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No. 176

POLICE! CLASH after 101 Battalion rampage against Swapo-supportin civilians in north

BY CHRIS SHIPANGA IN A bizzare turn o( events, residents or northern Namibia this week witnessed violent clashes bttween those who 8rt to keep law and order during the process or transition to independence and anarchists from the SADF's Battalion 101. who went on rampage intimidating, harrassing and assaulting ch'ilia ns in the area ror wearing the Swapo colours.

Subsequent to an urgent supreme court application this week, in which Rundu residents asked the COUll for an order restraining members of the security forces from unlawfully har­rassment and interference, an out of court settlement was reachp:l between lawyers representing the respective parties' on Wednesday. In tenns of the seulement officcrs commanding the security forces undertook to issue specific orders instructing their members to refrain from commiuing unlawful acts against members of the civilian population. (See story else­where in this edition.)

In the nonhan town5 of OndangWI

and Oshakati res idents who called in the help of police to intervene on their behalf, WCfe shocleed It the detenninationof an Unruly faction of the SADF's 101 Battalion, who sud­denly turned around and assaulted members of SWlpol, for trying to intervene in the soldiers' unlawful. violent and disruptive actions agairts! peaceful civilians.

Senior Oshakati police: officers such as Map Gunia' of the Security Brmch. InspeclOn Serfontein and Van Ton­der were called in by civilians to intervene.

During the v iolent army/police clashes, more police reinforcements, involving over 40 Casspir vehicles were reportedly called in, and the SADF's anarchisu were evenrually overpowered.

Police reportedly give the soldiers about 20 minutes IOdisperse, where­after lhey too vacated the scene.

101 Battalion members, however. later returned and Unabatedly contin­ued their all8cks on civilians, but police aUegedly stayed clear and did not came back again.

One o f_the civilians, Mr Oswald Shivute, who helped tocall in police, had his jacket tom to pieces, and told 10 go and repon again .

Later that evening, about three soldiers arrived at the Gabriel Taap-

opi SecondllI)' &:0001 and auempted to atxluct some school girls. The soldien wtte soon chased of the school grounds by several male students whereupofl"they ned into the town­ship.

They returned with rifles, and wiJdly opened fire on the premises. The soldiers also "arrested" what they called two "Swapo terrorists" at the school, only to learn later at their headquanen that the men were in fact the school's headmaster, Mr Josia Udjombala and his deputy, Mr Al­pheus Haidull.

Officers at WI Bau.alion suggested thatthelwo men be taken toOshakati police, IS the "matter was for pe>­lice. "

On arrival at the police station, OShUlti, several of the Sw_"'" .• -members who had earlier been in­volved in Ihe clashes with the lOt Baualion men, recognised the sol­diers, and immediately arrested them.

Residenu further reported to The Namibian thlt soldiers in the atea have put up road blocks on aU the main roads in the area, where they stop civilian vehicles, and assault persons sporting the Swapo coloun.

It was also reported that civilians in outlaying rural areas like Ondobe were harrassed by members of the security forces disguised in civilian clothes, and driving in both Casspir vehicles and OTdinary bakJcjes with­out regislrltion numbers.

Most of the commW"lity workers in the area have since abandoned their homes in fear of these persons.

Residents have also reponed that two young women, Elisabeth Eras­mus. and Justinl Erasmus were shot and seriously wounded al legedly by soldiers in the Omatangela village on Wednesday.

While the army has kept a light lip .. over the incidents, police said they

would furnish a reply or comment ne;!;t week.

A MEMBER or the Australian contingent of UNTAG caught by a photographer while carerully cleaning his M-16 automatic weapon where the group is staying in Windhoek. Photograph by Godfrey Mdevulawa.

SECURITY FORCES PROMISE RESTRAINT AN OUT of court settlement was reached between lawyers representing security forces and those acting on behalf of applicants who earlier sought for an order to restrain both SWATF a nd SWAPOL members from unlawfully harrassing and intimidati ng

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NANSO students IUld Swapo mem­bers, inctuding the organisation's Vkc. President. against the Officer Com­manding the SWA TF, the Commis­sioner of SWAPOL, and the Admin­is trator-General of SWA.

Applicants are cited as Mr Faustinus Wakudumo, NANSO, Mr Vincent

COURT REPORTER

Likoro, Mr Paulus David, Mr Petrus Joseph, Mr Ambrosius Haingura, and Pastor Hendrik Witbooi.

'The mal1Q" was settled on Wednes­day and each pany hu agreed-to pay its own casu. In terms of the settle­ment, the security forces have under­Illken to issue specirlC orders instruc::t-

In A Nutshell

ing all SWA TF and SWAPOL members to refl-ain from unlawfully harrlSsing or interfering with appli­cants in the lawful exercise of their rights of freedom of upression, assembly md associltion .

The rt:SpOndmts have fwtha- undt:r­taken to take reasonable steps to cn­sure that the above specific insu-uc­tions are communicated to all serv-

ing members of the security forces as soon as possible.

Detailed affidavi ts and other rele­vant evidence was laid before Mr Justice JohlUl SlTydom this weele, to illustrate that for several years now, both SWA TF and SWAPOL mem­ben had been engaged in acampaign of unlawful harrassment IUld inter·

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ference with persons known to be members or supporters of Swapo.

The applicants further argued that these actions are carried out quite clearly beyond the statutory powers, duties and functions vested in the SWA TF or SWAPOL, and in bad faith.

The applications submitted that these unlawful actions range from assaults toarrests and detentions. the disruption of gatherings. and inter­ference with fundamental rights of association, assembly and speech.

They further submitted that it is clear that these unlawful actions have taken place on such a scale that they are directly authorised at the highest level in SWA TF and SWAPOL. or are pennined at this level to occur.

Citing specific examples of direct evidence that the Koevoet (Crowbar) Counter-insurgency unit of the: SAP, which was later transferred 10 SW APOL, and ostensibly disbanded in recent weeks, has in particular been instructed to perpetrate further unlawful acts against suspected members, supporters or allies of Swapo, the applicants flied I stun· ning statement by a former Koevoet member Paulus Davids.

The applicants also submitted that similarly, so--called cultural organ· isations such as Ezuva and Etango are set up and funded by theSWATF in Kavango and Owambo respec· lively.

According 10 a statement by Paulus Davids, which was handed in to the supreme court, by the applicants, the litter left Namibia for Angola at the age of 13, toaltend various schools in Angola, Zambia and Cuba under the auspices of SWlpo.

In 1979 Davids received military training in Angola, and in 1980 pr0-ceeded to the Soviet Union for fur· ther training. From January 1982, until his capture by security forces on June27 ,of the same year, the man fought on the side of the People's Liberation Anny of Namibia (pl...AN), serving as I platoon commander.

The court heard that after his cap· ture, he was taken toOshakatL where he was subjected to three days of 1tttUle, including severe beatings and electric shock treatment at the hands of the security forces . . ,

He was kept in solitary confme· ment in a cell at Oshakali for ap· proJlimately three months, whereaf· ter he was made to work at On· imwandi Base.

In January 1983 he was transferred to Rundu, where he took up a posi· tion as driver with Koevoet. Davids stated that he resigned from Koevoet on February I I, this year.

"I was always reluctanrt to work with Koevoet, but remained with the unit out of fear. At my base at 'Ar· endsnes' there were approJlimately

25 eJl·PLAN guerrillas employed by KoevoeL We all feared to leave the base because we were infonned by our officers in Koevoet that, should we resign from Koevoet , they would follow us and murder us."

"ThiS: threat was even made to us by our commanding officer, a certain Captain Joos Engelbrecht. We were also prevented Iium visiting our hoole8 while employed by Koevoet, and only saw our families when they were brought to the Koevoet base."

"I feel ashamed at what 1 partici· pIted in whilst being employed by koevoet. I hive always been a sup· ponerof Swapo, and I now feel, that I cannot remain working in Koevoet, irrespective of what my fate might hold or what retribution might be taken against me for leaving."

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OUT OF COURT SETTLEMENT in their terms could only be achieved by a system of 'christian national independence," said Mr Haingura.

"In Koevoet we ue also specifi· cally instructed that Swapo was the enemy and that nothing good could be achieved by the organisation. Our officers often address us on political issues and told us what we should believe. We were given instructions to harrass and intimidate supporters of Swapo whom we came across in the~ofourwork," stated Davids.

He further told thecourt that; "For instance, we were instructed by our commanding officer, Captain Engel. brecht, to atTest anybody wearing clothing indicating that he was a member or supporter of Swapo."

He explained that this would mean that if they saw a person wearing a Swapo T ·shirt, clothes depicting the Swapo colours or trade union T·shirts of the NUNW which is affiliated to Swapo, then they should atTest such persons and take them to the police station.

"We were never informed that the purpose of the arrest was to charge them, buI. understand that it was merely to harrass them and intimidate the local population from any visible upression of suppport for Swapo. Arrests by Koevoet under these un· lawful circumstances occurred on a regular basis both in Kavango and Ovamboland."

Davids further stated in coun that more recently, when there was more talk of UN Resolution 435, it became that those in authority in Koevoet became even more antagonistic towards Swapo.

"For instance on October I , 1988, the locaJ branch of the S wapo branch in Runduheld ameeting at the Rundu Junior School. I was informed by • certain 'Rooie' Strauss of Koevoet, that our instruclions were to prevent Swa~ from nolding the meeting. It was clear that this was to be done by mere force, and not b~ law.' :

"I witnessed several Swapol qlembers in uniform "beating those gathered with sjam boks. I personaJ ly saw a policeman, known to me as Sergeant Etienne Viljoen, kicking a woman who fell in the street. The crowd then dispersed and recongre­gated at the venue of the meeting."

"Sometime thereafter, a police· man, who I believe was the Chief Inspector of SwapoJ for the area, got into my Casspir. The said policeman then spoke over the radio to one of the helicoplerpilolS, and I overheard him asking the pilot to fly low over the people at the meeting so that dust was blown onto them."

Davids further pointed out to court that it seemed to him that Koevoet was even more determined not to. allow people the freedom to show their support for Swapo.

"On January 23, 1989, a meeting was held at Arendsnes, and our commanding officer Captain Engel· brecht told us that Untag was to come to Namibia, and that we had to work together with them. He informed us thai we were not a llowed to talk to them, and that they were nOl allowed to \lSe our vehicles, but had to bring their own equipmenL He also men· tioned that the SADF was to go back to South Africa, but the base at Sec· tor I o and that atGroolfontein would remain."

"Captain Engelbrecht advised us that we were no longer Koevoet but !hal we wm oow members of Swapol. He warned us that simply because we were no 1000ger Koevoet, that did not

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mean that we were not still going to make war."

"He Slid that should Swapo come to power then we would fight again. He used the illustration of a mamba that loses its skin, it still remains a mamba. He instructed us 10 tell aqny people we met while we were on patrol in Ovarilboland or Kavango that they must tell their mothers, fathers, their children, brothers and sisters, that they must all vote for the DTA."

"He said that if we did this and all the people voted for the DT A then we would keep Swapo out. After this announcement, that we had been transferred to Swapol, nothing changed. We did not sign any forms, nor d id we even chabge our uniform, eJlcept that we no longer wore the 'Swapol.Tin' badge," the court was told.

Davids also stated that during the second week of February, 1989, a group of approximately 25 of them

lain Grobler was apparently in charge of the camp. He upllined that they were a cultural organisation, and their aims were to fight for the 'uuc free· dom.'

"EzUVI is c;ertainly not I cultural organisation, but merely a propa· ganda wing of the anny. The anny o fficers who gave the lectures wore civilian clothes but the were anned and called each other by their ranks and also saJuted each other. They clearly were not civilians."

"The lecrures took. the form of a long speech on the evils of commu· nism. From that followed that Swapo was 'oommunist' <rientatcd andshoWd it lake over, it would do away with the tribal system and nobody would be entitled to own possessions."

"Tehy claimed that everything would then belong to the state. We were funher lOld that we had to fight Swapo in every way to ensure that it did not take over the land. They also spoke to us about democracy which

He said that at the end of the "coune" they were all automati ­cally members of Ezuva, and were issued with certificates, at a cere· mony presided over by an EXCO member of the Kavango Administra­tion, I cenain Gerard Shakadja.

Other supportive statements which were handed in to the court by the applicants were thoseofSwapo Vice President, Hendrik Witbooi, NANSO President Paul Kalenga, Legal As· sistance Centre lawyer Andrew Wil· Iiam Corbett, and several students and pupils who were rec:ently wounded al a junior school hostel, when a soldier wildly opened fire on them.

Advocates JJ. Gawulen., Thoo Frank and Dave Smuts acted for the appli · cants on insuuctions from Mr A.W. Corbett of the Legal Assistance Centre in Windhoek, whileAdvocateP. Van der Byl, S.C. acted for the respon· dents.

Lawyen from the legal Assistance Centre have confirmed that they will lake the appropriate steps if the terms of settlement were not adhered to.

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they wished to resign from KoevoeL On February II, 1989,lhey were all transferred from Rundu to Oshakati, where Koevoet's General Dreyer told them that they could go home. Pres· ent were a Swapol member Koos de Villiers, and an unidentified black mono

The court heard that Generai Dreya instructed the men to conlinue giving infarnation on Swapo activities, report its combatants, and to make propa­ganda against Swapo, telling the local population not to vote for Swapo.

"Given our inslroctions and the altitude of officers in Koc:voet and Swapol, I believe that Koevoc:t and SWlpol will do everything in their power to insure that Swapo does not win the election. Their altitude is openly aggressive towards Swapo, ""hile at the same time they ue pro­moting other parties, such as the oT A," Davids told the. supreme court.

A supponive statement !landed in to the supreme court by another for· mer PLAN combatant, Mr PetroS Joseph, testified that he was arrested on absolutely fabricated charges of possessing "communist" ammuni­tion, when he handed in his resigna­tion from Koevoet on February 7, 1989.

Joseph pointed out to court, how· ever, that Koevoet members them· selves often ann themselves with AK 47 assault rifles, as they are superior 10 South African weaponry and ammuni tion. He lold told the coun that he remained in custody until his release after charges had been withdrawn on FebruaJy 16, 1989.

Yet another supportive statement which was handed in by the appli­cants, was thai of Mr Ambrosius Haingura, a fonner chief clerk at the Kavango Department of Education, and now a para-legal advice office offkial anployed by the Human Rights Trust at Rundu.

In his statement, Mr Haingura told theourt thai in 1984 he received first­hand eJlperience of SW A TF's politi· cal agenda. Hesaid at the time he was employed by the Education Depan­ment of Kavango, and that the then Director of Education, a cenain Mr Barlett, instructed him to attend a week long coune organised by the anny'scultural organisation, Ezuva.

"I was not happy to do so, but was in fonned that I had no ckoice what· soever in the matter. A certain Cap·

'Rape is political ' say Scouts SENIOR Scouting personnel in Windhoek failed 10 respond this week to press queries COIIcernmg the cancellation by that organisation of the hire of the Scout Hall by .the Legal Assistance Centre in Windhoek for the holding of a conference on rape counselling.

At least 40 people, some of whom were travelling up from Cape Town for the conference, were to attend the planned five·day seminar on rape.

The organiser of the conference, Ms Michaela Clayton of the LAC,· was attempting late this week, to find an alternative venue for the conference on the crucial question of rape, with a view to setting up arapecrisis centr.e in the near future.

On inquiry she confirmed that the Chairman of the First Windhoek scouting body had told her that the hall was no longer available, implying that the planned conference was of a 'political' nature.

The LegaJ Assistance Centre was to hire the hall for five days. , , .

Aussies contribute to return of exiles 'AUSTRA'LIA will provide 500 000 Australian dollars ror the repatriation of Namibian refugees, the ActingMinister ror Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr Michael Duffy, said yesterday.

This.amounts to roughly R250 000. "Australia 's contribution is in response to an appeal from the United

Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for its Namibia repatriation opera· tion," he said.

Mr Duffy said he noted that the UNHCR operation would cover food , transport, health, shelter and rehabilitation. The process is scheduled to begin in May!lune this year.

"This contribution is in addition 10 Australia's panicipation in the UN peacekeeping force, to which we are providing 300 military personnel," Mr Duffy commented.

A serious obstacle to 435 says SA's Neil van Heerden

SOUTH Arrica has said that the implementation orRcsolution 435 has stru ck a serious obstacle which affects the partiality or the UN Secretary General, Dr Javier Perez de Cuellar.

The Director General of Foreign Affairs, Mr Neil van Heerden, brought up this "problem" yesterday morning when he released an invilation received by South Africa's representative at the UN, Mr Jeremy Shearer, appealing for contributions to four funds for the international Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

The four funds, says South Africa, are known resources for Swapo. "This can be very serious, coming eight days before implementation date,"

Mr van Heerden said . He said South Africa would have to raise the "most strenuous objections"

and that there would be "hell toply" once the internal panies inNamibilcame to hear of it.

Mr van Heerden said that now the process of implementation was in progress, the UN Secretary General was sponsoring a fund which "seriously compromised" his impanialily.

Theconlributions and pledges had been an annual event for some years now and concerned the follow ing funds:

• The UN Educational and Training Programme for Southem Africa; • The UN Fund for Namibia, general account; • The UN Trust Fund for the Nalionhood Programme for Namibia; • The Trust Fund for the UN Institute for Namibia. Mr van Heerden said it was general knowledge that these funds were spent

only on the advice of Swapo and therefore to their benefit

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According to I slatement drawn up by the Management Committee of the Oshakali State Hospital. sev­eral persons. mainly members of the security forces had been caught red handed with clI:plosivts. while al­tempting to illegally enter into hos­pital premises recently.

The statement comes in the wake of rcpons by many residents in the area lO the e ffect thai a second • 'Oshakati massacre" is bemg plannod by the "enemies of the Namibian people."

This week, the Management Committee of the hospital slaled that it is investigating a matter concern­ing I senior Health Inspector, known u Mr L. du Plessis, who together with two members of the pltioe force, apparently from Oshakati. illegally entered the hospital grounds through an outside fence at about 2OhOO on March 1, this year.

When the persons' were caught by the OOspital security guards, and laac:r confronted by members of the man­agement committee, Mr Du Plessis initially explained that he had en· tered via the security fence of the hospital to "shoal birds. , .

He, however, later changed thi, venion, and claimed that he entered the hospital grounds TO " cau:h birds."

At about Olh15 , of the same day, two men., a black and a white , alleg­edly members of the SADF were caught at the entry gale while in possession of flR; arms, ammunitkm and other explosives like handgre­_ ..

Theirstor)' wu thatthey wanted to visit their girlfriends in the hospital. When confronted about the explo­sives, and before the matter could be . , reported to police, the two men es­caped and disappeared in the dark.

The management committee fur­ther stated that on Saturday, March 4, 1989, two whi te members of the anned forces wen:: spotted while canying material that looked like explosives.

The men had illegally entered the hospital grounds through the secu­rity fence, but immediately jumped over the fence again when spotted by security guards.

The committee also expressed conecm at two anonymous telephone calis, made to the superintendent o f that hospital, Doctor Nestor Shi YUte, while in Windhoek, by someone who

claimed to be a member of !he SADF. The caller flIst 'phoned the doctor

on March 2, 1989, claiming to be attached to the SADF's Intelligence section, n:ponedly trying to convince the doctor that he wu "under thc constant surveillance of the SADF."

The caller also asked thl; doctor when he was planning to leave Wind­hoek for Oshakati, upon which the doctor replied: "Tomorrow."

Five days later, on March 7 ,1989, the same person. called again con­fronting the doctor in Windhoek as to when he was going back to Os­hak.ati .

Meanwhile, residents have on nwnQ"OlJ5 oo::asims n:poncd that !hey feared that "enemies oflhe people," wcte moe more htsy planning a sox:n:I. " Oshuati massacre."

"This time, " they ,aid , " the en­emy we\ts to make further anti-SwlpO propaganda whilstUntag is here. We know Out enemy by now. "

Oshul ti ruidenll have also ap­pealed to " every body concerned," to be utrl-vigilant, in order to avoid a "seemingly imminent tragedy."

TheOshakati hospital wu a scene of drama. when an explosion oc:­cured minute.. after I musive bomb blast rocked the Fint National B ank, Oshakati, claiming the lives of 2g people early in February,lut year.

Most of those killed in the blut were nunea from the hospital, while several other patients at the hospital died as a result of I lack of power, particularly in the thelter.

Namibims at lu ge , Oshakati resi· den ts in particular and community leaders in the area then accused members of the armed forces for the bomb blast and called on these forces LO withdrlw from Namibia.

Pro status quo instances and indi­viduals, however, blamed Swapo for the blast, with authorities. mainly from the police and army initial ly claimed thattheresponsible' 'Swapo terrorists," had fled across the An­golan border.

A few months later, I controver· sial young man, Leonard Shechama, 25, who allegedly admitted to secu­rity forr;:cs tha t he was a ·'terrorist.," brie fly appeared in a magisu ate 's court at Ondangwa. in connection with he bl .. ~1.

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AN OPEN LETTER TO SECURITY POLICE OR TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN PETER Koep and Company are a reputable law firm situated a three-minute walk away rrom tbt offices ofTbe Namibian. The newspaper is presently employing the services oftbis law firm to sortout a tangled mess of libel, defamation and insurance payouts for arson. It therefore seemed expedient to correspond with the law finn by mail instead of trotting to and fro.

I began to hive serious doubts when the lawyers swore blind that they had mailed the litest correspon' dence to WI on March 3. Much 5 came and went.. as did March 9, and still no letter. Finally on Tuesday, Much 14, the leiter arrived. The Stale of the envelope led one to be· lieve that it had been posted by a Section Six detainee at OsireJ Above the spit-stained, wrinkled,obviously re·sealed flap, was the law fum 's stamp.

In between the time of posting the lener, it found its way from the Windhoek Central Post Office, across town 10 the Ausspannplau Post Of­fice (near police headquarters) when:: il 'disappeared' for almost two weeks befon:: arriving at The Namibian. The II dlYs it took to reach us forces us to suggest that the Windhoek post office should now consider an lir· mail service within the city limits! This ncwspaper has physical proof that letters from London and New York have reached us in a shorter time than has aletlcr postc.i a three· minute walk away.

Mail 10 The Namibian has I long and compJe:t hislory. We know our mail is intercepted and read just as much as our telephones are lapped. This uadition was blalAntly e:tposed by an incident involving myself. the Posnnasler General and the Security Police in December 1984. A full eight months before The Nam ibian even hit the streets, I made I strange dis­covery in my postbox one morning. A registered slip addressed to the Posnnaster General It my address. I SUSpecied thai it WIS a reply 10 my inquiry I few days earlier as to why mail was disappearing and re·ap· pearing in my mailbo:t. The letter was collected. and 10 and behold. inside I find a 'top secret' missive hom the security police in Pretoria authorising the interccptionof all my incoming and outgoing mail for 'reasons of stale security'!

I released the 'misdirected ' letlcr to the press and hours latcr found mysclfbehind bars. Swept outor my home by a contingent of top·ranking policcmen from the crimin&! and security branches, I was taken orr to thecclls and told I was being arrested under the Officill Secrets Act

Aftcr scveral dlys in jail, I was released, under heavy bail conditions,

which included the withdrawal of my passport; restriction to Windhoek; and an order to report to the police station several times a week.

After months of inconvenience I wu informed that all cl\~es in tmns of the Official Secrets Aet had been dropped There were several red faeca in PreI.OriI afler the mail botch·up between the Postml.$\a Gencral and myself, then a correspondent with the Bri tish Broadcasting Corporl ­tion. A few security policemen 'bit thedusI' as aresul tofwhat was voted as one of the major bungles o f the year by South African newspapers. (Canoonist Grogan had his impres­sion of the fi asco published in I Cape

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of 'state spyina; '. This is an aspect of life in namibia which will not be monitored during the transition pe­riod.

But we do seriously request the authorities and 'whom it mlY con­cern' 10 either duist from these bla­tant invasions on privacy, or speed the processes up I bitl ln apparently changing times such as these, one wonders why they bother. After all. the only people mailing anything 'secret ' are the securi lY pol ice them­selves.

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4 Friday March 17 1989 THE NAMIBIAN

Intimidation and assaults continue in north under nose of UN's supreme military commander DESPITE the arrival in Namibia orseveral contingen tsorUNTAG's peacekeeping forces. incidents or intimidatKm, harrassment and assault or civilians by members or the South African security (orces continue unabated, and worse still, under the very nose of the supreme commander or the UN rorce.

Returning from a recent tour of the north, \0 " assess and investigate the military and security situation in the area," Lieutenant-General Dewan Prem Chand told reporters that the "secwity si tuation in nonhern Namibi. has impro ... ed for the bet-

ter," th.t there had been consider­able improvements since he l.sl vis­ited Namibia some len years ago, and th.t there was 'peace'_

On the same weekend of his tour, a soldier from the SADF's 202 Bat­talion, at Rundu, wildly opened fire

on • hostel of a junior secondary school wounding seven pupils and students.

While the incident might have seemed isolated to some observers, il was to many Namibians another confllJTlation of their anticipated fc:.an of the fonhcoming period of transi­tion to independence and nationhood.

In fact, the shooting incident at lhe school was evidence of the lalest unlawful act of aggression perpe­luted by members of !.he security

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The United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) requires suitably qualified interpreters and office workers, on a temporary basis,for varying

periods up to one year, for its operations throughout the country.

In all instances, applicants must be residents of the area of work or be able to secure their own tran sportation and accommodation.

Interpreters Must have secondary/post-secondary education and a very good command of

English and of loca l languages. Some proven related experience is requ ired.

Bushmanland: English to Zjuc'hoa and Kung Caprivi: English to Lozi

Damaraland : English to Damara Heretoland: English to Herero Kaokoland : English to Hereto

Kavango ; Engli sh to Kwangall English to Gci riku English to Afrikaans, English to Mbukushu

N'amaland: Engl ish to Nama Owamboland : Engl ish to Afrikaans

English to Kwanyama English to Ndonga

Reh'oboth: English to Afrikaans Windhoek : English, Afrikaans and other languages

All other towns: English, Afrikaans, - combination of other local languages most desirable

Administrative/­Secretarial and

Clerical Jobs WINDHOEK AND GROOTFONTEIN

Secondary education and at least three yea rs relevant experience requ ired for all the following positions:

ADMINISTRATIVE CLERKS/ASSISTANTS SECRETARIES

PERSONNEL/PROCUREMENT CLERKS CLERKITYPISTS

RECORDS/DOCUMENTS CLERKS BOOKKEEPERS

Interested persons should send written applicat ion plus detai led cu rriculum vi tae (eV), includ ing date and place of birth and present residence, to the :

Chief. Personnel Section Division of Administration UNTAG Private Bag ,3329 WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA, 9000

forces against civilians in the area. Earlier this week, the fears of the

majority of the people of this country wen: further deepened, when scores of ci ... ilians in northem Namibia were brutally assaulted by members of the secwity forces for merely sporting the blue, red and green colours of the liberation mo ... ement of their choice.

Several women were reportedly stripped naked, and assaulted badly, when members of the SADF's Bat· talion 101, al Ondangwa, went on a rarr.page intimidating, harrassing, and beating up Swapo supporters spon­ing these colours.

Many residents reponed that sol ­diers stripped them of their T -shirts,

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cutting them up with kni ... es before burning them to ashes. One young woman who was stripped to her underwear only confirmed that she had laid a charge wi th police .t Ondangwa.

The young woman pointed out that police initially did not want to h .... e anything lodo with her case, and told her that "they wt:re not interested." She was reportedly Iold that she could as well ha ... e remained at home after getting dressed.

Students at the ipumbu Secondary School reponed that a number of soldiers also arri ... ed at their school on Monday and Tuesday, to assault those students who were dressed in Swapo coulours.

Soun:es in the area further con­firmed that security forces ha ... e in­creased road blocks on all main roads in the north, where civilians are har­rassed and intimidated by members of balta lion 101, who are distributing anny caps with slogans sud! as: "Vote for the winners -Bau.alion 101" ,and " We are fighting for true independ­ence."

