In 1971, the mayor of Swakopmund, then, H.M.G. Deetlefs, was instrumental in getting the Administration to finance the construction of the Olympic-size swimming pool.

Through the Treaty of Versailles 1920, South Africa was under obligation to "develop Swakopmund as a modern holiday resort".

In March 1982, the South Africa Amateur Swimming Union took a team of swimmers from South Africa, Germany, Canada and the USA to compete in this pool.

The old municipal indoor and heated Olympic-sized swimming pool in Swakopmund was closed for good in March 2010. It appears to have been demolished in 2014.

Swakopmund old indoor Olympic swimming pool, being demolished in 2014.

Local champion and Springbok swimmer Dorothea Neumeister.

SWA and Namibian coach Larry Larsen

Before independence, the Mozambican city of Beira was a popular holiday destination for Rhodesians. The 300km section of road from the border town of Umtali to Beira passed through Manica, Gondola and Vila Peri (Chimoio), which all boasted iconic swimming pools, often with diving boards.

Today (2025), some of those facilities have survived, but some have been destroyed. 

The Grande Hotel Beira is an abandoned luxury hotel in Beira, Mozambique. It was opened in 1954 and operated until 1974, when it was closed due to lack of guests.

Gondola, Mozambique

155km east of Beira lies the town of Gondola, which boasts the third-largest Olympic swimming pool in Mozambique. 

The opening of the Gondola swimming pool was attended by the Rhodesian swimming and diving teams.

A recent (2023) photo of the Godola pool. It seems to have been renovated.

Manica, Mozambique

Built in 1962. The town pool is 270km's west of Beira, along the road to the Rhodesian(Zimbabwe) border at Umtali.

Cabinda, Angola

Grandly labelled as the Piscina Olímpica Provincial, this 50 metre swimming pool lies abandoned.

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Wikipedia:

Jenny Genoveva Maakal (2 August 1913 – 15 September 2002) was a South African freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

She was born in Rayton.

In the 1932 Olympics she won a bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle event and was sixth in the 100 m freestyle event.

Maakal also competed in the 1930 British Empire Games and swam in two finals. Four years later she won the silver medal in the 440 yards freestyle competition and as member of the South African team in the 4×110 yards freestyle relay contest.

The Bloemfontein Stadium pool, adjacent to the Free State rugby stadium, hosted the South African national swimming Championships in 1968 and 1974. 

It was also used for the annual national inter-provincial Primary Schools swimming and diving Championships.

In 2025, it was also the venue for the National School Sports Championships (NSSC) Swimming Championship from April 4th to 8th.

The 50m heated pool was built in the 1960s to replace the older Arthur Nathan pool. It hosted international events during the Karen Muir era, the South African Primary Schools swimming championships during the 1970s.

In 2024, the Free State Aquatics Provincial Swimming Championship was held at the Stadium pool, and in April 2025, the National School Sports Championships Swimming Championship also took place there.

The 6th South African primary Schools swimming and Diving Championships were held at the Stadium Pool in Bloemfontein on 9 November 1974. Anton Katz and J. Marais of Western Prov-ince, Julain Taylor and Graham Hill of Natal each won two events in the boys section. In the girls Connie Fritsch of Natal, E Stegmann OFS, Nicky de Groot of Eastern Province, Irene Robinson GW and Karen van Helden of Western Province each won two events. 

Eastern Province swimmers embarking on the overnight train journey to Bloemfontein for the annual SA Primary schools swimming championships - with Peter Horwitz, Hilton Rishworth and Kevin Richards in the back.  Horwitz won the 50m butterfly un-der 10 in a new record time, while Richards finished second behind Natal's Julian Taylor in the under 10 50m backstroke. Ian Mileham of EP won the boys under 14 100m freestyle in a new rec-ord, and came second in the buttefly, while the EP boys team also won the 4x50m freestyle relay. The Eastern Province under 14 girls won three indidual titles plus the medley relay, finishing second in the freestyle relay. 

Results of the 6th South African primary Schools swimming and Diving Championships were held at the Stadium Pool in Bloemfontein on 9 November 1974.  Natal were the winners of the Dolfin trophy.

Western Province Primary Schools swimming and diving team - 1974

With Choppy Fiser, Lorraine Anderson, Susie Aronson, Jane Anderson, Marie van der Merwe,Gary Gluckman, David Gluckman, Monique Dokter,Sparky Whittle, Sandy Grey, Brenda Travers, Tony Livingstone, Peter van Niekerk, Anton Katz, Karen van Helden, Tom Fair, Rene du Toit, Alan Cape,Nikki Gee, Nicky Beyer, Chris Buchanan, Mark Hardcastle, Adrian Katz, Christopher Rightford,Gillian Aronson and Clara Aurik.