, . AWB LEADER SAYS HE'S AFRAID OF 'THE OWAMBOS' - INSIDE

SWAPO BLUEPRINT Movement's post-independence constitutional plans revealed

STAFF REPORTER T HE Namibian has come into possession or a document which will be the unaltered Constitution (or the new Republic of Nami bia ir Swapo wins the eledions with a two-thirds majority.

At the end of 1988, Swapo ac­cepted the: tClItof a new ConStilUtion which will fonn the basis of its campaign for the independence eJec­tions in Namibia scheduled for No­vember this year.

The main pans of this new docu­ment consist of a Preamble and 62 pages of constitut ional text divided into nine parts with 150 articles.

It has also been wnfinned that this new Constitution is stili subJ«:t \0 ratification by the Swapo Central Committee.

Article 1 o[(hc Constitution states that "the Republic of Namibia is an independent, sovc:rign. unit&r)'. dcmocrtJ.i<;. and 5CCuIar Stale, founded

up:m the principles of democracy, the rule of law and social justice".

In Anicle 5 it says that Windhoek will be thecapital of Namibia and the official language will be English, although a citizen' 'may communi­cate withagovernmentofficial in the citizen's mother tongue", and "subject to law, as a medium of instruction. a school may use a mother tongue other than English".

Another article reads: "Namibia shall not in thecontextoftheconflict of power blocs join or conclude mili­tary pacts or alliances, or allow the establishment of fOfcign military bases on her territory."

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TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION

,h. report concerned an anonymous! ~mear p.aJIlphlet ~h~ch

received prominence in yesterday's edition of Ole Repubhkem. Ms Lister said she bad taken note or tbe pampblet a nd the subsequent report, wbich she described as 'scurrilous, unfounded, and devoid ortruth' . She also said that it was in keeping with a more general smear campa ign against her, conducted in recent

added tbat she had taken note that Die Republikein had not

I j:,~~:~~::';:her prior to publication or the report, as is usual practice. .

tbere was any repetition tben she would take urgent steps Ir to do so by her lawyers.

TO LET: AT A MERE R10 000 PER MONTH NAMIBIAN-born 'Oom Hennie' van Niekerk wants to let his Wmdhoek home at RIO 000 a month. It doesn't matter who it is, he says, since he describes himselF as 'colour-blind' . The sudden scarcity or houses; those which are available at astronomical rentals, i., part or the 435-revu which has hit the country recently. Full r eport inside today.

AFRICA AIR LINKS Pregnant woman detainee released

Air Botswana to fly to Windhoek BY RAJAH MUNAMAVA

FOR the first time in Namibian history, a national airline ora black African slate will include Windhoek in its nrghlschedule beginning April.

This dramatic tum of events was yesterday attributed by a Botswana Airline Official to the changing po­litical s(,'ene in the region.

Theofficial,MrD.K. Petch said he believed that the two COUJltries would be able to deal commercially without the political entities which had pre­viously restricted joint operations between the two in the light of the changing situation .

Botswana, according to Mr Petch has pw-chased A TR 42 Aircraft re­cently which wm: also operative inside Botswana. II is these aircraft that will be used between here and that COUll­

"Y. There will be two weekly flights

from Botswana by both Air Bo1Swana and Namib Air starting April.

Air Botswana will fly from Ga­berone. via MaUll to Wmdhoek's &os Airport. The relUm journey to

Botswana will also be undertaken via Maun and \.lack to Gaborone.

Mr Petch said when asked about potential passengers thai as commer­ci a� institutions. the airliners would nO!. have staned operations if .there was no gain in the venlUre.

Air Botswana, he said, is optimis­tic that there would be people want­ing to travel between the two coun­tries and panicularly tourists from either Botswana or Namibia.

Information on the fares between the twocountrles were still not avail ­able.

Asked 10 comment 00. Air Botswana customer service compared to other airline~' in the region, Mr Petch said "our customer St.'T'I ice is very. very good. We are a small, expanding airline but very professional." ,

Mr Petch said in terms reliability and proficiency. the Ilirlir.e was one

of the best in the region. The Botswana aircraft to Wind­

hoek will be a 42 seater with a crew of 4 - .Captain, First Officer and two cabin members.

It is believed that the move by Air Botswana. to start operations between Gaborone and Windhoek have the full backing of the Botswana Gov­ernment which in the past has been relUGtant to allow cooperation be­tween the tWO countries ow ing to it being a member of the OAU and the UN which both disapprove of gov­ernments condUGling business in Namibia.

Ithas also bc:enleamt that officials from Air Botswana will visit Wind­hoek shortly to make the necessary formalities and arrangemcnts before flights between the Windhoek and Gaborone.

Meanwhile, Namibia air also is­sued a statement late yesterday that flights between Botswana and Na-

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THE SWATF informed the Legal Assistance Centre in Windhoek yesterday (Thursday) that a pregnant woman detainee would be released. Ms Michaela Clayton or the LAC confi rmed that the Centre was about to br ing an a pplication ror the release or Mrs Maria Shoongelena, when the arm y inrormed them that she was to be rreed .

Ms ClaylOn added that Ms Shoongeiena was apparently held at the Oshili base. at least since November last year. She was also pregnant., but it is not certain how far her pregnancy was advanced.

She was held under security legisl !ltion AG 9 in detention without trial and is apparently from the Ombalantu region of northern Namibit..

Although the army informed the LAC that her release was imminent, at the time of going to press we were unable 10 conflllTl whether in fact she had been freed .

NO LONGER AN ARMY MAN THE rron t-p~e head li ne in last week's edition orThe Namibian 'Army man held ror landmine' was incorrect and should have read 'Ex-army ma n held ror landmine'. The SWATF approached The Namibian ror a correction since the report concerned the questioning or a former member or the SWATF in connection with a landmine incident. In ract, as the

. report itselr stated. the man in question had been dishonourably discharged rrom the SW ATF seven years earlier (1n 1982), and is thererore no longer an 'army man'.

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Good news for people, bad for the cattle! THIS urgent message came through on yesterday's Sapa telex. It speaks for itself, but while it was good news for the people, it was a bad day ror the cattle.

Damara Administration won't oppose scrapping of _ethnic governments

IN A press release yesterday, Mr Justus Garoeb, who heads the Damara Administration, said following discussions with the Administrator General on the future of the second tiers this week, that his Administration would not oppose the disbanding of these governments. ]n fact. he added, it would be in line with a Damara Council Congress decision taken in 1986. Mr Garoeb said tbat wbatever the outcome of the talks with the Administrator General, that they merely wished to see that there were acceptable guarantees, on the first tier, for the maintenance of healthy administrations, with minimum disruption. He added that his Administration would like to see that the 'positions and service conditions of the officials, who are still attached to second tier administrations, will enjoy the necessary protection'.

Assistant Managers Retail

CDM (Pty) Ltd operates an opencast diamond mine on the west coast of Namibia. Our employees and their families live in Oranjemund. a modern,

attractive town boasting a central shopping complex, hospital, nursery school, primary school and excellent sporting and recreational facilities.

Assist~mt Manal!er Hardware

The person we are seeking for this position will have an extensive relail backgrou nd in hardware and associated fiDlds. as well as the abilit y t.o ,c.a.rry out the following responsibIlitIes: • The runn ing of a busy department within the Oranjemund Shopping Centre, embracing amongst other things, hardware, households, luggage, ~ound systems, fancy goods. Jewellery and sportswear

• com Tolling ordering, ollt-of­stocks and the applications of merchandising principles .- co~trolling staff and assisting In their development • assisting in the planning of budgets and their achievements, as well as controlling and monitoring shrinkage • to work under pressure in a busy consumer orientated environ ment.

Assistant Manager Food Market

The person we are seeking for this position will need to satsify the following criteria: _ Previous retail experience essential, knowledge o f food and grocery products being a particular advantage • be able to meet budgets, co~'''01 shrinkage and monitor security of sroc k, cash

The package for SWA/ Namibian resideRls who do not requi re work permits will include: • generous leave • suitable married accommodation • subsidised board for si ngle employees _ 13th cheque • primary and

subsidised sec~n;d~"~;Y~b~~~:'OII:g

and assets • be able to work under pressure in a busy, . consumer orientated environment _ be prepared to work outside normal working o ffice hours, for example over weekends, public holidays and during evenings should this be required.

Benefi t Society • assistance with relocation expenses.

Expatriates would be o ffered a similar package however contract ~tat~s would apply with a gratuity m heu of pension benefits.

Applicants should wrile, giving full details to: The Senior Personnel Manager, CDM (Pty) Ltd. P.o. Box 35, Oranjemund, SWA/Namibia, 9000.

CDM (Proprietary] Limited

Shopkeeper held for landmine explosion

STAFF REPORTER POLICE have confirmed the identity of a second man who is being held in connection with a landmine blast on Monday last week in which two security force members were injured.

He Is Mr Sakeus Pokat!, a shopkeeper in the area where the incident occured, police said this week.

Theother person being held forquestlonlng is Mr Walde Muunda, who was In 1982 given a dlshonourable discharge from the SWA Territory Force after serving for four years.

The SWATF reported last week that a double landmlne was detonated by a security force veh Ide on January 30, approximately 10km south -west of Eenhana on the road to Oshlgambo.

The army statement said at the time: "It is supposed that the mines were planted last night by Swapo terrorists ... "

A SWATFspokesman added last week that " the tracks that were found at the scene were freshly laden, and that is sumclent proof that Swapo Is stili carrying on with Its terror activities".

However, In a police statement this week connrmlng the Identity orMr Po.kati as the second man being held In connection with the Incident. no menlion Is made of "Swapo terrorists".

The statement pointed out that Mr Muunda was not a member of the security forces at the time or the incident. and Mr Pokall was merely described as "a shopkeeper".

"Investigation Into the malter has not been completed yet as some Important statements are stili being awaited," police said.

The statement added: "Thus far no evidence could be found that anyot the two men have links with the security forces."

• It was incorrectly reported last week that a Windhoek engineer had come across a road In the north allegedly mined by Knevoet. The Incident, In which soldiers Informed residents that the mines could nol be moved as they had been planted by Knevoet, actually oaured to a church official In the far north, who had told the story to the englnur who visited the area late last month. Attempts have been made to reach the churchman for more details or the Incident, and we hope to publish the full story next week.

Dierks surprised at roadblocks for bombs

A WINDHOEK resident, Mr Klaus Dierks, this week expressed his surprise at being stopped at an army roadblock and told that several bombs and mines bad rteently been discovered in a vehicle which had been stopped at the block.

Mr Dierks said he wa.o; travell/n", from the north to Wlnrlh ..... S, on .saturday morning, January 28, when he was stopped In II. military roedblodr. at the OUvtlTslIl'Ileb/OtJlwarongo lntersectlon.

He said he had asked the SOldiers, whom he believed to be members of the Cape Corps, the reason tor having roadblocks at a time when implementation of Resolution 435 was so near.

"One soldier lold me that M few days ago they had stopped a vehicle and found seven bombs and limpet mines Inside," Mr Dierks said.

He added that this was the reason they ga ve for having roadblocks so far south and at a time when Independence was on the cards.

Mr Dierks said he found It strange that If these devices had been found why the authorilies were keeping It quiet. '

" One would at least expect the pro-government medla to blow up something like this for their own propaganda purposes, and yet It hasn't been reported anywhere. One has to question whether these soldiers were telling the truth," he sMld.

Nujoma offers olive branch

SWAPO President Sam NUJoma has offered an olive branch of peace to former members of Koevnet and the SWA Territory Force.

Speaking In London on Monday, Mr NuJoma said that once the war Is o~er, II. future Swapo government would offer reconciliation to "those Namlblans unfortunately misled by, or conscripted Into the South Atrlca war machine " . , " Theywlll be the responslbllUyofthe future stateofNamlbla," said Mr

NuJoma In an interview with the DBC World SerVice, adding that there could well be room tor former Koevoet and SWATF members In a future Nam ibian army. "These people are Namlblans after all," he said. ~owever, he Implied that the struggle for Walvis Bay would continue.

We are nghUng for Independence and Intend to liberate each and every Inch of Namlbla, Including Walvis Bay."

The Swapo leader said fears that Pl.AN combatants would return to Namibia and intimidate civilians, were groundless. There was, however every need for a full·strength UNT AG because of the size of the SADF and SWATF In Namibia, and the country's whites were all " armed to the teeth " .

UN member states, he said, had a responsibility to Namibia to come up with the 700 million dollars needed to fund II full UNTAG force. "These very member states are spending blllions of dollars on manufacturing nuclear weapons. "

On the question of ANC bases In an Independent Namibia Mr Nujoma said: "The peop~e, of Nimlbla will support the people of So~th Africa In their struggle againstapartheld ... but we will nol allow anybody to use our territory for military attacks against another." , Asked when he would be returning home after 29 years In exile, Mr

NuJoma chuckled and said he was not yet sur~ The decision, he added, would be taken collectively by the party's lead.

ershlp and he would only retur n when It was safe eno ugh to do so.

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public position" . and the "right agains t forcible cnuy into homes" ,

• 'Workers hive the right to form

LARGE groups of soldaers were spotted at the Department of Civic Affairs a nd WinClhoek this week· apparenlly applying (or Namibian identity documents,

Manpower in

The State " shaH ensure the Cllcr· and beJmg 10 trade unions, and through An employee of the Department cise of human righLS ...•• and "shall their unions. to strike," confinned thai up to 30 soldien had seek to increase productivity and • 'The defence of Namibia cormi. arrived earlier this week to make improve distribution so as 10 increase rules the supreme duty and honour of lheir applications, and others had the standard of living of the greal a Namibian citizen." come every day since then 10 apply mass of the Namibian population." The Constitution states that the for identity docwnents. It also promises "to improve the "National Assembly" is "the su- Theemployce,whoaskednOltobc quality of life" and "to safeguard preme organ of state po'4'er'·. The named, said thai most of me soldiers ...-_ anddcvelop thcmuural environmcrll". National Assemblywillconsistof60 were 'Coloureds', while there were

The Constitution continues: " The members to be elected "by direct, alsoseyeral'whites·. Armed Forces of Namibia shall serve free, equal and secret ballot". The He said the soldiers spoke Afri-the people. They shall always be number of elected members "may kaans. and that "two or three of subordinate to civilian authority." be changed by majority yote·' . It is thcm" had told him that they were all

The PresidentofNamibia, in addi- elected for five years. from South Africa and attached to tion to being Head of State and The Natiooal Assembly "may eJect the SA Defence Force. Goyernment, is also the Commander 10 (non-y()( ing) members from lists An enqui ry was directed to the in Chief. submitted by national mass organ- SWA Territory Force on Tuesday

This is the only rcfcrmoe in SWap:l's isations, or other organisations, as this weck in an effon to determine new constitution to the question of the law may proyide". whether or not SWATF conscripts how Namibia's future national army " Promptly after the sitt ing of the were required to be in possession of will be established. National Assembly,orat 1eastoncea a Namibian identity document be·

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Citizenship by birth means' 'Cal a year, a Member shall account for the fore beginning their 'national serv-person born within Namibia. one of Mt:mber's activities at a public meeting ice' . whose parents holds Namibian citi· in the constituency." The army replied: "All persons -zenship ... ; and (b) a person born No political party or indiyidual resident in SWA must register for outside Namibian territory whose may contest an elec,ion if the militarysaviceintheyeartheybecane father or mother held Namibianciti- constitulionorprogram ofsuch party 16 years of age. Not all ofthcm may zenship at the time the person was in any way advocates or accepts be in possession of SWA identity born" . " discrimination on grounds of race, documents II the time of registering,

Citizenship by natural ization is colour, ethnic origin, language. sex but if it is ayailable it musl be sup-possible under che foUowing condi- IY religion. CI' contains material likely plied on the regis tration fonn , Each lions: to incite racial or ethnic halTed". applicalion for 'Voluntary service is

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a) "The spouse of a Namibian Another section deals extensively handled on merit, including those of citizen who normally resided in with the establishment, terms of of- people with RSA identity documents." _

____ ~N~am~~ib~i.~f"'~.~oon~~U~. "~U~ot"'~pe~n~od~~Off--~~~~~~~~~~O~f~mfv~'~'.:-.. Therehavebeen~Ii' ~~~~~ .. ~ b) A I i$ , 1 ~ pally residcnt in Narnibll fOl the laws i elections by allowing sympathetic befon: Independence Day. force at independence to non-Namibians to register as c iti ·

c) A person who on October 27 , whetha they violaIe this Constitution, zrns, thus enatiing them IOYOle l1&ainst 1966, had a domicile in Namibia. and to make recommendations 10 Ihe Swapo in the coming UN.supervised

d) A person who acquires Namib-" Auorney-Gcneflll for action", election. ian citizenship pursuant to law." He is required ' 'systematically to Many feellhat it is high time the

A person loses the right to citizen- seck to discover instances of corrop- United Nations sent out an adminis-ship if (a)citi7J:nship of !DXlthaoounny tion among officials, and to take lTaliye team to monitor applications is acquired, (b) an oath of allegiance ~ate steps to remedy inSUIIlte:S for Namibian citizenship. to another country is taken, (c) chat of COrTUption discovered ..... The Once these people aJe in posses-person "voted in another country" Ombudsman will have "power 10 sion of Namibian identity papers. it or • 'cstablished a domicile in an- subpoena" and will "hold the high- will be exceedingly difficult to prove other country", est security e1assification". that they hayC not been resident here

The Constitution guarantees the It also says; " The President of for some time already. right to work, social benefits, hcalth Namibia is vested with executive SQUALID CONDITIONS caJe, education. housing, cultural power". 'The President negotiates and rights. electoral rights, persona.l free- concludes lTeaties and agreements darn. human dignity, association. life, with fore ign Slates, and declares a propeny. uade unions and demOTl- state of emergency, of defence or stration. It fIS.SUJeS freedan from fon:ed peace. labour and discrimination, IOgether The President must be at least 36-

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CONDITIONS in parts o( Otavj's black township are very bad, Pictured above by John Liebenberg is an all too common sight in the area. Particularly the single quarters in the township are in a terrible state,

with freedom of travel. expression, years-old and will hold office for conscience and religious belief. It five years. He can "constitute and mentions also the right of" access 10 abolish offices in che seJ'Yice of

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mibia will be instituted beginning ApriL

One of the flights will be operated from and 10 Botswana by Namiba Air from Eros 10 Katima Mulilo via Maun inBotswanaon Wednesdays accord­ing the statement.

The other flight will be operated on Sundays by Air Botswana be­[Ween Ma~ and Eros says the Namibia Air statement. Both flights will reo turn on the same day.

Namib Air also announced that senior officials from that airline will proceed abroad shortly 10 have ex­ploratory talks with South African Airways, Zambia Airways, Air Botswana and Air Zimbabwe.

Other local flights include Cape Town, via Keetmanshoop, Luderitz and Alexander Bay which will be introduced IS from March 1989. The flights will be operated on Tuesdays and Thursdays in both direetions via the same routes.

tain an action against thai person" . The Constituent Assembly, silting

as an Electoral College, elects the first Presidenl. The National Assem-bly can impeach a President' 'only if by a two-thirds vote it approves Ar-ticles of Impeaclunent".

The Council of Ministers, presided oyer by the President, is accountable to the National Assembly,

Proyision i5 made for the eSlab-Iishment of local government in Ihe form of regions. districts, subdis­tricts and municipalities.

A local government may "enact by-laws for the government of that region" .

Under Rule by Decree, it says: "The National Assembly may amend this ConstiUltion by a two-thirds roll · call vote of all its members".

For a period not exceeding five years after the coming into force of the Constitution, Ihe Council of Ministers may issue decrees signed by the President, haYing the force of Icgislation" .

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Man assaulted then dismissed

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Mr AdorrDomingo,50. who alleges that he was assaulted and then dismissed by his employer(or reporting for work late after having been involved in a car accidenl.

AN AUTO mechanic from Kalutura has this week bitterly accused his employer or having assaulted him before dismissing him (rom work.

An irate but sad Mr Adolf Dom­ingo, 50, reported that he went down to visit his family in Keetmanshoop. He added that he had not seen them for months. and that he had infonned his employer, I Mr Allan Recliner, about his lrip 10 the south.

Mr Domingo said thll he planned to go down for. weekend only. as he had to report back to work on Mon­day. January 30, 1989, but that he failed 10do so as the vehicle in which he and five other persons were trav­elling got involved in an accident.

He said that he was theon1y occu­pant who sustained slight injuries in the accident, but lhlt he too had to remain I bit longer in Keetmanshoop for treatment, and that he therefore cook! not report at work on the spe­cific Monday.

The worker said that he tried eve­rything in his power to contact his

employeT at Auto Body Repairs by telephone, but that all his attempts failed.

When he eventually reported at his work on Monday this week, his employer allegedly ignored him all day loog until everybody else knocked off. He said he tried to find out from Mr Rechnet: why he was ignoring him, but the latter reponedly simply ordered him to come b.ck on the following day, as he had no lime 10

sPeak to the worker then. Mr Domingo said rurtheT that Mr

Rechner revealed the same attitude on the following day, and thll at around lunch time. he had decided 10 fmally hear about his rate from his employer.

He said he went into his boss's office. and that the lalterordered him out. The worker then requested the employeT to pay him his due monies, upon which he was allegedly threat­ened with death and IOld to f... off,

Mr Domingo claimed that his emploYeT and another white workeT, knovm to him only as Henry, sud-

denly started to assault him for no apparent reason.

The workeT said that he managed to escape and went to the Karutura Hospital for lreaunent of a bad cut undeThis eye. He then went to report Ihe matter atlhe trade union offices in Katutura from wh~ an o ffi cial assis\.ed him and ICK>k him to the police for a statement.

Mr Domingo also confinned !hll he has instructed lawyers to look. into the matter.

When approached for comment, Mr Rechner, who owns Auto Body Repairs natly denied knowledge of any incident of ISsault on Mr Dom­ingo. He said that the man must have sustained his CUt during the alleged ear accident thal he was Lalking about. Mr Rechner also denied that then: works a white employee by thenune of Henry, adding that he had fired Mr Domingo simply for not having reported to work for a solid week.

When asked to comment on the workeT's decision to consult legal advice, Mr Rechner remart.cd: "Well let him go ahead."

FEAR OF FREEDOM ------------------By ChrlsShlpanga-----------------_ FEAR AND confusion incnasingly seem to be the 'Wa~ of life lor ........... toUDtry's population as all dtYttopments SftID to be geared towards tbe possibl e implementatio. of .. UN Raohltioll 435 011 April I, this yell, aDd t¥ftItuI indtpmdmc:e for Namibia several months thenafter.

Many residents from mainly the northern pans of thecountty reported thll they are simply womed about the true intentions of South Africa, while those Namibians who are COI1-

scripted into the armed fOfCCS seem to '- .......... coonf'uaNod .. 10 \he' r cxiCtroleCfiiftiiitrnplfftiCiitii Iihi:t the period ther-eafter.

Civilians in both Owambo and the Caprivi have reponed that they have "reason to believe that memben of the South African limed forees will not cuse their acts of intimKlation and brutality," against inhabitants merely because resolution 43.5 was to be implimented.

"We fear that in f.ct, rape, diup-­pearmces and murder will incruse as South Africa and its collabonltor puppets would try everything in their power to prevent Nunibians from

scoring their long deiayed objective Two other concerned residents, of national indc:pcrKk:n<:c. UId free· M.. ThcobaJd AmushU. UId Mr ctom .. • __ ~---' ..... L'_ ...... " ... odjalja ..., .... _

"Wehavehe.d1hatSCOJrityf<rec:s teachers It the Nuyoma Secondary in other countries are more disci- school reported that sevaal mem-plined than those inNamibia, and we ben of the security foroes arrived at believe that the men who will be their school on January 19, 1989 to serving in Untag will be gCI'LtJemen, question school children about per-so you can imagine yourseU what sonaJ details of some staff members kind of situation we are going to of the school. have here with a force like Koevoet. The teachers reported that the Just how CC\!hey be responsible for security foree memben amved in an the maintenance of law Itld order Jsuzu bak.ltie without number plates. during the period of implemCl'Lta- Children wen: uked where the prin. tion, and how are Ihey going to cipal lives, how many people live cooperate with Untag?" chugedone with him and what kind o(vd\icle he Oshakati resident. drives and so forth .

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Both men exprused Iheir coneem at the strangequestKms asked by the particuJar security force members, and fMlinted out Ihat they feel inse--.

Meanwhile two other residcru fran Katima Mulilo, Mr Crispin M.M. wa Mlllalgo and Mr lbUf'ace Likando in a written statement to The Nunib· iltl reponed thai while they were in .:onven&lion about the issue of res0-

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The two stated that this happened on February I, this year, while in an army lent after they had been or­dered out at a road block. 1bey said four soldiers wenl out to search through their baggage and the vehicle. The two men said that they were speak­ing Lozi, when one SWATF mem­ber made the allegation.

Despite requests from the two to Ihe soldier to furnish his name Itld rank, the latter initially refused, but later give a name, Norman Simataa, which the two believe to be a false nune.

A whileSADFmemba-,known IS Smit, was aliened about the remark, but he reportedly replied Ihat he was not responsible for the remark, and ordered the two men to leave.

Mr Malongo and Mr Lihndo fur-ther stated that Ihey were surprised at the way members of the security forces react whenever there is talk

about resolution 43.5, whilst the fact is WI Sowh A!iica nas agreed ana sipedo for !:he implirnenwion of 1hI1 resolution 43.5.

The men aJso condemned the per­mit system enforced upon civiliU\S travelling to and from the Caprivi, expressing the hope that this restric­live meuure would also fall away like is the case with the socalled Owllmboland curfew which the anny promissed to lift on February 20th.

They further slammed the permit system u yet another means for members of the security forces to intimidate and hurass NunibiU\S, particularly those who support and or are members of the Swapo move­mont

The men also expressed their-con­cern about an alleged death list re­portedly being circulated amongst seeurity force members, and which include themselves and two other persons namely Mr Paddy Mwazi and Mr Fidelis Sabuta.

The two men alsoc1aimed that the army has erec\.ed yet a new base in the village of Linyati on January 30, 1989, despite protests by civiliU\S and apparently even some memben oftheSWATF.

They said civilians: poarcd against the new base on the ground that the site was an open one, and could not be termed an operational area. It wu believed that a cenain "collabonltor politician." is behind Ihe move.

Mr Likando added that security fon:e members on January 9, this year, made a flre at a site, about 800

.metres from his village home from where they kept a constant watch on his house. On January 20th, soldiers arrived at the house and searched it in his absence, claiming later that they wac conducting a routine ~ in the village.

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'TERRORISTS IN DISGUISE' AWB leader tells BBC of his fear of 'the Owambos'

BY RAJAH MUNAMAVA

SOME politicians here are busy whipping up the emotions or their people against other racial groups • and in the process tbey are wittingly or unwiUingly drumming up a hatred which CQuid see Ihis country,destroyed in serious racial strife, perhaps unprecedented in the history or the continent.

In an interview last week with If all blacks, including Ovamtx>-the British Broadcasting Corpo- speaking people. are uncivilised ration, A WB local leader Mr criminals as some white suprema-Hcndrik van As, instead of ad- cists claim, then why do they eat dressing himself to La what he the food prepared by black hands sees as the "evil" of 435. lumed - why do they wearclothcs washed around and directed his "guns" by black hands or use the dishes against "Ovambos··. cleaned by black hands? Where

On a recent visit, a BBC re- do they draw their line of "mo-porter had asked him what his rality". concerns are in the light of the Mr van As continues in the New York Agreementwhich will interview to say mat he " can ' t see Namibiaoffto independence see this thing", apparenlly refer-through resolution 435. ring to the implementation of

Mr van As replied; "First of Resolution 435 going for a year all, we arc concerned about the in peace. safety of our people, that is Afri- He said he had asked the South kaners staying in this country and African government not to go not only on the far outskirts on ahead with implementation. the farms , isolated on the farms , When asked by the interviewer but even in the towns." what would happen if the govern-

He continued: "Because for the ment ignored his requests, Mr last60r 7 months, it has become van As said: "You mUSUl ' t ask evident that unemployed Ovam- me whether I will be a terroristal bosarenoodingeverysmalltown that time, I don 't want to be one is South West Africa." bUll don' t wanl to be pushed into

"What are they doing there?" circumstances where 1 have no he asks, adding: "We think they alternative but to be a terrorist." may be terrorists in disguise." In a separate interview last week,

The BBC journalist intervened Shaun Johnson of the Weekly Mail and pointed out to Mr van As that reported HNP leader Sarel Bekker surely Ovambos have as much as speaking of an acquaintance

both.. , then it could become "revolution 435" .