At such roadblocks, civilians sport­ing Swapo colours, are threatened with death, assaulted, robbed of their personal belongings , and at gunpoint forced to wear these army c.ps.

It was also reported to this news­paper that many ci ... ilians li ... ing in outlying rural areas are subject to constant visits by members of the secwity forces disguised in eivil ian clothes, who are dropped offby both Casspir armoured vehicles and othcr unregistered baJdc.ies.

These secwity force members are reponedly in possession of a death list, and go from the one homestead to the other looking for prominent community leaders whom they ac­cuse of " influencing all the O ... am­bos to vote for Swapo."

The Namibian recei ... ed confinna­tion of the fact that nursing staff at a Lutheran clinic in the Ondobe ... il­lage ned in fear of their lives, and that the clinic was closed. on Monday and Tuesday .

Several teachers in the area were also reponed absent from schools, while local clergymen sought refuge with relati ... es in and around Oshakati.

Othermcmben ofthc sorurity forces reportedly "expoWlded" toci ... ilians the workings and mechanisms of UN

Resolution 435, while simultaneously warning them against voting for Swapo, claiming thai the organisa­tion was only going 10 bring them untold misery and suffering.

" Swapo is marxist and commu­nist, and they are going to rape your wives. Swapo is going to seize your propeny, and will not allowyouto go to church any more. They ue going to in ... ite the Cubans and Russians, and thcse people are a bunch of kill ­ers," ... illagers were told by mem­bers of the security forces .

The army has repealedly denied its in ... olvement in the country's poJi tics when approached by this newspaper on numerous occasions.

The army, however, justifies its actions by claiming to be fighting against " manism and communism," as "this is a real threat to the people of SWA," and that "communist inspired Swapo," allegedly aims to do just these things.

Anny spokesmen are also on rec­ord as saying that: " It is true tha t members of the anned forces ... isit ... illages on request of the popUlation for information regarding Resolu­lion435."

Mcanw hile , it was understood th.t UNT AG's General Chand, who inter alia, appealed to Namibians not to "anticipate e ... ents," was for the second time visiting the area during the same week.

The General was being esconed by high ranking o fficers of the SADF everywhere he goes, and he person· ally spelt OUI at an earlier press con­ference that he was not connected to the "politiCal aspects." bill merely to the "m ilill'ry aspects," when he was asked what UNTAG' s military component 's response would be in the e ... entof intimidation from what­ever quarter.

While he added that such "mili­tary aspects," could indeed ha ... e "security implications," it would be interesting to know whethcr these SADF officers, who are briefmg him and escorting him on his reconnais­sance, also rcmembered to take him, not only 10 'whileOshakati ,' but also to other places like Oluno, Valom­bola and even to outlying ... ilIages, such as to Ondobe, for lheGeneral to see the " situation on the ground."

Exactly three weeks ago, on Feb­ruary 26, 1999, General Chand ar­rived at the Windhoek Airport to a rumulruous wellcome by thousands of Namibians, mainly Swapo mem­bers and supporters, but was quickly whisked away in an army con ... oy.

The General apparently did not even have the opportwlity 10 aclcnowl­edge his welcomtn:, yct, anopponu­nity was created for him to travel to nonhem Namibi., to meet amongst others, • prominent DT A member and right wing tribal headman, who is known for his pro-SADF stance.

This week, the army has seem­ingly elected to ignore enquiries by The Namibian reganling the matter, while . police spokesman, also re­acting to an unrelated incident fur­nished the following comment: "Although romoUfS of incidents mentioned in your enquiry ha ... e been heard since the first Unlag officials arri ... ed in the country, none of it could be conflmled, nor ha ... e any assault charges been laid with thc police ."

"As you ue probably aware, the pri ... ilege ellists for commanding officers of Untag to report any such incidotts 10 the canmissiax:r of poliot for further in ... estigalion. To the pres­ent this has not occured. "

Meanwhile Namibians, mainly in the northern parts of the country, ha ... e ellpressed concern thai unless "some~ing positi ... e," isdone about the latest' 'negati ... ede ... elopments," then their worsl fears may be realised and complete.

FORMER Swapo combatant, Nathaniel Shilongo, whose "ab-­duction" from the Onandjokwe Lutheran Hospital in 1987 by a combined KoevoetiArmy con­tingent while on a drip and undergoing medication, is at last free after being regularly tor­tured during his more than two years of incarceration without trial.

M r Shilongo's alxiuclion from the hospital caused seruational news headlines and provoked a massive outcry at the time.

Nathaniel Shikmgo was injured on the night of March 16, 1987. after he and a fellow Swapo fighler walked into an ambush by South African soldiers who were guarding clctrical installations nellr Ondangwa.

Speaking this week, Mr Shilongo recounted his ordeal al the hands of the South African security forces from the time of his capture al the Onandjokwe Hospital , his period in detention al various centres includ­ing Oshakati. Ondangwa and Osire, until hineleasc in January this year.

He said it was about 9pm on the night of March 16, 1987, when he and another gucnilla ta'I into 811 tnemy ambush at Onarnahango, near On­dangwa. They were both on a mis­sion to sabotage the power lines to Ondangwa, he said. .

Mr Shilongo was the leader of a group of foW' Swapo gucrrillas who had enlered the countty to accom­plish several miss ions.

He had assigned two of the insur­gents to a separate mission elsewhere, while he and his fello w fighter were to sabotage the e\etricity supply to Ondangwa.

They wore civilian clothes and hid their weapons, but carried eltplosives to blow up the eloctricallines, said Mr Shiloogo.

Appoximilely 10 metres from their target, enemy soldiers lay in wait to ambush the guerrillas. The South African soldiers were not spotted until it was too late, he said.

Mr Shilongo and the other guer­rilla suddenly found themselves under fU'C, and they ran for cover.

He added that judging from the shots flTCd. it appeared that there ' wereonly three soldiers guarding the insullations .

The two fighters paned during the attack, and Mr Shilongo sustained a gunshot wound in his right leg.

He managed to nut through the bush for • while until he could no longer continuc through the pain and loss of blood. He took cover WIder a U'ee and spentlhe entire night uncon­scious.

Early the following day, a civilian who was working on his fields dis­covered the Swapo fighter under­neath the U'ee.

Re alising the man was injured, the farmer proceeded to the headman of the area near Oniipa 10 report the matter .

He was joined by other c ivilians who went to the Onandjokwe Lu­theranHospital tocallan ambulance, which arrived and took Mr ShikJr.go to the hospital.

The wOWlded guerrilla, who had by this stlge lost an enormous quan­tity of blood, was put on a drip and given medication to ease the pain.

Barely 30 minutes later, the Onandjokwe hospital was uncIer siege by a combined KocvoctiAnny con­tingent 1be building was surrounded.

As far as he could establish, Mr Shilongo said , the security forces had followed his trai l of b lood which led them to the tree WIder which he had spent the nigh t.

The South African soldiers had assaulted civilians in the area in an effort to dctcmlIDc the Swapo ftghlf:f's whcn:abrulS, and eventually they were takcn to the hospital and the ward in which he lay.

Led by a Colonel Lxttty, the Armyl Kocvoet tcam burst into the hospital and forcibly removed Mr Shilongo from the building. The security force members did not bother to consult

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ABDUCTED from his cell after a week.

On another occasion, a second fonnergucrrilla was brought into his cell and stayed there for a month. Mr Shilongo said this person had also been a police plant, and had at one stage admitted to having been sent by Lt du Plessis 10 obtain infonnalion.

PLA For the next months, nothing much happened - until December 1988, when Lt du Plessis called Mr Shi­Jongo into h is office.

RELEASED He asked him if he was still not

willing to change his mind. H~ also wanted to know if Mr Shilongo was not tired of si tting in the cell when he could be outside washing police cars or sweeping the ir offices.

Mr Shilongo said he realised that lOese were ploys to uy to "tWll" him,so he refused and requcsted that he be brought before court after bein g forcibly t aken from

Onandjokwe Hospital in 1987 On January 5, 1988, Mr Shilongo

was transferred to Osire where fur­ther moves were made by different policeman to try and recruit him.

A Warrant Officer Fourie from the Security Branch made the fmal at­tempt in January this year to tty and tum the guerrilla. hospital aUlhc:ritics a- atlempt to obtain

pcnnission to enter and remove the wOWlded man.

Mr Shilongo said he was then taken to the Ondangwa airbase where remained in the sickbay for sevcral hours.

Once the army doctors had left the sickbay, he said, a group of soldicrs arrived and took him away 10 a detcn­tion centre in Oshakati.

At the centre he was bealen and tonurcd by soldiers using lengths of hoscpipe. He said he was also blind­folded while the beatings went on.

Mr Shilongo said he was interro­gated about the other guerrillas with whom he had been, and asked about the nature and quantity of their arms and ellpiosives.

The soldiers continued to beat him for hours on end , he said, and had • qucstioned h im as 10 whether he had given any explosives to lIJlyone 10

transport 10 Windhoek. They had also wanted the names of those civilians who had given him assistance.

He was later transferred to 101 base at Ondangwa, where he was made to sleep with his hands tied behind his back in a hole covered with wire gauze.

During the next few days, Mr Shilongo said he was subjected to beatings, interrogation and electric shocks.

At one point, he said, a soldier kicked him so hardon his injured leg thaI the wound began bleeding again. He was then admitted IOhospitai and was pUl on a drip.

On the same day, however,. nwnbrr of soldiers arrived at the hospital and removed Mr Shilongo, once again without the knowledge or consent of the doctor.

He was again tenured - this time his head was covered by a plastic bag towhich was attached a sackofwatcr and I rube leading 10 his nostrils. Breathing was very difficult under the circumstances, said Mr Shilongo, as he could not avoid inhaling the water.

Further interrogations continued in conjuction with various methods OflOrture, while the line of question­ing shifted to the presence and loca­tion of Swapo bases in southern Angola.

On March 20, he said, he w as taken in aconvoy ofC&sspirs into southern Angola to point out Swapo bases.

Mr Shilongo said he had decided to lie \0 his captors.

More than 30klns inside Angola was a town, ncltt towhich were FapJa bases.

On arriving ncar the town. the South African soldiers disembarked fro.-n the ir vehicles and stahcd question­ing and ISsault ing civilians, he said .

Mr Shilongo believed thal this must have alcncd the nearby FapJa forces, who opened fire. The South African soldiers ~callercd in all directions and the Casspirs were immediately ordered to retreat, he said.

Commanding !lIe unit was a Cap-

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Former Swapo r.ghttr Nathaniel Shilongo who was recently released,

tain Burger and a LicutenantManiki, in whose Casspir was the captured Swapo fighter.

Back in Ondangwa, Mr Shilongo was given funher medical lreaunent at the military hospital for six days.

On March 31, 1988, Mr Shikmgo said he was removed from the army hospital by the security police for further detention in Oshakati.lnter­rogations and beatings by the police continued, he said, and once more he was re-admitted to the Oshakati mili­tary hospital.

A doctor al the hospital told police that the delainee would have 10 re­main in hospital for treaunent, but the police escorting him had refused, he said .

The doctor then admitted the pa­tient personally and put him on drip before contacting the head of the sccurity police, a Colonel Nel, to inform him about the matter.

Later lOe same day, Colonel Nel and a Lt Du Plessis from the Oshakati Security Branch arrived at the hospi­tal and chained Mr Shilongo to his

""'. The security police returned after

a week and removed Mr Shilongo from the hospital. He was taken to the cells al Oshakati.

There, he said,he was told tomake statements before he could be brought before court. He refused, insisting

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that he would only make a s tatement in coun.

On April 23, 1988, Mr Shilongo was brought before the Tsumeb Magistrates Court where he made a statemenl

He was later taken back to Os­hakali for further detention. Afler lOe lapse of at least three months, the security police in Oshakati started making advances in an attempt to recruit him.

He said he was promised a car and money on several occasions if he agreed to work with the police. He said he refused these offen .

After having been previously kept in solitary confmement, he was sur­prised to see another captured PLAN fighter brought into his cell.

He said the guerrilla was a "plant" and had been given the task of ob­taining infonnation from Shilongo, which the police themselves had failed to get.

From the questiolU and conversa­tions lOey had in the cell , Mr Shi­longo realised that his cell-mate was a police plant with the task of getting information. Hesaid lOeother 'guer­rilla' would ask him questions which he knew the police had wanted to know. He also wcndcrcd why a PlAN cadre so eagerly wanted to know about missions assigned to others gucrrillas.1he "plant" was removed

Mr Shilongo said the policeman had IISked him where he would go if he was released, and ifhe would like to be g iven a house and a telep hone , as well as a car.

ThecondiLion forrccciving all this was that he agreed to work for the police and to report anyone with explosives or arms.

He was also promised R500 a month or more, depending on the infonna­tion he submitted.

Mr Shilongo was released on Janu­ary 24 th is year from the Osire deten· tion Centre near O tjiwarongo. He wasdropped off in Windhoek, where he is currently furthering his educa­tion with theCCN English Language Unit

Mr Shilongo left Namibia in 1978 and enrolled for military rraining with PLAN the following year. He also underwent m ilitary training abroad in 1984.

He had been operating as a PLAN medic in mrthem Namibia since 1m .

Swapo gucrrillas are seldom freed unconditionally. What normally secures theirrelease is an agreement to join the Sooth African security forces. It therefore seems virtually inconceivable that Mr Shilongo was released as a poli tical detainee in view of the imminent unplementa· tion of Resolution 435.

~""""""""""""'''''''''''''''''''''''''''S: ~ NAMIBIAN CHILDREN'S JUVENILE ~ ~ LITERATURE PRIZE FOR MANUSCRIPTS ~ ~ ~ ~ To promote the writing and publication of good juvenile ~tefature in ~ ~ Namibia, the Namibia Children's Book Forum offers aspirant writers and § \.'\ illustrators the opportunity to compete fot a substantial cash prize to be ~~ ~ annoonoed later. ~

~ REQUIREM ENTS ~ § ,. Tho manuscript (which can be a story, a collection of short stories, a § ",-'\ collection of poetry, adrama ora picture book) must besuitablo for !he age \.'\ ~ group 0 to 1e years. ~ ~ 2. Manuscripts may be Wfinen in any language used in Namibia. ~ ",-'\ 3 . Manuscripts should be Iyped in double space on A4 paper Ot should be \.'\ ~ printed neatly by hand. ~ ~ 4. As the manuscripts will be judged anonymously. !he tide page must only ~ ~ contain the tide. A separate till£t.page with the title and the name of the \.' ~ author plus hishler ~ress must be submitted in a sealed envelope ~ ~ attached to the manuscript. ~ ~ 5. Participants are required to keep copies 01 their manuscripts as the § \.'\ organisers do not accept responsibility lor the possible loss 01 \., ~ manuscripts. ~ ~ 6. The publication 01 prize·winning manuscripts will be pr?lT1Oted. ~ ~ 7. Should the standard 01 entries not justify a prize, the prize will not be ~ ~ awarded. A lis t 01 meritorious manuscripts will however be publfshed. ~

~ :: i:~~i~U~~~i~O,~~j~l~"/:;~~ns. § § THE WINNERS OF THE COMPEnnON WILL BE NOnFIED IN PERSON AHO WILL ALSO ~ \.'\ BEANNOUNC:ED INTNEPRESS ~~

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~ WINDHOEK ~ ~ N.mibi. l1OOO ~ ~ From 6·BJune 1989 the NCRF will be hoId'l'lga symposklm on Creative WrI~ng lor ~ ~ Children. in oonjunction with !he Universlly of Namibia. tor wr llers and IlIuSlralofs. ~ ~ Please watch the prcss tor [I detailec announremenl about the symposium which ~ ~ oonl3,"s a regislrallon lorm. Asp;'atltauthors [ItldlliustralOt iijlfC urged 10alieroO the ~ ~ sympos'um, buill tn,s 's nOI possible .advlceon IT1.)nuScriPls can be given al any time ... , ~ by members 01 the literary Commilloo. ~

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DAWNOFNEWERA IN EDUCATION Academy gears up for radical change as independence draws nearer

'Revolutionary ' changes in leach· ing methods and cwricula are al­ready being implemented in some facuh ies. and sources within the Academy have indicated that this new forward-looking attitude is being welcomed by the majority of stu­dents and staff.

Several academics at the institu­tion have for some time felt that the Academy. which also functions as a University, is dominated by Afri­kaner Nationalists who operate in support of the Verwoerdian dreams of segregation and whitcdomination . to the detriment of the interests of Namibia.

But there are undoubtedly fresh and promising winds of change blow­ing in the corridors of the Academy these days.

Very soon, gone will be the days when students were forced to be moulded inlO an attitude of obedi­ence and submissi.:m. towards the figures of authority. Gone will be the restrictive authoritarian conception of education. Gone will be the old philosophy of Christian National Education and a reliance on the teach­ing strategies of fundamentAl peda­gogics.

NAMIBIA 's only institution providing tertiary education, the Academy, is gearing up for some r adical changes as independ ­ence for the territory draws nearer . MARK VERBAAN takes a look at the dawning of a new era and a very progressive Statement or Intent.

It says the institution will manage, teach, rese.a.rch and cootribule to human development so that the democratic state (of Namibia) is fostered.

,. We recognise the enent to which a legacy of colonialism and underde­velopment have induced attitudes of dependency and subsel"'o'ience, de­spair and alienation," says the state­ment of intent.

It adds that the will of Namibians to attain dignity and sovereignty has been strengthened.

Thestatementsays that in the past, education "as an instrument of apart­heid policy has induced inequality and has divided people".

"All Namibian are victims of this and all need to now in the same educational current. The Academy is detennined to help forge this com­mon purpose."

It adds that students and staIf will be prepared with a full knowledge of the broader social and material con­ten in which they will work.

insight. " A policy of participatory learning

and decision-making will be rlfTTlly embodied in the practices of the in­stitution," the statement of intent says.

The Academy would also wecome the use of its people and facilities towards the efficient and peaceful impic:mentation of Resolution 435 and the attainment of independence.

In an intemational contelll, the document says that apartheid and colonialism have isolated the Na­mibian people from the wide African family and the broader commwtity of nations.

• 'The community of .11 people working within education has simi­larly suffered isolation:;' ,

The statement says: "All jjlStitu­tions of highu learning have a spe­cial resjXInsibility to participate in the ellchange of knowledge, and the linking of inqwry across human and national boundaries."

"With the ending of the anned connict and the conclusion to the

-.::; A section of the sprawling Academy campus in Windhoek. The complex is the setting for some dramatic changes in ed ucation,

diplomatic effon to achieve inde­pendence, the opponunity arises for all scholars and researchers with special concern for this country to integrate their work on Namibian soil. "

Therecan benodoUbt that many of the teaching methods employed at the Academy need changing.

So far, very little lateral thinking, participation and questioning has been possible at the institution.

The search for truth, srudcnts learn­ing from one another and being able to develop their own philosophies is also lacking.

Some lecturers feel that much of the content of courses promotes a very limited South African ideology, with t<Xl much emphasis placed on learning the theories and philoso­phies of others. This then leads to convergence of thought rather than the development of one's own ell­tended philosophies.

In the not too d istant future, the University will be tlIpected to be the vanguard of economic, social and cuJtural development.

Byrenecting theneeds and aspira­tions of society, it will be partly responsible for effecting social and

economic change. Community outreach and adult

education programmes would need to be intitiated and developed as the University gains Credibility.

The heavy ellpenditure on a Uni­versity in a developing COWltry like Namibia can only be justified if it proves to be a committed institution, actively relating its .... ork to the communities it seeks 10 serve.

Students also need to develop the ski lls to analyse problems objectively and to apply their knowledge 10 the furure problems to be faced in a rapidly changing environment.

The University should not be a place which alienates students from theirenvirorunent and gives them an elitist impression of themselves.

However, attitude of unity, serv­ice:, self-respect and human dignity are not necessarily going to now freely once the shackles of colonial­ism have been removed.

Those in control of the Academy at the moment might well take note of this: Good quality education is un­likely, ifnot impossible, if the tradi­tional approaches are perpetuated at the ell pense offuturistic approaches.

Instead, the Acadcmy's top man­agement decided at a recent six-"<lay workshop to re-ellamine the institu­tion's position within Namibian education in the light of the coun­try's transition to independence,

The result of the workshop was a statement of intent, agreed upon by the majority of the approllimately 40 academics who participated.

"Part of lhe competence of stu­dents and staff will be a comprehen­sive command of the English lan­guage as a unifying medium of commwtication and access for Namibians," the statement of intent says.

EDUCATION SCENARIO UNTIL 1991

There is some concern, however, that the more conservative members of Academy staff will resist any progressive change in jXIlicy, teach­ing melhods or curricula, Those in favour of change are hoping that their conservative colleagues will eventually see the benefits of taking a new direction in a rapidly altering situation.

In a statement of intent leaked to The Namibian, it states that the Academy will be concerned with "the transmission of values which will play a primary role in conquering racism, inequality and the general debilities of colonialism".

The Academy will also "seek to enhance its status as a forum where all people can debate and critically analyse matters of national coocem".

To achieve this, the statement says, "we will use the universal tradition of academic freedom and toic:rance in the spirit of vigorous intellectual inquiry" .

The statement adds: "It is ellpectcd that all members of the Academy will ellemplify the principic:s of democracy,tolerance: and dignity that will characterise Namibia."

• 'Teaching staIf will continue to adapt sy llnbi and curricula in ord.!:r to empower students with a knowledge that sha commitment and critical

COM TO INVEST R135-MILLION CONSOLIDATED Diamond Mines (COM) is to invest RI3S­million in the development or a new diamond-mining area near Elizabeth Bay, rougb ly 30kms south of Luderitz.

COM's ellecutive d~tor, Mr Abel Gower, announced in Windhoek yesterday that work would begin immediately on the Elizabeth Bay project and would include the construction of a Ireatment plant to produce concen­trates.

Final recovery of the diamonds wouJd be carried out at the Oranjemund mine.

Mr Gower said mining would begin in 1991 at an estimated production rate of250 000 carats a year and a treatment rate of four million tons of ore a year.

"The life of the mine on the basis of ore resel"'o'es proven to date win be about 10 years, " he said.

The new mine wouJd employ about 350 people who would mostly live in Luderitz.

Melber refused visa A delegation or the teachers and sc ientists trade union in tile Federal Republic or Germany, who were due to visit Namibia rrom March 14 to 18, were refused visas by the SA Embassy in Bonn.

The three·person delegation consisted of Dr Hennin~ Mc:l~r , an elliled Namibian, Mrs Till Liebertz-Gros, and Mr Achim Albn:.chl.

Sources in the FRG said no reasons were giveri for the denial of visaS

AT a recent meeting of Academy management, a scenario was sketched for the institution from 1989 to ] 991. It was expected that rrom today un til April 1, th e situation regarding starr, rmance, logistics and infrastructure would remain relatively unchanged.

Studenl enrolment on tertiary level, however, would decrease and the academic programme would be in­fluenced by student activities.

It was anticipated that the demand for English as the only medium of instruction would reach a new high. Student bodies would increasingly be used for jXIlitical purposes, thereby resulting in the campus becoming more jXIJiticised.

The year programme would come under pressure to allow for political participation by students and staff, and there woulq be increased pres­sure 10 support the libenuion struggle.

At this stage, uncenainty among some staff and students regarding their furure wouJd increase. Teach­ing staff would begin toplay more of a mediating role among students and between students and management of the Academy.

Expenditure on capital projects would be limited and there would be no increase in manpower numbers.

From the time of implementation of the settlement plan, until inde­pendence elections in November, student enrolment was expected to decrease: funher.

1be scenario envisaged an increase in the disruption of the academic programme as a result of student activities during this period, and there would be a further reduction in funds for new projects.

An increase personnel turnover was expected, and the enforcement of regulations would become increas­ingly problematic.

There would also be an increased demand that all decisions be taken after all the relevent parties have been consulted.

It wasenvisaged that the Academy Council would be resjXInsible to the

AdministralDr--Gc:neral and the United Nations Special Representative.

During this period, cenain man­agement SUUCIl.ll'eS, crganisation struc­tures, curriculum composition and staff appointment policies would be increasingly criticised .

The: possibility of foreign aid would become more real, and there would need to be an awareness of the ellpec­tations and contributions of students from the Lusaka-based United Na­tions Institute for Namibia.

From the time of elections to inde­pendence Day, the changes envisage in the previous period would apply to a greater tl\tent.

Restrucllaing 0( the Academy woold begin, and elliled Namibian students and teaching staff would become available. By this stage euemal fi ­nancial assistance would" be forth­coming.

The post-independence scenario becomes even more complex.

Changes in key personnel would continue and fonnalties and agree· ments with South Africa"Wouid proba­bly be tenninated.

There would be increased access to international and African academic networks, while the Windhoek Teacher's Training College would be made available to the Academy.

There would be increased contell­tualisation of ellisting syllabi and a rationalisation of the future teroary education structure would be final­ised.

There would also be an increased demand to make tertiary education relevant and available to the rural seclor.

It was projected that, due to the fundamental injustices perpetrated by the previous and existing order, a backlash could be tlIpeclOO against

those who have shown intransigence: and a lack of sympathy with the popular movement within Namibia.

Education would be N amibianised as pan of the socialization process.

The primary intention of educa­tion, it was envisaged, wouJd be to model an alternative society with a common vision.

Education and development would be linked , and the ideals of self- help and self·reliance wi ll sel"'o'e as gen­eral values to guide curriculum plan­ning.

National and regional economic policy would have a direct impact on the professional and technical coum.s offered at the Academy.

A National CurricuJum Council wouJd reorganise and redefine cur­riculum objectives at primary and secondary school level, with impli­cations at lertiary leve l.

Education wouJd remain a highly sensitive and political issue that will require teachers to be receptive to change and aware of popular de­mands.

There would be more researchinlO liberal pursuits, and the University would be seen as a logical tlItension of the liberation struggle.

The University would aim to train people who are capable of participat­ing in the: process of decision-mak­ing and independent judgement -'or service to the community and ""a­mibia as a whole.

Staff appointments and studcnts admission rcquircmmlS would change.

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UN Institute has a say THE future educational policies orthe Windhoek Academy will to some extent be moulded by those orthe United Nations Institute for Namibia in Lusaka - the activities of which are to be phased out of the Zambian capital by 1990.

The Institute's transitional period has been divided into three phases: the first being the period coinciding with the seven months of Resolution 435 being in effect; the second phase being the period between elections and independence day; and the third the period between indc:pcndence day and the time that the UN General Assembly in consultation with an independent Namibian government decides on the future of lhe Institute.

There were no new intakes into the Foundation Year this year.

ing at the Institute and from inside Namibia .

UNIN has suggested that its De­velopment Studies and Management Programme becontinued in Namibia wilh an initial intake of 120 students in 1990. Candidates for this pr0-gramme would come from schools in Namibia.

Moveable propaty owned by UN1N in Lusaka wiD be moved to Namibia when the Institute comes to the co.un­tty.

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Levelll programmes at UNlN were be retained this year, with 115 Stu­denlS doing their first year and III students involved in second year studies.

During the transitional period, an appeal will be made to the donor community to continue to fund the activities of the Institute during this year and 1990.

Flashback to Academy students protesting against yiolent polke action on campus last year. The Rector, Mr Attie Bu itendacht, had called in police to suppress a class boycott,

Finishing their courses this year will be 25 students from Secretarial Studies: 19 students from Public Administration and International Relations; 30 students from Teacher Training and 16 students from the Magistrates course.

TO STUDY OR NOT TO STUDY •••

The Institute is seeking 10 des­patch a " survey team" of two or three officials into Namibia I.'i soon as is convenient after implementa­tionofResolution435. Theobjective of Ihe team would be to investigate the availability of facilities for future UNIN operations.

There hl.'i been some speculation among local academics that a UNIN operation might well be set up at Ihe present whites-on1y Teacher's Train­ing College in Windhoek. This could take place in the event of an en­trenchment of conservative control at the Academy/Universily.

An anticipated point of some diffi­cul ty is the arrival in Windhoek of UNIN students who would be inte­grated into the Academy. These stu­dents are accustomed to vastly dif­ferent methods of education than their counterparts allhe Academy, and a conflict of interests could arise as a result. Compromise will be called for - but at what cost?

