The one person who could singlehandedly drive an entire nation to need chronic blood pressure medication is the speaker of our National Assembly. Why? Because she has developed this annoying habit of beating that little wooden hammer on every single…

We all love travelling in Namibia, but I want to discuss a few issues with you right now. Let’s start with the so-called ‘convenience stores’ at the service station. Tell me why the over-glorified cuca shops price everything like it’s…

Apparently, Namibia is suffering from a serious domestic judicial drought. Our local legal minds prefer the greener pastures of private commercial practice. Try asking a senior local advocate in Windhoek to sit on the High Court bench for a government…

My dilemma this coming week is not choosing between poverty and wealth. No, the real intellectual yoga begins when you look at what we choose to call “faith” versus what we dismiss as “madness”. It is the exhausting task of…

The Current Madness of everyone lining up for DNA tests to verify if ‘that one’ is actually ‘that one’s’ child has me genuinely scared. I’m nervous because I’m starting to suspect I might not even be my own mother’s child.…

I’ve recently discovered that Namibian roads are alive. Ama i ge. They wake up at any time of the day, stretch, roll over, and sometimes gasp for air. Unfortunately, this causes cars to fall off and overturn. Think of it…

You walk into Brewers Market on a Friday night, expecting the ‘Year of Namibian Music’ to actually sound like Namibia, right? No, instead, you get hit with a wall of South African amapiano you already heard three years ago.So you…

There are moments of a country when you realise, “Ah… so this is who we actually are when we’re not pretending”. Last Saturday night at Zoo Park was one of those moments. It took a Big Ben concert for Namibians…

Someone must explain how rain thinks. Not how it forms in clouds and falls due to gravity and other witchcraft. No. I mean, how it plans. Because this rain has timing. It has an agenda. It waits, watches, and then,…

There is a specific kind of “brave” that exists when you have 100% battery, a stable internet connection and a deep-seated need for people to think you’re the next Malema. In Namibia, our social media landscape has birthed a new…

Let me help you understand this matter properly, because clearly we are all missing the genius unfolding right in front of us. Please, just awaken your imagination a little. According to legend, Fernest (pronounced Fairness) was the acting chief executive…

Good day. We need to have a serious family meeting. A national emergency is brewing, and for once, it’s not about some political legacy or the fact that a loaf of bread now costs more than a down payment on…