Diergaardt is also quored as say­ing: '" will nOlallow the Basters to be governed by either Swapo or the DT A" . One can assume that he believes that if Resolution 435 is implemented, the winner will be either Swapo or the DT A.

All these factors taken into ac­count are indicative of desperate socalled 'politicians' tryin$ to thrive on a system of ethntcity which may ultimately set the dif­ferent groups against one another,

This statements are thinly-veiled calls toviolence - which if heeded will have disastrous and tragic consequences for the country, par­ticularly during the sensitive tran­sition period.

What is the wisdom of some of these white politicians. who for many years have ruled over blacks without any mandate. to tum around and say they refuse to be ruled by a black government -even if It means that this govern­ment has been freely and fairly elected?

Is this the democracy and the civilisation they purport to up-

right to in as do his who had said he "was just wait-

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Mr van argues: "If there is no employment for them (Ovam ­bos). and there is not, what are they doing there?"

"Whatare they doing in asmall place like Olavi, 600 of them and no work for a single one of them. what are they doing there?"

The A WB man then continued to heap abuse and insults on the Ovambo citizens of the country, ranging from being' 'uncivilised, backward" w committing "al l sorts of crimes like rape, murder ..

Mr van As obViously has diffi­culty in coming to terms with the fact that Namibia is a black coun­try in as much as it belongs to its white citizens.

And in fact, the irdigenoos name Olavi itself. which Mr van As kept referring to in the interview. undoubtedly suggests that blacks had settled there before whites -and yet there are people like Mr van As who have the temerity to demand to know what Ovambo­speaking people are doing in the town.

It is a fact that while Mr van As and his fellow right-wingers are obsessed with the idea of blacks coming into towns (and of course he is entitled to his opinion) which they consider "White Man's land" , it is these very same blacks who prerare the food both in oolcls and homes. do the laundry, wash the dishes. beautify the gardens and houses owned by whites and di~ out riches in the Namibian SOli.

What difference does it make for one not to want to li ve with another person in the same town if the very same person prepares the food he eats, and does other jobs which brings inevitably bring the two into contact? Iscontact of this sort only acceptable when it is on a ' master-servant' basis?

tence starts from

Also on record as saying that the whites reserve the right to resort to all the means at their disposal (which som,e take to ~ an implication of Violent resIs­tance) if' 'civilisation" is threat­ened. is National Party official Mr Jan De Wet.

And recently Basta Ieadcr Hans Diergaardi was reported to have told the South African Cabinet during their meeting with repre­sentatives of the Namibian sec­ond-tier authorities that if Reso­lution 435 was going to be "imposed on the people ofReho-

by its i gene Terreblanche, last year in which he called on whites to keep their guns and not to part away with them under any circumstances.

The then Cabinet chainnan, Mr Andreas Shipanga, said at the time that the police had been instructed to investigate the A WB meeting during which sentiments inciting racial hatred and violence had been voiced.

Nothing has so far been heard of this investigation, and the po­lice last year said on enquiry that they would only subm it their find­ings,to the Cabinet. The Cabinet is set to disband in 18 days time, It can almost be stated as a cer­tainty mat noth ing further will ever be heard of the investigation

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LAWYERS ON SOLIDARITY

HUNGER STRIKE IN an unprecedented move, Johannesburg lawyers representing emergency detainees have decided toembarkon a solidarity hunger strike ror the more than 200 people rdusing meals in South Mrica's prisons.

And various individuals said they would follow the lawyers' action in protest against the detainees' contin­ued detention.

not known. They hunger strikers at Diepklook

were joined by 105 emergency de­tainees at St Alban's Prison. Port Elizabeth, on Monday.

Many white-own,td businesses in the north of the country, like the one shown above, have enjoyed a roaring trade bet::ause of the artificial economy created by military occupalton. The big question is what will happtn to thest traders when the South African Defence Force leaves. Ir it ever leaves.

the hunger strikers. many of whom have been held in detention without trial for more than two years. said they would starve until they were unconditionally released or charged.

A group of lawyers converged at the parking lot of Diepkloof Prison, Soweto, yesterday morning where they wanted 10 meet the Minister of Law and Order, Adriaan Vlok, in orderto visit the detainees on hunger strike.

The strikers are on the same die­tary regime as 10 Irish Republican Army hunger strikers who died in a protest agains t internment without trial in Northern Ireland in 1981.

Doctors say that after 20 days of water with only a little sugar and salt. the risk of serious hcalth damage becomes critical. SA's DESTABILISING TACTICS

EXPOSED IN REPORT At least seven hunger strikers at the prison have been admitted 10 hospital since the strike broke out 17 days ago. The seven, who are being drip-fed. are from the first group who embarked on the strike on January 23. They are in a very serious condi­tion and had sore joints. nose bleeds and were lethargic, said Ms Kathy Satchwell for the lawyers.

The National Democratic Lawyers Association said in a statement on Wednesday: "This country must be ashamed that its conscience has to be jogged to awareness by such calami­ties as deaths in detention. hunger strikes and dashes to foreign consu­lates .• '

SOUTH Africa is continuing to destabiJise black-ruled neighbours through a " thump and talk" policy of military and economic pressure that has devastated the region, according to a report given to Commonwealth ministers. Mr Vlok said in Cape Town yes­

terday that detainees who were on hunger strikes would remain in cus­tody as long as it was in the interests of public safety. and the state would not allow itself to be blackmailed in this way.

It says Pretoria's goal is 10 build a zone that will be politically submis­sive and economically lucrative, and act as a bulwark against international sanctions and orner pressures for an end to apartheid.

"The impact of apartheid on the region, in human, economic and ecological tcrms, represents a holo­caust that few outside the region, and many within it. neither know about nore can comprehend," the report says.

'South Africa and its Neighbours', wntlerl by-two Hnre-based ruearch­ers, estimates that Pretoria's "total ,,""aU:.!.)'" lOwards its neighbours hILS 008~ rhem al leul. million lives and 35 billion dollars since: 1980.

It compares South Africa's treat­ment of its neighbours 10 "the; cpm­mon police interrogation technique in which one administers the blows while another offers the sweets".

Canadian External Afrairs Secre­tary Mr Joe Clark, chainnan of this week's meeting of a Commonwealth committee on southern Africa, de­scribed the report as shocking but said that he and his fellow-ministers had not yet debated its recommenda-tions.

These include tougher sanctions

agains t Pretoria and more economic and security support for the neigh­bouring frontline nates.

The report was wrillen by David Manin and Phyllis Johnson of the Southern African Research and Docwnentation Centre.

It says there has been an escalation of miliuuy activity in Mozambique since President PW Botha met Presi­dent Joaquim Chissano for talks last September, and adds that there is " mounting evidence of South AI· rica's involvement in the supply and dire<: tion of it" .

The report accuses Pretoria of continuing to back the Mozambican national n:sisrance rebels, despite promises to end suppon, and of giv­ing the green light for MNR attacks inside Zimbabwe.

It says South African tactics range "from open military aggression against Angola and a surrogate war in Mozambique, to sabotage of re­gional transponation routes,customs delays and rate manipulation as well as direct attacks, incursions. sabo­tage and car bombs in Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia, economic pressure and assassinations in leso­tho and Swaziland".

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SA Foreign Minister Pik Botha wrote to the committee this week, offering ' 'far-reaching steps 10 pro­mote pe9.<:e and stability in the re­gion". but his letter has been given a frosty response.

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A nwnber o f detainees at Durban Prison have been on hunger strike for aOOul,.'1 week. but their numbers are

SA won't accept Swedes in Untag

It says South Africa is preparing 10 ~ !.he same strategy IOwards _on",,_ A SWEDISH newspaper- said independent Namibia, using its ceo- on Wednaday tbat South Africa

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mission in Stockholm declined to ronfinn the repat, but said thal SIIICden should not be surprised if Pretoria had decided on such a move.

• 'The full cost to the region of troops in a multinational force South Africa's 'total strategy' may to oversee Namibian never be known. It is an accwnula- independence later th is year-, tion over the past 13 years of war Expressen reported that Pretoria damage, extra defence expendirure. had said Sweden's strong anti-apart-higher transport and energy costs, heid stance meant that it could not

He cited Sweden's support for SWAPO. and its imposition of sanc­tions against South Africa. lost expon revenue, greater import trusted 10 play an impartial role.

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believe that Swedish troopS could be unbiased," the spokesman said.

reduced economic growth. the dis- man Bo Heineback would not com-placement of people, destruction of ment on the report, saying it was up therural environment and infrastruc- 10 UN Secretary-General Javier Perez Sweden has pledged full support

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ture, even smuggling," the report de Cuellar 10 request troops from says. individual countries.

It says estimates of the cost begin Sweden, which participates in many at 35 billion dollars and a million lives lost, most of them children who are victims of war-related hunger and disease.

lhree million people have been displaced from their homes. includ­ing a million who have fled from Mozambique into neighbouring countries.

South Africa is also blamed for causing irrevenible damage 10 the ecology of the region by destroying teak forests and huge herds of ele­phant in Angola and Mozambique.

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NAMIBIA: The US State Department in its annual report on human rights world wide published Ihis week said or Namibia thai "frequent reports or human-rights violations by government authorittts or Swapo involved actions taken in tbe ' operational area' in northem Namibaa, where over half the territory's population lives. The guerrilla war ._, continued .. ' and produced a Dumber of casualttes.,t The State Department said that "arbitrary government detention without acees to counselor visits by family members continued, as did restrictions on the rr~dom or assembly ... an extremist white group appeared on the scene ... and admiUed responsibility ror destroying the plant or the outspoken newspaper, The Namibian",

ITALY TO HELP NAMIBIA

LUSAKA: Italian President Francesco Cossiga said on Tuesday his country was ready to help ensure that elections in Namibia this year would be free and fair. Cossiga, in Lusaka for talks with Zambia President Kenneth Kaunda. said Italy fully supported the United Nations independence plan for Namibia, " Everything that our government can do 10 ensure that these elections are free and rrairwill be done," Cossiga told Kaunda and reporters,

COSATU OFFICALS DENIED PASSPORT

JOHANNESBURG: COSATU General Secretary Jay Naidoo was denied a passport and thus unable to attend a conference of Commonwealth foreign min asters in Harare. The Congress of South African Trade Unions in a statement Tuesday said tbat the South African authorities had never given a straight "yes or no", but that tbey "are attempting to hide theirerrective refusal behind a veil or bureaucratic silence".

NAMIBIA, WATCH OUT,MUGABE SAYS

HARARE: President Mugabe of Zimbabwe this week warned that

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Banks in cohorts with the state?

BY RAJAH MUNAMAVA WHILE most businesses., particularly white business in Namibia, thrive on blackcuslomers and so 100 the banks with their great number of black clientele, some of these institutions at times seem to maintain a "hand in glove" relationship with the state, in particular the police or army tothe detriment of their clients.

It is a fact that blacks are on the bollom of the economic line in this counuy, but be that as il may, they cannot be simply wished away by both big and small business houses especially bearing in mind that blacks possess the labourpowcr and buying power.

A case in point is an incident in­volving First National Bank, Rundu Branch and I clienl Mr Nimrod Mun:mi of Kavango late last year.

Mr Muremi was picked up by the army and detained WIder AG 9 on Novcmber9.

In the month of November before his arrest, Mr Murani had approached the First Nation.1 Bank Rundu Manager •• MrOliviertodiscussthe arrears on his car loan payment.

Payments for the month of Sep­tember and October were outstand· ing when Mr Muremi wcnllo see his bank manager in November.

An agm::mc:nl was reached between the manlger and Mr Muremi to the effect that the client would payoff the whole loan once he received his pension monies, which would take a few months, Mr Mure:mi had lost his job that time:.

The Igreement also we:ntlU far 15

to Sly once Mr Muremi paid off his IOlIl k>an, lIIe intere:st on his loan as well as insurance money would be cancelled by the: bank, which wil l help bring down lIIe loan and the m alter hid been sett led.

After a few days Mr Muremi's name, lOgelhc:r with those of the other three, were distribUied III over the IOwn in a pamphlet which among others Slid the four were trying 10 present themse:lves as Swapo lead· =.

" Was this me:re concidence or did someone in *e bank actually give the informalion conccming ow nllfllCS and the SWap::l aroount 10 sane: poopIc:? What has happened 10 the confiden· tiality of the bank?" he asked,

In a related developme:nt, Mr Murc:rni we:nt to the same bank in 1987 with the intention of withdraw· ing some money 15 he was going on a visit to Botswana.

After withdrawing the money. he went to the Foreign Exchange desk to buy Botswana pulas for the purposes of his journey.

The counter clerk told him to wait and went behind into some room. There was no policeman 15 far as he could ascertain at thai point and he only a few locals.

The bank counter clcrt. never carne back and while waiting, a policeman came from behind and infonned him that he: was being arrested under AG9.

On another occasioo, still in Rww:iu, MrOlivier.according to Mr Mure:mi had called him to inform him that he was giving him a lot o f problems and thaI he was tired of dealing with people involved in politics and that the best was that he open up his own

working lenns with the: state: through the: police or army.

One: may also ask why most com· me:rcial banks in this country pande:r 10 racism by assuming that their white: clie:nts will not want to be served by blacks.

For instance, most banks in Wind· hoek e:mploy whites and colow-eds for se:rvices in their city and subur· ban banks except in Karutura.

Blacks areonly e:mployed in major branches in towns as either cleane:rs, messenge:rs and to do othe:r me:nial jobs.

Banks cannot hide: behind the the: claim that the:re are: no qualified or e:xperienced blacks for their main branches in towns if in Katutura, its blacks who are manage:rs, tellers , accounts and supervisors.

When contacted for comment, Mr OlivX::r said fran Rundu \hal his bank's pol icy was thaI if a debtor was behind in payme:nt of what he: owe:s 10 the: bank, the: mailer is taken up with the bank's attorneys who may order the: she:rirf to step in depending on the: individual ClUe:.

In this case Mr Olivier said he: lOOk the: ke:y for Mr Muremi's Cit and re:trie:ved it from his house becluse he had to know whe:re: the: car was since: Mr Muremi had bc:c:n arrested.

Asked why he: instead oC the: sher· iffhad to get !he: Cat, he: insisted that he wanted know now he:re: it was.

On ... ".,~~''' , with Mr Murc:mi "any optimism" OD behalr be ttmperfll by anlt'eij aboat: .. of··~: !'II\!iI!'JIII!~I!!ftIIII!I"" -;0, ~==''''' __ on tbe way". Mr. Mugabe was .dressing a medins: of the Commeuwealth CommittuofForeign Ministers in Harare. "Zimbabwe and other rrontline states remain deeply suspicious of Pretoria's real intentions, and are rather anxious that the iilfernational community, through the UN, should be seen to be firmly assuming its full responsibility over Namibia during thecirtical period leading to independence", he said. Hesaid the committee would be told in detail how, through armed bandits and surrogates, Pretoria had maimed and murdered civilians in Mozambique, Angola, Zambia, Zimnbabwe, Botsweana and other states.

SCHOOLS TOO EXPENSIVE, STUDENTS STAY HOME

KAMPALA: Nea rly a third of Ugandan schoolchildren have not returned to class this year because their parents cannot afford the fees, said Pius Tibanyenda, permanent secretary at the Education Ministry this week. He told a muting of head leachers that some schools were charging excessive fees and sid the government was working on a plan to introduce fru primary education for all children by 1996.

AMBUSH, 11 KILLED ON TRAIN

MAPUTO: Eleven people were killed and 16 wounded when anti­government rebels ambushed a train near Mozambique's border with Soutb Africa, the national news agency reported Monday. The attack occurtd Sunday about 15 km from the South African border and SS kilometers northwest of the capital of Maputo. Survivors told reporters the attackers opened fire with bazookas and light arms. Rebek§ of Renamo. Mozambique National Resistance, allegedly supported by South Africa, have been fighting since 1977 in a bid to undermine the country's marxist government.

TRANSKEIGOVERNMENT UNLAWFUL?

UMTATA: The Appellate Oivision of the Supreme Court has upheld a decasion by the supreme court declaring Transkei' s military government lawfu l. The ruling defeats the last Itgal errort by former state president, Paramount Chief Kaiser Matanzima, to have the military government declared unlawful. The three judges concurred in endorsing the findings of the Supreme Court that the military government was legitimate.

the: army. third day of his detention

amder AG9, Mr Murc:rni was driven from his detention centre at Mashan din:c:tly 10 the: Bank Manager's house inRWKlu.

There: the bank manager informed Mr Muremi whi le unde:r arrcst that hc was taking away the Cat because he: hid been unable: to pay his loan.

The manl8er asked Mr Muremi to sign some form s in the presence of the: army me:n who had arrested him but he: re:fused.

The bank manager then told Mr Murc:mi that because he had bc:en arrested, he: ooukl. not wait any longer Cor Mr Munm i to pay his loan.

Suffice it 10 ask, whocontactc:d the: other, the bank manager or the: army?

How did the: bank manager know that Mr Mure:mi had been or was being arrested and what happened 10

the arrange:ment bc:twc:c:n the bank manager and Mr Muremi thaI he: wood pay his total loan once he got his pension monie:s?,

Onemay also like: toknow why the army had dircclly brought Mr Murc:mi to the: bank manager's house:, and what had bc:en discussed betwc:c:n the: bank manager and the: army me:n.

Note: that during interrogation by a Commandant Coetzer, Mr Muremi says that the: commandant told him that if he cooperated with the: anny, he: would get back his car and that his house: will not be taken the same: way as his car.

Jt is important to also nOle: that in terms of proclamation AG9, unde:r which Mr Mure:mi was being held, a detainc:e:maynot sc:e a lawyerduring the: flTS t 30 days of, his or he:r, dete:n­tion but in th is case, the: bank man· ager was allowed accc:ss to the de:· taine:e: .

In 1985,MrMure:mitoge:therwith three others opened a bank lCCOWl.t in the: name: of the: Swapo Branch in RWKlu It the: First Nltional Bank in the: town.

OU$ Other incidents whlth Mr Mun:mi had phoned the pension de:partmenl related to !his reponer shows bi8 who had informed him that !he: pen. business may be acting in cohorts sion mone:y for Mr Murc:rni would with the: state 10 thwart certain indio not cover the loan owed to the: bank. viduals for !heir political belie:fs. The Financial Manager of First

Itispossible that itisnotlhepolicy National, Mr John KauCmann in of some: of these institutions, pat· Windhoek said the maner was pri. ticularly banks, to divulge: matte:n vate: andconfide:ntial and that he: was pertaining to the:ir clients but it is notatlibertytodivulge:anyinfonna· also possible that this could be abused lion concerning the: fmanc ial posi·

individuals who themsc:\ve:s are in tion of his clients.

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First National Bank (formt'rly Barclays) headquarters in Windhoek whose Rundu branch has come under fire from a client for allegedly acting in cohorts with the army. T he ilient 's car was taken away by the bank while he was under arrest and this was

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8 Friday February 10 1989

• • • ROSSING Uranium has taken exception to a number of articles concerning the mine, which appeared in last week's edition. The articles in question dealt with ~parate issues: one of which was the Congress of the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) held in Arandis last weekend ; another an inteniew with two workers on the mine ; and a third dealing with the controversial issue of radiation. Rossing management has responded separately on these issues. Their verbatim replies 8 Te published here today:

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ROSSING RESPONDS

TO MUN'S CLAIMS CONDITIONS of employment at ROssing Mine are acknowledged to be excellent. ThereFore it is very diFficult for the Mineworkers Union of Namibia to find real issues to r aise as grievances in discussions with management. As a result the MUN leadership -with the help of The Namibian of 3 February 1989 - is resorting to rar-fetched propaganda to j ustify the activities of its branch at ROssing.

JUSt how good are conditions at ROssing Mine? To begin with, every married employee - man or woman­qualifies for a company house at nominal rental. Such a house has at least three bedrooms, a fi tted kitchen with stove provided. a solar hot water system. a bathroom usually with a separate toilet, a lounge with dining alcove, a fenced garden, a garage or carport. Therenlal for such a house is R7.50 per month. Single employees in Arandis have private rooms in small blocks and receive meal tick­ets to use at a public restaurant of a high standard.

All employees are salaried staff paid 01\ a I'l"IOOthly basis. Fringe benefits available to all employees include pension fund, life assurance, penna­nent disability and acc;ident insur­ance, medical benefit scheme and free tnnspon to and from work. To choose;; just one eJ\ample, if-an em-

ployee were injured in a car accident while o n holiday and became dis­abled to the extent of no longer being able to worli:, he or she would receive form the Disabili ty Fund 75 percent of h is /her salary - adjusted for inna­tion - until normal retirement age when the normal pension becomes payable. Theminimwnsaluypaidal ROssing is R6 16 per month bUl only I I people out of 2400 are on this bouom rung of the ladder . The aver­age haultruck driver, for example. who is likely to have been with the company for eight years, or more, earns about R 1400 in cash each mOOlh and receives fringe benefit worth at least R400.

As a resuh of these excellent con­ditions employees do not readily leave ROssing. More than 80 percent of our 'employees have been with us for five yean or more and 45 percent have been with us for ten years or more..

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RADIATION AT ROSSING Who's got the facts?

THE ar t icle on radiation which appeared in The Namibian on 3 Febr uary is a ver y curious indeed. It quotes Mr Asser Kapere, President of the MUN, who claims to have litHe knowledge or radiation but who never theless makes a number or vague accusations against th e company in this field_ Readers or The Namibian might be surprised to learn that Mr Kapere is second in charge or safety at ROssing Mine and, therefore, he knows a great deal more about conditons there than he claims. He has betn trained by ROssing in England and in South Africa as a professional safety officer and he is a licenced instr uctor or the National Occupational Sarety Association, giving numerous courses in Occupational Safety to ROssing employees including MUN members_

The Namibian's anicle speaks of "residents of Arandis" who are al­leged 10 have "inuplicable ailments". The reference is made that these ail­ments arecaused by radiation. Using the same kind of logic one could say that there are readers of The Namib­ian who have inexplicable ailments, as I am sure there are. It is possible that these ailments are caused. by a dangerous chemical in the printer's ink. Ridiculous? Exactly.

Just one example is given in the article of an " inexplicable aibnent". Accompanying the article is a propa­ganda picture of Mr Kapere holding his five year old daughter Punaje in his arms. She has patches where her skin has lost its colour. To our knowl­edge Punaje has been examined by local dOClOfS and a skin specialist and there is no reason 10 believe that she is suffering from anything but a common children's complaint

It is sad that an innocent child is being used by the MUN and The Namibim for purposes of propaganda.

Mr Kapere. as lhesecond in charge of safety at ROssing Mine. is well awan:. that ROssing is one of the .. fell mine. in the world. It is not

only R~ssing management who say so - the Na1ionaI Oocupalional Safety Association (NOSA) has been say­ing so for years and lasl year the British Safety Council awarded ROssing its prestigious Sword o f Honour. Mr Kapere and The Namib­ian are implying that independen t bodies such as NOSA and the British Safety Council are either incompe­tent or liars.

In order 10 un<ientand the question of radiation readers of The Namibian should at least be given som basic facts. Radiation is a natural pan of the hwnln environmmt and our great­est sources of d aily external radia­tion are the sun and the soil. Radia­tion doses to humans are measured in Sieverts with I millisieven being one-thousandth of a Sievert. Resi­dents of Windhoek are exposed to about 1,6 millisieverts per year from the sun and earth as background radiation. Rossing employees ue exposed on average to an additional 2 mill isieverts of radiation from al l sources compared to the internation­ally recommended exposure limit of

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50mill isieverts. Even the few people working in the rmal product area. ";here the uranium oxide is roasted and drummed, receive a radiation exposure only 15% of the interna· tionallimit

Different aJOmS emit different types of radiatioo. such IS alj:N. beta, ganun& or X-ray emissions with differing degrees of penell'ation. Natural ura­nium is mainly analphaemiuer. The vay smal1 amoonts of bela and gamma radiation at Rossing pose no envi­rorunental problems. Alpha radia­tion cannot penell'ale more than six centimerres of air; it can be stopped completely by any solid object such as a sheet of paper or the hwnan skin. However, alpha-emitting materials can be hazardous to hcalth if they come into contact with internal li­sues, through being inhaled or swal­lowed, causing internal radiation.

Theore from ROssing Mine isof a low grade, i.e. it contains liule ura­nium and consequently emits little radiation. 1k extanal radiatioo. hazard is thus small and emphasis is placed on preventing intemal radiation through inhalation or ingestion. The pm of the open.tion where the great­est concenll'ation of uranium takes p lace is in the final product area w herc roasting and packing into steel drums takes place.

The r mal product plant is kept very clean with virtually no trace of dus t in the air, and radiation levels com­pare favourably with the best cl similar plants in the world.

Trained environmental conlTOI officers, who are also members of MUN, regularly take air samples, monitor rad iation leves and test for surface contamination to ensure good conditons. All measurements are posted in the changehouse for all employees to see.

All employees in the final product area arc provided with overalls. boots, gloves, safety glasses. safety hel· mets and respirators as addi tional protection. Before leaving the area they discard working clothes, shower and change and pass through a moni­tor which checks that they are clean. All radiation workers wear radiation dosimeters which record external radiation and these are independ­ently analysed by the South African Bureau of Standards and the results for all individuals are again POSled on noticeboaros in the changehouse.

Each employee regurlarly provides a urine sample which is analysed for uranium by the South African Insti­tute for Medical Research as a check for possible in ternal eJlposure and, again. all these results are posted in the employees changehouse.

No employee has ever approached the maximum radiation eJlposure limit and no employee has ever exhibited sickness due to exposure 10 radia­lion, and because Rossing applies the best possible heal th and safety stan­duds, no health problems are antici­pated in the future.

t.et usdeal with Mr Kapere 'smore specific allegations:

When roasters are cleaned for maintenance employees are inducted

by environmental conlTOl offieen, provided with appropriate safety and respiratory equipment and alloned a m aximum working time in the roast­ers. The job is observed by the envi­rorunental o fficers to ensure adher­ence to procedure. Personnel work.­ing on roaster cleaning are moni­tored more frequently and have medical examinations after comple­tion of the work. Nohealth problems have ever been detected and no ex­cessive exposures toemployees have ever been detected by their penonal dosimeters.

All employees working in thermal product area receive an annual in­duction on the nature of radiation. its hazards and use of protective equip­ment, sound hygiene and safe work.­ing prctices. All employes have the oppomDlity 10 question environmental officc:rs and medical staff m all maners relating 10 radiation safety and they have taken advantage of a number of such information meetings in the past y~.

Independent surveys of radiation and dust levels in the rmal product area have been couducled by the Council (or Nuclear Safety and they have reported them to be well within international standards.

As for an involvement ofMUN om matters of health and safety, it is of interest 10 note that R6ss ing's safcty officers and almost all the environ­mental officers who are charged with ensuring safe and healthy working condilOins ue in fact MUN mem­bon.

lnsteadofhaving only certain union representatives charged with moni­toring health and safety. at R6ssing employees are required to be active in improving health and safety con­di tions and a\l are considered safety representatives. Un like mostcompa­nies all ROssing employees are members of their area safety com­mittee. From a workforce of 2400, 1285 have been trained as safety supervisors of whom many are MUN members.

The recognition agreement betv.'a:n ROssing and MUN explicitly Slates that shop stewards and UTtion execu­tives can discuss w ith m anagement any issue regarding health and safety in the workplace. It is untrue there­fore that MUN and Rossing employ­ees are unable to panicipate in the Rossing health and safety programme. The excellent slandards achieved at Rossing and intcmationally acclaimed are proof that ROssing employees, inclUding MUN members, are fwly involved in ROssing's aim to ever improvc its health and safety stan­dards.

With regard to allegations that families of employees, living in Arandis, are in some way exposed 10

radi ation from the mine, this is scien· tifically studied by the mine's envi­ronmental conlrol department in conjuction with international con­sultants. These studies have shown that radiation levels at the mine are so low that it is not possible to ele­vate th&background radiation levels at Arandis to any measurable degree.

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--------- BY RAJAH MUNAMAVA --------­MILITARY headquarters in Windhoek on Monday disclosed that the future utilisation of military bases in the country was being addressed pending their evacuation d uring the implementation or Resolution 435, tbe UN independence plan ror t he territor y due to commence on Aprill .

ROSSING medical personnel carry out an EeG test on an employee as part or his annual medical examination at the mine's medical centre. Photograph by Rossing.

