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Personality of the week – Maximilian Mbaeva
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Personality of the week – Maximilian Mbaeva

Current club: Golden Arrows (SA) Previous Clubs: Desert Rollers, Rambles and African Stars. Position: Goalkeeper Career achievements: I won the second division with Desert Rollers in Omaheke. I also won two Namibia Premier League (NPL) titles with African Stars and the NFA Cup twice with Stars. I won the 2015 Cosafa Cup with the Brave...

Personality of the week – Jaumbuaije Zauana
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Personality of the week – Jaumbuaije Zauana

Current Club: UWC Netball Club  Previous Club/s: Black Africa Netball Club, Western Cape Southern Stings and Western Province Netball Club. Position: Goal Shooter (GS) Career achievements: Representing Namibia on the international stage, scooping a netball bursary and being named University of Western Cape Sportswoman of the Year in 2015. Favourite local or international player: New...

Football’s revered legacy down the drain – Ekandjo …MTC revokes N$15 million promise
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Football’s revered legacy down the drain – Ekandjo …MTC revokes N$15 million promise

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...

African Stars, United condemn league expulsion
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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
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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 
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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
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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
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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
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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...