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takes its toll after Christmas and while travellihg 10 the fune rals of trips between Oshakati and Wind· criminals were also fou nd on the CHRIS NDIVANGA AND New Year parties. other accident victims. hoek, Lilderitz and Oranjemu nd road to Lilderitz and Oranjemund. OSWAlD SHIVUTE Two more people reportedly died There arc 20 corpses of recent car without checking their ve hicles. and tliey warned all drivers to be on in the south on Sunday. taking 10 18 accident victims in the Oshakati And ye t traffic offi cers seem to the alen. MEMBERS OF the public are the number of people killed mortuary alone. and officials say it be mak ing liule effort to clamp Meanwhile. the Road Safety Sec calling for urgent government countrywidcoverthe weekend. One is difficuh for doctors to carry out down o n over· loading and re tariat could not be reached yes action to stop the carnage person was apparently killed when post mortems as the relatives are un roadworthy vehicles. terday tocomment on the road safe ty a minibus over-turned on the road demanding the bodies for burial. currently ta king place on Some mini-bu s dri vers ap campaigns. from U ideritz to Keetmanshoop. Concern centres on the minibus proached by The Namibian yester This reporter was referred 10 a Namibia's roads. Northern Namibia is over taxis. Some said accidents occurred day ad mitted that their drivers were " Mrs Prosser", onl y to be told later So far )7 people are reported to whelmed with mourning and fu because of drivers' negligence or sometimes at faull, but also claimed that she was on leave. . have died in road accidcnts during ncralsaheadof the so-called fes tive because they drink and drive. there were criminals - especialy Anbtherspokespersonforthesec the fcstive season. season. People are calling for ur Other dri vers gelliule rest in be· between Tsumeb and Oshivelo • re tariat was apparently out of the The number is likely to increase gent government action to stop the Iween journies, but are SO keen to who shoot buses' tyres out. office, and noone knew when the y as dru nkcn and reckl css dri vi ng carnage as people are even dying do business that they make return The mini-bus owners said these would return. Record NBC steers clear of diamond sales 'family business' WORLD diamond sales ror this yea r A WARNINGtodiplomatsnottohelp"back- had prepared a story on broke the previous doorprobes"wasmeanttobe" famllyaf'fairs, Gurirab's comments - reco rd set in 1988, discussed within the family" , says Foreign gleaned from an tOlalling US$4 366 Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab. uncensored version of millio n (NSI4,8 the Minister's speech - ' ) I for the evening news b ilhon so d, Meanwhile, top news bulletin last week Mon- according to NBC official at the NBC. d diamond cartel De Virura Kavari . has ad· a~'avar i said he was Beer s. ,..-eMle8 '- • ~ ... milled he withdrew a then telephoned by Pius De Beers' Namibian story about Gurirab's Dunaiskio fttJe Ministry subsidiaryConsolidatcd "th controversial remarks 'of Fore ign Affairs. who Diamond Mines (CDM) w. from the evening televi- claimed this uncensored sionnewsbulletinonthe wasoneoftheproducers armer version of Gurirab's which cut back produc· f advice of Fore ign Affairs speech had not been de- officials. tion last year and re- THENBCbascomt Iivered. tre nc hcd workers. to an out-of-court A row raged last week Kavari then went in ANOTHER JACKSON, ANOTHER WORLD TOUR - J anet Jackson, Diamond sales soared after Gurirab addressed search oftheofficialver- sister of Mlchael Jackson, performs at a recent concert In New York settlement with the a confe re'nce of heads of during her current world tour. Picture Reuters via Nampa. in the first half of the farmer who was . . . . sion of lhe speech, trav- '----"'-'--'-'--'--'---'----'-"'-'-'-'-'-'-"'--"'-'-=="--____ diplomatiCm iSS IOns. He r year to US$2 54) mi l- suiog the elling fi rst to the Safari lion, with a massive 42 corporation for circulated a copy of his Hotel and