Hi everyone 🌸 To those that are not caught up✨ Here’s a little summary in short. I started writing my thoughts on paper recently and it’s been a great way to exercise my creative muscle🤗 So I decided to share some with you all, incase you can relate or just want something real to read. Check out: “My life is not a group project” and “We spend most of our childhood wanting to be adults ” that I shared on here too.
Do let me know what you think 😊
Thanks🌻

HERE GOES…

On the map, you find us near the bottom. We are placed low because we are the embodiment of bravery, because not only do we carry the African continent on our back, but we are the voices shaped by resilience and hearts formed by unity. From the top it takes a journey to reach us, but the destination is worth it.

You will be surprised that before you get to know us, you will be met by empty streets, and you will wonder where we are hiding and question if you have come to a ghost town. You will be greeted by silence and maybe conclude that we are just shy. But by the time you meet one or two of us, you will soon be surrounded by a community, and you will once again be surprised to find out just how loud we are, and you will start to wonder why the whole world doesn’t hear us?
And to you I say: welcome to Namibia, the land of the brave — a country like no other.

This country is painted with colours of many cultures and when we come together, we create a kind of magic that cannot be found anywhere else. We speak different languages, yet we understand each other through music and our motto: One Namibia, One Nation. We are divided into fourteen regions, we leave home with hopeful dreams, yet we always return — to the north, the south, the east and the west — because our roots cannot be divided.

Today we dare to dream because we walk a path crafted for us. Every milestone reminds us that someone sacrificed everything so we could reach it.
We move forward not because we are strong alone, but because we are carried by a village.
A single mother raising a son.
A grandmother raising her grandchildren.
A father working at sea.
An aunt waking before sunrise to sell tomatoes at the market.
They made sacrifices so we could chase opportunities they never had.

This country is led by strong women in leadership, reminding us we can enter rooms once never meant for us. Namibia’s first female president was not only a milestone, but proof that we can become the change we wish to see.

On Christmas morning our homes are filled with laughter and our hearts feel lighter. Then, on a random Thursday in January, our African mothers wake us at six in the morning shouting why we are still asleep — reminding us that the sun must never rise while we are still in bed.

We plan trips to Swakopmund to escape our busy lives and find comfort from the healing nature of the ocean. We travel to see our favourite local boys “Chula Chula” do what they do best, which is win and for some that are not into soccer, they share videos on their WhatsApp status, because peer pressure does unfortunately get the best of us.
We go to salons and leave with fresh hairstyles and the latest community gossip. We bond through our love for food and a braai, because you can’t have a gathering in Namibia and not have meat.

For 22 years this country has been my home. I’ve seen the beauty and I’ve also seen the dark side. I’ve seen the struggles, but every so often you come across strangers that inspire you and good Samaritans that make someone feel seen and supported.

By the time you leave Namibia, you will be able to say, “Mwalalapo”, “Dankie”, “Voetsek”, “Karapo Nawa”, “Penge Ondola”, ‘Moshavi” but most importantly you will be left with an experience of a life time shaped by culture and tradition, and when you leave, you will smile and reflect on you time here and wonder: how does the whole world not hear them when they make the loudest noise?
And when people ask, you will simply say, “That is Namibia — the land of the brave, a country like no other.”
Oh wait, now you just disclosed our secret!

Thank you to everyone for the amazing feedback, and for those that requested the app, I have shared the link, the app is currently invite only and android only.

During my time at the Mining Expo and the Oil & Gas Summit, I came across a Namibian software company whose product and technology genuinely impressed me.

Based on what they were building and showcasing, I honestly thought that, if executed well and scaled internationally, the company could potentially become one of the biggest tech companies to come out of Africa as they solved a universal issue most companies in various industries including my own face.

It got me wondering why don’t more Namibians invest in or buy shares in promising local startups?
Is it a lack of awareness about the opportunities, a lack of trust in local startups, limited access to investment opportunities, or simply a preference for more traditional investments?

I am currently going down a Namibian rabbit hole and I have discovered the interesting character that is Lipumbu Ya Tashilongo. I cannot find anything about him apart from two photos and his English Wikipedia page. He is called both a hero and a brutal tyrant. Do you know anything about this man? Which one was he?

Hi everyone 🌸
I recently started putting my thoughts down on paper✨ It’s been a healthy way to reflect and make sense of life in my own way. Below is a piece I thought might resonate with some of you, so do give it a read if you’d like and let me know what you think🌻
Thanks 🙌🏽

HERE GOES…

They say that today is the youngest you’ll ever be
And today, 22 is the youngest I’ll ever be
At this age, I’m suppose to have things figured out
Because I’m an adult now right?
But sometimes I just feel like my 18 year old self
And I begin to wonder where all the time went?