UNIN is prepared to I.'isume a role of adviser or consultant to th.e Con­stituent Assembly if the institution Wl.'i so requested. This would take place between elections and inde­pendence day.

Also during this period, the Insti­tute would offer short COunles, work­shops and seminars to personnel in the public service and the leadership of Namibia on various topics.

The Institute hl.'i also suggested that, subject to agreement by the UN General Assembly and an independ· ent Namibian govenunent, several courses lie introduced in Namibia in 1990.

It is envisaged that a total of 155 students be admitted for diploma courses in such fields I.'i agriculture, public administration and interna­tional relations, business manage­ment, law, and basic education.

Candidales for these course5 would come from students currently study-

AS it so orten is, the Academy library was crowded on Wednesday morning this week. Some SO students weresquee:ted between books and tables, studying ror upt:oming exams.

Recently eight more seats were packed into the already cramped library, and the posters of eomedian Bill Cosby and catwonder Garfield urging students to read more seem quite superfluous.

The questions here still seem un­changed.lt is not aquestion of whethc' or not to study - but of whether conditions at the Academy allow studies to be worthwhile.

In the rear of the library, an entire separate room with books from the University of South Africa tells it 's own story of the Academy's colonial

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inheritance and it ' s strong links with the academic world of the Republic.

Ten much·used copies of "The educational system of Southern Af­rica" grace the shelves in here. The "Introduction to Political Science" is far less used, with the las t entry being from December 1986.

All attempts to introduce Political Science at the Academy have so far completely flopped, a have olher at­Icmpt5 to \lim the Academy into sane­thin more useful to a future Na-

mibia Ihan a mere ex tension of the educational system of South Africa.

The Academy, however, does seem 10 be undergoing rapid changes. The forthcoming implementation of'UN Resolution 435 may not yet have dis­turbed Ihe morning studies in the li­brary, but for management and some of the staff - the settlement plan is causing more than a one headache.

Atready at the annual January 'sl11l­tegicplanning session' the surge Wl.'i evident: The old-time colonial ways of the management, until then finnly embedded in all Academy maners, were no longer acceptable .

A hard-hitting Statement of Intent Wl.'i drafted at the session, and very few concessions have been made to the conservatives (see accompany­ing story for details). The statement has not yel been published, but merely spread around campus under the inslroCtions that it was "for internal consumption only."

It is an imponant document, says the vice-chainnan of the Student Representative Council (SRC), Mr &ic Feris, a student wilh the Faculty of Education.

"There is change in the air. And, well, I don't Ihink the question is whether we: trust the staff to change their ways. For them it is a question of change - ot lose their jobs, I guess. "

Eric Feris does not expect a future. goveinment to throw out large num­bers of staff members. But he does foresee great changes in curricula and with Ihe management in the fu­ture: "I mean, SwajXl has never re­cognised the Academy. Things will have to change. The staffh l.'i already been I.'iked to change their attitudes and methods, and a future govern­ment will make sure that this hap­pens."

'Revamp' for education faculty

The long-awaited appointment of a Principal of the University was voted on Ihis week. This appoint. ment might have been an important symbol o f the autonomy bestowed on the University, I.'i welll.'i an 0p­

portunity for Ihe Academy manage· ment to demonstrate a sign of good

IT Wl.'i revealed this week that a progressive academic from Soulh Africa will be "revamping" the Academy's Faculty of Education in an effOl1 to bring it more in touch with a future Namibia under a SwajXl govenunent.

Professor Owen van der Berg from the Universily of the Western Cape, who performed a similar function at that institution 's Education Faculty, has already been in Windhoek and hl.'i begun his task.

He has been oonsulting with SWIpO leaders and officials of the organisa­tion with regard to education in an independent Namibia, and on melh­ods of "'reshaping " the Facul ty of Erlucatioo at the Academy to alla in

maximum effectiveness in a future Namibia.

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fai lh to the more influential groups advocating change wilhin the Acad­emy.

At rU's t, the entire business of appointing a Principal seemed el.'iy enough. but somehow things went a bit sour this week.

The Universily already bol.'its a five member so-called Deans Com­mittee, and the chainnan of Ihis, Professor Brian Harlech·Jooes would have accepted the post of Principal. Buthis views and opinions, regarded by some as being too liberal for Iheir tastes, placed his selection in jeop­only.

Anothercandidate for the post Wl.'i Professor Gerhard Totemeyer, who is regarded by the conservatives in a similar light I.'i Professor Harlcch­Jones.

The third candidate, the Dean of the Faculty of Science:, Mr Hartmut Schlachhauer, was seen I.'i a more acceptable compromise for the posi­tion of Principal.

Mr Schlachbauer polled 25 of the votes, while the twO professors re­ceived a total of 16 of the votes.

His appointment was to be ap­proved by the Academy Council, but it seems that this process has been stal led.

A press conference, scheduled for Wednesday, when the appointment Wl.'i to be heralded, Wl.'i cancelled less than 36 hours beforehand · and no other date for the announcement Wl.'i been set.

Professor Brian Harle.ch-lones describes the appointment of a Prin­cipalas being one of many altempts to prepare the University and its staff for the transition period and subse­quent independence.

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"Independence will bring a lot of re-orientation with the Academy. Re­orientation of curricula and of the issues we deal with. The Academy hl.'i a large reservoir of skills , bUl we are aware that these skills are only valuable if Ihey can be orientated towards the new values. We are putting quite an effOl1 into preparing our staff for this re-adjustment," he says.

Harlech-Jones hl.'i obviously made it his job to be optimistic about the whole thing . but at the same time he is very keen on pointing out just much wrong Ihe Academy has done to students o;Cr the years.

The popular student organisation, Nanso, which represents a majority of the 3 400 black students It the Academy, is wary of predicting great things from Ihe institution.

Says Nanso research officer Mr Elly Shipiki: "Our resolution on the Academy from 1985 still stands. It is a colonialist instrument, it makes students apathetic to change. And the manouvering going on right now is only evident because it has suddenly become clear to the Academy that Ihe end (of the old order) is near."

Mr Shipiki prefers to see the United Natioos Institule for Namibia in Lusaka I.'i "anucleus for a tcrtiary educat ion system in Namibia" (see accompa­nying story).

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STRIKE IN WALVIS BY RAJAH MUNAMAVA

THE entire Namtrac workforce in the Namibian enclave of Walvis Bay went on strike last Monday over wage increases.

The worker.;, who number 10 in all, despatched three representatives on Monday to approach. N amlr&e Manager Mr HP Stauder to demand a wage increase on beh alf of the work­ers ' which they had not received in 10 years.

Mr Stauder is said 10 have rumed the Workers Committee away saying he would consider the matter and that they could come back the following day.

When Ihe Committee of three re­turned thenextday. they were called one at a time by the manager who wanted to know what pay rise they wanted.

The Workers Committee at the same time handed in a leiter to the Manager in which they were demand­ing that " racist" remarks such as • 'Vambos, kaffm;" etc bedone away with.

The workers said in the leiter that they wanted a good &lmosphere to prevail al thei,r working place and they also wanted to be lreated hu· manely and to be accorded respect

On !he wage increase, !he workers told Mr Stauder that !he rise in the cost of living including inflalion, necessitated a wage increase espe­cially since they had not been given pay rises the past 10 yean.

The Workers Committee told !he Manager that they hoped thaI their request would be attended to their satisfaction by Friday (today).

But when the workers Committee turned upon Tuesday as agreed, they were told thai they were not going to get a pay increase:.

Mr Stauder is said to have told the worlkers representatives that if they were not contenl with the answer, they could sign discharge fOlms r.nd go home.

The workers refused to sign the discharge fonns and opted for con­tinued negotiation on the matter.

Olle worker, Samuel Topias, how­ever signed the discharge fonn and

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sulted their colleague who had been discharged and according to them, they discovered that he had not Wlder­stcKxi the content of the form and its meaning.

Workers representatives were sent back to the manager to explain the matter and to ask forfurthernegotia· tions.

At that point, the workers had downed their IOOls and the manager ordered them all orr the premises .

The MetAl Allied and National Workers Union Office in Walvis Bay look up the matter with the manager, who explained to the union official handling the case that it had not been his intention 10 flfC the workers but that he refused to re·instate the dis· charged worker.

Most of the striking workers are highly skilled, some of whom are mechanics, welders etc. Namtrac handles tenders from Rossing Ura· nium, Tsumeb Corporation among othcn. The company also tq)8lrs heavy eanh·moving machinery.

Union officials after consulting the manager of Namtrac requested the workers to go back to the manager and seek further negotiations.

Workers met the manager Mr Stauder on Wednesday morning who told them that he will consider wage increases but not the re-instatement of Mr Topias who had been dis· charged.

Themanager further said in aletter to the workers that if they did not report to work by Wednesday mom­ing at lOhOO this week, disciplinary action may be taken agains t them.

The manager's letter continued to say that he will consider taking in . new workers if there was nocoopera­lion from the striking workers.

He said further that Mr Samuel Topias had been discharged and that he could re·apply for work.

Mr Stauder went on to say that his office was open to workers 10 discuss thcir problcms but that he would only talk to one worker each month to consider the pay increase. nus means the wage increase would take \0 months to be considered.

Workers were still determined late Wednesday this week that they will not return to work unlil their demand for wage increases is attended 10 and that the discharged worker is re· in· stated.

The workers said they were pre. pared to stay on strikc as long as that would take them for if they did not stand up to the challenge, similar actions of discharging workers may

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A uniformed black South African soldier fonned part of the audience at the Swapo muting in E~ukiro and he seemed at peace with the crowd , often chatting to those seated next to him. These are Signs or the changing times.

Call to stop anti-Swapo • smear campaIgn

BY RAJAH MUNAMAVA A Swapo activist this weekend called on "certain" political parties in the Herero Reserve of Epukiro to put an immediate stop to their smears and lies against the Swapo movement and instead to address the real issues of South Africa occupation and Namibian independence,

Saying that Swapo was not al war with any persons or groups in Na­mibia, youth leader Mr Mbapewa Muvangua said there were "certain parties" which were clllIYing out " night excursions" into Epukiro on missions aimed plfJXlSCfully at spread. ing lies and dis information about Swapo.

It was established later that the groups referred to by the speaker are Swanu (MPC), Swanu Progressives and the DT A who are the other con· tenders in the area.

Mr Muvangua said he had learned while in the area from the locals that intensified efforts are being made by some of these groups to tty and dis· courage the residents of the Reserve who are mostly Mbanderus from going with Chief Munjuku Nguvauva of the Mbanderus to vote for Swapo during the elections.

"These groups run to Epukiro and othcr remote areas from Windhoek whcre they cannot afford to hold open air meetings for fear that their lack of support would be exposed" he said.

Swapo had, since its founding. directed itself to the question of Nanubian independence, and this was uueof its President Mr Sam Nujoma who has stood fmn to liberate the country while others have used the opportunities outside to furthcr their education.

He said that Swapo was not going to deviate from its courseof pressing South Africa to end its rule in Na· mibia byconceming itself with petty politicking.

The ccaseflfC provided for in terms of Resolution 435 which is expected 10 be signed before April I , will not be between South Africa and the DT A or Pretoria and Swanu, but between Swapo and South Africa, which are the two forces which have been engaged in a fierce military combat for sometimes now, said Mr Muvangua to shouts of "Viva" .

He further stated thai South Africa and other conservative forces were busy pouring in millions of rands for the setting up of electoral alliances.

Mr Muvangua called on the nation to be thc "CYC5" ofUNTAG and to report any little incidents and action~ which could inhibi t free and fair clections.

He said that Swapo would always alert the international community to such incidents which may breach the agreemenls so far reached by the diffcrent parties.

Another speaker. Mr Immanuel

Ngaruka, said Swapo was poised to win the eloctions next November after inflicting military dc:fealS on the SADF in recent years.

The time has come, he said, for the people of Namibia to come together and defeat South Africa "as one" in the coming elections.

He warned the audience against • 'false prophets" who are waiting in the wings and ready to snatch their vote when they had not done any­thing concrete to bring about the necessary conditions for the implem· entation of resolution 435.

Yet another speaker, Mr Kilus Nguvauva, stated that a Swapo gov· ernment will re-dress the imbalances

and wrongs created by the long leg­acy of colonialism.

He said that Swapo will strive to ensure that c:vc:ry citizen benefits from the resources of the country.

Segregated schools will be opened to all. he said. Headded that a school in Gobabis which he named as Du Plessis School had a capacity intake of 600 children whereas it is now being under utilised with an enrol­ment of only 300 children.

These is despite the fact that black children are going all over the coun· try in search of places at schools and without success. This, he empha­sised, was wrong and would not be allowed under a Swapo government.

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This Bushman speaking man in his tradi~onal garb was the centre of attraction (or many of those not aquainted with tht "mode of dressing" in Epukiro at the weekend.

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Rundu schools hit by more school boycotts --------- RAJAH MUNAMAVA --------­SCHOOLS in Rundu were hit by another wave of class boycotts, following the shooting incide nt a l Rundu Junior Secondary School recently, and which was the subjectofa Supreme Court hearing ghis week. Correspondents repor t t hat tension was running high a t 5tvend schools in the town last wee k as uniformed soldiers entered schools grounds apparently for pur poses of patrols.

Students are strongly objecting to the presence of the soldiers on school grounds in the tighl of the shooting incident and are questioning why armed soldiers were being deployed since there were no riots or disHII­bances at the schools.

Armed arxI W'liforrned soldiers were entering school grounds according to reports from residents in the area.

The soldiers were at times seen waiting in darlc COI'IlC'S cr alleys around the schools while mounted in army buffels on the nights of Monday and Tuesday last week .

A student from Rundu Senior Secondary School told The Namib­ian that the presence of the armed soldiers on .school grounds was ag­gravating the situation, provocative and without cause and that it amounted to intimidation.

Students at Rundu Junior Secon­dary School SlOPped going to classes last Monday in the wake of the inci­dent at their school and army patrols on their campus , citing insecurity as the reason.

The students said they feared that with the access granted to the sol­diers to move into school grounds as tt:ey pleased, the so ldiers could come 3I. night and anac:k them without cause.

And subsequent ly Rundu Senior Secondary School has also joined in the class boycott Citing the same reasons of lack o f sccuri ty and the

threat to the ir lives from armed sol­diers in the area.

The students say the boycotts are a protest action against the ir lack of security while at schools and are demanding that soldiers in the area are res trained from entering school grounds without reason .

One student explained that the boycott ac tion must be seen in the light behaviour by unruly soldiers who are armed and have access to schools where they molest students.

The soldiers were reportedly also noticeable in major streets in the town moving in groups and some­times singing songs.

Students from Rundu Junior Sec­ondary School met on Monday and resolved not to talk to the Kavango Administration Executive Commit­tee or any officals from thai authority accusing them of "being friends" with the army.

Instead the students have called for a meeting with their parents last Friday to explain why they were boycotting classes.

They argue that it is a wasteof time to communicatc their grievances to the Kavango Ethnic Authority citing previous experience where they had not done anything to address their problems.

Some students have reportedly even gone to the e:uent of wanting to stay away from school un ti l the implem-

entation of resolution435 in the hope that things would have changed by then.

In another boycoll action, students at Rundu Technical College were still on boycott last wcek amid re­ports that they were considering to rerum college properties and go home.

The boycott which started a two weeks ago is apparently in protest against racial discrimination and the withdrawal of bursaries of a number of other students.

A source in Rundu said the stu­dents were not happy with themostly white staff whom they accuse of discriminating against them.

They are also reportedly complain­ing about the conduct of their Princi­pal whom they say sometimes uses vulgar words.

Another point of contention is that the students who among others manufacture chairs, tables and other items get nothing in return despite the fact that these goods they make arc sold at a profit.

They charge that their infonnation is the goods they made last year nelled at least R 11 000.

Thestudcnts also object to the faCt that when doing all these things, they have to use their own clothes and shoes whereas the understanding imtially was that the college would provide work clothing.

Police informers se'ntenced

COURT REPORTER --------­THREE police infor mers who murdered a civilian , assaulted his wife and another woman, before ransacking the family 's homestead, were sentenced to a total of twenty yea rs imprisonment by the Windhoek Suprem e Court last Friday.

The three police agents, who ini­tially stood accused on charges of murder and robbery with aggravat­ing circwnstanccs, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Mr Justice Johan Strydom, how­ever,last week found oneofthe men, Loginus Ipinge, 26. guilty of cul­pable homicide. and sentcnced him to 8 years imprisonment, while his colleagues. Lilius Ipumbu, 25, and Andreas Ashipala. 27, were convicted for robbery with aggravating circun· stances and given six years impris­onment each.

The Coun heard that accused Tp­inge was a fonner PLAN fighler. who served for three years in Angola before being captured. He then joined the South African security forces, and agreed 10 work with them as a special constable, charged with seek­ing infonnation from Swapo.

According to the charge sheet, the three men worked for the security branch, and were issued with rines and other ammunition on March 18, lasl year, to go to the Okatope area in northern Namibia, to report on the movements of Swapo fighters.

On March 20, the accused amved at a homestead belonging to forty ­year-old Mr Abner Nehale. The lat­tcr was on a few days' leave from his work at the Department of Water Affairs in Windhoek at the time.

According to a statement made before magistrate l.e. Liebenbcrg hy accused ipingl'" the three security

police agents arrived at several homesteads pretending to be Swapo combatants in order to gain infonna­tion from civilians.

Jpinge stated further that Ashipala entered the homestead first where he started to intarogate one of the women in the homestead, while Jpumbu questioned the other.

The women, whose names were given as Mrs Beata Nehale, wife of the deceased, and Mrs Albertina Titus were la ter taken out into a mahangu field, where they were assaulted, and hi t with pistols on their heads. Oneof the women were heavily pregnant at the time.

Accused Jpinge remained in the homestead with Mr Nehale where he questioned the man about activities of "Swapo terrorists," in the area.

The court heard that Mr Nehale denied any knowlege of what Ipinge was asking him, and ellplained that he was working in Windhoek, and wasmerely on afew days' leave. The man also denied that h: was a "ter­rorist," whereaftcr Jpinge assaulted him.

Mr Nehale, who was held at gun point, pleaded with the accused not to assault him, and allegedly offered to give the police agent some moncy. Ipinge statcd further that he refused the civilian pennission to enter a hut where he said h ktpt the money.

lpinge claimed that he feared that Mr Nehalecould appear with a panga or some olher wClIpon to altack him_

He said he fired a shot next to the civil ian to scare him off, but that the man insisted on going to fetch the money in the hut. He said he then fired a shot with his pistol at the man's head, and walked off to meet his colleagues who were approach­ing from the mahangu field with the two women.

Ipinge told his colleagues that he did not kn9w whether the man was dead, as he did not go nearer to check . The police infonners then continued to assault the women be­fore ransacking the homestead, and robbing goods such as a radio-tape recorder, one radio, blankets and bed sheets, an unspecified cash amount of money, and shoes, before disap­pearing.

Members of the defence force ar­rived on the fol lowing day to take Mr Nchale toOkatope Base, but the lat­ter died on the way to the base.

The court also heard that the ac­cused had visited several cuca shops in the area for infonnation, and that they were undcr the influence of aleohol at the time they amved at Mr Nehale's homestead.

Mr Jus tice Johan Strydom conse­quently found Jpinge guilty of cul ­pable homicide, and his two col­leagucs guilty of robbery with aggra­v ating circumstances, sentencing the police infonners to a total of20ycars imprisonment.

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Nanso react to expUlsions

THE Namibian Na tional Students Organisation (NANSO), last week strongly reacted aga inst th e expulsion of students at the Okakarara Technical School and warned th at this action could exacer bate matters,

In a statement signed by its Presi­dent Mr Paul Kalenga, Nansosaid it had noted with great concern the "ongoing educational crisis" in the country and in particular, the hap­penings at Okakarara and the Tsumis Agricultural College in Rehoboth.

Nanso said the students at Okakarara Technical College have been on a month-long .class boycott.

The actions of the authorities at the two colleges were clear manifesta­tions of tribalistic, racist, undemo­cratic and authoritarian nature of the education in this country, said Nanso in the statement.

1be student movement accused the Pricipal of the Okakarara Technical College of arrogance and refusal to listen to the genuine demands of the students.

It added that this was also evi­dence of the socalled Herero Ad­ministration's failure to attend to the educational needs and problems of students.

"That there arc intolerable, unhy­gienic and inadequate hostel facili­ties can only beexplained in tenns of corruption and the misuse of public

funds by those in positions of colo­nial power" .

Nanso said it believed that the problems at the college must be al­tended to and resolved by the au­thorities concerned.

It rejected the notion of expelling socalled " trouble makers and agita­tors" saying this could worsen the "already deteriorating si tuation".

The main problems, Nansocharged, was the failure by the authorities to provide and ellpand educational fa ­cili ties at the college and also their failure to properly handle students grievances.

Nanso alsocmdenmed what it ca1Jed "discriminatory and unfair treatment" of those the administration calls " foreigners (non-Herero speaking) by way of making them pay more in school fees and a general denial of such rights as (ree speech and asso­ciation.

The student movement pledged solidarity and support for those af­fected by these actions and called on them to unite more than never be­fore.

Centaurus staff 'briefed' by military

A STAFF member of the Whi te Administration 'S Centaurus High School in Windhoek has revealed more detai ls or a staff·only mi lita ry briefing at the school two weeks ago,

Lat week !lIe principal of Centaurus, Mr Peter Tyldeslcy, con finned thai a Colonel Krohne had addressed the slaff in what was meant to be an "infonna­tion meeting" on matters concerning the implementation of Resolution 435.

This week one of the staff members who sat in on the mccting described it as "blatant propaganda".

The teacher, who asked to remain anonymous, said Colonel Krohne had outlined the security si tuation, saying that the army had done its part in the neutralisation and des\IUclion of "the enemy' '.

The officer had said that Swapo had been dealt a heavy blow, and that the organisation did not have the same' 'terrorist fo rce" as it did five years ago.

He told the staff that the real enemy was Moscow, and lectured them on the Soviet influence in Africa.

The teacher said Colonel Krohnc had warned that if "we" lose (the elections) "we" will become a Marxist state.

He also told the meeting that there would be a bloodbath if this happened, as the Ovambos and Hereros would not subject themselves to marxism.

Stressing how important it was that everyone should vote, the officer told the school staff that they had influence over the people who worked in their houses and gardens.

He said that soon Unita would have a strong hold over southern Angola, and this would serve as a buffer zone between Namibia and the rest of Angola.

Colonel Krohne told the teachers that Resolution 435 was being imple­mented because the war had become too expensive (for South Africa).

He said that Swapo leaders in ellile were "living well", and he expressed doubts that they really wanted to come back.

He said that there was dissatisfaction within Swapo ranks, and that 70 percent of PLAN had been eliminated.

The army officer also described the Council of Churches in Namibia as preaching "liberation theology", and that the CCN altered psalms and prayers.

He said those in the CCN used the pUlpit to fu nherpolitical aims, particularly in the roral areas .

Colonel Krohne, said the teacher, described the 'Ovambo' as being one of the best workers in the country.

He also said the Cubans in Angola were suffering lrom the "40 days syndrome" and wanted to go home. They had pressured Swapo to maintain the ceasefrre, he said.

He said that after the SW A TF had been demobilised, cenain members would be used in "social ,. areas.

The teacher said Colonel Krohne had stated that if "we" win, the armed forces would be re-mobilised.

He told the meeting that thcre were 47 political panics in the country, and about four alliances.

Panicipants in the election would have to register, and thcre would be 6(1) poll ing stations , hc said.

TheConstitutional Council wouldeontprise 72 scats, and nobody below thc age of21 could serve on the Council. hc said.

The teacher said that Colonel Krohne had suggested~ey should votc for panies other than SWapo, if they did not want a marllist communis t state.

101 BATTALION went on the rampage the rar north this week, right under

nose of tbe supreme military

1 ~::~~'':;:~ :~~;~:AGI Gent!'ral Prem .. who was on a tour orthe north the Officer Commanding SWATF,

G, ..... , Willie Meyer, at the time. We thai General Chand preferably

witnessed himself, or at least wao; informed the in the area which

an apparent armyfpolict

WE TRUST Ihaltht Unlled Natlons,ln bendlngonr backwards toappear ' Impartial' , wlU not dow their eyes to such Incidents In this country. We IIrt well awa re that most of tbem have come to Namibia highly CODKlous of the Soulh Arrlcan Govtrnment 's accusations In the past thai the UN was 'partla" to S .... a))Ot primarily btt.luse or. Gennal Asstmbly resoludon naming that mOl'emeDI as the 'sole and authentk" rtprtsentath'ts of the Namibian people. And while most orlhe UN peopk may be well­Intenlioned as far 15 Namlbla'Slranslllon to Independ~nce Is concuned, we do alrudy deltc1 a somewha t su bservltn 1 altitude low.a rdslhelr Soul h Atrlcan hosts. G~neral Chand himself at a pr~ss conference rKtntly, WIIS extreme concUialory towards the South Afrk.ans, commending both the Omen Commanding the SWATF, as well as the Admlnlstr.ator Gener.al for whal General Chand referred to as their 'Intal support'_ When asbd about theslgnlngof.an omelal ctasenre between South Africa and Swapo, General Ch.and was slightly dismissive, Implying th..at slnct tbe signing of the Geneva Protocol (between South Afrka, Cuba and Angola) 'peace bad broken out' _ We do not agree. Reanllneldents In the north, primarily Involved tOt Baltallon,lncreaslngly justlnes the case for tbe slf!:n101 of an ometal ctasenre between Soutb Arrlca and Swapo, In order to nDaUy ellmlDate any rem aiDing mlsconceptlons_ We nole thai the army,ln Its txlenslve '435-brlenngs' througbout the country, conlinue to labtl Swapo as 'the enemy' - an attitude not In keeping wltb the slf!:ning of a celStftrt. The United Nations, lilt Is to be truly Impartlal. must be extremely vigilant In the comlnl months.. It Is simply not enoulh that they try 10 rtmaln as uDlnvolvtd as possible, leavlnl everything to the South Aftlcans and Implkltl, truldOI tbelr 'pod raith' 10 tbe wbole txerclst_ The Soutb Arrtc:all Govern ment has toomuch a t stab 10 Namibia toslmply allowtbe proces of dtrolooLsation to go on without any attempted Interference on their part_ We alrudystt the slf!:ns: within the rapidly mushrooming press corps and media centres In Namibia, are those whkb are c1urly fronts for rlght­wing organlsaUons in this 'cOuntry (and thertby fronts for the South African Government 11st1,,; we have already heard disturbing rumoursof 'orrers' to rlf!:ht-wlnl parties of the servkts of hundreds of SWAT.' mem ben, Ipparen t1 y ou I of work, yet paid by the taxpayers orth 15 cou ntry for Ihe ntxt stven montbs; we are concerned that the group of some 800 Namibian c1vUlans to be employed by UNT AG on the ground, mlly end up ronslstlng primarily of 'u-soldlers' unlHs thert Is constanl vlgllanct; UNTAG should bur In mind too. the great trust that has been pillce<lln them hy the people of this country who see the UN as the force which will oversee the election process, and ensure the 'free and fair' nature ofthest same elections. Largely by force of c1rcumstan«, UNT AG has been driven Into the arms of the white business community In this country, for the purchase of acromodatlon, eqUipment and supplies_it 15 primarily Ihe enemlts of 43S . who Ire nowenJoylnglbe nnanclal fruits of the UN arrival hert. We must point out 100, that the occ:upaUon anny ls btnenttlng from the UN's dependence on them for military equipment and supplies, embargo or no embargo, and that they too, are scorlnl nnanclaUy. We relretthata UN presence had Dotalready httnestahllsbro In the north at tbe time of the Incldenu ofbarassment and Intimida tion of civilians at tbe bandsofthe army tblsweek. Forthe UN blerarchy who are now 'wined and dined' by the South Atrlaos, tbls would probably bave been an eye­opener_ We must bear In mind too, that many or those UN personnel arrlvlnl on Namibian soli, have very little knowledge of Ibe territory, Its politics and peoplt_ We bave found out that troops arriving here from various countries, hardly received brlerlogsoD tbe situadon here, let alone rtalve tbelr 'rults of engagement' _ Foremost of all, let tbe United Nations bear In mind whkh parties supported tbe UN lndepeodence plan In tbe past, and In this manner placed a large amount of trust In their 'Impartiality'. While It ls obvk)us that the UN would like to monitor the Namibian Independence process wltb as Uttle fuss as possible, and at the end of it all. come oul III 'true soldiers of peace' with an enhanced reputation for the world body, It should not merely glo15 over or Ignore contraventions wben they occ:ur_ Neither should tbey allow South Africa's past criticisms of the world body to fI.Ielthelr apparent 'guilty conscience' about supporting the Swapo movement In Ihe past. The Spedal Representative, Mr Martd Ahdsaarl, gave his assunm«s, whldl were aa::tpted by the South African C.ovemment, of UN Impartiality. Leltbls 'impartiality' be witnessed by all and seen to he practlced_ The UN represttatlvtS here at present, have generally Info rmed the press they are nOI available for Inten·ltws until April I (Ihe omelal dale for their arrival here) yel we see Ihelr smiling faces In Ute studios of tbe SWABC_ It is not worth their while ror the UN to bend over backwards to try and gain th e support of a rew hundred suspicious of their present and rule, and to thereby lose tbe supportoftht'"lS3 ,ldsofNamibian people.

