Cometh the hour, cometh the man, Katutura glamour football club African Stars boasts a filthy-rich resume from its inevitable birth at Windhoek’s Old Location in 1952. The club has gone from strength to strength, growing in stature from a basic community social establishment to a well-structured business entity. Well, there is an old saying that...
The garden town of Okahandja is not only famously known for her eye-catching historical sites, old graves of war victims, and all other amazing tales. The compact mountainous town has unearthed many souls of remarkable pedigree in various fields. Oral historical accounts have it that the beautiful game of football first made her debut on...
Admittedly, many are unaware that the just-departed, dreadlocked goal-poacher ‘Kaskas’ Angula was a ‘Struggle Kid’ in the usual Namibian term – albeit a rather ‘well-behaved’ one. The deadly net-buster developed vast interest in politics at an early age, abandoning his motherland aged 14, hardly out of his pair of shorts. Angula went into exile to...
Truthfully speaking, no amount of words will describe the devastation and sorrow upon learning about the unexpected transition to eternity of a close buddy, a man of great substance, well-spoken, mild-mannered, humble soul, and above all, an intellectual par excellence. Dear readers, my ageing fingers are trembling like a fired-up Concertina player fronting a salted...
Unknown side of energetic political activist Thomas Shilumbu Well, many only came to know him as the steadfast, fearless political activist – but in real life, Thomas Shilumbu was a noted goalkeeper, who played for a significant number of top-level clubs in the country’s flagship league. Truthfully speaking, the unappreciated position of goalkeeper is not...
A dark chapter has befallen the rugby-mad residents of Khomasdal township following the shock death of one of the most colourful rugby icons of all times. The sudden death of former Villagers and Western Suburbs prop Theo Hess just two days after his 78th birthday has sent shockwaves amongst the community and those who came to...
I was saddened to learn about the sudden death of a dear brother, father and hubby. My trusted buddy, Jose Coelho. To Manuel, Paolo, Tady Coelho and the entire Portuguese-speaking community residing in the Land of the Brave, our heartfelt condolences for the sad loss of a loved one. I will never forget the day...
Without a shadow of doubt, one of the relatively less-talked-about, but certainly most gifted midfielder of his generation, former Blue Waters, Tigers and Eleven Arrows’much-travelled attacking midfielder Mekondjo Tobias will go down in history as one of the very few well-polished ball distributors of all time. The gangling playmaker was always a marvel to watch,...
While the football industry in the Land of the Brave (Namibia) is riding the crest of a continental wave of growth driven by the Brave Warriors surge on the Fifa rankings, the country is also feeling the heat with a worrisome number of former players taking a bow from the game of life at an alarming pace.
Death is like an old buddy who keeps following you unconsciously and one day taps you on the shoulder asking: ‘Hi buddy, do you still remember me?’ Well, the moment you turn to look around, you are gone.