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,...
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‘We are not arrogant’ Klopp tells Lampard to move on
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...
Back to the grindstone for MTC HopSol League
The organisers of the MTC HopSol Soccer Youth League say plans to restart the 2020 Junior Leagues are at an advanced stage, with the weekend of 31 July set as the date for the resumption of the matches. Speaking to Nampa, Collin Benjamin, the founder of the youth league said plans are at an advanced...
Hamba kahle to revered rugby icon Chandler Desmond Plato RIP 1970 – 2020
Famously known as “Plates”, in reference to his surname Plato, the departed rugby administrator will go down in history as one of the most astute rugby administrators in domestic rugby. A born and bred seasider, Chandler was a product of the rugby mad De Duine High School in Walvis-Bay’s residential area Narraville for the affluent...
Top spy joins ACC
A top official at the Namibia Central Intelligence Service has been named as the new executive director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) following a surprise reshuffle of accounting officers yesterday. Tylvas Shilongo will take over from Hannu Shipena who has been transferred to the National Council of Higher Education (NCHE). The Office of the Prime...
Govt rolls out decongestion measures … over 1 000 households to be temporarily relocated
WALVIS BAY – At least 1 029 households will be temporarily relocated at Walvis Bay and Swakopmund as part of efforts to fight Covid-19. This follows a Cabinet meeting this week where a directive was issued to relocate residents from densely populated areas, aimed at containing the spread of Covid-19. Information minister Peya Mushelenga said...
A cry of sorrow and grief
First Lady Monica Geingos has penned an emotional letter expressing her heartfelt condolences to the mother of two-week-old Charmaine Moss, who died last week after she was allegedly sexually violated by her own father. “We know that words have little meaning in moments such as these, we also know that it is impossible to understand...
Kids killed in devastating midday blaze
ONAMBANGO – Two children were killed in a horror midday house fire at Onambango in the Oshikoto region on Wednesday. The incident happened shortly after their mother had left the homestead to charge her cell phone at a nearby village. According to the mother Aina Erastus, the fire broke out in one of the thatched...
Government promises residents land
Otjozondjupa governor James Uerikua has promised the residents of Okahandja that President Hage Geingob’s administration has taken a decision to deal with the thorny land issue at the Garden Town. Addressing residents at a packed Nau-Aib stadium yesterday, Uerikua said the ministry of urban and rural development has already been instructed to start surveying land where...
Health workers ‘overwhelmed’ … Covid-19 frontline staff tell Govt delegation
WALVIS BAY – Health workers at Walvis Bay yesterday told a high-level government delegation they are understaffed and overworked due to the increasing Covid-19 infections at the harbour town. The health workers said they simply cannot cope with the intense and emotionally draining work of caring for patients, as both isolation and quarantine facilities are...