then to the per cent increase com- speech 10 the media, but home(,iForeign Affairs NS250 000. then made diffe~n t re- Rain on the way! pared to the samc period Durtnglbetelevh marks to his officials af-Permanent Secretary in 1992. Sales in Ihe sec- sioII-newslast.d..l.t, Andreas Guibeb. where ter asking journali sts ond halr 0r the yeargrcw lb...... NBC he was given a copy of covering the meeting to As Tsumeb is covered with ice more slowly. at 12 per appoloJlsed to leave. the "official" speech. cen! 10 US$ I 82) mil - fatmer8urckhardt Realising there was lion. The speech he made doubt on which version AS MOST of Namibia s\feltered re gion. The lowJnS5Uresunace tiot:I&h Sdlllekber, wbo aD . J' t h d I Ft Ovcr the whole year once ,lOuma IS sac of the Fore ign Minister's under temperatures nearing the causing the rainfall is forecasuofl1O.ve NBC news report slammed staff who co- saleswereup28 percent Implk,lted In the remarks was meant for mid-thirties centigrade southwards dUriRg the week possibly compared 10 1992 sales operated with Constitu- the media, Kavari said yesterday, forecasters said some bring rain 10 Windhoek and central murderottwo chn· tional bodies such.as the areas by Wednesday orlbursday, ac ofUSS3 4l7million.Thc dftn. Cbrls and Ombudsman and the he withdrew lhe NBC relJef could be on the way. prev ious highest sales LazanaslHocbObeb story about lhe speech cording to the Weather Bureau. we re in 1988 at USS4 .lntbeOmltancHs-- Audilor-Gene ral, as well from the news without Windhoek's top temperature was 'The prospect of rain is good news 172 million. The dia- trk:t'1n October. as the Frank COlllmis- checking wilh the jour- set to be 34 degrees, while Okakuejo for Nami bia's farmers who are keen to mond price was marked sion appointed by Prtsi- nalists concerned. sweated as the heal reached 37. Fur- get on with ploughing the land and up 1,5per cent last Feb- tle~:::::~;~ dent SamNujomatostop "Istill mai ntai n Im ade ther north it was likely to be even planting their crops. ruary. reed corruption. . Ihe correct decision," holler, al though the Wealher Bureau Yeslerday ' s high temperatures in the Produ{'e rs such as sa topay.nun· Kavari. the NB C's Ka vari told The does not monitor tempera tures in the North were also accompanied by some disclosed ~um of Senior Controller of Owambo - gOon CDMwere last year told h SOS Nami bian lasl night. .... I . freak weatherconditions. Tsumcb was they would only be able Cimoneyd to t e News and Currem Af- Speaking on NBe tel - For lod ay sca II ere d sh o wers are 'l Dre- hit by a fi erce hail storm which l iI~tl!d hi I"(.n's VUlage fairs, confi nned yester- castforthe Caprivi,eastem Okavango for 15 minutes, covcring town - albeif charity, 0 d h NBC _~c~o~n~l o~o~n,-,,~ag~'~2=--_.L ______a~Y_I_a _I__ ~re ...!.pon_,_,_' __~ "'~n~I~,~o~n~p~a~g~'~2,--,~a~n~d~n::::o r1h e l'l! parts of the Omaheke brielly · in a blanket of ice p'd!1ic~ ··'r."')· r. . ~~ ... . _( _~_ . . - 2 Tuesday December 21 1993 TH E NAMiBI Atf Family business Inquiry into TV - --.:F~R~O=M~P~'~G=E~1,----,1 Ombudsman's office has L . waited more than seven - television on Friday. months for a reply to in Gurirab said: "I intended quiries made to the For that portion of m)' speech eign Affairs. nOt to have becn a subject Gurirab said debate on news black-out of public debate. Aud itor-General Fanuel Itwa.s entirelymyrighl Tjingaete's report had ing while ·no measures to talk lo my staff... lbere been "premature" as the CHRIS NOIVA NGA were taken against were certain things th at I ministries' re pl ies 10 his Penn )' Uu kunde who is wan ted to drive home to critic isms wou ld only THE NBC wil l set up a committee of inquiry editor of the bu ll etin. thcentirestaffofthemin- come in a parliamentary toin"Y estigatethecircumstanceswhichledto II Hoebeb appealed istry - the point was well debate. a TV news black-oul on November 28. . h d . . b ta ken." Gurirab said the stem agamst t e cCISlon y Election train rolling · re · I thcdisciplinary commit- Hesaidallministersand warning to' hIS 0 ,lCla