Local songstress Lize Ehlers is quick off the creative mark as ‘Call on Me’, her latest single featuring Shafa The G.O.A.T, makes its way up the local charts. Named the 2026 entry song of the year by Touch FM and…
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If you’re a city slicker at the utter end of your 2025 energy, waking up at Swakopmund is like a dream. Windhoek’s heat, hellbent on making braaivleis of us all, has been left behind. The cool ocean air whipping through…
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Some of local literature’s brightest stars gathered for the Bank Windhoek Doek Literary Awards in Windhoek last week. The awards ceremony honoured Doek! Literary Magazine’s poets, fiction and nonfiction writers as well as creatives within the visual arts. This year’s…
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Archives of migration, displacement, ritual and return find expression in ‘Kina – A Kinaesthetic Choreopoem for Otherwise Grandchildren’. Emanating from the ‘Kraal of Origins’ at The Project Room recently, the Owela Live Arts Trust piece came alive in the sound…
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The holidays are on the horizon and whether you’re at the beach, on the road or in your bed, ‘tis the season to dive into some local literature. For bookworms who enjoy reading about familiar locales, a new Namibian thriller,…
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Windhoek’s club scene becomes a place of mayhem and murder in Anne Hambuda’s debut novel, ‘Iniquity’. Self-published by the longtime The Namibian columnist, journalist, poet and filmmaker, Hambuda’s novel hits the streets just in time for all that December leisure.…
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It’s the first week of the last month of the year and it suffices to say that Namibians are in the holiday mood. Responding to emails? Optional. Knocking off at three o’clock? Festive season working hours. Blowing your budget like…
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Kaptein Tswazi, baptised Milton Mootseng, is by far one of the hottest artists in the country at the moment. Boosted by his hit songs ‘Skippa’ and ‘Lala’, which reached 1.5 million and 600 000 views on YouTube, respectively, Kaptein is…
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In France, a spirit of wine and festivity arrives with the third Thursday of November as the year’s ‘Beaujolais Nouveau’ makes its way around the world. At a recent soiree at the Franco Namibian Cultural Centre (FNCC), France’s ambassador to…
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Indonesia and Namibia’s bonds of friendship and cooperation came to life in a grand cultural showcase at the National Theatre of Namibia (NTN) this week. Titled ‘Unity in Diversity: Cultural Harmony of Indonesia and Namibia’, the event was a sparkling…
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Our guide around Borobudur, the largest Buddhist temple in the world, says rice is the barometer of the Indonesian economy. “My parents, grandpa and grandma have a principle: No money is okay, but no rice is dangerous,” says Mura Aristina…
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Imagine ending the year and the person who killed your child is still walking around freely. Christmas is coming. The ‘Okahandja Child Murders’ have faded from the headlines and the world has burst into seasonal festivity. Despite the mood of…
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