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Drake has moved on after his feud with Kendrick Lamar. The two rappers have been locked in a war of words via a series of diss tracks in recent months, but the ‘Hotline Bling’ hitmaker’s friend and collaborator, Gordo, has insisted his pal isn’t interested in drawing out the back-and-forth. Drake (37) is content to […]

Young actor Alejandro Cooper (12) has been nominated as the best young African actor in the 2024 Sotigui Awards. Cooper starred as the young Lukas in the Ombetja Yehinga Organisation’s (OYO) most recent film, ‘Lukas’. He has been nominated alongside Seydou Sarr from Senegal, for his role in ‘Moi, Capitaine’ by Matteo Garone and Ambjulla […]

PDK band member Patrick Mwashindange, who has been spanning his solo musical career for the past four years as ‘Patrick Sikiliza’, tied the knot with longtime partner Simaneka Amos last weekend. Sikiliza told The Namibian he is confident that marriage will not get in the way of his creative endeavours. He says he and his […]

At the age of three she was already walking in her mother’s shoes.Today, radio production student Georgia Garises (19) is Miss Namibia’s second princess. She says she used to be glued to the screen of ‘Toddlers and Tiaras’ as a child. Garises, who was the youngest contestant in the national pageant, also scooped Miss Congeniality […]

As we stay committed to keeping you informed and entertained all together, here is a list of events happening in and around the country over the next few days. Catch the 2024 Namibia Mining Expo and Conference by the Chamber of Mines from today at The Windhoek Showgrounds where they’ll be showcasing fuel storage and […]

South African rap sensation Cassper Nyovest returns to the music landscape with a brand new single titled ‘Kutsa’. Taking to his social media platform, the ‘Doc Shebeleza’ hit maker recently announced that he dropped a new track and promised more music in future. “I just dropped something. Basically I’m back. More music is coming,” he […]

The Namibia Film Commission (NFC) has announced the release of five new web series. Funded during the 2023/24 financial year, these series are crafted by young, upcoming local film-makers, and will be available digitally on the commission’s respective platforms. This initiative, representing an investment of N$270 000, aims to bring the dreams and stories of […]

Television and radio personality Robyn Nakaambo has been honoured as the best TV presenter at the Basadi in Music Awards (Bima). The awards, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday night, recognised and celebrated women’s excellence in entertainment. The Bimas are nominated and voted for by the public and include musicians, songwriters, producers, entertainment journalists […]

NWA’s landmark album Straight Outta Compton was released on 8 August 1988, bringing the sound of gangsta rap to mainstream America. In History revisits an interview with the young rap crew as they tried to deal with the success and fallout of the record. “You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge” […]

Producer, presenter, actor and poet Richard ‘Boli’ Mootseng seems to have the Midas touch. The Weekender sat down with him at the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) radio service’s Studio 7 this week. “I was part of a play, and the character I was playing was called Boli. Since I walked off that stage, the name […]