s THIS train carriage is to travel around t ' was meantasadiscussion Senior controller of back-up system did not tee and appeared before ~~~ :;~n~~_lo~~:t~ a~li~~ byhimselfas "headofthe news Vitura Kavari con- work on that day. a board last week. The Namibia next year teaching voters about constitutional bodies. but famil y ... If one member firmed yesterday that the . Kavari said the ab- first ruling was repealed elections a nd the processes of democracy. th is should be through the of the famil y goes out and committee of inquiry sence of one person was and he was issued with a If iscalled 'The Spirit of Progress • and is 10 be pan ~~",:~,,:,~:i.2Th:":.e-'ta~l~k'~.~;t~;~'~b~ad~m~a~""~e~"~.'~· lcw~;~11~~~~~~th~e no reason for the news fina l wa rning and de- ofanation-widevotereducationprogrammerunby !: not 10 be presenled. moted 10 reponer. a Namibia Institute for Democracy. Senior reponer Usi 11 He wasalsosuspendcd The train carriage was named by President Sam Record diamond sales Hocbeb was blamed for from presenting the TV Nujoma. I! is paid for by transpon corporation the failure when he did news for a period of one TransNamib. which operates the railways. and FROM PAGE 1 cal usc". "In 1993 the two main d N This over-supply not turn up to read the mOnlh backdate 10 0- MediaCowhic h supplies educational and academic gro wth areas continue to news. A disciplinary vember 28. books. The coach has already gone to Gobabis and should not affect Namibia be the USA and East Asia. committee ru led that 11 The ruling against 10 Swakopmund so community leaders can be told to se ll 75 per cent of an whi ch produces among Europcremainsgene rall y t.L..Abcb · I Khmtchab has also be· hid agreed ·· normal" produc the world· s best-quality weak. Because of the ~ reslgn vo untar- about I e p anne programme. tion rig ure. but this rose to diamonds. However. slIongyen (currency). re- ily or face dismissal. come void pending in- MediaComanagingdirectorBiIl Hulme said both 80pcrcenl in May and85 CDM says diamonds are tail sales in Japan. while IsakKharuchab.apro- vestigations bythecom. hi s company and the Government·owncd per cent in Jul y. sold In mi x'ed packets .11- ·dow n in local currency. ducer of TV news was millee ofinquiry. Kavari TransNamib arc involved in rural communities. However. Oe Beers' world sightings. The big are ahead in doll ar terms. ~;'=,"=C=d=W=;=th=a=fi=,"=a=l =w=am=.="=;d=. ======:;l They ran the coach in order to put somc va luable Central Se ll ing Organisa ri se in sales earl y in the Depending on sales at the 11 educati on back into thcse communities: tion warned: "Although year came panly as trad· important Christmas sea- P 11 TV t tl "Namibia is sti ll a young democracy and voter the . ge neral rough (d ia ers built up their stocks son. world retail sales of 0 ce occupy 5 a on education is imponant to makecitizcnsawareofthe mond) market appears again after slow sales at d~amond jewellery in constitutional process according to which the Gov· satis fa ctory. there are the end of 1992. 1993 are expected 10 be KENYAN poUceOttUpIed a prlvale le1evision emmenl is elected." said a statemcnt. some signs of oversupply In all.55 million pieces marginall y higherthan in !talion In the capital Nairobi yeslerday 10 Thc coach was used to transpon se ni or ··int eri m in the lower and cheaper of diamond jewe llery 1992. expressed in dol- eUowanotftclalappolntedby lheruUOI party government" officials before independence. It car- qual ity ran ge of rough dia were thought to have been lars". to take o.er as tbe !talion's DeW director, ries computers. overhead projectors and video re- monds. sold in 1992. worth US$41 As to the future of dia· journalists reported. corders and can be plugged inlO the local clectricity '1'hcmarketbalance for billion. The US and Japan monds. the CSOsayscau. Police moved into the station's studJoe to supply when it arrives in a station. The voter train these categori es has been accounted for 60 per cent tiously that futurc sales meDitate the entry of Perman Il ambl, who arrived