PRETORIA – The coronavirus (Covid-19) loan guarantee scheme has been reviewed to make it easier to access, the National Treasury said yesterday. The scheme is set up to help ease the pressure on qualifying businesses affected by low economic activity following the lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the disease. Among other things, bank...
Romelu Lukaku scored in either half as Inter Milan claimed a 3-0 win against struggling Genoa to move second in Serie A behind Juventus who can win a ninth title in a row yesterday. Antonio Conte’s title ambitions took a knock with back-to-back stalemates against Roma and Fiorentina. But Inter pulled back ahead of Atalanta,...
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has hit back at his Chelsea counterpart Frank Lampard by suggesting the Blues boss still has a lot to learn after branding the new English champions “arrogant.” During Liverpool’s 5-3 win between the sides on Wednesday, Lampard became embroiled in a row with Klopp’s assistant Pepijn Lijnders over a foul that...
SEOUL – North Korean authorities have imposed a lockdown on the border city of Kaesong after discovering what they say is the country’s first suspected coronavirus case, state media reported Sunday. Leader Kim Jong Un convened an emergency politburo meeting on Saturday to implement a “maximum emergency system and issue a top-class alert” to contain...
DURBAN – The World Health Organisation (WHO) and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Wednesday launched what they described as “an expert advisory committee/panel” to deal with the science of traditional medicine therapies. The organisations said via a statement that the panel would advise and support African countries on the safety,...
DAR ES SALAAM – Former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa, hailed as a peacemaker in East Africa, has died aged 81 in a Dar es Salaam hospital, the government announced Friday. He was the country’s third president after independence from Britain in 1962 and ruled for two terms from 1995 to 2005. “I am saddened by...
BANGUI – Controversial former Central African Republic head of state, Francois Bozize on Saturday announced he is running in the December presidential election, a high-risk vote in a country ravaged by civil war since his ouster in 2013. Militants of Bozize’s Kwa Na Kwa (KNK) party have been meeting in Bangui since Friday and the...
OSHIKANGO – Muinasipula wa katengo kandu ya milao kakabona za litaba za kwande, silelezo ni buiketo, Lebbius Tobias, naize tokwahalo ya maino, liofesi ni linzila ki lika ze zibahala zeo babeleki ba kwamiseto mwanaha kaufela batalimani ni zona. Nabulezi zeo mwangambolo ni Nampa kanako yeo katengo nekapotezi museto wa Namibia ni Angola wa Oshikango, mwasikiliti...
Mike Tyson, the former world heavyweight champion who retired in 2005, said on Thursday he will make a comeback at age 54, fighting Roy Jones Jr on 12 September in Los Angeles. On his Legends Only League website, Tyson announced the eight-round exhibition bout against Jones, a 51-year-old fighter who briefly held the heavyweight title...
Marythar Kambinda KATIMA MULILO – The management of Shoprite has been accused of tribalism after it served 26 employees in the Zambezi region with a notice to appear before a disciplinary hearing in Katima Mulilo. “You are hereby given formal written notice that you are requested to attend a formal disciplinary hearing into the allegations detailed in...