TUPOPYENI - 7 July 2026

Can you speak your mother tongue fluently... or do you find yourself searching for the right words sometimes? Across Namibia, many young people in urban areas are growing up speaking English with confidence, while their indigenous languages may slowly fade into the background. In rural areas, the opposite may be the case. Does that mean we are embracing progress, or perhaps losing a vital part of who we are or could be? Tonight, host Josy Nghipandua is joined by Dr. Theresia Mushaandja - Linguist and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Communication and Languages (NUST); Teopolina Matheus - Namibian Poet; and Lesley Shetukana – Polyglot to discuss “The Language Divide: English