at Gobabis recentl y (sce picture ). where affected by th e sal e of of sales. ··Retailsdiamond will de pend on the world waslasl weekappointed d1.rector oftheKenya MinislryofJusticedcputy pennanentsecretaryUutoni rought diamonds from sales ha ve held up well. economic si tuation. Oia· h 11 Russia n' and US stock give n a weak global mond dealers in Japan Television Network (KTN) by t e bru ng Nujoma. Ombudsman Fanuel K01.o ngui".c. Uni ver- piles. previously set aside economy". said Ihe CSO seem to be the most con- KANU party, wblch claims 10 own I e sta~ sity dean Bob Kandclu and mayor Pijoo Nganantc for industrial and techni- statement. cemed about their future. don. joined local and regional councillor.. towekorne il......
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Oha tv shiviPa apa Kvtya: Oyilonga yeebesha dePvotayi twiKile ngashi shito no mePirrbo lePvdo opo mv Kale rn.ua ya Kvlwa nawa. ,., nr:\ t . ~ .. ~1 '" 0 I" , JVt . 'I ~ j:.1 ~ d'r.:::.:c.l( :anhu Icmr· -- =:':":::::::=:::-=:::::..:...=. =---- THE NAMIBIAN Tuesday December 21 19933 Free passage in southern Afirca
ONE of the first steps towards creating a new of those responsi ble for SW31.iland but imposes region in southern Africa could be the freer moving the region to- hightaniffsonmuchOlher movement between the countries of the region. wards closer integration trade. and shifting its emphasis Makoni said one possi- Immigration offi cers Makoni added that like from combaning apart- bilityistocreatcaSADC and others in the ten mem Nam ibia, South Africa heid 's destabilization 10- wide customs union. and ber countries of the South· could be made a member wards moreeconomicde- the other is to create sev em African Development of SADC within days of ve1opment. eral customs un ions Community (SADC) are becoming democratic. " If He said the first IWO within the region as a first already working on a pro the. elections on April 27 years since a July 1992 stepandthentomakesure tocol to allow easier go through and we have Windhoek treaty on new they moved towards movement, work and an acceptable product, di rections for the region greaterunity.1Oecusloms trade between the coun- they will be at liberty to would be mainly 10 get uni on has meant central tries. join. We will ,be quile groupsofbusiness,banks calculation ofall customs This was one message happy to pffer them and and other private and revenues. fromSimba Makoni, who i~ strume nt ofaccession to parastatal bodieslOgether He also discussed the is this week to leave his sign." to discuss outside Gov· fUl.ure relati onship be· office at executive secre- He said Nam ibia 's ernment how they closer tween the Preferential tary of SAOC. President Sam Nujoma economic ti es would Trade Area organisation He will be succeeded has signed a similar join· work. and SADC. by Nami bia's deputy Ag· ingdocumentwithin days Makoniaddedthatsrud· He said it was strange ri cu]ture, Water and Ru· of independence in 1990, ieshadalreadybeenmade that eight heads of state ral Development Minis· making Namibia a full on some technical aspects shouldvoteataPTAsum· ter Kaire Mbuende who member. So far SADC of integration, including mit to merge the bodies recentl y won the top job. dealings wi th South Af· widening the Southern andthenfive-monlhslater, Makoni lasl week visited rica have been mainly African Customs Union whe njoinedby two more, 10 say farewell and asked through the liberation which cu" entl y allows they should votetheother GOOD·BYE from Simba Makoni, the outgoing executive secretary of the the media to say thank· movements who have free trade between Na· way· aga inst merger bul Southern African Development Conference. He said his office ends this yo u to al l Na mibians he been observers. mibia. South Africa. Bot· to finda work ing relation- month, but he would go on leave this week to " rest" at home in Zimbabwe had worked with Makoni has been onc s wana ~ Le sotho and ship d I h Id I k ' . b ' . c:::c;..:::.::.:=--:.::::c ____:::::::::::..::::..:=::..: :::::...... ::.::::::c.-..:::::::::.:::-..::::.....=!C. ______-, an nex year e wou ~ ~" 9.r .a. new. ~0 . • , ,. - .'
