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Winter is finally here and as usual, the sneezing and coughing should be highly anticipated. As if that alone is not enough - when it comes to mental health - winter has come with its blues too.

Known as the president of dance in the streets of Katutura, Die Laaste Hond has recently released his new video titled ‘My laitie’, featuring Kimzala and Musketeers.

A new reality show focusing on Namibian traditional weddings is set to air on the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) in July this year.

Since he can remember, there have been flowers in his life. It is thus no surprise that Corrie du Plessis opened a flower shop he named ‘Fabulous’.  

Mariental’s crochet queen, Paula Paulus, is taking the unique and fun trade to greater heights in the capital of the Hardap region.

It’s been more than a year since Namibia reported its first confirmed Covid-19 positive case in March 2020. Since then, the pandemic has continued to wreak havoc across the country, with the death toll reaching worrisome levels between May and June 2021. 

The City of Windhoek’s aspirations to become a smart city by 2022, which would entail major infrastructure reinvestment and modernisation, have been thwarted because there simply isn’t enough money. 

Never had I thought that the pain that death brings could be so deep and so profound. So many times I had to comfort the bereaved and give them words of encouragement, now we would experience the full extent of that pain in our bodies and souls.

As we commemorate the Day of the African Child this week, with the theme “30 years after the adoption of the Charter: accelerate the implementation of Agenda 2040 for an Africa fit for children”, I thought of reflecting on the importance of children’s literature and the role it plays in the lives and development of children.

On 14 June 2021, death robbed us of one of Namibia’s historic icons, in the person of William Eric Getzen, better known as Mburumba Kerina.