MTC’s Tim Ekandjo was yesterday at pains describing the expulsion of the Namibia Premier League (NPL) through a resolution at the 16th extra-ordinary congress of the Namibia Football Association (NFA) over the weekend. During a brief presser in the capital yesterday, Ekandjo announced that MTC has taken a decision to backtrack on their promise of...
Author: Otniel Hembapu (Otniel Hembapu )
African Stars, United condemn league expulsion
Katutura glamour football club African Stars and newcomers Okahandja United FC were the first two teams to publicly condemn the expulsion of the Namibia Premier League (NPL) by the Namibia Football Association (NFA) at its 16th extra-ordinary congress over the weekend. Salomo Hei, the executive director of African Stars, yesterday issued a statement wherein he...
Expelled NPL told to vacate Football House
After expelling the Namibia Premier League (NPL) as a member of the Namibia Football Association (NFA) at Saturday’s 16th extra-ordinary congress in the capital, NFA president Ranga Haikali further announced that the league will be notified to vacate Football House soonest. The NPL was at the weekend expelled by the NFA extra-ordinary congress after a...
Kamuhanga rejoins TSB Flensburg
Former Brave Warriors enterprising winger Eslin ‘Lovers’ Kamuhanga continues to make waves in German football and for this coming 2020/21 season, he will be rejoining TSB Flensburg in that country’s fourth division. Kamuhanga, who formerly played for Black Africa, Civics and Ramblers in the Namibia Premier League (NPL), was recently unveiled as one of the...
NPL had ample time to fix this mess – Haikali …Kauta promises to respond soon
Otniel HembapuHesron Kapanga The 16th extra-ordinary congress of the Namibia Football Association (NFA) held in Windhoek on Saturday, overwhelmingly voted in favour of expelling the Namibia Premier League (NPL) as its member, but the banished league’s chairperson Patrick Kauta yesterday said he will review their expulsion and issue apposite countermeasures. Along with the expulsion of...
Expelling NPL will not solve matters – Naobeb … NFA congress to decide league’s fate
Former president of the Namibia Football Association (NFA) and highly-respected sports administrator Doc Naobeb says he does not support and nor is he convinced that expelling the Namibia Premier League (NPL) will bring lasting solutions to the current impasse in local football. Speaking to New Era Sport yesterday, the now retired veteran football administrator who...
Expelling NPL not the antidote
There is an old Chinese proverb that says “He who seeks revenge should remember to dig two graves.” Going into this weekend’s 16th extraordinary congress of the Namibia Football Association (NFA), it will be wise to advise both the leadership of the local football association and that of the suspended Namibia Premier League (NPL) to...
Personality of the week – Loydt Kazapua age 31
Career achievements: Three times Namibia Premier League (NPL) winner and four times NFA Cup winner. Favourite local or international footballer: Uganda’s Dennis Onyango Favourite football club: Arsenal Your most memorable match: Our match against Uganda at the 2018 African Nations Championship (Chan). Your toughest match: I would say the match against Morocco at last year’s...
It was a long and draining process – Ngarizemo …as Young African FC is thrown lifeline
Owner of Gobabis-based football club Young African Mali Ngarizemo has described as “long and draining” the process of finally getting his club’s relegation overturned by the Namibia Football Association (NFA)’s Appeals Committee. The NFA’s Appeals Committee on Tuesday ruled that the club pay a fine of N$100 000 to retain its status in the Namibia...
My candid view – Stop jutting your inadequacies on journalists
What is your basic understanding of news? What is news and what determines news? What is good news and what is bad news? Well, those are some of the questions I get when going about daily work of informing, educating and entertaining the deserving public. Now without proper understanding and clarity of the above questions,...