THE NAMIBIAN

UN ARMS EMBARGO· NO EFFECT ON SA

BY TOBIAS MBAKO THE South Arrican government has devised devious methods or circumventing the arms embargo imposed on that country by the United Nations 12 years ago_

Most notable is its increasing capability to manufacture and sell its own weapons (0 many COWltries throughout the world.

Last Wednesday it revealed new military collaboration between Sooth Africa and Chile, designed to side­Step the UN embargo_ It said that the Defence Minis ter General Magnus Malm is in Ch ile talking with the military regime.

"One of the projects involves the assembly in Chile of the South. Afri­canGS IS5mm artiUery gWl in order (0 penetrate markets which are r.or~ mally denied to SA." said the Oslo­based campaign.

In I bid to mask therel l purpose of his two-week visit, Chilean Defence Minister Admiral Patricio Carvajal said It the welcoming ceremony for General Malan that he was there to investigate "mining interests"_

But, said Abdul Minty of the campaign, " on the second day of his visit, on March I , General Malan wenl lO the Cardoen bomb factory in lniquc, north Chile, (0 inspect the testing of the flfStlocaUy assembled IS5mm G5 gWl which has a range of over 3S kilometres"_

The head of the lnique facu)JY. Carlos C .. doc:n. subsequently admit­ted that the co-production .greement with the SA annaments corporation Amuc::or provides Chile with access to technology ~viously not avail­able 10 it.

Many believe that the continuing state of wtrest in South Africa has spawned the riO( weapons industry. South Africi has shown some of its latest equipment at an international airforceuhibition inOtile last year_

One IUCCC:SS was an automatic shotgun wtLich fU'Cs rubber bullets and tel.lgas cannisteu. A few weeks after the exhibition in Chi le, the weapon was in the hands of Chile's elile special forces, the "Black Be­rets" _

Another was I special vehicle that takes just 15 seconds to dispense coils of razor wire over I radius of 140 metres. The wire can also be electrified.

The Slingshot. jointly developed by the Sooth African police and a company known 15 TFM, is a ve­hicle-mounted bullet machine_ It uses a hydrlulic pwnp operated by the vehicle engine (0 fire 170 JOWlds of rubber bullets I minute, each weigh­ing 100 grams.

Indeed, South Africahas emerged during the past few years as one of the world's top 10uportersofweap­OIlS. Yet. when the UN banned anns salu to South Africa 12 years ago, thecounlly was producing barely 10 percent of its own weapons require­ments.

Aa:oding to Armsc:or, it now makes 95 percent of its own weapons and sells 10 32 coWltries.

Jane's Defence: Weekly in London eslimates that South Afric. has ex­patcd rrtOR than R2 <OO-millim Wtt1h of anns during the pasl year.

Apart from its participation in Chilean shows, Sou!h Africa regu­larl ), adveniscs in international de­fence magazines. promoting weap­ons bittle-tested by its troops in Angola. Namibil and in black (Own­ships in South Africa_

After an llt1l1S fl lr in Santiago last year. Annsoor's chief executive klilan van Vuur.:n Slid that his countr)' ,

Israel and Chile had "much in com­mon _._ we can offer one another much in !he exchange of technology and know-how" .

In an interView wi!h an Associated Press colTespolldCllt, Ihe fQl1TlO' NA ro Secretary General. Dr Joseph Luns, said: "In the artillery field, Sou!h At'rican-made weapons were more sophisticated than those used by NAW."

"But," says a comment in JOW. .. South Africa ' 5 weapons are deriva­tives of existing Western arms adapted (0 local requirements."

South Africl's XTP-Iatlack heli­copter is a rebuilt version of the French Pum'. and the COWlIly'S R-4 assault rine is an offshoot of Isrlel' s Gallil.

Featured on show in Chile was also !he "Rooiklt" , an armoWl:d vehicle capable of firing rubber bul ­lets.

The "Rooik.t" is a new genera­tion vehicle, and is already acclaimed 15 being the best of its kind in the world. It hl5 a I OOOkm operating range and a top spoed of 120kms per hour. One of iu exceptional features is its sllbilised turret and fully inte­grated fire control system, providing keen accuracy and low reaction times against tanks at ranga further than two kilomelreS, and 'gainst sort tar­gets up 10 12ltilometrel away_It has a fuing rate of six roWlds I minute.

Military expert from JOW, Mark Broughton. said he was impressed by the speed and range of Annscor's "Rooikat'·. but added that overall it "does not seem especially Wliquc"_ West Genoany, Switzerland and It­aly have developed sim ilar vehicles.

South Africa's ever-increasing military capability is an assault on the UN embargo_ The embargo has. however, ensured that the regime does not acquin: air superiority.

Atxlul Minty of the World Cam­paign has protcsted to the UN Secu­rity Council's arms embargo com­minee (0 "take Ippropriate action (0

uphold the UN annsembargoagainst South Africa".

SA's greatest difficulty in counter­ing sanctions has been in the pur­chase and development of advanced aircraft, military Inllysts agree. Their air force still maintains aboul 30 Second World War vintage Dakot. transport planes. which is believed to be the largcst remaining active neet in the world . The Republic's most advanced fighter plane, the two-year­old Chcelah, is an updated version of the French Mirlge III.

An example showing the length to which Sou!h Africa could go to ob­tain such technology is the coun ease in England that became known as the "Covenlly Four"_

Four South African emplo)'ccs of Annscor. led by SADF Colonel Hendrik Botha. was one of the mosl suc:ccssful undercover teams in South Afric.'s effort tocircumvent the UN embargo. Using a group of Binning­ham-based businessmen, the team channeled millions of PoWlds worth of high technology to Sou!h Africi fer six years from 1978. It was in­stnunental in keeping aloft South Africl's ageing Buccaneer light bombers. used inraids in Angola and NamibiL

The case wu temporarily shelved after five tusinc:ssmen were sentenced in 1985 rertheirpart in the trade. and the South Africans, who had been allowed to return home on bail, re­fused (0 auend the trial on orden from !heir government. 'The fw'Ore caused a blip in official Anglo-South African relations and fury among Pretoria 's opponents.

Britain hu been remarkably lax in its trealmcnt of illegal anns dealers to Soulh Africa and South African diplomlts impliclted in illegal acts_ In 1982, an Old Bailey trial heard that part of a R5-million anns racket to South Africa was plid for from the South African embassy. No action was ever taken.

The cases prove at least one thing about the Scu!h African government: it would go 10 my lengths (0 obtain the weapons it needs 10 maintain the status quo in South Africa_

AWB STILL BABBLING ABOUT

• COMMIES' THE right-wing Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) has warned the South A(rican National Party that it would find it difficult to fight an election next year after the r esults or Namibian elections have been made known. A WB leader Eugene TerrebJanche said in a meeting in Pretoria on Tuesday night that Mr PW Botha, Mr Pik Bolha and MR FW de Klerk would be "responsible ror the chaos (that is headed for Namibia), and the blood that will be spilled will be on your heads" . Terreblancbe said that "communists" would travel atong Namibia's railway lines, that had been built by South Arricans, " to destroy the rrail heart of the Republic" , He added: "Who can govern in Arrica without the Arrikaner nation? They are the ones who keep the k>comotives running." He warned that the Pretoria government would lead South Artica whites into t.he same type of elections t.hat wou ld be held in Namibia, "where Ovambos outnumber all the other parties together 10 to 1"_ Four-and-a-half million whites in South Africa would then have to vote "against the ANC", represented by 2~ million blacks, he said. II was also announced at th e meeting that'htired SAP Brigadier, The uns 'Rooi Rus' Swanepol, bad betn appointed as head or the A WU's paramilitary security unit Aquila_

THE

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PLAN FIGHTERS OUT - NUJOMA

SWAPO leader Sam Nujoma yesterday accused South Africa, the United States and Brita in of plotting to preven t his guerrilla fo rces (rom ta king part in Namibia's elections in November.

He wamed lh.tsuch amove would l1e strongly resincd by the SWIPO combatanu of PLAN.

" I am .ware of manoeuvres by racis t South Africa, with the support of Britain and the United Stales, 10 confme Swapo fighten 10 their bl.lle5 in Zambia and Angola during the

elections," said Mr Nujoml. • 'We arenol going to tolerate such

mischief ... SW'PO will open fi re and fi ghllO theend. Wccannotbe pushc:d uound and le t Namibian figh ten be driven out of the COWltry during the election period," he said.

Mr Nujom. was speaking I I I

ceremony in Addis Ababa where he received I cheque for five million dollars from Ide Ownarou, the Sec­rctary-General of the Organisation of African Unify (OAU).

The money is an OAU gift to help Swapo in its election campaign.

Translations in Pretoria A PRESS release from the Chid Director of the Administrator General'soffice arrived on our deadline yesterday, in Afr ikaans,so we req uested a n English n rsion as ti me was short.

We contacted. the Chief Director, Mr Kobus Bauenneester, with the request and spoke towhatcould have been his secrelary.

She said there was no English version of the statement avai lable as il had to be rtleased " in a hurry".

She confinned that Ihe office

"usually" makes statements avail· able in bolh official languages, Lut that there had not been time in th is ,~.

Thereason why there had nol been time, she said, '. as because Ihe state­ment wouJd have to be telcfued to Pretoria for translation.

This newspaper would like to know if lhe Administrator-General does not employ a single person capable of translating from Afrikaans into English?

If th is is the case, our sympathies are with foreign journalists and the entire United Nations peacekeeping force who arc UlIable to UlIdcntand a word of Afrikaans.

March 17 1989 11

Who monitors the borders? THE South Africa n govern ment has decided that the movement of people across the border between Nami bia and Sou th Africa will be monitored as from this Monday (March 20). In Namibia, there will be five ' border ' posts, and on the South African side II monitoring posts will be set up, These checkpoints will monitor all road, rail and air traffic to and from the Republic. We presume that themonitors will be made upofSouth Africansor representatives of the Administrator-Genera l, considering that the decision to establish these points was made without consultation with the United Nations Secretary-General or his Spe-cial Representative. This is hardly goi ng to create an impartial situation in the very crucial process of refugees returning. This also means that any Namibian travelling to South Africa will from Monday have to be in possession of an identity or a travel document. The same wi ll apply to any person wishing to enter Namibia from South Africa. In this case, does the discretion to allow people to enter the country rest solely in the hands of those ' monitoring' the entry points? South Africa is to monitor all rail traffic between Wa lvis Bay and Swakopmund, &Swell as between Upington and Ariamsvlei. In fact. there a re to be four monitoring posts at Walvis Bay, and there are fear s that Namibia ns living in the har bour town will be prevented from leaving come election t ime, One might even ass ume that opposition parties wishing to canvass support inside Walvis Bay will be refused entry. . The United Nations monitoring rorc'e would be well advised to keep a close watch on these ' border ' posts and take carefu l note of who is being let into Namibia and who isn' t,

AFRICA SHORTS

US $1 MILL. TO NAMBIAN REFUGEES HARARE: THe Canadian High Commission in Harare said Tuesday Ihat

Canada is to give a million US dollars towards n:patriation of about 58.000 exiled namibians in Angola, Zambia and neighbouring countries. The contri­bution is in response to a special appeal for assistance by Ihe United Nations High Corrunissioner for Refugees, UNHCR. The UN HCR is at present in Namibia, preparing for the return of the exiles in corporation wilh TheCouncil of Churches of Namibia.

AFRICAN DEBTS - 230 BILLION US $ LUSA KA: Africa is pressing on with a long frustrated driye to convene an

interntional conference on it ' s 230 billion dollar forei gn debt dcspite a cool response so far from creditors. Zambian finance minister Gibson Chigaga Tuesday said he welcomed a new United States initiative to ease Ihird world debt which Washington announced last week, allhough Zambia seems unlike to benefit from it. "Any initiative which makes the burden lighter on developing countries is welcome, evcn if on it 's own it is not complete," he said.

MOZAMBIQUE ASKS FOR MILITARY AID

THE HAGUE: Mozambique has asked the Dutch governmcnt for "non· lethal" mil itary aid 10 protect development projects, Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano said Tuesday in Ihe Dutch capital, Mozambique, which is fighting right-wing rebels alledgedly supported by South Africa, needs tlUcks. jeeps, UlIi forms , radio equipment and military rations to defend aid projects sponsored by Ihe Nedlherlands and olher western nations, Chissano said. The Netherlands, which sa-ongly disapproves of Soulh Africa's apartheid system, frcquentJy boasts it's support for South Africa's neighbours, who are trying to lessen Iheir dependence on the SA economy. Military aid has, however, so far never been pan of the Dutch development aid pacakge, and indications in The Hague was Ihat this was not going to change in Ihe foreseeable future,

NO PEACE WITH APARTHEID MAS ERU: King Moshoeshoe of Lesolho says lasting peacc, sustainable

deyelopment and stability in Southern Africa will remain elusive goals until apartheid has been dismantled, SA BC reports. In a major policy speech to rs ident and non·resident ambassadors in Maseru, the King said a genuine d ialogue had to begin among Ihe main acton on Ihe Southern African political scene. He added that as long as refugees kept entering Lesotho because of aparthcid, Lesotho would continue to honour it's international Obligations towards Ihem.

HEUNIS TO INVITE ANC? UNl..UNDI : The ANC's continued commitment to violence was the only

facotr Ihat was keeping it from Ihe negotiation process in South Africa, the acting State Presidcnt , Mr. Chris Heunis, said today, Opening the Kwazulu legislative assembly he said Ihe ANC's absence from the list of panicipants in the negotiation process was seen by some of Ihe essentia1 panicipants in Ihe process as an obstacle to progress, " If the ANC now wants to act in South Africa's national interest, it can best do so by aban&ning violence and declaring iself in favour o f the peacefuJ process of poli tica1 negotiations," he said.

12 Friday March 17 1989

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Friday ( 17 March ): Gobubis Community Hall 8pm.

Sat urday r 18 Ma rc h ): K;; tutura Am phitheatre 2pm.

Ad mi ssion : /{ ifJ:' f) (;;Itf' ~ 0pf;nillg at 11 ,,'tlr)(;k .\11 ,,1"\'iJ tr,d :.,tage in the cent re of the amphithea tre ha s 1,''''11 :.,pecial ly blJilt ror the show.

THE NAMIBIAN

INHOR STAFF RE

Tn E sight of white-painted n hldes beath Windhoek 's main sIr e!:!! this week was III expected to see In their lifet ime. Shoppers, businessmen and pedestrians In almost unbelievable sight, and ma ny stuppe vehicles being driven by sold ius wearing c The expres.~ i ons on a 101 of faces ranged fr< Whtle most N.amlblans have been expecting Secu ri ty Council adopted Resolution 435 in sceptical un III they had seen the "bl ue heh

"'"""~~!!I! And today, nobody doubts .any longer thai capital s ignals the Imminent Im plemen la l ~

So far soldiers have arrived from such diy, IJrit:ain, Denmark and Aust ralia. "10 South Afr ican soldiers s luwly withdra. cuuntry, so the ' blue berel~ ' are moving in Dozens of (oreign journ:lli.~l~ have begu n ! difficulllO elicU comment from l: nlted :\'atl of the Armed Forces, General Ot'wan Prem speak 10 the pres.. ... Reactions to the arrh'al of Ul\:T,\G membi Conservative whites in the terri tory ha\'e I "cnmmu nlst orgilnlsatlon". and this secl lOl peacekeeping force with open arm ,~. T her memhers of the Finnish military group weI al a Wlntihoek hotel. Some whites have said they Intend leaving who wins the November elections. It must st ill be ascertained what UNT AC 's I of confrontation are they permitted 10 figh Rut while the sight of th e 'blue berel .. ' may Ii remains Ihat the vast majori ty of the popu. And for those t roops coming from a freezil skies should providt' a warm enough welco Word has it that some ' blue berets' have alrl and are enjoying the effect .. of abundant I I

but UNTAG arrival d(

TOP: The giant CS Lockheed Galaxy from the United Smtes Airrorce which brought United Nations troops to Na mibia at the weekend. The aircraft also delivered 60 tons or eq uipment. Once on the ground,the night officer on top orthe plane had to dired the pilot who is unable to see the ground rrom the cockpit ABOVE: Sergeant U ': Monroe of the US Ai rrorce who ass i st~d in landing the massive transport plane, the whe~l· span of which i .. almost as wide as the runway.

ABOVE: Ht!I8d ora large team or British Iro. across JG Strijdom airport apron. All phol

THE NAMIBIAN Friday March 17 1989 13

,ROR, SOME IN JOy ..... PORTERS

g the United Nations emb lem driving down sight that thousands or Namlblans never

Kaiser Street were caught unawares by this I in their tracks tost:.Jre open-mouthed at the Imounage battledress and blue berets. 'ffi dismay to outrlghljoy. his moment ror more than 10 yurs, since the 1978, there were those who vowed to remain lets" In Windhoek. 'he presence or United Nations troops in the n or th e Independence plan. '!"Sf countries as Finland, Kenya, Malaysia,

r rrom thelr military bases throughout the

lrfaming Into Windhoek and are finding it JOS personnel. It is understood that the head Challd, has instructed the UN troops not to

rs at the weekend hal'e been varied. Jng-.~Ince regarded the United Nations as a lor the community are hardly welcoming the ~ was iii report thut last ~'rlday night, two 'f as.~aulted by a group or right-wing whites

liamlbla "for a year 1iI1least" untlilhey see

~rmsorengageme nt are, that i.., at what stage ! ba"k or draw their weapons.. Isplre hatred and aggression In some, the fa"t alion are extremely happy to see them. Ig winter In Europe, long days or clear blue .,. :ady round their way to Katuturlil nightclubs, id powerful Namibian liquor.

I

~es not go unnoticed

Ips,officer Owen, pictured leading her men >graphs by John Liebenberg_

tIIUL

1 TOP: Grinning troops from down-under, dres,'ioo in camounage battled ress and toting semi-automatic rines after disembarking from a long night from Australia. Hundreds more United Nations troops are expected to arrive in the country in the next two weeks. ABOVE: Koefoed by name, but not, we hope, Koevoetby nature! Commander of the Danish rorces. Major J Koefoed arrived in Windhoek on Friday looking every inch the military man. We hear he has an aversion to the press.

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14 Friday March 17 1989

Thanks to Barker

WE are a group of teachers in the north who would like to express our appreciation for the issues discussed by Dr J Barker, 'What is good educa­tion?', which appeared in your Janu­ary 27 issue. II helped us have some good discussions.

We agree that, thus faT, often the quality of Namibian education has been poor with notenough emphasis put on understanding a subject. Our fllSt priority must be to improve our English. Evcry effort to do this mut be pursued.

Only then willoursrudents be well educated and able to choose from a wide selection of career possibili­ties.

Hopefully Dr Barker will regu­larly share his thoughts with your readers.

NAMUPA NANGOLO JOHN MUSHAANDJA SANDRA EGERER CHRISTOPHINA MBANGULA CORNELIUS MBANGULA ELIZABETH KALUM E

Swanu-P objects ...

IN 1984, September I, on a dusty road in Windhoek. there occurred an event which is still fresh in our mem­"'Y.

SwarlU members went on the stteets of Windhoek in total defiance of the South African Supreme Coun order and held the historic SWlUlu Extraor­dinaryCongres$amidheavys~urit)'

police presence and flagrant intimi­dation.

This congress cleared the Party of inspired vigilantes who tried to drag Swanu into inlemal senlemen15 and reactionary concessions.

That was an application of Swanu's organisational principle (known as democratic centralism) and a dem­onstration to all the Namibian people that Swanu would never be for sale.

G E .L GOLD OlVISlON SERVICES E • •

The press in Namibia might have been successful in raising public awarencss about the what, where, which and why aspects of the N ami!).. ian conflict. Nevenheless, the 'who' aspect has been notoriously inade­qUAtely tackled as far as the coverage of the Namibian political scene by the press is concerned.

The last five years since oW" con­gress saw the coinage and somewhat ob5essive and malicious perpetuation of IC:tmS like 'SW8llu,MPC', 'Swanu­P', 'Swanu·Lcft' etc. 1be effort being put into the popularisation of these coinages amounts to a 'Goebbels­like' disinformation campaign.

Therefore, the onus is put squarely on the indigenous revolutionary movement to take frantic and gigan­tic steps to redress the situation cre­ated by such devilish reporting -amateurish and \lJU"Csearched that it amOWltsto a wholesale prostitution of the journalism profession!

It is by now clear that a cenain rotten and fruslra\.ed clique of pleas­ure-seeking intelligentsia - headed by Andreas Shipanga and Moses Kaljiuongua, has failed ignominiously in their ill-conceived undenaking of such fooling and misleading the mass of our people! No doubt they have incurred the wrath of Swanu, and thus, of the dispossessed and ex­ploited Namibian people.

The falal. chum of macho JXliitics has now seduced these intelligentsia into believing thal groups led by them has a major role to play on me politi­cal stage. Thc media circus duly pandered to this fantasy, with thou-

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sands of column inches devo\.ed to their every utterance. No doubt this sortof coverage by the media, whose self-interest in these stooges' politi­cal survival is all-too-evident, will help sustain them for a time. The oxygen of publicity guuanteed by their telegenic abilities and access to wealthy backers, will keep them on the front pages.

Our position to the land issue is diametrically opposed to those in the press, which in essence represent the interest of the senlers.It is therefore, to be expected that the press would walk an extramik todi.scredit Swanu, that .embodiment and repository of African aspirations.

To put the record straight, let us Slate it again thaI as a matter of principle Swanu is always patient to inform the 'uninformed'; Swanu is always willing to help the 'ill-in­formed' and ever prepared tocorrect the 'disinfomted'. In 1984 a Swanu extraordinary congress attended by all our branches - cleared all rene­gades from outrank and file. Thatis, the likes of the Katjiuonguas. This congress and its resolutions were reponed around the world.

The name Swanu is historically the eml:xxliment in soJemnity of coloni­sed Namibian people's aspirations and desire for freedom. An expres­sion of the militancy of our masses who, tempered in the flames of re­cent patriotic wars - are resolved to continue the battle for national lib­eration and African dignity.

Anything that carries the colour and e!f1blem of Swanu,let alone the

name, cannot be a 'vote-winner' among Moses' right-wing circle of friends and trustees. The same ap­plies to our fellow Namibians who are nowadays involved in division­ist, stupid, aITOBanl and reactionary stratagems of giving us names which are not of our making.

It remains to be seen wheter the press both in Namibia and outside, will this time join the progressive quaners of the world, particularly the efforts of the national liberation movement, to expose the diabolical activities of the abominable apart­heid regime in Namibia.

They should not accord this form­less and follower-less amoeba in the making a place and name in Namib­ian history. Cenainly Swanu, the repository, custodian and transmis­sion-belt of thecolonised aspirations will not.

RIHU SWANU UK REP. COMMITIEE POBOX75 WOL VERHAMPTON WVIISF UN ITED KINGDOM

Call for UN vigilance

mE United Nations Security Council passed a resolution on Fe!).. ruary 16 1989 sending 4650 UN peacekeeping troops to Namibia by April I, to begin our country's long awaited independence process.

Now we are only counting lhe days to April 1 and J appeal to the nation as a whole to stand together as 'one

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African Government and its puppe15 are trying to bring about nco-coloni­alism in Namibia through Ihe im­plementation of Resolution 435 if the United Nations are not alert and vigilant during the long-awaited independence process.

Therefore I warn the United Na­tions to be alen and to keep in mind thal they are dealing with Sooth. A&ica, which has already stockpiled and trained iorces which are unfriendly to Namibian independence.

Here in Luderitz we have iearned­that South Africa is recruiting and giving SWA identily cards to South African worken in the factories heR:.

Brothers and sisters from South Africa and Angola: do not allow yourselves to be used like puppets.

KAMBONDE KANGWEDHA POBOX 547 LUDERITZ

Atlanta barl

A STRANGE incident happened to us in a weUknown pub on Saturday moming. March 11. in Swakopmund.

After doing our shopping in town, we decided to pop into a pub called Atlanta. As we entered the pub, we noticed a number of white faces star­ing at us in dislike. Without feu or hesitation we lOOk oor seats ani adett.d three pints of lager.

The English-Speaking woman in chuge told us that she could not serve us because we were 'dnmk'. This was merely a pretext to prevent us from siuing down, because the pub was predominantly 'white'.

None of us were under the influ­ence of alcohol .t that time. In fact we were all stone-cold sober. The treatment meted out to us was be­cause we ~ black in complexion. This is why we were not served.

The attitude towards us can only bedescribed as racism. As a warning to other blacks in Swakopmund, avoid this pub because you may experience the same rejection as we did.

Some people present the attirude of condemning racism, apartheid and the like, but in fact they are dcfenders and promoters of these evils. If these people want to be part of a new society in a furore Namibia, then they should prepare themselves in advance. Their days are numbered.

BRIGHT CHICHI P o BOX 3545 SWAKOPMUND

Theft In Arandis

HERE in Arandis we are experi­encing an unusually large number of thefts.

Onlylast wtekonMarch8 al aboul 08h30 four thieves gain access tomy premises where they then pushed my car out of the yard into the street, but fortunately the steering lock was activated.

My neighbour's wife wimessed the acl but thought that I, with some helpers, was pushing the car to get it swtcd. These same thieves a1so srwch people's bags and other items on the streets.

I would like to warn these gangs of vagrants that Arandis citizens are going to band together and summon police to evict !nero from the town, so they should leave people's pr0p­

erty alone. My car would cost me R24 000 to

replace and I wort very hard for my money.

Are you robbers not ashamed of stealing the propeny of other people, not to mention killing their dogs? You will be killing people next.

These thieves will be evicted from Arandis; that is a promise.

S.HARADOEB PO BOX 356 ARANDIS

-THE NAMIBIAN Friday March 17 1989 15

GERTRUDEKANDANGA DRAWS ENDLESS STARES

wearing Herero traditional dress in London streets

IN the British industrial city or Birmingham, a Namibian woman cuts an exotic figure on a grey wintery a fternoon. Immaculately draped in an ankle·tength traditional Hererodress, brightened by the blue, red and green colours orSwapo,she draws endless stares from suspicious passers-by .

•. Are you an African queen, or something'! " asked one white-haired old man as we strolled through downtown Birmingham.

"No sir, l am Il freedom figh ter." came the reply.

This is Gertrude Rikumbi Kan· danga, newly-elected member of Swspo's highest policy making body. the Central Committee.

She has been at the forefront oflhe struggle for Namibillll independence for almosl 30 years, from the 1950s uprising against forced removals from the Old Location 10 Katutura, 10 being eleeled leader ofthc Swapo Women's Council inside Namibia in the 1960s.

