Chinese language contest realizes dreams

WINDHOEK - An emotional, 16-year-old Eva Kahili, with tears smudging her makeup, had her dream come true to represent Namibia in China, following her triumph at the 12th Chinese Bridge proficiency competition for secondary school students held in Windhoek recently.

"I still cannot believe it," she told Xinhua. "I am still shocked that I won, I cannot even hold back my tears," a visibly elated Kahili said.

The 16-year-old who was born and bred in Greenwell Matongo, an informal settlement, located in the suburbs of Namibia's capital city, Windhoek, managed to shrug off tough competition from a pack of nine eager and visibly talented students from surrounding schools.