There’s talk of a cold front hitting off the coast of South Africa, with chilly winds reaching Namibia from the south-west. Now what I don’t get is, inasmuch as the rainy season, and by extension summer, is bidding us goodbye,…

The last two weeks have been nothing short of a nightmare for my family and I, as we had to say goodbye to a beloved niece and friend who unfortunately lost her battle with colon cancer at the age of…

Read that headline again – I bet you read it wrong. I was reading an article a few days ago by a colleague on the skyrocketing prices of a basic food standard in most Namibian households – beef stew. Beef…

In all honesty, I think I’m getting a little too round for my liking, after abandoning the whole ‘New Year, New Me’ mantra that everyone was on about at the beginning of January. This usually includes running yourself hard until…

My host, who doubled as my foodie hero this weekend, goes by many names. Mama, Auntie C, but more commonly Ouma, stands as the matriarch of her big, loud and loving family that has summarily adopted me as one of…

The year is in full swing and people are getting back in the routine of prepping the children for school, rediscovering their rhythm at work and in life, and some of you might have decided to go back to the…