Chazz and Paula on Fresh FM on Wednesday came out on air, and alleged that Mega left them on blue ticks. Chazz explained how she tried to get him on air on Friday and Monday unsuccessfully. She mentioned that Mega was busy with other commitments. To which Chazz revealed that they had agreed with Mega...
Shall we continue what I started about two months ago? So, every month, I have got this thing where I share a personal playlist of Namibian music. This is something I promised to do every month. But as usual, evidently, there is a need to add a bit of a disclaimer: This list that I...
Reports alleging non-payment of artists who performed at the Etotha Carnival, nearly two months after the event, are not a new phenomenon in Namibia. This has been happening for decades. However, one cannot help but be disappointed that reports of this nature still dominate headlines in modern times, where everyone ought to understand the need...
When we talk about the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, your ordinary media scholar rarely thinks of radio. It is always related to journalism in its traditional sense. That is most likely because the newspaper industry has done an incredible job at taking the lead in creating awareness and fighting to...
Miss Namibia under the previous director Connie Maritz was straight cow dung. I hated every pageant staged by Connie and her team since my earliest recollection. And I have been around hey, nothing about the pageant under the previous director reflected the true essence of Namibian society. Year in, year out… I criticised the pageant,...
Every Maria and Dantago has a podcast these days. It is ridiculous, but hey, in 2024, they will accuse me of ‘gatekeeping. Gatekeeping is such a terrible thing in an unregulated industry, where once again, every Magdalena and Tjivetje can just get up and be an artist. This includes the talentless ones, and those who...
Let’s continue our monthly tradition of sharing a personal playlist of strictly Namibian music. As usual, evidently there is a need to add a disclaimer: This list that I share monthly is not a New Era list. It is not sanctioned by New Era or endorsed by the publication in anyway. This list is not...
For years, I have always maintained there is zero political willpower when it comes to the conversation around the lack of Namibian content on Namibian TV and Radio.
On World Music Day (21 June), I would just like to go back to the good old days when Namibian hip-hop was actually a thing. Back to a time when Namibian hip-hop actually filled venues.
It is undeniably preposterous that in this day and age of sober reasoning, we still need to ask the absolutely ridiculous question: “Do we have celebs in Namibia?”.