Windhoek & 99FM is checking your vibe every day on our Top 5@5 segment. Every weekday we’ll share a list of our top 10 songs in a specific music category and we’re asking you to help us choose the best 5 songs to add to our Top5@5 playlist. The list is published on our Facebook page at Tune in …
Windhoek & 99FM is checking your vibe every day on our Top 5@5 segment. Every weekday we’ll share a list of our top 10 songs in a specific music category and we’re asking you to help us choose the best 5 songs to add to our Top5@5 playlist. Tune in to 99FM every weekday @ 17h00 where we’ll give …
From the international award scooped by ‘Baxu and the Giants’ (a Namibian short film featuring ten-year-old Camilla Jo-Ann Daries), to the highly anticipated Namibian Film Awards which took place on 5 October, the Namibian film sector has been abuzz with excitement. Adding to this atmosphere of appreciation for cinematic productions, the European Union Film Festival will be held in Windhoek …
SOS Children’s Villages ensures that no child grows up alone and neglected. On my visit to the SOS children’s villages, I held my heart in my hand. Here is a place were children who have to grow-up without parents end up. This thought broke my heart. So I prepared myself for just that. Yet, as entered the gate I was …
“AfriCHI aims to widen Africans’ international participation in the practice and study of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and Interaction Design, and to the advance HCI by increased awareness of designs, tools, inventions, Methods, theories and pedagogies of creating or using technology in Africa.” This is the 2nd AfriCHI Conference. It will be hosted by Namibia University of Science and …
Early this year, the doors to Goûts d’Afrique, an Ethiopian-inspired African fusion restaurant with a French touch, opened at the FNCC in Windhoek. With a unique blend of Ethiopian traditional cuisine and coffee, and passionate people behind the scenes, this African inspired restaurant is making a mark. Under the guidance of Ms Terberh Woldu, a regular at the Bio Market in …
A collection of alternative photographic prints depicting various medicinal plants of the Topnaar and Ju’/Hoansi people, their application and the wealth of wisdom that lies in ancient astuteness. This is what can be expected from Namibian Artist, Writer, Editor, Photographer, Environmental and Social Activist, Marita van Rooyen’s latest exhibition, ‘The Elders Called it Medicine’. “Having grown up in this wonderfully …
Art that is not only a something to admire but also acts as a mirror of our social identity in the here and now, is what the StArt Art Gallery’s collections are fast becoming known for. This new Contemporary Art Gallery, StArt @ The Wolfshack, is about to open its second exhibition, titled ‘Being Here’, a group exhibition showcases the …
A Namibian business that is built on social entrepreneurship, is demonstrating that this is both a global, and a local trend towards more inclusivity in business. Social entrepreneurship uses business to solve social problems, such as the ones highlighted by Zodidi Gaseb’s TEDx talk, I am not your Stereotype. I am not my Hair. Zodidi Gaseb is the Founder of …
“Medical services in Namibia are developing towards a higher level, and what we are going to see in Namibia is the introduction of super specialist clinics that are organ specific. We are doing this for breast and thyroid.” Renowned surgeon Professor Justus Apffelstaedt is an Oncologic Surgeon, the head of the Breast Clinic at Tygerberg Academic Hospital, an Associate Professor …