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...
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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...
Coastal towns’ back-to-school plan on hold
WALVIS BAY – Education authorities late yesterday announced that grade 11 and 12 learners at Walvis Bay, Swakopmund and Arandis will no longer resume face-to-face classes today as earlier scheduled. Covid-19 cases have particularly skyrocketed at Walvis Bay over the last few weeks, with more than 1 000 positive cases recorded at the harbour town....
Mwatelulo dictates terms of hearing in bail application
One of the accused in the Fishrot scandal has brought forth a bail application but has demanded his matter to be heard by a magistrate who has not watched the Al Jazeera documentary ‘Anatomy of a Bribe’ or perused files on Wikileaks. The 31-year-old Pius ‘Taxa’ Mwatelulo, an administrator at Hanganeni, brought forth his application...
No dignity even in death … family members of Covid-19 victim speak out
WALVIS BAY – A Walvis Bay family, who recently lost a loved one to Covid-19, says there is absolutely no dignity – even in death – for those who lost their lives due to the virulent pandemic. According to the family, they are deeply saddened by events that played out at the coastal town this past...
Four die in Windhoek car crashes
Three men died in a motor vehicle accident on Saturday morning at around 03h00 in Windhoek when the driver allegedly lost control over the vehicle. An incident report, issued by the Namibian police, said the incident occurred on the B1 road Western Bypass under the bridge between the Katutura State Hospital and the Windhoek Central...
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...
Tales of the Legends – Remembering football legend Sagarias ‘Selle’ Auchumeb 1951 – 2020
Unlike many footballers from his generation who started chasing leather in the dusty streets of their respective towns and cities – Selle’s interest in the spherical object took off around bushes on a remote farm at a very young age. From the time that he kicked around a football for his village team Forest Garden...









