In 2022, NSSU team members and parents were left stranded after a trip to Potchefstroom, South Africa where they were supposed to participate in the COSSASA Athletics. They however realised the event was not taking place after travelling to South Africa by bus and arriving to an empty stadium. Both the COSSASA Athletics and the Ball Games have been seen as highlights of Schools Sport in the Southern African region.

Local athletes, who travelled with the Namibia School Sports Union to South Africa for the annual COSSASA ball games recently, were shocked to see that they were not booked at Porthoff Stroom stadium where the event was scheduled to take place.