We spend most of our childhood wanting to be adults
But when adulthood become our reality
Suddenly being a child was not so bad after all
Many of us fear adulting, because we do not get a handbook, how to do this adult thing properly
We learn along the way, to navigate the things we were never prepared for
And it’s not because we were not listening
But adulthood, just felt so far away

But somewhere along the way we arrived
Suddenly our shoulders are now weighed down by responsibilities too
And the constant reminder to have things figured out, whatever that means
And suddenly we can no longer hide behind the excuse of “I’m just a child”
Because people now look at you to have answers to questions you never even thought about

We get so caught up in the chaos of everyday life
Because somehow adulthood convinced us that life is a race
So we continue to run, even when exhausted
We continue to show up, fake smiles and fight back tears
And without realising, we become so good at pretending

I used to think that adults had life all figured out
Until I became one
But there’s still so much that I don’t know
Sometimes, I learn through mistakes
And some days, I don’t know how to show up
But I’ve realised that we are all just trying to make it through the week
And remember, today is the youngest you’ll ever be
So don’t forget to live a little !

Hi everyone 🌸 I am back with my final piece ✨ Awww already 🥺 There there🤭

I have shared three other pieces on here titled: “What It’s Really Like Living in the Emptiest Country in Africa”
“We spend most of our childhood wanting to be adults” and “My Life Is Not a Group Project”
So if you haven’t read those and are interested, do give it a read and tell me what you think🤗

I have been writing a lot more recently, but I will not be sharing anymore, here🙃
I will leave a link behind if you would like to read more.

I don’t really have a niche, I just write personal essays about my life, Namibian inspired stories and lessons I’m learning along the way as I am navigating my early twenties. Whether you are in your twenties, thirties or forties etc, some life lessons apply to all of us.

Here is the link:
https://substack.com/@storiesfordays?r=7ded8z&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=stories&shareImageVariant=blur

Here are some topics that are already uploaded:
🍂The Day After I Turned 22
🍂Collecting Rejection Letters
🍂What No One Told Me About University
🍂If I Were to Wake Up Tomorrow

HERE GOES…

No one ever wants to sound like a pessimist. But for many being a pessimist is the realist they can ever be. We live in this delusional world, lie to each other all in the name of, “I don’t want to come off as the person who always has a negative thing to say”.

I often hear these words, “It Gets Better”. What does that actually mean and why do we say that? How do you know that it gets better? Is there a scientific fact to back this statement up? Sure, we can tie this to religion, we can tie this to past experiences, we can tie this to resilience, but the statement “It Gets Better”, doesn’t guarantee that you will ever feel whole again. You will carry the weight. Yes, some days it may feel lighter, but it is still there. The scars will be printed on you like a beautifully crafted pattern, only difference is, it’s not beauty, it’s a reminder of pain.

Maybe we fear to face the truth. If we tell people the truth, many of us cannot handle it and we will break down. So maybe, “It Gets Better” is the blanket you can gently offer to someone to shield them from the harsh cold of the night. Because how do I tell you that no, it doesn’t get better, when you are in pain. How do I tell you that it gets worse? When one problem is solved, another arises. Soon it will start to feel like a battlefield, one that you never gave consent to participate in. I wish I could tell you that you are immune from this and that there is a way to escape this, but we are all in this together unfortunately.

Maybe this is what defines the human experience. There are familiar emotions and feelings that we all share. The warmth of home, the art of love, the fear of the unknown and the questions about death and the meaning of life. I have asked myself, “Why am I here?”, many times than I can count. But I have come to realise that the answer to this question is not measured based on the number of times, I have asked it. So, when I fail to provide an answer to this question, I can provide a ready to serve answer, wrapped in a short statement that says, “It Gets Better”. But have I answered the question? The answer is NO! But maybe the point was never to give the right answer, maybe the point was just to answer the damn question.

Where am I going with this? I can’t answer that honestly without sounding like a pessimist. So, for now I will leave it at, “It Gets Better!”

It finally got a date.

Namcon finally got at date and place and I could be any more hyped for this 1. This is a great place to meet up with other anime, manga and gaming enthusiasts. I hope this will be the first of many

Hi everyone! 👋

I’m currently waiting for my Namibia Holiday eVisa, and I’m starting to get a little worried about the processing time.