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THE NAMIBIAN RESPONDS

Army headquarters had been ap­proached by The Namibian for com­ment in the light of repons from the Caprivi to the effect that three major mili tary bases in the area were to be handed over soon to the Department of Nature Conservation.

The three bases in question are Omega, Fon Oops and Chetto, all in western Caprivi.

Defence headquaners said deLails on what would happen to individual bases were not available as future utilisation of the bases was being considered.

Western Caprivi, which is home to several other important military bases, is allegedly a nature conservation area; this despite its heavy militari · sation. Hardly any game is visible when one drives through the area.

And opposition groups regard western Caprivi as the South Afri can Defence Force rear support base for Unita whosc Jamba headquaners lie some few kilometres directly north of some of these bases.

Reports rrom Katima Mulilo say

servation, a senior official from the Department, Dr Van Der Walt. de· clined to comment and referred this reporter to his head ~f Department. Mr Polla Swan, who was out of of­fice at the time.

Dr Van Der Walt said however. that his superior Mr Swart had been in contact wi th the army and that he was the one with first hand informa­tion on the matter.

Other reports from the Caprivi are that soldiers from Fon Oops who are doing patrols on the Kwandu river near Kongola are preventing villag­ers from fishing in the river.

Villagers bitterly complain alxlut LIle action which they say will de­prive them of their staple diet. The villagers complain that for a iong time they have been fishing in the river.

Villages which are said to being prevented from fishing in the Kwandu river are Singalamwe, Choi . N gonga and Lizali .

But an army spokesman at head­quaners in Windhoek. denied the charge. saying that it was not true.

The spokesman said people may fish in the river except in those areas under the control of Nature Conser­vation.

Still in Caprivi, it has been re­ported that four soldiers were sta­tioned at Kaliyangile Primary School, some 40km west of Katima Mulilo.

Thesoldiers according 10 informa­tion reaching The Namibian were seen calling out pupils for the pur­poses of giving them some politiC;aJ lectures after extracting a few per­sonal detai ls about the pupils con­cerned.

It is said that the pupils were ex· pected 10 discuss the matter with their parents when they went home but this too was denied by the army headquaners in Windhoek who said they were not aware of any soldiers being stationed at K3liyangile Pri­mary School.

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M ineworkers Union of I Mr Asser Kapere, to air Nolhing is known about when: the • .. ~;!1 .. t "tvi,;t . ~---\I\--------what he sees as a serious problem or 2 500 mineworkers at the soldiers from these bases would be

ROssing Mine, The Namibian regards it as a duty to bring this to the relocated but it is being speculated in C h u rc h e 5 readers ' attention. Whether ROssing considers Mr Kapere' s views the area that they may be sent home.

• • - be Most of the soldiers at Omega's as I'far-fetched propaganda" is a matter lor negotiatIOn tween 201 Battalion are drawn from the I"n Naml"bl"a tbe two parties - negotiations which T he Namibian would be Buslunen speaking community in the

obliged io cover . area while ChetlO is understood 10 be The Namibian regrets if one example used by the two mineworkers inter- home to former Angolan fighters.

viewed (in a separate article) contained inaccurate information. However, by The move 10 place the three bases far the largest pan of the interview regards feelings and opinions of the two under Nature Conservation is being mineworkers. which The Namibian found to be of significant public interest seen by some of the residents as in the light of the on-going National Congress of the MUN. trying 10 pre-empt the bases being

For the rest, Rossing has had adequate space to reply to allegations made by used by the UNT AG forces. workers in the various news rcports published in last week 's edition: and the It is believed that ifUNT AG takes MUN may possibly wish to itself reply 10 Rossing's viewpoint in the following charge of the bases in we.stern Ca-edition of The Namibian. privi. the continued flow of supplies

'Only individual grievances'

THE interview in The Namibia n with Mr AI Nantes and Mr J C Lawrence alleges " exploitation a nd discrimination" or Rossing 's employees by the company.

The article contains a number of statements with which one cannol help agreeing. For e~ample

.... Among minewori::ers, ROssing is known to be a progressive em­ployer. offering the highest salaries in the country " .

• "Houses in Arandis are quite big, comfortable and modem, grow­ing in size and comfort wilh your escalation up the company ladder."

Yet in the same brClith lhere are allegations of' 'cJlploilalion and dis­criminination· '. These boil down to the irxIivi<h.Lal gric"'ances of Mr Nantes and Mr Lawrence. As these gentle. men have discussed their particular jobs at Rossing and have alleged dicrimination against thcm. 1 should like to provide some morc particu· lars.

Mr Nantes went through a four year aprrenticeship with Rossing and immediately on completion in 1986

he was appointed as an artisan boiler­maker. The foreman to whom he refers as being unqualified came to ROssing in 1978 as aqualified artisan with 10 years ' experience. He ob­tained funher qualifications in 1983 and was ~c.:d 10 foreman in 1986.

Mr Lawrence joined ROssing in 1976with aStandard 6education. He was promoted four limes in his first six ycars. He complains that he was not offered a trade test by ROssing but in fact after five years of working in the engineering rleld he could have taken such a test by applying 10 the relevant govemment authorities. Normally ROssing l1X{ulres candidatcs for trade teSts nrst toobLain passes in the NI and N2 cenificales but an exception was made in thecascofMr Lawrence and ccnain other cmploy­ees who proceeded to lhej,. trade tes ls without these qualifications.

to Unita bandits in Southern Angola would be compromised.

U NT AG presence at anyone base in western Caprivi could inhibit the South Africans from effectively monitoring developments in South­ern Angol a especially as far as that concerns any Angolan government offenssive against Unita during this dclicate period in thl: his tory of the region.

Though South Africa in tenns of the accord signed between itself, Cuba and Angola last year has supposedly stopped all aid to Unita. there is no doubt that it is st ill committed to the bandits and any coven aid to Unita cannot be ruled out particularly given the experience in Mozambique where Pretoria continued to provide aid to Renamo despi te an agreement to the contrary (Nkomati Accord) with the Mozambican government.

LaiC last year. a Namibian busi­ru:ssmlDl who ac:oompanied his nephew driver for a company called Road Runners, was captw-ed by UniLa while in Namibian territory. The Road Runners driver had gone 10 drop some supplies for Unita near Bagani in western Caprivi and the Unita men were apparently not happy with the fact that the man had brought some· one with him to the ir secret conduit.

When asked for comment on the transfer 'of the bases 10 Narure Con-

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10 Friday February 10 1989

43S.FEVER is running high, and one of the ironies of the whole situation is tbe question of who is benefitting most from the implementation ohhe United Nations Plan. Namibians in general aft still cautious, somewhat suspicious,

UDctrtain as to whether its all reaUy

~ d;~:~ to and at the end of the ~ to get a ' free and

vote'; but traditionally conservative white business com munity is agog - suddenly the prospects of the United Nations settlement plan, formerly an anathema. don't l'\Ok too bad at all. This in view of the fact that many of them stand to score financially from the deal.

THE NAMmlAN, since its inception in 1985, has canvassed hard among the business comm unity in this country for adve~ising. On many occasions the newspaper's canvassers were met with at best, stony faces' and at worst, abuse, because of its pro-435 stance. From 1978' until the end of 1988, the mere mention of 435 caused mutterings of 'Swapo plan' among a large section of the white (and mainly business) comm unity. Suddenly it has become acceptable. Many of thost same businesses who turned The Namibian away, saying they would no~ advertise in ' the Swap? news~per' are now meeting regularly with mem~rs of the '!mted Nabons. com! to

organise equipment and supphes for their task force on arrn'al here. The chance of 'cashing-in' on the 435-dea l is aura~tive enough to push aside political opinion on the merits or dements of a future black majority government. For the over ten years since the adoption of Resolution 435, its been the majority of people in Namibia who have called for the implementation of the UN.Plan. It was tbey wh~ w~nted free and fair elections in order to bring aboutself-determmabon, and end to South African occupation and justice and peace in tbiscountry. Tbe whites generany were apathetic Of' nhemently opposed because ot aM 'S ... po-'*;''''' whidt __ .uadted to the.P .... by the South African propagandists. To them , 435 meant. Swapo government, pd they were certainly not keen on the prospect. The South African autbof'ities were equally opposed to tbe Plan, ud in particular their military branch, the South African Defence Force. For the same Dumber of years tbe SADF tqua~ 435 with.a Swapo victory, and now they' re goi~ to ~ase a lot of their equipment to Untag forces. and make qUite a bit of money outortbe

.... 1. Now their approach has changed: where formerly they wamed people tbat 435 meant Swapo gonrnment, communism, Aids and all SOf'ts of other 'evils'; they now appear tacilly to accept that elections in terms of the Plan are going to come about, and are simply warning people tbata vote for Swapowill mean deprivation, war, mass nationalisation and so on. Added to this, tbe majority of Namibians, who were hopefully to score a t least their self-determination and independence through a one-man one-vote system , may be deprived yet again: rumours are strong tbat tbe South African-appointed Administrator General is drawing up legislation to put t~e voting ~ge at 21 rather .than 18. Eigbteen is the accepted voting age Virtually worldwide, and incidentally, in South Africa as well.lt is obvious tbat, come 435, t he Administrator Goeral and the Special R~presentative ol the Secretary

General of the UN, are going to have to barter on these issues. ' I'll give you a voting age of 18. if you agree to concede on another point ... ' is probably tbe way in which 'he twochiefmo~itors of the elections a re going to operate. And one can not h~lp feehng that the Administrator General is going to enjoy a rather more strong veto right tbat the UN Special Representative. And'wbile the South Afrieaos continue to say who they want and wbo they don't want in the Untag forces, the business community bere is cashing in ; eager to receive UN representatives in the interests, primarily, of financial reward . For th~ majority ofNamibians, nothing mucb has cbanged, except that tbere's more talk of independence then there was in previous years. And probably what they have to guard against, most of all, is the increasing intimidation from tbe authorities in this country, whose present aim, it appears, is to prevent Swapo from gaining a two-thirds majority at aU costs.

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THE NAMIBIAN

THE BUSINESS OF UNION-BASHING WffH independence a round t be corner, workers are increasingly being faced with dismissals and worsening working conditions of employment. Business people are selling their businesses and the changeover in management presents problems for workers, as was the case with Grandma's Takeaways. Workers here (someofthem are pictured above) were dismissed by a new incoming management; some received as little as R2 for leave pay and otbers earned R60 a fornight; the previous owner provlded workers with meals and under new ownership, workers now have to buy their meals. NAFAU approached the new owners after they in turn were approached by unhappy workers, but were told that the new owners did not recognise the trade union and would not speak to tbem. He further said that if any of his workers belonged to NAFAU they would summarily be dismissed. NAFAU in tum pointed out Ihat, however limited, the 1986 Conditions of Em ployment Act, did at least guard against tbe victim isation of workers involved in legal trade union activity.

SADF EQUIPMENT TO BE PAINTED WHITE FOR UN

A CONSIDERABLE amount of the equipment the United Nations peacekeeping for ces would use in Namibia during tbe implementation of Resolution 435 would probably be supplied by tbe SADF,said the Johannesburg·based finance weekly, Finansies and Tegniek, in its latest edition.

It quoted UN Purchases Coordin.· LOr Mr Dermot HIISle)' U Myina that sancticns against Sou1h Africa would not bar the UN from negotiating purchases from the SADF.

SADF chief Jannie Gekknhuyl said in Pretoria recently that the SADF would provide equipment to UN­TAG at prescribed tariffs. but the peltCekeeping fon:es would obviously choose the cheapest options.

The SADF would be prepared to perform duties for UNT AG. such as

providins trlUlSport sCTYiees. Gen· ua! Gddcabu.ys laid.

Mr Hussey said the fuel embargo against South Africa would not af· fect UNT AG. and that it could even purchase fuel manufactured by the Sasol rermerie.s that were built to circumvent the fuel embargo against South Afrie •.

He put the tola! cost of UNTAG's equipment in Namibia al450 million dollars.

South African tenders had thus far

been the lowest from the nine Alii · em eountries in 1hc re&ion that hed been inviled to tender, Mr Hussey said.

Genera) Geldenhuys said the SW A TF would not be seconded to UNTAG.butthatUNTAGmay usea SWA TF officer as a guide during patrols and investigations.

He said UNT AG would probably use the military bases that the SADF would be vlCating.

PIK CALLS ON UN NOT

TO DELAY 435 SOUTH African' Fo~ign Minister Pik Botha on Tuesday urged the United Nations not to delay Nam ibia's transition to independence from Pretoria.

Botha said the UN Security Coun­cil should this week ratify Secretary· General Javier Pa'ez de Cuellar's 416 million dollar propoSaJlO deploy 4650 troops in Namibia to supervise the move to independence.

"I do not contemplate a delay," Botha told reporters at a briefIng in CapeTown. "ltjuslhastobeAprill. Itmustbe. WecannOlgoonlikethis. The moment we slip OIl that. then I predict big problems."

Botha dismissed suggestions by reporters thai PreJOria might renege on the US·medialed agreement lasl year to give Namibia its independ­",re.

·'It would be ullerly foolish of this government to go into a process of this narure with the intc:ntion 10 scuttle it. There is so much 10 gain for south­em Africa from this process." he said.

"The party that tries to cheat or interfere in the complelion of this

process will pay a heavy price. I have no reason to believe this morning that any of the parties will not com· ply with their commitments."

He Slressed that his government "demanded" that ResolUlion435 be implemented from April I .

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" All the internal parties have lived in uncertainty for long e nough and are looking forward with anticipa­Lion to iUimplementaliOllnow," Mr Botha added.

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Jamaican elections marred by killings

POLITICAL vioJena escalated on 1\Je5day night ahead of Jamaica's general election as two more people wert kl1led and Prime Minister Edward Staga's final campaign swing was marrtd by guntin.

One man WAS rataJly shot in cen­tral Kingston by. police bodyguard aftcr he attacked Information Minis­ter Olivia Grange. Ihe official news agency hrnpress said.

Another WlS killed in an exchange of gunftre betwec:.n rival political groups in the same arel.

Seagl's fmal campaign swing through his own constituency also ran into trouble on Tuesday.

As Selilled around 3 000 cheer­ing supporters on I march through • West Kingston slum, several people began hurling rocks and bonles into the crowd from I side street within I few bloclu of the Prime Minister.

Police: and soldien rushed intO the aru in jeeps and flfCd numerous rounds into Ihe air, sending Seaga

supporters diving for covet". 1bc incident ended wilhout injury and Seasa continued on 10 I rally mark· ing lhe end of his campaign.

The latest Killings raised to 11 the

death toll in the three-week election campaign piuing conservative incum­bent Seaga against socialist opposi­tion leader Michael Manley. The election was set for yes terday.

Seaga,leadaof the Jamaica Ubour Party (JLP), trails his rival by 14 percentage points for an unprece­denied third consecutive tenn, AC­

cording to Carl Stone, Jamaica's leading pollster. He predicted that Manley's People's Nltional Patty (PNP) would win 47 01"48 of the 60 selU in parliament.

Manley, a former Prime Minister. hM pmlictcd I bndslide viaory. Staga said heexpccted to win narrowly in a close election.

Both party leaders ended their campaigns on Tuesday night at luge rallies It which supporters danced to reggae music under a haze of mari­juana smoke.

Heavily anned security forces patrolled the capital most of the week

De Beers meets Nujoma for talks on

empire's future SAM N ujo m a, President or Swapo, held inrormal talks in London this week with the De Beers diamond empire, a company official said on Wtdnesday ,

He declined to elaborate, but diamond analyslS said that De Beers ma), have voiced concern that ilS Namibian operations could be nalJonaliscd after elections in the territory in November.

The De Beers offICial said that Mr Nujoma had lunch on Monday with Nicholas Oppenheimer, chainnan of De Beers' Central Selling Organisation (CSO).

"They shared a table and had an interesting exchange ... the lunch­eon was arranged by an independent third party." he said, adding that South Africa' s agreement last year to pull out of Nam ibia had prompted the talks.

CSO is the diamond marketing ann of De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd, which produces about one million caralS of rough diamonds a year in Namibia (through COM).

Diamond analyst PelCr Miller of Yorkton Securities said it was in both sides' intereslS to reach an agreement on De Beers' fulure operations, given the excellent Qual ity and high value of Namibian diamonds.

'" would guess they' re coming to some son of understanding. Dc Beers would cenainly like 10 eominue to market the diamonds, " he said.

Technological problems would spell the end of diamond mining on the Namibian coast if De Beers pulled out through fear of being nationalised, Miller added.

He said it was in Namibia's inlCrests to keep marketing ilSdiamonds through the Central Selling Organisation.

As well as sellin~ stones from De Beers' own mines in South Africa, the CSO markets dIamonds on behalr of other major producers such as the Soviet Union, Australia and Zaire. and accounlS for about rour­fifths of the world 's gem trade.

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Another meeting under wraps ETHNIC leaders rK'tnUy mtt wllb the South Aft-lean Fonlgn Arfalrs Minister, Pik Botha and othtr Cabinet membtn In Cape Town. Antr tbe meetlng, It was reported that an agreement had bten reached In terms of whleb the ethnk authorities would be disbanded but that salaries of the personntl ohecond tie r ad ministrations would bt paid In tull for the seven months duration of the el«tlons. Tbere was no denia l forthcoming from these sources, and so It can safely be presumed that the reports are true_ Once again, this week, the same elhnlc leaders mtt with Ihe South Arrlcan-appolnted Administrator General and a statement was subsequently rtlea..wd to say that arrangements for the 43S-perlod had been discussed, and that follow-up meetings were to take place, but Iha t a t present, details of the discussions would not be released. Another meeting under .wraps. The taxpayers of this cou ntry have to foot the blll for these expensive, unwle.ldly, bantustan-like bureaucracies, (some or whom bave given tbemselves-lncreases conveniently before their dlsband lJ'Ig) and yet they a re nol enlllled 10 bear how their money Is being spent. The authorities owe the taxpayers an explan aUon: If tbe second tier omcials are belng paid for the duration of th e. elections, tben tbey should be told.

Roubles all round, even to the SADF

ONE of the main opponents of the United Nations settleme.nt plan In this rountry was the South African Odence .-orce. Consistently In the past decade,lts bierarchy and members have warned against the Implications of Resolution 43S; equlltlng support of the UN Plan wllh support for Swapo. Now there has bten a turnllbout. They're stili nol too happy with tbe ract that the Plan may bring about an elected Swapo government; but Ihey've aCC(lmodated themseh·es 10 olher aspects. We hear with Interesl thaI the SADF will receive a massive cheque from the United Nations - and whelher this be made up of roubles, dollars, drachma orescudos. they apparently do not ca re - for the lease of military equipment and vehicles during the e~lon process. It WlS established that It woukl cost too much for the oountries contributlfl3

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EXPECTATIONS ran high. and nobody was disappointed.

Close on 10000 people joined in Ihe SWAPO-rally in KaMura last Sunday, Ihe ftrSt since the signing of Ihe agreement to end Soulh African rule of Ihis country (December 22 in New York).

lhroughout the afternoon scores of people man:hed, danced and walked to the Vc:J\ue, forming one of Ihe

... Aluta IlI'gest crowds seen in this country for years.

Dan Tjongamo, Swapo Deputy Chairman. used his tum al the micro­phone to point out how SW APO feels certain of winning the forthcoming elections, and how "the enemy has already accepted defeal" by explic­itly aiming al only 30 per cent of the votes.

He warned, though, how South

Africa will do its utmost to "disrupl the decision-making process" in a Constituent Assembly. They want to mike it diffICult to get a constirution drafted, he said, "because then South Africa will still be able to continue its illegal rule of Namibia - this time with the acceptance of the interna­tional commwuty - until the very day the Namibian flag is hoisted." He also warned, how South Africa is

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Continua "amady trying to sow dissll1isfac­lion" with fu~ govcmmenl.l by paying civilsc:rvanlll high wages thai may not befeuiblein the fu~. And then, talking about Walvis Bay. Tjmgvtro made itde .. " 1Iw Walvis is just one more chunk of Namibi. that has to be liberated".

Then the band of the day. the Kltu· IIlf'I·bascd "Heroes" caused the crowd to slin" once more - fISts Boing

up. aiel of • AlUla Continua' cchoe­ing.

SWIpO Adminisln.av(. Seeretuy. lmmllluc:i Ngatjizeko. toot the cue: "The struggle is still going 10 be !tud. Colonillism isdangerous when it is prea:sed. and today it is down on its knees," he wamed the crowd.

"We remember the unmarked grave5 of NamibilJ'l heroes. We remember wh. t happened to ShifMii.

We remember what hllppCnCd 10 Uapota. We remc:mber all the Sun­day. hc:Rc, when we had to run be­cause of lCargu",

"Y.'c will never hive independ­ence wilhoul •• 1N8gle against South Africa. They will put up • lot of stumbling blocks. South Africa will never .now • SWIPO government in Windhoek. They are not going to live it 10 us on • plate," Ngatjiz.elco

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MEMBERS of tbe Police were kept busy all afternoon Filming the crowds in Katutura.

said. The he asked everyone present to

he\pnot only wilh his or her vote, but also wilh transport , fmancial help or any otherassislance needed 10 secure independcnc:.e. "This struggle is going 10 demand the vigilance, Ihe delC:r­minalion of every Namibian", he said.

Paul Ka1enga, Presidml of NANSO, used his chance to call on Ihe youth: " The youlh of lhis country has to see to it, Ihat Ihe furure we Wlllt, is Ihe furure we are going to have". he said.

"The time to si t on Ihe fence and ignore politics is gone. Because your are Ihe future. and if you sti ll sil on Ihe fence, your future is at s;&ke," he said.

Facing banners for a "Land5lide victory toSWAPO" Kalengamade a point of addressing the white youlh

(only approximltely 10 being pres­ent): "Your parents and grandpar­ents!houghl while supremc:ncy would always slay, but this is not the case. We now ask you to become I part of a society that Icnows no colours," he said .

. 'We must be united when we face this historical task. The enemy is busy producing proplganda and destroying peoples propeny and Ihen blaming SWAPO. LeI's be calm and vigilant," Kalenga said.

Four men wearing eivili anelothes vidOOl:aped Ihe rally from the lOp of a small, armoured police vehiele. Apparently though, they were not among the sever. l hundred people who IlIereXlendod Ihe rally well into Ihe night at an "extra-large" Swapo­br.ai It "Namalambo Section" , K.tutura.

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THE most persistent and challenging problem fot formal educational systems throughout history has been how to produce effective lead ers. From the tim e when the Roman elite sent their sons to Greece to prepare them fot public life, through to modem western-style "liberal education", the problem of developing (and, all too orten, con trolling) leaders has produced its own long history of educationa l philosophy and practice.

In tnditional societies like lhose of isolated pastoral or hunting­gathering peoples, or even in homogeneous societies where the rate of technological and social change is slow, the emergence of leaders tends La bearandorn natu­ral process. Creative, energetic or aggressive individuals simply emerge and assume a place in their limited world. Or, in earlier fonns of social organisation, in­dividual leaders remain more submerged in a group sapiential process of decision-making. In e ither case, young people learn the acts of persuasion and plan­ning from their elders, and sim­ply apply them in fami liar and traditional ways.

But in modem pluralistic so­cieties - especially developing nations - where the rate of change is rapid and where learning to communicate effective ly on a nalional level is complex and tiine­consuming, lhese traditional proc­esses for generating effective leaders are too limited and too slow. Almost all modem socie­ties now face this problem.

The situation in anew Namibia seems to call for deliberate atten­tion to ensure an educational process that will fOSler the devel­opment of committed and effec­tive men and women to assume the responsibilities ofleadership. But the challenges are great. Consider the ways in which Namibia differs from traditional societies:

1) There are very significant differences between the genera­tions. o.ildren cannot easily learn about !he wo:Id just from !he eIdas. The parents of a labourer may have spent their whole lives as pastoral-agricultural workers and have no functional literacy even in their home language. And at the same time, the same labourer's children may be studying com­puter applications in English.

2) The rate of change is itself accelerating. Political and eco­nomic independence, the chang­ing national versus local priori­ties, the potential explosion of communications media in all its fonns throughout lhe country -all these and other sources of change are occurring faster as each year passes.

3) There is no shared linguistic, cultural or economic background - except that imposed by coloni­alism - 10 fac;i.litate orderly change. The great ethnic diversi ty of Namibia, although a source of strength and vitality in the long run , is in the shon term an im­pediment to coherent aulhority structures.

4) The prevailing educational establishment, a hold-over from colonial traditions, is highly au­thoritarian and intolerant of di­versity. It is difficult, if not im­possible, lO foster genuine lead­ership qualities in an environ­ment that emphasises rote leam-

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.. .... OPINION .... .. approval of ordinary citizens among whom they live and sludy. They muSI above all have a way 10 test their ideas and ·energies, often against even an open and enl ightened statuS quo. TEACH NAMIBIANS

TO LEAD The changes implied here ob­

viously must begin in the minds and atlitudesof those who now or in the future detennine educa­tional policy. And there will undoubtedly be no shonage of challenges to any refonns con­sidered. However, there isalways one best place to begin any un­denaking involving such impor­tant social issues: Ask the people what they want. This is where the leadcrship begins.

The following opinion piece was written by Dr S J Lambert, Senior s ubject advisor in English of Ihe Rehoboth Government.

ing, hierarchical discipline, and cultural and social infonnation that is freq uently either d istorted or irrelevant to the real problems the learners face.

Given this admittedly rather one­sided summary of the overall learning environment, the most re levant questions are: How can Namibian children and adult learn­ers come to a personal and pas­sionate commitment to solving real socially important problems?

How can children learn that it is good to think as individuals, that authori ty is justified by its service of human needs and should never be feared, and that being right is more important for every­one than being praised by a teacher?

And finally , how can lIl is spirit be available not just to an elite few in privileged areas, but to all - adults in remote areas learning to read and write, unskilled work­ers trying to improve not just their own lives but their workplace as well, and the traditionally disen­franchised learning how to take an effective place in lIle national economy?

From experience elsewhere in the world, and from common sense too, certain basic requirements for developink leadership are obvious:

First, eliminate caning and all otherfonnsofhostile'lastreson '

. ,aulhoriwianism. This needs no elaboration .

Second, involve students in important decisioo-making regard­ing their own education . This does nol require yielding all authority to students; it does require con­sulting them in genuinely open, two-way communication and sharing authority with students and community.

Third, emphasise the impor­tance not onl y of education for the community, but also the vi tal place of the community in educa­tion. Leadership developed only in school activities is a shallow and sheltered thing. All true lead­ership emerges when the extended community respon<l.S to and en­courages what they recognise as an expression of the ir own objec­tives.

Founh , educate studenlS for larger pUJ'}X)SCS that merely their own personal advancement. Indi­vidual 'self-realisation ' is a theme that has full y run ilS course in modem education. Service to the nation, social justice, environ­mental equilibrium - these higher purposes have proven of great moral appeal, especially to the young. And since they are the arenas in which leadership will prove most valuable to Namibia, they ought to be emphasised early.

Fifth, teach the human sciences - history, language and literature, econom ics, environmental stud­ies, etc - not as abstracted infor­mation, but as processes of hu­man change involving real prob­lems with real solutions. Select texts and methods that emphasise

active panicipation in (or stimu­lation of) authentic human prob­lems. Leaders must be able to see the bUC human dimensions of mere information about society and the environment. That. after all, is what true leadership is al l about.

An educational process having these characteristics will not be as quiet or orderly as conven­tiona l classrooms in Namibia today. Educational administrators, inspectors, principals and teach­ers will have to forego their tradi­tional ' industrial' model (raw

material in, unifonn moulding process, fin ished products OUI). Education for leadership some­times looks a liule disorderl y, and even confusing - just like the real world in which leaders must func tion to serve social needs. In place of teaching students to re­spect hierarchica1 authority, avoid embarrassing mistakes, and win praise from aoove - all virtues appropriate to servants, not citi­zens or leaders - students must learn to respect what is right, learn from their mistakes, and win the

• • • • T he next article will deal with the idea of a nattonwide, grassroots project for cohSulting Namibians from all groups and walks of life about their views on the best educational system for Namibia.

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SECRET DEALS BEHIND 435?

Implementation of 435 subjet to secret deals between Pretoria and Western countries, US-based lawyers claim.

IS the implementation of UN resolu Lion 435 subject to secret agreements between Pretoria and the of Western countries

PrelOria and a few diplomats, but crucial to a future Namibia?

