Oshakati City’s Ishuwa dies

OSHAKATI City Football Club lost its assistant manager Tobias Shikongo Ishuwa, also known as ‘Chicco’, who died on Saturday in the Oshakati State Hospital after a short illness.

Ishuwa became the forth member of the club’s management committee to die since it entered the Namibia Premier League. City’s Israel Dolo Hauwanga died in 2004 while he was the manager of the club, and was followed by its medic Abraham Engombe Nuule, who died in April last year.One of the team’s advisers, Petrus Shinyafa Kamhulu, died in May last year, while a leading supporter, Company Kuutondokwa, also past away last year.Apart from being a former player of the team, the late Ishuwa was a sergeant in the Namibian Police Force, commanding the Drug Enforcement Unit in Oshakati.He is survived by his wife Vistorina Ishuwa and more than two children.The funeral service for the late Ishuwa will start from the Ongwediva Roman Catholic Church today.The memorial service is scheduled for this afternoon at his house in Ongwediva.City’s Israel Dolo Hauwanga died in 2004 while he was the manager of the club, and was followed by its medic Abraham Engombe Nuule, who died in April last year.One of the team’s advisers, Petrus Shinyafa Kamhulu, died in May last year, while a leading supporter, Company Kuutondokwa, also past away last year.Apart from being a former player of the team, the late Ishuwa was a sergeant in the Namibian Police Force, commanding the Drug Enforcement Unit in Oshakati.He is survived by his wife Vistorina Ishuwa and more than two children.The funeral service for the late Ishuwa will start from the Ongwediva Roman Catholic Church today.The memorial service is scheduled for this afternoon at his house in Ongwediva.