| Date of birth | 3 October 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Simamkele Namba (born 3 October 1998) is a South African rugby union and sevens player. She has represented South Africa internationally in rugby sevens and fifteens.
Namba represented South Africa at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. [1] [2] She was selected in South Africa's women's fifteens team for the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. [3]
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