Rumours to this effect have beaI heard before. and now a promi­nent group of Washington-based lawyers, Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights Under Law, seems to be backing the conception.

Ina paper dated December 1988, analyzing the legal contents of UN resolution 435, the lawyers plainly states that " there is good reason to believe that there arc ... unreponed understandings and agreements between the Contact GrolJP and PrelOria.' ,

The Lawyers Committe, who do no t state their sources of infor­mation, strongly denounces such secret dealing, sta1ing thai " the validity of unreported understand-

ings and agreements is highly dubious ... Their very existence undercuts the concept of Nam ibia as an international respo'1S;I';ht~

The lawyers discuss subsequent " understandings" and " interpret­ing" rea:hed by the Cootact Group and Pretoria after the adoption of resolution 435 by the UN in 1978. 1beresultsofthese deliberations. the lawyers point out., "'Na'e made known in repons ... to the Secu­rity Council; others in repom circulated either official ly or WlOfficially by the Contact Group. None of these repom was, how­ever, adopted by the Security Council. " (The Contact Group is the US, UK , France, West Ger­many, and Canada.)

Issuing a implicit warning that the legal force of such agreements is still " unclear". the lawyers ask - butdo no t offer answers to­the question "whether (the agrec-

ments) may be treated as binding by the (UN) Special Representa­tive and the (South African) Administrator- General."

The Lawyers Committee also review the powers rendered by resolution 435 to the UN Special

Namibia, while the actual carry­ing-out of the electoral process rests with the South African A-G.

" Resolution 435 gives the SR few powers ... to carry out this funtion" , they say. "For example, the resolution provides no mecha­nism for resolving differences between the SR and the A-G."

" It appears," the lawyers say,"that theSR may hold up the conduct of the electoral process, the election itself, or the verifica­tion of the election results if he is not satisfied . (But) the "power" of the SR 10 hold up action is more illusory than real. Dealy will be seen as offering Pretoria one more opportwlity lO denounce ... the entire process and to refuse it to continue."

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AFTER THE GENEVA CHA PAGNE

What happens to Jonas Savimbi? THE agreement reached in Geneva on Cuban withdrawal (rom Angola and independence for Namibia has lef'many loose ends. One is the future of Jonas Savimbi, and his rebel Uoila movement, which has been at war with the MPLA Government of Angolan President Eduardo dos Santos and his predecessor , Agostinho Ntto, ever since independence in 1975.

CHAMPAGNE corks pupped in Geneva when officials from Angola, Cuba, South Africa and the US announced that they had reached agreement on the rimetable for Cuban withdrawal from Angola and independence for Namibia. But many details Deed to be worked out One of the biggest conundrums, reports Gemini News Service, is the future of Unita, and its rebel leader Jonas Savimbi.

Africa will adhere to bilateral agreements since earlier ~ts wiLh Mozambique as well as Angola have been broken by Pretoria. More than once South Africa sent its troops back into Angola after having agreed not to return .

Voita has not been party to the months of talking between An­gola, South Africa. Cuba and the United States. Yet it has been sustained in recent years by the US and for much longer by South Africa, and has finn locaJ suppon in parIS of cast and south Angola.

For long Savimbi hoped to overthrow the government in Luanda - and he might well have done so withou t the prescnce in Angola of 50 UOO Cuban troops. Wilh superpower support for each side the war has become unwin­nable fo r both the MPLA and Vnila.

At the same lime Vnila became an imponam pan of the Angola­Namibia couation from the time the Reagan 'Adminisuauon linked Cuban withdrawal with Namib· ian independence and for months African counuies have been trying 00 persuade Dos Sanoos 00 adopta policy of reconciliation for An­gola and to take Savimbi into his government.

TROOPS of rebel Savimbi's Unita, Egidy.

He hasfinally accepted the idea of absorbing an element of U nila, but taking in the wily and charis· matic Savimbi is another matter.

Zimbabwe has been arguing with the Angolans that the time has come for reconciliation. It is in a strong position 00 p UI such a case because ofthe success it has made of its own reconciliation policy since the end of the Rhodesian civil war in 1979.

The government of Robert Mugabe is trying to persuade Dos Santos to accept the idea of Savimbi 's own inclusion because, it says, it wi ll not work to take in the body withoutlhe head.

are being

discussed. One is an offer from the King of Morocco to take Savimbi as an ex ile and give him a comforlable residence. Mo· rocco's action is a quid pro quo for the help southern African staleS have given him in the UN , OAU and other forums on the Western Sahara dispute.

Savimbi has alread y been put on notice by his supporters, the VS and South Africa. The US has publicly pledged to goon supply· ing him as long as the Soviet Union maintains the Cubans, but this situation could change soon. President Mikhail Gorbachev is expected to urge President Fidel Castro on his upcoming visit to Cuba to press on with a troop pullout because he wants to scale down Soviet econom ic and mili­tary S~PJXlrt.

If the Geneva agreement, which was reached by ofricials and has 00 be confirmed by the four gov-

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emments, is implemented bring­ing into effect UN Resolution435 and the independence of Namibia, South Africa will make a pact of mutual non-interference with Angola That means Savimbi couki lose South African support too.

A main objective of the US and South African support for Vnila has long been to force Luanda to take Savimbi into a coalition and thus water down Angola's East bloc orientation.

Now that some African Slates are also arguing for Unita involve­ment, pressures on Dos Santos and Savimbi are becoming irresis­table. The main obstocle is Savimbi him self. He is a political as well as a military survivor, having founded Unila 23 years ago and struggled ever since. He has gained considerable international support in the Jl'OCCSS and may resist fading from the scene.

Olhcr imponderables follow the Geneva agreement. As soon as the champagne corks were pop­ping in Geneva, South African

Foreign Affairs Minister Pik Botha was saying: "We will have to study whal this round oflalks has produced in delail to see whethcr there is a possibility of agree· ment". His words had an omi· nous ring to veteran negotiators of having been there many times before.

A South African bilatera1 agree­ment with Angola promising an end to support for Unila would enlail a commitment from An­gola not to allow its country to be used by the African National Congress (ANC) as a base for mi li tary operations inOO South Africa.

Likewise Pretoria will want to ensure that an independent Na­mibia will not let the ANC use its territory either. The liberation movement Swapo is believed 00

be ready to agree to that if, as expected, it comes to power in the projeclCd UN-monitored elec­tions.

At the back of Arrican minds

Another more general anxiety after Geneva will be whether the South African Cabinet can agree on the terms of the settlement. President P W Botha's ministers are divided on many major issues - one of the most important being the release of Nelson Mandela -with Defence Minister Magnus Malan standing firm against the more liberal ' elements like PiX: Botha.

The military is bound to have deep misg ivings about the wis­dom of withdrawal from Namibia, enlailing as it does the abandon­ment of its strategical ly placed bases in the Caprivi strip.

The army is a most powerful, if not all·powerful , facOOr in South African political decision·mak­ing. It will want to be sure that Namibia and Angola can be neu· tralised into a buffer zone against ANC incursion.

On theOlherhand. PretorIa may be calculating that an independ­em Namibia will still be its eco· nomic and political prisoner be­cause of its geographical position and historic ties with the South African syslem. And the army will still be esconced in Walvis Bay base lying astride the South Atlantic.

Despite all these loose ends of Geneva, the chances of a south­ern African settlement are brighter than ever before, not so mueh because of a real change of hean by the panies directly concerned, but because of the transformation in East-West relations.

For the fi rst time the Soviet Union and the US are much of the time working together instead of against each other and this is a new fac t of life with which Preto­ria in panicular. is fi nding it hard to come to terms.

Nonelheicss, it must in the end have a profound effect on whal happens in the region - as it is Joing everywhere else. - Gemini News.

will be anxiety as to whether Sourlh;.;~~~~~~~~~~;

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Outlines of Geneva ag reement

• Withdrawal of 50,000 Cubans phased over 30 months

• 4000 leave at start ing date, 4/Sths after 18 months

• All but 1500 South African troops out of Namibi~ 3 months after start of UN independence plan

Boring letters I WOULD like to strongly criti·

cise the ' letters page' of The Namibian, which is recently filled with long, boring leuers.

People should realise that many people want lO make use of the letters page, because The Namib­ian is the most favoured newspa­per,

.c THE NAMIBIAN Friday February 10 1989 17

regardless of colour, race, creed, religion or ethnic origin.

Many whites were born in Namibia and they shall enjoy their freedom in an independent Na­mibia; but they should pack their bags now if Lhey don' t believe in a black majority government

Imagine, if some letters cover whole columns, then when are 1-------------.--------------,,---------------< the other letters going to be pulr our caBs has always been to win fanner, Dirk Mudge, became its ence,it is urgenLiy need for youth

People should not believe the DT A as the South African regime has appointed stooges 00 work on their behalf to try and bring about a homeland-type independence, such as the Ciskei, Transkei and others.

lished? freedom and drive the South

OBEDTSUSEB POBOX 11376 WINDHOEK

Final victory THE struggle for liberty in

Namibia has meant the waging of a war for national emancipation. For the past 29 years, our people under Swapo, have been fighting for freedom and will continue 00 do so,

The war being fought on our soil is between the Namibian people and the South African Government. Against the people is lile Soulil African army, an instrument of repression in the hands of the South African Gov­ernment which has occupied our country since 1915. This machin­ery of repression has been sup­ported by international capital­ism.

Whereas Swapo combatants were sUpp::lrted by all the people, workers, peasants, students, and intelligentsia, racist South Africa was supported by enemies of Our people - feudal ch ief s, cruel head­men, p::llice and black lackeys obedient to imperialism.

Since our

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Africans out of Namibia. Today the People's Liberation Amy of Namibia and the people of the country have made a huge break­through.

As a result of theefrectiveness of lhe armed slruggle, the South Africans have had to resort to political manoevres in order to try selting up a neo-colonial re­gime in Namibia.

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Chairman . to be trained and educated. On In deftance of the UN inde- the other hand, it is difficult for

pcndehce plan (Resolution 435) Namibian youth to be sponsored South Africa organised its own for their studies. Some of our election in December 1978. These leaders have p::lwer in their hands elections were far from being free to assist in this matta. But we see and fair as required in the UN some irregularities in bursary Plan. They were sham elections, committees, where relatives are camedout with fraud and intimi- privileged and other students dation by the authorities. turned doWn.

The United Nations declared This could lead to an unedu-these elections 00 be null and voK!.. cated and disenchanted youth, The newly appointed constituent which in tum could cause a na-assembly or national assembly, tional problem. Please could these did not have the support and did leaders reconsider and suppon our not get international recognition. own black community concern-

In 1980, the SA administration ing education. established governments for eth- With impending independence, nic groups. This was another at- we shoukl know that the 100 years tempt at a divide and rule policy, of colonialism are coming to an to split up the Namibian people. end and our struggle will soon be Really important matters, such as able to implement its political foreign affairs, overall economic line. We must be motivated to planning and control of the mili· achieve the aims and objectives tary, remained in the hands of ofSwapo. Let us not sit back and South Africa. wait for independence to come,

At the same time the SA colo- bUlratherworkforit.OnlYp::lwer nial regime increased its oppres- and united action with drive p::lv-sian and military buiklup. It wanuxl erty from our lives. to halt the growing political and With a view 00 deepening lile military strenglil of Swapo. p::llitical understanding of the

On June 17 1985, a new puppet masses,let us help one another to government was set up. It was overcome the problems. called the imerim government and South African oppression vic-made up of MPC groups. Again, timised the Namibians, treated

h is time 00 rise and Start telling the people the truth, because they have been cheauxl for long eoough.

VICTOR MWIYAH OMARURU

On the future ON the fonn of a future gov­

ernment in Namibia, republican, democratic, anti-imperialist and anti-colonialist: every citizen over the age of 18, irrespx:tive eX colour, creed, class or race, will have the right to vote. There shall be free­dom of speech, movement, press, association, assembly, religion and freedom from fear and intimida­tion.

Swapo aims aL the establish­ment of an independent national economy based on the principles of self-reliance of our people. In a free Namibia there would be four typeS of CCOIlOOlic sectors, namely: state owned enterprises; part state and private-owned enterprises; cooperative enterprises; and pri­vate ownership.

There shal l be land refonn in Namibia, by which land will be given to the Lillers. In Namibia, land was communal

no elections were held. them as non-persons wililout any

:~~~:f;an~o~th~e;r~C~I~~b;r~~~'-~~i~n~:~~~~:~~~~r:~~Lc~(,-1-n This . again be so in a with the Namibia independence us be aware of corruption in any Namibia. Those who have ac. plan as laid down in Resolution manner, ' and avoid it. Let us not 435. South African moves were be divided, but rather unite in our Quired land in colonial times, will ooce again condemned by the UN. anti-colonial feelings. be required by the new govern-

ment to enter into new agreement On the day when the interim Many heroes have sacrificed government was installed in their lives in the Namibian lib- which will define the terms by Windhoek, a demonstration eralion struggle. Let them serve ~;:s:~~~~orpiecesofland, against it was forcibly suppressed as an example and role model for In Namibia a peoples' govern-by police. all Namibians to be the undaWlted ment will pay attention to the

In this way the South African heroes of tomorrow. problems and development of government demonstrated once 10e national liberation struggle, agricultural industries, SO that again that itdid not intend to give with determination and support, Namibia can become self-reliant real independence to the Namib- will combat aU manifestations and in goods and other agricultural ian people. It does not want a tendencies of regionalism, tribal-Namibian govenunent which truly ism, ethnic orientation and racial n~~ shall be social justice in represents the interests of the discrimination. a free Namibia and exploitation Namibian people, and ends ex- Viva to united Namibians with of man by man will be punishable pJoitaoon and restores human a classless, non-exploitative so- by law. Exploitation in the fonn dignity. ciety, based on the ideals and The _ .. nn South Afn'ca d,'d " I f ' 'f' 'al' of labour, lrade, social relations .~ pnnClpeso SClenUlCSQCI Ism. not want Resolution 435 was (prostitution etc) and other, will

be abolished in a free Namibia. because it is afraid Our mass-sup- K M KAAINGOMBE All Namibian citizens will be ported organisation will win. As POBOX 1965 equal before the law. All wiU be it will do. WINDHOEK

ILONGENI AKWENYE FREETOWN SIERRA LEONE WEST AFRICA

Stop destruction NAMIBIA will have a better

future if its youth are educated. Many Namibians are in ex ile, having been victimised by the unacceptable situation at home, and they are presently better off in foreign countries where they are educated and prepared for independence.

May I request Our church lead­ers to concern themselves with this matter, and not collaborate with the very system. Wilil a dire shortage of suitably trained man­power and impending independ·

DTA strategy BEING a staunch Swapo sup­

porter, r am pained at hearing what DT A supp::lrters are telling people about what Swapo may do when it comes to power. I would like especially to warn the DTA and the whites of Omaruru, who are telling people that as soon as Swapotakesoverthecountry, we are going to die of hunger; we will work for lile state without being paid; Cubans will be de­ployed throughout Namibia; and a lot of similar propaganda.

The JlCQPle should not be fooled by these puppets. Their propa­ganda is untrue. Swapo is fight­ing, not to get rid of the whites in Namibia, but to unite the people into one national political force,

entiLied to legal defence, either provided by the stale or the people themselves.

Prisoners will be treated hu­manely and will be taught a trade or profession while in prison. To make them good citizens again, the peoples' government will intensify political education among the prisoners so that they can reform. None will be humili­ated because of lileir past once they have been rehabilitated .

Aged people will be emiLied to a state pension.

Lastly I would like 00 caU upon the Namibian people to vote for Swap::l in the coming elections.

V M NDINOMWAH POBOX 2Ej,'l9 WINDHOEK

18 Friday February 10 1989 THE NAMIBIAN

THE MORE GUNS YOU SELL THE MORE BUTTER YOU CAN AFFORD

THIRD World countries ha ve always bten familiar with the "guns and butter" argument: the mort guns you buy the less butter you can afford. While that still holds true, more and more developing countries are deciding that it is only true if you have to buy the guns yourself.

AT one time only five major powers supplied the world with arms. Today 66 countries export arms­and many of them are Third World countries. Increasingly the countries of Southeast Asia arejoining the arms producers· particularly Indonesia and Singapore. Gemini News Service reports on a new twist in the guns and buUer argument.

-----By CHADIN TEPHAVAL-----------------Bangkok-----------------

Today developing nalions are turning to the adage with a new twist: The more guns you sell the more butter you can afford.

Third World arms producers

They are increasingly entering the arms market, not only as buyers but as producers.

Within the Association of South­east Asian Nations (ASEAN). the " have gun will lrave' " philoso­phy is catching on.

On ly Brunei, newest member of the six-nalion regional group­ing, is DOl investing a substantial amount of its resources in devel­oping a local arms industry.

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Of the other fi ve, only Indone­sia and Singapore can be ranked as anns exporters of any stand­ing. Thailand, thePhillipines and Malaysia largely produce to a])e­viate domestic needs, and spo­radically export.

$ millions (constant 1975 prices)

Defence industrialisation is getting increased attention in ASEAN. Singapore's Institute of Southeast Asian Studies has JUSt held a workshop for academicians, retired generals and defence offi­cials from the six nations. De­fence analysts from South Korea, the United St.al.es and Uruguay a150 took part.

It became clear dwing the workshop that for many develop­ing countries the stigma of, the "merchants of death" tag is los­ing out to the ring of the cash register.

From the post-World War Two

Salon

Situation where five major pow­ers were virtually the onl y arms suppliers, the years 1980-88 saw the number climb to 66 exporters - 31 industrialised countries and 35 developing countries.

The largestannsexporters - the United States, Soviet Union, France, Britain, West Gennany, Italy, China and Czechoslovakia - controlled more than 90 percent of the market share in the 1960s. That dropped to 79 percent in 1986 and the trend is continuing.

Israel, India, Brazil and South Africa are among the most ad­vanced arms poducers in lhe Third World, producing their own de­sign fighter jets, warships, guided missiles and armoured vehicles.

The second-tier of Third World producers, manufacturing com-

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plete weapons mosLly under li­cence from the major exporters, includes Argentina, Taiwan, South Korea, Egypt, North Korea and the two ASEAN members Indo­nesia and Singapore.

The value of major conven­tional weapons made by develop­ing countries reached 274 mil­lion dollars in 1970, 980 million dollars in 1980, and 1,1 billion dollars in 1984. The buying and selling of arms in the interna­tional market is now as much a commercial as political and mili­tary activity.

Singapore ventured into the industry to save on scarce foreign exchange when it separated from Malaya in 1965. It has persisted in developing the industry.

As weU as prodocing small arms, including the M-16 Tines under licence from Colland developing its own indigenous light weap­ons, Singapore now produces jet trainers, helicopters, patrol,land­ing and fast attack crafts, ammu­nition , medium calibre weapon systems such as grenade launch­ers, artillery shells, mortars, ve­hicle systems, aircraft accesso­ries and communication equip­ment.

Indonesia makes trainers, heli­coprer.;, rranspon planes, and palmi and landing crafts. It also plans to

produce 6O-l0n patrol craft and Boeing Jetfoils under licence from West Germany and the US.

Thailand produces light planes, trainers, patrol, landing and fast attack crafts, and landing ships, mostly for domestic use.

Third World arms industriali­sation has become JX>ssible be­cause competition among the major producers has led to the easy availability of weapon tech­nology. Developed country pro­duccrs see technology export as a new device to maintain JX>litical influence and expand markets. It is more profitable to keep links with cuslOmers or co-produce weapons with them than to lose out to a competitor.

Compensatory lJ'ade agree­ments, or "offsets" in thetenn of the trade, are now !he overwhelm­ing feature of the international arms trade. In return for a devel­oping country buying their arma­ments the industrialised countries would provide offsets in the form of co-production , licenced pro­duction, subcontractor production, technology transfer ,countertrade (such as baner, counterpurchase, compensation or switch trading), and even the provision of invest­ment capital .

Though defence industrialisa­tion can yield great profits as well

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as technological spinoffs for the civilian sector, it is not without its cost. Arms production may prove disastrous is acountry does not have the capital, technology, manpower and industrial struc­tures.

There are other negative as­pects. South Korea, which has developed an across-the-board defence industry, is now almost 100 percent self-sufficient in conventional weapon systems.

According to one expert at the workshop, the speed with which it developed the industry in the mid-Seventies, as a result of the American defea t in Vietnam and President Jimmy Caner's deci­sion to withdraw US forces from Korea, led to massive investments being made beyond market size, financial and technical capacity.

The resuil was record inflation of35 percent, increased depend­ence on foreign credit, a drastic rise in foreign debt, and an in­creased tax burden on citizens. Defence expansion also reduced resources allocated to other sec­tors.

While defence expenditure was 30 percent of the national budget after 1976, social welfare and education expenditure remained constant. Public expenditure on economic development fell at a time when the Korean economy was growing by eight percent a year.

But South Korea had good rea-son for defence development of that magnitude - North Kor~ people were supportive in SPite of the costs.

That would not be the case with ASEAN, which has no compa­rablc threat ASEAN officials believe it would be foolhardy for their countries to try to develop across-the-board arms ind ustries. Most also realise there is a great opportunity to carveoulan inter­national market for themselves.

Defence analysts also believe that because of the increasingly technological nature of weapon systems, no arms producers can now be truly self-contained.

Subcontracts and overseas pro­duction of components or whole systcms would become the mode of operation.

They feel thai ASEAN could capitalise on this provided they could establish a division of labour among themselves and create a (egional arms market - without, of course, turning into a military bloc.

Such a policy is still a fair dis­tance from reality. A more pos· sible development could be bilat­eral ASEAN ventures. Singapore and Indonesia are exploring this possibility. Singapore is also said to be thinking of establishing a submarine maintenance centre if the other ASEAN countries will deploy them in their arsenals.

An ideal world would be one where there is no need for arms. Since this is not the reality, de­veloping nations will continue to buy arms with their hard-eamed foreign exchange. And increas­ingly d\ey are lOOking towards producing some themselves.

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THE NAMIBIAN 10198919

Tapped telephones lead to crushed spines and roar of shredding machines WHAT do you do when your telephone rings and bdore you even pick it up it starts talking to you? This is what happened to me on Tuesday.

As I was reaching for the receiver I disembodied voice noated from the moulhpiecc and said: "Frikkie, change the tape quick!"

Conditioned to taking orders, I

automatically moved across to my stereo and w as about \0 flip the Tracy Chapman when it suddenly ()(;I;: ured 10 me that my name wasn't Frikkie. Something was obviously wrong.

The phone was st ill ringing like a herd of starving cricicets, so I an· swered it.

h was a friend incxile who wanted a news update.

I hadn't even got past the disband­ing of Koevoct when the phone starUXi interrupting us.

"Click whirr ... shit!" it said. Then we were cut of£. I waited ten minutes for the third

party to fill: their device, otherwise it would be impossible to get a line, and called back.

They must have used a C-90 this tim'e because we aetually managed to finish our conversation.

But that was the least of iL On Wednesday I looked out of my

bedroom window and saw a man in blue overalls standing on a ladder out in the street. He was blatantly tam­pering with my telephone wire.

Whipping out my camera, I fo­cused the telephoto and immortal­ised him for use in a future People's Tribunal.

Dangling from his belt were a pair of wire-cutters, pliers and a 9mm revolver - which turned out to be a welding gun, but unfortunately a

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The Food Problem - A Coherent Solution

In this day the re is enough foOO to feed everyone in the world - yet the problem o f hunger is sti ll wi~. Only a global development strategy capable of mobilising o ur spi ri tual a nd intellectual capaci ties as well as the clements of produc tion, in the interest of the cm ire human race, ca n e l im in a te underdevelopment and hunger.

A coherent au.ack on the foOO problem requires an awareness of the principle of the oneness of m anki nd a nd a comprehensive development vision that includes values such as j ustice. equity, co-opcration and respect for na ture, in

addition to the various factors concerned w ith econom ic growth .

Social, cconom icand material support should be provided for

those people and organisations

involved in agr ic uliure, especially the peasant fanner.

Such a p lan should stimulate self-awareness, widespread participation and co-opcration at Iocallevcl ~ that local pcq>1c ini tiate development activities to become self-re liant and self sufficient and to im prove human condi tions.

The issue of foOO d i!:>1ribut ion should be secn in the context of need to reduce extremes of wealth and poven y - the aim being 10 initia lly s<x:ure foOO and o ther basic needs for a ll , a nd u lLim a te ly uni versal

welfare and com fort. This would neccssitate organisation

of the world's m a terial resources for the benefit of al l, free trade 10 stimulateccOl"lOOlic development and a system of reserves and granaries to safeguard agains t shortages o f foOO and o the r commodities.

Contact the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of SWAINamibia P.O. Box 20372 Windhoek 9000

discovery made far too late. _ The confrontation was ugly, what with him screaming in dis ton ed Afrikaans from a height of 30 feet and me bellowing accusations in English from down below.

When the ambulance arrived to take him away, with half a dozen venitne impaclOO into his lower skuU, his ID dropped from his pocket. It said he was a Post Office tcchnician. which immediately confirmed that he was either from National Intelli­gence o r the Security Police.

Anyone posing as a Post Office technician is sure to be carrying a Post Office technician's identity card. That's obvious. isn ' t it?

As it turned out, when the sum­mons arrived, he was in fact filling the line to the ~Ieged neighbour's house at the lime of the so-called incidenL

Which wasn't the point, anyway. Anyone who belongs 10 a com­

pany which sanctions illegal prying into personal Jives needs some seri­ous rehabilitation. Being strapped into a chair with headphones lashed to his ears listening to sill straight months of the talking clock should do it.

Official sources have already in­fonned me unoffical ly that my tele­phone is so bugged that even the dialling tone is monitored.

What worries me is what are they

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going 10 do with all their tapes after independence?

They even listen to conversations between me and my mother, but I assume they bum these tapes once they have worked out that' 'So how's the weather?" isn' t a coded signal for " Make the drop at midnight and don't forge t the detonators' '.

And whatever 'intelligence' they gain off the tapes is made known toat least 100 000 people in the nelltedi­tion of The Namibian.

Tapping Ply telephone is obviously just a cheap way to avoid having to pay 70cents forthe newspaper every Friday, but one would think that Dirk Mudge's budget would cover these sort of expenses for them.

And then there·s the mail , of course. Some le llers take two weeks to

arrive from London. and others take three months. There's eithcr a seri-

ous breakdown in the postal services - or a serious breakdown in some­one's photocopy machine.

Some letters I receive can be neatly sl iced open with a flick of a BiC pen, while others have been so savagely steamed open that even the gum has evaporated. This means the Moni­tors have to reseal it with their own glue - stuff capable of sticking a slab of concrele 10 the side of a building.

But come independence. these boys are going to make Oliver North look like a novice.

The hum of shredding machines will be heard by the first contingent of United Nal ions troops as they step onto the tarmac al JG Strijdom' land the sound will grow to a deafening roar the closer they gel to Windhoek.

The more evidence disposed of ... the better the odds of survival.

Ask Richard Ni Jlon - he knows.

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on 22nd February 1989

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FRIDAY

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m~" 18h53: Crossbow 1 Sll l6: MadJyvcr: "Jack. in the box " 2OhOO: Suidwes Nuus 20h15 : FellUre film: "Deugniet,

Die Dapper Ridder" 21h38: Club '88 22hOO: News/Weather 22h20: Starring the actors:

Jack Lemmon 22h49: Sport 23h49: Dagsluiting

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16hOO: HerhalingsTOO5ter 16hO): Pitkos 16h14: Educational programmes 17h 19: ProgramrooslCr

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17h21: Secret Place J7h5 1: Mosai'k 18bSl : An Hellen Tangen 19h17: Anotherlife lObOO: News Review 2Oh15: FeatW"e Film:

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17hS8: PTogr~s~ IShOO: Weetjy nie IShOS: Educltional programme ISh30: Mof en Mit

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18h40: Die Klttin Wird Soldlt 19h03: Our house 2ObOO: Suidwes Nuus 20h15: Hot Pwsuit 21hOl: Thinysomething 21h48: The world we live in 22hOO: NewslWelther 22h20: Spon 22h50: Digsluiting

TUESDAY

17h58: PTogramrooster I ShOO: The boy and the book l ShOS: Educationll programmes ISh30: The Berenstlin Bears ISh52: The Kwicky KOIII show 19h14: Fame 20hOO: South West News 2OhIS: Falcon Crest 21h03: Die MI-PiOllers 21h2S: Wilderness Alive (finll) 21 h53: Vuller 22hOO: News/Wc:ather 22h20: Perspetive (new) 22h3S: Evening Prlyer

WEDNESDAY

17hSS: Progl1llTlme Schedule 1ShOO: Woc:t jy nie 18h05: Educltionll programmes lSh30: Young Samson ISh40: The ne .... adventures

of Zoro (new) 19h03: Spon 20hOO: Suidwes - Nuus 21h15: Hardcastle and

McCorm ick 2Jh03: UB - The early years (new) 21h49: Vuller 22hOO: News/Weather 22h20: Food for faith

THURSDAY

17h5S: Progr~s~ lShOO: The boy and the book ISh05: Educational programmes 18h30: WieHe Walie 18h45: James The Cit 18h55: liener Focus 19h39: Sea Hunt (filial) lOhOO: South West News 20h15: Jamaici 1M (new) 21h07: Waldhaus 22h02: News/Wc:ather 22h22: Ons Wetenskaplikes 22h37: Spon 23h05: Face 10 flCe

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ALFRE Woodard stars as Andrea - a successful adY~ng execuuye who puts her lire on the line when she meets a young boy inyolyed in the drag world.

