Author: Carlos Kambaekwa (Carlos Kambaekwa )

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).

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.

A handful of the country’s leading golfers are crying foul after their apparent mysterious omission from a list of golfers invited to tee off in the upcoming four-day Royal & Ancient (R&A) Golf Club Tourney, slated for the 21February 2024 in neighbouring South Africa.

Namibian football has produced a significant number of football-playing siblings, but none have captured the imagination of the neutral fan more than the quartet of Young Ones Football Club Willemse brothers, namely Lance, Dean, Johnny and Danny.