o choice for ASKED about the Impact South that it did nOI have a lot to benefit fro m Africa would haveon the rest ofthe lhe regional body: "We are going to be region,outgoingexe<'utive secretary involved i n development activities in of t he Southern African Soulh Africa. as guided by the govern Development C ommuity me n!. Essentially South Africa is also a organisation Simba Makoni said it developing country, very dependenlon should not be assumed there would ra w material and agricultural produce" exam failures Makoni said manufacturing had a be much more trade: "I don' t know there Is any more that South Africa smaller share in South Africa's GDP than in Swaziland and Zimbabwc. Apart can sell to Namibia or Zimbabwe or from the main centres, and the white Mozambique than they are selling As new syllabus makes its deb_ut populati on. South Afri ca's social indi now." - - - catori -s iillstics l oT "tioUsiiig; liiCra-c,r. I Certificate Examinations mote the students. He added there may also not be big access to clean water and schooling. CHRIS NDIVANGA instead. ' Howeve r, some prob- changes to SADC, which is already a were worse than in olhcrcountries of the This means pan time lems may arise as . in this union of unequal members. "South Af- region apart from Angola and Mozam· STUDENTS who fail their Standard Eight part students who did most of case _ the Minisuy still rica is going to magnify these imbal- bique. lime exams will have to change to the new Grade theirsubjccts in Afrikaans had to stick to Cape reg u- ances," he explained, adding SADC' s Eskom is still talking about tak ing Ten syllabus, as the Cape sylla bus will not be will ha ve to adapt to the lations. institutions need not change although electricity to Soweto, let alone rural ar ofTered in Namibia as from next year. new English system. "We have already low- the volume of work may increase. eas. and South Africa did not have un - The students may face ered the minimum stand. It should not be assumed South Af· limi ted wealth for its development. A se nior offi cial in the terday that students will problems with some sub- ard, and if students fail to Tl.c a was f ar ad vance d on many 0 f the "South A fr ica will need the region di rectorate of examina· not have the opportuni ty jects which were notprac- pass then there is a prob- sout he rn AfTl .c an countrL.es wh en it more than the region will need Soulh li ons of the Minisuy of to repeat the Cape sylla· tical for informal educa. lem," the official said . f_e_o_m_e_, _,o_d_"_eclcocpm""ecntcocf",,ilS:..cpecocpcl:e~o:, ~A~f':i e~,::_' ______Educati on and Culture bus. but will ha ve 10 sit ti on, the official said. add- Promotion wou ld also tO ld The Namibi , n ye,· the newJ"",·o,Seeond,,, . =.:...:c;.:.c.':::'=='-':::'_==~="====::!-, LOg that the change was depcnd onstudents' corn · unfonunate but una void· mitment and moti vation. No leads on child murders Ex -cop shoots boy ab~~ w e v e r . ~a rt ;; ti' m e he· ~:a~·i s the use ofpro- ~ ....- " . -...... _ ...... -...... '""" . gra(JFTtcOucation bascd moting someone who is A NEW police learn has been assigned to the learn was put onto thecase A RETIRED police inspector was yesterday in on the Cape syll abus will reluctan t 10 learn or has huntofa killer that murdered twoyouni:kwot~ers oll ¥oriPay of last w c ek~ the cells awaiting trial, probably on charges of continue until 1996. whe n stayed away from school in October, but by yesterday there were no leads am'! K'admade four visits attempted murder after shooting a youth on the syll abus will be re· for half of the year?" the on the mystery slaying. The new team had been to the farm Onde haka near Sunday afternoon. Paulus Nicanor, who retired placed with the Intema- official asked. full of hope after a promising lead last week and Omitara in the first five last year, shot 24-year-old Pelrus Jipinge three ti onalOeneralCertificate l1tcclecisionto promolC had forecast an early arrest, but this