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SOMETHING BETTER THAN A SOAP

Jamaica Inn· a new gothic melodrama filled with shipwrecks, smuggling and high adventure

MOST Yiewers will be disappointed to note that the reature lilm on Friday night is in Arrikaans, and or limited appeal to audiences. The IiIm in question is ' Deugniet, die dapper ridder'. But on Saturday night, the reature film is The Child Sayer, starring Alrre Woodard and Michael Warren (or Hill Street Blues), and Yiewers have something to look rorward to in the exciting mini series, Jamaica Inn, based on the novel by the same name, by Daphne du Maurier_

" ( hid to eheck myself constantly to make sure that I was not being too impressive" Slys two-time Emmy Award winner, A1fre Woodard. "This is not like some of the other paru I played where my chlllCter's emo­liOlU flowed freely; th is is a woman in control".

A MINI SC'ries a cut abllYe the anrage soap: Jane Seymour stars in Jamaica Inn, a tale or smuggling and high adYenture on the Deyon coast.

Woodard is talking lbout her star­ring role IS I rising advertising e,;­e.cuUvc: in the. rUm (Thc:Child S~vcc).

In the movie she pllYs Andreas , I n:cently promoted e~ecutive and workaholic who finds her life chal­lenged and changed when she en­ooun~s I cocky 7-year-old orphan who tties to sell htrdrugs. She lakes an interest in the youngster's life, but in doing so. is drl wn into a danger­ous underworld of pushers_

Woodward. who won Emmy Awards for guest appearancc:s on Hill Street Blues and LA Law. says that emotionally, her charlCter is a bit of I closed shop.

"She's not cold, but she is defi­nitely in control of her emotions. and her work is her life", Woodard u­plains. "I have spoken 10 female ue.cutives and this is whit of len hlppens to them_ They tell me they hive all kinds of feelings inside they dare not let anyone see. They sly it's like Ilot of plly-.cting; they 'tum it on' to get the desired results from a client. But there's nothing fulfilling lbout it emotionllly".

Woodard says Andrei becomes I 'woman in transition.' once the: 1JOOb­led orphan enters her life_ "She becomes more vulnerlble, more impulsive and more caring. which is wonderful for I person who has been so regimented. This change in my chlllCter maka herespc:cially inter­esting to me" _

Episode 3 of Flther Murphy. abo on SlturdlY night, entilled A Horse from Heaven. tells of Murphy who mistakenly trades some of the stock, for a fasl, beautiful horse ... that no one can ride. He'd hoped to race it in the territorial flir 10 win the 1000 Dollar pwse, but is injured while trying to break the animal. A litlle retarded girl It the schools proves to be the only one who can tame it. and despite everyone' s concern she rides the horse to victory.

verge of an important concert. They meet them at I country and western bar in San Francisco where Jim hIS landed I temporllI}' job as I bar­tender. Buck and Emily are strug­gling to cope with the dissolution of thoir twenty-two year marrilge. Ini­tially oblivious to her new female boss' IItraction 10 her. Kate must help Emily deal with I crisis in her own suual identi ty. while Jim con­fronts Buck's confused blind rage. with neither of our two Iwareof the FBI dragnet closing in on them.

In Falcon Crest on Tuesday, Enunl forces Angela to tell Richard thlt she is his rell mother_ Richard is stung by Angeli's hlte and loathing for him. Nicole revc:als Chase's past debt 10 Maggie and Lance and MelisSl e,;change good thoughts. Eric Igrees to slOp gambling if Vickie: slOpS drink­ing.

Perspective is a major award-win­ning series of science and technol­ogy. The first episode. Decade of Wiler, will bescrcened on Tuesday night. This series won ) I gold and 8 silver medals It mljor internltionll film festivals. as weU as IGrand Pri,; for overall ucellence.

Imagine: walking in I world of water, imlgine carrying empty buck­ets for half I dly to I source of wiler and canyin,lhem back. full for the otherhalf. lmlgine thll source being riddled with parasites and disease. This imlge. Sly the filmmuen, is not I dream, but its the plight facing half the wuid's population. But there's another image being built up by the Un and the World Health Organisl­tion. During the nut decade every effort will be made 10 produce suffi­cient clean wiler for III. Now scien­tists are busy forging rellity from the dream. Now. there's an imlge.

LSJ - The Early Years, follows The Alamo: 13 DIYs to Glory. It is the story of former American Presi­dent. Lyndon B Johnson, in the form of a four-pan mini series. It is worth witching and well-acted by Randy Quaid in the role of LBl

In episode I, thc:26-yea- old LyrKbl. Johnson heads for Texas, determined

RANDY Quaid stars as Lyndon B Johnson in the series, LBJ: The Early Years_ Patti Lupone plays the part or bis wire, Lady Bird.

to !Ilk I shy Lady Bird Taylor into marrying him .. that day! Upon re­turning with his new bride to his job in Washington IIli congressional sec­retary to one of the richest men in Tuas. he is humiliated by the con­gressman 's spiteful wife. and fi red. Lyndon bolts from Washington, swearing to Lady Bird that no one will ever look down on him again_ luck prov1dcs Lyndon with !he chance of I lifetime and the opponunity to run for Congress.

Jamaici 1M. based on the book by Dl phne du Mluner. is I classic rale whith follows the Judith Krantz soap. I'll Take Manhlttan_ This is I mini seriu in three pl1t5. lelling the story of I yOWl, woman' 5 5tru&&le ar,&inst I band or all-throat shipwrecken. 1t stan Jane Seymour_ ____ Jamaicnru;:iJ11Ot1'i~

filled with spectacular shipwrecks. high .dventure and the smugglin, and evil surrounding a ,Ioomy, old inn. itwlS shot entirely on location in Devon and Cornwall.

MIII}' Yellan (Jane Seymour) goes to live with her lunt and uncle fol ­lowing the tragic death of her par­ents. Her uncle is landlord of the isollted and mysterious Jamaica Inn. Mary 's Aunt Patience hIS been re­duced to a state ofhysleria by strange nocturnll events I t the 1M. Who can MIII}' trust? Jem, the landlord's horse­thief brother? The strange Vicar or Allamun? Or perhaps Squire BasSIl, the local squire who has 50 much to gain from salvage rights?

In Hot Pursuit on Monday. in an episode entitled The OK Chorale, the Wylers bcocme embroiled in the lives of Buck and Emily Bo .... en. I hus­band and wife singing team on the

PERSPECTIVE a new sd ence programme_ This week it reatures A Decade or Water - can we S8ye the world 's water?

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IS KLEINT JIE STILL KLEINT JIE?

Pandeni Ekandjo looks at National striker Ben Gaseb ....

THE NAMIBIAN

ANOTHER CHIEFS/BUCS FINAL CLASH?

WITH Katzer Ch iers already through to the BP Top Eight final, arch-rivals Orlando Pirates face stubborn Wits University in a replay_

When Orlando Pirates and Kaizer in the pan. Chiefs squeezed past their opponents Two flJ"St half goals by irrepress-Cosmos and Arcadia in the quaner- ibk: Doc1a Khumalo and Mike 'Sporn' finals of the Top Eight competition Mangena gave Chiefs a 2-0 halftime respectively, to leam up with Super lead over the jittery Witbank side. Kurl Aces and Wits University for With Shane McGregor and Ace the semi-final draw. thousands of Khuse demonstrating thai they have neutral supporters prayed that the at least seuled at Chiefs, three more two SowelO arch-rivals avoid each goals by Khuse, Khumalo and Paul other in the semi-finals, and hoped Mutaung finished off the ooal city further thaI Ixnh Chiefs and Pirates giants who are well known to pro-should win their games against Aces ducc their best perfonnanccs when-andWitssothat the soccerpubliccan ever they square up against the witness a super fmal . Amakhosi.

The pairing of KaizcrChie£sagainsl On Sunday the 5th February, Super Kurl ACGs and Orlando Pirates Orlando Stadium was the scene of against Wits Univc:rsily gave !he entire ano!her semi-final confrontation soccer public what !hey were ask.ing between the people's team Orlando for. Then it was up to !he two clubs Pinates and Wits University. And once (Pirates and Chiefs) to let the dreams more again the Buccaneers found

winning goal until in extra time but the 120 minutes goalless draw gave the fans their money's worth and the replay will take place at the neutral Rand Stadium in Johannesburg tom­morow (Saturday).

Constitutionally, Wits deserve a home game but their 12,OOOcapacity Milpark Siadium could hardly acco­modate the anticipated 30.000 crowd who will go all out to watch the semi­final encounter.

In case for a draw, extra time will always be added and ir there is still a stalemate penalty kicks will be taken to break. the deadlock.

The winner will then facc Kaiz.er Chiefs in the two-legged final of which the first will take place at the Kings Stadium in Durban next Sun­day with the second-leg scheduled at the Ellis Park over a fortnight.

of !heir followers come !roe by send- !hemselves enjoying the support of ing their opponents (Wits and Aces) the entire crowd. Toyota Hlluz: tumbling out of the cup competition. Having signed highly skilfull Abel 4:1:4

The wisdom of the soccer en thus i- Shongwe from Chiefs to link up with 1983 mooel - 80 000 astshaditsownriskasWitsandAccs the equally devastating and Mara- km

III 1974,a slender,frail-lookingand naturally left-footed young boy could have always played above don.-likeZaneMoosa, Wits demon- Bale extras m et was kicking a plastic soccer ball with his rellow j uveniles in the themselves 10 eliminate Chiefs and stra1ed Iha1 hope alone was not enough kapple dusty stretts of Swakopmund's township Mondesa. No one, except Pirates and in the process inflict a to give Pirates a win as far as support- prys - Rl8 000 bis...Plates were aware of his identity or what his future contribution heavy blow of the most excruciating as were concerned. to the round ball game weUkaown as foot.u, woul!tbe- _,:":::-_-,,,,,"",~~~""~ohc~_'l!;~"~m~"'~Sowh~~Afri~'~,_";;;¥Onemore thm two occasions th,e"[--_LIII Sk.ake1 Erika by tel.

u :c S cansupporten nearly provlClC'OilieOTan oPifit'Cs 331311w) By early 1975, a Mondesa-based soccer team called Rlted tars . . r . - . d But. last Saturday at Ellis Park, with heart attacks as Abel Shongwe saw his potential and eventually signed him or their seOlor Sl e. KaizerChiefs' 5-0drubbingofSuper and Zane Moosa came tanta1isingly Na ure hoeke van

MetJe & DJenter straat Klein Wind­hoek

Still frail but very rat the young boy become a hit overnight as his Kurl Aces raised the hopes of fans to give their side a lead but lady luck bullet-like shots instiUed rear in aU goalkeepers in the coastal sky high with the Phefeni Boys turned her back. on them as they only region. demonSlrated once more that their find themselves hitting the wood-Although the young star was a common figure in the area, not win agaUul Celtic in the CharilY Cup work. everyone could pronounce his name #Gari-Axab and hence the fmal three weeks back was not.flash No team could come up with the aickname ' Kleintjie' emerged which was appropriate g iven his frailty and tender age. Kleintjie is a n Mrikaans word ror ' teenager' but today Ben Gaseb basgrown to the length or approximately two mete rs and has matured in age. His goalscoring potential didn' t elude the selectors 01 the Namibian team which be represented since 1982 in which he aDd Dahle Stephanus were eventually selected for the South African Junior Springbok side. Likewise Nelson Dladla wbo joined Kaizer Chiefs as a youngster and also called 'Teenage,' Ben Gaseb find it impossible to let the name Kle intjie disappur from him. His terruac shots during the 1985 Impala Tournament in Johannesburg promted one soccer ran to say; "If that man (Kleintjie) can hit the baD so bard against a donkey, it will surely faint" That looks like an overstatement but it only underlines the physical strength of the player still called Kleintjie by his patriotic Namibian football supporters. As a player who is over two metres tall, he is definitely not Kleintjie (teenager) but a giant in his own right.

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22 101989 THE NAMIBIAN

NO SPORTS WITH SAININDEPENDENT

NAMIBIA,OFFICIALS SAY SPORTING TIES with South Africa will in all likel ihood be banned in an independent Namibia. Neither the present government nor Swapo has yet made any clear policy statements on the matter. but the prevailing attitude among Namibian spor ts officials and the policy of other Southern Africa states to boycott South Africa on the sports field will form an almost insurmountable barrier for anyone wanting to compete with South Africa.

AskedwhatthciropiniononfutUfc Approached foroommenl Alphons links with South Africa is, five lead- Kahimunu. secn:taryofGo]dcn Bees ing figures in Namibian sports all Football Club in Outjo. says that agreed that sport with South Africa international oppornmilies for Na-will be impossible, if the counlI)' is mibian sportsmen "might be jeopar-to gain any international recognition dised if Namibia was to anger the or 10 panake in any African sporting in tcrnational commwlity by continu-event. ing sports with South Africa. Sport

Says Oscar Mengo, public rela- links with South Africa must be cut, iionsofficeroftheNNSL "To have and then we should affiliate with any links with South Africa after independence will be risky, if we want to participate in any interna­tional events, like the Olympics or the World Cup, Every sportSman is aiming for the top and a high status, and independence means probable inlanauonal cxposure for oor sports­men, mayby more funds for sports etc" .

Ephraim Hansen, coach of Ben­fica Football Club in Tsumeb, agrees with Mengo and adds that "we must stop sporting ties with South Africa and establish links with other Afri­can countries in .order to open the gates for international competition. Then we may also be able 10 invite international sport celebrities or administrators to run coaching clin­ics or to help OUI in other ways".

other African sports bodies." "Today the Namibian sportsmen

do nOi play wholeheartedly. because they do not feel they are playing for the ir own COlUltry. There is no pride in playing at the moment as thcre is no feeling offighting for your Moth­erland", KahimlUlu says, indicating that the spirit might rise rapidly once sportsmen may compete for an inde­pendent COlUltry .

Apparently this altitude is shared not only in soccer c ircles. One of me founding members of Sunrise Tennis Club in the Nomtsoub Township of Tsumeb, Manuel Uiseb, tells The Namibian. that "soccerplayers have a natural int(,rest in securing interna­tional relations, ro they have to be in favour of banning sports with South Africa. Black tennis playm o(Namibia

still need a few years. before they will be competing internationally -but thaI doesn 'I mean thaI we are not in favour of a ban on ties with South Africa. Only while players of Na­mibia have had the benefit of the South African competilion. Now hopefully our black players will join the white clubs, use the facil ities, get better coaches etc. so thai the whole of Namibian tennis improves its outlook."

Sports officals across the board tcnd 10 favour a ban on sports with South Africa, so thaI an independent Namibia may gain international rec­ognition in the world of sJXITLS. And most officials look toward other southern African states to see, how a ban on ties with South Africamay be administered.

This would mean very tough re­strictions indeed on anybody not playing by the rules. In Malawi, for example. top soccer player Ernest Chirwali was banned fer life for playing in South Africa. Also banned for li fe to participate in Zambia was KatZer Chiefs devastating striker Alberth Bwalya.

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PRO AND ROY IN NAMIBIA

-----By CONRAD ANGULA----­THE 1987 Su nday Times National Soccer League (NSL) Footballt'r orthe Yt'ar,Marks 'Pro' Maponyane, alsonickn amed 'Go man go' by h is hundreds of c heering fans, will make his second trip to Namibia next week Tuesday, February 21. Maponyane was also voted the City Press Footballer of the Year in 1982. In 1983 he was again top of the pops as he was voted the BonalI'astic Rice Sports Her o of the Year _

Marks, who was the first player to win the RSO 000 Footballer award. believed to be the rlchest orlts kind In the world, wlll be, togetber with Roy Bailey, conducting the Midnight Express sponsored soccer clinics on February 21-22 In Windhoek.

Maponyane, a dennlte choice for the South African Xl and one of South Africa ' s depdllest nnlshers, will turn out for the Midnight Express XI against the Cosmos XI at the SKW Stadium on Wednesday February 22.

Windhoek so«er enthuslast'i will have the opportunity tosee Marks for the second time since the nopped Chlefs/Rangersclash In 1986. The player hIlS Imprond dramatkally in recent years and has made bls presence felt three weeks ago during the Iwlsa Maize Meal Spectacular as he scored twice against League champs Mamelod l Sundowns and Magic Kurl Celtic respectively, to earn the cup for Chlers.

The rampant strIker started his soccer career with Chiefs In 1982, and made his debut with Spud. Nhlapo as the 'Terrible Twins' formIng tbe_ most feared str iking pair In the Nallonal Soccer Leag ue. Before he Joined C hlds Marks used to s.core d ouble hat-trlclis and when the ChJefs scout spottiCIlilm Iii iliad _1.--.1., KOI'ecl61~labi a.,me they WOIl ,.\. .--

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Marks ' Pro' Maponyane showing of his skills_

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NAMIBIA TO .

STOP SPORT TIES WITH SA?

WITH the United Nations Resolution 435 settlement and indfJM!ndence plan ror Namibia becoming more and more of a reality, sport in general and SOCctT in particular will sooner or later take a new direction and shape. Guest writer John Pandeni Ekandjo looks at the (ulure or Namibian soccer.

A longstanding assertion says: "Don't count the chickens before they are hatched." This is areminder to many o f us who are growing too optimistic about the prospect of in­dependence this year.

But, with the \ight at the end afthe Namiubian poiiticailUMe\ flashing fractionall y brighter now, one is tempted 10 look and scan deep in the future of our football.

Sin::e 1970 when the visiting KaiZCf Xl (now Iwisa Kaizer Chiefs), played I friendly game against a local com­bination which culminated in Her­man 'Pele' BllS(:hke joining and becoming a household name in the Soweto-based outfit, our soccer be­came an intergral part of South Afri­can-based football associations.

Not only did local players like Oscar'Silver Fox' Mengo, Hendrick 'Doc' Hlf(lIey, Aloe 'Slice' Hwn · mel, ROIlgeni 'Ranga' Lucas, Pius 'Garrincha' Eigowab and Lemmy Narib follow in the footsteps of Pe\e Blaschke to play for South African clubs but our National Team has been campaigning in the Football Association of South Africa (F ASA) controlled Currie Cup and South African Soccu Association (SASA) controllod Impala Soccc:r'Tournament since 1974 in which they emerged as winners on three occasions.

The presence of diverse football organisations in Namibia only suc· ceeded to divide the soccer public and c atapulted lhe entire set up into an embarrassing organisational quag­mire. One faction aspires to the af­filiation to F ASA while the other looks at SASA as its hope for the future. All thai will come 10 an end with the advent of a new and recog­nised government, which will in retro­spect cut all soccer contact with South Africa (as long as apartheid e;ll iSlS) and enable our football controlling body to be accepted by both the Federation of African Football (CAF) and the world football controlling bodyFIFA.

Gone will be the days when our national team has been jetting out to Jan Smuts Airpon to square: up against its opponents at Orlando- or Ellis Park Stadiwn.

The invitations by the Sticks Morewas and Maphakas 10 their Namibian cousins to attend SASA meetings in Johannesburg will be things of the past.

The Moroka Swallows and Iwisa Kaizer Chiefs who were frequent visitors to Katutura Stadiwn will be replaced by new but hitheno un­known leams in the form of Dyna. mos of Zimbabwe, Nkana Red Dev­ils of Zambia and Cameroun Yaounde

from West Africa, and maybe Aamengo from Brazil or PSV Eind­hoven from the Netherlands.

Surely, both the Namibian and Sooth African roccer officials won't relish the prospect of avoiding each other, lei alone Namibian fans avoiding the South African clubs as lhey buill up a close relationship as comrades in arms and sharing a common oppres· ,~.

While soccer officials from both counuies have been shuttling between Jan Smuts and J.G.Suijdom airports to confer with each other for the past decade, Namibiastill remains a terra incognita to continental teams and officials.

Asswning that no stumbling block is brought into the independence path from April I and onwards until elec· tion time, Namibians can then with­draw their affiliation to the South African football organisations and say adios to their cousins because as long 1$ the whites-only government penists with iu odious policy of apartheid, the sponing link with the newly independent Namibia will be non-existent,

The neu step the Namibians should take is to clean up the existing o rgan­isational quagmire which has made us look like first class fools for the past five years.

Trevor MthikhuIu (centre) Kaiser Chiefs' illustrious striker battling for the ball against a P GRangers defender during the two SA sides exhibition clash in Windhoek, in 1986,

TANJO TAKES TOP SCORER AWARD

TURKISH striker Tanjo Colak was presented with the annual Golden Boot trophy marking the Top European Goalscorer of the Year at a special gala ceremony, Colak scored 39 goals for his club Galatasaray when they won the Turkish title for the 1987 • 88 season , His prize was presented by Gert Muller, form er centre-forward in the West German National squad, European champions PSV Eindhoven oflhe Netherlands were also honoured as Club of the Year at the same ceremony and Dutch player Marco van Basten picked up two trophies, Van Basten, the 1986 Golden Boot winner, received awards as the Best Player and Top Goalscorer of the 1988 European Champioll.~hip. He scored five times at the tournament as he helped the Netherland win the title.

,---- ..... SUNSHINE MEETS ..... ---, The Sunshine Athletics Club will be holding it's annual meeting on Wednesday 22th Februaryl989, at the Namutoni Primary School. All members and aspirant members are wellcome. The meeting is starting at 19hOO (seven O'clock) exactly.

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pretzel. logic statement denouncing future ties with homelands, NNSL announces that ' 'we do not want to link spons and politics".

• In May 1988: Racial tcnsion erupts in the sports arena and darts clubs from Walvis Bay and Swlkopmund set up their own non­racial organisation. This follows a move by theall-white DansAssocia­lion 10 bar a black player, John Marthin, from attending a dance night.

• In June 1988: Non-racial soccer and rugby clubs _cancel ali weekend fi;lltures 10 mark the anniversary of the Soweto uprising. The stance taken by the Central Namibia Football Associalion (CNFA) and the Namib­ian National Rugby Union (NANRU) is endorsed by SACOS, the non-ra­cial South African Council of Span (SACOS), to which both CNFA and the NANRU are afmiated. "You cannot have normal sports in an abnormal society", SACOS says. In the same vein, the CNFA proposes thai the anniversary of the Cassinga Massacre be declared a day of com­memoration where no sports should take place. The Namibian National Soccer League (NNSL), however, sees no problem and games go on, Cassinga Day or not.

• In September 1988: A SWAPO spokesperson cauliously idles whcn

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askod by South African news agency, SAPA, if a SWAPO-govemment in independent Namibia will ban sports with The Republic. ,. Ask us after elections" , the spokesperson says. By February 1989 SWAPO still has not come clear on this issue.

• In October 1988: Fuming over NNSL refusals to play visiting home­lands teams, the all·white Namibian Sports Council rules that financial support for NNSL is to stay put until the organisation takes a more flex · ible sland on the homeland issue. Keeping the door ajar, however, the Council also rules to help NNSL pay their R24 000 rental-debts to the Mu· nicipalilY of Windhoek, accwnulatod as theNNSLhad not paid the rent for the Katutura Stadium for some time.

• In November 1988: Apparently giving in to pressure, the NNSL al· legedly once again changes it ' s pol­icy on homeland relations. The Spans Council suddenly agrees to reswne financial suppan for NNSL in 1989. Details of negotiations, however, are kept well behind closed doors.

• In January 1989: Casually add­ing another inch or IWO to racia l divi­sions, SWAICS (South West Africa Inter Schools Championship) an­nounces that a soon-to-be large ath­letics event, which has pulled RIO 000 in private sponsorships, will be all white. No discussion is offered, -after all. independence is still some 12 months ahead .. ,

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24 Friday February 10 1989

NAMIBIAN 10 FOR S.A.JUNIORS

Ten swimmers (5 boys and 5 girls) qualiried (or the S.A. Juniors in not less than 17 llirrerent individual events. The ' Windhoek Light' National Age Group Swimminggala produced (our new SWA Swimming records.

The following new SWA Age Group Swimming records were established:

Boys 13/14 years old: 400rn Freestyle: Joachim v. Alven­

sieben: 4:59,18 (H. Tawse: 5:00,38) (This rcard had been kept by Haydn

Tawse since 3ed December 1983)

Girls 13/14 years old: 100m Freestyle Monica Dahl:

1:03.56 (H. Kin tscher: 1:03.81) (This m:ord had been kept by Heidi

Kin tschersince 10th March 1979) 100m Butterfly: Monica Dahl:

1:10.7 1 (K. Ammon 1:11,53) (This record had been kept by

Kirstcn Ammon since 23rd March 1985)

Girls 15 - 18 years old: 400m Freestyle: Martina ForSler:

4:45,43 (M. Forster: 4:48,50)

The following swimmers quali· fied forlhe respective events for S.A. Juniors which will be held in Blo­emfontein from 27th - 29th March 1989.

Boys 13/1 4 years old: Joachim v. Alvensleben: 400m

Freestyle: 4:59.18 (5:06,00) Tilmann Sonntag: 100m

Backstroke: I: 17,35 ( I: 18,00)

200m Ind.MedJey: 2:38.37 (2;41,00)

Boys 15 . 18 yean old: OWlIer WeyerOller: 400m

FreeslyJe: 4:47,26 (5:06,00) 100m Freestyle:

1:00,35 (1 :01.00) 100m Butterfly:

1 :06,63 (1 :09,80) Markus Pfaffenthaler: 400m

Freestyle: 4:48,14 (5:06,00) 200m Ind.Medley:

2:37.46 (2:38,42) Frank Dahl:

59,60(1:01.00) 100m Freestyle:

Girls 13/14 yean old: MonicaDahl: 100m Freestyle:

I :03,56 (I :08,00) 100m Buuerfly:

1:\0,71 (1:22,00) Donne Megenis: 100m

Buuerfly: 1:21,28 (I :22,00) 100m Backstroke:

I: 18,47 (I :24.00) Julia Be<:k: 100m Backstroke:

l:23,94 (1:24,00) 200m Ind. Medley:

2:55,57 (2:56,00) Samantha Mcintyre: 400m

Freestyle: 5:27 ,89 (5:35.00) Juanita Delaney: 100m Back-

stroke: 1:21,29(1:24,00)

DON'T BE LEFT OUT!!!

THE NAMIBIAN

... ... -.- .- --:;- ....... " ......... , .' ----------.J PREVIEW: Foresta Nicodemusseen here as he shoots pasta blocking defender during a clash between The Namibian Xl and Boputhatswana.

(History of sports/politics)

"DON'T LINK SPORTS AND

POLITICS!I' BY CONRAD ANGULA

WILL sports with South Arrica be banned in independent Namibia? Will Namibians continue to play soccer on Cassinga Day? Are racial divisions in sport 10 be overcome by independence? Sports editor Conrad Angula recounts just how political sporting matters have become:

• In 1984: When soccer teams of Namibiafonn a national team to play - among others - a South African Defence Force team, critics accuse them of political incompetence. The

friendly gel-together, known as "1bc Currie Cup", is too hard to slOmach for some, when players from "Black Africa". generally viewed as a SWAPO-orientcd leam,join the fun. SWAPO-chainnan, Dan Tjongarero, who is a executive member with " Black Africa" at the time, might have known of the spectaele. but is not known to have commented.

- In January 1986: The Transkei National soccerleam visits Nami~ to play-1he '!'4amlblift l~atiohff'X 1 and a Invitation team . Former Na­mibian National Students Organisa­tion (NANSO) President., Petrus 'Pele' Damaseb. do not wanl to play home­land teams and withdraws from the Invi ta!ion team.

