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BRINGING AFRICA SOUTH No14 Friday November 291985 50c (incI.GST) Kauluma awarded honorary Doctorate BISHOP JAMES KAULUMA of the Anglican Diocese of on Honorary Degrees that you be awarded the degree of Doctor of Namibia has been conferred with an honorary Doctorate in Divinity. This award is made in recognition of your service to the Divinity from his 'alma mater', the University of Toronto in Church in Namibia, and in greater recognition of the witness of the Canada. Christian Church on the continent of Africa' . The Diocesan Standing Committee received with acclaim the news In a letter addressed to Bishop Kauluma, the Provost of Trinity of the honour to be bestowed upon Bishop Kauluma. College said: 'I am pleased to advise you that at the annual meeting Asked to comment"on the award, Bishop Kauluma said 'It is a recog­ of the Corporation of Trinity College held on November 14, unani­ nition of our work. Because we work as a team, I will go and accept mous approval was given to the recommendation of the Committee it on our behalf, if time permits' . Kalangula under pressure

BY GWEN LISTER

PRESSURE IS MOUNTING against Mr Peter Kalan­ gula, Chairman of the Ovambo Administration, and the Secretary of tbat Administration; Mr Frans Viljoen, confirmed that 'be bad heard stories' about a possible argent court application against Mr Kalanguia, by DT A members of the Ovambo Legislative Assembly but ad~ -ded tbat 'we are ready for them'. Mr Viljoen however, discounted rumours that Mr Kalangula was to hold discussions with a view to joining the interim govern­ ment. 'There is no talk of it at this stage', he said.

Rumours were rife in both Wind­ Kalangula was under heavy pressure hoek and the north this week that Mr from the DTA members within his . Legislative Assembly. According to Mr Kalangula's Secretary, Mr Oswald Shivute, DTA members of the Legislative Assem­ bly had recently requested copies of the relevant legislation as well as the current budget, and it is speculated that this is to form partof a court ap­ plication against Mr Kalangula, in which it will be alleged that Mr Kalangula did not have a quorum for passing his budget. -It was believed that the pressure mounting against Mr Kalangula may G

we help you SATURDAY 08h0043hOO to do your 16h0048h30 xmas shopping SUNDAY - 10hOO-12h30 at leisure 16hOO-18h30 with our shopping hours THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING 4 Draws of 40 valuable over weekends. Christmas surprises HAPPENING AT Woermann Brock & CO ~~ TEL. 26232 Windhoek PO BOX 86 · 2 THE NAMIBIAN>FRIDAYiNdverilbet'29 1985 WORLD FLASHES LISBON: U nita rebels fighting the Angolan Government, said they had shot Meroro case continues down a military transport plane, killing 10 Soviet and 11 Angolan officers on board. Nineteen Cubans and 121 Government soldiers were also killed in a recent series BY CHRISTOPH SHIPANGA of raids, Unita (National Union for the Total Independence of An~p la), said THE TRIAL OF two young men They then hiked to Okahandja KavandaratoldMr Justice Johan in a statement in Lisbon. charged with the murder of Swapo from where they decided to' go to Strydom, sitting with two assessors, National Chairman David Meroro's Arandis. On February 20 they got a that he had committed the crime as MOSCOW: Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, called on President Ronald son and a companion after police lift from Mr Meroro and Mr he feared fo r his own life. He said the Reagan to join Moscow in halting nuclear testing as a gesture that would found two badly decomposed bod­ Tjivukua who were on their way to late Meroro had confronted him strengthen trust between the superpowers. ies in the veid near Karibi b, started in Karibib to buy gravestones for a fa­ about where they were going and told the Supreme Court this week . mily grave. him that since they were not going as CAPE CANAVERAL, FWRIDA: The crew of the space shuttle Atlantis, While in the vicinity of Karibib, far as Arandis without getting back launched the first of three satellites into orbit only hours after soaring into The two youths, Alfons Kavan­ the accused called on Mr Meroro to any of the R20 they allegedly paid the night sky in a spectacular splash of fireworks. dara, 22, and Albert Kuihiza, 21, stop, saying they needed to urinate. him. pleaded not guilty to charges of theft, As the two men made use of the op­ Kavandara further said he was LONDON: Britain has expressed disappointment at an Argentine-backed double murder and robbery with ag­ portunity to stretch their legs, Kavan­ threatened with a revolver by Mr resolution adopted by the United Nations, calling for talks between the two gravating circumstances. dara took out the pistol and shot Meroro who allegedly accused them countries to end their dispute over the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands. ,One of the victims was a both men, according to evidence. both of being 'terrorists'. At this well known Katutura businessman, They then took the 'bakkie', two point there was an audible murmur ATHENS: Some 120 Greek airport workers have collapsed at work, as a Mr Ernst Meroro, 44, son of exiled watches, a pistol and some money. from the public gallery. hunger strike to back demands for more pay and benefits, entered its fourth Swapo National Chairman, David They then dragged the corpses a The trial attracted a large crowd day, aviation sources said. Meroro. The second victim was a re­ distance from the road and hid them with people queueing for a plaCe in tired teacher, and minister of St behind some bushes where police the courtroom which was filled to PHILIPPINES: Corazon Aquino, widow of murdered opposition leader, John's church, Mr Festus Tjivikua, found them about a week later. capacity. Benigno Aquino, signalled she might be ready to stand against President Fer­ 60. According to medical evidence, The case continues, and Mr Joban dinand Marcos in elections expected in February. Accordirig to evidence in court, the Mr Meroro was shotin the top of his Swanepoel appears for Kavandara, two accused in February this year head and twice in the chest. Mr while Mr Robert Johnstone appears VATICAN CITY: The Roman Catholic leaders ofIreland and England, urged stole a 9mm Baretta pistol belonging Tjivikua had two bullet wounds in pro deo for Kuihiza. The State is the Church to demonstrate its support for the world's poor and oppressed. to a member of the SWA Police, his chest and another in the back of represented by the Attorney Gener­ Festus Katjiteo. his neck. al, Mr Tielman Louw. LONDON: Parliament approved by an overwhelming majority an agreement with the Irish RepubliC, aimed at ending 16 years of sectarian violence in British­ ruled Northern Ireland.

BEIRUT: Syria is to send more military observers to Beirut to help restore order 'after fierce battles between Druze and Shi'ite Moslem militias, political sources said.

WASHINGTON: Several hundred protesters bearing signs declaring 'apar­ theid, No. Shove it', marched to the South African Embassy in Washington to stage a rally on the first anniversary of the US-based Free South Africa Movement. Thirteen people who walked past police barriers erected around the Embassy were arrested after speeches by civil rights leaders, the Rev Jesse jackson, Mrs Coretta Scott King, protest organiser Mr Randall Robinson and others. 'We are here today to send a message to Nelson and Winnie Mandela, to Des­ mond Thtu and Allan Boesak and all the men and women and children in South Africa, who struggle to find freedom in that benighted land; said Mr Robin­ .on, who formed the Anti-Apartheid Movement. 'We stand with them today and we will stand with them tomorrow, Mr Robin­ .on said, adding that the protests would be widened in the weeks ahead to in­ clude demonstrations outside the offices of major US companies with South African ties.

NEW DELHI: Sikh extremists shot and wounded the head priest of the religion's holiest shrine, the 'Golden Temple, while he knelt before 20 000 worshippers. Koevoet man sentenced to 17 years BY CHRISTOPH SHIPANGA tively and Shilunga, Shapanga and lungs and damage to his liver. KUWAIT: Kuwait would oppose any deal to free 17 Arab guerrillas jailed here Shuumbi were in the same tent. Mr Justice Mouton dismissed for bombings, in return for American hostages in Lebanon, officials said. A MEMBER OF THE special Police After a week, two other members, earlier evidence by Shilunga that he Anglican Church envoy, Mr Terry Waite, had said in New York, that his next unit, formerly known as Koevoet, Andreas Hofen and Engelbert In­ had acted in self-defence as the two step in trying to free the hostages would be talks with Kuwaiti officials. was sentenced in the Windhoek dongo, both belonging to the same allegedly wanted to shoot him. Supreme Court to 17 years imprison­ unit, but in the other tent, found the The State was represented by Mr WELLINGTON: New Zealand scientists said France had exploded a large ment for the murder of his two accused alone in his tent. He was Gerrit Burger while Mr Sgrys Gro­ nuclear device, estimated at 50 kilotons, at its Mururoa Atoll test site in the colleagues. leaning back and crying bitterly. bier appeared for the accused. South Pacific. The case dates back to an inciden t He told them Shapanga and on June 9 1984, when the accused, Shuumbi had humiliated him and Fillip Shilunga, 22, shot Mr Abra­ even gossiped about him. When the Rumours African Cycles ham Shapanga and Mr Leonard two later left Shilunga's tent, they Shuumbi, bot h Koevoet members. heard a volley of shots outside. unfounded They rushed out to investigate and Approaching the future According to evidence before Mr Justice Chris Mouton, a group of saw Shilunga with his G3 rifle in his with prices of the past seven Koevoet members were trans­ hand, and Shapanga and Shuumbi Headmaster ferred from Oshakati to a base called lying wounded on the ground. BY RAJAH MUNAMAVA quality to match Arendsnes near Rundu. Shapanga was fatally hit in the in On arrival, they were divided into head and Shuumbi di~d on his way two groups of five and two respec- to hsopital as a result of ruptured THE HEADMASTER of the J Furniture A Nel High School in Keetman­ shoop, Mr Norman Hammet, has denied reports that plans were underway to introduce Nama as an official and compul­ sory teaching language at the Radios school. Described the rumours as 'un­ founded', he said it would be im­ Address: possible to put into effect as 8fi Tal 'there are no Nama syUabi, no Street texts and no teachers'. WINDHOEK He said the matter would have P .O. box 1922 been brought to his attention if it Tel. 28130 was true. The JANel school has 825 pupils in Standards 6 to 10. Keet­ manshoop has been rife with OTHER PRICES APPLICABLE TO THE NAMIBIAN rumours that the Nama language Windhoek 45c+5c tax = 50c would be introduced as the medi­ O~anjemund 64c+ 6c = 70c um of instruction. The school Walvis Bay 44c+6c = 50c 'ha:s,about 42 teachers, one source Keetmanshoop 50c+5c = 55c in Keetmanshoop said, of which Johannesburg 62c+8c = 70c only about five could speak the Nama language. THE NAMIBIAN FRIDAY November 29 1985 3 Deputy Minister publicly exhibits banned documents

STAFF REPORTER

session of most of the documents in DEPUTY JUSTICE Minister of the the folder held by Mr Kaura and interim government, Mr Katuutire which includes a poster of Mr Sam Kaura, publicly exhibited banned Nujoma, Swapo President, issued by documents at a press conference last the United Nations in 1983. week. Even the poster which Mr Kaura Although we do not agree with the is seen holding is deemed 'undesira­ banning of the documents, most of ble' by the Publications Control which are United Nations publica­ Board. tions, handed out in a brochure for Either the interim government the 1983 Paris conference on should see to it that such documents Nami bia, the fact that Mr Kaura ex­ are 'unbanned' or they themselves hibits the documents, is another in­ should take into account what is dication of the double standards in 'banned' in Namibia, a difficult existence in this country. enough task for anyone, but a deputy Gwen Lister appeared on charges Justice Minister is in a better position under the Publications Control Act, than most to be able to judge. . the Customs and Excise Act, for pos- Mayor's 'puke-green Mere'

BY RAJAH MUNAMAVA Meanwhile, the town is sizzling about the Mayor's 'new puke-green Deputy Justice Minister, Mr Katuutire Kaura, holding up the 'banned ' poster. Merc with a towbar'. 'BUSINESS IS business', said Asked about the towbar, Mr Plig­ ta said that sometimes Municipal purchase an official car at such a the Keetmanshoop Mayor, Mr equipment had to be brought to price for the Mayor. Unable to pay all Hampie Pligta, while confirming Windhoek, and in this manner a Mr Pligta also confirmed the car that his Municipality had bought trailer could be attached. was bought on tender in Upington. a new official Mercedes Benz for Townsfolk of Keetmanshoop are Nama pensions the Mayor in Upington at a cost up in arms about the new purchase. ofR30000. While there are many hungry people STOP PRESS THE CHAIRMAN of the Ex­ 'new' pensioners would be unable to get their money. Mr Pligta said it was the fi rst time in the area, they feel it is excessive to ecutive Committee of the Nama He confirmed that the pensioners that the Mayor would have an offi ­ Admistration, Mr Daniel Lui­ The shelf price of brown bread got R55 a month. cial car. He was also asked why the pert, has confirmed that his ad­ (standard 850g 10aO, is to be in­ Also approached for comment, car had been bought in South A fri­ STOP PRESS ministration is unable to pay all creased to 55 cents as from Mon­ the Deputy Minister of Social Wel­ ca and not Namibia, and his reply day, December 2. old-age pensioners due to what fare , and Pensions, Dr Siegfried was 'business is business'. Brown bread is subject to price he called a 'critical' shortage of Tjijoro.kisa, said he ~ knew nothing' In the past, he said, the Mayor and The Sasol2 and 3 installations at control because - of State funds. about the matter. Secunda were attacked by rocket subsidies. Town Clerk used their private cars for Mr Luipert confirmed that his ad­ official business and this was 'not fire early on Thursday and three In a statement announcing the in­ ministration would be approaching convenient'. suspected insurgents were killed crease, the Department of the government for more tunas, but A former Mayor of Keetman­ during an ensuing violent shoot­ Economic Affairs stated that added that there was no intention to shoop, Mr Gordon, was requested . , out with Police. bakers were unable to absorb the 'cancel' the pensions due to a lack of that his registration number, SK 1, be According to SAP Commissioner recent increase in the price of funds. handed over to the present Mayor, General Johan Coetzee, the in­ wheat and wheat meal and the and he agreed, provided the Munic­ stallation was not damaged, State was also not in a position to ipality donated RIOO to a local feed­ although between four to six ex­ finance the additional costs by Hiemstra ing scheme. He confirmed thatRlOO plosions occurred following an means of a higher subsidy. For would be paid to a soup kitchen for attack by , a number of 122mm this reason the hike was being destitutes in Keetmanshoop. rockets: passed on to consumers. appointed

Continued from page 1 ON THE REQUEST ofthe Cabinet politicians. has been put on Mr Kalangula. Mr Daniel Lui pert of the interim government Adminis­ sources in the National Assembly For some time the in terim govern­ Mr Viljoen also denied that Mr trator General has approved the ap­ said that while they were 'quite hap­ ment, and the DTA in particular, has Kalangula had been to Pretoria in the pointmentofMr Justice V G Hiem­ py' to accept Mr Kalangula in their been conscious of the fact that there course of the week, saying he was 'at When approached this week Mr stra as Chairman of the 'Constitu­ ranks, he would not join while DTA is no 'representation of the Ovambo­ home'. Luipert said that the Nama Adminis­ tional Council' with effect from De­ Chairman, Mr Dirk Mudge, was speaking group' in the interim However, it was impossible to trace tration received five percent of pen­ cember 1. present. There has lo ng been a per­ government, and it is for this reason, Mr Kalangula for comment at the sion monies from the central govern­ Mr Justice Hiemstra has been ap­ sonal feud between the two some sources say, that 'the squeeze' time of going to press. ment, but that this was 'not enough' pointed at an annual salary of R76 to cover all pensions. For this reason, 000.

Crocker threatens Angola BABSY'S LA CHIC OWN CORRESPONDENT by the United States. deal wiU be struck between Crocker 4432 BORGWARD STREET The Zambian News Agency, POLITICAL observers in Lusaka and the Angolans in the latest round ZANA, quoted a State Department are not optimistic about the outcome of talks. PHONE 27024 spokesman in Washington as saying of negotiations between US and the decision whether to support the Crocker says he has no plans to Angolan Government officials visit South Africa after his meetings Summer SPecials currently underway in Lusaka. Angolan rebel group led by Jonas Savimbi 'would depend on the in Lusaka. But a South African Mondays - Thursdays US Assistant Secretary of State for current talks between Dr Crocker Embassy spokesman, has confirmed African Affairs, Dr Chester Crocker, and the Angolan delegation.- that South Africa's Deputy Foreign • Afro Perms ...... R25-00 arrived in the Zambian capital on Minister, Mr Ron Miller, is due in Wednesday for talks with an Diplomatic sources say the US Washington next week for talks with • Oils, Tints, Relaxers, Straighteners & Blow or Angolan delegation led by Interior may use the threat of increased aid to the US envoy. Set ...... Minister, Mr Alexandro 'Kito' Savimbi to attempt to persuade the Rodrigues. Angolans to accommodate Unita Despite early reports that the Short Hair .. R15-00 Long hair .. R20-00 Officials have said discussions will within some sort of political Lusaka meeting involved the centre on US conditions for the framework. question of Namibia, indications are MO.nthy SPecials ... independence of Namibia (ie the The 'carrot' in the bargain is that Namibia's independence is low withdrawal of Cuban troops from diplomatic recognition (and on the agenda, except in the context Paid in advance Angola), the deteriorating political probably increased aid) to Luanda, of a Cuban withdrawal from Angola. • 3 Wash & Blows - 1 Oil & Blow situation in South Africa and the provided of course that the other Dr Crocker is not scheduled to Short ...... R38-50 Long ...... R43-50 establishment of diplomatic factor in the equation is addressed - meet with any Swapo officials during • 3 Wash, Set, Blows - 1 Oil, Wash, Set & Blow relations between Washington and namely the withdrawal of Cuban his brief visit to Lusaka. Luanda. troops. Short ...... R46-50 Long ...... R51-50 The talks are also being held With so many issues at stake - The talks, being held behind • 4 Wash & Blows against a backdrop of political including the question of Namibian tightly-closed doors in Lusaka's Short ...... R28-00 Long ...... R35-00 instabili ty in Southern Angola, independence, linked by South Mulungushi Hall, were expected to following South Africa's invasion of Africa and the Americans to the end yesterday (Thursday), but at the OPen Sundays: ShOO - HhOO the area last month, as well as the situation in Angola - many time of going to press no statement PHOEBE HAS JOINED O UR STAFF! issue of possible direct aid to Unita observers say it is unlikely that any ha~ yet bt;e.n ,r~lea s ed . 4 THE NAMIBIAN F.RIDAY Nove~r 291985 CDM not consulted on labour law STAFF REPORTER (NUM), had decided to sociation and the right of its em­ lic of South Africa and have in­ ployees to organise themselves dicated our willingness to con­ take legal advice following into trade unions of their choice tinue such negotiations. CDM (PTY) LTD said this the introduction of the Bill within the framework of the laws week that they had not been which prohibits outside of Namibia. 'Prior to the introduction in consulted by the interim trade unions from organis­ 'It is our policy to negotiate the National Assembly of the government on the Wage ing in Namibia, with bona fide trade unions Wage and Industrial Concilia­ and Industrial Conciliation which may be recognised by the tion Amendment Bill, we also company as being representative had discussions with the NUM in Responding to the request for Amendment Bill. They of our employees. regard to employees of ours comment this week, Mr Clive were approached last week 'We have conducted negotia­ based in Namibia. for comment on the ·new Cowley, Public Relations tions with the National Union of Manager for COM, issued the Mineworkers with regard to their 'COM was not consulted by Bill as well as the fact that following statement: the South African Nation­ representing a group of our em­ government in connection with 'COM remains committed to ployees employed in the Rel2ub- the contents of the Bill'. al Union of Mineworkers the principle of freedom of as- Mr Clive Cowley Attempt to redress situation concerning workers' rights

" STAFF REPORTER The WAC felt workers were disad­ their own union or whether they vantaged because they were inade­ would like to form a branch of a THE CHAIRPERSON of the quately protected by law, for exam­ South African union. By attempting ' newly-formed Workers' Action ple with no mandatbry minimum to exclude assistance from non­ Committee, Mr Vezera (Bob) wage, no effective system of employ­ residents, and preclude Namibians Kandetu, announced this week ment benefits, inadequate from their previously held right to that the new group would help safeguards for workers' health and form a branch of a South African un­ safety, and so on. ion, the Cabinet is clearly acting workers in Namibia to organise There was an urgent need that against the interests of workers and themselves to protect and defend workers be organised into effective industrial peace in Namibia'. their rights. unions 'to assert what rights they The Cabinet, the statement added, A statement by the Workers' Ac­ have and take part in collective was also violating the right to tion Committee (WAC) said that it bargaining'. freedom of association as laid down had been formed by a group of 'As Namibian workers are not in the Bill of Fundamental Rights. Namibians 'with the principle aim of generally organised, they can benefit The statement concluded by educating, enabling and facilitating greatly from the expertise and ex­ referring to the 'draconian' Labour conditions for workers in Namibia to perience of persons living outside Bill which makes severe inroads into organise themselves to protect and Namibia in assisting them with this basic worker rights and hampers the MR VEZERA (Bob) Kandetu, centre, Chairperson of the new Workers defend their rights'. The WAC added important task. WAC further feels organisation of workers, and should Action Committee, pictured in the south of Namibia recently. that it 'strongly condemned' the Bill that Namibians should beentitled to be rejected with contempt by recently passed by the National As­ choose whether they want to form Namibian workers. sembly which seeks to prevent out­ side assistance to Namibian workers and outside trade unions from registering in Namibia. Reach the 'The Committee deplores this bla­ tant attempt by the socalled transi­ generation­ tional government at hampering workers in organising themse\.vl!s'. makers The Committee added it felt 'the urgent need for Namibian workers to Advertise in be organised', and said it aimed to en­ courage and assist workers to join ef­ The Namibian fective labour movements or to form unions. ' .