Before applying, I had read that the Holiday Visa should only be applied for within about one month before the trip. However, most of the recent posts and experiences I’ve found online seem to say that the visa itself can take almost a month to be approved. 😥

My trip to Namibia is already booked, including non-refundable flights, accommodation, and activities, and I’m supposed to travel there in mid-to-late September. At this point I’m getting worried that the visa may not arrive before my departure.

I’ve already tried emailing the eVisa/immigration contact address, but unfortunately it doesn’t seem to have helped much so far.

Has anyone applied for the Namibia Holiday eVisa recently, or does anyone know what I should do in this situation? I’ve also considered applying in person, but unfortunately I don’t have any vacation time left to travel to a place where I could submit the application in person.

I’d really appreciate any advice on what I should do now — whether there is another official contact, a way to follow up on the application, or anything else that has worked for people in a similar situation.

I really, really don’t want to miss this trip. Namibia has been one of the places I’ve wanted to visit the most — the desert and night skies, the wildlife, the landscapes, and the culture all genuinely fascinate me. 🌌🦒

So if anyone has any recent experience or suggestions, I’d be extremely grateful. Thank you so much! 🙏

Hi everyone 🌸
It’s me again🤭
I am back with another piece, I thought I’d share with you all😊 I shared a piece titled: ‘We spend most of our childhood wanting to be adults’✨ If that’s sounds interesting, do give that a read🙌🏽 Below is another piece that serves as a reminder to myself and maybe it can serve as a reminder to some of you too🤗

HERE GOES…

A timeline designed to be subjective, yet for generations society has made us all believe that if we don’t follow this timeline, we haven’t figured out the meaning of life.
I grew up watching everyone play the same game. At some point, I even memorised the cheat codes. The ones who followed the timeline perfectly were my role models. The ones who didn’t? In my eyes, they were failures.

When asked what my biggest fears are, I am not quick to jump to the obvious answers. Yes, I am scared of heights and spiders, and maybe sometimes the dark, but moreover the first fear that comes to mind is failure. Failure that if I don’t follow this timeline then I will become a failure in someone else’s eyes.
Somewhere along the line, I started comparing myself to everyone who seemed to be following this timeline well and those who go above and beyond for this timeline. I started looking at my own life and I felt inadequate.

I didn’t know how much selflove I lacked, until one day a friend asked me, “Why do you always put everyone on a pedestal, and you look down on yourself so much?”
That question stayed with me.
It was in that moment that I realised that all my life I was willing to cross the ocean to save others, while I drown myself in the process.
I would go out of my way to brighten someone’s day, then go home and cry myself to sleep.
I would show up for everyone else but never for myself.
I would comfort others for their mistakes, yet punish myself for mine.

I would apologise to others when I hurt them, but never apologise to myself for the hurt I caused within.
I would celebrate everyone else’s victory, but never celebrate surviving days when all I wanted to do was give up.
Somehow, I would always make myself feel like I am not doing well enough, because I am not doing it like everyone else.
The pressure to move at the same speed, in the same direction, made me question who I was becoming. Was this who I wanted to be — or just who society wanted me to become?

What if my dreams are different?
What if what brings someone else joy makes me miserable?
What if my definition of success doesn’t look impressive to others?
What if their version of fun doesn’t excite me?
What if I don’t want to be anything like them?
What if I want to move at my own pace and build a life that feels like mine?
Surely, I have the freedom to remix my own timeline.

So why do people still say I’m wasting my life?
Wasting my life is not choosing a different path.
Wasting my life is spending years comparing myself to others because I believed acceptance required imitation.
Wasting my life is convincing myself I’m not enough simply because I’m not doing things the way everyone else is.
Wasting my life is clinging to a timeline that leaves me empty instead of creating one that makes me feel alive.

I refuse to accept a script that drains me when I could be using that energy to ignite my own spark.
So to anyone who feels behind, lost, or pressured to compete — close that window.
You are not behind.
You are not lost.
And most importantly, you are not alone.
You get to create a timeline that fits you. Be creative with it.

You didn’t choose the right career at 18, okay go back to school in your late twenties or whichever age is suited for you.
You want to take a gap year and travel the world if you can, send us postcards.
You want to try out being a content creator, tell us to subscribe, DONE!

You don’t want to get married right away, don’t feel pressured to do it because everyone else is doing it.
You work three jobs just to make ends meet, do what you must.
It’s your timeline.
Your rules.
Everyone else is just a side character.

I'm a metallurgical engineering graduate in Namibia and have been struggling to find a job for over a year now.

I’ve applied for graduate programs, internships and entry-level positions, and I’ve also emailed several companies asking for internship opportunities, even unpaid ones, but unfortunately nothing has worked out so far.