CC N LI V_a_ca_n.....:cy=--. , :L.:. .. v--.:a--.:~a_n--'-cy::....J· 1 - In 1985: Clever officers of pub­lic relations try to tum the inaugura­tion of the Interim Government into a sports-event. JUSt short of flopping canpletely, however. they fail 10 move soccer people to fonn a team'to play visiting South Africans. Windhoek­based "African Stan" final ly agrees to play the visit ing mostly-white " Hellenics " from Cape Town -causing rumors of bribes to blossom and winning forever" African Stan" a nick-name; " The OTA team".

- In 1986: Nambian soccer offi ­cials suddenly had 10 make up their minds on the homeland-issue as Bhoputatswana officais arrive in Windhoek forlalks on how toexpand sports ties between the two want-to­be countries . Protests stay lame and unorgmized and a few months later, the Boputatswana XI arrives in Windhoek to play. SpectatQl"~, how· ever, take no interest - attendance is low. The Council of Churches in Namibia has a

vacancy for a bookkeeper

The succesful candidate shou Id have

* Have a post matriculation bookkeeping qualification or matriculation plus two years practical experience in bookkeeping; * be able to do books up to trial balance * be reliable, responsible and have leadership qualities.

For enquiries contact:

Mr Immanuel Ngatjizeko Tel: 37510 during working hours or P.O, Box 41, Windhoek 9000

- In 1985: The Namibian Interna­tional Rally is sanctioned by FISA,

.. the world controlling body, which apparently do not feel the interna­tional sports boycott against South Africa should apply 10 motorsports in Namibia.' 'There are no politics in mOlOrsport, "says a happy Tony Rust, an e;(ecutive member of the Namib­ian Motorsports Federation.

-In 1985: Pushing long-stmding grievances to a head, an all-anny Otavi soccer team withdraws from the Far Nothern League, c iting' 'un­fair treatment from referees". The incident adds to prevailing unrest within SWA Football Association, and a progressive group of break­aways fonn Namibia National Soc­cer League (NNSL), today the most influential soccer association in the country.

-In 1987: The First National Bank. sponsored Zebra Games draws teams from the homeland of Ciskei, from the South African Defence Fort:e. the South African Policeand South Afri ­can Prison Services, giving lhe Games a distinctive para-military colour. However, the games attract little interest from the majority of Na· mibians who do not even have the most basic of sporting facilities. Critics feel that the R25 000 needed for the staging of the games could have been better utilised in upgrading sporting facilities for spans at grass root level.

- In 1988: Wearing new Sport CoWlCil-sponsored team blazers white players form their own football or­ganisation, the Amateur Soccer As­sociation (ASA). Vehemently deny­ing any racial pre-occupations, the white players claim that some play­ers in the NNSL are turning "semi­professional" .

- In March 1988: The NNSL re­f~ to play the ht)ffieland-game anymore. In a clear, but somewhat

cont. on page 23

GES ARR·EL OOR VERHOGI

Reggie hou voet by stuk -----DEUR-DA'OUD VRIES ----­IN WEERWIL van 'n kritiek-storm wat nou losgebars het rondom die salarisverhogings aan staatsamptenare deur die Uitvoerende Komitee van die Administrasie vir Kleurlinge, gaan hy steeds voort met die uitbetaling van die vyftien persent verhoging aan al sy amptenare.

Die verhoging sal terugwerkend wees tot 1 Januarie 1989.

Hierdie moedige stap deur die Uitvoerende Korilitee is bewys van die verslegtende en ontoereikende situasie wat vir aIle amptenare in die staatsdiens bestaan. Terselfdertyd bevestig dit die wanordelikheid van die huidige politie.ke bestel in Nanubie. '

Die voorsitter van die U itvoerende Komitee, mnr. Reggie Diergaardt, het gese dat sy owerl1eid hierdie besluit op eie houtjie geneem het. Hy het gese dat die besluit geneem is omdat die administrasie sy amptenare ver­loor vir beter.heenkomes in die .

Mnr. Reggie Diergaardt.

vaatsektor plaaslik en in Suid­Afrika.' 'Ons wil die kundigheid by ons behou," het hy gese.

Hy het voorts gese dat hy bewus is dat sy administrasie nie oor die bevi>egdheid beskik om verhogings op eie houtjie aan te kondig nie - AG8 maaknie voorsieiling daarvoor nie.

"Die verl10ging sluit nie die salarisse van politieke ampsbekleers in nie.' ,

Die verhogings deur die Adminis­trasie vir Kleurlinge is vandeesweek uit verskillende oorde kritiseer vir sy moedige stap ten voordeel van sy amptenary.

Die sentrale-owerheid het Don­derdag sy misnoee oor die aangeleen­theid in 'n persverklaring uitgespreek.

Die verklaring noem dat die Kab­inet reeds in beginsel besluit het dat die salarisse van regeringsdiensampte­nare aangepas sal word indien die nodige fondse gevind kan word.

"Aangesien die bevoegdheid om salarisse van aptenare aan te pas by die Sentrale Owerheid berus wat in die opsig deur die Regeringsdienskom­missie geadviseer word, sal eensydige besluite wat deur Verteenwoordigende Owerhede geneem word, nie alleen ongemagtig wees nie, maar dit sal ook verwarring en ontevredenheid by amptenare van ander owerhede

skep, aldus die verklaring. Die verklaring se voorts dat die

aankondiging deur die Administra­sie vir Kleurlinge oor verhogings verwagtinge skep wat nie nagekom sal kan word nie.

Die voorbarige aankondiging sal volgens die persverklaring verwar­ring onder beweerde lojale ampte­nare skep. Die kabinet het sy spyt uitgespreek.

"Ons doen 'n beroep op Verteen­woordigende Owerhede om nie eensydige en onwettige besluite te neem wat 'n verleentheid skep en bevolkingsgroepe teen mekaar kan afspeel nie," lei die verklaring.

Die Regeringsdiens personeelver­eniging (RDPV) het ook sy misnoee uitspreek oor die eensydige aankon­

, diging. Die vereniging maak daarop

aanspraak dat hy die totale reger­ingsdiens verteenwoordig en namens al hierdie amptmare reeds die afgelope drie maande sterk beding het vir 'n algemene salarisaanpassing.

Dit is bekend dat die vereniging nie baie gewild onder die meeste van sy swart lede is nie.

Mnr. Diergaardt het gese dat die politieke ampsdraers van ' die Kleurling-administrasie sal weier om enige salarisse, na die ontbinding ­van die tweede vlak-owerhede, te ontvang. "Ons wil dit nie he en sal nie daarop aandring nie. Dit is om die beginsel van onpartydigheid te de­monstreer," het hy gese.

Die Arbeiders Party sal nie aan politieke posisies kleef nie, maar wil toesien dat die oorskakeling van mag op 'n verantwoordelike manier geskied, het mnr. Diergaardt gese.

"Ons wil duidelikheid he van die Administrateur Generaal oor wat die posisie van ons ouderdomspensioen sal wees.."

Op 'n vraag oor pensioengelde vir Kleurlingbejaardes, het mnr. Dier­gaardt kry die Kleurling-pensioen­trekkers tans RI72 per maand. Hy het gese dat R65 van die toegedeelde bedrag deur die sentrale owerheid subsideer word. "Sal die sentrale regering net R65 aan ons ou-mense betaal?" het hy gevra.

Mnr. Diergaardt het voorts gese dat die Arbeiders Party al met ver­skeie politieke partye gepraat het oor die vorming van 'n front om in die komende verkiesings te beding. Hy het 'n berig in 'n plaaslike Afrikaan­stalige dagblad oor 'n alliansie tussen sy party en die N asionale Party as kwaadwillig afgemaak en het gese dat daar nie so iets is nie.

Hy het 'n beroep aan die blad gedoen om verantwocirdelikheid in sy beriggewing aan die dag te Ie.

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Vulsles vir Swapo! Hlerdle vier knaples Wie se ouderdomme tllssen 2 en 4 wissel het self~ hul mlddagslaples prysgegee om na die grootmense 'se boodskap tydens die groot Swapo-saamtrek Sondag in Katutura te kom lulster. Hulle Is v.l.n.r. die twee sussles, Bertha Katangolo en Sarty Chris (links) en die twee broertjles, L1neekela Shloongoen Mwenenl Sbloongo. Nagenoeg tlenduisend mense het die belangrlke vergadering 'bygewoon.

Omayovi '1-0 ' 000 okwa hala emanguluko moWindhoek

----------- Ku Sarah Johannes -----------OSHA Ii meestarata daKatutura oshikumwifi noshiahafd'a eshi ovanhu vefike lunga 10000 kwali va ongala moshiongalele shoSWAPO moWindhoek mwa kwatelwa ounona, ovakulupe novanyasha ovo shili vewetike koipala yavo kutya ova djuulukwa emanguluko loshilongo shavo diva.

Oshiongalele eshi sho SW APO osho shotete neudo nokwali shi yadi ovak­washiwana vahapu lela.

Omupopi wotete moshiongalele eshi oye omushamane Immanuel Ngatjizeeko 00 a hovela tati, Shiwana sha Namibia oha ndi mu shiivi koshiongalele shotete shokomudo osho sha longekidwa koSW APO ya Namibia. Medina loka­tokolifo 435 koiwana yahangana keshe umwe ota popi kombinga yehoololo ' otu na okushuna kondjokonona yetu ikulu otu na okutala apa twa hovela nekondjo letu 010 Ii na oule weedula 29 paife, ohatu kala tu ye mehoololo ndele ka tu shi kutya oha tu kondjeleni shike.

Ovakwashiwana vahapu ova kala tava kondjifa ekondjo nomikalo dilili nokulili opo va find!: omutondi, eedula dihapu da pita otwa kala nokukondjifa onghalo oyo iii i kenyeneka.

Ekondjo ola kala nokutwikila ndele ina tu fika pondodo opo twa hala, netomelo kwa8Shi otwa kala twa tukauka. Vahapu vomovakwashiwana eshi ve shi mona kutya ekondjo ola tuuuka ova tokola opo va totepo ongudu oyo ililepo oshiwana yaaveshe emanguluko lashili noi Ii ta i Iwifa omutondi nongudu eyi oyo SWAPO.

Oklidja modula 1966 ovaNamibia ova kala tava indile Epangelo la South Africa opo Ii tupe emanguluko loshilongo, ova kala yoo tava indile oiwana yahangana opo itupe emanguluko. Omaindilo aa ina nyamukulwa nande, South Africa okwa kala ashike ta twikile nominyonena daye fiyo oku nena eli. Ova Namibia ova tokola nee kutya shawana osra wana ita shi shiiva tu twikile ngaha nande, otu na ok­upopya nelaka 010 South Africa ta ka udako xwepo.

Ovatokola nee okutotapo ongudu ong­hondjeli manguluko oyo ishiivike nedina

PLAN ovakwaita ava ovaNamibia ve Ii tava kondjele oshilongo ova kala va taalela oilwifo yaSouth Africa, en­yamukulo la dja moCalueque nomoQuito Camavalle. OvaNamibia ova tokola opo va tote po ongudu yovakwaita voSW APO oPLAN opo i I wife South Africa noi tulife okatokolifo koiwana yahangana 435 moilonga diva.

otu shishi kutya otu na ovamwameme ovaNamibia vahapu ovo va pakwa pondje yoshilongo omolwa emanguluko loshi­longo shetu. otu shi shii kutya eman­guluko loshilongo shetu olile 10 oli Iula na otu shi shii kutya ota Ii ka kala liIula na­tango,

Vahapu vomovanamibia ova fya va dipawa komutondi nelalakano opo va flke kemanguluko loshilongo shetu, otu na vamwameme vahapu tu he va na ngaashi Cde. Shifidi, Cde. Uapota ovanhu OVO tu hena vali nova dipawa omolwoshilongo eshi. Oha tu dimbulukwa efiku laCassinga omo mwa fila ovaNamibia vahapu va dipaeiwa komutondi South Africa, ohatu dimbulukwil yoo omalyatepo omapya ovakwashiwana moumbuwanhu woshi­longo, otu shi shii ovaNamibia vahapu ovo ve he na omaumbo shaashi omaumbo avo okwa hanaunwapo komutondi South Africa oku na oiningilewina ihapu oyo ya ningilwa oshiwana shaNamibia komutondi South Africa.

Ngeenge hatu hetekele okulombwela oshiwana oshili nena oha tu umbwa nee­haasa molwoshili osho ha tu popi, oha tu tuwa omaminimini opo tu ha twikile nekondjo letu. Ope na eeveta odo kwali da tulilwa po owina ngaashi AG 9. AG 26, Terrorism Act nosho tuu eeveta edi oda tulilwa po owina omolwaSW APO.

Ka pe na nande ongudu imwe ilili oyo ya kala ina nomahepeko, omadipao ovak­washiwana ihefi SW APO. Otu Ii twa

teelela eflku 010 lotete 1 IApril 010 ta ku tengenekwa kutya 010 efiku letulo­moilonga lokatokolifo 435 koiwana yahangana, eshi ta shi ka dja mokatokolifo oko oshilikolomwa shetu vene twe shi longela. Na tu kale tu shishi kutyil South Africa ha pahalo laye a hanga tokole kombinga yokatokolifo aka ndele okefin­iniko lekondjo lovanamibia.

Shiwana sha Namibia natango oto pulwa natango opo eman-guluko loshi­longo Ii kadje moilikolomwa yoye mwene.

. Omupopi omutivali moshiongalele oye Paul Kalenga 00 eli omuPresidente wehangano lovalihongi moNamibia -NANSO. 00 ahovela noshipopiwa shaye tashi ti. hapa halo la South Africa opo a itavele etulomoilonga I,okatokolifo 435 koiwana yahangana, ndele okefininiko lekondjo letu vene, shiwana sha Namibia natango oto pulwa opo u kondje waman­amo.

Epangelo leernbulu moita otwe Ii finda, paife otwa uka meehoololo loshilongo shetu. Efimho loukoloni ola pwa po paife, paife otwe shimona kutya efimbo hatu ka tondoka twa uka memanguluko loshi­longo shetu. konima yehoololo. Ohatu ka ninga omatokolo opaupolotika 00 eli lepo oiwana aishe moNamibia, nokutokola fye vene kombinga yonghalo yoshilongo shetu.

Hano fye otwa loloka Epangelo la South Africa oku tu ningila omatokolo kutya otu na okulya oikulya ilipi po;otu na okukala tu na omaumbo efike peni nosho tuu omahalo a South Africa.

Onda hala okulombwela ovanyasha ovaNamibia shaashi ovo ve Ii oshiwana shokomongula na tu kondjeni noudiinini, efimbo ola fika opo tu etife po Epangelo 10SWAPO.

2 Friday February 10 1989

Die ~irekteur van Onderwys van die Administrasie vir Namas op Keetmenshoop, mnr. Jurie V~lD Zyl. 'n Moeilike man om in die hande te kry vir persnavrae. In sy vrye tyd is hy glo 'n bedrewe jukskei speier. 'n Mens wonder wat van die zoer (groot getal) direkteure van 9nderwys na die ins telling van Res.-435 gaan word?

Die ilUwe hoof van die omstrede skool, J.A. Nel, op Keetmanshoop, mnr. Carel Fourie. J .A.Nel was tot onlangs sterk in die nuus weens die nietigverklaring van die matriek-uitslae.

Die direkteur van die Berseba Privaatskool, hoofman Stephanus GoUiath (oj) foto onder) ontvang hier 'n video­bandmasjien van 'n weldoener, mnr. H.Christiaans van 'n bekende lewensversekerings maatskappy . . Links staan hoofman Golliath en in die middel is mnr. Stanley Katzao, ook van die maatskappy; Die skool sal opvoedkundig baat by die skenking.

Mnr. A.B.Hammond, gewese skoolhoof by die Hoerskool J.A.Nel op Keetmanshoop wat tans die adjunk-hoof by 'n hoerskool op Rehoboth is. Hy sou glo aanvanklik 'n soortgelyke pos by 'n skool op Keetmanshoop aanvaar het, maar die Administrasie vir Kleurlinge het glo sy aansteUing ingetrek.. nadat die eksamen­debakel van J.A.Nel rugbaar geword het. Mnr. Hammond was glo 'n tak-voorsitter van die Arbeiders Party yoordat hy na Rehoboth verhuis het.

Hans Eichab, bekende ioneelspeler by die Universiteit van Namibie, is vanjaar as -studente-hulp in die Drama Departement van die universiteit aangestel. me Akademie het daarin geslaag om sy beursverpligtinge teenoor die Damara Administrasie vir 'n jaar kwytgeskeld te kry. Hans is 'n afgestudeerde onderwyser wat vanjaar deeltyds ook koorafrigting en musiektranskribering aan die universiteit sal studeer. Hy is bekend vir sy ouman-rolle in universiteitproduksies.

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Is hierdie die voorspel tot 'n onbekende toekoms vir Namibie met donker wolke in die agtergrond? Nee, hierdie is 'n treffende foto van 'n spreker tydens Saterdag se groot Swapo-saamtrek in Katutura. In die middel gee 'n vrou onteenseglik haar gevoelens weer aan wie se kant sy is en links staan 'n gewese Robben-Eiland gevangene trots en wag op 435?

Akteurs en aktrises van die Windhoek Spelers het in die naweek sosiaal by Daan Viljoen byeengekom om die groep se tiende bestaansjaar sosiaal te vier. Talle spelers wat al in produksies deelgeneem het oor tien jaar al in beroepsproduksies en televisieprogramme opgetree. Die volgende dee I van die groep se feesvieringe is 'n dansparty op 5 en 6 Mei in die Khomasdal Gemeenskapsaal op maat van musiek van 'n orkes uit Kimberley. -Op die ander foto verskyn die vroue administratiewe beamptes van die Windhoek Spelers. Hulle was vir die reelings van die byeenkoms by Daan Viljoen verantwoordelik. .

------- ROSSING - AANSTELLINGS --------'n Aantal aanstellingverskuiwings is die afgelope week in Rossing aangekondig. Op diefoto's hieronder ve~skyn mnre. dr. Stephen Kesler (algemene bestuurder), Sean James (assistent hoofbestuurder en dr. M .. ch~el Bates (~esturende direkteur) in die plek van die uittredende direkteur, mnr. Craig Gibson. Hlerdle aanstelhngs tree op 1 April, die datum waal'op Res.-435 in Namibie ingestel word? .

ONDA DHILADHILA kutya shika otashi pendutba omaipulo mokati kAanamibia yamwe oyendji, kutya omolwashike ekwatelokumwe ndika Iyiiningwanima yomuvo gwa zi ko (1988) netegameno Iyowina Iya dhiladhililwa Aanamibia ayehe ndele unene tuu aagundjuka! Shika onde shi ningi, oshoka onda dhiladhila kutya aagundjuka oyo aakwatelikomeho yangula nonda hala oku ya tsika ii10nga komapepe gawo ongaagundjuka Aanamibia inaandi tala kuukwamuhoko, kolwaala Iwoshipa, ihe onda tala owala aagundjuka yaNamibia.

Ngaashi p.aanaa tse atuhe twa tseya nawa kutya, omvula ya zi ko (1988) okuza ketameko sigo okehulilo oya Ii omvula yoonkatu dha simana dha ningwa, ombepo yuumwayinathana (yuukwanakali dhuupongo) niinima yimwe oyindji mbyoka tayi vulu okweetitha elunduluko moshiiongo

. shetu, Namibia. Omvula 1988 oyo omvulamokaomakakunya (akwiita) guukoioni gaSouth Africa ga Ii ga pewa kapinya moshitopolwa shed­hina Quito Quanavale shoka shi Ii muumbugan~ zilo waAngoia moshi­topolwa shika omakakunya gaSouth Africa oga Ii ga dhengekeka nawa nagamwe taga tengenekwa ge Ii ga kondekwa kaakwiita yopashigwana yaCuba, ketanga lyaakwiita F APLA lyoshilongo shaAngoia shoka shi imangulula shoshene nokaamati yokakulumbwati yetanga lyopashig­wana lyaNamibia, yoPLAN.

South Africa sho a dhengwanawa, okwa thiminikwa a ye moonkun­dathana pamwe na Angola, Cuba nopokati Amerika nelalakano lyokukandula . po omaupykakdhi gomoshitopolwa shomuumbgantu­utokelo waAfrica. Oonkundathana dhika odha fala sigo omeuvathano neshaino pokati kaAngola, Cuba naSouth Africa, opo omakakunya agehe gaSouth Africa, ga thigepo iitopolwa yomuumbugantu waAngola.

Oonkundathana dhika odha pale1e wo ondjila etulo miilonga lyOka­tokolitho 435 kIigwanahangano hoka taka fala Namibia kemanguluko pamukalo gwombilf moka SW APO ta ka kutha ombinga. Omvula 1988 oya li natango omvula moka aaniilonga Aanamibia ya Ii ya ethapoiiIonga omasiku gaali muJuni 1988 -onaktu ndjikayaaniilongaoyaulikeuukwnwe mokati kaaniilonga unene tuu mokiti kaalongimina yaLange (COM) noyaR"ossing. Aaniilonga oya li ya etha po iilonga okuulika ombepo yuukwanankali dhuupongo pamwe noluvalo lwawo (aanaskola) mboka ya li ta ninga iipotha yokuthiga po ooskola oshilongo ashihe omolwokukala kwomakakunya gaSouth Afrika pooskola nomuNamibia momwene.

Omvula ya zi ko 1988 otayi kala natango omvula mqka omahangano gaaniilonga yi iIi noku ili ya shaina omauvathano pamwe nomawilik­ingundu gaagandji yaaniilonga. Omashaino ngaka oga ningwa ngaashi kOlange, R"ossing, Oliindili nosho tuu. Omvula 1988 otayi kala omvula ya ndhinhdilikwa komakwato ganiilonga oshowo naanaskola pwaana nande iihokoloia yompangulilo. Momumvo 1988 aanona yoomvula oontshona yoskola oya Ii ya kwatwa kaapoIisi noku edhililwa moond­holongo pwaana epangulo lyasha.

Omvula 1988 otayi dhirtJ.bulukwa mbala omolwiiyolitha yomuvo yomuPresidente P.W. Botha gwaSouth Africa sho a kundaneke "etulo miilonga lyokatokolitho 435 klig­wanahangano mesiku lyotango Iya­Novomba 1988". Kakelekiiyolihta mbyoka yaBotha, omvula 1988 otayi kala ya nyolwa noondanda oonene momambo gondjokonona yekondjelo­manguluko lyaNamibia sho aanaskola Aanamibia ya Ii ya ninga iipotha oshilongo ashishe omolwokukala kwomakakunya gaSouth Africa pooskola nomuNamibia. lipotha mbika yaanaskola ya Ii ya sindana

THE NAMIBIAN FOCUS

Ekwateloku mwe Iyiin ingwanima yomuvo1988

(Netegameno Iyonakuyiwa kaagundjuka ayehe yaNamibia) lela noya Ii ya ngwangwanithwa komukolonyeki South Africa pamwe noopapeta dhe mwaashoka hashi ithanwa "epangelo lyopokati mOv­enduka.

- Aagundjuka ya kwathe shili okweetitha po epangelo epe ndjoka tali hogololwa kaanl\~ noli na oku kala lyaantu yoyene Aanamibia.

- Omugundjuka kehe a longe nei­tulomo okutungulula Namibia omupe, naampaka onda dhiladhilakutya ondjila yi kale kokolwa noya apalekwa, ngaashi:

1. Elongo: -MuNamibia a manguluka: mu kale

oosikola dhoshali nenge itaadhi futwa ondilo ngaashi methimbo lyonena.

- MuNamibia amanguluka mukale elongo tali dhengele lyaanaskola ayehe.

- Aavali ya tume oluvalo lwawo koskola kehe ndjoka yo ya hala yoyene.

- Iikunino yuunona yi kale naalongi mboka ya longekekanawa (qualified teachers), qx> aanona ya kale netameko lyi na omalyate1elo ga kola. Pamukalo nguka endopo lyaanona mooskola dhopombanda otali shonopekwa.

2.Opolotika: - MuNamibia a manguluka mu kale

shiIi ontseyo yopoIitika nomukalo gwuugemokoli moka aakwashigwana oyo taya ningi omatokolo yoyene goshilongo shawo, pwaa kale nande eidhopomo lyomukwiilongo.

- Okulonga nokutunga oshigwana shimwe mpoka itapu monika, uvika ezimba lyuukwamuhoko opo ku thikwe ku"Namibia gumwe, nOshig­wana shimwe"(One Namibia, One

Friday Febraury 10 1989 3

Nation). - MuN amibia a manguluka mu kale

elongelokumwe, esimanekathano, uukumwe nokulonga nuudhiginini.

3. Omahupilo (Economies) - MuNamibia a manguluka mu.totwe

oofambulika nomahala giilonga ogendji,opokukeelelweompumbwe yiilonga ko· kulongwe iipumbiwa oyindji pehala lyoku yi · mbesitela pondje yaNamibianokufuta 6shindji.

- Aantu ayehe yelongo lyithike pamwe (aalumentu ooomeme) ya mone ondjambi ithike pamwepo pwaa kale ofuto yi ikwatelela kuukwamuhoko nenge kolwaala lwoshipa.

- Uunamapya nuuniimuna wu kale tawu dhigininwa.

4. UukwaKalunga: - MuNamibia a manguluka mu kale

omaitaalo gopakriste ngoka taga sile oshimpiyu ombepo .nolutu.

_. Oongeleki dhi kale shiIi dha thikama pamithigulul w a dhaakalimo dho dhi kale dhaakwashigwana yoyene, ndele kadhi kale we nezimba lyeitaalo lyopakwiilongo.

- Okwoopaleka nokudhinda omithigulukwalo, opo dhoka itadhi tsu kumwe nethimbo lyonena dhi ekelwehi po pu kale ndhoka tadhi opalele kumwe nethimbo lyonena lyaNamibia omupe.

Pwaa kale we tapu uvika ezimba lyuukwamuhoko mOongeleki dho­muN amibia omupe.

Omugundjuka OmuNamibia gwoshili na kale aluhe a kotoka methimbo ndika kemanguluko lya Na­mibia.

Omuvo 1988 ogwaIiomuvomoka Okatokolitho 435 kligwanhangano kwa Ii ka tsakanitha oovmula omu­longo 1978-1988. Okwa Ii wo kwa dhimbulukiwa oomvula omulongo 1978-1988 sho etanga lyomakakunya guukoloni nogethiminiko gaSouth Africa ga dhipagele Aanamibia ye YUle pomathele gahamano 600 pe­hala lya tseyikanedhina CASSINGA muumbugantu waAngola4Mai 1978. Omuvo ogwo tuu nguka 1988 Aan­amibia oya. tsakanekwa ishewe kuCassinga omutiyali sho aantu ye Ii 27 ya sile metopo lyOmbaanga Omaningiriro uo AI CAN· African

Indepen'dent Churches Association in Namibia~

Ndeapo Vunona I

mOshakati kuumbangalantu waN­amibia. Moshiponga shika okw81i wo mwa ehamekelwa aantu oyendji. mbika oyo iiningwanima yimwe po yomvula 1988.

The omvula ndjikil. yonuuvo 1989 oya tameke niiyolihta iinene sho Hans Diergardt a kundaneke kutya ye "okwa hala okuninga Rehoboth oRepubilika ", omanga Musheko Muyongio a hala Okaprivi ka ikalekelwe no ka mone emanguluko nedhina "Itenge". Kakele kaashoka Gabriel Kautwima okwa hala wo "orepubIieka yoshi­longo shaUkwanyama". mbika oyo iiyolitha yimwe yomomumvo nguka 1989 yAanamibia mboka ya hala okukateka emanguluko lyoshilongo nolyuudha lyaN amibia. Ano ngaashi twa tseya otashi vulika okatokolitho 435 ka tameke niilonga yako mesiku lyotango lyaApilili. The shika nashi kale nduno iilonga yaagudjuka Aan­amibia okulonga neiutlomo nokushili­paleka emanguluko lyaNamibia.

Shoka sha tegelelwa komugundjuka kehe omunamibia

- kehe omugundjuka gwomutse Omunamibia ota tegelelwa a kuthw ombinga nokulonga nuudhiginini oku shilipaleka emanguluko lyoshilongo shetu, Namibia, nuumvo.

- okupukuluia nokukwatha oshig­wana shaNamibia kutya uukoloni nemanguluko oshike, nokukwatha wo okufatulula oshikwatelwamo nela­lakanoIyOkatokolitho 435 kIigwana hangano.