TOYS for every child from our Toys-Department, THE WINDHOEK MUNICIPALITY is hard at work again, lighting up Windhoek forthe festive season. The Verwoerd Park and Hepworths Arcade have been decorated and the lights will be switched on this Sunday - depending on the weather. The Municipality has requested the public notto tamper with the lights or remove them. Vandalism open during lunch constitutes a great financial loss to the Municipality. hour from 25th November Ii ,Ft' ttt1 MOTORCAR AUCTION Tuesday, 3rd December 18hOO at Auction House parking lot next to Lucas in ~KNOPF 1M OHR Parsons Road

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Don' miss this auctlonl Viewing on day of auction Financing will be avallabe on late models. For further Information phone Windhoek mETJE & ZIEIiLER LTD. 061-26240 or after hours 27318 KAISER STREET, WINDHOEK _., ( ... 1 (t, 2 ~lS[}U §Jaum§J THE NAMIBIAN FRIDAY No.vember 29 1985 5 First landmine blasts on WINNIE. SA northern border SOUTH AFRICA has threa· vere injuries to' his legs and was taken o.n Tuesday, security fo.rces had tened to cross the border into to' ho.spital in Pietersburg in a serio.us learned fro.m lo.cal inhabitants that MANDELA Zimbabwe in pursuit of suspect. co.nditio.n. The driver, Mr Elijah three unkno.wn blacks - presumed to' be ANC guerrillas - had cro.ssed the ed ANC guerrillas thought to be Makgamatha, was treated fo.r sho.ck, bruises and cuts and discharged from Limpo.po. river from Zimbabwe the responsible for five landmine ex­ ho.spital. previo.us night. plosions in the northern Trans­ A seco.nd mine was deto.nated o.n All three were said to' have been o.b­ vaal in the past two days. the same farm by a light truck driven served in the area where the land­ The warning was contained in by Mr Gerrie de Villiers, the 23 year­ mines explo.ded befo.re returning to' a statement by Foreign Minister o.ld so.n o.f a neighbo.uring sugar Zimbabwe the next mo.rning. How Pik Botha in which he said South farmer. He escaped with mino.r The area in which the explo.sio.ns African security forces would injuries. o.ccurred is a declared military zo.ne and is bo.unded by wire and sisal run­ long have no alternative but to cross Security Fo.rce Units and mine­ ning alo.ng the Limpo.po. river. the Zimbabwe border in pursuit detecto.r squads were immediately dispatched to' the area, abo.ut 60km Acco.rding to' the o.fficer co.m­ of suspects if Harare did not act must west o.f Messina, and ano.ther twO. manding the So.utpansberg military to prevent further landmine ex­ land mines fo.und in the area were area, Lt-Co.l J o.han Bo.tha, the mines she wait? plosions on South African soil. defused. used were Czecho.slo.vakian­ Seven peo.ple - including fo.ur On We'dnesday, a Defence Fo.rce manufactured PT/MIIBA 3 land­ members o.fthe SADF -were injured troo.p carrier deto.nated ano.ther mines equipped with anti-lifting in the blasts, which damaged two. mine lOkm fro.m where the twO. had devices. The mines were first used in civilian vehicles o.n Thesday and two. explo.ded t,he previo.us day. Fo.ur the Rho.desian war, he said. military vehicles which were sweep­ SADF members - twO. o.fthem black Reacting to' repo.rts that two' land­ ing the ro.ads a day later. - were injured in the incident. mines had been deto.nated by SAP .' The incidents are believed to. be the The fo.urth landmine was deto.nat­ and SADF vehicles o.n Wednesday, first landmine explo.sio.ns o.n So.uth ed by a So.uth African Po.lice vehicle Mr Pik Bo.tha said the Zimbabwe Africa's no.rthern bo.rder in the later the same day, An SADF state­ go.vernment had been info.rmed that ANC's year-Did insurgency war 25 ment said no.-o.ne was injured in the the tracks o.f tho.se suspected o.f lay­ against the Preto.ria go.vernment. blast and the vehicle was slightly ing the mines led o.ver the Limpo.po damaged. river into. Zimbabwe. On Tuesday, SADF headquarters 'The Zimbabwean go.vernment anno.unced that a truck driver and his Early o.n Thursday morning, the has been info.rmed that steps must passenger had been injured when SADF anno.unced that a fifth explo.­ urgently be taken to' ensure no. further their vehicle deto.nated a landmine sio.n had taken place, also. in the incidents o.f this nature take place, o.n the farm Wiepe in the So.utpans­ Wiepe area, severely injuring a trac­ o.therwise the So.uth African securi­ berg area. to.r driver. ty fo.rces will have no. o.ther cho.ice but The p'assenger, later identified as Acco.rding to' the statement to' fo.llo.w the tracks themselves', he Mr Edward Makuba, sustained se- released by Defence Headquarters said.

...... ----- by SUE CULLINAN Hospital workers reinstated RUMOURS THAT jailed ANC cies had place film crews half way leader Nelson Mandela was across the co.ntinent - had failed to. about to be freed reached an un­ materialise. What happened? precedented high last week when Was there any truth to' the his legal representatives flew to rumo.urs, and any substance to' the Cape Town to consult with him at apparent nego.tiatio.ns? the hospital where he was It seems likely that so.me so.rt o.f recovering from surgery. o.ffer was made to' Mandela co.ncern­ Sco.res o.f media representatives' , ing his po.ssible release. co.nverged o.n the city amid gro.wing Why else was he kept in ho.spital so. speculatio.n that nego.tiatio.ns were Io.ng after he had reco.vered from his underway to. release the African Na­ o.peratio.n, and what else explains the tio.nalist leader fro.m the Vo.lksho.spi­ secretive co.nsultatio.ns with his fami­ tal where he recently underwent sur­ ly and lawyers? Why did the ANC gery to' remo.ve a pro.strate gland. suddenly issue a statemerit insisting The rumo.urs appear to' have start­ that any co.nditio.ns attached to' ed fo.llo.wing .repo.rts that Mandela Mandela's release wo.uld be had fully reco.vered fro.m the o.pera­ unacceptable? tio.n and that there was no. medical It alSo. seems clear that a co.ndi­ reaso.n to' keep him in ho.spital. tio.nal o.ffer, if it was indeed made, Speculatio.n abo.ut his po.ssible was rejected by Mandela, and that i release was fuelled when Mandela's any simi liar o.ffers wo.uld receive the Baragwanath hospital cleaners on strike at a meeting in Johannesburg. Picture by Gill de Vlieg, Afrapix. lawyer, Mr Ismael Ayo.b, arrived in same respo.nse. Cape To.wn fo.r a co.nsultatio.n with But it seems equally clear that the THE 1800 student nurses and Abo.ut 900 student nurses and 800 tense after a decisio.n by ho.spital his client, while the ANC in Lusaka So.uth African go.vernment is keen to' workers dismissed from Barag­ daily-paid wo.rkers were reinstated autho.rities to. retain SADF perso.n­ issued a statement denouncing any reduce the unfavo.urable publicity wanath hospital two weeks ago witho.utlo.sso.fbenefits, fo.llo.winga nel who. were bro.ught in to. maintain o.ffer o.f co.nditio.nal freedo.m. surro.unding theco.ntinued detentio.n have been reinstated by the hospi­ successful co.urt applicatio.n by the essential services during the strike. The theo.ry do.ing the ro.unds was o.f the no.w wo.rld-famo.us priso.ner. Acco.rding to. a ho.spital spo.kes­ tal authorities following a ruling General and Allied Wo.rkers U nio.n. that the o.riginal co.nditio.n laid do.wn Certainly, it wo.uld no.t be to. So.uth man, about 90 percent o.fthe reinstat­ fo.r Mandela's release - that he Africa's pro.paganda advantage fo.r in the Rand Supreme Court that Ho.wever, the situatio.n at the giant ed daily-paid wo.rkers and abo.ut 60 So.weto. ho.spital is repo.rted to. be still reno.unce vio.lence - had been the veteran leader to. die behind bars their dismissal was 'unlawful'. to. 70 percent o.fthe student nurses are dro.pped, and that he was no.w being - a martyr to. apartheid. back at wo.rk. offered a release into. exile -probably Ano.ther facto.r increasing the The dismissal o.f the ho.spital em­ in Lusaka. dilemma fo.r So.uth Africa, acco.rd­ plo.yees fo.llo.wed a wildcat strike two. One o.f the sto.ries being circulat­ ing to' info.rmed so.urces, is that sever­ Mamelodi boycott call weeks ago., when nurses and wo.rkers ed was that representatives fro.m al US banks have made Mandela's claimed their grievances were no.t be­ South Africa's Department o.f Fo.r­ release a co.nditio.n o.f rescheduling RESIDENTS OF black town­ helico.pter, and co.mpared, the inci­ ing properly addressed by the ho.spi­ So.uth Africa's fo.reign debt. eiln Affairs had been in Lusaka fo.r ships around Pretoria have called dent to' the Uitenhage sho.o.tings in tal autho.rities. a few weeks, nego.tiating with Zam­ These co.nsideratio.ns may explain for a Christmas Consumer boy­ March this year in which 19 peo.ple In the Rand Supreme Co.urt o.n bian President Dr Kenneth Kaurtda why the co.nditio.ns fo.r Mandela's cott of white shops over the kill­ were killed by po.lice who. were said Mo.nday, Justice R Go.ldstein fQund to' have Mandela released there. release appear to. be diminishing with to. have been inadequately equipped that the mo.re than 900 student nurses ing of some 13 people in clashes One news team even sent a camera each o.ffer, despiteo.fficial denials o.f to' deal with the situatio.n, had been given 'invalid and ineffec­ crew to. Umtata, in case Mandela a change in go.vernment po.licy. with security forces last Progressive Federal Party MP tive' dismissal no.tices. sho.uld renege o.n his earlier refusal Ho.wever, the o.ppo.rtunity fo.r his Thursday. Peter So.al has called for an immedi­ He said that the ho.spital's Chief to. be released into. the 'custo.dy' o.f release o.n co.mpassio.nate gro.unds At a news co.nference in Pretoria, ate judicial inquiry into. the Mamelo.­ Superintendant, Dr C van den Transkei President Kaiser has been Io.st no.w that he has left churchmen and members o.f the di sho.o.tings, and the Preto.ria Co.un­ Heever, had 'no.t properly exercised Mantanzima. ho.spital, and the go.vernment may United Demo.cratic Front described cil o.f Churches anno.unced o.n Wed­ his discretio.n' in dismissing the Suppo.rters o.f the 'release' theo.ry find itself having to' back do.wn and ho.w residents o.f Mamelo.di fled in nesday that it is to. set up a Co.mmis­ ho.spital emplo.yees. argued that the So.uth African release Mandela o.n his o.wn terms. panic when security fo.rces bro.ke up sio.n o.f Inquiry into. the incident. The grievances expressed by the go.vernment wanted Mandela freed Perhaps that is why Winnie °a pro.test march o.n No.vember 21. No.w the UDF has called a co.n­ students and wo.rkers were that they no.w at almo.st any Co.sts, and that the Mandela was smiling o.n her depar­ Po.lice expelled repo.rters fro.m the sumer bo.yco.tt o.f white sho.ps in were o.verwo.rked, underpaid, vic­ way to. save face do.mestically wo.uld ture fro.m Cape To.wn -with the press to.wnship o.n that day and gave scant Preto.ria fo.r a mo.nth from December timised fo.r expressing grievances. be to' have him released o.n 'co.mpas­ eagerly interpreting her radiance to. info.rmatio.n abo.ut the incident, 1. and prevented from fo.rming. _in­ sio.nate' grounds. mean her husband's imminent eventually admitting that 13 peo.ple The o.rganisatio.n has also. urged dependent representative bo.dies. On Saturday, Mandela was tran­ release. had died after po.lice were 'confro.nt­ peo.ple to. attend a mass burial o.fthe The General and Allied Wo.rkers ferred fro.m the Vo.lksho.pital back to' Given the recent speed o.f events in ed by a particularly vio.lent mo.b'. victims o.f the sho.o.tings next Thesday Unio.n is currently trying to. nego.ti­ his cell at Po.llsmo.o.r priso.n, and the So.uth Africa, even this interpreta­ Residents, ho.wever, claimed that - a funeral which residents fear the ate improved co.nditio.ns fo.r the rein­ 'story' - fo.r which so.me news agen- tio.n may no.t be far o.ff the mark. po.lice fired at the crowd fro.m a autho.rities intend to. ban. stated wo.rkers. Inflation rate stable, sa.ys Dr· Jones BY SUE CULLINAN with that of Dr Jones, with his light of the much larger tax receipts ing period in 1984. projection that 1985 would show a that may be expected from our export Wholesale goods had shown a 17,8 THE NAMIBIAN economy ex­ 'slightly positive' real growth rate of industries'; percent improvement on last year, he about a half a percent or 'maybe even D the vigorous implementation of perienc( i a positive growth rate said. a little better'. deregulation which would stimulate of between zero and one percent In the agr.icultural sector, condi­ TheGDP in 1983 was -4,3 percent the growth of the informal sector; this year, according to the Secre­ tions were 'stable', he added. and in 1984 -1 percent. D more training on-the-job which taryofFinance, Dr JohanJones. I t was the mining sector which had Mr Pupkewitz said he expected would lead to greater economic Although the increase was small, benefitted most in the period under Namibia's GDP to grow by at lea ~ t productivity; review, with the physical volume D privatisation at all three levels of Dr Jones said this was the best GOP produced improving by eight figure for three years. However it had government which could save on percent. to be borne in mind that the positive resources by up to 20 percent, pass­ On the negative side, Dr Jones said ing the benefits ofreduced expendi­ trend was based on the decreased that imports would become more ex­ value of the Rand and not on a struc­ ture to the consumer; pensive, as would the foreign debt tural improvement in the economy, D more money being kept in circu­ service costs. This could, however, be he said. lation in the Namibian economy in­ Dr Jones said that export sectors balanced by the increased revenue for stead of going to South Africa, ie had benefitted from the lower Rand exports. more vigorous implementation of value, and that other positive signs Dr Jones said the most serious preference scales to benefit local were that public sector spending was consideration was that a large part of industry; week as saying that Namibia's infla­ the improvements were not based on Mr Pupkewitz also said that what 'well under control'. tion rate could be as high as 15,8 the structure ofthe economy as such, made him more optimistic was 'the Contrary to expectations, the rate percent. of inflation was 'stable', he said, ad­ but were due to the low exchange rate expectation I - and surely many Other encouraging signs were that of the Rand. others - have of our Transitional ding that this was linked to the fact the trade turnover had improved in that consumer spending was 'not In addition to this, the potential­ Government of National Unity, the first six months of 1985 with re­ ly lucrative fishing industry was 'in which should get into its stride, at very robust'. tail sales -.excluding cars - 12.2 per­ Dr Jones was quoted earlierin the the doldrums'. least economically speaking, nen cent higher than for the correspond- D According to leading Windhoek year'. businessman, Mr Harold Pupkewitz, He said he expected an increase of foreign exchange earned by Namibia confidence on the part of the busi­ Apartheid strikes again this year has increased by some 250 two percent in real terms in 1986, ness community 'who reckon that percent. 'provided it rains and the Rand for­ our own politicians '" will do a bet~ A WELLKNOWN Windhoek Inhis 'outlook for the economy in eign exchange rate does not deteri­ ter job than could be expected from Advocate Mr Pio Teek, was 1986', Mr Pupkewitz said the 'freas­ orate below the present Rl to 37 US a bureaucracy led by an Administra­ cents'. refused service at a Walvis Bay ury would in due course be receiving tor General who had to take South even larger amounts of tax income Recommendations made by Mr African interests into account..: hotel because he is black. from the uranium, diamong and base Pupkewitz include: In an interview with The Namibi­ Mr'leek had gone to Walvis Bay to minerals export industry. D the adjustment of income tax ta­ an earlier this year, Dr Jones said he defend a client who was charged with These tax collections would 'more bles by at least 20 percent bringing to did not expect any significant im­ attempted murder. than outweigh' the cost of repaying consumers some relief against provement in the economy until After the adjournment of the case, foreign debts, which were mostly inflation; 'there is some sort of political settle­ Mr Teek invited his client - in the from the public sector, he adcled. D the lowering of income tax rates ment -ie a stable independence -that company of his father and both Mr Pupkewitz' outlook concurred for individuals and companies 'in the inspires confidence'. white - for a cup of tea at the Atlantic Hotel. To his embarassment, a white lady serving them, told him 'We are not allowed to serve blacks. Otherwise we would be prosecuted! Asked if he intended taking the matter further, Mr Teek said 'Well, Walvis Bay is part of South Africa. They apply their own laws. I only hope the authorities will work Mr Pio Teek towards changing the laws! Khomasdal plan of action CONCERNED residents of Social cohesion was the solution Khomasdal met this week to to the problems facing Namibia, he tackle the problems of concluded. alcoholism and juvenile delinquency. According to the acting­ New church Chairman of the newly-established community organisation, Mr Pierre projects Massyn, the group's aims are to pin­ point problem areas of social concern and to submit a plan of SIX pre-school projects are action to tackle them. under construction in northern The organisation will be known as Namibia, and are scheduled to be the Coordinating Community opened early next year. Committee. Major problems in the Khomasdal According to Mr Matt Esau, the area, according to the committee Secretary of the Anglican Church in members, are alcoholism, divorce, Windhoek, the projects, located at juvenile delinquency, illegitimacy Odibo, Ongula, Netango, Oshandi and improper parent-children and Onamunama, are meant for pre­ relationships. school pupils 'so as to introduce The provisional committee them to education! consists of five members, who will Mr Esau added that enough draw up a plan of action. teachers had been trained in the Additional members will be available schools to run the new co-opted. centres. Mr Massyn stated that the The projects are being funded problems encountered in Khomasdal partly by the Australian Ambassador were not unique and thus the to South Africa, and other overseas committee would involve other areas church organisations. with similar problems. Mr Esau explained that with the He added that many of the money provided by donors, the problems which occur arearesultof Church had been able to put up the bad social conditions. Living pillars (steel structures) and the roofs conditions had to be improved if the of the projects and the walls would social problems were to be solved, he be built by the residents themselves. said. Asked about primary school Mr Massyn urged the public to accommodation for pupils after stop attaching a stigma to those who completion ofthe project, he said the were victims of the environment, and Church was looking into the matter. called for the establishment of what 'We have always been involved in he called 'a conversational group' education and we will continue to be from all ethnic groups. involved; he said. UDP's 'divide and rule' STAFF REPOlITER DfA in Caprivi, of which Mr Limbo 'The appointments are given to any­ was a member. The amendments one who says 'yes sir' to the whites MR PATRICK LIMBO of the UDP were 'suitable' for them previously, looking after the interests of South was advocating a policy of 'divide said Mr Likando, but since the ar­ Africa in our country, and a man and rule', said Mr Boniface Likando rival ofMr Mishake Muyongo, they who asks why or says no is considered of Swapo in a press statement this had·changed their mind. pro-Swapo'. week. Referring to recent statements 'The main aim ofthe DfA isto des­ He said there was a DfA pamph­ by Mr Limbo concerning 'peace for troy tradition, as the same DfA has let circulating in Caprivi, warning the Caprivi', Mr Likando said that been involved in destroyirig the tribal people that the Ovambo-speaking 'we should look at peace for authority of the Basubia under Chief people would dominate Caprivians Namibia' and independence in terms Moraliswani for being pro-Swapo' and other groups, should Swapo of United Nations Resolution 435. he said. come to power. The statements by Mr Limbo in 'I t sounds like sense for chiefs not The Namibian of November 22, Mr to participate in politics, but the main 'The truth is Swapo is the only p0- Likando continued, showed that the aim is to secede Caprivi from litical party with support from all UDP did not know what it was do­ Namibia' Mr Likando added. groups in Namibia', he said, adding ing in Caprivi. 'The fact is that they The MPC, Mr Likando con­ that as long as South Africa occupied are destroying not only Caprivi but tinued, was 'not an elected govern­ Namibia, the DfA could claim 100 Namibia as a whole since the same ment by the people for the people, percent support because the majori­ tactics to be used by South Africa in but a South African-appointed ty of the people had no voice. Caprivi will also spread to all parts government'. of Namibia'. Like the creation of AG200f 1984, Mr Likando also claimed that On the question of amendments to Mr Likando added, the Administra­ people with pro-Swapo sentiments Proclamation AG 29 which gave a tor General was now involved in ap­ were discriminated against, and at mandate for 'chiefs to participate in pointing political leaders in the road blocks in Capri vi, people were politics', Mr Likando said the Caprivi Executive Committee in ord­ questioned why they did not support Mr Boniface Likando amendments were motivated by the er to protect the interests ofthe DfA. Mr Muyongo's UDP.

