Big Brother Africa 4: On the chopping board

WILL Yacob be corn off the cob, or Ya-chopped come Sunday’s evictions? Will Hannington be bannington? Or will Kevin take the rap and Elizabeth see her Liza! Who knows.

Sorry people, guess I’m either sounding corny or like the poor person’s Ann Robinson on ‘The Weakest Link’, if that.Put it down to a nasty stomach virus doing the rounds in Windhoek. Guess I’m full of crapola … oops, I mean granola.Eish, who to vote for? I don’t know. It’s up to you! Depends if you want to vote patriotically or not.Don’t think entertainment enters into the equation this week. I don’t really think there’s much, if anything, to choose between the two teams up for eviction – Ethiopia’s Yacob and Uganda’s Hannington, or Tanzania’s Elizabeth and Nigeria’s Kevin.It’s six of one and half a dozen of the other.I tend to think that Hannington could pose the biggest threat to the prospects of Namibia’s remaining twin, Edward. My colleague Natasha disagrees. She thinks Kevin is more competition.I guess what gets my goat about Yappington (Yacob and Hannington) though is that they carry on as though they are the show and are ‘untouchable’.If it’s not Yacob pontificating that only a natural disaster or a major world event can stop him and Hannington – in his words, we’ll win unless there is something happening in the outside world that made people not to vote – it’s Hanning-‘I am the one’-ton with a pompous (noun: pompass) and dismissive ‘who the hell are the rest’ (of the housemates) anyway.THIS AND THATOtherwise, a few snippets of general interest.Seems Edward and Erastus are not the only political offspring to have made it into the Big Brother Africa house this season.Hannington is the son of Ugandan Member of Parliament, Ruth Kavuma. There are also reports that his father is High Court Judge.Wild child Mzamo, from Malawi, is also reported to have ‘political lineage’, but I haven’t been able to find out anything more specific.Turns out Angola’s Emma has a Namibian connection. During a conversation with her house squeeze, Kenya’s Jeremy, she told him that she lived in Windhoek as a child – until about the age of four or five – because of the fighting in Angola.I know it’s been a heavy interview week, but …Stay tuned!* Check DStv Channel 198 or 199 to catch the action live 24/7, or watch the daily highlights show on M-Net (DStv Channel 101/102) and AfricaMagic (DStv Channel 114) every day at 18h30. Weekly highlights will also be aired on NBC, every Saturday from 21h15 – 22h15.

In an age of information overload, Sunrise is The Namibian’s morning briefing, delivered at 6h00 from Monday to Friday. It offers a curated rundown of the most important stories from the past 24 hours – occasionally with a light, witty touch. It’s an essential way to stay informed. Subscribe and join our newsletter community.

The Namibian uses AI tools to assist with improved quality, accuracy and efficiency, while maintaining editorial oversight and journalistic integrity.