OMBONGARERO jo AICAN 0 majuva tjijari 26-01-1989, ndjari poruveze ro kereka jo StJohn, ehungi ro mbuze rari nai kova haame mbari po mo mbongarero ndji.

Ozo African Indepedent Churches Association ousupi 0 AIeAN mai ningire ovakuatera va Namibia, okukurama pamue, kutja omuzorondu, omuhoni poo omuvapa.

Nu kuno Muhona Ndjambi ngu tjiua ouripura llo vandu moukoto uao, nga rundurure ourizemburuka uo vanane vo polotika pekepeke kutja vemune tjimue mo muhunga mbuhena kutuara 0 Namibia ko ndundakero.

Ehungi ohunga no vataure va Botswana

Muhona Ndjambi uazikamisa nai okuza membo ra Exodus 21.1-6. Omundu maso okuhuurua ozombura hamboumue nu mombura oitjaham­bombari ngaku turue okujaruka kaziririre. Nu tjakupa omukazendu . mehindo, J,U omukazendu tjehina lruvanga okujaruka puenaje, eje ngarire oniukuatera uehindo.

Epuriro? Nu tjiri ovandu vetu mberi mo

Botswana ovataure? Orondu tara, ovandu vetu mbatupuka poo mbataura mo 1904 kave tjitjiko kombandehi ndi, mberiko ovanatje vallO. Nu rukuao ovandu mbo vakara mo Botswana ngunda airi kehi youhuura uova engelsa nu kunao no mbatero jo maraka uauo ngu vaandja otjovature va Botswana, onga tjita kutja pekare ongutukukiro mo Botswana otjo va kwatera va Botswana okuura nu nguari ka va­taure ndee.

Nu uina tjipeno uzeu, usokuza pokati kao oveni no horomende ja Botswana, nunguari kauso kutuareua ijete okuza mo Namibia ndee. Orondu imbo mapemunika ongahukiro kutja ingo okupaha- oruvara orunganise no ruzunda ·ngaro jo matoororero uo ngutukiro ja Namibia.

Omapuriro . - Nu tjinangara peno ndjakaha pokati

kovature vaBotswanano horomende jauo, ojo hapo jaandjua kuani?

- Nutjii hapo ongondjero ndji tjijazu mo Namibia iildi ka tuna kutuapo ondjakaha po kati ko horomendeja Botswana no vature varo are?

- Nu uina hapo kaina ku zundarisa

ondumbasanenojauo? - Nutjii hapo ovikando vi ngapi

ovature va Botswana imba mbukuza ovataure okuraerua kutja ngave tjinde no vinamuinjo viauo tja zumbo avije ku jahua muno?

- Nu moruveze ro mujaruke Chief Kutako otjina hi tja hungirirue nu ohoromente ja South Africa jatjere ehindi kari no meva, nuu hapo nam­bano mo matoororero uo ngutukiro jehi rao, mavetjaerua iani?

- Nu tjii hapo ovataure mberi mo Dukwe, 0 rnikato kauatjondumba okuza mo Francistown naimba mbukuza ovataure ohoromente ja Botswana ivevara tjimue?

Ivetumba tjimue? Nu tjinangara ovandu

mbakakuaterua -1cuarue maveje '1ru

jandja omaraka mo Namibia okutja imbo hapo mapehee kutja ozo voor­trekkers ndee kukuaterua muno uina zeSo kupita moNamibia aze hajandja omaraka mo Namibia?

- N a uina im ba mbazire ko Angola mbee ku kuaterua mo Namibia uina maveso kuja ruka poo indee?

- Nuhapo ovakuatera vaBotswana imba mbukuza ovataure ve jandja omaraka ko Oomkrag poo ko vira viarue mbiri mo Botswana?

- Nu hapo ovandu mba tji maveja mavejekupaterua mo kamba ja Ngombombonde indji Twalani ozom­bura ndano rukuao poo mave e ,ku kara mo kati ko vakuatera poo ova­ture va Namibia.

Nu tjinangara peri nao ovira avihe uina ngavi jandjerue oku kapaha ovandu ko Botswana uina?

No rukuao ovandu mbehungira ' eraka ro tjiherero mo Botswana veri motu kondua outiti nao mo vihuro tjimuna mberi mo Makunda, Otjihitua, Otoromia, OmalID no utiti nao 0 vihuro tjimuna 0 Franscistown, Mahalapye?

Ko muano mbui 0 AICAN kaina ngamburiro kutja mo Botswana muno tjivarero tjo majovi omirongo vine llo vature mbehungira eraka ro tjiher­ero mbu maveheua mbo.

Kunao oAICAN mainingire 0 UN

okutja itare naua netueho ko maheja ngo

Ongaro ndjo maijeta 0 omapu­rukisiro uo mahitiro uo vandu mehi okutoorora mouposio.

o UN ngai tare naua ko vina oha­mukuaa nai matueho.

Oronduongarondjikainakuhitas­ana na indjo jo matikonaparisiro uo tjivarerotjo UNTAGokuza 7500nga 4650 ka parukaze.

Tjiri oku tikonoparisa otjivarero mape jeta omatombero no mazun­darisiro llo matoororero llo ngutukiro ja Namibia. Mena ro kutja embo ndi ndi maritja ovataure vaBotswana, va Upington na Angola otjikutjire tjo kutja pe hitire ka ngamua auhe nan­garire kutja kamu hung ire ue raka ra Namibia.

Nu uina omatikikonapirisiro uo tjivarero tjo vatjevere uo UN hi mae tjitirua kutja pekare otuveze puma pe jenene oku tjitirua ourunga uo matoororero.

Ova Namibia vaundja ongutukiro vaurua, nai 0 namibia mai hepa ong­utukiro ja tjiri mu muno hange no rusuuo noujara, nunguari kaamarire ohepero ete okuja kura ouhumandu mena rou ningandu poo ongutukiro jo kongotue jo ndjuuo ka parukaze.

Ovita no ndondasaneno pokati ko mihoko via Namibia ka tjina tji matjihepua rukuao, nu rukuao kap­ena kuhepua kutja ovandu mbe hungira eraka rimwe a rire mba kurama pamwe, nu nguari maso kurira ovaNamibia avehe okukurama pamue.

Atu popua ijo vaatoororise omun­gandjo.

4 Friday February 10 1989

SUID-AFRIKA PERS LANDE

EKONOMIES AF WANNEER daar oor oorlog en vrede in Suider-Afrika gepraat word, moet indringend gekyk word na die slagofTers en diegene wat streef om die oorsprong van geweld te vernietig, het mnr. Sergio Vieira in Harare by tydens die Edicesa-konferensie verlede week gese.

Mnr. Vieira, 'n lid van die Frelimo Sentrale-Komitee, was 'n gasspreker en sy toespraak het gehandel oor Mosambiekse reaksie op die on­verklaarde oorlog deur die Pretoria-regering. I

Mnr. Vieira het gese dat die oorsprong van geweld en dedistabil­iteit in Suidelike Mrika kolonial­isme en rassisme is.

Hy het verwys na die Portug~se­regering, die minderheids Smith­regering van Rhodesie en Suid-M­rika, wat interne dwangmaatreels gebruik onder die dekmantel dat hulle die christelike beskawing en die vrye wereld teen kOIIl!llunistiese-uibreid­ing wil beskerm.

"Die Salisbury-regering, wat teen die Britte rebeleer het, was van die begin diplomaties geisoleer. Ten spyte van VV -Veiligheidsraad sanksies teen Rhodesie, het baie lande en maat­skappye voortgegaan om bande met die minderheidsregering te behou,"

Die Weste het 'n les geleer dat dit 'n . fout was om nasionale vryheidsbewegings teen te staan en om kolonialisme en rassisme te ondasteun. Na ,1975 was die Westerse magte tot 'n keuse gedwing om die Smith-regering te isoleer en die vryheidsbeweging te erken. "N a die val van die Caetano-regering en die Rhodesie-rebellie, is Suid-Afrika die laaste dinosaurus in die s~k," het mnr. Vieira gese.

Volgens die spreker was Suid-Afrika nie so betrokke soos vandag by die konflik nie. Maar na die val van die Portugese koloniale mag in Angola en Mosambiek het Suid-Afrika tot op hede al die lande in Suider-Afrika binnegeval. "Tradisionele koningryke soos Lesotho en Swaziland,Zambie sowel as die veelparty state van Zimbabwe en Botswana, en die Volkstate van Angola en Mosam­biek, is onderwerp aan geweld en ekonomiese afpersing.' ,

Die konflik in die streek is drie dimensioneel, het die spreker gese: "Die onafhanklikheid Van N amibie, vreedsame naasbestaan in die streek en die afs~affmg van rassime."

Na die val van die Caetano- en Salisbury regerings was resolusie 435 met die beaammg van Suid-Afrik~ aanvaar. Suid-Afrika het die teen­woordigheid van Kubaanse-magte in Angola gebruik om die onafhan­klikheid van Namibie te vertraag. "Die werklikheid is dat Suid-Afrika

nog voor die aankoms van die inter­nasionale vegters geweier het om N amibie sy onafhanklikheid te gee," het mnr. Vieira gese.

Die S1Eka het gese dat daar daagliks . in die internasionale pers geskryf

word dat terroristiese dade steeds gepleeg word. "Oit ailes is om die naam van die vryheidsbeweging vuil te smeer."

HyhetvoortsgesedatSuid-Mrika altyd die bandiet bewegings (Unita en Renamo) ondersteun het. Volgens die spreker moet die moontlikheid datSuid-Afrika 'nrebei-beweging in N amibie op die been sal bring nie uitgesluit word nie.

"Dit is van kardinale belang dat die getal Untag-troepe ~atnaNamibie kom die situasie moet kan beredder en die onafhanklikheidsproses waar­borg," het hy gese.

Suid-Afrika het herhaaldelik gewys dat hy die internasionale norm van vreedsame naasbestaan verwerp - hy het die Lusaka-ooreenkoms met Angola (1984) verbreek en ook nie Nkomati-verdrag respekteer nie.

In Mosambiek is Suid-Afrika nie net betrokke by ekonomiese desta­bilisasie en direkte aggressie nie, maar ook om bandiete te bewapen.

Die doel van die Renamo-bandiete is om die Mosainbiekse samelewing te breek. "Die Pretoria ondersteunde bandiete in Mosambiek is nie daarop uit om 'n altematief naas Frelimo­regering te skep nie. Dit is nie 'n nasionale inisiatief nie nog is dit konserwatief of anti-kommunisties," het mnr. Vieira gese.

Die algehele veiwydering van die oorsprong van geweld kan nie bereik word met die ware en effektiewe maatreels, wat saIlei tot die afskaffmg van apartheid nie. "Suid-Afrika moet aIle politieke gevangenes vry laat en sy wette hersien om politieke organ­isasie wat verbied is te akkomodeer. Die minderheidsregering moet erken dat politieke mag in Suid-Afrika aan alle mense wat daar woon behoort.' ,

Terwyl die Suid-Afrikaanse reger­ing aanhou met sy interne geweld teen die swartmense en aggressie teen sy buurstate verwag hy van ANC om sywapensneertele- "Ditisonrede~ lik," het mnr. Vieira gese.

Hoewelons "institusionaliseerde geweld" verwerp aanvaar ons die gebruik van "bevrydingsgeweld" om 'n einde aan die geweld van apart­heid en kolonialisme te bring.

Die afvaardiging van die Volkstaat van Angola het hulland se ondervinding van die Suid-Afrikaanse destabiIisasie beJeid met die konferensie-gangers gedeel. Hulle was eens dat die nederlaag van die Suid-Afrikaanse magte by Cuito Cuanavale as die sleutel tot die Bra~zaville Protokol gedien het.

THE NAMIBIAN FOCUS

Mnr. Ben AmathiIa "spreek die konferensie toe oor ekonomiese afhanklikheid van Namibie. Links is 'n die 'n student aan die Universiteit van Zimbabwe het as tolkster in P.ortugees opgetree. Die student is van Mosambiek en is besig met 'n kursus aan die universiteit.

GROND SAL HERVEDEEL WORD

NA ONAFHAN"KLIKHEID EKONOM~E afhanklikheid van Namibie is 'n verskynsel bewerkstellig deur die Duitse koloniseerders. Hulle het die ekonomiese grondslag van die mense vernietig deur die inboorlinge van hul land te vervreem. "

So het die Swapo sekretarls van ekonomiese aangeleenthede, mnr. Ben Amathila, verlede week in Harare tydens 'n Ecumenical Documenta­tion and Jnfoonation Centre for Eastern and Southern Africa (Edicesa) kon­ferensie gese. Mm. Amadhila het N amibie in 1966 verlaat en is nou in Luanda woonagtig.

Die Edicesa-konferensie is deur

armoede te skep. Die produksie was gemik op uitvoa.

Die produksie van fabrleksware was ontrnoedig om 'n mark vir Suid­Afrikaanse goedere te skep. "Die enigste inkomste het in die vorm van belastings van die mynmaatskappye gekom," het mnr. Amathila gese.

Volgens hom word 'n groot gedeelte van die land deur afwesige eienaars

Mnr Ben Amathila, die Swapo sekretaris van ekonomiese aangeleenthede, met die voorsitster v~n die sessie mev. Sawazi, die

" algemene sekretaresse van die Swasilandse Raad van Kerke.

ongeveer 120 verteenwoordigers van dwarsoor Suidelike-Afrika bygewoon.

Mnr. Amathila het gese dat Suid­Afrika die tradisie van ekonomiese afhanklikheid voortgesit het deur die ekonomie van Namibie by die van Suid-Afrika te integreer. "Namibie is bekend daarvoor dat hy goedere produseer wat dit nie verbruik nie en sy benodigdhede invoer."

Die Swapo-man het voorts gese dat Namibie in 1983, volgens Suid­Afrikaanse statistieke, 90 persent van sy produksie uitgevoer het en ongev­eer 85 persent vir verbruik uit Suid­Afrika ingevoer het.

"Suid-Afrika het die gevestigde ekonomiese pilaar van goedkoop arbeid van die Duitse kolonialiste oorgeerf en die produksie-patrone van die inboorling-ekonomie veran­der. Orond, wat die basis van die ekonomiese aktiwiteite van mense gevorm het, is weggeneem. Dit alles wasom 'nveiligeen 'nwinsgewende heenkome vir Suid-Afrikaanse en Duitse setlaars te skep," het rmir. Amathila gese.

besil '~Swapo voel dat die land haver­deel moet word omdat die oorgrote meerderheid van die bevolking geen grond besit nie. Ons weet dat sekere mense die land gekoop het - ons verw ag dat hierdie eienaars 'n bewys moet lewer hoe hulle dit bekom het. Daar sal geen grootskaalse nasion­alisasie wees, sonder terug betaling nie," het mnr. Am~thila gese.

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Hy het voorts gese dat die mynmaat­skappye die natuurlike hulpbronne van die land onwettiglik ontgin. Daar is genoegsame bewys dat die maat­skappye die oorlogsmasjinerie van Suid-Afrika fmansier. In 'n onafhan­klike Namibie sal die belastingwet hersien en gewysig word sodat dit die volk tot 'n mate kan bevoordeel, het hy gese.

"Namibie is bekend vir sy rykdomme, maar dit word nie deur die swart inboorlinge geniet nie."

Mnr. Amathila het gese dat 'n onafhanklike Namibie sy eie beslu­ite moet neem sover dit sy vriende betref, lande om mee handel te dryf en wie om mee te stry.

Met onafhanklikheid sal Namibie ook 'n plek tussen die vrye volkere van die wereld, as 'n soewereine staat inneem, het mnr. Amathila gese.

Vrede is 'n moeilike ding om te bereik, - Afrika-sta~ aangrensend Suid-Afrika het dit ondavind "Mense wat oorlog bevorder, is diegene wat nie fisies daaraan deelgeneem nie. "

Op 'n vraag oor die Walvisbaai­kwessie het mnr. Amathila gese: .. As Suid-Afrika die onafhanklike staat van Namibie op sekere onaanvaar­bare terme die hawe willaat gebruik, sal daar na ander alternatiewe gekyk word."

Hy het voorts gese dat hy 'n klein volk met sterk standpunte verkies asom ditvir handel te verruil.

'n Swapo-regering sal nie graag die skulde wat Suid-Afrika glo namens N amibie gemaak het, wil erf of be­taal nie, het die spreker gese.

Die spreker het voorts gese dat die ekonomie van die land daarop gemik is om die Suid-Afrikaanse mark te voed en te bevredig. Die onteiening van die land was om kunsmatige

' n Bekende regsgeleerde van Windhoek, mnr. Daves Smuts hetdie Harare-konfer~nsie oor wetgewing rakende die pers en die ~eermag toegespreek. Slen volgende week se uitgawe vir sy toespraak.

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DESTIBILISASIE , ' n DUURLES IR

SUID·AFRI SUIDELIKE AFRlKE het 'n verandering aangaande die magsewewig in die streek ondergaan as gevolg van die militere knou wat die Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag by Cuito Cuanavale in Angola toegedien is, het 'n bekende Suid-Afrikaanse akademikus, mnr. Robert Davis, verlede week in Harare gese.

Mnr. Davis het die Ecumenical Documentation and Infonnation

. Centre for Eastern and Southern Africa (Edicesa) konferensie oor oorlog en vrede in Suidelike Afrika toegespreek.

Die uitslag van Cuito Cuanavale .. volgens mnr. Davis, het belangrike irnplikasies vir die suyd in die streek sowel as in Suid-Afrika · te weeg gebring.

Suid-Afrika was in 'n volskaalse offensief en 'n konvensionele oorlog tussen Januarie 1987 en begin 1988 teen sy buurstate, ·veral Angola, gewikkel. 'n Paarvoorbeelde van die regering se destabiliserings-beleid is: Die inval op Livingstone in Zambie in April 1985, Gaberone 1987 en

1988, Maputo in 1987, en verskeie gevalle waarby Suid-Afrika betrokke was by sleepmoordpogings op ANC­aktiviste.

Volgens mnr. Davis het Suid-M­rika in die tydperk na Cuito Cuana­vale sy invalle prysgegee en probeer om diplomatieke oplossings vir die probleme in die streek te vind. " Die Pretoria-base het · 'n groter, belan­griker in diplomasie gesoek om hul streeksbeleid te verwesenlik.' ,

Die benadering van Suid-Afrika tot die streekskonflik het .baie vrae laat ontstaan, het mnr. Davis gese. ".Is Pretoria werklik besig om desta­bilisasie prys te gee? Wat was die ware toedrag van die magsewewig?"

Suid-Afrika moes 'die beleid van aanvalle op buurstate in heroorwe­ging neem omdat dit te duur op rnil­itere, politieke, ekonorniese en dip! lomatieke gebied geword het "Cuito Cuinavale het oortuigend dernonstreer dat Suid-Afrika nie altyd sy wil met rnilirere dade in die streek kan afdwing . nie," het mnr. Davis gese.

Die verskerpte Suid-Afrikaanse invalle op buustate is omdat die ras­sistiese minderheidsregering gesien het dat die Nkomati-Verdrag (1984)

en die Lusaka-skietstilstand tuSsen Angola en · Suid-Afrika nie die slaankrag van die ANC kon demp nie. Die land was ook in 'n interne krisis gewikkel, as gevolg van die massa-protesbeweging binnelands waariri hy gedompel is.

"Die drie vernaamste fronte van destabilisasie was diekonvensionele en milit&-ehulp aan Unita in Angola, die rnilitere hulp aan Renamo in Mosambiek en die jag op anti-apart­heid aktiviste in die streek," het mnr. Davis gese.

Hoewel die SA-weennag in Suid­Angola vir die afgelope jare teen­woordig was, het die deurslaggewende betrokkenheid tot en met Julie 1987,

met Operasie Modular, begin. "Die operasie was 'n reaksie op die pog­ings van die Fapla-magte om Ma­vinga in die Cuando Cubango Provin­sie te beset Die operasie is opgevolg deur Operasie Hooper in middel Desember 1987," het die spreker gese.

Volgens die spreker het die Suid-' Afrikaanse magte 'n kans gesien om Cuito Cuanavale in die Suid-Ooste van Angola aan te val met die oog op 'n fmale knou'teen die Fapla-magte. "Ten minste was daar 3 000 ampte­like SAW -manskappe met 'n groot getal Suidwes-Afrikaanse gebieds­sowel as Unita-rebelle."

In hierdie operasie het Suid-M­rika die mees mOderne en sofistikeerde wapens gebruik, het die spreker gese. Suid-Afrika het gehoop om hierdeur die grense van Jamba uit te rek en 'n Savimbistan in Suid-Angola tot stand te bing. "Dit sou dan nioontlik gewees hetom 'n 'alternatieweregering'van·

·Unita aan te kondig." . Mnr. Davis het gese dat die Cuito

Cuanavale-slag deurslaggewende rol gespeel het in die magsewewig in die streek. '''nKubaanse-uitgawehetna Cuito Cuanavale verwys as die Suid-

Afrikaanse Waterloo." Die geloofvan die Suid-Afrikaanse

rnilitere mag is tydens Cuito in tWyfel getrek. "Die Suid-Afrikaanse Lugmag het dit moeilik gevind om die Ango­lese lugruimt binne te dring. Die lugaanvalle deur Fapla en Kubaanse internasionale vegters op Calueque­dam, het weer eens die onbeholpen­heid van Suid-Afrikaanse lugverd­ediging bewys ...

Verder het die fmansiele kQstes verbonde aan die oorlog in Angola 'n las geword - "Die oorlog in Angola het teen middel 1988 ongeveer R4 biljoen vir Suid~Afrika gekos," het mnr. Davis gese.

Terwyl Cuito 'n deurslaggewende militere terogslag vir Suid-Afrika meegebrlng het, het die land ook op ander fronte van destabilisasie begin verloor.

Mnr. Davis het gese dat Suid-M­rika nie totaal by Cuito verslaan is nie en hy het 'n Kubaanse diplomaat, mnr. Jorge Risquet, aangehaal as sou hy gese het dat albei kante met die geveg kon voortgegaan het.

Mnr. Davis het gese dat Suid-Af­rika sekere oogmerke met die vre­desamesprekinge wou bereik:

* Om te verseker dat 'n onafhan­klike Namibie nie 'n veiligheidsrisiko vir Suid-Mrika wees nie - 'n vre­desverdrag met 'n onafhanklike Namibie.

* Die uitsluiting van die ANC van Narnibiese-grondgebied en die slu­iting van ANC militere-basisse in Angola.

* 'n Onderhandelde skikking in Angola virmagsverdeling tussen die MPLAen Unitaenmoontlikeonder- ' handelinge tussen Renamo en die Frelirno-regering.

;.. Beskikbaarheid van markte in die streek vir Suid-Afrikaanse goe-dere. .

* Ondersteuning van Pretoria se

'n Deel van die konferensie-gangers sit hier en luister na die Suid-Afrikaanse gruweldade teen ~ie Frontlinie-state. Die konferensie was bygewoon deur amptenare van verskeie absaddes. Aan die einde van die konferensie was 'n brief aan die Sekretaris-Generaal van die VN gerig oor die onafhanklikheid van Namibie.

hervorrningsprogram met die state in die streek ..

Terwyl SUid-Afrika hierdie hoop geoester het, het die Frontlinie state ook hul eie agenda. Met die onttrek-

, king van die Suid-Afrikaanse magte uit Angola kan die frontlinie-state ook 'n kans gegun word om hul eie ekonomiee op te bou.

Mnr. Davis het voorspel dat die pad wat Suid-Afrika nou ingeslaan het, mag beteken dat die land van destabilisasie afgesien het in roil vir sy ekonomiese belange. Hy het gewaatsku dat die destabilisasie-beleid in ander gedaantes as militere mag, mag voorkom.

Die nuwe magsewewig in die streek mag ook ernstige irnplikasies in Suid­Afrika meebfing, het hy gese. "Die proses wat in Cuito begin is· mag deels bydra tot die ondermyning van gesag deur die Suid-Afrikaanse bin­nelandse anti-apartheid beweging.

Wanneer een-mens-een-stem verki­esings in N amibie toegepas word, sal die vraag van hoekom dit ook nie in Suid-Afrika van toepassing is nie, ontstaan en sal die konflik meer verskerp.' ,

Die huidige magsewewig het net nie gelei tot die onitrekking van die SA-magte uit Angola en die onafhan­klikiieid van N amibie nie, maar kan ook bydra tot die versterking van die anti-apartheid beweging in Suid­Afrika en kan tot die val van die Pretoria-regering lei.

Die verskerping van niassa-pro­teste kan Suid-Afrika in versoeking stel om hom tot rnilirere mag te dwing, het mnr. Davis gese.

Die spreker het die president van Kuba, dr. Fidel Castro, aangehaal en gese: "Afrika se geskiedenis sal na Cuito Cuanavale beslis herskryf moet word."

Mnr. Vero Mbahuurua, die direkteur van Regshulp van Namibiese Raad van Kerke, tangs hom is mnr. Pineas Aluteni ook van die Raad van Kerke. .

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NAMIBIAN' KUNSREFLEKSIES

Die Reflekteerder, Posbus 21539, Windhoek.

DRAMA EN GERAAMTESIN DIE .' ,

BOERE-RIVIERA DIE Drama Departement van die Universiteit van Namibie sit vanjaarsy fiktiewe, maar raak t~komsblikke op die onafhanklikheid van die land voort met 'n meer ondernemende teaterproduksie wat nog groot opslae kan verwek.

Die manne agter die stuk, Skele­ton, is skrywer, Dorian Haaroff en regisseur Aldo Behrens. Die twee het verlede jaar reeds met groot sukses kragte saamgespan om Orange die lig te laat sien. Skeleton word van 3 tot 8 April as deel van Kampustoneel van die A TKV se universiteit teater­spieelbeeld in Pretoria opgevoer. Die teks is pas voltooi en oudisies word eersdaags gehou.

Dorian Haarhoff, die skrywer van Skeleton.

In 'nonderhoudhetAldoBehrens, hoof van die Drama Departement aan die Universiteit van Narnibie, vandeesweek gese dat die tweetalige stuk in die vorm van 'n Afrika-revue aangebied gaan word. " Dit is 'n letterlike en figuurlike voorstelling met baie simboliek wat sinspeel op die huidige en die toekoms van 'n onafhanklike Namibie. Niemand word in die stuk gespaar of oor die 'hoof gesien sover dit die heilige koeie ,in

die gemeenskap betref nie, " het hy gese .

V oorts het hy gese handel die stuk oor 'n eie republiek van verkramptes in 'n Boere Republiek by Hentiesbaai in 1998. Die implimentering van Resolusie 435 kon en wou hulle nie aanvaar het nie en hulle wyk uit na die Boere Riviera v~ Namibie. Die bree raamwerk van die stuk draai om die verkry'ging van water wat vollop in die Boere Republiek is terwy 1 die res van die land gyselaar gehou word. Dit raak regstreeks die voortbestaan van die hele Namibiaanse yolk.

"Buitelandse toeriste kom die land binne deur op die lughawe Ipumbe buite Wmdhoek te land. Hulle beweeg dimensionee1 deur, die reste en geraamtes van verskeie eras in die Narnibiaanse opset waaronder die Duitse bewindsjare tot selfs die huidige ' tonnelbouery in Windhoek," het hy gese.

Skeleton beloof om ook diepsnydende kritiek op die huidige en toekomstige politieke bestel te lewer soos sy voorgangers waaron­der: driedramas van GEorge Weide­man, M29, 'n Smerige Geskiednis en die Gyselaars. Die stuk sal nou in 'n werkswinkelsituasie deur tien studente opgevoer word en behoort teen einde Maart vir Kampustoneel gereed te wees.

Jaarliks neem ' die meeste Suid­Afukaanse universiteite deel aan die

• weeklange studente-samekoms, in Pretoria. Baie van die werke wat aI by die fees opgevoer is, is al deur Suid-Afrilcaanse streelErade opgevoer.

. Volgens Behrens het sy departe­ment vanjaar sommer nog baie planne op teatergebied. Hy wag steeds

hoopvol op die Suidwes-Afrikaanse Uitsaai Korporasie se televisiediens , om aanstaltes te maak om van sy produksie vir beeldsending by die Ruimte-teater op te neem. So 'n ooreenkoms is glo verlede jaar tussen homself en die SWAUK aangegaan. Verder beoog hy om minstens twee produksies van die Mark-teater hier­heen in te voer soos wat dit die geval twee jaar gelede was toe hy Mbon-

Aldo Behrens, die regisseur van die stuk.

geni Ngema se Woza Albert na N arnibie ingevoer het. Een van die stukke wathy graag sou wou bring is Safarina, ook van Ngema. Ouderge­woonte gaan sy groep spelers weer vanjaar na die GrahlUIlstad Nasion­ale Kunste Fees. Die ~tuk, Raka Die Musical sal by die ,geleentheid opgevoer word. Sy dqlartement skud ook r,eeds sy vere reg om vanjaar die , eerste Namibiaanse drama graduandi te lasat af studeer.