Young Women's Christian Association formed in Windhoek

STAFF REPORTER could join. The YWCA is an international women's organisation which aims to THE YOUNG WOMEN'S Christi­ 'serve others from the convictions of an Association (YWCA) will be Christian belief, and originated in founded in Windhoek at a meeting 1955 in Britain, from whereitsubse­ at 08hOO on Saturday November 30, quently spread to 82 other countries. at the Nurses HaII in Katutura. An aim of the YWCA, according to the organisers, is to serve the com­ According to the organisers, Ms munity without regard for race, Lindi Kazombaue, Ms Rosalind colour or political affiliation, and Namises, Ms P Muundjua, Ms P some of the projects 0 fthe YWCA in Elago and Ms S Tjihenuna, member­ other countries includes literacy ship fee is R5 and alI women and courses, kindergartens, and many young girls above the age of 12 years Rosalind Namises others. The YWCA, they said, was also in­ volved in programmes to support refugees, migrant workers, and the Nujoma accuses West of promotion of human rights. Anyone interested in joining can cont,act one of the organisers, or at­ protecting apartheid tend the founding meeting in Katutura on Saturday. Lindi Kazombaue THE SWAPO PRESIDENT, Mr Namibia. Sam Nujoma, is heading a five mem­ The Swapo leader also said it ber Swapo delegation attending a would be 'for the people of Namibia week of solidarity with Namibia to decide whether an independent declared by the Ghanaian Namibia joined the The ROSSing Foundation government. Commonwealth'. At a news conference following At a ceremony forming part of the ceremonies in Ghana's capital, Ac­ activities marking the Namibia cra, Mr Nujoma said that Britain and solidarity week, Ghana's foreign the US were using the UN veto to pro­ secretary, Dr abed Asamoah, said ' Educational Centre tect apartheid in South Africa. Ghana rejected the linkage of 'These imperialist countries are Namibia's independence to the with­ only interested in plundering Namib- drawal of Cuban troops from Angola. Rand Street, 'The living threat to peace and sta­ bility in southern Africa is not com­ munism or the presence of Cuban troops but colonialism and exploita­ Khomasdal tion' he said. Dr Asamoah said Ghana could Opening January 15 for enrolment not accept any trade-off between the 'inalienable right' of Namibians to Put your name on the list now as places are limited. independence, and the 'exercise of Angola's sovereign right to enter into genuine security arrangements for COURSE OFFERED the preservation of her independence and territorial integrity'. 1. English for Children 9. Needle Work He reiterated a call for total and 2. Literacy 10. Basic Technical Tools comprehensive sanctions against South Africa, and stressed that 3. Numeracy 11. Auto Mechanic whites in South Africa and Namibia 4. Practical English various levels Mr Sam Nujoma must be made to realise they must 5. Teacher's Training in English as give Africans 'their divine birthright' a Foreign Language ian resources like diamonds, copper or else 'lose the economic eminence and uranium' he said. they enjoy'. 6. Office Procedure, Mr Nujoma said the recent Nas­ He urged western leaders to heed minimum requirements Std 8 sau Commonwealth summit had the 'colIective voice of their people in failed to impose sanctions on Pretor­ accordance with their own 7. Matric Courses min. req. Std 8 ia because of what he described as the democratic principles' and compel 8. Leather Work 'short-sightedness' of the British South Africa to end its apartheid Prime Minister, Mrs Margaret policy and the illegal occupation of Thatcher, and her wish to protect Namibia. British int~~~.$~\1\4frj.c,a,ap~ , tSaRa;~Cfl!t\!JIP~~~a) ~ • • / ." ~ PRONAM 0057 KA I e 8 THE NAMffilAN FRIDAY November 29 1985 Failure to halt the plunder of fish

SOUTH AFRICAN and Eastern Bloc overfishing has taken the once great fish shoals off our coastline to the verge of extinction. Quotas, licences arid fishing limits, have all failed to halt the plunder. Walvis Bay, now formally 'annexed' by the Pretoria regime, is virtually a ghost town. Worse still, Namibia has been cheated of the great harvest of our seas and next month's annual International Commission for South East Atlantic Fisheries (ICSEAF) conference in Spain is unlikely to stop the destruction. Kevin Toolis reports.

Fed by the ice-cold Benguela enough adult fish to go around, then Current from the riches if the juvenile fish could always be caught Antarctic Ocean, Namibian fishing instead. Few were prepared to grounds were once one of the world's discriminate as the silver harvest was greatest maritime resources. The sea squeezed from the sea. was alive With an endless silver It could not last, and fishermen stream of fish shoals moving and factory owners were sickeningly northwards with the coastal current. brought back to reality by the final Although few in number in terms collapse of the Pilchard stock in of variety, the five species of 1976. Pilchard, Maasbanker, Anchovy, Over fished and exhausted, the Chub, Mackerel and Hake appeared Pilchard, mainstay of the canning in great numbers, making it ideal industry, had finally disappeared. territory for industrial fishing - From a peak ofnearly900 OOOtons, thus compensating for the lack of the catch level dropped in 1981 to just small scale fishing along Namibia's 12 000, with the official quota set at arid, desert coastline. zero tons. In Walvis Bay in the '50's, '60's and This year the quota was set at a Trawlers at Walvis Bay. Picture by Kevin Toolis. '70's, it was bonanza time. Fortunes paltry 42 000 tons - which some were made as more and more fish observers argue is still too high. factories and canning lines sprung up Offshore, the huge profits and exclusive 370km fishing zone in April Fishermen too. have suffered from flow through namibian fingers, nor to process ever greater catches of free-for-all fishing of the South 1981, was summarily'dismissed by the devastating downturn in the is it ever likely to before ihe Pilchards and Anchovies. In one African boats did not go unnoticed other fishing nations and members industry. 'There will be no future for international community recognises month in December 1950, one by the distant water trawler fleets. of the regional fisheries commission us fishermen if things c'ontinue like an independent Namibian state. skipper with a single boat landed What was profitable for Pretoria's ICSEAF. they have in the last few years: said Mr 'If our own jurisdiction was 1 330tonswithanestimatedvalueof shareholders, was equally profitable The zone 'is not internationally BF van Zyl, Chairman of the recognised then we would have RIOO 000. in Madrid and even in Moscow. More recognised because they don't Fisherman's Union. control over the whole resource. 1bat 10 the fish factory owners, a tight and more foreign fleets arrived to recognise South West as a state. For Unfortunately, Namibian could bring quite a change in our network of South African exploit the deep-sea demersel stocks that reason they don't recognise the fishermen can expect little from the situation. There would be spin-offs companies like Ovenstones, AP du like Hake, Maasbanker and Chub 200 mile limit and the only control we ICSEAF conference in Tirragona, in our harbours, there would be a lot Preez, Sanlam/FVB, Anglo-Vaal, Mackerel. have here on your trawl fish is which begins in Spain on December more people employed and payina Barlow Rand, Anglo American, In a world of exclusive fishing actually ICSEAF - the only party 9. Quotas for the three main demersal taxes. The demand for services Liberty Life, the industry was a zones (EEZ) Namibian waters were that can prevent over-exploitation: species - Hake, Horse Mackerel and would increase. You would need a lOur¢e of unprecedented profits. - and are - the last great open said Mr PR Kruger, Secretary for Chub Mackerel - are likely to vary factory to make packaging materials. The regular return on capital was frontier. Economic Affairs. little from the current quotas of repairs to vessels and the buildina of 30 percent with each company Dominated by the USSR and But relying on ICSEAF to police 400 000 tons, 600 000 tons and new vessels: said Mr Kruger. effectively recouping the total cost of Spain, over 120 vessels still catch Namibian waters is a bit like relying 200 000 tons respectively, In the meantime however, the ita investment in three years. nearly a million tons of fish with a on the local team of burglars to look The landed value of such a catch blight on the pelagic shoal-sUrface Operating a complete monopoly, landed-value estimated to be RSOO after your house when you go on alone, is reckoned to be RSOO million. fishing industry is likely to continue, the factory owners were able to million from Namibian waters. And vacation. Membership is confined to But almost none of that bounty will and foreign fleets take the lion's share continuously push for higher and there is nothing anyone can do to stop the precise perpetrators of the of the deep-sea catch. exploitation, with representatives higher quotas from a compliant and them because of South Africa's Fig 7, Th. Forelg" Off,hore St.k. 'If I was in their shoes, I would lilre incompetent administration. At its presence in Namibia. from each nation fishing off our this unsettled situation to continue f.1 8M,. of the hIIk. quote, 1~ peak 829 OOOtons of Pilchards were The crux of the problem has coast, deciding how much of for as many years as possible, landed and processed at Walvis Bay always been Pretoria's unlawful Namibia's fish they will catch. because then they will be able to fllh in 1968. presence, in the eyes of international Bizarrely, of the 17 member under the ICSEAF quotas without Ignoring the warnings of scientists law, in Namibia. If the UN countries which include South any problems. They are doing their andthe 1971 collapse of the Pilchard proclamatio!1s can be summarily Africa, the USSR, Iraq, Israel, damndest to keep ICSEAF goina. shoals, the reckless exploitation ignored by the apartheid regime, then Japan, Poland and South Korea, the 'I f a settlement comes about, they continued almost unchecked. Fish unfortunately ~6can South Africa's only people not represented are the will be out. Whatarethey~oingtodn were scooped from the sea as fast as proclamations to protect Namibia's Namibians. And even former with the 100 trawlers they have the 70-foot-plus purse-sein trawlers fishing rights. chairmen of the ICSEAF, like Mr operating here. Where are they goina could take them. If there were not An attempt to establish an Kruger, have little confidence in its to employ them, , said Mr Kruger. ability to control the rapacious Like the great herds of wildlife that trawler fleets of its member once roamed the African continent fb) Sh8,. of the horae mack... e.atch. ,. countries. before the colonial area, Namibia's 'I have often said that ICSEAF can fishing grounds were a great natural be compared to an old toothless lion. resource. With careful husbandry Ittendsto roar a bit, but that is it. It nature's bounty could have been cannot even prevent a jackal taking guarded for the benefit of the its prey! Namibian people as a whole. And while the continuing plunder Only the greed of a few 87% USSR,"", goes on off Namibia's shores, Walvis businessmen and shareholders has Bay, officially part of South Africa destroyed a potentially inexhaustible since it was annexed in 1977, is now source of protein and moderate practically an industrial wasteland. profits. Even when Namibia does gets its With the collapse of the fishing Kayo independence, there are serious CommerciaUy ,owned lIeets industry 6 800 badly-needed jobs doubts whether the fish stocks will were lost - many of them by black ever recover. Like the extinct Dodo, [ - ] State,owned fleeiS Namibian fish factory workers from wantonly destroyed in the 19th Ovamboland. Shops are closed and century, Namibian fish may be a houses empty, with no relief in sight. Sources: ICSEAF S tat, Bull, 198>; Tab'e AS. thing of the past. 'Mould them into militants'

THEOBJECTlVEoftheSwanu As an example he named the youth At the conference, the President of Youth League was to raise the of South Africa, whom he called 'the Swanu, Mr Kuzeeko Kangueehi, 'revolutionary consciousness' of vanguard' of the struggle there. announced a 'Namibian Week' with the young people in Namibia and 'We intend to make 1986 the year effect from Monday, December 2 - mould them into a powerful in which Namibian youth will the purpose of which was to draw In the 'new' garden Of the Windhoek Theatre effectively become the vanguard of world and public attel~ion to the movement of 'disciplined and the revolution', he said. situation in Namibia. meals and drinks available committed militants', Deputy Mr Katjiviruesaid the youth must Chairman of the League, Mr be ready to sacrifice and beequipped The week would be characterised no bookings --:- come early Charles Katjivirue, said. to fight ideas with ideas. by meetings starting on Monday and Speaking at a press conference in He appealed to other youth going through to Sunday evening. 6 & 7 Dec in the Windhoek this week, he said the movements for 'unity in action' Speakers will include Vekuii Rukoro, woermannhaus, Swakopmund youth had the moral virtue necessary against South Africa and its 'puppet Anton Lubowski, Justus Garoeband to raise the struggle to a new level. regime' in Windhoek. Dr K Abrahams. THE NAMIBIAN FRIDAY Nomnber 29 1985 9 Can you afford to celebrate Christmas?

BY RAJAH MUNAMAVA THE QUESTION of Namibia's economy is a pertinent issue and even Survey reveals most people cannot a burning one at this time in Namibia. J MUINJO, 28, JOBLESS: Every­ because we are also underpaid. Besides the influence of external thing has gone up. The Rand has just factors which have an adverse effect dropped. We can't do anything. on the economy, such as the G UHIHA MUA, PASlOR: It all de­ devaluation of the Rand, sanctions pends on the will. Whether the me­ and others, the economy of this ans are there or not doesn't count. country is afflicted with such ills as a large and burdensome civil service, 8nemployment and so on. F HENGARI, 25, CLERK: I don't In a survey this week we asked think we can do anything this year. Namibians 'Can you afford to Celebrating Christmas means celebrate Christmas this year?' From money. We don't have money and tile results of the survey it would ap­ can't afford much. pear that Christmas in the present economic climate, is going to be a I FREEMAN, 22, TEACHER: frugal occasion in most Namibian Despite the economy, people will Hmes. celebrate. People celebrate Christ­ mas in the wrong way. They spend V MERORO, 29, SALESMAN: too much money on Liquor and Whatever the financial position is, presents. What is important is the we have to celebrate the coming of the coming together. E TJIJENDA, 33, HOUSEWIFE: the Son of Man. The message he will We cannot celebrate. The drought in bring is one of liberation. He will bring financial liberation. the reserves has exacerbated the E KAHUURE, 39, SECURITY difficulties the politicians have creat­ GUARD: Nobody can afford to ed. We have no money. celebrate in the midst of poverty. We can't really celebrate although we H PKIROB, 37, CLERK: Theecon­ would like to. We have no means. omy is in a shambles. We have no money with which to celebrate Christmas. In order to rescue the sit­ A MARAIS, 17, STUDENT: I think uation the government must estab­ R SHAPUMBA, 19, STUDENT: I we must celebrate, because that's the lish more factories in order to create don't think we're in a position to rule, even in church. We must use job opportunities. celebrate Christmas this year. No­ whatever resources we have to do so. body, especially the blacks can celebrate anything, give their meagre T NEKUNDI, 22, STUDENT: The incomes. K ANGULA, 29: We can't afford economy ·will recover. Let us S KANDOVAZU, 49, LABOURER: Christmas, we have absolutely no celebrate the coming of Our Lord. S SCHOLZ, 22, STUDENT: We Due to the prolonged drought and money to celebrate with. Inflation is must celebrate but we must look at subsequent loss oflivestock, we just high, unemployment rife, we can't solving the economic mess we are in. cannot dream of celebrating Christ­ cope really. mas this year. N TJINYEKA, 34, FARMER: In M TSUSEB, 21, STUDENT: We times of economic crisis like this, one A TJIUOO'JI, 24, TEACHER: We have no means, we cannot afford to wonders how, with what, and where can afford to celebrate. We have had I KUTA, 24, CLEANER: Wecanaf­ celebrate Christmas due to the eco­ to celebrate. We just cannot really economic hardships before, but all in ford to celebrate, this is not the first nomic recession, the high inflation celebrate although it is our desire to A NANGOLO, 39, LABOURER: all we were still able to celebrate. time we have had economic rate and unemployment. do so. We have no work, we can't celebrate Where there's a will, there's a way. problems. Women and resistance STAFF REPORTER and District Commandant of Police DECEMBER 10 was an inappropri­ ed in the demonstration of Decem­ issued warnings against black resi­ ate date for Women's Day, said Mr ber 10, saying that on September 13 dents. In the evening 50 armed police Tjeripo Ngaringombe of Swanu that year, residents rejected were called into the location and ten­ (MPC) in a statement issued this 'Katutura' at a public meeting. On sion continued to rise until violent week. October 29, Swanu, the OPO (which confrontation broke out. The army He said it was recently reported later became Swapo), reiterated their later intervened, according to the that a Women's Organisation was stand against the removals. On De- statement, and 12 people died and planning a programme for Decem­ more than 40 were wounded. ber 10 and would also adopt that date In conclusion Mr Ngaringombe as Women's Day. I t was said that the called on people to 'put December 10 idea was partly to commemorate the above party politics and to com­ Namibians who fell during the memorate the day nationally, resistance against forcible removal without rancour and petty rivalry'. from the old location to Katutura, and partly to honour the role of women in that resistance. New Mr Ngaringombe said that while it was laudable for Namibian wom­ en to remember the heroes of Decem­ Society THE ULTllv1ATE IN BLACK HAIR CARE ber 10, 1959, it was 'inappropriate' to MAGDA (from Rehoboth) offers you: designate it as Women's Day for the following reasons: formed Wash & blow dry RS.OO o the demonstration of December Wash, blow dry, cut R12.00 10 1959 was characterised by unity of Oil treatment R14.00 short hair the people regardless of sex, religion today (with blow dry) Mr Tjeripo Ngaringombe or race; Oil treatment R17.00 long hair o apart from December IO being cember 4 the Superintendent began A NAMIBIA Branch of the De­ (with blow dry) Human Rights Day, it was also com­ to register people by force in Section velopment Society of Southern Afri­ Colour shampoo R1S.00 short hair memoratedin Namibia as Resistance D5 and also assaulted Advisory ca (DSSA) will be formed at a meet­ (with blow dry) Day, and there appeared to be no Board member Mr August Gariseb. ing today at 14hOO in the Standard Colour shampoo R21 .00 long hair good reason to rename it Women's Women then marched to SWA Bank Space at the Academy in (with blow dry) Day; House but the Administrator refused Windhoek. Perm R3S.00 short hair o if Namibian women want their to see them. They then marched to According to Mr Louis Becker of Perm R40.00 long hair role in the 1959 resistance highlight­ the Magistrates Court. The next day ENOK, chairman of the pilot com­ Straightener R21.00 short hair ed, then the suitable day would be people began to boycott Municipal mittee which investigated the viabil­ (with blow dry) December 4 when women marched buses, and on December 7, Swanu, ity of a local branch, it could playa Straightener R2S.00 long hair to 'South West Africa House' to pro­ the OPO and Chief Hosea Kutako major role as a forum for discussions (with blow dry) test to then Administrator, Daan Vil­ called for a general boycott of all regarding all aspects of development TEL: 31171 joen, against forcible removals. Municipal interests. in this country. CNR. TAL/JOHN MEINERT ST. The statement then gave a brief On December 10 the Municipali­ I nterested persons should contact outline of the events which culminat- ty called a meeting where the Mayor, Mr Gideon Maru.at telephone 36740. .--- 10 THE NAMIBIAN ,FRIDAY November 29 1985 ~r:::::\ ------~~------African Press Review Egypt rules out retaliatory war

