{"id":254907,"date":"2019-03-09T17:07:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-09T15:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=254907"},"modified":"2019-03-10T17:28:29","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T15:28:29","slug":"sports-minister-rallies-behind-brave-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=254907","title":{"rendered":"Sports minister rallies behind Brave Warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_254917\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 481px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Sports-minister-rallies-behind-Brave-Warriors.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-254917\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Sports-minister-rallies-behind-Brave-Warriors.png\" alt=\"Sports minister rallies behind Brave Warriors\" width=\"481\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Sports-minister-rallies-behind-Brave-Warriors.png 481w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Sports-minister-rallies-behind-Brave-Warriors-278x300.png 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured: Youth and Sports Minister Erastus Uutoni._Photo: Contributed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Aili Iilonga<\/p>\n<p>THE Namibian government, through the ministry of sports, has vouched to leave no stone unturned in availing necessary funds to support the Brave Warriors\u2019 road to Afcon 2019 as the team prepares to take on Zambia is its last AFCON qualifier game.<br \/>\nSpeaking at the launch of the 2019 The Namibia Newspaper Cup, powered by Standard Bank Namibia, Chairperson of the NFA Normalisation Committee, Hilda Basson-Namundjebo, stre<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">ssed that they will throw their weight behind the team to ensure that the team does well in Zambia.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s a game of great significance and we go to Zambia to reclaim the history. Zambia has been great friends of ours and we go there to win. We are confident because we are Namibians. We focus on success and excellence,\u201d said Basson-Namundjebo.<br \/>\nYouth and Sports Minister Erastus Uutoni also called on Namibians to rally behind the Brave Warriors in its quest to qualify for its third continental football showpiece appearance.<br \/>\n\u201cLet\u2019s go to Zambia. Let us go support the team. It is our team. Let\u2019s go to Zambia,\u201d the Minister stated.<br \/>\nNamibia and Zambia will lock horns in Lusaka on Saturday, 23 March, in the final Group K game.<br \/>\nNamibia can qualify for the 2019 AFCON finals if it avoids a defeat to Zambia.<br \/>\nGuinea Bissau and Namibia are top of Group K on eight points each, with Mozambique in third place on seven points. The group winner and the runner-up will qualify for the 32nd edition of the Total African Cup of Nations to be played in Egypt from 21 June to 19 July 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aili Iilonga THE Namibian government, through the ministry of sports, has vouched to leave no stone unturned in availing necessary funds to support the Brave Warriors\u2019 road to Afcon 2019 as the team prepares to take on Zambia is its last AFCON qualifier game. 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