Raised between Cape Town and Namibia, Leon started out climbing the corporate ladder in IT. But despite the success, something was missing. It took the loss of his father, and the courage to start over at 36, for Leon to finally answer the voice inside: “This is not you.”
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For John Kasaona, conservation is not just a career — it’s a lifelong promise to his people and the land they share with wildlife. Raised in a traditional Himba household in the northwest of Namibia, John’s earliest memories are tied to goats, cattle, and the wild creatures roaming just beyond the village’s edge.
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When you meet Joyce Nghiishililwa, you don’t just hear her story – you feel it. There’s an easy warmth about her that radiates through every clip she shares, every kilometre she travels, every caption she writes. It’s not by accident that she was chosen as FlyNamibia’s very first Face of FlyNamibia back in 2022.
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Under the purple blossoms of a big jacaranda tree in her childhood yard, a young Zellmari Brandt would perform to an audience of none. The stage was imagined, but the passion was real. That moment, repeated in countless afternoons of play, became the seed of a lifelong love for performance, storytelling, and human connection.
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Raised by a single mother in a home filled with books, discipline, and love, La-Toya Hamutenya grew up knowing the value of hard work. Her mother, an educator, ensured that La-Toya and her sister were exposed to both academics and the arts from an early age. That foundation shaped the woman the world now knows as Lioness – a medical doctor by profession and one of Namibia’s most celebrated rap artists by passion.
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