Known to Namibians simply as "Comrade Si Rikumbi", this resil­ient, energtic 52-year-old woman is now a pan of the upper hierarchy of the organisation mosllikely to be the government of Namibia in less than a year_

Ms Kandanga was in full control, as usual , at a church-organised con­ference on Namibia in the city of Birmingham. Speaking to a local journalist. I overheard her saying emphatically; "Swapo is Namibia and Namibia is Swapo. "

Ms Kandanga impresses one with her slIcngth of character and a curi­ous blend of shyness and tenderness - characteristics which have helped her survive during the hard years of • struggle.

Bom of peasant parents on the farm Ongombe ya Kavan, 60kms from Omaruru. she gained political awareness in her early twenties. the harsh living conditions of her people, compared to the luxury of the whites, set her thinking about ways torecti fy the siluation.

Setting out to find the answers to many questions, Ms Kandanga left to work in !he towns of Omaruru, Windhoek am eventually Walvis Bay.

She met leaders like Sam Nujoma and Nathaniel Maxuilili and became increasingly politic ised.

As one of the founder members of Swapo in 1960, she became one of the very few women addressing ral­lies around !he country at that time.

In Omll1UlU, she inOuenced many young people of the 1960s like Dan Tjongarero, PhiUip Tjerije and oth­on.

Tjerije remembers vividly a pub­licmceting in 1963: "Thcre shc was, a woman alongside legendary fig ­ures like John YaOtto, addressing us in Omaruru. We were young then, trying to find political direction. She had a big influence on us."

In England,a world away from her work in the Swapo Women's Coun­cil , Ms Kandanga braved the chal­lenge of mastering the English lan-

guage. At Selly Oak College in Birming­

ham, she said: "One is never too old \0 learn. I'm here to polish up my English because English will become the official language in an independ­ent Namibia."

But even here in Britain her work does not stop. It is difficult to catch her between her many engagement~, addressing meetings and her studies.

lnside Namibia she is a force to be reckoned with. Togetherwith Natha­niel Maxuilili. the caretaker presi­dent of Swapo, they are not only the leaders of Walvis Bay - but are also an integral pan of the organisation 's Old Guard.

In Walvis Bay, Kandanga and Muuilili lead simple lives. Their houses are small, box-like places with four rooms and small windows · just like all the others in Kuisebmond, the depressing black township between the red sand dunes of the Namib.

When if comes to the question of ownership of Walvis Bay, Ms Kan­danga is adamant: "The boas can say whatcver they wish, but !hey can forget that Walvis Bay is a pan of South Africa. It would be unwise of them to keep on saying things like that after our independence. Just as we have shown them that we mean business inour struggle 10 gain inde­pendence. we will show them their srupidity in clinging 10 Walvis Bay."

Ms Kandanga is a no-nonsense traditional African nationalist and justifies the struggle for independ­ence in tenns of history, fundam en­tal justice and religion.

The faa that South Africa describes her party as "Communist" upsets her: "We are not trying tobeCubans or Russians or anything else. We are Namibians, and we will die Namibi­ans. We areonly called tenunSis and communists because we will never be prepared to live undercolonialism without fighting it. We started offby talking peace to the boers. and when they did not understand the language of peace, we took the gun, the Ian· guage they understand the best."

Ms Kandanga added; "Now they are talking to us as human beings. We have made them real ise that we mean business. Gone are those days when they thought we were simple 'kaffU'S' . This timenextyear,Swapo will be the government of the people of Namibia, whether the boers like it ornot. We have the Almighty God on our side."

Ms Kandanga is talkative, amus­ing and excited - and acutely aware of the importance of her public im­age. But she fee ls humbled by her recent appointment to the Central Committee.

BY TOBIAS MBAKO

GERTRUDE 'Si Rikumbi' Kandanga, pictured in the British industrial city or Birmingham while aUending the Church Action on Namibia conrerence earlier this month. Ms Kandanga was recently elected to the Swapo Central Commiuee. Photo by EmangulukolNCCT.

"I accept the challenge in the full knowledge that it is also an honour to be one of those chosen to represent the majority of Namibians at such a high level," she said.

There are two major things which preoccupy and motivate Ms Kan­danga in the run-up to elections.

"One is to make people realise that the South Africa racists are still in our country ,in spiteoftherealisa­tion tha t independence is just around

the comer. Second, to give encour­agcment and see to it that every Namibian works hard to make sure that Swapo wins the e lections. We will shame the enemy by showing that we have stood fum where oth· ers, Pretoria's puppets, have wa­vered."

Rising above the petty in.fighting which characterises N amibiann poJi­tics, Ms Kandanga called on all Namibians to "forget your divisions

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that have been foi sted on you by the racist South African regime", add­ing that "the doors of Swapo are open to all who want to build one Namibian nation".

Her fierce detenninalion led one Swapo official in london to remark: "The main aspect that makes her tick is her life-long dedication to see a united and peaceful Namibia. She has great selflessness in reaching that goal."

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"I hope for the war to end" A peaceful life - that is the biggest wish of Mestilde

Kandenge, a woman of the rural area in Ovambo T HESE days Mestilde Kandenge is able to reed her children . Arter day is fully occupied b~ cu1(iv.~g the good rains in February, the crops grow in the fields; and in the them~ango fields .fi!h~g.cooking

h b th . fi h andlakmgcareofthechildren. From os ona near y ere IS IS . early morning till sunset she works:

We are in the Nonh, in the ruraJ beginning of our marriage, I pre- "We people in the North don't area outside Oshakl ti. Every day ferred 10 Slay wilh my husband in have breakfast in !he morning. maybe Mestilde take her children to the Walvis, but now, I have accepted the justsome tca, and then we work utitil river close to her home 10 catch fish. situalion. We have become used to lunch.1 am usually busy from around For many yean the riverbed WI.5 living this way", says Mestilde. while seven o'clock in me morning. "says completely dry. Now it's full of water. her baby of nine months is brea.stfood- Mestilde.

The years of drought were lOugh ing. Living in the North, Meslilde still for Mestilde. In the fie ld the newly "If I have time after finishing the feels her daily life influenced by the planted crops dried out. When the harvest in June, I am sometimes able war. Mahango from previous years wu to visit my husband in Walvis. The "We really feel the war. The army finished, all Mestildecoulddowas to youngest child usually comes along. vehicles are allover. And the sol-wait for her husband to send some But 1 only stay for a month or so. diers used to stay close to our home-money. Then she could buy some Then I have to go back 10 lake care of stud, using our fence poles surround-mielie meal. my children ", says Mestilde. ing the homestead for their fires to

Mc:stiJde's tust.nd works in Walvis The IwO other children of" and 2 brui meal on, " she says,clearly still Bay, as a driver for a wholesaler. years old play nearby with the ehil- outraged by this intrusion on her OnIyonceayear,atChrisunu,does dren of Mestilde's sister. The twO priVACy. Also she explains how she he get a chance to visit his wife and sisters share the homestead and the and her family have been harrassed children in Ovambo. 'The rest of the responsibilitiu of cooking and car- by memben of the armed forces yCIT the family is divided by a dis- ing for the children. wanting to check IDs in themiddleof tance of aboullOOO kilometers. Mestilde is 29 years old. She wu the night. As lale IS the end of Janu-

" Even if I missed him, what can I born cklse 10 OshAlc:ati and left school BY IOIdic:rs disnriJcd!he family during do aboul it? It is necessary that he after completing standard six. She curfew hours to check IDs. Mestilde gocs 10 work in Walvis Bay. In the married al the age of 19. Today her describes how these nightly raids

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lake place:: "The soldiers arrive in Casspirs,

and park atadistance. They surround the hQlTlestead and some enler. They wake us up pointing firearms al us, calling us outside and asking for 10. Then they kave" .

"Our children nonnally keep si­lenl, but they are real ly very rright­ened. And when the soldien leave, we are just grateful that nothing wu dont.lO us, and nobody was harmed" , says Mestilde.

"My biggest wish for the fulmeis for the war 10 end, and for life to be more easy. Now God has given us good rain, and' hope everything will be good in the ruture. Life is not easy for people who have no skills. In limes of drought all the women in the rural areas can do 10 carn money is to make baskets and try \0 sell them", \1eslilde 51ys.

'" just want my family to live as we do now. And not to ran apan , as

so many families do. I want 10 be al peace with my husband and with my family," she says.

Have you gOI enough money? "We have some money, maybe

not enough, but some." Will you vote al the elections in

November? '" have heard aboul the elections,

but t wasn't aware that people in the rural areas would be able to vote also. I thought only people in the IOwns could vote. But if the eleclions are supervised by the UN and are free and fair, then I will VOle", Meslilde 51yS.

For whom? " I don ' tknow ", she says quietly: "Alii have heard is, that the people

in ellile will come back. Maybe they are the poopIe T will vote for", Mcstilde adds, before she heads back to the oshona with her children - there are f sh to be caught.

TWO SOUTH AFRICANS GUILTY OF POACHING

THE Karasburg Magistrates Court has sentenced two South African men to fines or RI 000 each or 100 days imprisonment ror illegally hunting a kudu on a farm in the Karasburg district on March 2, The two men, Mr J A P van der Westhuiun of Kakamas, and G J A von WieUigh of Upington. were found guilty on March 13 of hunting the kudu without permission on the farm Kameelboom, belonging to Mr Attie van der Col". They were also sentenced to RlOO or 10 days imprison~ent ~or hunting with an artiraciallight. RIOO or ten days for huntmg With an automatic weapon, lind RSOO for malicious damage, An automatic R4 weapon was conriscated by the State.

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435 LECTURES 'COMPULSORY' IN

LUDERITZ BY RAJAH MUNAMAVA

AN OFFICIAL directive from the department of National Education for teachers in Luderitz to attend " compulsory lectures" on Resolution 435 this Tuesday could spark a row, with several teachers threatening to boycott the meetings regardless of the consequences.

move. One teacher said ye5lerday that the

mec:ting in Luderitz was being held during school hours. and at a time when pupils were sining for exami­nations. He suggested that this could interfere with school work .

Scores or Swapo su pporters including school children turned .up at the UN offices in Grootrontein to

A schools inspector from the Department of Education in Wind­hoek this week telephoned Princi­pals at several schools in Luderitz informing them that there will be a compulsory information meeting on Resolution 435 for all the teachers on March 2l at the Tumhalle Hall in the: 10wn.

0thc:T teachen questioned the: hold­ing of such meetings at this particu­lar time.

welcome UNTAG troops from Australia who arrived on Tuesday.

Swapo supporters not permitted to enter Grootfontein army base to welcome Untag

When approached for comment, an official from the Department of NationiJ Education. Dr West, con­fmned that teachers in LuderilZ and other areas have been instructed to attend the "information meetings" on the UN settlement plan. BY RAJAH MUNAMAVA

THE Officer Commanding the SADF in Grootrontein, Cok)nel Fourae. Tuesday rerused Swapo supporters permission to enter the Groolrontein airbase where they had intended welcoming UNTAG troops from Australia.

Dr West said the Central Person­nel Department was acting on in­structions from the Administrator General. Mr Louis Pienaar, who had requested thataseriesofmeetings be held to provide "facwal informa­tion" to civil servants on the im­plementation of Resolution 435.

Colonel Fourit cited "security reasons" and. " traffic jam" after initially requesting the Swapo sup­porters to give him time [0 contact the Security Police in the area before • fmal answer to their request to be allowed into the airbase could be given. Th~ is only one airbase for both

civilian and military aircraft and the once "civilian component" of the airfield has now been incorporated into the military base with entry through an anny conuolled check­point.

The Swapo supporters. however managed to make arrangements with UN offICials in the town who con­veyed to the Force Commander of the troops arriving that there were people wanting to welcome them.

A number of senior officers, in­eluding a Major of the Australian contingent which arrived in Groot-·

t

fontein on Tuesday agreed to go out to meet those gathered at the UN offices in the IOwn.

Speaking words of welcome, Swapo's Northern Region Organi­sing Secretary Mr Ali Kasete, told the: five-man UNT AG delegation that they had wanted to meel them at the airport but that the •• occupation army of South Africa" had denied them entry into the civilian airport now turned into an airforce base:.

"We expected you not later than 1919, but 10 years have lapsed since the adoption of United Nations Se­curity Council Resolution 435".

Mr Kasc:te thanked the UN team for coming OUI to Namibia, adding that he hoped "to see you back after the completion of your task and in· dependence in Namibia as guests of a Swapo govemment".

In reply, Force Commander, Ma­jor Hutchling, thanked those: who

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turned up for their " warm wloc:ome". He said that they had come to

supervise a free and fair elections "so that you could choose or vote for a govemment of your own choice" .

"We wish you a very prosperous future" said Major Hutchi ing incon· elusion.

The arrival of the UNT AG 'mili­tary component from Australia was delayed by 24 houn on Monday and only arrived Tuesday afternoon.

Swapo supporters staged a march on the early Monady morning hOUN to welcome the UNTAG Force,only to 1c:am later that the arrival would be delayed by 24 hours.

While marching, the Police Dis­trict Commanding Officer Colonel Hannse arrived and infonned the marchers thaI in future they must obtain permission from the toWn ckrit before staging a march. The police­man also told the crowd that they must avoid creating a traffic jam.

Security Police maintained a high profile around the area where the meeting between Swapo supporters and the UNTAG delegation was held but kept away from the premises of the UN Offices.

The teachers in LuderilZ have been instructed 10 attend the meeting Tuesday becaU.'le they too are pan of the civi l service, he said.

When asked why the "informa­tion meetings" werecompulsory, Dr West replied that the authorities felt strongly thaI the teachers needed to know what was happening.

The meetings will be held during school hours, while some would fall outside the school time-frame which the teachers could then attend.

Dr West said that the: meetings would be addressed by various offi­cials of the Personnel Departmenl and the Department of National Education.

He added it was unlikely that any "disciplinary action" would be taken against those teachers who refused to anend the 'briefings', butsaid he was expecting that vinually all teachers would attend since the meetings were "pw'CIy for factual infonnation'·.

Several teachers in Ludcritz are said to be very unhappy about the

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"Where were these 435 lectures for the past 10 years?" said one.

The "free: and fair" concept which in embodK:d in Resolution 435 makes provision for one to not onJy choose a party of one's choice: but even to withold one's vote if so desired.

, 'Why are these meetings compul­sory ... and is this not intimidation and an interference with free dloice?"

A teacher pointed out that meet­ings were bringing politics into work situations, whereas in the past the education authorities had spoken out strongly against politics al work or schools.

The teacher further said th is wu a blantanl case of "abuse of public office" by those concerned.

He added that nol long ago, an official from the Department of National Education had visited one of the schools and had remarked 10

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THE PLIGHT OF WRITERS BY CHARLES RUKUNI

THE list or African authors is growing. Many are winning world awards. Yet the financial rewards remain small and authors like Charles Mungoshi or Zimbabwe have to struggle to make a career of writing even though their books are popular.

When Mungoshi received are· ward of about RiO 000 he quipped: "If 1 had been rich I would have dmalOO my pri1.e 10 the starving pcqIk of Ethiopia.l cannot because I have to survive too." This simple quote aptly describes the plight not only of MWlgoshi but almost all wri ters in Zimbabwe. MWlgoshi is the author of len books, four having won awards and anothcr two received special mentions in an international award.

The RIOOOO he recently received as a regional winncr of the Common· wealth Writcrs Award in London. is much more than he normally gets as royalties for all his book.s annually. Yet he is so convinced that he will make it as an author that he left his job as literary director with the Zimbabwe Publishing House in HII'BlC to devote more time to writing.

He admits: "One cannot survive through writing in Zimbabwe. If you are writing school te~tbooks , you may survive. but most of those who write these books are in the teaching profession and I dono! know anyone who has left. The only wriler who tried to survive on writing, ended up sleeping in parks as a result of a lack of money."

MWlgoshi said that he does not make ends meet presently but that he has decided to take up writing full time because he has the feeling that i f he does not do it now, he may not have the time. " I may not become rich but I think I must do all the writing 1 can now. It's a kind of

compulsion. It's really for my per· sonal satisfaction ." he said.

MWlgoshi was born in the small town ofChivhu, aboutl OOkm south of Harare. At school he started read­ing a 101 of books, from comics to serious novels and in 1964 he had his firs t two short stories published by a monthly magazine. In 1966 he wrote

Author Charles Mungoshi of Zimbabwe.

his rtrst novel in Shona but it never saw the day of light. His second attempt made the grade by winning lIle Rhodesia Literature Bureau prize in 1968. This book was written in English although the leaders of the Smith·regime believed lIlat no black could write in English.

Mungoshi said; "The publishing houses we had in Rhodesia at the time did not lhink a black man could write anything in English that was

wonh while selling. If they published anything in English at all it had 10 be written by a while man. For this reason I sent my first book, Coming of the Dry Season, in English \0

Kenya. This collection of short sto· ries was later published by O~ford University Press. The book was banned in the then Rhodesia because it mainly dealt with the political situation of the time."

In 1975 MU1Igoshi published two books, one in Shona, his mother language and the other one in Eng­lish. Waiting for the Rain. Both books won the Book Centre PEN award for being the best in their languages. The author' s chain of books which are all popular in Zimbabwe, have brought in very little financial gains. "The only wayan author can SUl"live in Zimbabwe is when his books are prescribed as set works in schools. Our people just don '[ buy books. Maybe it has to do with the li teracy rate. So one has to rely on schools as the books become compulsory in Zimbabwean schools,' 'he said.

He does a lot himself to promote his works by staging public readings a10ver Zimbabwe because he is of the opinion that local publishers do not push local writers ' work publicly enough. He has dramatised a lot of his books for the Zimbabwean Broad­casting Corporation. By acting in them himself, together with his wife, he eamed substantial monies. Pres­ently there is an upswing in interest in his work, but he remains poor!

Director 's conservative background has no negative affect on career

HIS conservative background in Potchefstroom has had no negative effect on his career as one of South Africa' s outstanding theatre directors. He is Gerrit Schoon hoven, presently actively engaged in theatre at the University of Namibia, who caused an uproar with a n Afrikaans play at last year's annual Gra hamstown Arts Festival.

The thirty year old ex·seriptwriter in the SADF has completed his BA· degree in drama in 1992. Immedi· ately after completion of his practi­cal work as an actor, he joined the arts council, PACOFS, in Bloemfon­tein where he involved himself in school programmes which look him around the Orange Free State.

During his stay in the OFS he joined a newly-formed progressive theatre company consisting of freelance acton. At that time he was called up by the army for military sel"lice. He wanted to know more about the SADF because of a play he

was working on entitled Somewhere on the Border. This play changed his whole outlook on life.

He became socially more aware of the shortcomings in the South Afri­can social·structure .• ' I felt ashamed by the fact that I was partoftheanny. I lost my self·respect because people don' t really know what is happening in the anny. Nevertheless. it was an eye opener to me as a person from a very constl"lative communily," he said.

He sees himself more as adirector than an actor. In his short career as freelance director he has done stu·

dent productions such as the Afri­kaans play, Onderhoud met 'n Bob· bejaan. Then he worked for anwnber of arts councils in South Africa but he ~as not very happy willl the red tape involved in these councils. He sees them as them as tools of Afri­kaner ideology 10 tighten control over the arts and poli tics. He also referred to lIle local arts council, SWIPac. as an organisation which could have done much more for the local arts. He believes IIllt Ihc:se ro.mcils have been started not to promole the arts but to stifle them.

In his career he has had a lot of luck

An outstanding director at work. Gerrit Schoon hoven during an interview. HI said it once •. ," "I have no ill-feelings about lhe fact that Piek niek by Dingaan was bannt>d!" " Anyway, it is good to be in your country."

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W"lIk,nown South Afri can poet, Sipho Sepamla, has just published his latest collection orpolitira l poetry with Skotaville. On the photo the cover of the book, From Gore toSoweto. A review on his poetry will be published soon. Sepamla is one or South Africa's most widely rea!! poets in Southern Africa.

EIGHT PLAY PREMIERS

Scheduled for Grahamstown Arts Festival EIGHT plays or weJIknown South Arrican playwrights will have their premiers at this year's G rahamstown Festival or the arts which will be held in July. Arter the restival the plays will be taken on countrywide tours.

These plays include; Zake Mda 's latest drama, DankieAunly. which is directed by well·known South Afri· can director, Mavis T ay lor of the De· panmenl of Drama al the University of Cape Town; Evergreen Paul Slab· olepzy will present his latest play, Smallholding, directed by Bobby Heaney. Paul is wellknown for plays such as Booh to lIle Moon and others. Dean Opperman's new play, Stille Nag. should also do well like last year's An Indian Swnmer by the same author.

Hennie A ucamp' s lltest Afrikaans play, Brommer in die Boord wi1\ be presented by PACQFS and Pieter Dirk Uys, whohas just returned from an extensive overseas trip, wiU stage his play, Just like Home. He wrote this play whilst abroad. It deals wilh exiles in London. Sharlene Surtie­Richards. who had a one wcman show in Windhoek during last year, plays oneofthe lead roles in this particular production.

More news on the festival is that

Hclcn Scbdi has been named as Young Artist Award Winner for Fine ArtS. She win have a special exhibition during the festival in July. Miss Sebidi is a relatively unknown artist. She hails from the Transvaal where she has become an established artist amongs the competitive world of arts which has been dominated by men for a long time. Like many other black women she iseagertomeet the damands of the contemporary urban enviromenl

Actually Miss Sebidi is a tradi­tional artist who was born in 1943. She later studied in Johannesburg under John Mohl.In 1977 she started selling her own work in public places such as Joubert Park. In 1985 she studied potterty in Genniston after which she worked and lectured at the Johannesburg Art FOWldation. Last year she exhibited her work in Transvaal and was awarded a Fulbriglu Scholarship 10 travel to the United States.

ARTS SHORTS

Music Workshop Aseries of workshops are to be staged as from tomorrow at the new music laboratory of the University of Namibia. The workshops are to be presented by Mr Hugo Schreuder of the University or South Africa (UNISA). The series rorm part of the School of the Arts programme ror the year. People interested in the workshops should phone Mrs Walters at tel. 307.2160, Windhoek,

Literary Award Local established and aspiring writers or nOvels and short stories are invited to submit works to the 1989 Sanlam Literary Award ror Fiction before March 31. Substantial financial prizes can be won in two categories, novels that have been published and unpublished works. Prizes ranging between R3 000 and R4 000 can be won for best works. Mrs Lesley Harper should be contacted a t tel. 0461-27115 in Grahamstown.

as far as casting for television is concerned. He acted the part of Har­dus in the Afrikaans tearjerker, Cui de Sac. Hecloes not consider that part as a highlight of his career because he sees himself more as a director. Up to now he and others have mainly concentra ted in Cape Town in the staging ofpJays banned by the South African government and did some boycolI·busting by staging works of overseas authors.

Piekniek by Dingaan was his best production during last year. This play

caused an uproar in Soulh African theatre eiJdes when it was staged in Grahamstown where il was judged the best play on the fringe. The play was also controversial in the sense that it was banned by Capab.

Geml is now working for lhe Department of Drama under profes­sor Aldo Behrens in Windhoek . He is prestntly engaged in a student pro­duction e~tled Skeletons, wrlllen by local author Dorian Haarof£. The play is to be taken to Kampustoneel in Preloria in April of this year.

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POLITE TRAFFIC COPS AMID A FEEDING FRENZY OF MEDIA ON TUESDAY this week I watched a traffic cop outside the Ka lahar i Sands hotel anxiously pacing around and a round a white Kombi parked on a ye llow line. He would occasionaly whip out his book, look around nervously and guiltily put it back. Shoppers and pedestrians began to crowd around clear ly sensing something was wrong.

CENTRES AND PRESS AGENCIES menJ from S wapo by 2 2 h()() loday you will be covering the drou.ghl in Ethio­pia."

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\ Forthe lhirticth lime he bent down

and peered at the registration. It still read SW. By this time everyone !mew what was going through his brain. He suspected that the ear belonged to United Nations people, but he dido '\ know what rank the driver held. It could have been Gcneral Prcm Chand's vehicle, and a R50 parking ticket might well result in an international incident of such magnitude that the Cubans would invade Henties Bay.

The cop spoke into his walkie­talkie,!IJld three minutes later some­one who looked exactly like him arrived on a Police motorcycle.

They both began circling the Kombi like a pair of hungry jackal, mutter­ing to each other in desperate tones.

Then, out of the dark recesses of the hotel entrance, a man in camou­flage battledress!lJld rank all over his shoulders came sprinting into the street.

He was a Captain .. , and a label on his arm said he came from Kenya.

Relief swept over the traffic cops' faces, Atleasl he was black, unanned and not even a Major.

Buton the Untag m!lJl's face were etched decp lines of panic. He had only been in the counoy 72hours and

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had already contravened the laws of the J!IJld, Flashing before his eyes was a Traffic Tribunal, stcel-eycd men in khaki robes firing death-by­hanging allegations of impartiali ty.

Rut then, as the crowd drew back anticipating a violent confrontation which would leave Kaisa Street awash in blood, the impossible happened.

One of thc cops came halfway to allention and stuck his hand out as the Kenyan approached. At first I thought he was going for a straight­arm jab to the solar plexus. and immediately dropped behind a row of three-foot-high HereTO dolls on the pavement.

But the cop, for God' s sake, was going for a handshake!

This was something never before witnessed in the history of traffic policemen ... a formal gentlemanly handshake beforc making the oPPO­ncnt R50 poorer.

Naturally this time the sympathetic gesture seemed to be somewhat out of place, considering that the Cap­tain formed pan of a budget of 416 million dollars.

The Captain still got his parking ticket, and wandered orf scrutinising that consistently incomprehensible handwriting which tells you that you have violated Section 25 subsection 2 (a) paragraph C ofthe Road Traffic Ordin!lJlCC of 1943 (to be read with the 1967 amendment) and that you will be present at Court from 9am until your name is called by a police· man who so savagely mispronounces it that you too gl!lJlce like everyone else around the courtyard and think 'poor sod/lazy bastard/lucky shit' before cventually snivelling up the stairs to the prosecutor's office at ·4.3Opm weak with hunger and clutch­ing an extended bladder to find out why you haven't beenca1led, at which point you are told there is already a warrant out for your arrest because you weren't presenl when yournarr:e was called. You then spend the next 48 hours of your life fighting off psychedelic images of naked light bulbs and speed-trap wires attached to your private parts,

Of ~ourse, none of this has any­thing to do with Untag,

The UnitcdNations will, however, be held eternally responsible for the madn~ss which its presence is gener­at ing.

Even the fascists have begun spend­ing weekends hunched over their metalli~ red Cortinas, hand-painting them in Dulux all-weather white and then leaving them in the Kalahari Sands parking lot with signs in the

rear window (above the nodding dog) reading: InlerMshnul MOfUllring Vehakil Only 20 ()()O (Dol/as).

Evay ow-of-work degt.-nerate wants to become an election monitor.

Every civil servant wants a plati ­num Parker Pen in his pocket and an M· 16 automatic rine in his hands.

Every son-of-a-bi tch who ever thought that the word businessman had a romantic ring to it is willing to sell his daughter for a piece of the action,

And worst of all, the journalists, those people who have an unwritten code of ethics more binding than the Hippocratic Oath. arc pouring in with bank books for balls and cash regis­ters for brains,

Every hack who has 50 much as seen a postcard of the doomed Finger of God has become an expert in Namibian politics. He is stalking the strects with a cynical seen-it-all smile and conducts his business by promis' ing Jeft and right (wings) that he has

the best contacts, even beuer telex and fax fa.:ilities and far more im­pressive bed and breakfast accom­modation. With great difficulty they only just manage to stop short of offering to write the stories for the journalists. who could then remain in bed (with aeonstantsupply of break· fasts) until this whole sordid and COIlfusing independence scam is over,

The gamc has become Snnre a Journalisl ". preferably one who is easily pers"adcd to be economic with the truth when it comes 10 filing reports.

The final criteria, however, is that the journalist must be in possession of an unl imited e xpense account. If he has a gold Rolex and not less than two chins he will be accepted by the ncwly-spawned media centres and press agencics.