EGYPT HAS asked Malta to Maltese authorities have said gunmen holding the Egyptair Boeing extradite the sole surviving some of the plane's surviving 737, threw grenades at the passengers hijacker of this week's bloody passengers identified the leader of during the rescue attempt by Superpower summit hijack, but ruled out a retaliatory the five gunmen who seized it shortly Egyptian commandos. war against Libya. after it left Athens, as Omar During the abortive rescue hits African headlines Egypt has asked Malta to extradite Marzouki, who is 20 years old, and attempt, the hijackers threw the surviving hijacker of an Egyptian is now being held in a Maltese phosporous grenades into the cabin, jetliner so that he can be tried in hospital. killing and suffocating the mixed THE SUPERPOWER SUMMIT, the mysterious bomb blast in Cairo, the government's Middle East The hijack became one of the nationality group of passengers. Gaberone and South Africa's destabilisation campaign all dominated News Agency reported. bloodiest in history, when the The commandos also filmed the the African headlines, raid and are still studying its contents, though Egyptian President Not many political observers could have expected an arms limitation Hossni Mubarak has firmly laid the agreement to emerge from the Gorbachev-Reagan summit talks held in Geneva, Mugabe to visit USSR blame at Libya's door. Switzerland, So too, in some quarters of the African press a degree of pessimism Forces in areas bordering Libya was expressed, as in the case of The Kenya Times even before the event. PRIME MINISTER Mr Robert the guerrilla war. were placed on alert during the The paper noted that before the summit opened, both sides were already Mugabe will leave on Sunday for Mr Mugabe will be accompanied hijack, but President Mubarakruled 'simmering' in disagreement. his first official visit to the Soviet by his wife, Sally, Foreign Minister, out hostilities when reporters asked 'Reagan's Star Wars is bothering the Soviets who would like its total ban. Union since Zimbabwe's him ifhe had considered the 'military The US is bound to resist that at the talks leading to a further disagreement independence in 1980. option'. at the bargaining table', the paper predicted. 'We never call for war, but we call The newspaper r~gretted that both parties tend to believe that their image The December 2-4 visit is at the for peace and if we ever have to go to is enhanced when they appear to be tough ratherthan soft and said: 'With that invitation of the Soviet Government war it is because we want to bring mentality, the chances that the summit will provide hope for mankind are slim, and Communist Party. peace: he replied. and may end up having been much ado about nothing! From Moscow, he will fly to He identified the hijackers'leader It also lamented the impotence of the rest of the world community that has Vienna for a two-day official stay as as staying in a Tripoli hotel room, but no say in its destiny. a guest of the Aus~rian Government refused to disclose the identity of the 'We can only watch from the fence, while the superpowers play the politiCfI before returning home. hijackers or their mysterious leader game to determine our destiny', it'said, During the seven-year guerrilla in Tripoli. On the first day of the talks, another Kenyan daily The Standard reiterated war against white rule in Rhodesia, 'They are Palestinians, but not of The Times' fears by expressing disappointment that the two leaders had not Moscow backed Mr M ugabe's rival, the Pill (Palestinian Liberation shown signs of their willingness to negotiate seriously. Mr Joshua Nkomo. Relations Organisation)" he said. 'One of their 'Both leaders have been trying to achieve propagarida coups to embarrass between Zimbabwe and the Soviet chiefs is in Tripoli now, in the Grand each other, the paper said. It added that in the past 'when serious issues had Union were cool following Hotel, room number 401 ! been brought up, their thinking had been based on the interests of their own independence, but have recently Responding to those who blamed countries, rather than of the world as a whole! shown signs of improving. Mr Robert Mugabe Egypt for the huj ack deaths, he said Despite expectations of a frosty encounter in Geneva, all indications are that Mr Mugabe briefly met Soviet most were killed by shrapnel, officials in August, when he made a the two heads of state got on rather well together, and within the limits of their Mr Witness Mangwende, the phosphorous grenades thrown by the news blackout on the summit, they were able to say their discussions were 'frank stopover in Moscow on his way home Ministers of SThte for Security and gunmen, or suffocation by smoke. and responsible! from a trip to Peking, his second Defence, Mr Emmerson The commandos tried to save as This however, did not impress the pro-government d~ly of Senegal I.e Soleil. official visit to China, the main Munangagwa and Mr Ernest many passengers as possible and 41 It called the summit 'a big show' which registered 'no spectacular achievement! supplier of arms to his troops during Kadungure. out of 97 survived. The paper continued its Thursday editorial censure of the superpowers, President Muburak said the aaying the summit had merely contributed to the 'banality of Americo-Soviet decision to storm the plane was taken meetings! Ousted head charged at 21hl5 SAST on Sunday. Earlier this week, another censure was directed at the US and its ally, Britain, Mr Ossama AI-Baz, a top by the party-owned Times of Zambia for their veto in the UN Security Council, Egyptian official, described the blocking a call for selective mandatory sanctions against South Africa. for coup attempt hijackers as 'a bunch of children. But On Monday, the paper urged the international community to condemn they were tnuned professionally to be THE OUSTED head of the A telex from Mr Patrick Kugmeh, Bri~ain and the US for the delay in granting independence to Namibia. professional killers, murderers, with Press Secretary to Head of State The paper said the move was, however, not surprising because the 'two Liberian Army has gone on trial no political aims, no goals, no cause General Samuel Doe, to reporters in countries have long been known to be the strongest allies of the apartheid in Monrovia charged with whatsoever - just trained to kill: regime! , , conspiracy, mutiny and sedition London, said that General Morris US President Ronald Reagan in September announced limited sanctions in the coup attempt that failed Zaza went on trial before a special against Pretoria because he wanted to pre-empt a defeat in Congress, the paper two weeks ago. military tribunal. claimed. It said the announced ban on computers, nuclear technology sales The trial was closed, but the Military and loans to South Africa was made 'without any will or conviction' and that chairman of the 1ribunal, Major British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 'is virtually in the same boat! M,issionary General Alfred Gayflor, said that experts in Mrs Thatcher had rejected the idea of imposing mandatory sanctions and General Zaza was charged under was made to shift 'a tiny little bit' to please her Commonweaith colleagues articles dealing with conspiracy, during the Commonwealth Head of State Summit in Nassau, Bahamas,last shot by mutiny sedition and aiding the the Sudan month. enemy, the telex said. The paper said: 'It is now clearthat both the United States and Britain have made their stand on economic sanctions against the racist regime known. But bandits ETHIOPIAN and Cuban General Zaza, whose dismissal military experts are training the two countries should still answer one or two important questions. THE MISSIONARY Principal was announced on November 14, 'Do they want apartheid to be abolished in South Africa as they have publicly two days after the abortive coup, had 12 000 Sudanese rebels at a camp stated? If so, how do they want the system to be dismantled since they are of Tegkwane Secondary School inside Ethiopia, a senior near Plumtree, Mr Luke Kumalo, been appointed to command the opposed to both military and economic action against the Botha regime?' army two years ago by General Sudanese Army officer claimed. The paper answered its own question by saying 'The international 59, and his British-born wife, Thomas Quiwonkpa, the fugitive Graduation ofthe recruits would community has offered them an alternative to bring about change through Jean, 54, were shot dead by who led the coup attempt, and who more than double the strength ofthe peaceful means, butthey are against that as well' ... meaning 'they do not want bandits at the school. was killed in its aftermath. rebel Sudan People's Liberation any change i~ South Africa! The attackers also seriously Army (SPLA), which military injured an 18-year-old Irish volunteer attaches in Khartoum reckon to Radio Maputo, the English language external service of Radio Mozambique contain some 10 000 trained fighters. to denounce South Africa's 'revival of the old propaganda campaign', aimed teacher, Mr Joss Douthwaite, who is now in intensive care in hospital. Brigadier Mohamed Zain AI­ to denounce South Africa's 'revival of the old propaganda catnpagin', aimed Geldof Abdin, Military Commander of the at presenting the Pretoria regime 'as the victim or potential victim of foreign There are ariother 15 missionaries and volunteer teachers and their • Upper Nile area in North Sudan, also aggression! told the official Sudan News Agency 'The hoary myth about a Soviet threat to South Africa coming through families at the school, all of them WInS British. . SUNA, that Ethiopian military Angola and Mozambique, has been dredged up and is being peddled by helicopters flew three sorties a day to Pretoria's friends in the western media: said the Radio. Mr Kumalo began teaching at Tegkwane one of Zimbabwe's oldest a,ward bring provisions and ammunition to The comment corrected this fallacy, by saying that the reat threat to peace the SPLA's Ethiopian bases. in the region comes from South Africa itself. missions in 1957, and married his wife in 1972, three years after she was Speaking in the Upper Nile 'Despite the Nkomati Non-Aggression Accord, the South African militarists transferred to Tegkwane from provincial capital of Malakai , he said are continuing to provide vital support for the terrorists in Mozambique. Britain. all the rebels' permanent bases were Radio Maputo recounted that 'Angola faces the threat of a new invasion, The last missionary to be killed by inside Ethiopia and SPLA leader with thousands of South Africa troops, tanks, artillery and warplanes, massed dissidents was Brother Matthias Colonel John Garang, had lost along its southern border and that Zimbabwe this week, saw its high court Sutterluety, a Catholic who was shot control of mobile units operating attacked by men who left behind clear indications that they belong to the dead at Embakwe Mission 40km inside Sudanese territory. dissident gang which is based in South Africa! south of Tegkwane in November His emphasis on Ethiopian The picture is completed by South Africa troop manoeuvres along the 1983. support for the SPLA guerrillas Lesotho border and mysterious bombings in Botswana. Tegkwane which lies IOOkm west coincided with implicit criticism of of Bulawayo, just 15km from the Addis Ababa by Major General The bomb blast in Mochudi, Botswana, prodded that natipn's private Botswana border, is said by the Fadlallah Burmah Nasser, a member newspaper The Daily Gazette to point an accusing finger southward. Zimbabwe authorities to be a major of the ruling Transitional Military 'We are not yet sure as to who exactly is behind the latest bombing, but it route for bandits infiltrating from BOB G£lOOf Council (TMC). would be a fair assumption to conclude that the explosion was a direct Botswana. General Nasser, a hardliner in the consequence of the turmoil in South Africa, now spilling into Botswana', it said. IRISH pop star Bob Geldof, who In late 1977, Zipra, the military debate on how Khartoum should The November 16 explosion, said the paper, was a reminder once again that organised the Band-Aid appeal that wing of Zapu, raided Tegkwane and deal with the rebels, told SUNA Botswana can no longer take for granted the peaceful way of life which raised millions for African famine marched Mr Kumalo and all the Ethiopia and Sudan had agreed to previously characterised the country. victims, has won US$20 000 from pupils over the border into Botswana turn over a new leaf in relations, and Above all, it is a reminder for the nation to continue to stand united in the the Annual World Hunger Media to persuade them to join Zipra, not allow anyone to attack across the face of provocation, it concluded. Awards at the United Nations. common borders. . ' '", . ~ ,However, IJ.1os.t r~t}l!I}~d: , , ', " ., " ' . ... -... '1 ,... ":r'" ~ ~.' •• • '; ", THE NAMIBIAN FRIDAY November 29 1985 11 Goldfields under fire atAGM SPECIAL A short time after the Schroeder interests. ment to convey to GFSA Chairman, clude corporations and their direc­ CORRESPONDENT Namibia Resources Bill Hearing, Mr Agnew did concede however, and directors, acopy of the UK poli­ tor, to 'refrain' from any dealings further action in opposition to the that he was able to pass requests for cy position on Namibia as stated in with the South African imposed ad­ ministration in Namibia in Jun~ . A CONGRESSIONAL Hearing illegal operations of Western-based information from GFSA and New­ a Security Council statement in May. companies in the terri tory was being mont in regard to Tsumeb, on to the As major shareholders in Tsumeb, in Washington in late October The Security Council statement, pursued in London. respective ~ompanies. unanimously agreed, called on all however, GFSA and Newmont have saw Denver Congresswoman The recently-acquired interests of This however was his only conces­ states as well as the 'international 'allowed taxes to be paid to the pup­ Patricia Schroeder confront US the Consolidated Goldfields Group sion. Among others, requests refused community at large', considered by pet administration as well as permit­ State Department special envoy, in the Namibian-based Tsumeb Cor­ in a noisy AGM was for his agree- the shareholders concerned to in- ting continuance of the Chester Crocker, as she sought poration Limited, the largest single internationally-criticised National further support for her Namibia employer in Namibia, were heavily Key Points Act at large industrial Natural Resources Bill. The Bill, criticised by a small but resolute sites, such as Tsumeb' a shareholder formerly introd uced on May 22, number of shareholders at the annu­ said. and entitled 'The Prohibition al Consgold Shareholders Meeting. At a House of Commons press with respect to Natural The annual meeti ng, held on conference following the Consgold November 7, saw Consgold Chair­ AGM, Mr Peter Manning, informa­ Resources in Namibia Bill' seeks man, Rudolph Agnew, refuse the an­ tion spokesman for Swapo in to prohibit the exploitation and swer any questions regarding the43.0 Western Europe, said that the atti­ receiving of any natural resources percent interest of Goldfields South tude of the Chairman displayed 'a from Namibia by any 'officer, Africa in the Tsumeb mining lack of readiness to be honest and director or employee' of any US­ corporation. open about the Group's interests in based corporation, with the per­ GFSA's interest in Tsumeb follow Namibia'. Sharing the press platform mission of the UN Council for from a succession of recent share with Mr Donal Anderson, Labour Namibia. purchases undertaken in the Party Front Bench spokesman on The Schroeder Bill, which reflects Namibian-based company since african affairs, Mr Manning stated a recognition of the continuing plun­ 1982. Although Consgold have a that 'there is no earthly reason why der of Namibia's natural resources by direct 48.0 percent holding in GFSA, a corporation like Consolidated Western-based corporations operat­ Mr Agnew's response to shareholder Gold Fields, which as a group has ing under consent obtained from questioners seeking informatl'fln on substantial interests in Tsumeb and South Africa's illegal administration the operation of Tsumeb Corpora­ who had present at their AGM the of the territory, is the first attempt tion was that they were political ques­ Chairman of both GFSA and New­ ever by a Western-based parliamen­ tions not financial or commercial mont Corporations, should not an­ tarian or legislator to seek the enact­ questions and were of no concern to swer questions about the Group's in­ ment of legislation in support of the Consgold meeting as they were terests in what is an international ter­ United Nations Decree No 1 of 1974. matters relating to the operations of ritory under UN administration The Decree for the Protection of GFSA and not Consgold. which is illegally occupied by the the Natural Resources of Namibia, Asked why it was that the Chair­ South African regime'. enacting by the Council for Namibia, man of both GFSA and the US­ 'To hide behind corporate techni­ prohibits the mining, use, sale, export based Newmont Mining Corpora­ calities as an excuse for not answer­ or refining or any natural resource tion, a 32.0 percent owner ofTsumeb ing questions is for the reason of obtained from Namibia wi thout the in which Consgold hasa26.0percent course, that they do not want the ex­ Council's permission and consent. direct interest, were present at the ploitation and ill egal nature of their Since its introduction the Namibia meeti ng as directors of Consgold, operations to be ex posed', he said. Natural Resources Bill has attracted and therefore quite able to respond to questions on the management of Ts umeb by ·their respective compa­ Published by the proprietors, . nies, the Chairman replied that it was The Free Press of Namibia he who was chairing the meeting and (Pty) Ltd., 104 Leutwein Street responses would therefore be made Windhoek. Printed by John only in regard to the affairs of Con­ Mineshaft Meinert (Pty) Ltd., 49 Stuebel solidated Gold Fields operations and Street Windhoek.

