Namibian winters

I realised one thing Namibians stick together on is what should happen in winter, not that it's just this one thing but you hear this statement more "find yourself a 'vleis kombers' people it’s that time"losely translated, ‘find a meat blanket’. Firstly I just thought it was weird, a blanket made from meat, okay not venturing on that.

So the air starts getting cold and the breeze was cooler and all I heard was "hey are you keeping anyone warm this winter? I was a little stunned because in the beginning when it was winter no one would just come out and say they want a "vleis kombers" you would wait for winter to be over and see by who is pregnant to know who was having a "vleis kombers" for the winter. Ahhhh ja you know. Now I believe freedom of speech has taught us a thing or two maybe three as well. So are you keeping anyone warm this winter? I don't even know why I didn't respond. I was dumbfounded because I thought we still did it the old way you know..wait, check and see. But not Namibians today, we have definitely progressed to higher communicating methods, being straight to the point. So I'm there wondering does this happen a lot like guys don't use word play anymore? They just let you know and if you don't wanna then on to the next potential "vleis kombers". Leaving me with this: what happens after winter?

Ronell Sechogele is a blogger and a presenter at Base FM.

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