The local Orlam community under the leadership of Jager Afrikaner soon became angry about the European influence and destroyed both buildings in 1811, so that the oldest structure in Namibia today is the "Schmelenhaus" in Bethanie, erected in 1814.
The local Orlam community under the leadership of Jager Afrikaner soon became angry about the European influence and destroyed both buildings in 1811. Until the rediscovery of ǁKhauxaǃnas which was built before the advent of the 19th century the oldest structure in Namibia was assumed to be the "Schmelenhaus" in Bethanie, erected in 1814.