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Mr Bob Meiring, Tel chief a steadily increasing number of IeATUTURA BRANCH sponsors. By the time of the Congres­ sional hearing these totalled approx­ imately 38 co-sponsors, which in­ cluded Congressman Howard ON DECEMBER 2, 1985 Wolpe, Chairman of the House of Congress Foreign Relations Com­ mittee on Africa, and Congressman The manager, accountant William Grey, co-author of the South African Anti-Apartheid Act. Although criticised by a number and their staff of Republican Congressmen, who attempted to convey that no US will be pleased based mining company was trading in Namibia's natural resources, Con­ gresswoman Schroeder defended the to assist you ...... proposed Bill stating that its terms MANAGER: were necessary, clear and accurate. ACCOUNTANT: Supporting Mrs Schroeder at the P.A.BEUKES with all your MR I.GEI-KHOIBEB hearing was the President of the UN Council for Namibia, Ambassador banking requirements. Noel .Sinclair, and a senior legal counsel from the UN office of legal affairs. In his supporting statement, Ambassador Sinclar provided infor­ PLEASE CALL ON THEM mation on the nature and involve­ / ment of US based corporations and concerns . in the depletion of Namibia's natural resources. Research experts on Namibia have stated that US economic involve­ ment in Namibia dates back to the Standard Bank early 1900's, with mining involve­ ment commencing in 1947 and still SWA LIMITED continuing through varying mining (Registered Bank) and trading interests. 11 THE NAMIBIAN FRIDAY November 29 1985 Joining hands with SA

FRIDAY November 30 1~85 on Angolan battlefield

irdependence. A sad state of affairs No American citizen or property IN HIS TESTIMONY on US policy toward Angola before the Africa has been ~ouched by the Govern­ IT IS A SAD state of affairs when a country is unable to look Subcommittee of the House Foreign Relations Committee, Gerald J ment. Any destruction of American after its elderly people and its youth, and it was with some shock Bender of the School of International Relations, University of Southern property or murder of American that we learned this week that the socalled Nama administration California, advised that if the US 'join hands with South Africa on the citizens in Angola has been carried is unable to pay all its pensioners due to a 'critical' shortage of Angolan battlefield', they would not only fail, but also damage their in­ out bv Unita and allies. funds. terests and prestige in the rest of the world. At a recent New York luncheon, The situation is exacerbated by the fact that while there appears Gerald ,Bender has been conducting research in and about Southern Angolan President Jose Eduardo to be no shortage of funds for overseas trips for interim govern­ Africa for 20 years, and spent some time in Angola under Portuguese dos Santos was highly praised for the rule. He has written a book, and has published numerous articles, also ment Ministers; a massive budget for 'promoting the interim businesslike manner in which his on the subject of US policy towards Angola. government abroad'; and perks, allowances and big cars for those Government conducts its relations His testimony, which we thought worthwhile recording, reads as with American firms. Many of the in power, the unemployment rate rises daily, people go hungry, follows: and the elderly are neglected. dozens of business men who attend­ ed the luncheon, hosted by Chevron Approached on this matter, the Chairman of the Nama execu­ and Bankers Trust, were impressed tive committee, Mr Daniel Luipert, said that his Administration THE CHIEF of the CIA Angola ofthe then-President Ford and Secre­ Task Force in 1975-76, John Stock­ tary of State Kissinger that an MPLA by Dos Santos' straightforward and received five percent of all pension funds from the interim govern­ non-rhetorical answers. to their ment, and that this was 'not enough' to pay all the pensions. well, appropriately titled his book on victory in the Angolan civil war American participation in theAngo­ wo uld cut off American access to questions. As it is, pensioners get a mere R55 a month. Many of these Ian civil war 'In Search of Enemies'. Angola's resources, the US has be- Dos Santos also surprised and im­ elderly people haye to travel fairly extensive distances in order At the time, CIA assessments con­ pressed a number of noted foreign to collect their pension monies, and many of them have depen­ cluded that who won the war would policy experts at the Council on For­ eign Relations with his thoughtful dents and families who rely on this aid. make virtually no difference to the Once again the fact that this administration is unable to care United States. However, once the US responses to their questions during for its own people, serves to highlight the hopeless failure of the decided to enter that conflict, in ord­ an hour-and-a-half meeting. Dos Santos' trip followed on the socalled second-tier authorities, better known as 'ethnic' er to satisfy American public opin­ heels of a two-week tour by a high­ ion, it was necessary to fabricate ene­ governments. level Angolan economic delegation But while Mr Luipert confirmed the inability of his adminis­ mies and allies. . Stockwell's book could just as eas­ that visited five US cities in search of tration to pay all the pensions, the Deputy Minister of Social Wel­ more American investment. These fare and Pensions, Dr Siegfried Tjijorokisa, said he 'knew noth­ ily have been titled 'In Search of Al­ lies' because the main US ally in that trips come at a time when Angola is ing' about the matter, when approached for comment. war, Holden Roberto and his FNLA, in the process of undertaking major The people of this country have few enough benefits from the was unsellable to anyone, including steps to liberalise its economy and State as it is. The meagre pensions which Nam.ibians over 65 years his own soldiers and followers. reduce the role that the state has are entitled to receive, is little enough in the present economic The CIA did not discover Jonas played in the economic sector. climate, and on R55 a month, most find it difficult to exist. In Savimbi and Unita until nearly the In fact, these steps, along with some tough economic austerity many cases accomodation takes up a large chunk of this money, end of the war, and South Africa measures that are being followed to and what is left for food hardly bears thinking about. proved to be a dubious ally who ulti­ Dr Henry Kissinger mately undermined American come Angola's leading trading further reduce Angola's relatively The receipt of a pension from the state is a right and not a small international debt, would com­ privilege, and many of those elderly people who are now deprived credibility. partner. Ten years later, the US once again In recent years, trade between the fort any IMF official despite the fact ofthis right, have paid into a pension fund for years. It is money is engaged in a search for enemies two co un tries has totalled over one that Angola has not yet joined the In­ rightfully due to them. and allies in Angola, and once again, billion Dollars annually. Angola ternational' Monetary Fund or the We can only condemn a system that allows its people to go hun­ they will have to be fabricated. The buys moreAmer·ican goods than all World Bank. gry, and which withholds pension money from the elderly. It fur­ Luanda government is not our ene­ but two or three countries in sub­ The economic behaviour of the ther illustrates the total disaster of the 'ethnic' system of govern­ my, nor is South Africa an accepta­ Saharan Africa. American business­ Marxist government in Luanda ment, which allows one group to flourish while another struggles ble ally. es have invested hundreds of millions toward A~~ ~i ca n and foreign corpo- to make ends meet. Contrary to the 1975 predictions of Dollars in Angola since its Cont on following page This matter should be urgently investigated by the interim government in order that the elderly can receive what is rightful­ ly theirs.

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Cant from previous page evidence has been presented that a seriously believe that the President rations underscores the danger of single Cuban or MPLA soldier has can strengthen American policy vis ._' ..... trying to judge regimes and parties crossed the borderto attack a neigh­ a vis the Soviets by burdening it with . =- through ideological labels. These bour. Yet, hardly a day has gone by the albatross of South A frica? The cc- labels frequently are mi sleading. during this decade that the apartheid policy backfired in 1975, and it will How can we know whether a given a government in South Africa has not backfire again in 1985. c.:at; ideology is dangerous to US interests carried violence across its border into During the December 1975 Senate in a given area? Should we read the neighbouring countries. Again we debate over the Tunney and Clark scriptures of the regime's ideologues, must look at actual behaviour, rather amendments, Mr Kissinger told or should we observe their than labels, to determine who really then-Senator Clark that his opposi­ I-~ behaviour? may be our allies and our enemies. tion to US participation in the Ango­ Ifwe focus on behaviour, it is im­ Angola is by no means ademocra­ la civil war on the South African side _II' u:» mediately evident that Pretoria's cy; yet criticism of the Government might be right in the African context, ideology of apartheid is infinitely is not only tolerated but widespread, but it was wrong in the global more dangerous to US interests in and few look over their shoulders context. What the war demonstrated is that =ffi southern Africa than is Angola's when di scussing government policies marxism. I f US interests include or ministers. it is not possible to be wrong in the ~_a. ~ BY GWEN LlSTER __" minimising or eliminating the Soviet There are few political prisonersof African context and still win THE PRO-GOVERNMENT forces in this country are obsessed with the and Cuban presence in the region . conscience. I n both of these respects, globally. ' fear' that an election in terms of UN Security Council Resolution 435 then President Reagan should focus t he Angolan government is far more I f the Reagan Administration of 1978 will guarantee a Swapo victory. It is this 'fear' on the part of his attention more on the BOI ha tolerant than its larger neighbours to truly is interested in mitigating th e both the South African and interim governments, and not the well worn Government in Pretoria than on the the south and north, South Africa Soviet and Cuban presence in Ango­ excuses of Cuban linkage or alleged UN partiality, which prevents them Soviets in Moscow or Geneva. It is and Zaire. la, it should continue on its present from allowing the people of Namibia to exercising their right to the South African regime's aggres­ In short, one has to resort to gross course of negotiations, not enter the self-determination. sive military strikes against its nei gh­ distortion or outright fabrication in war. The number of Cuban combat But the 'anti-435' school of thought, which is not representative of bours thaI are primarily responsible order to portray the Luanda govern­ troops in Angola has flu ctuated with the wishes of the majority of the people of this country, fails to take for the Soviet and Cuban presence in ment as our enemy. In 1975, Stock­ the extent of South A fr ica's military into account that there is another school of thought, which believes that the region. we ll tells us, because ofrepons from threat. The greater the threat, the a 435 election can be 'rigged' against Swapo. The CIA accurately predicted in its station chiefin Luanda that indi­ greater the TwmberofCuban troops. Elizabeth Landis, former assistant to Sean MacBride, the first fulltime 1975 - when less than 1000 C ubans cated that the US could work easily There is therefore, every reason to Commissioner for Namibia, says that in early 1978 when the Western were in Angola - that the entry of with the MPLA, the CIA resorted to believe that if the US enters the An­ Contact Group produced a 'Proposal for a Settlement of the Namibia South African troops would result in writing false reports about the golan conflict, thenumberofCuban Situation', later incorporated into Resolution 435, its objective was 'the a 1O-15-fold increase in the number MPLA in order portray them in a troops will increase. independence of Namibia in accordance with Resolution 385'. of Cuban combat troops. Moreover negative light. Similar false reports While the American-sponsored the Washington-Pretori a axis, far are beginning to appear now. Is it negotiations have been slow and RESOLUTION 435 UNDERCUTS RESOLUTION 385 more than any other factor, resulted with the same intention? laborious, nevertheless they in legitimising the presence of thou­ I trust that the members of Con­ represent theonly hope for the US to DESPITE ITS ALLEGED purpose, Landis continued in a paper enti­ sands of Cuban troops in southern gress will not allow themselves to be realise its goals of reducing the num­ tled 'Namibia in the International Context: The Frustration of Indepen­ Africa. lied to and misled again by agencies ber of Cubans and promoting na­ dence', 435 undercut every key p~ovision of the earlier Resolution (385). One can only hope that these fac­ of our own government. tional reconciliation in Angola. No Among others, she stated that in terms of 435, instead of being re­ tors are not lost on those in the Unit­ Members of Congress must also one can be certain that the negotia­ quired to withdraw immediately, the South African occupation govern­ ed States who now propose to be on their guard against simplistic tions will succeed, but ifthey fail, the ment would remain in Namibia until independence; the election would cooperate with South Africa in at­ platitudes being substituted for hard position ohhe US will not be harmed be run by South African officials, while the UN would be reduced to tempting to remove the Cuban analysis. For example, one frequently further. monitoring their conduct; the South African .Police would be responsi­ troops. hears that aiding Unita will provide What is certain however, is that if ble for law and order; while the removal of Walvis Bay from Namibian the President with a bargaining ch ip Stopping the transmission of revo­ we join hands with South Africa on jurisdiction was tacitly approved. lution and violence across border in his talks with the Soviets in Gene­ the battlefield, we not only will fail She adds that 'having disposed of Resolution 385 by effectively sub­ constitutes anolher American in­ va. It may give Mr Reagan a white but also will greatly damage our in­ stituting a new resolution tailored to Pretoria's specifications, the Con­ terest spelled out by the Reagan Ad­ chip, but it also gives Mr Gorbachev terests and prestige in th e rest of the tact Group then proceeded to weaken and alter that substitute'. ministration. I n the last 10 years, no a stack of blue chips. Does anyone world. Since 435 was adopted it had been subject to numerous amendments and supplementary agreements, most of which were proposed by the Con­ tact Group on the insistence of South Africa. 'Virtually every change has disadvantaged Swapo and strengthened South Africa', she claims. Whenever Swapo agreed to another change, in order to get South Africa to proceed with the elections, Pretoria merely demanded another concession.

SECRET UNDERSTANDINGS BETWEEN SA AND WEST

'TO THESE DOCUMENTED changes must be added secret understand­ ings and agreements between South Africa and the West, which are known only by rumour or oral description, if at all' Landis adds. On the question of 'impartiality', she states that South Africa has repeatedly refused to implement 435 until the UN ends its 'partiality' towards Swapo. (The term 'impartiality' refers to General Assembly recognition of Swapo, financial aid and its observer status). The UN on its part had promosed to end special status or financial support once implementation of 435 has begun, and 'it has, for the most part, refrained from commenting on' the' administrative, political and financial assistance Pretoria gives its political favourites in Namibia', she said. 'In any case however, this (UN partiality) is a phantom complaint: one that is ignored when Pretoria wishes to seem accomodating, only to appear again when it is recalcitrant'. The US has also effectively 'amended' Resolution 435 by making the withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola a prerequisite to the implemen­ tation of the Resolution. 'South Africa echoes this demand whenever it wants to stall negotiations on Namibia ... Pretoria is not really wor­ ried about the Cuban presence and would shelve the issue if that was advantageous' .

'RIGGING' THE ELECTION AGAINST SWAPO LEADER, Fidel Castro - In 1975 the CIA predicted that the entry of South African soldiers would a ten to fifteenfold increase in Cuban troops. 'IT IS GENERALLY admitted .. . that Swapo would win any free and fair election held in the territory ... and consequently Pretoria and the Contact Group have, each in their own way, tried to tilt the scales in the other direction'. Landis continues. Unita is politically tainted - expert The first step, she said, was to substitute 435 for 385, leaving full con­ trol of the election in South African team, while the UN could 'observe' have demonstrated, in Vietnam, if the proceedings. She adds that there is no provision in 435 enabling UN HE HAD SERIOUS doubts public prepared to support our in­ volvement in what could be now here else, that when there is not monitors to correct violence or intimidation committed during the elec­ about the wisdom of US provid­ prolonged confrontation of powers a broad national consensus for a toral process or take action to prevent it. ing assistance, whether overt hu­ in that area?'. prolonged struggle, we leave a lot of Even the system of proportional representation (long since chosen by manitarian aid, or covert military Newsom added that there was lit­ brave people stranded. I have had to Swapo above the constituency system, and now also 'agreed to' by the aid, said the Honourable David tle support for help to Savimbi deal with manyofthose we have left interim government) could be ' used against' Swapo, particularly with Newsom, former assistant Secre­ among the other black nations in stranded; I do not want to see the the registration of thousands of refugees to thi s country who are 'grate­ tary of State for African Affairs that part of Africa. He said that number increased'. ful' to the authorities for granting them leave to stay in Namibia. in the first Nixon administration, wh il e there was support for Savimbi The drafting of a constitution for an independent Namibia by the Con­ He concluded his address by say­ stituent Assembly provides for a two-thirds, rather than a simple, majority at the recent hearing on US aid to when his movement first appeared, ing that 'the way this administration - making it more difficult for Swapo to obtain an effective majority. but that this qui ckly dissipated when Angola. and previous ones have chosen to There is still talk of furt her modification' and 'streamlining' and 'up­ the degree of South African support 'Is our aim to overthrow the cur­ deal with the problem of the Cuban dating ' of 435 by South Africa and the interim government. Where will rent regime in Luanda and put was revealed. and Soviet influence in Angola is it end? The fact is that in black Africa, Savimbi in power?', he asked. 'Even through strong efforts to resolve the The majority of the people of this country want the implementation Savimbi's is a politicall y tainted ifthat is the de irable objective. are broader regional question based on of Resolution 435 , even with its drawbacks. There is no doubt the UN movement', he said. we prepared to undertake the kind of the futmeofNamibia ... 1see littleal­ will not be in a position to 'choose' the elected leaders. The people will. Newsom went on to say that 'we sustained support necessary? Is our ternative to continuing this path'. What could be more impartial than that? 14 THE NAMIBIAN FRIDAY November 29 1985 West condemned for handling of Nalllibia Issue•

ALLOW ME to air my views through demn the evil system of apartheid. struggle can never be torpedoed. West clings to the Cuban issue which time that Namibians purge them­ the newspaper of the people. We can never gain anything from We condemn the West for the way really has nothing to do with selves of Pretoria's instruments. Namibians have suffered enough. rpartheid. Even thecolonisers know they handle the Namibian issue. It is Namibians. Historically it must be borne in The future is in our hands and we this. better for the best to stand far away We are sick and tired of the im­ mind that a genuine liberation must become the mouthpiece of .,)ur With the interim government im­ from the Namibia decolonisation perialistic and material tendencies struggle can never end up in failure. people. Namibian youth, which has posed on us we must be adamant and plan if they do not intend speeding of the West. the interests of the country at heart, stand firm. Let the political up Namibians independence. It is easy to exploit Namibian must be politically-conscious, manoeuvres of the interim govern­ With the pretext of bringing natural resources rather than the PIUS JOHN nationally-minded and strongly con- ment feel that a just and genuine Namibian independence nearer, the granting of independence. It is high ONDANGUA Why let the Look at Idi youth suffer Amin's rule

CONDITIONS IN the north are I WISH ro AIR my views on the worsening every day and people are security laws, AG 26 and AG 9. WhY detained without trial. Children are these laws applied to the Namib­ grow up without a father, and some­ ian population while the government .times even without a mother. claims it is democratic? Ifweuseourcommon sense, what These laws are repressi ve and have psychological effects wi ll that have resulted in harsh circumstances for on the child a nd h is future some families. development. Ifthe government arrests a person Seeing that the interim govern­ under these security laws, the person ment, as they claim, is for the N ami b­ may not stand trial. Why? Is it be­ ians, why are people detained cause in most cases the detainee is not without trial? Why let the future wrong or a crirninai at all, but just be­ generation suffer like this? cause he fought for what was right­ Not only do the families suffer fully his or hers. psychologically, but also physically. If the government wants credibil­ If the breadwinner is taken away, ity it must apply action and not only what will remain behind? preach that it is a government of the I condemn the government for people. By action, I mean doing away what they are doing now. In this way with these security laws. they will never get the su pport of the I want to make it clear that no people. H ow on earth can yo u sup­ government will succeed in its aim if port someone who is your enemy? it metes out violence and duress to its As far as I am concerned, up here people. Look at what happened to ldi in the north, we hardly support that Amin's rule in Uganda. government. We have suffered a lot anti no longer believe in a govern­ MLCHAKA ment with headquarters in Pretoria. WINDHOEK As long as they are in favour of P W Botha, we say 'no' to their rule. A vast 1 suggest that they free all de­ tai nees so that they can re-unite wit h their families, just like any other distinction member of the interim government. I CRITICISE and seriously con­ Be honest with yourselves and wi th demn the attitude of some Caprivi­ others. ans towards their fellow citizens. The Namibian newspaper is not there for NWNGAMENI criticising fellow citizens. Ifyou don't OSHAKATI have something relevant to be pub­ lished, don't waste the paper you're writing on. Be united It would be better for Caprivians to concentrate and improve the Ad­ in Caprivi ministration in the area. We all want independence, but people who IT HAS COME ro me that many betray and condemn will never give fellow Caprivians w.ho lack educa­ us independence. tion are those who are trying to stir We must live in peace so that the up and involve people in primitive Lord will give us better ways in which politics. Some educated people are to solve our problems ~nd which will being influenced by these uneducat­ lead us to independence. ed people. CHILDREN SUFFER when their-parents are detained without trial in the north· says a letter writer in to- At present Caprivi is separated in Mr E Likando represents the edition. Picture ' two sections. What causes this? In stronghold of CANU. He left the the first place, tribal politics, in the country but the Swapo organisation, second place, lack of foresight and in when he joined it, was dissatisfied the third, money. with his attitudes. Writer claims Caprivi differs We say whites discriminate against He returned to Namibia and start­ PLEASE ALLOW me to pass com­ South West Africa and not for Capri­ the great difference between these us. This is true if we associate with ed promoting tribal politics and ment on Mr Chibikulantu's letter vi. I very much doubt whether he two regions. their customs. We discriminate border disputes. My advice to him and others who which appeared in the November 1 knows the history of Caprivi and against ourselves by adopting Since the arrival of Mr Chibeya edition of your newspaper. neither does he know the history of still support Swapo, is that they tribalism. and Mr Matengu, it has become ap­ He calls himself a supporter of South West Africa. should cross the border and join parent that the they promote and Swapo. That is well and good. But I would like to remind him to study Swapo outside. I would like to assure LAST LAUGH support Mr Likando. then he forgets that his organisation the history of Caprivi and that of him that he will return to Caprivi. KATIMA MULILO Here are some questions for is fighting for the independence of South West Africa, then he will see Th say that Mr Muyongo is trying Messrs Chibeya and Matengu: to take people to the sixties and that o why were you in exile for 20 years? Away with tribal politics he is practising tribalism is totally o under which organisation were false. Mr Muyongo's message to ID's for all you in exile? IN REPLY ro the letter which ap­ inhabitants of Botswana. Let histo­ Caprivians is loud and clear and sim­ o under whose protection were you peared in The Namibian of Friday ry teach you that the Bekuhane come ple. He has been preaching national I AM WORRlEDabout theissueof in exile? November 8, in which the writer ac­ from Botswana. Study thoroughly unity and reconciliation and he ID documents. All Namibians, other o what knowledge did you acquire cused another of being identified as the history of your forefathers. wants Caprivians to live in peace. than blacks have a Book of Li fe, but in exile? Mufwenzala: The real Kuhane in Caprivi are in for us blacks merely an I D card which I appeal to both Mr Chibeya and I have also identified you as the south-eastern part of the region. I would also like to appeal to can easily get lost. Matengu to work towards reconcili­ Musibilanzala, belonging to whom I call on Namibians to stand un­ Messrs Sibeya, Matengu and Likan­ I am mentioning this because I lost ation and development ofthe region you support. divided until we achieve our waiting do to seriously think about the future mine twice and surely I am not the as a whole. There is a vast distinction betw~n independence of the country and join the UDP to only one. However this is not a result the people of Botswana and thepeo­ speed up the process of of negligence. The card is too small. AFFLICTED CAPRIVIAN pie of Caprivi. Do not confuse your­ TRIBALISM OUT independence. I fthegovernment is working in the KATIMA MULILO self by saying that Bekuhane are not KATIMA MULILO I condemn the divisions in Capri­ interests of Namibians. irrespective vi. The area, with a smail population, of colour, why can't all the residents cannot afford to have numerous po­ have the same means of Sick and tired of imperialism litical parties. Let us all unite under identification? With the pretext of bringing of the West. Historically it must be borne in the umbrella of the UDP. What mat­ I therefore suggest the government Namibian independence nearer, the It is easy to exploit Namibian mind that a genuine liberation strug­ ters i the achievement of freedom and revise the issue of I D cards and give West clings to the Cuban issue which natural resources rather than grant­ gle can never end in failure. independence. us all the same rights. really has nothing to do with ing in.dependence.It is high time that Namibia. We are sick and tired of the Namibians purge themselves of PIUS JOHN DKAroNDO J OMAGANO ~perialis~c an4 .rp~t~g~J~qencies Pretoria's instJ:urnents. ONDANGUA KATIMA MULILO OSHAKAl.'1 THE NAMIBIAN FRIDAY November 29 1985 15 Rejection of colonial education by student from Nall1ibia

