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
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.
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.
Well, yours truly is not in the habit of multiplying entities beyond necessity.
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).
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.
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.
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.
BACK in the day, St Joseph’s Secondary School, the unofficial school of excellence (football-wise), famously known as Döbra, unearthed a significant number of great athletes that went on to establish themselves as big names in the domestic flagship football league, while a few others found refuge in the paid ranks in neighbouring South Africa.
One of Namibia’s most colourful socialites, Frans Tarah Shimbulu, is a man of many talents, having tried his hand at almost every available recreational activity there was to be involved in during a near faultless marathon life journey spanning over six solid decades.