But sooner or later things are going to turn ugly. Foreign edi tors will be cootacting their correspondents with orders like: "If yo 14 don', gel a com-

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. ! Leather - for tough guYS! who get what they want.

Then the panic will be on. Reports will begin to appear .quot·

ing Swapo spokesmen as "high.rank.­ing officials who did not wish 10 be idenJified" .

Local rep<>ners will be bribed by free lunches and their picked brains will be fed into lap-top computers to emerge as "informed sources said .. ," or "polilical observers expect

The feeding-frenzy scramble for coverage of Namibia's independence is going 10 become a fight to the death. As a doctor, I feel it is my duty to illSisl that Untag also supervises the uncontrollable packs of pen­wielders who arc going to run wild through the streets mad-drunk and quoting anything tha t isn't bolted to the noor.

And beware of the spies who are already infilt rat ing the press corps.

You don 't have 10 give theseswine anything more than your name, rank and serial number,

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A CLEVER COMEDY - SLAP MAXWELL

THE Slap MaxwellStory,on Friday nights, is ODe ofthe best features on SWA8CTVat present - a fast­paced, fast·talking, slick production about a ' sports writer ' , Slap Maxwell. The repa rtee is clever and good and the offi ces of The Ledger, where Maxwell works, filled with funny characters.

Saturdly nighl's feature film. Letting Go, starring Sharon Giess and John Ritter, is based on a boolc. which dealt with profound pain and how to get past it. In Ihe film. John Ritter Slars as Alex Schuster, a re­cently widowed man who must enter I therapy group to help him pull his life back togelher, and Sharon Giess stars IS Kale Marshall. anOOltt mc:mbo­of the group who is trying to cope with life following the brealc..up of her fi ve-year relalionship.

There is probably no more univer­sal subject than Ihe pain of losing someone you love. In some way it has hlppened to III of us, and as we grow older. the pain may intensify, even 10 the point thll outs ide help mlY be required.

Shuster finds it d iffi cult to come to lenns wilh li fe following the plane crash thai killed his wife. bUI he sti ll makes I loving home for his ten year old son Max (Michael Fantini). Across town, Ki te (Sharon Glen) is told by Nel (Joe Cortese) that he wants to go aWly by himself for a while and laler Kale discovers him in a state of dis­arrlY after I spell in the baclc. room of his photO studio with a belutiful blonde.

Neil moves out and Kate tries 10 get on with her life, but foUows I friend's advice and attends I therapy group.

Alex Ilso joins Ihe group, and he and Kite become partners in therapy exercises , and later unsUCCC5sfully try to become love rs. Neither can forget Iheir former partners.

Neil wants to start seeing Kite . Alex'sadvicegoes

back to him. But Kale has changed an:!. ends the rclationshipdespitc NciJ.'s proposal of marriage.

Several months later Alex and his dale run into Kate and her date al • concert hall. Each keeps turning to look for the other during the concert am when Alex sees Kate's seat crop-y, he: leaves the auditorium to fmd her. 'What lOCk YOUSD long?' she asks, as they embrace and leave the concert hall arm in arm.

In Father Murphy, an old man, claiming he's an orphan because his parents are dead, joins the school to achieve alifelong ambition -to learn to read and write. Comical conflict arises with Rodman and Tutlle, but the old man succeeds - and wins the

-Nurse Chadway and Lance try and convi nce Dina to marry him in the soap, Falcon Crest

John Ritter stars a<; Alex Shuster .

hcan of a lady fri end. In Faloon Crest (II Tuesday. I mght­

cned Maggie is taken to. plush patty at the home of Carlton Travis against hcr will. Melissa realises she has lost her son to Australia and his new life. Lance lIics to convince Dina of his love for her as Nurse Chadway con­tinues to work on her as well. Travis visits Angela and agrees to help her take over the New Globe from Rieh­Md.

In Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy on Wednesday, which Slars Sir Alex Guiness and others, Smiley sets up headquarters ad a seedy hotel in a ayswater. He has two aides, Peter Guillam and Inspector Mendel. Guil· lam hI! to burgle the circus and look at the records for Ihe night on which Tarr sent his messages from Lisbon.

T and T on Thursday night tells of tWO bwnbling car Ihieves who steal

. Amy's car. Polc.ey. T and T go into a tailspin. and InInSforming into a raging PI. Amy leaves Turner to handle Ihe COUTU.

Melba, the story of Australia's first international star, a perfonner who became a household name, contin­ues. ln the next episode, Nellie tastes failure and indifference in London while Charles tries his hand at fann ­ing. Armed wilh a letter of introduc­tion. she finds a new teacher in Paris. Cecchi is forgotten, and, within a year, Madamde Marchesi,oneof Ihe great teachers of her lime, launched Nellie as I future Diva.

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17hSS: Programme Schedu~ 1ShOO: Weet jy nie 181105: Educational programmes 18h30: Alvin and the Chipmunks ISbS2: Crossbow 19h15: MacGyver 20hOO: Suidwes Nuus 20h 15: Die Houtbord 22h13: NewsIWeather 22h33: The Slap Maxwell Story 22h57: Sport 23hS7: Dagsluiting

SATURDAY 17h5S: Programrooster lSbOO: The boy and the book ISI)05: Miena, Moe en Kie ISh 15: My little pony friends ISh36: Wonderful world of

Disney 19h21: Farther Murphy 20hOS: Soeklig op 435 20h29: Feature Fi lm : HLett ing

Go" 22hOO: NewsfWeather 22h20: The Equalizer 23h15: John Lenon OOhOS:Epiiogue

SUNDAY 16hOO: Herh alingsrooster 16h03: Pitkos 161114: Educational programmes 17hO): Ptogramrooster 17hOS: Soeklig op 435 17h30: Secret Place (final) lShOO: Die Blye boodskap lSh20: 700 Club lSh56: " This is Olga Levinson" 19h16: Another life 20hOO: News Review 20h15: Murder she wrote 21hOl : Unter dem Kruez d6

Suedens 21h59: Plante van die 8ybel 22h12: NewsIWeather 22h32: Perspetvie

MONDAY 17hSS: Programrooster 18hOO: Weet jy nie 18hOS: Ed UC'dtional programme lSh)O: Mof en Mat

ISh40: Die Ka trin Wird Sold at 19h03: Our house 20hOO: Suidwe5 Nuus 20hlS: Kinders Yan die

Sabbatsee 21 h04: Thirtysomething 21h51: The world we live in 22hOO: News/Weather 22h20: Sport 22hSO: Dagsluiting

TUESDAY 17h5S: Programrooster lShOO: The boy and the book 13hOS: Educational programmes 18h30: The Berensbin Bears 18h52: The Kwicky Koala show 19h14: Fame 20h()O: Suidwes Nuus 20h 15: Falcon Crest 21h03: Die Ma·Plotters 21h29: Wilderness Alive Pa r t 1 21h52: Vuller 22hOO: News/Weather 22 h20: Perspective: Robots 22 h3S: Evening Prayer

WEDNESDAY 17h58: Programme Sched ule IShOO: Weetjy nie ISh05: Educational programmes lSh30: Young Samson ISh40: The new adyentures of

Zorro 19hOl: Sport 20hOO: Southwest News 21h15: Hardcastle and

Mccorm ick 21h50: Vuller 22hOO: NewslWeather 22b20: Food for faith

THURSDAY 17hSS: Ptogramrooster IShOO: The boy and the book 18h05: Educational programmes lSh30: Wielie Walie 18h55: Land en Sand 19h3S: T and T 20hOO: South West News 20h15: Melba 21h05: Waldhaus 22 h02 : NewslWeather 22h22: Ons Wetenskaplikes 22h37: Sport 23h07: Face to face

A scene from the popular series, Thirtysomething_

THE NAMIBIAN

ORLANDO PIRATES Fe 1989 DERBY WINNERS BACK ROW (f.I.Lr.). Salathiel 'Stime)a' Ndjao. Eliaur 'Ellis' Uirab,Arnbrosius 'S Mahone' Vyff, Freddie 'Nana' Namaseb, Michael 'Mike' Matn)Qs, Jonathan 'Jora' Spiegel, Sedekia 'Axab' Auchamb, Frans 'Roadlbock' Kazimbu (skipper). FRONT· Charles 'Magic' Dausab, African '80150150' Areseb, Manuel 'Meno' Gertze, Lesley 'BMX' Goagoseb, Emil 'Milo' Kauwami, Stephen 'Pro' Damaseb, Jonathan 'Samora' Appolus and Ben 'Kleintjie' Gaseb.

Canadian Fentale Sprinter Canada 's top female sprinter, _ Angella issajenko, named an American connection in the government inquiry on drug use in amateur sport yesterday when she testified about how she obtained steroids during ber decade of use.

In Drugs Tria entered as evidence. The letter out­lined the side effects of steroid use, including baJdncss, acne, sterility, testicular atrophy and possible liver damage.

Issajenko's signature was on the letter, although she said she did nOI read it. She said she filled Kerr 's prescription at a phannacy next door to his office. Issajenko said she gOi ' ho t shots'

of steroids during 1981 competitions from US shot putter, Brian Oldfield and received steroid prescriptions in 1983 from Dr Robert KelT, whom she described as 'the big steroidguru in America.'

A silver medallist in the 4 x 100 metre relay at the 1984 Olympics, Issajcnko was guided by inquiry lawya

Roben Annstrong through entries she made in hcr personal diaries.

The inquiry was ordered after Is­sajenko's team-mate, Ben Johnson, was stripped of his Olympic 100-metre gold medal after testing posi­tive for the steroid stanozolol in Seoul in September.

Issajenko, 30, said she received tablets of anavar and injections of testosteroo, bmh banned steroids, in the 1981 from Oldfield, a former

New Rugby Club in Windhoek

The Windhoek Rugby Club was founded on Monday to fill the gap in the Central Sub-Union owing to the disba nding of Windhoek Defence, The new club's application will be considered at an extraordinary general meeting of the sub-union on 22 Ma rch.

"It is in the interest of rugby in Namibia that Central should have more than the current three first-league clubs," says Mr Polla Brandt, who was chosen as the club president at the founding meeting in Windhoek,

" The Namibian Rugby Supporter's Club and other rugby enthusiasts therefore took the initiative to establish Windhoek as an openclub to promote competition.' ,

According to Mr Brandl the club has aboul 80 registered players. It envisages competing inthe fU"S 1 as well as lower leagues and alsoparticipating in the Central Midlands competition. For the time being the Eros Sports Club fac ilities will be used.

Windhoek Rugby Club's other officials are: JOOm Lenn (chairman), Allan Hoeksema, Dcon Ferreira and Hentie Cha.mpion (vice-chainnan). Hendrick WUW, Johan Deysel, Casper Derks and Japie Vennaak (additional members), Dun Slabbert (club captain), Daan Kruger (public relations officer), AnIOOll Cook (representative on the Namibian Rugby RefClee's Association) and Johan van Wyngaardt (constitutionaJ affairs).

The club will play friendly matches against Walvis Bay (First League), Namib Park (Second League) and United (fhird League). tomorrow.

world record holder. She said Oldfield gave her anavar

atamc:etinFunh, West Gennany, in May 1981.

"It was nonnal .. . one assumed whenever there WItS a thrower around he was on steroids. (Coach) Charlie Francis and I spoke to h.im (Oldfield) and he gave me some.

, 'There were no doping controls at European meets at the lime," she said.

Issajenko said Oldfield gave her injections of the steroid testosterone at another European meet in June 1981.

"I asked him for it and he had his own connection and he gave it tome. I wouldn 'I wanl to blame it on him," she said.

"But I stopped taking the Sleroids during competi tions after 1981." Issajenko said she suffered injuries when she took the steroids while competing.

By 1984, after almOSI five years of sleroid use, she said she developed hypoglycaemia -- a side effect of the use o f human growth hormone.

In March 1984, she wrole in her diary: "My skin is so tight ii 's hard to push the needle in and get it OUl"

Issajalko. the SO-mctrc wcdd inOOa record holder, said she also got ster­oid injections from Canadian shot putter Bishop Dolegiewicz in Rome in 1982.

She said she visited Kerr at his office near Los Angeles on October II, 1983 after reading his book "the practical use of anabolic steroids with athletcs.' ,

"He seemed to be the big steroid

guru in America," said Assajenko, adding that Kerr gave her prescrip­tions for the sleroid anavar, L-Dopa and human growth honnone.

Growthhormone is taken from the pituilary glands of human cadavers. L-Dopa, used to treat Parkinson's disease, is purported to enhance the effects of growth hormone.

A lener with Kerr's address and California phone number on it was

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Issajenko said Dr Mario (Jam ie) ASlaphan took over administration of her drug programme afterhervisil to Kerr.

"He (Astaphan) monitored our use of anabolics and did all our blood tests," said the Jamaican-born Is· sajenko.

• The captains of Orlando a nd Tigers, Frans Kazimbu and Bricks Hangula shaking hands before the kiCk-orr, with referee Molles looking on. Mones did a good job in handling the titanic final clash that saw Orlando overwhelming their youthful Tigers opponents.

22 March 17 1989

MOLATEDI SECURES CHIEFS VICTORY

BY CONRAD ANGULA ----------------------CHIEFS2LEEDSI----------------------An overhead kick in the dying seconds of the game by Fetsi Chippa MoJatedi, Chiefs creative midfielder. secured the Amakhosi their second Castle League win of the season.

The Phefeni Boys scraped to. 2-1 victory over Leeds United in a a fast flowing fh.ture al Milpark Stadiwn in JohllJ1Jlcsburg. Chiefs led 1"() at half-time.

Despite Chiefs dominated !he game, they could only managed to score in injwy time to eam them their two poinlS. Outslanding goalkeepi.ng fran Leeds' Dominic Zulu and poor fin­ishing prevented Chiefs from win­ning this match comfortably ...

But all credit to the hard running Nc:wscastle-based Icam who never stopped trying and were prevented from taking the lead in the 87m minwe by I MIlianI save Chiefs' star 'k~, WiUiam 'Cool Cal' Shongwe. who denied Samuel Sikhakhanc: from scoring his second goal of the match.

Chiefs took the lead in the fourth­minute thanks to a goaJ by the pro­lific Marks 'Pro' Maponyane, who scored his second goal of the season with his effort. The visitors drew level when Sikhakhane capitaliwi on a blunder by Chiefs' substitute Albert Bwalya in the 61th minute to level matters.

Molatedi's match-winning goal came in the dying seconds of the game.

ACES 0 RANGERS 0

Super Curl Aces have only them­selves to blame because they missed ten chances at scoring through inac­curate goal shooting. Neither Aces nor Grinakcr Rangers managed to score in their league game played at the Lynville Swiiwn. Witbank.

The major culprit was Percy Nxumalo who miswi six chances and Mike Mokgorosi missed four.

Rangers. on the other hand. fought hard but robust play saw them also missing goal chances ant it came as no surprise when they were reduced to ten men when Peter Buddy w as sent off in the 84th minute for kick­ing Mokgorosi.

BUCKS 2 CELTIC 1

Trouble tom Durban Bushbucks beat Magic Curl Celtic 2-1 at the Kings Park Rugby Stadium in Dur­ban on Wednesday. All goals came in the flfSthalf.

The home side took: the lead in the 11 th minute when a free-kicle from Professor Ngubane was headed home by Bennett Gondwe.

But the visilOrS equaliwi within 60 seconds when a free-kick by Troy Saila was blasted straight at ' keeper

Neil Blakenberg who dropped the ball into the path of Jonathan Marnbwe who drilled home the n:bound.

Bushbucks gor their second goal in the 35th minute when across from Gondwe was meton the penalty spot by Mda Nduli who half-volleyed into the roof of the net

In the second-half Bushbucks had to absorb a uemendous amount of pressure but in spite of being obvi­ously very unfit they managed to hold out for their first win of the

Meanwhile the South African Socc:c­Association' 5 (SASA) Little League received a major boost on Wednes­day when Chapelat Industries. manu­facturers of Chappies Bubblegum. announced they would pump RI Million into thecompetition over the next four years.

Over the past three years. thespon­son injected over R600 000 into the competition, which last year attracted in exocss of 1 400 !eaJTIS frml thr0ugh­out South Africa in the under-l0 and under-12 age groups.

The 1989 League is scheduled to nut on May I and already close to 800 teams from the Johannesburg region alonehaveentercd. Theregis­tration deadline is April 15.

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BA's goalketper Marcellus Witbeen, bites the dust against Orlando Pirates_ With the Bues ace midrielder Axab Auchamb waiting for a slip. Orlando won 2-1.

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UP THE DUCS! Happy Orlando Pirates supporters posing for the Namibian photographer at the Katutura Stadium after their team's 2-0 victory over The Ingwenyama.

Fetsi 'Chippa' Molatedi, Chiefs' creative midfielder who scored his side's winning-goal against Leeds United at the Milpark Stadium, Johannesburg.

""HI ;~ ""'" 1 ~, ... ~ ........ -... --~. -- -The Buccaneers captain, Frans Kazimbu, in a heading duel with Tigers Foresta Nickodemus during the crucial final on Sunday won 2-0 by the smooth sailing Sea Robbers. Frans was one of Orlando's stars in the final.

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Liverpool back on the winning trail

JOHN Aldridge scored his second hat-trick o(the season as English soccer champions Liverpool moved closer to First Division leaders Arsenal with a 5-0 thrashing or Luton on Tuesday.

Two weeks ago Liverpool trailed Arsenal by 19 points. But they have now narrowed the gap to 10 points. with two games in hand, and are fourth in the table.

Luton badly missed their suspended captain Sieve Foster in defence on the trip to Anfield and Liverpool pair Ronnie Whelan and Ray Houghton had little uoub\eopening Ihe way for Irish striker Aldridge TO claim his 19th gOII1 of the scasoo. after 34 minwc:s.

Four minutes before halftime Aldridge pounced again aflcr Luton goalkeeper Les Sealey had weakly pushed away a drive from John Bar­nes.

His third goal came from the pen­alty spot in the 76th minute after he had been brought down by Kingsley Black.

Aldridge. who scored a hat-trick against Charlton on the opening day of the season, set up Liverpool's­fourth goal of the night foe England International, Peter Beardsley , who slipped the ball through-Ihe siit.le(~ .

legs in the 69th minute. Five minutes later Steve McMa­

hon hit a shot whichspWl in off a post after taking a deflection of[ David Beaumont.

SERVETTE GENEVA 3

MILLWALL 1

In another match played on Tues­day, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, for­mer West Ham soccer captain, scored for his Swiss club Servette Geneva in a 3-1 win over English First Division Millwall in a rain-soaked friendly.

Rummenigge, who recently an­nounced he would retire at the end of the season, received a silver salver from Millwall before the kick-off to mark hi's final appearance in Britain.

1hc ,33-year-old striker repaid over 3000 fans, who had braved appalling weather conditions, by scoring the first goal and se.tting up the second as

Karl-Heinz Rumm enigge (left) in rull cry during his heyday as West German 's star player. The two-time European Footballer or the Year is due to retire at the end or season.

the slick Swiss Firsl Division side rolled Millwall over_

Rummenigge showed the blister­ing tum of the pace and immaculate close control which eamed him 95 caps during an outstanding career with Bayem MWlich and lnternazi­onale Milan and twice brought him the ti tle of European Footballer of the Year_

Marco Schellibaum and Jose Sin­val scored Servette's other goals befm: Dean Horrix lobbed Millwall's con­solation effort in the 70th minute.

"We are going back to take part in the Swiss championship play-offs so it was a good test for us, despite the weather," Rummenigge said.

BAYERN MUNICH 2 HEARTS 0

A crucial second-half header by Norwegian newboy, Erland Johnsen, steered w.est Germany's Bayern MWlich inlo the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in a 2-0 win over Scot­land's Hearts in tie also played on Tuesay

1hc tall 21-year-old defender, who has played just a hand full of games since he Bayern at the start of the seasm., headed heme in !he 69th minute of a hard-fought second-leg tie to secure the Bavarians a 2-1 win on aggregate.

Libcro~Klaus Augenthaler, 8ayem's most influential player, had earlier cancelled out the Edinburgh side's l­o first-leg le ad with a spectacular first-half goal from 25 metres.

Less than a month ago, Norwegian International Jotrnsen could not command a regular place in Bayem's first team.

Coach Jupp Heynckes brought him into the side for the first-leg in Ed­inburgh two weeks ago purely to give his defence more strength in the air.

But Johnsen produced valuable attacking skills as well and scored on Tuesday with a flashing header after a weaving run and cross by the hard­working Stefan Reuter .

It was rough justice for Hearts who had baukd hard for most of the match and who missed clear chances to get through to the semi-finals of a Euro­pean competition for the first time.

EXPLORER COULD BE A THREAT THIS SEASON and their Super League opponents should not take them lightly

says Frans Samaria, NNSL Western Region spokesman ..•• BY CONRAD ANGULA

IF Explorer Xl maintain the rorm they produced last weekend during the United Stars Soccer Tournament, then their Super League opponents are in ror a tough time this season, This is the opinion or Mr Frans Samaria, chairman or Eleven Arrows Fe and NNSL representer in the Western Region_

Explorer, according to Mr Samaria, played very well and surprised ev­eryone who watched them playing last weekend. With the few players they have signed this season they look capable of taking on any side this season.

Rooidon Manale and fonner Pubs star defender, Eric Hansen, are just two of the stars who have made their presence fcltduring the United Stars Tournament at Swakopmund. Espe­cially Hansen, who put up an impres­sive performance which kept the de­structive Blue Waters forwards at bay fran soorina in !he rmal 00 Sunday_

Mr Samaria should know what he was talking about because to elimi­nate J PS champs Eleven Arrows (8-7) from a tournament has become quile a difficult task nowadays, and despite only managing to do so on penalties, Explorer proved their crit­ics wrong in the final by leading 2-1 over league champions Blue Waters, before the match was disrupted.

On their way to ihe final, aslighlly out of touch Blue Waters, managed to hold Super Stan: to a 2-all draw, and eventu&Jly went on \0 clinch the tough encoWlter 5-4 on a penalty -shoot-out.

Explorer Xl received R2 500 for their sterling pcrlOlTTlanoc. R500 111M:

then their hometown neighboon, Blue Waters_ Super Stars and Eleven Ar­rows received R250 each for losing in the semi-fmals.

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The Sea Robbers dribbling-wizzard, Charles Dausab, had the Tigers players at sixes and sevens with his polished ball artistry. Tigers ball-juggler, Teenage Iyampo, was the unlucky man who had to mark the tricky player,

cont. rrom page 24.

Tigers keeper_ Kleintjie didn't waste any time

and in a fraction of a second the ball was behind the Tigers net. Giving 'keeper, Bandike Oxurub no chance at all.

In other matches playedon Friday, Tigers beat struggling SWA Toyota YOWlg Ones 3-2 and Orl~do Pirates drew I·all with Pepsi African Stars who seemed to have lost their magic of last season. This was alSo proved on Saturday by a dramatically im­proved Black Africa, who gave them a 3-nil thrashing on Saturday, in a game that saw Fellah SnewedispJay-ing his magic of old. .

SE Sorento Bucs continued their saga over B&S Tigers with a 3-2 victory over the Donkerhock-bascd lngwenyama. On SWlday moming. Orlando Pirates swprised friend and

foe by eliminating pre-tournament favourites Black Africa 2-1 in a match, that to my opinion, was the best of the weekend .

However, BA revenged their de­feal with a 3-2 thrashing of SWA Toyota Young Ones, who are play­ing different soccer from the .form that won them two titles last season. YOWlg Ones are lacking the famous 'one-touch' that made them one of the most feared sides in the pasL

Despite the few teams that are still not at the top, the soccer displayed during the Derby promises Namib­ian fans top slal1dard soocet!his season. The clubs, especially the top four gun.~, Black Africa, B&N Orlando Pirates, B&S Tigers and Pepsi Afri­can Stars (slightly OUI of touch), seemed to have rise from their winter sleep, and this season could spell trouble for other teams in the Na­mibia National Super League (NNSL).

-Tyson,is the b,esHighter THE Boxing Writers Association or America named Mike Tyson , the world heavyweight champion, the Fighter or the Year for 1988, Tyson also won the Edward J. Neil Award as Fighter orthe Year in 1986.

Winner of the Old Buck A ward as the Trainer of the Year was Kevin Rooney, who trained Tyson until his last fight -- a fifth-round victory over Briton Frank Bruno in his 1989 debut figh t in February 25.

Rooney was dismissed for public comments Tyson did not like and is suing the champion for I 0 million dollars, contending he has a handshake agreement with the fighter.

Arthur Mercante won the James 1. Walker Award for long and meritorious service to boxing. He has refereed many championship fights, including the first Muhammad Ali/Joe Frazier heavyweight classic bout in 1971_

AI Bernstein, a commentator for ESPN, a cable television, won the Sam Taub Award for excellence in boxing broadcast journalism_ Michael Moorer , a light heavyweight, won the Cus D'Amato Award as Prospect of the Year.

Amazulu expelled from Castle League ONE or the oldest soccer clubs in South Arrica, Durban-based Amandlha Amazulu, were expelled (rom the South African National Castle Soccer League (NSL) ror bringing the game into disrepute, according to a statement to SAPA rrom the NSL PRO Abd ul Bhamjee.

"But the expUlsion order has been suspended Wltil the end o f the 1989 season , on condition that the club is not convicted of any similar offense for the duration of the s~ason," Bhamjee explained.

Tonight's disciplinary hearing was called following incidents of crowd distW'banceduring and after SWlday's Castle Leaguematch between Amazulu and Cape To\lolTl Spurs al Kings Park:, Durban_

The game, whichAmazululostO-l, started 15 minutulate becau.seof crowd misbehaviour. There were of crowd violence after the match.

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Apartheid receives a blow

The South Arrican Tennis Union (SATU) on Thesday expelled 13 East Rand-based clubs after recently taking a stand on the Conservative Party's policy or rejecting multi-racial tennis.

Eightclubs in BobbUJ"g. three in Brakpan. and one each in Nigel and Delmas were: expelled after an unannimous decision by the SATU Exec:utiveCommit­lee at I special general meeting two weeks .go.

A further four clubs in Springs are liable for expulsion if they decide at special general meltings this wcc.k nOI lochange petty apartheid policies of not accepting blacks as members.

Mr Robin Beal. president of the Eastern Transvaal Tennis Union, saidabout 800 players would be affected by the clIpulsions.

Pen), apartheid was reinauduced when the Conservative Party took control of these towns after mWlicipaJ elections last year.

ARROWS AT OSHAKATI 1988 John Player Smooth champs, Eleven Arrows will visit Oshakatl In the Northern Namibia this weekend. Arrows will play three friend ly matches agalnsl Afrkan United, Teenagen; and Golden Bigs respectively. Arrows will be oUllorevengeomn their defeat allhe hands of Ex pi ora XII.I the weekend during the United Stan Tournament at Swakopmund and the tbree Nor thern teams will be out to prove that they are asgood as any Super Ltague skle, so a very tough weekend Is ahead for the coasta l side.

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Jomo Doeseb, BA 's fast improving left.back, dearing from Stars' Juku Jazukoduring the Derby soccer tournament at the Katutura Stadium. With Indies Damaseb (centre) and Jackson Merom looking on. BA won 3-0.

SWEET VICTORY FOR SMOOTH SAILING BUCS

BY CONRAD ANGULA --------­UP the Bucs, was the slogan ortheday, as the highly skilfull Orlando Pirates alias the Sea Robbtrs, won the annual Katutura Derby for the third time. Orlando Pirates deservedly trounced B&S Tigers 2·0 in a final that will be remem bered for its highly entertaining and attractive football displayed by both teams throughout the game.

Both Pirates' goals were stored by Springbok, Ben 'Kleintjie' Gaseb. one in each half. and ironical both goals resulted from mix·ups in front of the Tigers ' goaimouth, as their young but talented defenders failed to clear, from the eager Pirates for­wards.

The teams started on a very fast pace with Tigers having the first chance of scoring in the 3rd minute from kick-off. However, Forra Nickode­mus, known for his opportunism, failed to score following a through­pass from Rkho Duseb.