I RECENTLY attempted to have a ling; the role students can play in the involved in 'disruptive' and 'destruc­ Iy concerned about the academic only temporarily succeed by discussion with some of the students community; how we can contribute tive' activities. welfare of the students, or was he threatening students with expulsion. inOtjiwarongo. The proposed meet­ to the development of our country He also claimed that the students merely trying to protect the current I, like many other true Narnibians, ing was met with enthusiasm by the and student representation in ofthe University where I study are in­ education policy which aims to reiterate the call for a relevant and students, but as expected, I had Namibia. stigating trouble in Soweto and are produce ignorant and conforming meaningful education system in problems with the white principal at The principal lost his temper and responsible for 'lawlessness' in that students? which we can realise our rights and the only secondary schoolin the Ot­ I told him that the intended meeting township. He said that black stu­ I want to tell the principal that he practice democracy in the true sense jiwllfongo township. was not politically-motivated. I said dents at that University negatively in­ will never succeed in defending this of the word. I asked him whether he would al­ he was welcome to attend as well. He fluenced white students to adopt unacceptable form of education. He We totally reject this colonial edu­ low his students to attend the meet­ , responded by saying he would never revolutionary and destructive be­ will dismally fail in his attempt to pre­ cation which is nothing but mass ing, and he was rather discourteous. listen or attend a meeting called by an haviour. He also told students that vent students from hearing points of coercion of the innocent youths of Briefly I wanted to discuss the fol­ 'instigator'. the Namibian educational system view that are not necessarily in cor­ Namibia. lowing topics with the students: Our I subsequently heard from stu­ was the 'best in the world'. respondence with his biased version ADOLF'NARIB educational system; career counsel- dents that he had told them not to get Tho questions emerge: is he real- of the true state of affairs. He can WITS STUDENT English for the Academy Muyongo's support ALLOW ME TO ai r my views speak only English in addition to through the newspaper of the people, their indigenous languages. I WANT TO pose a few questions to We Namibian students were sur­ Capri vi is an integral part of Mr Mishake Muyongo, the former prisingly impressed when the Acade­ Namibia and as the Academy is 'for Vice President of Swapo who defect­ ed or was expelled from that my announced it was to become a the country' the educational situa­ full-fledged university. tion should be improved to the satis­ organisation. We are desirous of studying at an faction and benefit of all Namibian On his return he claimed 86 per­ institution which claims to be 'In the students. cent support in the Caprivi region, land, for the land'. This country is not only for which in my opinion is not true, and What does worry us is why the Afrikaans speaking people but also never will be. Academy should effectively disquali­ for others. People in the north, more How can he expect support from fy students from the Capri vi who especially the Ovambo-speaking the majority of the people when he people, represent at least 45 perce nt merges with an organisation like the Tug-of-war of the total population of Namibia. DTA which supports the status quo? We appeal fortherightofstudents THE SWA RAD I 0 broadcasting in broadcast from Luanda, which tells How can he join forces with the ra­ cists he used to fight against? And THE TIME HAS COME for my fel­ to study in the language of their Kavango is not the same as the news the truth about our country. low Caprivians to stop pointing preference. It is common practice broadcast to the rest of Namibia. About two months ago the wor­ how can he convince the public that fingers at one another and to join that students who wish to study This would appear to be South kers from Kavango at CDM request­ the Swapo leadership is discrimina~ tory when there are still Caprivians hands in the building of their coun­ through the medium of English are African policy that the people of ed a radio station at CDM. This met in Swapo? try, both politically and economical­ partially absorbed by those who Kavango should not be informed without success. We Namibians who have the true ly. If we Caprivians believe in speak Afrikaans. This should be about what is going on in their We knew that this would not be aspirations of the people at heart, democracy, why fight about which abandoned. Professors and lecturers country. permitted, but we wish to state that regard a person who joins the DTA party has the right to exist there. capacle 0 f teaching the same courses The radio never fails to report the we as Namibians despise those things as one who is after wealth and number 0 f Swapo guerrillas killed by Presently neither of the political in English should be encouraged to which delay our freedom. prestige. parties, Swapo, DTA, UDP or Canu fu lfill this task. the SWA Territory Force. To avoid enjoy massive support in Caprivi. I t is most likely that only certain hearing this sort of reporting alone, WORKER ANTI-DTA This is because the politicians are en­ groups benefit from the Academy be­ we tune into the Voice of Namibia ORANJEMUND KATIMA MULILO gaged in 'civil war' instead of cam­ cause they can speak Afrikaans well. paigning for massive support. English will probably be widely Because of this tug-of-war among spoken in an independent Namibia our politicians, some have even for­ and the mawrity of people will prefer gotten their task as politicians. English. We want peace, justice and We would be grateful ifthese sug­ democracy in our beautiful land, and· , gestions concerning the Academy not an explosive situation. will be put into effect.

BUCHE-BUCHE SDANNY KATIMA MULILO ONDANGUA The medium of instruction I REJECT THE statement which ap­ guage was first introduced in Capri­ peared in The Namibian of Novem­ vi towards the end of the 1960's. By her 15 in which the Vice Rector of the then Caprivi schools were conduct­ Academy, Professor van Schalkwyk, ing all subjects in English and stated that students from Caprivi do teachers were recruited from neigh­ not speak English at all, and I quote: bouring colonial'ruled countries. 'This is despite official Academy At the present moment, with the policy that students have a choice exception of Afrikaans as a subject, regarding their medium of instruc­ all the remaining subjects from Sub tion and that the Academy intends A to Standard 10 are being taughtin making provision for students who English and as such I don't feel do not speak English at all, such as Caprivi students cannot speak those from Caprivi'. English. I would like to ask Professor van I would appreciate it if the Acade­ Schalkwyk what provision the my would introduce the German lan­ Academy intends making for non­ guage as the second official language English speaking Caprivian students to English as Afrikaans is a mixed and others. language. Furthermore I want to stress to the OZYMANDIAS Professor that the Afrikaans lan- KATIMA MULILO Unrest has increased SINCE THE installation ofthe ille­ frighten the people. gal and non-supported interim All these things have been taking government, unrest has been increas­ place since the interim government ing in Namibia. came into being. Way back in the twenties, the for over 4~ years the ingredients of On the first day of its establish­ I fthe interim government was es­ furnaces of WMF's foundry were g'rowth h'ave poured forth j'rom WMF ment, the people of Namibia were tablished to bring peace and order charged for the first time. It wasn't just as they will in the years to come. shown how they were going to be and move the country towards in­ a very big operation, but before treated . Peace-loving Namibians dependence, why don't they imple­ long our reputation for craftmanship , ., , ~ were beaten and teargassed that day. ment 'Resolution 435 . We know and innovation was known throughout Since then people have been detained however, that the aim is to delay the the country. Today South West Africa's without trial and those in rural areas independence of Namibia. only foundry is working full blast, cast­ W'MFI$,~L ing anything from an ashtray to a Po. BOX 5013 have been having sleepless nights be­ We still want the implemen~ation ,~ propeller. The foundry is the backbone cause of intimidation. of Resolution 435 . Away with ideas AUSSPANNPLATZ, WINDHOEK 9000 of the country's industrial progress and I have personally seen how people of delaying our independence. Do TELEPHONE: J5071 are intimidated, and then command­ not lin k our independence to the ed not to report t he matter. The per­ presence of Cubans in Angola. An­ WINNER OF THE 1985 AFRICA AWARD petrators of the intimidation cl aim gola is an in de pendent country and they can do what they want because we don't see Cubans in Namibia. FOR QLIWTY AND COMMERCIAL ACHIEVEMENT the people are 'Swapo supporters'. Someofthearmed men pretend to be KALOMPO Swapo insurgents when theyrob and OSHAKATI . , .. 16 THE NAMIBIAN FRIDAY November 29 1985 How to dye 500 metres of material

THIS WEEK we continue with dyeing, and after ing morning, put two tablespoons of salt in a pot with chemicals to get all the starch and oil out before you describing the synthetic dyes which are available, three litres of cold water. Mix 1 teaspoon of acid dye start dyeing it. The dye will not work well if the materi­ we will tell you how to dye 500 metres of material: with a little water in a cup until there are no lumps. al has starch or oil in it . Put the dye into the water in the pot. Stir it until all This is how to dye 500 metres of material: o All purpose dyes are sold in small round tins at the dye is mixed in. Put the wet wool into the dye and Mix 500g of dye powder in 1 litre of water which chemists and can be used to dye pure cotton materi­ boil it slowly. Cook if for about one hour on a very is about 30 degrees C - about the same temperature als like fasco and calico. Materials which are mix­ low heat. Then rinse the wool well until the water is as your hand. Put the material in a bath of water - tures of cotton and polyester will not hold synthetic clear and leave in the shade to dry. about 10 litres of water for every 1kg of material. Add dye. It will run out when you wash them. The instruc­ the dye to the water and material and mix it well. tions for how to use these dyes are inside the plastic o Reactive dyes are used for dyeing cotton, linen, Move the material around until the water is about the wrapper on the tin. hessian and sisal. They are not for wool or man-made same colour and all the material covered. Then add o Acid dyes are for wool. They are sold in big tins materials like polyester. You can get reactive dyes 500g salt and 40kg washing soda or soda ash or so­ but you can write to factories which make them and for mixing in cold water or hot water. The cold water dium carbonate, stirring all the time . ask for free samples. It is a good idea to get as many dye is easier to use and it works better. Reactive dyes Leave the material in the dye for 30 minutes to one samples as you can because they are free and can come in big tins from factories and are expensive. hour. Take it out when it is the colour you want. The dye a lot of wool. You need about 1g of dye for 1 metre of material. longer it is in, the darker the colour will be. Rinse it This is how to dye 50kg wool with acid lye: It is better to buy material which is ready for dye­ in cold running water until the dye stops running out. Soak the wool overnight in cold water. The follow- ing, otherwise you will have to wash it in special Then wash it with soap and rinse it well.

Low blow for beer sales SOAP IS A COMMODITY which many consumers fail to take into consideration when it comes to budgeting. And yet, as the saying goes, 'every penny counts' these days. Although one would assume THE SW BREWERIES' The upshot of an attempt to that prices on soaps would differ drastically depending on where bought, the difference is surprisingly 'Windhoek Light' beer sales prevent competition to its own 'LA' small as the survey below shows. OK has the lowest prices on soaps, with Model and Woerman & Brock campaign on the South African beer by the SA Breweries, was the being more or less on a par. consumer market was dealt a plugging of an apparent loophole in blow with a Government Gazette legislation (allowing the sale of light beer in supermarkets), with the announcement last Friday, announcement in the Government Items Qty. Model OK W&B. classifying light beer as liquor Gazette that light beer had been and thus fully under the reclassified as 'liquor'. restrictions of the Liquor Act. This move effectively blocked the Lifebuoy Soap 150g RO.58 RO.55 RO.45 'Windhoek Light' recently entered sale of 'Windhoek Light' in Shield Soap 125g RO.65 RO.72 RO.75 the South African consumer market supermarkets and according to an Palmolive Soap 150g RO.74 RO.82 RO.85 in supermarkets and cafes - indirect SWB spokesman, the removal of the Sunlight Soap 150g RO.68 RO.72 RO.69 competition to the SA Breweries product from the shelves of chain Breeze Soap 125g RO.69 RO.72 RO.75 'Low Alcohol' (LA) Beer, which was stores and cafes 'would deal the Deo 24 Soap 150g RO.66 RO.62 RO.69 restricted to bottle stores because of market a temporary bloW. Dettol Soap 125g RO.82 RO.89 RO.99 an alcohol content higher than two He pointed out that in Durban for Nordika Rich Lather Soap 125g RO.68 RO.69 RO.69 percent, as opposed to 'Windhoek example, a hypermarket had sold R2.39 R2.59 Light' which only has 1,9 percent. 24 000 cans of 'Windhoek Light' Dettol Antiseptic Soap 500ml R2.45 Bottle stores in South Africa within three days. Radox Fresh Lime 300ml R3.l9 R2.59 R3.l5 subsequently refused to stock the Fenjal Creme Bath lOOml R5.45 R5.45 R5.45 Namibian product, claiming that it was being sold in supermarkets. The Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Mr Werner List, SW Breweries' Disinfectants Act of 1972, deals with R16.59 R16.l6 R17.05 Chairman, reacted very strongly to substances containing more than 0,5 resistance by the South African 'beer percent, but less than two percent, and wine lobby', saying that the SA while the Liquor Act deals with bottle stores had acted in a negative substances of two percent or more, and dictatorial way to the beer with the disparity between the two acts described as a 'grey area'. New Katutura branch launch. STANDARD BANK will be opening branch, according to a press release the following banking hours will be a new Katutura Branch on December by Stanswa. applicable at the branch: Monday to Friday09h30to 12h30and 16hOOto 2. This branch will take over the oper­ 'The Bank realises the need for ations of the existing agency in the 18hOO, and on Saturdays from 08h30 YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY! complete banking facilities for the same premises in Mungunda Street, to lOh30. inhabitants of Katutura and opposite the Guest House. Standard Bank also announced Only until December 7 Khomasdal as well as the businesses the appointment of Mr P A Beukes Clients, currently operating their in the northern industrial area and as Manager of the Katutura Branch. accounts at the agency conducted thus the decision to upgrade the ex­ A born Namibian, Mr Beukes has CLEARANCE SALE from the Windhoek main branch will isting representation to branch worked since May 1984 with the now have a full range of banking status', Stanswa training college in services at their disposal through the To assist clients employed in town, Windhoek. EVERYTHING MUST GO!

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PARAGRAPHS own ability to teach. EXERCISE In Basic English so far, we have been looking at some The topic sentence in the first paragraph is 'Education This week's exercise isa bit more difficult than most. The points about better English , All the lime, we have used in Namibia requires urgent attention'. The next two sentences from two paragraphs have been mixed up single sentences to demonstrate points, But in practice sentences support this idea. They give reasons why in the )N'rong order. What you must do is to put them we do not usually write single sentences, We write education must be improved. These reasons are that back into the correct order. To help you, only the longer paragraphs that contain a few sentences, We there are not enough schools, and that many schools sentences that come after the topic sentences have write passages that contain a few, or even many, do not have enough equipment. been mixed up. Here are the sentences: paragraphs, 1) They also helped their children to hold a fete to raise To write good English, it is very important to know money. something about paragraphs , Aparagraphis a group 2) Every aftemoon after schooL a group stayed behind oisentences connected to one idea. Every paragraph to help carry bricks and mix cement. must have one main thought. 3) The parents of the students made donations. In most paragraphs, there is one sentence that we call 4) In addition, some companies and wealthy people the topic sentence. This sentence tells us what the gave money. paragraph is about. Even though it is a full sentence, 5) This made the building costs much lower. we can think of it as a sort of heading or title. Usually, (but not always), the topic sentence is the first sentence -- in a paragraph. To complete the exercise, you must fill in the correct sentence numbers after the topic sentences given The other sentences in a paragraph give support to the below. topic sentence. They may give examples of something mentioned in the topic sentence. They may explain a Money for the new classroom was collected from many statement made in the topic sentence. They may also sources. describe the topic sentence in more detail. The Sentence no ...... important thing is that they must be closely linked to the Sentence no ...... idea contained in the topic sentence. Sentence no ...... As soon as we want to introduce a new idea or The students helped to build the new classroom. something which is not directly connected with the Sentence no ...... topic sentence, we must start a new paragraph. Sentence no ...... Here is a short passage to illustrate the points about When you have finished doing the exercise, look althe paragraphs. Take note of how the passage is divided correct answers given below. into paragraphS. 1st Paragraph Education in Namibia requires urgent attention. In Money was collected from many sources. many areas, there are not enough schools. Many Sentence no 3 schools do not have enough books and teaching The topic sentence in the second paragraph is 'Some Sentence no 1 equipment. things can be done to improve the situation'. After the Sentence no 4 topic sentence, we get some examples of ways in which 2nd Paragraph Some things can be done to improve the situation. For things can be improved. These examples are that The stUdents helped to build the new classroom. example, pareniscan encourage their children to work parents can encourage their children and that Sentence no 2 hard, and teachers can study further to improve their teachers can study further, Sentence no 5

IF THE PERSON IS UNCONSCIQUS cannot breathe: Ii somebody is unconscious it looks as if they are asleep make sure • Stand behind the person and put your arms around and can not wake up. People usually become that the their waist, with your fists on their stomach below their unconscious after heart attacks, getting knocked out person does ribs_ inaUght, after poisoning or if they are very drunk. Ii an • Press hard into their stomach pushing upward at the not chok~ same time. . unconscious person is not breathing and if the heart is on their not beating, give them mouth to nose breathing and • The thing blocking their throat should come out, but pump their heart. Tum the person onto their side with t onqtle if it does not. press their stomach again and again, unW their head facing down. Do not give the person it does. anything to drink. If this does not work, do mouth to nose breathing. Take them to hospital quickly, because if somebody is unconscious they are usually very seriously injured. If a person IS cnok ' press them hard unde.r th~ ribs a person with shock lying with fe~t If 0 fxrb'j I'S choki "h i 9 her that1 hong them upside head

turn the. head to face. down

Ii somebody has shock: • Make the person lie down with the feet higher than the head. If the person is bleeding from the head. let them lie with their head up to stop the blood. • Cover them with a blanket. • Give them a little water, but nothing else to eat or drink. IF THE PERSON HAS SHOCK • Get them to a clinic or hospital as quickly as possible. People get shock after they have lost a lot of blood or have been badly burnt or had a heart attack or been IF THE PERSON IS CHOKING poisoned. You will know if somebody has shock if their Ii somebody swallows something it can stick in their skin becomes cold and sweaty, their heart starts to beat throat and block up the airpipe, then they choke. This very quickly and they seem to be weak and contused. often happens to children. If somebody is choking and PORTUGAL SOL E MAR SUPERMARKET and FISH & CHIPS Fresh Fruit and Meat Every Day Take-aways hamburgers Business-hours: 6.45am - 9pm curry and rice Tel. 61659 Every day seven days a week E. Rousseau Street

• • I • ~ . '. • , • • ~ • ~_ . . • , (, ., .. f J. .. , 1 r 18 THE NAMIBIAN FRIDAY November 29 1985 The stor-y of work-seeking Big Al from the US of A

