Costa Seibeb - farewell to a Namibian champion

NAMIBIA's sporting fraternity and family and friends of the late Costa Seibeb gathered at the Christuskirche in Windhoek on Thursday to pay tribute to the brilliant cyclist who died following a motorcar accident on 1 May.

At a heartfelt and emotional memorial service, tributes were made by the Minister of Sport, Jerry Ekandjo, the president of the Namibia Cycling Federation, Mannie Heymans, and the managing director of Nedbank Namibia, Lionel Matthews, amongst others. Ekandjo paid tribute to Seibeb's determination to rise above his humble beginnings, growing up in Katutura and raised by a single mother.