If you’re thinking of telling your fiancé the worst thing you’ve ever done, mere days before your wedding, maybe don’t. So goes ‘The Drama’ (2026), a new dramedy starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, which has viewers divided about its central…

After two solid days of doom and gloom, I know our days are numbered. Though the late summer rain makes drum beats of the night, the morning doesn’t necessarily yield to Windhoek’s seemingly steadfast sunlight. Instead, the days dawn darker.…

Monday blues? The Neighbourhood Club says they’ve never heard of them. And walking into Swakopmund’s newest little restobar on an early Monday evening, I’m inclined to believe them. The colours are vibrant. An emerald bar grounds the eclectic space below…

Esteemed analogue photographer Helga Kohl first began watching the changing dunes in the rooms of Kolmanskop in 1971. As the rare sight of Kohl delights visitors at Windhoek’s The Project Room, the photographer observes patrons pausing in front of her…

All thanks went to God, mothers, the ancestors and the humble streets of Arandis as the Namibian Theatre and Film Awards returned for their sixth edition at the National Theatre of Namibia in Windhoek last week. Hosted by Josy Nghipandua…

Windhoek was alive with the spirit of creativity as the Namibian Theatre and Film Awards (NTFAs) returned to the city after a six-year hiatus. The awards honoured the best of the industry at a red carpet event held at the…

Namibia is famed for its vast desert landscapes, but there is nothing like the country’s rain. The world gets strangely dark. Rain falls as if quenching a great thirst and, all across the land, people delight in the blessing of…

Hot on the heels of Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ (2025), here comes ‘The Bride!” (2026). Written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring newly minted Oscar-winner Jessie Buckley alongside Christian Bale, Annette Bening, Jake Gyllenhaal, Penélope Cruz and Peter Sarsgaard,…

A father’s military helmet, a suitcase filled with memories of Namibia’s struggle for liberation and multiple odes to the country’s independence heroes are at the heart of ‘Canvas of Namibia’. The exhibition is currently on display at Windhoek’s Namibian Arts…

A story of homecoming and heritage is set to light up the silver screen as ‘Echoes of Omusati – A Forgotten Heritage’ prepares for its Windhoek premiere on 27 March. Directed by Oshoveli Shipoh with Morna Ikosa as producer, the…

Stories from a controversial chapter in Namibia’s struggle for independence will take centre stage in Mervin Claasen’s ‘The Dungeons’ at Windhoek’s Franco-Namibian Cultural Centre on 20 March. The one-man production was developed and directed by Keamogetsi Molapong and features a…

There’s a scene at the beginning of ‘Wuthering Heights’– the book, not the recent movie – where the ghost of Catherine Linton begs to be let into her former home. It’s the kind of gothic, deeply disturbing moment that had…