Namibia transitioned from stage two of the National State of Emergency to stage three on Tuesday. In line with this, NBC sports desk caught up with the deputy minister of Sport, Youth and National Service Emma Kantema -Gaomas to find out what this means for the sporting sector. During stage two, the Ministry through the Namibia Sports Commission approved resumption of activity for 25 codes under the Non-Contact sport regulations - provided they adhered to very strict guidelines and measures. These codes included Athletics, Cricket, Equestrian and Motor Sports among others. Meanwhile, Football, Boxing, Rugby, Wrestling and Netball, still have to wait for the next stage. Kantema-Gaomas emphasised that the non- contact sport activities that they announced during stage two still remain and should be adhered to. ” Remember now, we revert back to the three guidelines, That of Social Distancing, Sanitising and then the number of people at a Social gathering, So if you are telling me that they must compete then u have spectators who will be more than 50 then already you bridged the rules “ Kantema -Gaomas encouraged those doing contact sports to exercise individually so they can keep fit. In regards to swimming, her office received some guidelines from the world health organisation that allows swimmers to train. This is because research has found that the Covid 19 virus is not spread in an environment where high chlorine levels can be found. “At this point for as much as we allowed non-contact sport to be carried out and we are still prohibiting the contact sport. We are still consulting further with all the stakeholders involve, because we don't want to open it up now for competition without having those three guidelines. We really do not want to put our athletes at risk “she added. The ministry will continue to monitor the situation and communicate if there are any new developments. During the tabling of the National Budget, the Ministry of Sport, Youth and National Service was allocated 306.8 million Namibian dollars, which is an increase of 20 million from last year's 286 million dollars. As per the allocation of the national budget, Kantema-Gaomas said she is grateful for the increase. “This really again shows, especially this time of the pandemic in fact the ministry entrusted with the mandated is being taken care of. We are mindful of the resources that has diminished and we are mindful of the competing priorities in government and we are really thankful. We have to do with what we have” she concluded.