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Namibia’s Hardest Hangover

The other day I woke up from a 30-year sleepy hangover after liberation, only to find ourselves still wearing last night’s party clothes – the ‘meneer’ and ‘mevrou’ outfits with matching ‘Christian Names’. Let’s explore the amusing madness that is…

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Do They Know What ‘We Can’t Afford’ Means?

Namibians have had it with these skyrocketing electricity prices! It’s like NamPower and its main squeeze, the Electricity Control Board (ECB), think Namibians are made of money. Do they imagine we’re joking when we say, “Haai man, we’re broke?” It’s…

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Spin or Strategy?

So, this week we will dissect the gift Michael Amushelelo has given Namibian voters by saying his move from the Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters to the Landless People’s Movement was part of a grand plan. Was this tactical genius or…

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The Silent Shadows: Part II

The air was thick with anticipation. The task force, led by captain Amutenya, had finally caught a break. A tip-off had come in from a reliable source – a farmer who swore he had seen masked figures moving through the…

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A Nation of Copycats

A long time ago, in junior secondary school, I had a classmate who copied everything from me, to the point that he failed a grade. Well, it turns out he even copied my name in one history exam. I grew…

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The Silent Shadows

In this fictional tale, the young man who was charged with the brutal rape of his own grandmother was abducted from police custody by what appears to be an all-female vigilante group in the north. The incident took place on…

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Manifesto: The Political Placebo

A manifesto is a useless political document normally produced by political parties in Namibia right before elections to appear sincere and serious about the country and its ignorant citizens. In her work titled ‘Anti-Deception Immunity Boosters’, Sar Casm explains that…

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Namibia’s Olympic Paradox: Paralympic Dominance

Hey ta! Can we please talk about our teams at the Olympics, or rather the Paralympics, this year? Have you noticed that while our able-bodied athletes are busy chasing shadows and setting new records for mediocrity, our Paralympic heroes are…

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Wildlife to Save Namibians? 

Earlier this year, we witnessed first-hand how the government struggled to feed a small group of people at a national celebration. A number of buffalo were slaughtered to feed people at a stadium and the distribution process was a huge…

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Polygamy: A Man’s Game or a Woman’s Right?

Namibian men are all up in arms, demanding their right to marry multiple wives. And why not? It’s a man’s world, after all. That is until the women hit back with “we also want to marry multiple men!” It’s been…

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Namibian Sport Codes for the Olympics

As I write this, Namibia has not won a single medal at the 2024 Olympics in France. The way I see it, the sport codes we are good in, such as purse and mobile phone snatching, mob beatings on old…

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My Primary School Years Were a Waste

I am no lawyer, but if I had it my way, I would claim my primary school fees back from the government, because half the subjects they kept us busy with have no real value to me as an adult.…

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