Die derde driejafige Kaapstad Suider-Afrikaanse kuns­uitstalling word tans by die Windhoekse Kunsgallery uitgestal en duur. tot 19 Februarie. Kunsliefbebbers is gaande oor die gehalte werk wat op die uitstalling te sien is. Die twee werke hiernaas is gedoen deur Dominic Thornburn (bo) en is getitel, Daar gat die Yellow Pages. Links is 'n werk van Bonie' Ntshalintshalien is getitel, Tamfuti. Baie van die werke is 'n toonbeeld van die huidige politieke bestel in Suid-Afrika.

SWARUK-VOORSKOU

Die Mafia in Windhoek? Nee, dis die twee hoofspelers van Swaruk se revue, Sleutelgaatjie, wat van 16 tot19 Februarie in die repetisie­lokaal van die Windhoek-teater aangebied word. Die twee kerels is niemand anders as Richard van der Westhuizen (links) en Lochner de Kock.

'N GAAT JIE IS OP PAD! DIE Suidwes-Afrikaanse Raad vir die Uitvoerende Kunste bied van aanstaande week 'n tipies Afrikaner revue in Windhoek aan. Die aanbieding word deur Swaruk as 'n Koninklike Boerevertoning aan teaterliefbebbers voorgehou. Die revue, Sleutelgaatjie, word van 16 tot 19 Februarie in die repetisie-Iokaal van die Windhoek-teater aangebied. Bekende Suid­Afrikaanse akteurs, Richard van der Westhuizen en Lochner de Kock vertolk die hoofrolle in Sleutelgaatjie. Albei is ou bekendes by Windhoek-gehore. ' Richard het sy toneelloopbaan in 1978 by Truk in Transvaal begin en het sedertdien fenomenaal opgang in die vermaaklikheidswereld gemaak. Oy ~I vir verskeie streek kunsterade in talle produksies opgetree en was ook al voltyds in diens van Swaruk. Die vernaamste toneelopvoerings waarin hy al opgetree hett is onder andere: Plaston, Hamlet, Minnaar onder die Wapen, Die Potlooddief en die Engel, Kyk hoe Hoi Hulle, Ousus eit vele ander. Op televisie het Namibiane hom ai in st1,lkkesoos, Die Meisie van Suidwes" Agter Elke Ma~ en die Mannheim-saga te siene gehad. Richard kom al 'n lang pad aan met revue, want reeds in 1979 het hy self 'n revue vir Swaruk geskryf en is dit met groot sukses plaaslik opgevoer. As musiekskrywer het hy die temalied van die televisiereeks, Ballade vir 'n Enkeling geskryf. Lochner het ookal in plaaslike produksies gespeel, maar is meer bekend vir sy hantering vir die televisie kinderprogram, Wielie­Walie wat hy vir 'n lang tyd hanteer het. Hy is ook die skrywer van 'n drama oor Vigs. Verder tree hy gereeld op Johannesburgse verhoe op en speel stemrolle op radio.

MOEDER

Liefdevol en teer was sy altyd gewees Sy't ons goed versorg, nie eers haar eie lot gevrees, as mamma, verpleegster en kok het ons haar geken die beste was sy, almal sal dit moet beken.

Nooit het ek haar ooit hoor kla Sy het haar laste stilweg gedra, Niemand het geweet van haar pyn, StiI, bai~ stil het sy net weggekwyn.

'n Glimlag was deel van haar moederskap Terwille van ons het sy ook geoffer haar slaap,

En toe eendag sterf mamma so stil, Hard was die slag, maar dit was God se wil.

Toe was die lewe so anders; Geen mamma of verpleegster wat kan geJiees. As God ooit 'n engel geskep het, was dit mamma. Gehikkig is ons wat haar Iiefde gesmaak het.

Nooit sal sy vergete wees, By Jesus is sy, maar by ons haar gees. Dankie mamma, jy was 'n wonderlike vrou, Die res van ons dae sal wees, baie seer en rou.

Deur K.A.Fisch

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PONTSAPO onda hala Qkwnu kunda one oshigwana oshithiminilcwa. Otandi mu shangele 'one aaNamibia aaholimbili. Pwa piti ihe ngashin­geyi omumvula 10, sho Styn ali atula oveta yokangendjo kuusikuko North (kOwambo) ngashingeyi otaku popiwa kutya, oveta ndjika oya fa tai ka long a owala sigo 20-02-1989. Opo esiku tali landula 21-02-1989 aantu ya tameke okweenda uusiku.

Mpaka onda hala oku londodha aamwameme, unene mboka yosko­shitopolwa shiita (Owambo) ookuume , aasimanekwa, ndjika oyo onkundana ombwanawa okupulakenwa. The tango natu tseyeni kutya oshilongo shetu sigo om:paka kashina ombili. Yo ookayamukulwa omo yeli mokati ketu. Yo oyena ehalo nondjuulukwe oku dhipaga nokushonopeka oshigwana, opo ehogololo lyaayehe Ii adhe omwaalu gwa ninga omushona.

Omukulugwonale okwa tile,: "She ku ' langela, ,oshina uunongo nokukulya". Ko aniwaohaka tegwa . naashoka hakali? Omolwashike mbela ' taka. zipo mesiku ndyoka? Otashivullka ahala tu nyanyukwe tse tu dhimbwe shoka aningile esiku olyo tuu ndyoka moBanga yaShakati 19-02-1988. Nenge pam we okwa hala na~ango aninge ' ngaashi aningile walye. Omutondi naye okwa dhiladhila muule. Oku shi shi kutya mesiku ndyoka omo wo hamu taambwa oondjambi dhaambaka haa longele epangelo lyOwambo.

Mumboka omwaalu omunene gwaamba yuuviteko (yalongwa). Ye okwatseyawokutyaesikulyekwato aantu ohaa kala yena oompumbwe odhindji. Yo yamwe ohaa nu sha pitilila etaa nyanyukwa nduno noku dhimbulukwa kutya okangendjo oka

. za po, ' etaa ende uusiku kayena uumbanda. Ye omudhipagi tamono nduno ompito yoopala. Kutya nee oku dhenga omiloli dhawo omune­nenene nomikukutu muuhauto waak­washigwana uushuushuka nuupupuka, nenge ota longitha oondjembo ngaashi ha ningi.

Ano shigwana kotokela iineya nomakoto gomuniita nangoye. Dha londoka iha dhi yi lita. Ye kee ku lombwele keshi gwoye. Otandi in­dile ku kehe ngoka ena oshipwiyu mewiliko lyoshigwana: Ngaashi aalongiskola, aasita yomagongalo, aakwahlliwa nooyene yomikunda noku kehe ngaa ngoka ena aantu pegumbo lye. Kutya onawa ando pomasiku gopetameko tu kaleni nokwiinyenga pomahala gopopeni ano mpoka twa kala hatu inyenge shito.

Tse tu taleni ngaa onkalo kutya otai yi ngiini. Oshoka otwa hala notwa yuulukwa okwnona aamwameme mboka yeli pondje yoshilongo, naam­boka yeli moodholongo otwa hala ya zamo, opo atuheni tu ka nyanyukweni pamwe mu Namibia lyamanguluka.

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APA ame kuna kurondora vantu ava vana piti wo sirongo setu esi sa Namibia, asi kupi oku sina kuza. Vakwetu tukare ni ose tuna vangara ose hena tupahukeni.

Arne kuna tamba kweni one mapa­peta gono mB uru, sihone nangwendi Vakatako (Makak\U1ya), Va Koevoet, Vaporosi none Vezuva (Etango) ntani wo Inligting. Hagekeni kulirapota rapota, morwa ogo ono ku rapota muN amibia, musiga. Oku ono hara

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roeb, te stel.

FOCUS on letters/brieweleembilive Eerstens wil ons onderstreep dat ons stoere ondersteuners van die Damara Raad is, synde ons self Damaras is. Dus wil ons di~ duidelik stel dat geen vraaE of stelling wat gemaak word, gemik is om u as leier af te takel of u integreteit aan te tas nie.

na za kupi nye? Takamesa, Hawaza mulrurapota ngo katarako ozo mBuru azo mwato omu moNamibia, ntani ngoka hasumu ka.

Diworoka hena asi edina lyoge ono lrunyatekesa mono mbapira dendi. Apa nga gusa SW APO sirongo, madina geni mogeli monombapira. Takamesa! Diworoka hena nonkango dombu­ruzoge zedina Eugene"Terblanche" asi: "Die enigste goeie kaffer is die dooie kaffer", mBuru zoge ozo zina kuntantangoso kapi nina diva asi ovengoso nove mBuru nyendi, ndi ove yisinke nye?

One nopapeta nsene kapi munaid­iva, sirongo koku manguruka sina yuka. No. 435 tazi katameka 1 April, kapisi ure. One hena kuntanta asi SW APO kudipaga,SW APO kudi­paga. Morwasi SW APO muntu, ano ogo muntu yi ge SW APO.

Tuta reni tupu moomu moKavango asi Vakatako vantu vangapi vana dipaga moomu mo nuwe jaar: Cde. Sixtus S,impande, Vakatako; CdeJohannes Kamunima, Vakatako; Cde. Paulus Likuwa, va Inligting. Nye kutunda po toka tanta asi SW APO kudipaga? One kuntanta hena asi SW APO kutUTa vantu modorongo. Raphael Nak:are Dinyando modoroogo zalye vanakara?

Kapisi za South Africa zooo mBuru? We salute you Cde. Muremi and Cde. Nakare. SWAPO will win and Na­mibia will be free Comrades.

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Omasiku sho gali 25 Januari 1988 Pwaakwenyanga opwali pwaningwa oshigongi komakakunya. Mokush­ininga ohaga gongele uunona, aakulupe noshowo aantu mba yafa kayuvitekonawa.Ohayahawalekwa neye uuleke, ondoha, uunamunate, oombiila nosho tuu. Okuza mpono .opo ihe tagatem:eke oshigongi shago ngaashi tashilandula mpa: Otaga ende taga ti aniwa aantu inaya hogolola SW APO oshoka anuwa SW APO oye omudhipagi noheende ashike tayakapo iinima yaantu. '

Oshilongo ngele oshamangululwa koSWAPO aniwa otayi kakuthapo omaliko agehe gaakwashigwana etaganingipo gepangelo. Otagati kutya aniwa kapuna nande ogumwe takakala ena eliko nenge epya lye ly­opaumwene. Natango oya kala nok­upukitha aantu kutya mepangelo

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Musho omu n'aakalimo Yomihoko dha yooloka haya ithanwa Aanamit;>ia Yo oyo ooyene yasho.

Shitunda shi n'uuyamba Shilongo shi n'omaliko ku pula Aanamibia ando oluhepo kaye lu shi Ihe oye lu etelwa.

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LAAT ons toe om in u veel gelese koerant 'n paar vrae aan die leier van die Damara Raad, mnr. Justus Ga-

Nietemin, in die lig van die ver­wikkelinge wat in ons ge1iefde land besig is om afte speel, is elke bevolk- ' ingsgroep besig om na sy leier op te kyk vir raad en leiding.

Hoe jammer ookal, veral ons wat in Windhoek is, se dat ons in die war is, veral:

* Die persberig dat sekere here, by name Barney Barnes, HanS Rohr, Peter Kalangula en u mnr. Garoeb besig is om 'n front te vorm met die oog op verteenwoordiging in die Konstitusionele Raad, wat die kon­stitusie vir 'n onafhanklike Namibie sal opstel. Is dit waar?

* Volgens berigte sou die naam van die front glo, United Democratic Front wees. Is dit waar?

* Is hierdie verwikkeIingedeurdie kong res van die Damara Raad goedgekeur en waarom is daar nie inligtingsvergaderings gehou om onder andere die Damaras in stede­like gebiede in te lig nie?

'* Ons vemeem dat u, mnr. Garoeb, as voorsitter van die Damara Uitvoer­ende Komitee bedank. Indien dit waar is, dra dit die goedkeuring van die kongres weg?

* As hierdie gerugte waar is, aan­vaar u vanselfsprekend datdie stede­like Damaras vir die front sal stem?

Ons erken u gesag en vermoe om die Damaras te lei. Ons waardeerook die moeites wat u die afgelope jare sedert die afsteIWe van opperhoof, Cornelius Goreseb, gedoen het. Meer as ooit te tevore is leiding nou van kardinale belang vir ons, maar waar staan die Damaras nou?

Ons kry die indruk dat slegs di­egene, wat in Khorixas woonagtig is, as Damaras geag word omdat net hulle oor Daman Raad bewegings ingelig word.

Ons die skrywers van hierdie ope brief is seker dat baie Damaras - nie net die in Windhoek nie -maar oral in Namibie met dieselfde vrae sit.

Dus glo ons dat u die leier sal wees en u verantwoordelikheidteenoor die Damaras opneem deur hierdie Vrae te beantwoord.

Dawid Eichab Josef Uirab Dawid Eiseb Windhoek

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8 Friday February 10 1989 THE NAMIBIAN FOCUS

+ + DIE MASJINIS + + 'N KORTVERHAAL

Deur Frederick B. Philander ek moet elke klant aan geld help wat sy eie hier verloor? Dinkjy ek bedryf die heilsleer hier? Gaan nou in vrede.

SOOS 'n outomaat bestuur hy nou sy motortjie meganies, maar doellos deur die helderverligte strate van Windhoek. Bekende bakens soos die Koedoe-standbeeld en andere is maar net vat skimme uit die verlede. Hy wil hulle nie meer erken nie, die dinge wat hom elke dag van sy misrabele lewe op vaste aarde verseker het. Hy is vasbeslote om homself uit hierdie wereld te verwyder voordat iemand anders ditvir hom doen.

Ek is 'n vredeliewende mens. Ek kan niks aan jou probleem doen nie," se die man met fmaliteit in sy stem.

Druipstert en met baie selfverwyte stap Simon moedeloos terug nadie helderkleurige masjien wat intussen weer 'n paar honderd rand skaamte­loos van ander klante gemergel het. Hy moet aan iets dink, want selfs sy jUigkoorkanhomnieeersaan 'npaar rand help nie. Hoe vemederend kan die lewe nie soms wees nie! Enkele ure gelede was hy nog bekend as die masjinis! Nou is hy ftiks. Almal het hom aangepor. Waarvoor? Om sy geld te verloor? Wat helpdit alles nou?

ret uit die pakkie. Smaaklik teug hy vir ou laas aan die sigaret. Hy bepeins en dink diep na oor al sy mislukkings in die lewe.

Wat het dit alles vir hom in die sak gebring: perdewedrenne, one-arm­banditmasjiene. crown and anchors en roulette-masjiene. Hy voel leeg, verlore en alleen. uitgedruk soos 'n pap perske. Daar bly nou niks meer oor vir hom nie. Hy het klaar besluit. ..

. Vergete is sy vrou en twee kinders wat vir hqrn eens op 'n tyd alles in die lewe beteken het. Met hierdie laaste wanhoopdaad sal hy die ganse wereld vanaand wys dat hy geen lafaard is nie. Hy sal dit doen, hy moet dit eenvoudig net doen. Hy weet sy moed sal hom nie vanaand begewe nie. Baie ander voor hom het dit al gedoen. Huilend klou hy die stierstang vas. " God vergewe my!," se hy selfverwytend. " Ek kan nie anders nie." Hy voel in hierdie stadium nie eers' meer die br.andende sigaret­stompie tussen sy vuil, geldbesmeerde vingers nie.

Sy vingers is goudgeel van die nikotien, tekens van 'n kettingroker soos min. Die vuilheid. aan sy hande is nog net die enigste bewys van sy hele salaris wat hy die middag deur dobbelary verloot het. Dit help nie om nou daaroor bekomrnerd te wees nie. Dit is tog die einde. Nooit of te nimmer hoefhy meer die gesanik en waarskuwings van sy vrou aan te hoor nie. In die hiemamaals sal tog net hy aIleen wees wat die spit moet afbyt. Soos' 'n slaapwandelaar peil hy en sy motortjie nou op die hoe wal van die dam buite die stad ...

Simon Swartz, baasdobbelaar en gunsteling ondersteuner van die beroepswedders in die stad staan Soos 'n madonna voor die gapende gleuf van die altyd vattende en grypende roulette-masjien. Hierdie is sy turf! Hy voelhomself baas enheerser oor baie. Hierdie maantuigagtige gedrogte is sedert hul verskyning in feitlik elke kafeetjie in die stad soos bloedkanker deel van hom. Die masjiene het al deel van sy bestaan en sy persoonlikheid geword.

Gister se reIletjie met sy vrou oor sy geldverkwisting, mael nog klokhelder in sy gedagtes ondenvyl hy die silwerrande kwistig een vir een by die gleuf van die masjien ingooi. Hy het moeite om nie sy . huislewe te meng met dit wat hy nou doen nie. Jy kan.nie jou persoonlike lewe met dobbel meng nie, waarsku hy homself, maar sy.brein verseg om hul gesprek te kanseleer.

" Ek het nie eers ·meer die tweede rok aan my gat nie! Ons kirid het nog net melk tot more! Jy roei ons uit. Kanjy nie sien dat jy ons ruineer ons. Watgaanmetjouaan? W~ gaandit nog eindig?," wil Magriet vir die soveelste keer van Simon weet.

" Moet nie bekommerd wees nie! Alles sal nog regkom. jy sal sien. MOre sal dit anders wees, ,. verdedig Simon Swarts homselfnutteloos. Hy weet dit is nie waar nie.

" Ek weet dit nou dat jy nie meer met my getroud is nie. maar met cdaardie vervloekte masjiene. Jou deuntjie van alles wat nog sal regkom is nou al baie holruggery. Dit gaan nou al 'n jaar lank so. Wanneer wil jy dan nou entkry? Wat te erg is is te ag. Die bankstaat het vandag opgedaag met 'n groot oortrokke rekening. Hoe gaan ons dit betaal? Jou dobbelsug sal nog jou einde beteken, hoor wat ek jou vandag se ••• weerklink sy vrou se woorde nog helder in sy ore het hy in die kind se kamer die vorige nag gaan slaap. ,

Laat die vorige aand kon hy nog die rou snikke van sy vrou vanuif die hoofslaapkamer hoor. Hy het stilletjies. maar vasbeslote opgestaan en met die dag se koerant by die tafel gaan sit.

Met 'n potlood gewapen het. hy

oudergewoonte nommerkombinasies van die roulette-masjiene koorsagtig sit en uitwerk. " As hy op die twaalf gaan staan, sal hy die beweging moet herhaal. .. hy moet dan net weer op die ses vassteek ... dan die' nege. of nee, wag. Gister het hy oorg~slaan na die nul. Ek het hom! More sal ek hom wys! Ek is sy baas! ." se hy ~ardop as hy deur die koerant blaai. Die horre­skoop. Hy moet dit lees!

" Die Skerpioen - more is die gelukkigste dag in jou lewe. Die sterre beweeg nou in 'n goeie baan om geluk te bring." lees hy hardop uit die Sterre Voorspel. Met gedagtes van 'n fortuin in dobbelgeld. gaan raak hy suf in die kinderbedjie aan die slaap ...

" Ek het hom! lou beauty! Jou engel!," skree~ Simon van lekkerte as hy die eerste R180 uit die masjien verdien. "Kan iemand gou vir my 'n geldsak bring, die geld is te veel! .... se hy aan die baie omstaanders.

Vlugvoetig kom die assistent van die Paradise dobbelklub met 'n geldsak nader gehuppel. .. Seker, mnr. Swarts .. Always at your service!," se die man beleef as hy die geld behendig voor by die masjienlaaitjie in die sak opraap en en aan die glurende eienaar van Paradise by die toonbank oorhandig. Met 'n bekaf-glimlag omskep die knol van 'n eienaar die munstukke in note en gee dit · aan sy helper. Hy

• fluister iets onhoorbaar in sy assis­tent se oor as hy die geld na Simon terugbring.

Skaar is die note aan Simon oorhan­dig of hy tref die teiken weer volskoot op die masjien. Simon is in sy nop­pie·s. Die omstaanders jui'g saam: " Mooi so!, Simon." "Wys homjy's nie verniet die masjinis nie!" " Die vark het gister 'n hele R200 uit 'n arme man soos ek se sak gemergel. •• "Wys hom waar Judas sy dertig munstukke begrawe het." skreeu 'n

• ander omstaander. Met groot leedver­maak staan mnr. Paradise nader as hy die uitroepe hoor.

Vies m.aak die eienaar sy masjien oop.laat 'n groot getal munte uitseil en Qruk geheimsinnig 'n paar knop­pies aan die binnekant kort voordat hy die voorkant van die mas jien weer toeklap. 'n Kombinasieverandering, flits dit deur Simon se prein. Hierop is hy ook voorbereid. Hy tref die boerpot nog twee keer na mekaar voordat die ongeluk sy tol begin eis. Kort tevore was Simon nog die heersec oor hierdie masjien wat soveel geluk en ongeluk op een dag kan meebring:

" Jou doring!..." Hy wen. Hy sit sy geld op die ses. .. Hy kom ... hy kom ... Net

langsaan ... op die elf!" Hy verloor. " Gee my 'n koeldrank, ~seblief! ,. Die spanning loop op. Hy plaas

R15 in die gleuf. "Nou sal ek hom wys!" " Ag. nee, net weer langsaan." Simon slaan die masjien. " Was gaan nou met die ding

aan?" wil hy verontwaardig weet. Ek het dan nou al R500 verloor," se

. hy na 'n rukkie aan homself. Simon wen weer 'n keer. " Alles myne!." se hy opgewonde.

" Bring my asseblief 'n dop, 'n stywe een! -

Die assistent kom vlugvoetig nader met 'n dop whiskey. Die assistent is ten volle bewus van die naderende einde van die masjinis. Hy en mnr. Paradise se motto was nog altyd: " Gee 'n swaap 'n tou en hy hang homself." Gee' die masjinis maar nog net kans!

. Korthiema staan en soebat Simon mnr. Paradise met lee sakke om geld. " Ag. nee, mnr. Swarts. Ek bedryf mos 'n sake-ondememing net soos andere," se mnr.Paradise.

Simon merk dat dit hom niks sal baat om verder'te pleitnie. Hy vererg homst:lf gruwelik. " Maar ekhetnou net my hele maand se salaris verloor. Toon dan tog 'n bietjie begrip!"

" Jammer.. mnr. Swarts. Ek ver­loor groot bedrae geld maandeliks. JulIe kom hier, ek nooi julIe glad nie, om my uit te roei. Ek ken julIe ou speletjjes," se hy opreg.

" Maar ek is platsak! My vrou en kinders. Waarvan gaan hulle lewe?," wil Simon weet.

" Dit is nie my worries daai nie. Jy moes mos tog vooraf geweet het. En noll. mnr. Swarts, da,ar is ander klante wat my benodig," se hy vererg.

," Maar jy kan my mos nie net sommer so in die steek laat nie. Ek is tog 'n gereelde customer hier by jou! Het jy dan geen gevoel vir andere nie?"

" Gevoel se agterstewe! Dink jy

Simon seenigste uitweg nou is om homself te help op die manier waarop ander hulself elke dag by die m~jiene help. Hy kry 'n metaalpapi­erkleinmetjie in die hande, buig dit ongesiens reguit en loq> op die masjien af. Skaamteloos probeer hy geld met die metaalkorikoksie voor by diegleuf uitkrap: Iemand mallk by mnr. Para­dise ·alarm. Dan word Simon onsere­monieel met 'n storm vloekwoorde by die dobbelklub uitgesit.

Vemederd sit hy nou in in die donker in sy motortjie. 'n Eensame en velate figuur. Hy weet nie her­waarts of derwaarts nie. Met 'n bewende hand dop hy sy laaste siga-

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Willoos steek hy di~ motorsleutel iIi die gleuf en kry die motor aan die gang. Suf lig die petrolnaald. maar bly vassteek op die leegstreep. Dan kom die voertuig in beweging.

" Ag, waar ek nOll heen gaan. sal ek nie meer petrol voor nodig he nie ••• se hy hardop aan homself.

Hy ry voort. Sy bistemming. die Gorengab-dam, verlosser van baie selfmoordenaars en onskuldige swemmers!

" Maar die dam was dan. altyd so vuil. vlieeen all Wonderofhulledit darem'sal skoonmaak na my dood vir die nuwe reenseisoen.·' dink hy met galge humor as hy voortsnel, verby die rioolsuiweringsgeboue. Kort daar anderkant, nabydie wal. stotter die motQrtjie tot stilstand - sonder brandtsof. Demmit! Kan 'n mens dan nie eers in vrede selfmoord pleeg nie!

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VERONTREGTES EN LENIN

IN 'n onlangse skrywe het ek gewag gemaak van die rol van die sogenoemde pentacostal kerke om 'n anti-christelike beleid soos apartheid goed te praat en te regverdig en terselfdertyd kommunisme aan anti-chris koppel.

//JailS l/(laAS

Teenstaanders van 'n regering word normaalweg onder die vaandel van "beveg kommunisme en anti-Chris" op die wreedste maniere in tt:onke gestop, aangehou en gemartel. As 'n mens Westerse demokrasie en kapi­talisme van nader 'beskou, is daar heelwat opvallende archiellese te bespeur. Die mees uitstaande swakplek in die stelsel is selfsugtigheid wat baseer is op die slagspreuk: elkeen vir homself en God vir almal. Hier­die stelling kom daarop neer dat die koloniale slagoffers armer raak en die rykes word verder verryk. Om sy eie gewete te probeer sus, stel die staat normaalweg welsynorganisasies daar om mense net aan die lewe te hou.

In die vorige skrywe omtrent hier­die aangeleentheid het ek ook genoem dat K~el Marx waarskynlik in sy graf sou omdraai as hy bewus ge­word het van hoe sy beleid verkrag is. Hy sou ook met 'n lied in die hart kon vemeem hoe Lenin sy so sial­istiese denke na sy smaak aangepas het Nogtans dink ek dat kommunisme nog die beste geleenthede tot de­mokrasie skep mits dit reg toegepas word. Nogtans glo ek dat kOOUlUmisme liewer net 'n teorie bly as wat dit

. huidiglik bedryf word. Suid-Afrikahet 'n bestelop swart­

mense afgedwing vir sy eie redes. Die Suid-Afrikaanse interpretasie

van kommunisme is dat dit godlas­terlik is. Niemand sal my egter kan oortuig dat kommunisme en atieisme sinoniem is nie. Dit is meer toevallig dat die Russiese Politburo atieisties is. Net soos ons verskillende tipe demokrasie kry, so ook kan 'n chris­telik gefundeerde kommunistiese stelsel toegepas word wat almal sal bevoordeel as 'n mens moet oordeel aan 'n' sogenoemde "Christelike regering" met die huidige tussen­tydse regering as tipiese voorbeeld daarvan.

Vir sommiges is die kies van 'n

ander regering elke vier of vyf jaar demokrasie. 'n Regering wie se ekonomiese beleid daarop gemik is om die volk te bevoordeel en tevrede te stel, het normaalweg minder probleme. In ons omstandighede is daar ongelukkig diesulkes wat soos aasvoels teer op belastingbetalersgeld ten koste van die gewone burger. Hierdeur word moordsonde gepleeg. Om mense geleidelik en stadig in hul ellende te laat verstik. is 'n onver­skoonbare oortreding wat die ganse bevolking tot mideel strek.

'n Omgekeerde situasie het ver­lede jaar ontstaan toe 'n aantal blankes inderhaas na Lusaka is om verseker­inge van SIIffi Nujoma oor grondbesit te verlay? Is hierdie bewys dat Swapo

onteenseglik as die oOrwinnaar uit die stryd sal tree en dat dit groot vrese by sommige blankes laat ontstaan? Die agterstand vir die swartrnan in hierdie land is te gioot om uit te wis. maar nogtans sal 'n daadwerklike.poging aangewend moo word om dit in 'n onafhanklike Namibie uit te probeer wis.

Met die onafwendbare instelling van Resolusie 435 nou feitlik 'n uitge­maakte saak, is daar nou reeds blankes wie se gewetes hulself opkuil oor die onregte wat hulle teenoor die veron- . tregtes in die land oor dekades gepleeg ' het.

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