Nbc namibia “jessica we are live”

Jessica a sports presenter at Namibian broadcaster NBC, wrongly corrected her colleague Elmarie Kapunda live on air during a live broadcast, without realising that they are live.

“No, we are not going to do that! You’re just going to greet me and say: Take it away.”


The moment is followed by a few seconds of dead air, and uncomfortable eye contact before the segment (thankfully) cuts to commercial.

The viral moment has since been re-enacted during an on-air NBC broadcast and shared thousands of times across social media and WhatsApp. 

Jessica did not lose her job
People on social media assumed she has lost her job,NBC board chairperson Lazarus Jacobs said the two colleagues have not been dismissed or removed,  Kaimu and Kapenda have not contravened any company laws that warrants disciplinary action or subsequent dismissal. “There is absolutely nothing wrong with what they have done. It’s normal, it can happen to the best news organisation in the world. There is no reason for them to be dismissed,” Jacobs said.