With the existing midfJeldc:rs. Forra is forced to pull back and to look ror the ball deep in midfield, whereas he is most effective when receiving through-pasSC5 and crosses from the wing.

Their young central midfielder Gcnat Gowasc:b, is a good ball player btl[ when il comes to creating or scoring goals he is still not mature: for the posilion. This was very clear during the final as the dribbling midfielder at times seemed not not know what to do with the ball when in possession.

In FOlTa, Richo and Issy Naruseb.

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Ex·Benfica Richo received from midfieldcr Pro Nickodemus, and outmanoeuvred two Pirates players and cleverly sent it through to FOlTa, who in return outsprinted Stimela Ndjao (who once again proved why he is rated as the best central-de­fender in the counlI)' with his splen­did defcnsive display) and Frans Kazimbu. but the proliflCs~couJd only hold his head in disbelief as his lowly-placed shot at the left·side of !.he outrushing Bues 'keeper, missed the target by inches.

Tigers have one of the besl rorward trios in the country and with a little time for Rieho, who was ou[ of the game for quite a long time, to settle down. the sky is the limit for the Ingwenyama.

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The Buccaneers staned to gain control in the middle of the pitch as thei r engine-room controlled by vet­eran Ambrossius Vyff, totally out­classed their youthful counterparts, puttin& pressure on the Tigers de­fence.

The Tigers defenders. especially Johny at leflback, had his hands full marking Pirates dribbling maestro, Samora Appolus. who had a very successful weekend. displaying the standard of fO()(bal) thai won him a place in the National Team in 1987.

At centre-rorward, Stephen Damaseb, who also seemed to have hit form, had the Tigers defenders in sixes and sevens, whenever in pos­session and is one of the players to watch this season. Stephen. whowas vOled the 1986 NNSL 'Player of !.he Year," is known for his devastating pace and his accurate shooting wi!.h both feet.

The Buccaneers flfst goal resulted from a comer-kick beautifully taken by Samora Appolus. The ball was cleared by a Tigers defender but Vyff headed it back into the Tigers small box. BlII"Kfike Oxurub. the: Tig~ long­serving 'keeper failed to clear and Kle intjie bravely followed il up and headed in the loose ball. avoiding the boots of high-kicking Tigers defend· a,.

Thematch hotted up as Bues were looking for goal number two and Tigers desperately trying to equal. ise, bUI overhasliness and poor fin · ishing from their forwards let them down badly. The Ingwe should stan looking for a creative midfic:lder who can keep the ball and who is also capable of shooting from distance.

Like FOlTa, Richo is a very unpre­diclable player who can shoot from any position. and is known for his deadly flJlishing especially from crosses outside the danger zone.

In Issy Naruseb, Tigers have one of the bc:st wingers in the League. The speedy player is well· known fOT" his defence beating crosses thathave won Tigers many matches in the past and with Forra and Richo always in hand to convert in crosses, Tigers could end up well in the League this season.

In the second half Orlando Pirates introduee their magical and nimble­footed apprenlice, Charles Dausab, who, if gelting used 10 the tough footba11 in the Super League. will be a thorn in the flesh of many defend­ers when il comes 10 dribbl ing.

The young lad hasmagiein his feet and according to soccer experts, Orlando couldn ' I have found a beuer replacemenl for their ball artist. Norbertus 'f'orries' Goraseb. who had to retire from the game follow· ing a car accidenL

Dausab was a1so instnunental in Pil...a; socond am last goal that socun:d them the Derby's floating uophy and 30% of Ihe flTS t prize money.

He got hold of a loose ball on the lc:ftsideofthe pitch. sell dummies. 10

a few Tigers defenders and pass to Kleinljie, who, in return blasted the ball against Bandike' s chest and space to the righl side were he repeat his first move, and sent in a sound cross

'\hat was ban down right into the waiting Kleintjie's kfl fOOl by the

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UNTAGTUETE OMBILI MON IBIA

Nande etanga lombili loUNTAG omo lili moNamibia, South Mrica onghee ngoo ta twikile nominyonena daye --- - - KU SARAH JOHANNES ----­NANDE NEE etanga loUNT AG 010 tali uya Ii tona tele omahoololo moNamibia muNovomba neodo ola fika moNamibia,natango omakakunya onghee "goo 18 twikile nokudenga ovakwashiwana moNamibia. Omukalelipo woshiro ~ eshi " The Namibian" koum bangalanhu woshilongo, okwa shiivifa oshivike eshi nokutya omakakunya onghee "goo taa twikile noilonga yom inyonena mokati kovakwas hiwa na mo um bangaranhu waNamibia. Umwe womovakwashiwana 00 a kufwa okambale kaye ketanga lomunyonena, oye Maria Nauyoma womomukunda Okatana 00 natango a kufwa okandjato kaye koimaliwa omo kwa Ii mo na R 19,00. Ovakwashiwana pokamoongo kaShakati ova kala nokutuwa omaminimini komakakunya 00 a Ii kokabesa e Ii atatu 00 a holoka pokamoongo efimbo longula mOlomakaya oshivike sha dja ko.

Okabesa katya ngaha oke na 0110-mola tai leshwa ngaha: "POL 2871" orno mwa li ovatilyane vane (4) , ovo kwali ve na ornafano. Ovalumenhu aya konimaeshi ya heluka mokabesa ova hoyela okuJihana nokwoongela ovakwashiwana pokamoongo no ku va [Wa omaminimini. Tete ova hov· ela noipupulu tava ti kutya vati vo oilyo yoUNT AG va dja kOvenduka va twnwa komwnbisfhofi Kleopas Dwneni nokomushamane Danny Tjongarero na ova hal, ashike okuuda omaliudo ovakwashiwana kombinga yomahoololo, noiru va lombwela kutya, vati momahoololo naya ka hoolole okamba yomakakunya yed­ina " BatalionA 101" pOndangwa oyo vali i Ii lal kondjele cmanguluko lashili.

Vahapu yomovakwashiwana oyo kwa Ii va djala ownbale voluvala loSWAPO, ova kufwa oumbale ovo

komakakunya nova kala tava ha· valekwa oumbale womakakunya nomukalo wefminiko.

Omafikuesh.i ali 14 Maalitsa 1989, omakakunya okwa kala eli pomidin· gonokodovakwashiwana di lili noku \iIi !)rno YI kala nolcudcngl OYak'

washiwana ngaashi mOshakati, Ordangwa nOluno. MOIIlJIO ova dcnga mo okakadona kedina Justina Nan­yanga (29) oko kwa Ii ka djala yo oilrutu i na oluvala loSWAPO, oyo ya pombaulwamo komakakunya nokuxwikwa po komakakunya rooipalfi yovakwashiwana vahapu, ovo va hetekela oku rou pi oiirulu yokudjala efunboolo. Kalcu shiivike kUlya onelalakano lashike omakakunya taa longo oilonga i Ii ngaha tai lrumwifa.

Omukulukadi womushamane womushamane tate Prince Shiimi, naye okwa kala yoo II tukaelwa komakakunya 00.

BEVRYDINGS-EKONOMIE

NODIG EKONOMIESE groei in kapitalisme beteken maa15kaplike en ekonomiese agteruitgang en armoede vi r die oorgrote meerderheid yan die beyolking. Rasistiese kapitalisme het aan die swart meerderheid in Namibie armoede, werkloosheid en uitbuiting tot gevolg gebad en aan die wit minderheid ekonomiese welvaart

So het die president van Nanso, mnr. Paul Kalenga, Dinsdagaand by die stadskampus van van die Univer­sie\ van Namibie , tydens 'n Nanso· simposiwn gese. Hy het gepnal ocr die politieke--ckonomic van Namibie.

Nogtans he!: die mensc v., Namibie die kolOlliseerders sOOesl/ol vir 'n ceu lank op die I/erdcdiging geplaa!l. Dit is genoegsame bcwyse dal hulle hul penarie nie goedsmoeds aanvaar het rue en hunker na 'n beter toekoms, het mnr. Kalenga gese.

Die gcorganiscerde versel-aksies van die volk van N am ibie, onderlcid­ing van Swapo hel die poli lieke· ekonomie van apanheid en koloniale uitbuiting op sy knice ged wing en hel 'n proses van ekonomie-in vryheid en altqnatiewe opsies op 10<01 gcsit.

"Die realisenng van politieke . onafhanklikheid bchoortdie begin Ie wecs ¥an die stryd om annocdc, uit· bwting er. ekonomicse afhankllkhcid te bdindig."

Die grondslag van die huidige

pera no eli otapa monika Ovanamibia ovo va ranekelwa moBirmingham, oshilando shomuBritania pdimbo loshoongalele shOngeleka: okudja kolumosho otapa monika: Moses Omeb. Alina Ndapuka, Getrud Kandanga, oyo ta~ Iihongo kwinya ve li pamwe na Jason Angula hammhanga waHamusbangandjai wOngongahangano yEengeleki moNamibia (CCN). omushamane Dr Abisai Sheyavali,

Inboorlinge land onteien en omskep in verskarrers yan goedkoop arbeid - Paul Kalenga

ekonomiese penarie is deur die Du· ilSe koionisle na die bcrogle Berlin· konferensie geli:, waar Afrikaopver· deel is in belang van die intemasion· ale imperialiste.

Die DuilSer hel Namibie koloni­seer om 'n soon ekOllOmie te veslig . om sy eie Imperiale belange Ie d ien. "Duitsc kolonialisme het. d ie in­hcemse-produsecrder sy land en geyolglik die slagaat.¥," sy bestaan ontneem. As gevolg 'hiervan is die inboorlinge, wat hullesclf kon on· derhou, growing om goedko6p at· beid . an "die wit setlaus te verskaf."

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NOG 'N WERKER AFGEDANK

DIE nasionale yoorsjtter van dae yakbonci, Metal and Allied Namibian Workers Union (Manwu). mnr. Helmuth Rllkoro. is yandeesweek na ' n d ienstyd perk yan ongeveer agt jaar by die maatskappy. Namtrac on15laan,

Mnr. Rukoro is wI rue dicns geskor.; oox1ar. hy na bewering 'n blankc werko­sou gevloek hel. Hy hetdie bewering van die blanke werknemer ten sterk­SIC ontken en gese dat hy aan hom gese hel dat hy nie moeilikheid met hom moet sock nie.

Mnr. Rukoru was >.tiT 'n procftydpcrlc van drie maW"ldc, ten \yde van sy skorsing, as 'n onder-opsiener aang­eSlel. Hy het gese dat hy ook nie skriflc1ike a.an.stcUing vir die !XIS gekry hel nie.

Die voorval. wat tot sy skorsing gelei het, het verlede Dinsdag pla­asgevind.

Mnr. Rukoro het gesedathyopdie dag na 'n nabygelee winkel gestap hel om koeldranlc te koop. Ov pad WI he! hy'n werker raakgeloop wat hy vir 'n pllr weke nie gesien het nie, hel hy gese.

Hy hel die werker "''''''' ,"m''

hom wt gewoonle gesels en hom gevra waarhydieafgelope drie weke was, hel mnr. Rukoro gese.

Tawyl hulJc besig was om Ie gescls, het die voorman van die afdeling waaronder die werker met wie hy gesels het,op hom geskree en hom beveel om sy werkers uit te los.

"Oit is niejou werker nie,hy is in diens van Namtrac," sou hy aan die voorman,'n sekere mnr. Nel, gese he!.

Mnr. Rukoro het gen dal hy die werker gelos het en na die winkel gegaan he!.

Oppad terughetdie mnr. Nel vocr hom ingestap en hom dw lbewus gestamp en die koeldrankblikke hel Wi sy hande geval, het hy gese.

Uil woedc het hy die blikkie opgetel en mnr. Nci daarmee gegooi. "Die blikkie hel hom nie genak. nie."

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2 Friday March 17 1989 THE NAMIBIAN FOCUS

-'n Gedeelte van die belangstellendes wat die Nanso+simposium oor die ekonom ie, wat by Akademie gehou was, bygewoon het.

Ekonomie vervolg van bl. 1 Namibic OTlltrek hel, was die ekon­omie reeds so struktureer om in Ie skake\ by die Suid-Afrikaanse ek.on­omit het Kalenga gesc. Die man­daal-sleise\ het Suid-Afrika in 'n posisie gepla'aS om Namibie as 'n ekonomiese en ' n poiilieke gedeelte van die rassisliese ma.sjinerie in die luig Ie span.

Die inheemse beyolking is deur koloniale welte vanhullandonteien. Die land orueieningsptx;es het gepaard gegaan met rervestiging van die mense op onvrugbare grond wat ekonomies van geen nUl wunie,hel hy gese. Die OIlleiening was gemik om die mense Ie omskep in y~ers VIIl gocdkoop arbeid .

"Namibie is 'n ryk land . Die rykdomme van hicrdie land is Ie vinde in sy mense, minerale rykdomme en sy natuurlike hulpbronne," het hy gese.

Oit is duidelik dat die grondsllg van die arrnoede van die mense sy oorsprong in die eienaarskap van die buitelandse maatskappye lteJ. "Die

grootste gedeelte van die land se rykdcmme word na Brittanje, Amerikl en Suid-Afrikl uitgevott 0'1 wat oorbly is in die hande van die minderheid wit setllars, plaaslik."

Mnr. Kalengl he! gese dat die ekonomie daarop geroik is om die -behoertes en die aanvraag van buite­landse kapitaal Ie bevredig.

Die mynbou-sektor, wat 85 persenl tot die land se uitvoere bydrl, word oorheen deW" drie buileJandse reuse maatskappye naamlik, Consolidated Diamond Mines, Rio Tinto Z inc en Tsumeb Corporation Limited.

Ondanks die belangrikheid van die mynbou-sektor kon die maatskappy nie daarin slaag om werksgeleen­thede te skep en o f vervaardiging binnelands te slimuleer nie, het mnr. Kalengl gese.

Soos die mynbou-sektor is die landbou ook op uiNaer gerig. "Die regering het die ontwik.k.eling van die landbou-produksie van die on­derdrukt(.sonunoedig ten gunstc van die wit sellaars."

As die mense van Namibie toelaat dat die toekomstige ekonomie op die fondarnent van die huidige uitbuitende ekonomie gehou word, kan hulJe nie

droom van veranderinge nie. Diegene, wat die politiek van pri­

vatisering en demokrasie verkondig, doen dit vir die oarle wing van die beleid wat vir die meerderheid van die mense arrnoede beteken. Priva­lisering is ter bevordering van die ekonomie van uitbuiting, het hy gese.

"Gc:rneenskaplike-en staal eienaar­skap, ko-opertiics en private eicnaar­skap moel d ie ekonomiese beleid van 'n onatbankJike staat kenmerk om die belange van die volk. te bes­kerm en vir die weJv.aan van die ekonomie te skenn"

Die skraping van diskrimerende arbeidsregulasics is deel van die stryd vir die skepping van 'ngeregverdige beste1. hel mnr. Kalenga gese.

Ten einde 'n ekonomies onafltan­klikeNamibie teskep, he!diestaat 'n belangrike rol te spec\. ,. Oit is nodig om finansies te kan behartig, buite­landse handel te beheer en na die bewerking van natuurbronne om Ie sien," het mnr. Kalenga gese.

Mnr. Kalenga het gese dat die tweede-vlak regenng vi; wanbest­cding van staal5fondse veranlwoar­delik gehou moet word.

IS NASBOUKOR BESORG?

NASBOUKOR het hom aangesluit by diemenige vraelyste, wat deur werkgewersaan hul werknem ers uilgereik word (Jmtrent die loekomstige werksaamhede van die korporasie. Die vraelyste van Nasboukor Yl.'rskil van die Iystt' wat werknent ers by ander ondernemings moet antwoord. in die sin dat die hu isverskarrer sy werkgewers se mening oor die onsekere loekoms wil weet, het mnr. Donova n Weimers, die skakelbeample van die Nasboukor, gese.

Die vraelys is dcur die na­vorsingscenheid van die korporasle opgcstel om vir die toekoms te bcpIan, het hy gese.

"Ons is bekommerd oar wat ons werknemers dink of vrees oor die komende onafhanklikheid," het hy gese.

eer sal Wee5 op privaatbesil, ower­heidsbesit of 'n gemengde besit.

Wat sal die tockomstige regering se houding wees ten opsigle van verstedeling en o f die staat voorkeur sal verloen aan plattelandse ontwikke­ling. is een van die vrae in die Iys.

omtren! die soorte ekonomiese be­slel wat gevolg sal word deur 'n onafhanklike regering .

Die vrae is meesal gebaseer op die posisie van die staal oar privatis. ering, deregulasie en herverdeling van rykdomme in die land.

Oi! is duidelik dat die vraelys gebasoer is op die huidige ekooomiese realiteite van die dag.

Afdanking vervolg van bl. 1

Mnr. Nel het 'n aggressiewe houd­ing ingeneem. " En so het ek myself ook in gerec<iheid gebring vir enige gebeurlikheid om myself te verd­«iig. ," het mnr. Rukoro gese.

Hy gese dat hy aan mnr. Nel gese het dat hy nie moeilikheid mel hom moe! sock nie, want hy sou dit kry.

Mnr. Ne\ hetdiesaak by sy depar­tementshoof aanhangig gemaak en beweer dat mnr. Rukoro vuiltaal leenoar hom sou gebruik het en hom gedreig hel.

Hy het gese dat hy deur sy depar tentshoof en mm. G. Goosen, die personeelbeslUurder, na sy kanloor onlbied en meegedeel is dat hy van die werk geskors is omdat hy vuihaal teenoor 'n mede-werker gebruik en hom gedreig het.

"Hulle het my 'n briefvoorge\ees dat my diensle tydeiik opgeskon is totdat 'n ondersoek plaasvind en dat ek die persele van Namtrac moes verlaa!."

Hyhet gese dat hy aan die person­eelbestuurder gese het dat hul1e hom 'n bewys moet gegee dat sy diensle opgeskort is, sodal hul1e nie later se dat hy vrywilliglik uit diens gebly hel nie.

Mnr. Rukoro hel gese dat hy nie 'n bewys gegee is nie en besluil het om die volgende Vrydag na sy werk tcrug Ie keer.

Toehy Vrydag by die ingang kom, hetdiehekwag hom loegang geweier en gese dat die werkskaart deur mnr. Goosen geneem is.

MiT. Rukao he( ga;e dal die hekwag hom gese het dat hy op eie risiko sal moet ingaan as hy wil.

"Ek he tdie hek oopgemaak en na my werksplek gegaan waar ek met m y nonnale werksaamhede voortgegaan he!.

Terwyl het besig was om te werk, het twoe poJisiemanne na hom gekom en gese dat hy onwettig op die persele van Namtrac was en ciat hy die perseeI moes verlaat. " Ek het die twee poli­siem anne gevra ofhulle 'n bewys hel dat . was en ofhulle

by hulle het. "

Helmuth Rukoro

Hy hel met die tweenadie person­eelbesluurder gegaan waar hy die bes tuurde r gevra het vir 'n skorsingsbrief.

Die polisie, volgens mnr. Rulcoro, het die bestuurder gevra ofhulle hom kan arresteer. Hy hel gese dat die besluurdergeseheldathy gelos moet won!.

Hy hel verder gese datdie werkers OI11tvrede was oor die tealWOOfdigheid van die polisie en op 'n Slaking wou gaan. "Ek moes uitgaanen die werk­ers tot kalmle roep," het hy gese.

Mnr. Rulcoro hel Maandag weer werk toe gegaan en met sy norm ale werksaamhcde voongegaan.

Dinsdag Lydens die verhoor is hy in kennis gestel daL daar vier klagtes Iccn hom gele is.

Die eerste klag was dat hy mense in ander afdelings uit die werk, son­der die toestemming van hul onmid­dellike owenieners, hou. Die ander klagtes teen hom wasdat hymnr. Nel met 'n coke-blik gegooi het en 'n <heigc:nde hooding ingeneem hel Mnr. Rukoro sou ook vuihaal gebruik hel

Mnr. Rukoro he( die klagtes ontken en gevraofhy toegelaatkan wordom ook 'n verklaring te milk. "a was nooil kIDS gegee om 'n

verklaring te maak nie ," het hy gese. Mnr. Rukoro is na die verhoar

ingelig dat hy skuldig bevind is op die klagles en dat hy uil sy werk geskors is.

Hy het aan Focus gese dat hy nie die salk daar gaan laal nie en dat hy hoftoesal gaan omdat hy sy skorsing as onregverdig Ig.

Die hooneier van die Nasionale Party (Suid.Afrika), mnr, F. W, De Klerk het ' n vlugtelinge verskyning Saterdag in Namibie gemaak. Hy het aan die persgesedat hy nie in sy amptelike hoedanigheid na Na mib:e gekom hel nie, maar net 'n kuiertjie by sou ou·vriend, advokaat LQu is Pienaar kom afgele hel Langs hom staan sy vriend, die Suid.Afrikaanse verteenwoordiger in Namibie, adv. Pienaar.

Die vraelys is nie politics nie, maar maatskaplik en ekonomies van lard, het mnr. Weimers gese.

In die vnelys word daM genoem diU die resultate gebruik sal word in die toekomstige beplanning van die korporasie.

Die Iys behandel ook die staat se beleid ten opsigte van lone of daar vasgestelde minimum lone sal wees en of di l deur die mark bepaal sal won!.

Oor werkskepping in 'n onafhan­klike Namibie, word gevra of die klem laat val sal word op die ower­heidseluor, vCMOO(Skappe IUSsen die staat en die privaal5ektor e n of dit die verantwoordelikheid van die pri­vaatseklOr sal wees.

KENNY MOET VERDUIDELIK Die "'aelys, wat volgens die

skakelbeampte opsionoel was, se vrae is meer gebaseer op Wi t die werkne­mas dink die lOCkomstige ek.onmticse bestel sal Wee5.

Die Iys wou onder andere van die werlc.nemers of e iendomsbesi! bas-

Uil die vraelys blyk dit dlt die bestuur van die korporasie geintcre­seerd is oor dit wat die mense dink

Oshiwana oshifimanekwa. Ina mu toola .•. oinima oyo muhe ishi shashi ota shi

"'~ dulika yikale oyitOPif& ';y~ ya nyika oshiponga nedipao

DlE ontwikkeling van ' n r adikale vakbopdbeweging .het nie die leierskorps van Swapo tot 1985 gepas nie, het dr. Kenneth AbrahamsOp (n Nanso­simposium Dinsdagaand bydie Universiteit vJn' Namibie gese,

Dr. Abrahams was deel van die gehoar, maar het hierdie mening geuiter toe die gehoor aangedring hct dat hy duidelikheid moel gee oor 'n onderhoud, wat hy met ' n plaaslike weekhlJld geyacr he!. Hy 50U in die onderhoud gese het dat daar konllik

tussen Swapo en die National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) bwun.

Hy het Swapo daarvan beskuldig dat die organisasie die vlkbonde wil gebruik as die werkerstalc van die organisasie. Hierdie benadering van die werkersl;ryd het die werker altyd benadeel , het hy gese.

In 1986 was dlar in die vakbond­beweging 'n debat aan die gang oor die regitr&J;ie van vakbonde. Die arbeiders het argumentcer dal die registrasie van die vakbondc die ~tryd van die werker sal bcvoordeel, het hy

gese. Rondon! die registrasie was daM

teenstrydende menings (ussen die arbeiders en die poEtici, het dr. Abrahams gese.

Die dinamiek in die vakbondbewe­ging kon nie meer beteucl word nie, het hy gese.

Hy het gese dat die srryd van d ie werker primer oor beter werksom ­standighede, lone en erkenning van hul vakbonde moet wees.

Die mening van dr. Abrahams het slerk\ri tiek uitgelok.

"KEE KU lombwele be shl gwoye!" Oku na owala omaslku 120po Okatokoll tho 435 k.llgwanahangano ka tamekl! nlllonga yako meslku Iyotango lyaApUIII nuumvo. Nopdhlmbo ndlka lIIonga yomltotolombo bomambandameko gepllngekl Iyuukolon~ ethlmlnlko, nokalongolongo lyaSooth Arrica onkee ngaa natango tay! u,1ka moshllongo a.<;hlM pamokalo gwUgongl, gwooradlo dbu ukwam ohoko, gwllfon ku ndana nodho Televls~ opo oshlgwana shaNamlbla shl )'e mehogololo Iya manguluka noly­opauyuukl metonattlo lyIlgwllnahangano sha npangwana sho ka shl vult okuhogolola pahalo Iyasho ytnt.

Iht nando opu na omltotolombo nomatllttho ngoka, ondl na elnHkelo kutya oshlgwana oshllhlm lnlkwa shaNamlbla osha 1stya nawa kUlya, otashl ka hogoloJa ongundu ylnl yopllpolotlka mthogololo ndjoka taU ka kala ko mtslku Iyotango lyaNovomba nuumvo (1989). Opu na owala oongundu mball mpoka Omunamlbla kehe a legeleh ... a ka bogolole po oogundu ylmwe aylke: Aanamlbla mboka ya kala laya kolonytkwa uul t woomvula los, onda dhlladhlla kutya olaya ka hogoklla ongundu yaakcMo­nyekwa nlllthlmlnlkwa,nokulya SWAPO yaNamlbla, ndele Itaya ka hogolola nande oongundu dhaSouth Atrlca omunakalongotongo-oong­undu ndhoka tadhl ka tslklla natango ntlhlmlnlko nonuukolonl uupe (neo-rolonlaUsm). PEHA lyaSoulh' Afrlc'; ngushl oonongundu dbu­ukwamuhoko tadbl landula mpaka: DTA yoo:\1udgt nooMukwahlma, NNF yooRukoro nooAbrabams, NPr yooKaljloogua nooVan Zy!, UDr yooGaroeb oooRudolf l\gondo nosho luu. Ayehe mbaka Aanamlbla mOOka ya kala taya kolonyekwa nokulblmlnlkwa kuSouth Africa moong· undu dboka dhuukwllmuhoko,lht ngashlngtyl oyo aagamtnl naapoplll aanent yokukaleka po uukolonl nomaheptko moNamlbla. Onawa ngtl t tay. mono omandhlndhlllko gtthlmbo yo ya galukllt koshlpana shawo!

Okuhogolola SWAPO yaNamtbla, omunlu oto hogolola shill wu zt mo momapando nokohl yondJoko yuuplkakolont nethlmlnlko IYIlSouth Ar· rlcaomunakalongolongo. Omuntu 010 hagolola wowu mone emanguluko lyosblU kall shl Iyuukwamuhoko nokatongotongo; ndele olyuukumwe wAanamlbla aythe mpoka monlka noltapu tallka we kolwaala Iwoshlpa, blaka omuntu ha pop~ keltaalo Iyomunlu oshowo komuluudhe nenge komudllgaoe. Ashlke shlka olasht zI melokolo lyAanamlbla yoytne no­tasbl pltUt mthogololo odjok. ta ll ka nlngwa muNovomba nuumvo,lhe ongtle oduno Aanamlbia ya kUlha etokolo Iyl lbwa po sh ill.

fhe ngtle oshlgwana shaNamlbla osha nlnglle owlna e tashl ka hogolola oongundu dhuukwamuhoko dhoka dha tumbulwa mpaka. nena otashl d oslw. kutha etokokl okukala muukobl~ elblmlnlko nokatongotongo kaSouth Atria ngaashl sha kala oomvula ad hi he dhoka. Oshoka Soulh Africa ola longltha oongundu dhlka dhuukwamuhoko (DT Aol .... ~F. NPF,UFD) maoll moopo dbl ka slndant mtbogololo ye (Soutb Africa) a ka tslkllt natango nomavlgumbo moNamlbl. ngushltaga monlka methlmOO Iyonena.

