Charity begins at home

At a media conference held at the Sports Commission in Windhoek yesterday Nghitongo said she would use some of the money to buy equipment for a gym owner in the north who she had written about in an article for Namibian Sun.She had won the sport journalist of the year award at the Namibian Sports Awards last year and that led to her nomination for the RASA awards.Nghitongo said it was an honour to be nominated and even greater to win. “This award just means that so many people recognised my work, especially in Sport Wrap, and that alone is an honour,” she said.She said she tried different angles when writing in every edition but remained objective at all times. She said she had always been a go-getter and that is the reason why she stood out from other journalists who were nominated.“I know there is prize money involved and I plan to also pay back to where I come from and since I'm a sport fan I plan to buy some gym basic stuff for a guy from my home village Okankolo whom I also profiled and has a gym for the community,” she said.“I wish to encourage every girl child in sport never to let anyone kill their dreams and to always remain humble and determined.”She said she planned to mentor aspiring female sport journalists and to groom them into capable and confident writers.Shikongo, who walked away with the sportsman of the year with disability award, said his focus was to bring a medal home and that he was always training hard and pushing himself beyond his limits.The chief administrator of the Namibia Sports Commission, Freddy Mwiya, said there was strength in disability sport in the country and that people should put their minds together to develop the athletes more.The winners will each receive N$50 000 from RASA.LIMBA MUPETAMI

Charity begins at home

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Namibian Sun 2025-07-01

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