Independent body to look into Stars/BA soccer dispute

The ongoing dispute between Premier League outfits, African Stars and Black Africa, is now being dealt with by an independent sub-committee.

Speaking to Nampa on Tuesday, the Namibia Premier League (NPL) Board of Governors (BoG)’s chairman, Peter van Wyk, said the elite league management committee had established a five-member sub-committee to look into the matter. According to Van Wyk, the sub-committee had an audience with African Stars on Monday following their protest to have the match, which was suspended last year, re-scheduled.African Stars protested the decision taken by the Namibia Football Association’s (NFA) Disciplinary Committee (DC) and the association’s Appeals Committee (AC) to have the match re-scheduled.Van Wyk, who did not want to go into the details of the matter, said a decision would be taken in a couple of days after the sub-committee had scrutinised all the necessary documentation by African Stars and Black Africa including the NFA’s Rules and Regulations.Van Wyk said African Stars had acted within the confines of the NFA’s Rules and Regulations, adding that the protest was within the powers of the local soccer governing body.The match was scheduled to take place on December 12 last year, but was suspended following Black Africa’s allegations that the referee, who was to officiate the match, was under the influence of alcohol.The five-member sub-committee consists of Harold von Luttichau, Ruben Phillander, Mark Kutzner, Paul Stramis and Bobby Sissing.NampaAccording to Van Wyk, the sub-committee had an audience with African Stars on Monday following their protest to have the match, which was suspended last year, re-scheduled.African Stars protested the decision taken by the Namibia Football Association’s (NFA) Disciplinary Committee (DC) and the association’s Appeals Committee (AC) to have the match re-scheduled.Van Wyk, who did not want to go into the details of the matter, said a decision would be taken in a couple of days after the sub-committee had scrutinised all the necessary documentation by African Stars and Black Africa including the NFA’s Rules and Regulations.Van Wyk said African Stars had acted within the confines of the NFA’s Rules and Regulations, adding that the protest was within the powers of the local soccer governing body.The match was scheduled to take place on December 12 last year, but was suspended following Black Africa’s allegations that the referee, who was to officiate the match, was under the influence of alcohol.The five-member sub-committee consists of Harold von Luttichau, Ruben Phillander, Mark Kutzner, Paul Stramis and Bobby Sissing.Nampa