Team Members

John Tuerijama, also known as ‘Big John’, is a seasoned sports journalist-turned-radio-personality. He hosts the daily Sport Chat Show, Friday’s The Ring and the Sunday Sport Flash programmes on Desert Radio. Big John’s baritone voice has had many glued to their radios to listen to him strutting his stuff on air.

Laimi K Fillemon, also known as ‘Nampa’, is a professional videographer with experience creating media for multiple platforms, including television, web and live streaming. She has over four years of experience in filming, editing and producing content. Nampa, a College of the Arts allumni, has an eye for bringing images to life for compelling story-telling. […]

Namutenya Ndadi was born in Windhoek but raised in the Omaheke region among the closely-knit community of Buitepos. She studied television production at the College of the Arts and graduated in 2022. Namutenya is a videographer/cinematographer for Desert Radio and The Namibian newspaper. In this position, she is among those responsible for the livestreaming of […]

John-Colin Namene is a journalist with over six years experience in broadcasting, print and digital media. He is a founding broadcaster at Desert Radio being part of the first team to go live for the station. John-Colin or CJ is the one half of the Breakfast in the Desert duo that wakes you up every […]