Back in the early 70s, uncompromising political activist Izaak Swarts, took it upon his tiny shoulders to singlehandedly confront the prevailing injustices and oppression by spreading the gospel of freedom to marginalised communities, encouraging them to resist and reject the puke-inducing apartheid system at all costs. Swarts used the beautiful game of football to advocate...
Born Malcolm Jacobs on the 20th of November 1965, in Steenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, he completed his primary education at Sullivan Primary School and Heathfield High School. From a very young age, sport, especially football, shaped both his character and future. Malcolm was destined for greatness. He represented Sullivan Primary in inter-schools’ competitions across...
The eldest son of Portuguese migrants, young Ivo found himself washed ashore the isolated southern coastal harbor town of Lüderitzbucht, where he spent a significant chunk of his formative years as a toddler. He is the elder brother of the equally gifted football playing de Gouevia siblings Carlos, Emedio, Luis, and Sandro, Ivo was head...
Daughter of the well-respected school teacher and clergyman, the late Tate Lukas Hipondoka Snr, and baby sister to the talented football-playing brothers Aupapa, Sekulu, and Metuu Hipondoka, Demu was not to be overshadowed by her brothers’ unmatched success on the football fields. Born in Namibia’s largest city, Windhoek, in 1966, the young girl lived, ate,...
Growing up in the dusty streets of Namibia’s largest residential enclave Katutura location, ‘Fusi’ was just like many young black boys of his age who were football crazy, the soft-spoken light skin boy kicked a ball at the slightest provocation, playing street football until mommy calls. However, it was at the Okakarara Secondary School where...
The name Siggi Frewer will long be spoken about in the corridors of Namibian football for generations to come. An upright bloke with mild manners, calculated, intelligent, caring, kindhearted and much adored, Siggi was amongst few academically equipped well-read ‘Jerries’, around town, so to speak. Amongst his commendable deeds, one can reveal the positive impact...
He came, saw, conquered, and romanticised the beautiful game of football with elegance. Tellingly, the history of domestic football will be half-baked if the name of Jack Brown does not appear in the narrative. A proud product of the revered unofficial ‘School of Excellence’ (football wise), St Joseph’s Secondary School (Dobra) located north-east of Namibia’s...
The history of Namibian football will be incomplete if the name of Shepherd Murape does not appear in the golden pages of our national archives. He warmed himself up into the hearts and souls of many local football followers with his vast expertise of international football. Without a shadow of doubt, the former Dynamos Football...
Tellingly, the author came to know Samuel ‘Olly’ Tjizumaue, through his cousin. My departed trusted buddy Billy Tuahepa found him to be an extremely cool, calculated boy of decent upbringing, an elegant dresser, well-spoken and very respectful young man of mild manners, amongst his many commendable traits. A product of the Kuisebmund Secondary School in...
Born Gideon Bailey on the 21 June 1939 in the southern capital Keetmanshoop, Uncle ‘Sonny-Boy’, was a go-getter from the word go. A bird of passage, the strongly built business-minded young Fellah embarked on an exploring journey that took him across the Orange River in search of greener pastures. The streetwise boy from ‘Kitmaro’ spent...