{"id":54541,"date":"2023-09-27T15:36:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T15:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/desert-jewels-to-go-into-camp-as-nn-appoints-hamata-as-sg"},"modified":"2023-09-27T15:48:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T15:48:26","slug":"desert-jewels-to-go-into-camp-as-nn-appoints-hamata-as-sg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/desert-jewels-to-go-into-camp-as-nn-appoints-hamata-as-sg","title":{"rendered":"Desert Jewels to go into camp \u2026as NN appoints Hamata as SG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Maurice Kambukwe<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>The national senior women\u2019s netball team, Desert Jewels, is expected to go into camp as they prepare for the upcoming African Championships that will be held in Botswana in November.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the information being sketchy at the moment, Netball Namibia (NN) said the tournament will be held in Gaborone from 26 November to 6 December.<\/p>\n<p>According to NN, the games will serve as ranking matches, where countries will get their classification evaluated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team is expected to go to camp this coming weekend (Friday) for two weeks. They are gearing up for the upcoming African Championship games in neighbouring Botswana sometime in November. At the moment, we are not sure how many countries will be taking part in the competition, and we are waiting on Netball Africa to confirm the official number of countries that will be travelling to Gaborone to participate in the tournament,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the association also revealed in a statement yesterday that they have appointed Isack Hamata as their new acting secretary general for six months.<\/p>\n<p>Hamata confirmed his appointment via a statement, saying he was excited to assume his new role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am wholeheartedly committed to the national interest and the advancement of NN\u2019s administration. I believe that with a collective effort, we can work towards enhancing the federation\u2019s efficiency, fostering a collaborative environment and ultimately promoting the sport of netball on both local and international platforms,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Rebekka Goagoses, the president of NN, extended a warm welcome to Hamata, saying, \u201cWe are thrilled to welcome Mr Hamata as our acting secretary general. His dedication to the development of netball in Namibia aligns perfectly with our federation\u2019s goals. We believe that with Mr Hamata\u2019s leadership and the support of our talented team, NN will continue to thrive and succeed,\u201d read the statement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maurice Kambukwe Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. The national senior women\u2019s netball team, Desert Jewels, is expected to go into camp as they prepare for the upcoming African Championships that will be held in Botswana in November. Despite the information being sketchy at the moment, Netball Namibia (NN) said the tournament will be held in Gaborone from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":54540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-54541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Desert Jewels to go into camp \u2026as NN appoints Hamata as SG - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The national senior women\u2019s netball team, Desert Jewels, is expected to go into camp as they prepare for the upcoming Af ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/desert-jewels-to-go-into-camp-as-nn-appoints-hamata-as-sg\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Desert Jewels to go into camp \u2026as NN appoints Hamata as SG\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The national senior women\u2019s netball team, Desert Jewels, is expected to go into camp as they prepare for the upcoming Af ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/desert-jewels-to-go-into-camp-as-nn-appoints-hamata-as-sg\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-27T15:36:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-27T15:48:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/09\/sm_1695817028.083771.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"479\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/desert-jewels-to-go-into-camp-as-nn-appoints-hamata-as-sg#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/desert-jewels-to-go-into-camp-as-nn-appoints-hamata-as-sg\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Desert Jewels to go into camp \u2026as NN appoints Hamata as SG\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-27T15:36:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-27T15:48:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/desert-jewels-to-go-into-camp-as-nn-appoints-hamata-as-sg\"},\"wordCount\":329,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/desert-jewels-to-go-into-camp-as-nn-appoints-hamata-as-sg#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/09\/sm_1695817028.083771.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa press\",\"Africa Press-Namibia\",\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/desert-jewels-to-go-into-camp-as-nn-appoints-hamata-as-sg#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/desert-jewels-to-go-into-camp-as-nn-appoints-hamata-as-sg\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/desert-jewels-to-go-into-camp-as-nn-appoints-hamata-as-sg\",\"name\":\"Desert Jewels to go into camp \u2026as NN appoints Hamata as SG - 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