THE aTHER DAY I came across right?" I asked da lawyer. '''Naw'', he Big AI, fresh over from the US of A, PERHAPS YOU have seen them drifting through town. They are-usually says, "I mean he's my brother in law". standing six foot three and weighing white, down-and-out from Johannesburg, Vanderbijl Park or such like L 'Now dat too 1 could understand. 240 Ibs (convinced they are the centre places. Most are trash, but a few are decent, genuine victims of retrench­ Sometimes a guy' must show more of the Universe, the Yanks have not ment in South Africa's battered economy. And they are all looking for I respect for da in-laws than for one's metricated yet). work in Namibia, of all places, which has not e.nough jobs to sustain own blood. 'What brings you to these sunny its own people. In this account, our Special Listener, JEV, tells the sto­ N "'Mebbe you married to his sis­ Namibian climes, Big AI?' I' asked ry of an unusual work seeker. ter?" 1 asked da lawyer. eyeing the bulge under the left CROSSED "'Naw", da lawyer said. "You get armpit. me wrong. He is my colleague in da 'There's no more room for straight S law profession and I can't take legal mobsters like me over in da States', he action against colleagues"'. snarled and took a wet lick from a Big Al frowned. 'So 1 finally saw huge two-Dollar cigar. A brave but pitiful attempt at da light. I have as little chance as a Big Al Guccioni, it transpired, was flamboyance which once must have jackass in da Kentucky Derby of get­ a second-generation American. Un­ been second nature to Big AI, I ting back my bankroll through legal til six years ago he had been first lieu­ thought. means: tenant to Marty Clancy, Big Boss of 'Isn't that going a little too far, I He paused to relight the cigar. the Cincinatti rackets before a stoolie mean stating that organised crime 'So what happened, you aban­ with a vicious grudge brought Clan­ has taken over much of the govern­ doned the money?' I asked cy down with a 35-year jail stretch for ment service and the law profession impatiently. tax evasion. over in the States?' I asked. 'Naw,1 decided to resort to daold 'Naw, not't all. Lemme tell ya asto­ ways. I borrowed a five pound ham­ A t the time, Big AI, already in his ry' Big Al replied. mer and a coupla 12-inch nails. Fifties, ~as being groomed to take 'Dere was dis lawyer, ya see, who 'I went to da hot-shot's office, got over from the ageing Clancy who had owed me five Grand for a little job I past da secretary and waited for da been rumoured to be losing his grip did for him after Marty went to da shyster to turn up. Then I threatened anyway on the Organisation. Other cooler. It concerned a IiI' matter of to nail his kneecaps to da floor. bosses moved in to grab the spoils getting rid of an unwanted boyfriend 'I walked outta dere with seven big and for a while gangland warfare forcing his attentions on the eldest ones, my original five, plus two G's seemed imminent over Clancy's daughter who was not unreceptive to interest', Big Al declared. rackets, but at the last minute the the attentions but we won't go into it So you used the money to come powerful families reached agreement now, if you get my drift'. over to Namibia where you are now on the division of Clancy's territory I nodded, to show that I was art looking for a job. Is that it?' I among them. Too weak to fight back ears and with him so far. guessed. and with too little family clout to get often). Atsuch profound wisdom, I took Big AI continued. 'I asked dis bird 'Yeah', he replied. a piece of the action, Big Al found 'Ya see back in dagood 01' days all a look at AI's suit which long time several times nicely and sweetly for 'What work/are you thinking of, himself left in the cold. da h6nest gun-tot in' hoods were ago must have stirred envy in the my fiveG's but he still refused to pay. AI? You must remember Namibia is straight guys, proud of da work for hearts of the nattiest dressers. Now 'Deciding to playit straightda way a small country and officially there 'So what's the problem?' Big AI, da bosses. Everybody knew who dey it showed distinct signs of bagginess, dey do it dese days, I went to see is no organised crime here. You may I asked, noting the walnut-sized were, but dese days dey have a new draped over AI's huge frame. The another lawyer to sue da guy. even find it impossible to get an open­ flashing diamond mounted in a breed. Dey all went to college, wear cuffs were a little frayed and "the 'But da lawyer said he could not ing for an experienced kneecap­ pinky ring. pinstripe suits, carry briefcases and trousers seat had taken more than its take da case because he would be su­ basher', I observed. 'Naw, it's just one great big bowl squat behind huge desks in da share of shine. ing his brother. Now dat 1 under­ 'Naw', Al said, 'that is all past me. of a mess', Al drawled. (Big Al has government service or law practice. I studied the face before me. The stand, because I've learnt dat fami­ I am hanging up da rod'. never seen Texas except on film on tel­ Some of dem even are broads. faded features still showed signs of ly must be respected, although 1 He screwed up his eyes and then he evision but he could drawl with the 'Where is the world goin' ta, I ask good looks, but strugglihg through thought it was funnyda two guys did brightened. best of them in Dallas, when he feels ya?' he remarked with a note of the black-dyed hair were a few yel­ not have da same names? 'Mebbe I can teac;:h da yo ungsters the occasion demands it, which is disgust. lowed strands of grey. "'He is yer eldest brother, dat's proper English?'. How to deal with the hazards of the home

A HOME should, to all intents bottles and drink from them. If you glass patio or sliding doors. Often and purposes be the safest, most do use this method of storage make children cannot see whether the door secure place to be. And yet one sure that the bottles are put away in isopen or closed until it is too late. A frequently hears of bad or even a safe spot, a cupboard too high for sticker can be pasted on the door at fatal accidents that have a child to reach, or a cupboard that their eye-level to help prevent an occurred within the confines of can be locked. accident. The same should apply to oven 'home'. • Medicines constitute one of the cleaners, drain cleaners, polishes, greatest dangers in a home ifproper Why? Basically because many and even after-shave, perfumes and care is not taken. people feel that there is no danger of shampoos. Manufacturers are not Don't keep old medicines mishaps in their homes. You know, always obliged by law to declare that cluttering up the medicine cabinet. the usual attitude of 'it won't happen their products are poisonous. They Old pills and medications should be to me!' But take a good look around are of course safe to use, but must be discarded. Whatever you do, don't your own home. You will probably be kept out of the reach of children. throwaway in the dustbin. Someone surprised (and hopefully shocked) to at the rubbish dumps may think the see how many safety hazards there • Plastic bags should never be left pills or capsules or whatever are are. around within reach of children. 'sweets'. The best way is to first Take the kitchen for example. One • Electric flex is another potential dissolve the pills or capsules and then tends to think that sharp knives danger. Children or pets should not pour down the toilet or drain. Old constitute a danger. In fact, blunt be allowed to play with flexes as they medicines have generally lost most of knives are even more dangerous are easy to bite through. their potency and after being ' becauseoftheextra force needed to • Stickers must be used on large, dissolved in water become harmless. cut with them. Keep all knives sharp, with the points embedded in old own. Never let it get hot enough to And whatever you do, don't put a corks when put into a drawer (that is start smoking. In any case, at this cigarette butt or ash into a rubbish if you don't have a special knife rack. temperature it starts to break down bin. Rather put the asn and butts into t.oose handles on pots or pans can and makes the food taste bitter. an empty tin and pour over a little YOUR EXPERT IN LIGHTING, also be dangerous and either come I f a flame should burst out in the water before placing in the rubbish off, or slip while you are using the oven, don't open the door. Leave it bin. TILES & SANITARY WARE pot. 1f the handle is just screwed on, shut and turn off the heat as well as The sittingroom also has its share tighten the screws. If held by rivets, the main switch of the stove if it is of fire and other hazards. place the pot or pan so that the rivet electricity. I f you have a gas stove and Make sure that your television set is in contact with something hard - a fire breaks out, turn right down and is not standing too close to a brick for example - and hit the then close off the gas supply to the curtaining, in which case the other end with a hammer to tighten. stove. The fire will die out in the oven ventilation grill would be blocked. The danger of fire can never be through lack of air. It is also important to not only emphasised too often. Remember to avoid putting wet switch off, but also unplug as many When deep- frying, make sure the food into hot fat or oil. I fthis is done, appliances as possible before retiring fat (without any food in it yet), does the fat or oil spits and sizzles, at night, in particular the television notcoine up more than a third of the splattering boiling hot oil or fat over set. si de of the pan. the stove. Dry the food first (chips for But itis the children who are most If the fat does catch fire while you example) before sl iding carefully into often injured - or worse - in H. perstling are cooking, sprinkle with the hot fat. accidents at home. bicarbonate of soda. There are other general fire • Empty cooldrink or liquor Windhoek business 31 Garten St. Oil constitutes a danger when hazards in the home. If you are a bottles used for storing chemical Tel. 26966 cooking. Remember that oil does not smoker, use stable, deep ashtrays cleaners, paraffin, liquid detergent After hours: 26 Leutwein Street need a naked flame to ignite. Once it where there is no risk of the cigarette etc, are a constant danger to small Tel. 24851 is sufficiently hot it can ignite on its falling out. children who may well recognise the' THE NAMmIAN FRID~ Novem~r 29 1985 19.

only Collins on synthesizer and a whole lotta fun. BEHIND THE SUN Clapton on lead. Although Afterburner doesn't ERIC CLAPTON Probably the best track is ' Just like quite match up to Eliminator - their a Prisoner', superb with a double biggest selling album to date - for drum backing from Collins and raw, driving power, it contains the Blues power lives on! After 22 years Jamie Oldaker. The drum rolls sound same basic formulas. under the spotlight, Eric Clapton has like thunder and Clapton's lead like The music has become tighter and weathered the storm remarkably lightning. slicker. well, although at times he has looked Clapton's guitar-playing skills Afterburner contains material somewhat frayed at the edges. must surely be unrivalled in the world which a free society need neither fear ' Seven of the tracks on Behind the nor surpress. In some socially­ Sun, feature Phil Collins, who teams retarded areas, designed to keep up with King Axe most compatibly. RECeRDS people docile and ignorant, rock 'n Most of the tracks on this album roll still poses a threat to their very are good, solid blues. Side One opens of blues. Mind-blowing stuff, Mr existence. The language and concept with a powerful, driving blues Clapton! contained on this album will not number called 'She's Wai ting', with Clapton has just completed a cause eternal torment in the place raspy shouting vocals from Clapton 43-date American tour, plus a where the guy with the horns and and Phil Collins. 22-track compilation album called pointed stick conducts his business. This is followed by an appeal for 'Backtrackin' which should be All the tracks are delivered with the world peace in the name of love released soon. high energy and power of a person called 'See What Love Can Do'. At 42, Clapton still has that sharp obsessed (not by Mr Horns,) slowing One track that could have been edge which has given him the down only once with the rasping but omitted from the album is the slowed reputation of the finest blues beautiful song called 'Rough BoY, down cover version of the over lifted guitarist a·nywhere. .". 'Knock On Wood~ The last track, 'Delirious', is one 'Forever Man' has a great tempo, AFTERBURNER of the finest songs on the album and lead and percussion section, would even wear Zola Budd down. ZZlO~ Eric Clapton including some fine bongos. When Gibons yells 'Baby I can't 'Never Make You Cry' and stop rockin no matter what they do 'Behind the Sun', are two slow, ZZ Top are still producing hard or say .. ..! you'd better believe it. moody tracks, with the latter driving, straight forward rock n roll, The painting on the sleeve finds sounding an almost inaudible rasp with an energetic deliverance few can the ZZ Top roadster/rocket orbiting' ~I ...... ___ ..-- 5 which could choke up a lonely person' keep up with. Billy Gibons, Dusty around the earth. Far out boys! Keep on a grey beach. This song features Hill and Frank Beard, are still having rockin won't you. THE FRISCO KID Philadelphia. WARNER HOME VIDEO They take all his money and sacred starring Gene Wilder, Harrison possessions and leave him lying Goodbye Nerds, hello Air Heads Ford, William Smith and Penny unconscious. Peyser. When he regains consciousness he exactly that. Perfect! sets off for San Francisco - and PERFECT And yes, Jamie Lee Curtis does For pure fun and humour from the Starring John navolta and have a lovely smile. soon becomes very, very lost. MOVIESj IIII II 11111' i i Ii iii Ii I'" , top drawer, this film fits the bill to And this is when Tommy Lillard Jamie Lee Curtis perfection! (Harrison Ford), an outlaw, meets up Gene Wilder is Avrarn Belinski, an with him. .bars tools with notches on at the Orthodox rabbi imported from a The unlikely duo team up and 'PERFECT' isn't a movie solely world seminar in Poland to lead a become involved in a series of about sweaty armpits and skimpy singles bars, desperately seek love new congregation in the Gold Rush leotards. There is actually a story be­ outrageous adventures. Meanwhile, and will go to any lengths to prove it. days of San Francisco. hind it, although most 'air heads' will Avrarn is also burdened with the The general consensus, apparently. probably only remember the gyra­ Gullible and very much a growing belief that he has lost his A pleasing verdict from the jury, tions and yelps designed to keep one greenhorn, he lands up with a trio of faith. And then he meets a girl and fits of temper, kisses and cuddles, villains after docking at falls in love .. . This movie is a treat. 'fit'. and some more gyrating make for a 'Perfect' was born from an idea of happily ever after finale. THE TWILIGHT ZONE Spielberg (Jaws, E.T. and Close a cover of Rolling Stone magazine, This movie is not 'Perfect', not WARNER HOME VIDEO Encounters), John Landis (An featuring Christine Brinkley in even outstanding, but to see Carly Si­ American Werewolf in London, leotard supported by some jock. mon deposit her tomato cocktail in starring Kathleen Quinlan, Vic The cover story was entitled navolta's face was fun. Morrow, Scatman Crothers and ' , nading Places), Joe Dante (piranha, The Howling,) and George Miller 'Looking for Mr Goodbody'. Doug Magrath. (Mad Max and Mad Max II and III). Our story takes up with newspaper Interesting too, was to see Fans of supernatural, fantastic The movie is a feature version of hack Adam Lawrence (John Travol ~ Rolling Stone Editor and spooky tales will love this movie the successful television series (a few ta) setting out with a notion in mind and Publisher, consisting of four different stories episodes of which were also screened that gyms are the singles bars of the Jann Wenner, designed to make viewers sit on the here some time ago), and although Eighties, but decides not to print his playing edge of their TV-chairs. not everyone's cup of tea, will story after finding the best body Four gripping tales of terror, certainly be high on the list of (J arnie Lee Curtis) and falling for her magic and mystery have been priority viewings for all those who faster than the 'air heads'pants at combined from the talents of Steven enjoy entertaining anthology films. parties. Pity it seems, as first impressions 'SCORPIO' man who is his only friend! And the are often correct. WARNER HOME VIDEO pace is fast and relentless. However, our hacking hero starring Burt Lancaster, Alain Burt Lancaster - at hi s athletic appal ently knows how Delon, Paul Scofield and Gayle best, and Alain Delon - at his get what he wants, charming best, are two of the,e Hunnicutt. even if it means a little agents, men whose lives are 'n the pelvis- thrusting and Of the 'John Le Carre and Robert balance every minute of every day gyrating with the hor- . Ludlum spy thriller' genre, this film and night. ny herd down at the is packed with action and cold­ There is no place for sentiment and Sports Connec tion blooded espionage, incredibly regret when one lives on the edge of and then. complex and with scenes of violent death, which could come from brutality. anyone, friend or foe. 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Christianity, Ava Gardner as 'VWra Agrippina, Nero's mother, James But the news shatters Jewish unity. Mason as Emperor There is a bitter chasm between the Tiberius, John subsequent Jews who believe in Jesus and those McEnery as Caligula who do not. And those who believed, investigation. and Dennis Ouilley as were the very founders of the disciple Peter, are Moore and Curtis are always a Christianity. successful team and the feature film a few of the star-studded I t was a bad time for the Jews to be cast. should prove highly entertaining. divided. The Romans were hostile, Without doubt, Sunday's Anno Domini was intent on oppressing and destroying filmed in Thnisia, and Roger Moore are highlight is the start of the the Jews, finding them to be Pompeii and Rome. back on the small screen this blockbuster series on the vulnerable scapegoats. bloodstained origin of Christianity fi Human life was expendable, death There are new programmes weekend in the feature 1m and the fall of the decadent Roman MISSION: MONTE was sport and murder among friends in the pipeline too, with quite empire, - ANNO DOMINI. and relatives was commonplace in a few of the series' being CARLO. Production on this series of 12 the city known as the 'capital ofthe concluded this weekend and The tale involves two friends, Lord one-hour episodes cost R30 million world'. next week. Brett Sinclair (Moore) and Danny and took three years, with the man at With the death of the cruel Wilde (Curtis), bent on having a the helm being Vincenzo Labella, Tiberius, the Roman reign of terror SKOOLPLAASSlORIES is to good time during their visit to the creator of 'Jesus of Nazareth' and was grabbed in succession through be concluded tomorrow, French Riviera - intent on beautiful 'Marco Polo'. years of bloodshed and persecution and SONDAARSPOORT girls, a fast-paced nightlife and The sweeping saga begins in the - the madman Caligula, the next Wednesday, with DIESE champagne. year 30 AD, when a Jew called Jesus stuttering Claudius, Nero, who . But the friendship which has DROMBUSCHS being concluded of Nazareth, condemned for inciting descended from his initial well­ on Thursday. developed between 'born with a silver a revolution in religious doctrine and meaning intentions to the cruel spoon' Brett aI1d Bronx-born Danny, thereby provoking the wrath of the excesses that marked his Finally, next Thesday evening, a self-made millionaire of the slums, Romans, is crucified by Pontius tempestuous years, culminating with drama fans can watch TORN is one that inevitably weaves a web 0 f Pilate. the persecution of the Christians and ALLEGIANCE, a South African dangerous adventures. On the fourth day following his his own death. production starring Sheiagh They are caught up in a seething death, Jesus reveals himself to certain Anthony Andrews takes the role of Holliday, Thevyn McDowell, Ilse cross-current of intrigue and murder of his disciples, bidding them to go the cunning, flamboyant Emperor Schmidt, WHna Snyman, Joe and much against their will they find forth in the world - the world Nero;NeiJ Dickson that of Valerius, Stewardson, Ryno Hattingh, Jack themselves involved in the virtually 'owned' by Rome - to the Roman soldier who turns to Mullen, Rob Smith, Jeff Shapiro, Jacques Loots and Eddie Nhlapo. The story is set against the background of the Anglo Boer war, giving a peek at both sides, and NOV. 29 - DEC. 5 recounts the story of a 15-year-old girl catapulted into the world of men and war. FRIDAY 17h44 Ons Jeug Maak Musiek 19h13 Remington Steele 17h50 Ons Geveerde Vriende 20hOO South West News 17h27 Prog. Schedule 18h12 Luglandskappe 20h15 Falcon Crest 17h30 Hand in Hand 18h42 50/50 "The Last Laugh" 17h35 Box of Delights 19h 12 Spieelbeelde 21 h02 Who's the Boss? 18h05 Video 2 19h37 Another Life 21 h25 Nuus/News 18h35 Sport 20hOO Nuusverslag/News Rev. 21h40 Torn Allegiance (drama) TO celebrate Baroque 300 18h46 It's Your Move 20h10 A.D. - Anno Domini . 23h12 Epilogue 20h55 Cat Chat 19h10 The Big Valley WEDNESDAY 20hOO Suidwes-Nuus 21 hOO Nuus/News . 20h15 Hill Street Blues 21h15 Gospel Road - (a musical 21 h02 Agter Elke Man on the life of Christ) 17h27 Prog. Schedule 21 h37 Nuus/News 22h10 The 700 Club 17h30 Hand in Hand 21 h52 The Villagers 22h38 Vra Wat Pia 17h35 The Yearling 22h16 Kom Kuier Saam Met... 18h05 Die Avonture van Gulliver Mimi Coetzer MONDAY 18h25 Van Kleuter tot Skoolkind 22h32 Dagsluiting 18h37 Sport .17h27 Prog. Schedule 19h14 Riptide SATURDAY 17h30 Hand in Hand 20hOO Suidwes-Nuus 17h35 Harry's House 20h 15 How the West was Won 17h27 Program rooster 17h50 Platepraatjies 21 hOO Sondaarspoort (final) 17h30 Kompas 18hOO. Tilly - a childrens series 21 h40 Nuus/News 17h33 Der Hund Bummel 18h22 Sport 21 h55 Police File 17h42 Art and About 19h10 Learned Friends 22h10 Media in Training 17h55 Flinkdink 20hOO Suidwes-Nuus 22h25 The Fortesque Files. 18h30 Sport 20h 15 The Jeffersons 22h40 Dagsluiting 20h40 Murder, She Wrote 18h46 Skoolplaasstories (final) THURSDAY 19h10 Airwolf 21 h30 Nuus/News 20hOO Prime Time 21 h45 Lieder und Leute 20h55 Just My Luck 22h30 Aktualiteitsprogram 17h27 Program rooster 21 h20 Nu us/News 23hOO Dagsluiting 17h30 Kompas 21 h35 Mission Monte Carlo 17h33 Wiekie 18hOO Teletien 23h05 Solid Gold TUESDAY 23h55 Epilogue 18h25 Uit en Tuis 19h05 Die Man van Intersek 17h27 Prog ramrooster 19h50 Filler material SUNDAY . 17h30 Kompas 20hOO South West News 17h33 Avonture in Amper­ 20h15 Knots Landiflg 16h27 Prog. 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SA SUSPENDED LAST OF THE LIONS von Bach CAIRO: The International Squash LONDON: A number of top South Racquets Federation (lSRF), has African players, including centre BY BELINDA WHITE voted to suspend South African Danie Gerber and flanker Rob Louw, teams from its tournaments and has were considering quitting rugby THERE WAS a hive of activity at accepted the membership of the union and joining British Rugby the Von Bach Dam near Palestinian and Bahrain Federations. League clubs if the scheduled British Okahandja early last Sunday Lions tour to the Republic did not ISRF Executive Director, Mr morning, as the catamarans from take place, the Cardiff-published the Nomad Sailing Club hoisted Roger Eady, said after a Federation Western Mail newspaper reported meeting this week, that members had this week. their sails. rejected a Swedish proposal to expel Writer Robert Cole said: 'Already The day's sailing was South Africa, but had voted instead Springbok wing Ray Mordt has been organised in preparation for the to suspend that country's teams. offered a considerable sum to turn busy and highly competitive his talents to the northern code, and South Africans may playas programme at Walvis Bay in as many as seven of the current individuals in countries where they December. . Springbokside are known targets for are allowed to compete, he said. The catamarans are divided league clubs. into three classes, namely the The Palestinian and Bahrain 'Gerber and Louw, who made H16's, the HI4's and the Halcats, Federations would become full such a great impact when they appeared in Wales a few seasons ago, which are classified with the members from January, Mr Eady H14's for handicap purposes said. would be ideal league players, and have made it known that they would during a racing event. listen to suitable offers~ Sixteen craft competed in BRITS HONOURED Cole said it seemed unlikely that Sunday's well-organised the Lions would tour South Africa programme. LONDON: Zola Budd is one of six next year, 'but they could switch to Weather conditions were leading British athletes who have somewhere like Au stra li a~ favourable and although the been guaranteed places in next He added that if there was no wind was light and Paul Rogerson and his crew summer's European Championships switch, 'it could be we have seen the unpredictable, the boats were in Stuttgart, West Germany. last of the Lions ~ The South African-born teenager 'Although there have been 22 able to commence with the first the light winds the duration of • 1st - Kobus and Stella wins the honour in the 3 000 metres. British tours to South Africa, New race at lOh25. A cornic scene the course was approximately Stofberg on an H16. The other athletes are Steve Cram Zealand and Australia since 1888, ensued as the Hobies began to one hour. A few more laughs were • 2nd David Chase on an (1 500m), Sebastian Coe (800m or there is a strong lobby of opinion for approach the start. had when enroute to the second H14. 1 500m), Daley Thompson an end to Lions tours. buoy some skippers and their • 3rd Dawie and Cheryl (decathlon), Fatima Whitbread and 'Many now believe single country A few seconds before the siren, crews had to resort to a little Lubbe on an H16. Thssa Sanderson Uavelin). tours are better. Paul Rogerson and his crew, Uwe gentle persuasion in order to ease The prizes were donated by Sieg, caught the wind, bypassing their boats through a rather Taueber and Corssen, Total and all other boats while very narrow passage between two the Sonnex Group. stylishly flying a hull which islands. It was extremely encouraging ended in an equally stylish to see the presence of the SWABC ALWAYS capsize, costing them precious After the final race of the day, television team, because time. a prize-giving was held. The although Hobie sailing does not There was a profusion of overall winners of the day's boast a large following, both the S-T-R-E-T-C-H!! colour as the 'cats' thrust forward events, according to handicap, enthusiasm and expertise of the t_owards the first buoy. Owing to were as follows: participants deserve credit.

