Top five Namibian national songs announced
After a call on all Namibians to enter the national song competition last year, the top five finalists have been chosen.
Five months ago on the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology in partnership with Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture launched the search of a national song by Namibians for Namibians. The competition was aimed at encouraging Namibians to write and compose a song titled My Namibia, which can evoke feelings of patriotism and national pride. The competition ran for a period of one month and 141 song submissions were received.
A panel of independent judges was selected by the technical committee.
The terms of reference for the judges included that they shortlist five top songs. “I am happy to be launching these shortlisted five songs to the public so that the public can vote for the best song. Public vote will make up 50% while the judges will retain the other 50%,” said minister Tjekero Tweya this week.
All five shortlisted songs have been given unique short codes that are as follows song one MN1, song two MN2, song three MN3, song four MN4 and song five MN5 respectively. To vote, one simply sends the unique short code of their favourite song to 33033. The SMS cost N$3.
These songs will be played on NBC television and all its radio stations in order to reach out to all the citizens. The songs will play at the following times on NBC TV; Mondays Tuesdays and Thursdays at 17:30 and Wednesday, Fridays and Saturdays at 19:00. “It is therefore my honour to declare the shortlisted songs and voting line officially launched and may I ask this great nation to partake in the voting.
The public is urged to listen to each song before voting,” concluded Tweya.
The competition will close on 28 February.
June Shimuoshili
A panel of independent judges was selected by the technical committee.
The terms of reference for the judges included that they shortlist five top songs. “I am happy to be launching these shortlisted five songs to the public so that the public can vote for the best song. Public vote will make up 50% while the judges will retain the other 50%,” said minister Tjekero Tweya this week.
All five shortlisted songs have been given unique short codes that are as follows song one MN1, song two MN2, song three MN3, song four MN4 and song five MN5 respectively. To vote, one simply sends the unique short code of their favourite song to 33033. The SMS cost N$3.
These songs will be played on NBC television and all its radio stations in order to reach out to all the citizens. The songs will play at the following times on NBC TV; Mondays Tuesdays and Thursdays at 17:30 and Wednesday, Fridays and Saturdays at 19:00. “It is therefore my honour to declare the shortlisted songs and voting line officially launched and may I ask this great nation to partake in the voting.
The public is urged to listen to each song before voting,” concluded Tweya.
The competition will close on 28 February.
June Shimuoshili
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