Author: Carlos Kambaekwa (Carlos Kambaekwa )

The Kobos settlement, a relatively pocket-sized enclave, sandwiched between the Naukluft Mountains and Rehoboth in the Hardap region, will be a hive of activity this weekend.

For many, he is the well-spoken and energetic Kaisames radio station sports anchor but in real life, Ricardo Garoeb, famously known as ‘Uncle Happiness’, used to be a magical baller of note. New Era Sport caught up with the likeable popular socialite as he goes full throttle reliving his untold football journey, and how being harshly elbowed out of his job almost drove him to suicide.

A dark cloud has befallen the close-knit community of Etoshapoort following the shocking departure of former Golden Bees Football Club serial net-buster Lesley Arnold Haraeb, famously known as ‘Tico-Tico’ or better still ‘Shower-Shower’ in football and social circles.

A product of the now-defunct popular biannual Inter-Mines’ Multi-Sport Games, retired long-distance athlete Vilho Kudumo Namufinda took a liking to long-distance running after being inspired by the late Abed Jacobs, Joshua ‘Bravo’ Kahitu, veterans Lukas Halweendo, Bob Tangeni, Edward Gariseb, Aaron Shipanga, Gabriel Awaseb, Hendrick Maasdorp and Simeon Martin, as well as the Kayele siblings Frank

Love him or loathe him, former amateur boxer Bernhard Mbamunomuvatere Kamatoto in this edition speaks about his long and winding career. He pulls no punches as he lays bare the good and bad tales of his abbreviated boxing journey and life in general, as well as how a chronic disease hamstrung his childhood dream of joining the paid ranks. 

A strict disciplinarian and uncompromising fitness fanatic, former Thistle Football Club’s hard-as-nails fullback Edward ‘Nose’ Morgenroth is one of the most revered yet less talked-about personalities in Namibian football. 

Two of the surviving founders of local giants Orlando Pirates Football Club are crying foul over what they term “infringement” on their intellectual property rights.

Former Orlando Pirates Football Club teenage goal poacher Rudolf Dickson made waves with a flurry of goals that announced him as a highly-gifted youngster and the most likely and fitted potential successor for ageing club legend Ishmael ‘Lemmy Special’ Narib in what promised to be a smooth-sailing football safari, only to evaporate into thin air. 

A giant has fallen, and though the truth is often very hard to swallow, the incredible times and electrifying moments many Namibians shared with Khai Meester Molan Moses Gariseb will forever be entrenched in our memories.