NNSL WORLD CUP SEEDS

ZURICH: West Germany, France, because they reached the semi-fmals players Poland and Brazil, joined holders of the 1982 fi nals in Spain. Italy and hosts Mexico as the top Brazil has been seeded on merit, I. 2. 3 . +. ignored seeds in next month's draw for the having won the tournament three World Cup finals. times, and contested every final BEFORE YOU RUN! ALL THE PLAYERS from the Each country will head one ofthe tournament since 1930. Namibia National Soccer six four-team groups to be decided at Group 'A' leaders, Italy, will be I. Bend knee forward until calf-muscle pulls. Hold 10 seconds and repeat. League who helped Namibia the December 15 draw in Mexico based in Puebla, while Mexico, at the 2. Pull heel towards buttocks until muscle pulls. Hold 10 seconds. reach the finals of the Impala City. top of Group 'B', will play all their 3. Hold ankle. Bend forward. Hold for 10 seconds. Soccer Tournament, have been An International Football first round matches in Mexico City's 4. Reach as far down as possible. ignored by the national selectors Federation (FIFA) official, said Aztec stadium. Repeat a few times with each leg. fo r the match against Northern today that while Italy and Mexico Brazil, in Group 'D' are expected had automatic seeding, West to be housed in Guadalajara, with Cape which is to take place at the Germany, Poland and European HERE'S PART TWO of the training schedules to get all joggers and runners France in Leon, West Germany in Katutura stadium on December champions France, were seeded Queretaro and Poland in Monterrey. into shape for the Mobil Half Marathon (21,1 km) on February 1986. Even 7. if you are a beginner and missed last week's introduction, there is still time to get started. Remember that the first two weeks are the worst! After that In the absence of these players, the it gets easier every day. only non-NNSL player involved in The lifesaving challlp If you've got any queries yo u can phone Steve Crerar (at 63141 or 41982), the Tournament in Johannesburg, or better still, come along to the Windhoek Harriers Time Trial, which takes Bertus Damon, has been named place every Thursday starting at 18hOO from the Total Garage in Hintrager captain. Street, Pionierspark. He is one of fi ve Ramblers players included in the side, after Ramblers' BEGINNERS WEEK 2 victory against Chief Santos last weekend. Sunday Veteran fullback, Bobby Monday 2km or 15 mins Jog. Steady a pace as possible. Craddock, has been mimed vice­ Tuesday 2km or 15 mins Jog. Steady a pace as possible. captain for the match. Wednesday • The full team is: Thursday 2km or 14 mins Faster jog. e.g. Time Trial Keepers - GernotZenke(SKW)and Friday 3km or 20 mins Faster jog for 4/ 5 min. Peter Schwartzer (Ramblers). Walk 2 mins. Repeat. Defenders - Capes Nel (Young Saturday 4km or 30 mins Jog. Nice and easy. Ones), Les Grysie (SKW), Bobby TOTAL 13km or 94 mins Craddock (Ramblers, vice-captain) and Manual Mentos (I:fungry Lions). . JOGGERS REGULAR RUNNERS Midfielders - Absolom Khomo Mon 3-5km/ 18-30 mins · 7-9km Warm up 1st half then (Chief Santos), Lionel Mathews faster 2nd half (young Ones), Kim Blank Thes 3-5km/18-30 mins 9-lIkm Steady. (Ramblers) and Bertus Damon Choose HILLY course (Ramblers, captain). Wed Strikers Joseph Martin Thurs 4-6kmI22-33 mins 8km Fast-paced run. e.g. (Ramblers), Lance WiUemse (young Time Trial Ones), Justus Basson (Hungry Fri 2-4km/ 12-24 mins 5-8km Alternate kms. Very Lions), Dawid Madjiedt (Young LAST FRIDAY the Sportsman of the Year of the Ones), Pele Damaseb (Chief Santos) easy, then faster SWA Police was chosen from six finalists in various sports. The winner Sat 5-7 km/30-40 mins and Selle Augumeb (Chief Santos). 1O-16km Try to enjoy it! Forget of the Sportsman of the Year, Hans Hirsekorn, South African Lifesaving about speed! The team will be coached by Dios Champion, receives the trophy from the Commissioner Total 17-27km/lOO-157 mins 39-52km Engelbrecht and the Manager is Mr Justus Goseb. of the SWA Police, Major General Dolf Gouws. ' THE NAMIBIAN FRIDAY November 29 1985 13 ~ Acid test for new cricket skipper THE FORMER Western announcement last week that he extract anything from the pitch may Province 'B' player, Lennie Louw would retire after the match. Brown count against him. of Wanderers, has been named is without peer in this country and The full team, in possible batting captain of the National Cricket will be sorely missed after his order, is: • Andre Smuts, Dave Thompson, XI for today and tomorrow's retirement. Louw has taken over the captaincy Anthony Hardwick, Martin match against the Western from Andre Smuts, who in the few Martins, Jurie Louw, Lennie Louw Province Country Districts, and outings he has had as captain ofthe (captain), Greg Small, Rob Brown, will be undergoing a baptism of National XI never really impressed. Andre Markgraaff, Julian Baard fire in his first outing as captain. The match against Boland recently, and Marius Stander. many believe, would have been won The man who will carry the drinks Both teams desperately need a if it had not been for Smuts' poor is Graham Snyman. victory to stay in the hunt in the SFW leadership and reading of the game. The Western Province team is of competition, and an outright victory He retains his place in the side as unknown quality with most of the is therefore on the cards. a specialist batsman and hopefully players hailing from the Oudtshoom The national selectors surprised he will now be sent in to open the districts. all when they announced the team, innings. While captain, Smuts Strangely, two of the players come excluding specialist batsman Jan preferred to bat himself at number from within Namibia's borders, Steve Ackermann in favour of Andre five. . Woodward and Clive Bosman of Markgraaff. Markgraaffs inclusion The team bats all the way to Oranjemund. as a spin bowler and middle-order number nine and in Martin Martins The team is: batsman is warranted, but has a second spin bowler. • Woodward, Bosman, Danie Ackermann should not have been Burger, John Giles, George sacrificed. The bowling will probably be Stegmann, Francois Anker, Kat Some pundits argue that a player opened by Rob Brown and Lennie Bormann, Hilton Cherry (captain), like Marius Stander or Julian Baard Louw, with Marius Stander and Tienie Fourie, Bubu Visser, Danie should have been overlooked Greg Small the first and second Enslin and Chris Heunis. The instead. change bowlers. Julian Baard's manager is Mr Roger White. The side is well balanced with Rob accurate seam bowling wilJ also be The cricket commences at IOhOO Brown included despite his called upo,n, but his inability to on both days. Ramblers lift trophy Should the top order of the National Cricket side lay a good foundation in their match against Western Province this weekend , RAMBLERS FC of Windhoek Absolom Khomo, all played above All three have been included in the it will pave the way for big-hitting Jurie Louw to attack the bowling. last Saturday added the Mainstay themselves. National XI, while five Ramblers Louw is at his best when under orders to chase the runs. The match Cup to their haul this year, which players, Bobby Craddock. Peter starts at the Union fields at 10hOO today. included the Matador Cup and Schwartzer, Kim Blank, Bertus CFA Mobil Trophy, to mark one Damon and Joseph Martin, have made the side. of their most successful seasons Ramblers received R3 000 for NNSL showdown ever. their victory and took hold of the THE NNSL CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS Tournament comes The final of the Mainstay Cup last Mainstay trophy from j\frican Stars. to an end this weekend, with African Stars leading the log in Group weekend against Chief Santos of while Santos received Rl 000. Tsumeb in front of a near capacity 'N. and Black Africa on top in Group 'B'. crowd was a disappointment, as The logs after last week's matches under 'matchesplayed; 'won; 'drawn; Ramblers, making use of the few 'lost; 'goals for and against' and 'points; is as follows: opportunities that came their way, , I march~d to a convincing 4-0 victory. GROUP~ If the truth is told, it was Sa.ntos African Stars 2 2 a a 6:1 4 who impressed. They created in the Blue Waters 2 1 1 a 4:3 3 region of 20 chances during the Benfica 2 a 1 1 4:8 1 match, but failed to score, with the Eleven Arrows 2 a a 2 0:2 a Rambles keeper, Peter Schwartzer, playing a blinder. GROUP'B' Ramblers on the other hand, Black A~rica 2 1 1 a 7:3 3 created far fewer opportunities but Orlando Pirates 2 1 1 a 6:2 3 scored three times in the first half and Chelsey 2 1 a 1 2:4 2 added another shortly before the Tigers 2 a a 2 0:5 a end. On Saturday Group W matches start at 13h30 with Benfica playing Eleven Striker Jose Viljoen opened the Arrows and Blue Waters vs African Stars. scoring in the second minute, after Thereafter, the Group' B' matches take place with Orlando Pirates to intercepting a back pass, and skipper tackle Chelsey and Black Africa up against Tigers. Bobby Craddock made it two-nil On Sunday, the play-off for third and fourth positions starts at 14hOO from the penalty spot shortly after. with the final to start approximately 16hOO. The winner ofthe Tournament Just on halftime, with Santos will receive R3 500, runners-up Rl 200, third place R600 and fourth R300. giving Ramblers a torrid time in the The other four teams will each receive R200. rain, Bertus Damon broke to feed A netball tournament is also scheduled at the Khomasdal field tomorrow. winger Gary Spinas, who found the back of the net from an acute angle. The second half saw Santos dominate territorially, but it was Joseph Martin who finally came alive in the game to score after asolo effort. Apart from the keeper, the only other Ramblers player to make any impact, was midfielder, John Gant, who was always in the thick of things. For Santos, veteran Selle The proud skipper of Ramblers, Bobby Craddock, holds the Augumeb, Pele Damaseb and Mainstay trophy aloft after his team beat Chief Santos 4-0 in the final.

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THE NAMmlAN FRIDAY November 291985 ~ NNSL states its case for renewed links BY DAVE SALMON THE NAMIBIA NATIONAL participating. December 7, excluded NNSL Soccer League has made it clear The original 'blueprin' for soccer. players. that they 'want to save' soccer compiled by Mr Nel, is still He said that they would have acceptable to the NNSL. This would allowed their players to represent the and that they are prepare,d to have one 'super league', consisting of country as national pride was at foster links again with the 8-12 teams with the various zone stake. controlling body NASA. winners having the opportunity of It was the NNSL players who In an interview this week, the gaining promotion at the end of the reached the finals of the Chairman of the NNSL, Mr Isak season. Tournament, drawing two-aU to Gowaseb spoke frankly about the rift The reserve teams of the sides in force a replay on Namibian soil. in soccer and sketched what he 'Now those very players have been thought would be the ideal plan of ignored~ Mr Gowaseb said. action for resolving the differences A recent proposal submitted to the between the NNSL and NASA. various people concerned with He said that people had wrongly soccer by Mr Arnulf Schmidt, is blamed politics for disrupting soccer. acceptable to the NNSL. 'Politics must not be associated The proposal calls for a new with the NNSL. We do not want to governing body consisting of five be the 45th political party in directors elected by the different Namibia~ soccer zones for a period of three He said that it was imperative that years, with a chairman to be elected a mediator work between the two on an annual basis. Each director warring factions to mend the rift. In would have a specific field of duty, this regard the NNSL had the utmost inncluding finances, national The new captain and vice-captain ofthe National soccer XI , Bobby respect for the former SWAFA leagues, constitutional and Craddock and Bertus Damon, celebrate Ramblers' opening goal President, Mr Chris NeL procedual matters and public Recently Mr Nel asked for memos relations. in the final of the Mainstay Cup against Chief Santos. Damon, in from both sides, setting out their being named captain' of the team, has finally realised his dream of Mr Isak Gowaseb A fulltime secretary would be respective positions and arguments. appointed and the directors would leading the side. Only the NNSL complied. the National League, would play in appoint a disciplinary committee. In their memo, the NNSL stated a reserve league run by the different A representative of the Referees that they wanted only one controlling zones - but would not be involved Association would also be appointed body in soccer, but they wanted in promotion-relegation matches. to the board, but would not have everyone to be accommodated. This With the impasse encountered this voting power. would include the Central Namibia season, the plan would start next year A person, preferably a lawyer, Football League, which like the when the winners of the Central, would be appointed to re-write the NNSL, is not affiliated to NASA. Western, Northern and Far Northern constitution. leagues join the National League to Ideally, these proposals would Mr Gowaseb said that the main bring the participating teams to 12. come into effect before the next reason the NNSL had decided to Mr Gowaseb made it clear this season. sever links with NASA was the week. that the boycott instituted The longer the rift between the attitude adopted by that body in against the Mainstay Cup was not, NNSL and NASA exists, the more rqard to the staging ofthe Mainstay aimed at either the teams involved or the situation seems to be Cup Tournament. the sponsors. deteriorating, with several clubs that The NNSL felt that as the senior He said their main gripe was participated in this year's Mainstay league in the country, they deserved against the executive of NASA. The Cup intimating that they would like better status than the various zones NNSL was grateful to Mainstay for to join the NNSL. in the country. their support of soccer over the years. In the interview, Mr Gowaseb Sadly. an opportunity for and he hoped they would have agreed that the NNSL was also to compromise was missed, with NASA understanding for the NNSL's blame for the rift, but added thatthey insisting that only four NNSL teams predicament. were prepared to reach a compromise participate, and the NNSL in their Mr Gowaseb went on to say that it with NASA for the good of soccer. turn wanting eight teams to seemed that NASA was not prepared The question now is whether participate. The compromise would to mend the rift. The Namibian XI NASA are likewise prepared to eat have entailed only six NNSL teams to play against Northern Cape on humble-pie for the good of the sport. SFW tour looms Egbert Hoff and Bertus Damon of Ramblers challenge for the ball THE ANNUAL Stellenbosch during the final of the Mainstay Cup last Saturday. Although Farmers Winery cricket tour outplayed for most ofthe match, Ramblers were still able towin 4-0 through Namibia starts next by making use of their,opportunities. week with a match against Westerns in Walvis Bay. As in the past, the SFW sides include several former provincial players, and will in all probability again be too strong for the local sides. Next weekend, the SFW side plays against the Kudu's and on Saturday will come against the National Xl. CORELICKS Over the years, SFW have won every clash against the local 'N team SUMMER HOLIDAYS ARE NEAR! quite convincingly and next weekend should be no exception. Whichever way you choose to travel - rugged or In The full team with the relevant style - we have a great selection of travelling goods province in brackets is: and camping equipment. • Wouter Pienaar (Boland, captain), Attie van Niekerk (WP), And for your peace of mind - secure your home with Bruce Groves (Natal), Paul Wallace keys from our large lock & key division. (Boland), S Nackerdien )Boland), Andy Watts (Boland), John Advice Is free - and served with a smllel Hendricks (Boland), G Parton (Nata!), A Coetzee (Boland), Bossie John ~ant of Ramblers was the outstanding player on Clarke (WP), Mike Bowditch (WP), the field during last Satu Mainstay Cup final. Here he J McRory (Natal) and Baboo Tel: 37700 119, Kaiser street heads the ball towards his strikers during the match. Ebrahim (Natal).