Aalonglthwanlu mbaka Aanarllibia yepange)o Iyuukolonl lyaSouth Africa moNamlbla mOOka ya kwetele oonguodu d hoka dhuukwam uhoko komeho, oya Ipyakldhlia ngashlngeyt nokufundjalekaoshowo nokutilitha oshlgwana shaNamlbla shoka sha hala okumona Namibia a manguluka.. kutya aniwa ngtSt osba ka hogololll SWAPO, nena aniwa otashl ka Sol

ondjaJa naakulupe aniwa Itaya ka mona we IImallwa yoopenztla. Ihe mblka oyo IIlya nomatumbulo gomadhlladhUo ga nlka uugoya, oshoka kage na nande oshlll. Tse Aanamlbla otu shl shl nawa,kutya Namibia okwa taalelwlI kondJala nokoshlkukuta omolwomvula ndjoka ya katll ltaylloko nawa uult woomvula odhlndJI dha bu gunlna dha pita po,tht ltashl pangetwa nandt koSWAPO ng.llShlngeyJ. Oshowo uuyamba waN­amlbia mboka tawu vulu okukandullthwa po omlkundu adblhe dhaN· amlbIa, otawu yakwa mo kaakwlllongo )"okuSoulb Africa, Brltanl ... FranS&, ~dowishl.un lnglnlno, Anlerica, Japll n nosho Iuu: Okllwt (01. ange), Ouuan (Ros..<;lng) O ngopolo (Oshorneya), oohl nornakolonshl (El'uta i)'aAtiantal, "muna nllnam_nyu yomlluludhl ogendJ~ oyu uuyamba tawu yak..,.a mo pelhlmbo ndlka kaakwlllongo ylliongo ya lumbutwa mpaka. ~lImlbla IIndo okwlI II III pa ngelwa kukwasblplln. mhoka ya hogololwa kAanamibl1l yoyt ne, Indo uUYllmba mbukll tlawu yakwa mo oshowo nondJala otayl vulu okuk«lelwa. SWAPO ya~lIm lbJa ola kondjo nOlalodl le kthe Omunllmlblae ke rnu hogolole,opo Allnllm lbJa yoyeDe ya pangelt oshUongo shawo nok utokola yoyent onilk""iIwa yawo, opo uuyamba woshllongo shelu kawu y.kwt mo we kaakwiliongo.

Kokulya aakulupt' Itaya ka mona we IImaUwII yopenzela mtpangelo lyaSWA PO, osho omltotolomOO dhowala dh .. na nande oshlll yasha. Metblm 00 Iyonena Iyu ukolool aakulupe moN Ilmlbla otaya pewa lImaliwa yoopenzela ya yooloka pamukalo guukwamuhoko nokatongotongo. Oshoka otatu mono kutya, aakulupe .. mlgane moNamlbla obaya mono IImallwa ycptnzeia ylll Rl7O,OO Iwaampoka komwedhl gum_; aakwashala (roiourds) R 152,00; oombaatUi R71; .. popl yelaka lyOshlheuro 70,00 omanga l!hupe aylhe y .. ludhe hayl moon Ilmallwa yopenztla R65,OO komwedhl bbe. Ilmallwll mblka obayl gandJwa ktpangelo Iyopokat~ omanga omaltlopangt:lo guukwamuhoko gomavtgumOO haga gwedha ko kIImailwa mblka, ngele oylndJI oylll owala R 5,00.

fhe oshllkwattltla ktvlgum 00 Iyuukwam uhoko ndjoka Iyl na oshlktlha sbllmallwa sha kola. Ndtlt ondl na elneeblo Iya kola kutya, mepangt lo lyoSWAPO aakulupe ayehe otaya ka pewallmallwa yoopenztJa yl thlke pamwe kapu na nande eyooloko Iyopaukwamuhoko. Panzokundanaylsht okwllnekelwa, opu na aagundJuka Aanamlbla ya pewa lIhauto kathlm ­Inlkl yawo opo ya nlnglle aak washlgwa na aakwawo 11gongl yomltoloom bo moshllongo ashlhe medhlna lyoDTA. Omanga AanamlbJa mbok"l ya II

'. omakakunya pOshlvelo (umall naakadhona) yamwttaya monlka ye II momlzalo dhoSWAPO taya ndaadhele aakolonyekl yawo. Otashl kal. oshlwanawa unent kA.n.mlbJa mbaka oshowo nokoshlgwana ashlhe ngtle taya dha po 1II0nga mbyoka yllmbuluma Asnlkt tse Aanamlbla natu kale twa tonata,opo III. mont oman~hindhlllko gethJm~ tse natu d hlmbulukwe naw. nktnt omukulu ponale Ie tu klndodha sho ta tI:"Kee ku lombwtle k~e sht gwoyd".

THE NAMIBIAN FOCUS

Nathanael a mangululwa modolongo youkoloni

Ku Sarah Johannes OMUKWAITA WOSWAPO, Nathanael Shilongo, 00 a kufilwe moshipangelo shOngeleki yaELCIN mOnandjokwe modula 1987, okwa mangululwa omafiku a pita po. Shilongo moshipangelo sbaNandjokwe okwa kufwa rno a hangwa eli kornakende rneernbete doshipangelo.

Shilongo okwa Ii a umbwa oufiku wom.rlku 16 March 1987 konim. esbi yepamwenamukwao.kw.1i va wila momake omutondi nokuum· b.fan. nomakakuny. aSouth Afric. 00 kwa Ii a nangelaeep.ladolusheno pornudingonoko wOndangwa koum· bangalanhu w&Namibi • . Shilongo okwa klla nokuudanekclw. kuly. ngeenge okwa longcle kumwe nomutondi nen •• Ot. ka mangululw. diva in. pangulw. nande. eudaneko laty. ngaha Shilongo okwe Ii anya filu filu.· · Ec:nghwatwe adishedopa.· politika odi na okuk.la da mangul­uI w. adishe ofimbo Ok.tokolifo 435 kOiwanahanganoin.kay.moilonga mefiku lotete laApilili neudo.·· osha Shilongo a hokolol. ngaho.

Shilongo ok ...... hokololela ova· tool inghundana kuty. e shi k ...... Ii • p.telw. mo OOlongo nonghee & kala nolruhepek...... nokutwalw. keed· olongo di lili noku lili. ngauhi kOshak.ti. Ondangwa nokOsirc:. (}Ya1cwail.l aVI ovakondjc:Jimanguluko voPLAN. Shi longo oye. 1i omuwi-100 w.vakwao ovo v. Ii vane (4). Ovakwllita .va ok ...... Ii va pew. oiknga ilili noku 1iIi.

Shilongo okwe v. lukula moun· gudu vavali. keshe kamwe ok w a Ii ke na oshinakuwanif ..... . shako. Ovak· w.ita .v. voPLAN okw. Ii v. djal. oikutu yopaumwene. noilwifo yavo okw. Ii ve iholeh peenhele dilili . Ndcle omupy. munene. omUiondi okwali e Ii popepi nlvooole weem­elS di Ii ashike 10 Iwaapo.ndele vo inlve mu mon •. Eshi VI ka tal •• omutondi okwali nale. IwaOl1golo II ubmu. vo k. kWI Ii va hom.ll. Ndele ova hetekd. okuf.dukapo nelalakano lokuJyumc:na, ndc:le inashi kwd. sh •. Shilongo okw. ka mona kuIy.omakalcuny. oku Ii ashike 11.I1U.

Vakwao ova faduk.po na Shilongo okw. Ii • fy.al. po eshi • yashwa moIcuulu kwokolulyo. Okw. hetckela okulipwed. mOOu opo a fadukepo. Ndele in. shi kwafa shl, shaashi okw. Ii a kanif. ohonde ihapu per unboolo.

Okw. ka kal. e Ii koshi yomuti fiyo efiku 1.landul. ko. Oogull eshi kw. sh •• Shilongo okwe lituw. komukwashiwana e Ii koshi yomuti. Ornukwashiwan. au esbi a tala nawi. okwa mon. kulya Shilongo okwa yashw •. Omukwashiwanl ou okw. y. kumwc:ne womukund. 00 u Ii p(?pepi nOmip • . opo emu shiivifile oshiningwanim. eshi.

Ovakwashiw.ll1\l. pam ... ·e namwene womukund. ova IOkola va ka tale oAmbulansa oyo y. twal, Shilongo koshipangc:lo IhaN andjokwe. Omukwaila woSWAPO (Shilongo) 00 kw. Ii • kanifa ohonde ih.pu. okwa fikil. i .. IUlwa komakende. nDkupew. omiti odo kw.li tadi dulu oku mu kwafel. mooyehame w.ye. Konim. yominute 30 Iwaapo. O$hipangelo shaNandjokwe osha kondekwa komakakwlYL Pauyelele omakakwly. 00 e uya okukondeh oshipangelo okwa li a shikul. ohondt okudj. pomuli opo a le le fiyo oko­shipangelo shaNandjokwe.

Omakakuny. omang. in. ya ko­sbipangelo. okwa kala taa denge nli ovakwashiwan. vomomudingonoko. opo v. popye .p. pc: na omukwaita woSWAPO 00 a Ii koshi yomut i. Ovakwashiwana ova fininikw a komakakuny. ndele tl,ve • l';"aJ. koshipangelo oko kW;l1i kwa nan· gala Shimgo kecmlx1e. XJmai.akuny. aa okw. li a kwatelw. komesho kukolonel. Lottery 00 • yahdj. c1ombwelo kutya. Shiiongo na kufwe mo mecmbete doshipangelo nande in. ku shivifilwa ovakl\elipo voshipangelo shOnandjokwe.

Shilongo . okwi. Iwal...... ko· shipangelo shom.k\Jrunya mOn-

dangw. omo • k. oule weelundil donhumba. Konim. yefimbo lixupi eshi omundoholOla wekakunya adj. mo. omakakunya okwe uya meni loshipangelo noku mu vakl mo nove mu Iwala kodolongo kOshakl ti oko. kala nokudengwa oshoyo ookwr. wikwa nolusheno nokumangwa kornesho noshako ina omev •. Ok ..... a kal. ta pulwa ovakondjelimanguluko yak· wao apa ve li. nongeenge okw. pa

Nathanael Shilongo

umwe womovakwuhiwana oitopif. a Iwale nande okOvenduka. Okw. kala yoa la rlllinikwa opo • popye ovakwashi wan. ovo va k.la noku mu kwafela nosbo IUU. Modolongo omo okw.kufwa monok ...... vaJi kokamba. Unwe yomakalrunYI oS.t.liona 101 kOndang ....... oko • k.l •• tulwi melambo nomaoko aye okw. Ii • mangelw. konima. Omafilru maruinoli I shikula ko. Shimgo rwango onghcc ngoo a kala I. lIwikw. nolusheno nokudc:ngw. nai komakakwlya.

DmakalcunYI okwa kal. noku mu Iylta kokuulu oko kw.li kw. yashw.ll nokuulu okwa hovel. ooyehame munene nokushunwi v.l i ko· shipangelo oko. fikil. ,. shunw. val i komakende. Momlfiku 20 Maalits. 1987. Shilongo okwl lon· dekwa moshihaulo shekaspeli sho­makakuny. nelalakano opel va ye fiyo orneni loshilongo shAngol • . opo a ka ulike opo pen. eckamb. doSWAPO moAngola.

Shjiongo okwa tokola opo a

lombwelc: omakakunya aa oipupulu nokuk.la ina ulika ap. pena okamb. yoSWAPO moAngoia. Okw. Ii v. shing. oule woshinano sheekilom. 30 Iwaapo ol:uya meni laAngol •. Mokufika moAngola omakakuny. ukwi hovel. okudenga ovak · washi ..... ana noku va pulapula oinim. yongaho. Oshin.im. shaty. ngaha osha handukif. ovakwaita veeFAPLA nokuhovela ashike lava umbu omakakuny •. Omakakunya okw.lya onghaku olc:udjl meni loshilongo shagAngola.

Shilongo okwa Ii a londekw. mekaspeli 010 I. Ii mewiliko 10-makalruny. omadina u:Manneljie nI

Burger. Esbi ve uy. mOndangw •• Shilongo okw. kal. n.tango t. mono ouhaku mokuulu oko kw. Ii kwa yashw. oule womafiku 6. Mom.· fikueshi .Ii 31 Maalits.odul. yadj. ko ( 1988). Shilongo okw. twalw. n.tango kosbipangelo shomakakuny. kOshakati. OmundoholOl. ok ..... a iombwel. omakalruny. kutya. omun· .udu ou (Shilongo) oku na okukal •• wnbulul wa meembele doshipangelo. shaashi ove mu lrufa moshipangelo vchena nande epatikilo !aye.

Efiku 010 tuu 010. Kolonel. Ntl n. Luilenanl Du Plessis vomOshakati ove uy. moshipange\o noku mu(Shilongo) mangell kombete oko • Ii eudile ouyehame munene. Na· lango ov.polifi .v. ova alukila val i kuye konim. yomaflku 7 noku mu kuf. mo. ndele I.ve mu twal. kodolongo yaShak.ti.

Momafiku 5 Janu.1i 1988. Shi· longo okw. tuminw. kOsire mornu· dingonoko w.Tjiwarongo. Ekakuny. likuJunhu ledin. Bldenhorslol. kall noIru mu wei. po kodolongo >"'*Osm:. Ekakuny. limwe vali IOOina Fouri ola kala lali ru Shiiongo omamm· imini II helekele oku mu lanluna pam.tokolo .ye ongomukw.it. omukondjelimanguJuko w.Namibia.

Shiiongo okwa Ii a manguJulw. morn.fikueshi. Ii 24 Janauali neuOO (1989) modolongo yokOsire nokuu erwa m()venduk.a. Paife Shibtgo ok'.l lite lihongo mofikola yOshi ingilisha ydOngongah.ngano yEengeleka moNamibia (CCN) mOvenduka.

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Ondjulufi nohole yaNamibia lipe

OHANDI indile ndimaneko komunyanyangidi wosltifo • 'The NamibiUl Focus" cpo ndi popyc rno sha koshiwana shaNamibia 05hifiJIu­nekWL Ond. hal. osruwUlll.rt\ushc muleshe flaWI olhipopiwi cshi, opo Iu lungeni Namibia h:tu lipe. Ovam­wamemeovaholikeondahalayo oku mu lombwela !rut)'I, OIU lyeni twa yukcru J'I'IthpQk>lo IoshiIongo shetweni nolcumona pnanguluko loshHongo shctu.Namibia.

Opena omatwomuniniminioo In ningilwi oshiwanl shctu komutondi Sculh Africa 00 e Ii omuJcengdeli wmruwlnl shetu. Ashike ninde 0500 naaho oSWAPO yaNamibia otai ka fD'ldana anlngUJuJco ngec:nge 01. ende paushili nopayuyuuki woovenel

Ovakwuhiwln&, natu yambididcti oSWAPO yaNamibia tWI manl mo shili, ngushi nuna oPLAN y. kala tAi kondjelc c:mlnguluko IaN amibi,.

Tangi keondjo nali komesho.

Festus K.Haunini P.O.Box 60290 Windhoek 9000

Onkundana koshigwana

AAKWEnJ tu ruleni uu1cuni kumwe, oshoka oshigwana oshina upukithi oyendji mbot. yeli pya­kidhila oku pukilhl oshigwana sha Namibia. Aagundjukl, aakulupe IInyuhl klle mWI kotokell omutondi.

Emanguluko IYI Namibil olyili popepi shigwanl k~oka, smgwan hogololl oSW APO yl Namibil OPO uumo mondjoko yl South Africl.

Opunl omitololombo II dhi ningilwi wwuhigwanl, kokutYI SWAPO oyo ongundu Ylakoniihisi shigwana ino iwll om~1ho gil)'l ngeyi nande siku lim we.

Kehe gwnwe oku shoka la kl hogola!1 ptthimbo Iyehogololo Iy­~lUyuuki noIyashili. Ondinl eined.:­elo kUlyl oshigwanl shl Namibil shonoshlkallnoku thiminikwaosru shi leUI)'I 011 sm kl hogolola lye?

Tall nlwi.

J. Weyulu P.O.Box 634 Windhoek 9000

Napu kale omapandela

pethimbo Iyehogololo

ONOA HALA oIcuUYI nlek ehogololo otali ka kall ngl, shili Iyl mangulukl, nopuanl, omltilitho gashl? NgeJe osho shili endl hall oicwcell oma:ihiladhilo ngaka, uuJc.etha mbono womlhogololelo nluklle pondjce woolUk.alllhane kokuie, keh pekakethl nlpukale,epandeillYlpe.

Lye hangano Iyalyo omlpandell naga yeluke pombanda, ngushi hagl kall pooombelewl, opo glpukulule i!II11tu shagumwe, uuke kepangelo lye ahala.Oshob yamwe katushi kuiesha nokushangl nokulllrumi. Iheomeho otuna okumcna epandc:\a ndi nda hala. Ngame eWldulu ulukile kulyo opo mbono tal yakull. Alhogololi ylyl kuimdjeopondi tukmokaketha hob kepandellOOjona 001 pumbwL

Tangi ngele wi ziminwi.

Mekondjo Nduuvu P .0.Box 2284 Walvis Bay 9000

Ongutukiro jehi. ..

ME JANDJA ombuze ko Ijiuanl lja Namibia, nambano Mgurukiro jehi reN jl etua mo make uetu.

Nambano mai hepl ete naove okurirl oyanltje VI Namibil pamue, nu Swapo jl zikamiSI nu jl kurami51 oku kondjl okujela OVI Namibil pamwe no ku veetera ohoromende OOji mai puire oljiwanlljl Namibil atjihe kutj l lj ino mbazu ndjl sanapi .

!hi 0 SWAPO jl zikamisl nu mai lonl mutjo no SW APO '!Ililaara omltoororero ngl.

o SWAPO mai IlIrl omltooror­era ngl. 0 SWAPO ondjl ungurin OI:jiuanl tjl N amibil ondero ouo OOji ve vangl .

o SWAPO 0 OOjlela omunlvitl koI:ji.tihe m kujl tura ettvlro Mihoko omikutasanc. nda zikamisl oku jell ongurukiro jl Namibil.

OSW APO oIjirua tjl jo tjari otjizcu lruno omuhuure, nambano Ijiuanl amuzembi OI:jirul tjl Namibil tji tjl pandjarisl ovalcualerl VI Namibil, tjivi 0\110 mbl remanl , Iji mberi mozondorongo.

Tjiuanl tjl Namibil amuzembi okutja tuaelaUl ou horomende mbue tu hana. mouhoko hoko nu kautonc:nc, uetu hana mou muhoko hoko ltun ova Namibil pamue.

Tjiuar..a rnuapendukl ouvirl mo Namibil moo kondjo oIruhana otjiuanl Ija Namibia nu riree ozonongo.

Nai ouvira mbui utupukl ko Botswana oku kl kondjl oku popo­rorl ovandu VI Botswanl okuje ku jandjl ombltero kuuo, nu ovandu VI Botswana ve"Ye naklW"1 no kuhino ondj<nda.

Vemuesa Kahieta P.O. Box 722 Windhoek 9000

Voorsitter kwaad

AS inwoncr van Okahandjl en vocmiller van die Nlu·aib sponhe­heerraad wil myself langs hierdie weg uitspreek langaande die groot verdeeldheid onder die uit"Yoerende komitee van die genoemde rlld. Tot dusver was daar sekere lede in die raad wat myself by verskeie geleen­!hOOe at in verleentheid gestel het.

Hierdie onderlinge verdeeldheid in die komitee is in die nlweek van 5 Maart OJ! die spits go:lryf. Die rudskde moel vir geen oomblik. uit die oog verloor dat OIlS soUer IteedS onder . Ibnonnale omstandighede bedryf word. Om word in baie opsigte gekniehalter soveel so dlt die huur­gelde vir die sportvekl op Okahandjl met 200 persent van R200 tot R600 verhoog is.

Dit is my dure pJig om oak die gcdrlg van sot.kerlede van k1ubs Ian Ie spreek. Dit hel al geheur dal som­miges flSsislieseopmerkings Iydens wodstryde op die vekle verdere pe­larisuie veroonuk in die ge­meenskap. Om hierdie redes ontttek ek myself in die optnbaar van die sportraad.

R.Tsuseb Bus 778 OKHANDJA

LEES ELKE WEEK

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VOORSTAANDERS VAN PRIVATISERING PRAAT

Die staatsdiens is bthep md die vcrskaffing van wcrk om hul mense te wys dat hulle iets gtdocn het. Die soort wcrk wat hy vcrskar is in iedcr geval onproduktiet

Hierdie is die mening, Wit mnr. Harold Pupke wilZ vandeesweek un Focus gelig het in 'n onderhoud oor privllisering.

Mnr. Pupkewitz hel gesedll hy ten gWlSle is van privltisering omdlt die privlAlSektor bronne mea effektief kan gebruik.

Hy hel erken dl t in die rasionali­suie 'n gew werknemers afgedank sal word, murhetgese dllhulle in 'n ander sektor van die ekonomie in dieM geneern Jean word . "Werk­l005heid sal nie Il)'g nie. Soos die privlte-lektor groei, sal meer werkgeleenlhede geskep word."

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Mnr. Harold Pupkewitz

In sosillistiese Jande probeer d ie regering om werkJoosheid te bekamp deW"onproduktiewe werk Ie verskaf, hel mnr. PupkewilZ gese.

"Wanneer werknemers deW" die tasionaJisasie proses afgedank word, heleken dit nie dll hulle op sttlll gegooi word nie. Mense kan van een nywerheid nl die andcr bewceg, hulle kan hul dienste op 'n vrye arbeids­mark verkoop," het hy gese.

U il ander oorde is daar Kommer

uitgespreelt. dlt privllisering nellOt die voordeel van 'n klein hoeveel­heid kapilaJisle sal lei en dll werk­l005heid 'n algemene verskynsel sal wees.

Die regering word nie deW" 'n winsmotief gelei nie. Hy verskaf nel ' n dims, lerwyl die privllt-seklor wins gerig is.

"Oil is in wese van 'n mens om heler nl sy eie ding om Ie sien en pkleg mec:r etlQ"gie in om dit 'n sukse5 te milk," het mnT. PupkewilZ gese.

Die privlte-seklorploeg sy winste tcrug in die 'gemcenskap deW" heleg­gin"s en uitbreiding om meer werk. Ie

verslt.af, hel hy gesC. Dr. Zed Ngavirue her. gese dar piVIte

mlAl5kappyesakemeerdoeltreffeOO en doelgerig kin doen en maksimwn winste duruil put. Die ontwikkeling vln die privlle-selt.tor kan lei 101: mea werlt., in 'n produkliewe sin.

Die openbare sektor kan groei in die sin dat dil werle verskaf, maardit is ondoeltreffende arbeid. Hy moet all)'d sy dieMle subsideer, het dr. Nglvirue gese.

"Die enigste manier om werkver­skaffing te waarborg, is die ,keoping van rykdomme, dit heteken pro. duktiwiteit. ' ,

Enige priYlle maalSkappy of 'n regeringsinstelling kan sy werkne­men nie meer bella! vir hul diensle as sy I lgeheleomset nie, hel hy gese.

Die Sllal dink in meesle derde werekllande dat hy die mense help met werk"Yerskafrmg. "Mlar Wit gebc:ur is dat dil die salceYc:rnu! dcmp," het hy gese..

Hy hel gese dll die volk u 'n geheelook by privl tisering saJ blAt.

Dr. N gavtrue hel gesC dll priVltiS­ering nie gemik is om die toekom­stige regering ekonomies te kelder

nie. "Die privlle- en publieke sek­tore moel bymekaar uitkom en die ekonomie probeer opbou - ek wil nie 'n situuie sien waar di l hulle en om is nie ."

Oil is bclangrik daJ. die nuwe rega­ing deW" die private selt.tor gesteun moet word en dal daar aanhoudende dialoog lussen die Iwee moel wees.

Mev. Anchen Parkhouse het g* dlt privuisering "Yenkillende gev­olge~ werkversJcaffmg mag he. " Oil mig WCC$ dal werknemen afgedanlt. wad as die priVlte rnaatsk.appy sake­ondc:mc:mings rasionaliseer of dit kan meer werkgeleenthede vmkaf wan-

Dr, Z Ngavirue

neer die besigheid groei." Sy het gese dal werlcnemen by

privlliseerde pubJieke Idministrasie len minste dienswllrborge gegee won!.

Die stilI moet die keuse un die mense oarlaal of hulle by die SllIt wil lanbly of nl die privaat mllt­skappye wil oorgaan. Die privlte mlllSkappye moet ook voorkcur gee un die mense wat reeds indiens was, het sy gesC.

SWAPO SLAGGEREED VIR

VERKIESING DIE NOl'ember-verkiesing l'anjaar onder VVO-tocsig, sal nie soosdie 1975-l'erkiesingwat deu r die Demokratiese Tu rnha lle Alliansie (DT A) gewen is, we:e:s Die. Hierdie l'erkiesing sal vry en regl'erdig we:e:s, bet mnr. Crispin Matongo, '0 scntraie: komite:e:-lid no Swapo, vcrlede nawe:e:k tydens 'n Swapo-ve:rgaderiog op Rundu gese.

Die vergadering deW" ongeveer 2 000 Swapo-ondcrsteuners bygewoon. Hoewel Sw IPO un die verkiesing sal deelneem, het mnr. Malongo, sy onlevredenheid uitgespreek oor die vermindering van die Unllg-magte. Hy hel gese dll selfs nie die teen­woordig.hcid van gmcraal Pran Oland die weermag Ifsltrik nie en dilleer­linge 'n week gelede lernidde van sy leenwoordigheid in die Noorde deW" 'n lid van die weennag geskiet is.

SWIPO hel die Ifgeippc. rare' gese dlt die organisasie n~t Ian 'n verki­esing sal deelneem \v'11 deur die Verenigde Volkere gemonilOf word en dlt die November-vmiesirtg d ie eetsle kans vir SWipe sal wees o m nl die stembus te gun. Oie wedywer­ing sal wees tussen SWIPO, die enig· SlC anti .~ beweging in Namibii en koloniaJlSnlC, nel hy gese. Die spRker het 'n beibep op die volk

gedoen om vir SWipe Ie stem om "Yir eens en vir a1tyd "Yan apartheid ontslae te rlak.

"Of die Suid· Afrikunse regering durvan hou o r nie, dit is 'n reil dlt SWIPO d ie komendc verk.iesings sal wen," hct mnr. Ignatius $hihwamcni, die a1gemene-selat:wis van Nanso, gese..

Hy het die presidenl van Kuba langehul en gese. dat die geskie­denis van Suider-Afrika geskryr sal word, voor en nl Cuito Cuanlvalc.

Hy hel gese dat 1 Apri l nie SOO!I

mannl uit die hemel geval het nie, mlar dll die hepllirlg van die dltum die uilSlag van die Suid-Arrikaanse mililerc. nederl llg by Cuito was.

Resolusic-435 sal nel ec:n keer woes en daardie een keer moet die mense seker milk wlar hulle hul kruise $II trek - die keuse is lusen kolonillisme en armoede en bevryding, het mnr. Shihwameni gese.

Die Administrlleur-generall, advokaat Louis Pienaar, wil die ouderoom vm stemgeregti£heid nl 21-jaar opstool, het hy lese.

Sestien-jarige Namibianc. word vir nuionale diensplig opgeroep. maar hulle word nie die kIDS gegun om Ie slem nie, wou die spreker weeL

Mnr. JerrY Ekandjo, die SWIpe­in1iglingsman, hel gese dal die weer­mig uil politiek moel bly omdat dil met helastingbetalers se geld bedryf won!.

Terwyl diemense in Namibieself in armoedc }cwe, word hulle op armoede in Ethiopie gewys en gese dl l dil die toedrag van sake onder 'n SWlpo-regering sal woes.

Hy hel gese dat Swapo vir die mense van hierdie land veg en nooit venkoning daarvoor gernaak: hel nie en dat die organisasie leen apartheid, kolonialisme en imperillisme veg.

Die Koevoel en die weennlg-Icde, hel sleeds tyd om bcrou te toon oor hul dade. Hy het Icde van hierdie beru.gte gevegseenhcdc gewaarsku oar WII in Angola en Zimbabwe geheW" helen hel gesedltdiesoldall methul koloniale mcesters moes vlug. "Julie kan vlug, mlar diU is ook "n re-

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