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CONTENTS Gondwana is a proud Namibian

2 36 company with a passion for conserving

A TEST OF FAITH AND ABILITY HOW WE MAKE AN IMPACT the land and bringing its captivating

4 Actively responding to the 39 People stories to life.
unfolding pandemic 50 Communities

6 63 Planet
Profit: sustaining our impact
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ABOUT GONDWANA
7 Who we are and where we 76 Welcome to our 2020 Value Creation Report.
come from
HOW WE GOVERN GONDWANA This report represents Gondwana Collection Namibia (Gondwana, or the company) and
8 What we do how we created value in 2020.
77 Our TLC
9 How we do it It is impossible to distil our essence in these few pages, but we can explain what we do,
80 Gondwana’s Board of how we do it, where we come from and where we are going.
10 Our journey Directors This has been our most difficult year on record, with the pandemic and lockdown

regulations covering our entire peak season (60% of our total revenue). But, as you will
12 84 Gondwana’s governance read, it was an opportunity to prove our dedication to Namibia’s people, communities and
style
environment.
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Our Board
This dedication is ingrained in our DNA, and with it, we have assembled a Board of
OUR MARKET 88 Sustainability committee Directors (Board), management team, employee complement and set of systems that
put us in a position to survive a year that devastated the world at large, but our industry
14 The Namibian tourism 90 People committee in particular. It also puts us on the springboard to bounce back in 2021 and grow in the
ecosystem 92 Audit, risk and opportunity years that follow.
16 Namibia is for everyone committee This icon has been used to indicate where the novel coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19,
the coronavirus or the pandemic) has impacted our performance during the
year.
18 Explore Namibia This report was approved by the Gondwana Team Leader Council (TLC) and Board.

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SUMMARISED ANNUAL
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
GROWING OUR VALUE

22 A message from
Steve Galloway 98

24 A message from Gys Joubert THE GONDWANA COLLECTION

28 Where we’re going

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