[1] Tekla started her career as a featuring artist in, first appearing on Sunny Boy's sophomore breakthrough hit single "Serious", for his debut album Young, Black en Gifted.
Later that year, with the help from producer, Stalin Kapembe, she started recording her own songs.
In 2006, she won the Legal Shield Winna Mariba Song writing competition In 2008, she acted in Vixen Hangula film titled Between Friends, that encourages condom use and encourages women to stand together.
[1] In 2009, Tekla took the industry by storm in both Namibia and South Africa when she lend her vocals on South African DJ Bojo Mojo's hit song "Thando Lwami",[2] for his album Session 6.
[3] In, 2012 she was nominated in 6 categories at for the Namibian Annual Music Awards of which she won 5, including "Best Female Artist of the Year".