In Namibia, defending incompetence and mediocrity has evolved from an occasional lapse into a cultural trademark we now wear with misplaced pride. At this point, nobody dares call out the flop of another because, well, tomorrow it may be you.…

Let me walk you through this puzzling marketplace, where the only thing for sale seems to be your sanity. Am I the only one disturbed by the abuse of would-be buyers by sellers on Facebook Marketplace in Namibia? Let’s discuss…

The great Namibian decision is upon us and we shall exercise all our powers as promised in the Constitution. But the problem is that this is also ‘The Great Namibian Excuse season’ where we come up with all kinds of…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…