, where he worked with other well-known personalities such as Freddy Philander.

It was his first job after high school at Augustineum Secondary School in Windhoek.

As he was maturing in his career, he moved on to the Afrikaans daily, Die Republikein.

He was provided with a training opportunity in the UK, where he studied journalism.