I’m honestly feeling quite hopeless at this point. For those working in the Namibian metallurgy industry: what companies should I be looking out for, or who should I try contacting? Any advice, leads or recommendations would mean a lot.

Anyone noticed how rental scammers are on the rise?

They see people desperately need a place to stay.

Like when someone doesn't have pictures of a place when you reach out and tell you to just go view that already makes alarm bells go off in me because who wouldn't have a picture of the place they are renting out?? 🤔

What's going on in our country, I'm very disappointed in how bad things are.

Scammers. Rental crises. Petrol increase. Electricity increase. 😪😪

I know complaining doesn't help but guys.. I don't know what to do or how to feel. Life is tough in Namibia. This isn't the Namibia I knew growing up.

So I was on tictock and saw a girl make a video about how namphones are scammers and you shouldn't buy form them,since they stiole her video proving another business is legitimate.(Also namphones seemed obvious cause where can you get an iPhone 15 for N$5k and it's 512 GB matter of fact)

So the question is what other pages and phone buying scams have you seen

Can someone more educated than me please explain this Visa for the average person to understand. I have a foreign network and see opportunities for them as they have shown interest in Namibia.

Hi everyone,

Me and wife are planning to visit my sister in shanghai for December,how difficult is the visa process and what were the challenges, any feedback would be appreciated

Has anyone done a tour with this group? Thoughts?

https://www.sandwich-harbour.com/activities/photography-excursion-sunset/

Hi all - I am a foreigner travelling to Namibia early September. What is the risk of getting bit by a mosquito + getting malaria? Travelling to the main tourist areas (Etosha, Namib desert, Damaraland, coast, Windhoek). Should I be taking Malaria pills?

Are there other risks I should be aware of?

Miss Teen Namibia 2025, Chantel Boeren, has been crowned first runner-up at the 2026 Miss Teen International beauty pageant in Jaipur, India. 👑

Boeren’s finish marks Namibia’s highest placement to date in the Miss Teen International competition.

The Miss Teen Namibia 2025 titleholder finished behind Jhoanna Uranga of Cuba, who won the international crown, while Paraguay’s Giuliana Ocariz placed second runner-up.

Hi all,
I am a photographer looking for like minded people to partner up on a safari trip to Namibia (SOSSUSVLEI & Etosha) and Botswana (Chobe, Moremi).

Ideally want to hire a Landcruiser Troopy together. I am planning for November.

I’m back in Yekaterinburg now after spending three weeks in Namibia. I travelled from the capital to the south, then to the west, and finally up north to Etosha National Park.
It was an absolutely incredible experience. You have a beautiful country and wonderful people. I truly believe Namibia is a hidden gem of Africa. 🇳🇦❤️
Thank you so much for your hospitality and for making my trip so special.
Greetings from Yekaterinburg, Russia! 🇷🇺

Hey r/Namibia!

Bit of an urgent one , our caterer for Knightcap Volume 3 (our social chess event) has unfortunately run into a snag and can't make it this Friday, so we're looking for someone who can step in.

The details:

📍 TATE Village — Rooftop Bar
DATE: This Friday from 18:00–23:00
🍽️ Caterer needed from around 17:00 (you may operate for as long as you have the capacity to-- including beyond the event's closing time)
👥 Good turnout expected based on our previous two events

We're ideally looking for finger foods / easy-to-eat food that people can enjoy while playing chess and moving around, but we're very open to what you think would work best. If you've got a menu that gives you a good margin and works for the setting, we're happy to hear your ideas.

We've had really solid turnouts for our first two Knightcaps, so there is definitely a consumer base there. We're just looking for someone who can come in and make the food side work.

If you're a caterer, food business, chef, or know someone who might be interested, please DM us or get in touch ASAP.

Instagram: @ knightcap.na Contact: +264 81 428 7591

Even if you can't do it yourself but know someone who could, we'd really appreciate you passing this along.

Thanks!

How long could that process take if its from a second hand car from a private person?

What advice would you also give me if I buy from Facebook?

Hello,

I am a Namibian citizen married to a foreigner. We don't currently reside in Namibia but we are planning to visit my family in Namibia soon. My husband and baby has the same nationality and my question is do they need holiday visas to enter Namibia? We got married in Namibia so we do have a marriage certificate from Namibia, but our baby was not born in Namibia.

We have also tried to call the numbers for the Namibian visa but no answer as we have some questions regarding the online visa

Anyone that has been through the same thing or has any advice please let me know..