From The Twittersphere

POWER failures, the power of change, the corruption of power … Namibian tweeps powered their way through a weekend of gomchas, football, Big Brother, bellyaches, headaches, and more!

@Itsmy_DNA: Power Failure is a norm here in Oshakati! Now all the shops are closing down. SMH@Phil_Mos: ‘Yes … Africa is not America but dat don’t mean we can’t also do great things.’ ~ Stanley (Neighbourhood Gomcha)@ndinaimalwa: I think Namibia needs drop-in centres no questions asked, Gender Ministry is for what …@CutmanVenomous: Every day I open #TheNamibian newspaper it’s (about) new crispy fresh… millionS of dollars corruption, this never really stops to amaze me :-)@laVidaLoca_NA: Jerry Ekandjo looking tired, hungry and gangsta in the archive page of #The-Namibian (Wednesday). Oh, how time and power change things …@Makaveli346: Kazenambo (KK) to Olympic games for what? To go challenge Usain Bolt, or boxing?At Random@iamBubbli: #YouDontKnowStruggle till you’ve had to travel to the North in a bakkie with up to ten people …@DoritosOverHoes: If I talked to my mother the way I hear some teenagers do in public nowadays, they’d have never found my body back in the day.@Eliah_Kanye: There is only one founding father —> RT @German_Dida: Why do people refer to Ronaldo, the Brazilian, as ‘Real Ronaldo’?@TheFridaM: The Killers will probably never perform in Namibia. Just one of the downsides of living in a sparsely populated country.Personally Speaking@DaltrieCG: This headache was created in hell, crafted with a lot of hate.@Kplus_Kaume: ‘If you ain’t doing anything, you ain’t living for anything.’ Says my inner imaginary friend. Eitah holla Africa …Big Brother StarGame@Muntez_: Lady May is the most independent housemate ever. This one can’t be swayed or bullied! U got to love that in her! #StarGame ‘100% correct! They try all the time to bully her but to no avail #bravery’@Jossywanted: Feeling even more proud being Namibian hearing Lady May singing our national anthem. #StarGame@buruxadewet: Lady May keeping the African legacy going … VOTE VOTE VOTE Lady May.@SONIQX: So proud of Lady May. She gives me a reason to be proud to be Namibian and an African …Passing Shots@KapanduH: My belly is rumbling and making sound effects. Feels like my intestines are dancing to Cabo Snoop’s music.@kamdrew: Street Kids should do a collabo with Struggle Kids (Mix Tape). Debut Track –> ‘Street kids struggle too’@laVidaLoca_NA: Was heartbroken when I found out the CSI offered at Unam has no affiliations to Miami, New York or crime scene investigation …@MavisBraga: Only in the world of Twitter do you find people on their death beds and yet they have time to tweet 🙂 #ILoveIt- Compiled by Jean Sutherland from twitter.com; SMH = shake my head

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