As we bid farewell to 2024, New Era Sport invites you, our valued reader, to join us in reflecting on the highs, lows, and everything in between from the local sports scene. In keeping with tradition, and especially when the positives outweigh the negatives, we’ll kick off our year-end review by highlighting the remarkable achievements...
Year: 2024
Opinion – Sporting struggles: A call for change and accountability
THE Namibian sporting landscape is in crisis, and it’s time we face the cold, hard truth. While the country is blessed with a wealth of athletic potential, from budding football stars to track and field prodigies, there’s a stubborn roadblock preventing this talent from flourishing. That roadblock, quite frankly, is a sport industry that’s drowning...
Tales of the Legends – The ruthless ‘Portuguese Hawk’ Jose Lopes
BORN in Coimbra, the former capital of his native country Portugal in 1945, Jose Lopes arrived in the copper town of Tsumeb aged 14 after his parents relocated to South West Africa (SWA), via Angola, where they had spent two years before moving southwards to settle in Namibia in 1959. The fairly raw ‘Pikinini’ started...
Tjongarero reflects on challenges in sports ahead of departure … wishes that her successor does better
AS minister of sport, Agnes Tjongarero prepares to step down in March 2025, she has taken the time to reflect on her tenure, highlighting both the achievements and the serious challenges that have persisted in Namibian sports under her leadership. In an exclusive interview with New Era, Tjongarero was a deputy minister of sport from 2015...
Ovakulupe otava longo oilonga ya fimana – Shiimi
Minista wemona Iipumbu Shiimi okwa ti ovakulupe otava longo oshilonga sha fimana okutekula ounona komaumbo. Edi Shiimi okwe di popya Etivali koshivilo shikilikimesa osho kwa li sha ningilwa ovakulupe kOshikuku. Ovakulupe va dja komikunda da yooloka moshikandjohoololo shaShikuku okwa li va hafa okushakena navakwao. Ovakulupe 500 lwaapo okwa li va ngudumana pombelewa yakansela tava imbi...
A xwika po eumbo lovahona vaye
Auleria Wakudumo Opolifi moshitukulwa shaShikoto oya tula omulumenhu moipandeko sha dja eshi vati a xwika po eumbo omo a li omunailonga oule womafiku ane. Oshiningwanima osha ningwa momukunda Onamishu moshikandjohoololo Eengodi, okupendukila Etitano. Oshiningwanima osha kolekwa komupedukulunhu wopolifi moshitopolwa shaShikoto, komufalapedu Linea Shikongo. Shikongo okwa holola ta ti moule womafiku ane omulumenhu ou eli omufekelwa...
Ovapolifi va kumaidwa ve li humbate nawa
OPUWO- Omupedu Presidente noku li omuhoololwa Presidente Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah okwa kumaida ovapolifi opo ve li umbate nawa efimbo keshe nokufimaneka oilonga yavo. Edi okwe di popya Etivali pefimbo kwa li ta patulula eembelewa da kula dopolifi kOpuwo moshitukulwa shaKunene. Ovaleli vopapolitika, ovanambelewa vopolifi novakwashiwana okwa li va holoka kepatululu leembelewa dopolifi. Nandi-Ndaitwah okwa pandula ovanambelewa...
Eengudu tadi talulula oilongifo yomahoololo
Auleria Wakudumo Okakomisi komahoololo oka yandja oilongifo oyo ya li ya longifwa pefimbo lomahoololo oupresidente osho yo omutumba wopashiwana mwa kwatelwa omawi a valulwa kovakalelipo veengudu da yooloka opo va talulule oidjemo yomahoololo mOvenduka onghela. Ovakalelipo ova dja keengudu ngaashi IPC, LPM, NEFC, PDM, noNEFF va kwatelwa komesho kovanambelewa vokakomisi komahoololo. Eshi osha dja konima...
Oyendj ya sile miiponga yiihauto muDesemba
Omasiku ashike omulongo nasha ga kondo omwedhi gwaDesemba ngoka taga ithanwa omatango omanene, ihe oomwenyo dhaantu dha kana miiponga yiihauto odhi vule omasiku ngoka. Kakukutu komatanga gwopolisi Joseph Shikongo okwa thindi omuthindo paahingi yoohauto ya hinge nuukeka osho wo nethimbo opo ku yandwe iiponga yomoondjila, unene mboka taya hingi oondjila oonde. “Oondjila odhu udha aatalelipo...
Wokupapara yirugana moudigu vana kara… wokusana yirugana kwaruganesa yimaliwa yokusika koN$1 000 mokwedi mokupapara yirugana
Kupapara yirugana kapi yina kara tupu asi nzodi moNamibia, nye kuna kara asi ndiro unene mokuyirugana nayenye oyo. Namibia kuyipakerere kutunda momvhura zina puko, kuna kara nosivaro sava vana pilire yirugana wokusika ko 34% anonye vadinkantu vana pili yirugana kuna siki nye ko 45%. Mukaro ogu nye gamwene nakufa Presidente Hage Geingob asi kuna hingire...









