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Martha Mukaiwa

Martha Mukaiwa


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Alte Feste restoration begins

After a decade of standing vacant, Windhoek’s Alte Feste is set for restoration. Once a colonial military fort, a school hostel and a national museum, the Alte Feste is being reimagined as an arts, craft and heritage centre through a…

Martha Mukaiwa

Alte Feste restoration begins

After a decade of standing vacant, Windhoek’s Alte Feste is set for restoration. Once a colonial military fort, a school hostel and a national museum, the Alte Feste is being reimagined as an arts, craft and heritage centre through a…

Martha Mukaiwa

Rain Ghosts

My friend Erika is worried about the rivers the rain has brought but she’s more concerned about the ghosts. She says Namibia’s rain-soaked roads are full of them. Wandering spirits suddenly severed from their bodies looking for resolution, some sort…

Martha Mukaiwa

A Fresh Punchline Parade Takes the Stage

If homegrown hilarity is your thing, Savanna Comedy Hour is the hot new ticket. Building on the success of Comedy Hour’s multiple-year run at Vinyls, the monthly stand-up comedy show recently announced its partnership with Savanna Premium Cider. During the…

Martha Mukaiwa

‘God of Women’ on show at national theatre

Veteran theatremaker Keamogetsi joseph Molapong returns to the National Theatre of Namibia (NTN) with a production of Sifiso Nyathi’s acclaimed theatre play ‘God of Women’. Starring Mervin Claasen, Toucy Tjijombo, Askar B Onyiego, Nguundja Kandjii, Tjiurimo Kandjii, Chrisjan Appolus, Kuzajatu…

Martha Mukaiwa

Creative gathering set for Swakopmund

Namibia’s creatives are headed to Swakopmund as the coastal town gears up for ‘The Gathering’. Presenting a programme of talks, networking sessions and creative interludes with some of the country’s leading creatives, the indaba-style event will take place at Swakopmund…

Martha Mukaiwa

Shishani Sings of Freedom, Healing and Home

Amsterdam-based Namibian singer-songwriter Shishani made a return to the local scene on a stormy Friday evening. The outdoor setu of the Franco Namibian Cultural Centre (FNCC) is shielded by a black tarp as a diverse crowd splashes in, huddles close…

Martha Mukaiwa

Whuda Marble Art Sculpts New Hope for Natural Resources

Sculptor Wolradt Sithole says luring shapes and forms out of Namibian white marble is an act of listening. “It gives you a sound. If it goes ding, ding, ding, it’s a hard surface. Choo, choo, choo, it’s soft,” says Sithole.…

Martha Mukaiwa

‘Mickey 17’ now on big screen

Almost six years after the success of ‘Parasite’ (2019), writer and director Bong Joon Ho returns to the screen with ‘Mickey 17’ (2025). Set in 2054, where Robert Pattinson’s Mickey Barnes is dodging dismemberment by a homicidal loan shark, ‘Mickey…

Martha Mukaiwa

Gender Equality Still Loading

The thing people grumbling about women empowerment and gender equality tend to forget is the bulk of human history. You know, the period since the dawn of time when mostly men ruled the world, women were relegated to worse than…

Martha Mukaiwa

MultiChoice celebrates Namibian women in film

A sparkling selection of the city’s women creators and creatives gathered at MultiChoice Namibia to honour Namibian women in film last week. Titled ‘EmpowerHer: A Celebration of Namibian Women in Film’, the event invited its trailblazing attendees to wear their…

Martha Mukaiwa

Maybe It’s March

As March hits its stride on the heels of a diamond heist, president Trump’s executive orders and the death of the founding father, it suffices to say that 2025 has had a relatively rocky beginning. While the first few months…

Martha Mukaiwa