FORMER Tigers Football Club attacker Tataati ‘Ace’ Komeya announced his arrival on the big stage with a flurry of breathtaking goals that cemented his position as the main targetman for the youthful Ingwe outfit.
Author: Carlos Kambaekwa (Carlos Kambaekwa )
Bidding farewell to Döbra’s blue-eyed boy…RIP – Albert Karumbu Kahiha, AKA ‘Grootman’ (1955 – 2024)
Then a student at the St Joseph’s Secondary School (Döbra), Stars Kahiha will be best remembered for his winning goal against pre-tournament favourites Black Africa in the hotly-contested final of the lucrative Dave’s Furnishers Knockout Cup at the packed-to-rafters Katutura stadium in 1975.
Tribute to copper town’s Eslon ‘Don’ Kavindjima 1951 – 2024
DEATH has shortened the life journey of another beloved athlete, for the umpteenth time in many months. Former Chief Santos versatile footie, Eslon ‘Don’ Kavindjima, has taken a bow from life after losing a long battle with illness. Featuring regularly for one of the most exciting outfits in the history of domestic football, Kavindjima has for some inexplicable reason never really managed to lay
Tracking down Santos’ speedy attacker …. Robero Habasen ‘Mahlangu’ Nawatiseb
Never be fooled by looks, a quick glimpse at the bearded bulky young man will drive anyone to conclude the former Chief Santos Football Club attacker can hardly harm a fly.
In conversation with the garden town’s prolific son Michael Migub Noabeb
THE sacred garden town of Okahandja has over the years unearthed a significant number of great personalities of remarkable pedigree in various fields, professionally, politically and socially.
When greed eclipses loyalty and integrity …don’t’ kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
Well, yours truly is not in the habit of multiplying entities beyond necessity.
Remembering football’s most unloved pocket-size whistle man …Zacharias ‘Bob’ Seibeb, 1958–2024
A proud product of Walvis-Bay’s largest residential area, Kuisebmond, Seibeb was a real township toughie, never shy to roll with the punches at the slightest provocation, and needed no second invitation for a physical confrontation one-two’s (fistfight).
Ode to Phillipus Auctavius ‘Thai’ Isaacs 1973–2024
WHEN the late Freddy Mercury, the legendary lead singer of British hot band Queen, penned the soul-soothing lyrics of the hit song ‘Another One Bites the Dust,’ the Zanzibar-born multi-talented songwriter, composer, arranger, pianist, and phenomenal vocalist must have had continental compatriots Reho Falcon Sports Club in mind.
Up close and personal with retired lethal attacker: Maximus Elago
For a young, versatile midfielder to have made the impact he had is incredible; playing against ‘Bro Max’ was always going to be a mountain Kilimanjaro to scale.
Augustinus Stein Jackson the agile shot stopper
Born in the town of Walvis Bay in 1954, unlike many of his boyhood buddies who liked to kick a football around, Stein started between the sticks.