seemed days. Earl ier police and times in his sitting room. of Secondary Education stuclents lay with regional more unlikely by yesterday. politicians had called for speedy acti on to track Staff of the Katu tu raHospital said lipinge was hit in (IGCSE). di rectors. school inspec- down the killer. thc chesland1cg buthiscondilionwas not very crilical. Askedwhetherallgrade lorsand sc hoolprincipals. The kil ler who bludg- apan from gashes in the According to eye.witnesses 10 the shooting in 11 studen ts will be pro· the offi cial said. eoned ten·year·old Ch ri s bark ofa nearby tree. According loa report in Ondjambo section. Nicanor returned home in a bad moted to grade 12 next Examinationresults for Hochobebandhis brothe r The two boys were one local dail y newspa· mood on Sunday. His wife Martha said he was com. year, the official· who grades 10 and 12 should Lazarus (aged 11 years) found buried in sha llow per, there was a break plaining after being in volved in a fight or argument in wished no! to be named - be ready by the fitst week seems to have va ni shed graves on October 31 af· th rough when someone made a sworn statement Wanah eda seclion of KafuJura. He was a pol ice officer ~":i:d:th:e=id:e:'=w="=,o=p,=o-=:o:f:J:a:n:":,,,,~. =====~'~'m~"'~t~w~i~th~O~"~'~,~ua~e~e .;-, ter days of searching, ha v- to a Windhoek magistrate since re turning from"C xiie, but had retired laSI year as I ing gone missing on Oc· reportedly call ed he is apparently ovcr 60 years old. T I k t . lober 25 while hCrding Salionga. The "witness" Nicanorthcn came out of thc bedroom with a pistol a S 0 continue goats. Chris may even apparently gave detai lsof in his hand and ordered lipinge, who was in the sitting have been alive when he the murdere r and said he room, to leave apparently accusing him of bringing was buried. Both boys had heJpeddig the graves. problems to the house. "'Ibe talks 011 Angota"wBlrMlIIIW," Progressreports~rt«Jvtd from died after being battered 'The paper said an arrest After he had told lipinge to leave several times. he PrImt Mlnittff U. SlkI the thm countries whOe "ell:«Ilmt in the face and over the Gelnaob was due on Friday and fired three shots, of which two hit the youth. Nicanor yesterday wbenbetOU(bed dowo a, briefs'" were presented by ANC head with a blunt object police spokesperson In· then walked off in thedireclion ofDonkerh~k , bolon Eroe airport iD Wlndhoek. Pre.ldent Nelson Maodela and and their corpses showed spector Junius,Shoopala' Sunday night police were able to track him down, led GeIngob,KC:ompankd byMlnJs ~ AngoIaoPresklentJo.seEduardodc:is skull and jaw fractures. said on an arrest was due by a witness, and arrested him. . ler ot Foreign Affab-s, TIJeo..BeQ Santos ....pplemented by Beye, said The killing shocked ··soon". Mrs Nicanor said the boy was not partoflhefamily, G~ bad been atlendlng a one- Gdngob. Namibians. but was regarded as part of the house.hold: " we knew day summh of African IeadHS and The meeting was also attended by The origi nal in vestigat- By yesterday afternoon his parents and he sometimes used 10 sleep at our the UN Special Envoy to Angola,' leaden [ram other rrootUne states. ing team. headed,by In- it looked as if the case home". She added the victim was a close friend of her AUoun Blond,," Beye, held in Zim- A commlnlque on the talks will be spettorGe"il Viljoen and could take longe r tocrack. sons. babwe yesterday. bsued by the Ministry of Foreign Commissioner Koedoe Last week's statement Poli ce ha ve establis hed thal the pistOl used was TbePrlmeMlnlstersaid'betallLs Affairs. Kruger was apparently didnOlappeartoadd much li censed but could Qot yesterday give a date when covered the situations in Angola, Talks: between Angola's govern- dissolved. A new police to the investi gatiion. Nicanor will appear in court. Mpzamblque and South Africa. meotand UnUa brokeorflatt week. 'l'HE>N AMlBI ~ "
means hard work d and T he 1994 State of the determination. This World's Children documentary shows the report issued today by experiences of a Ugan the United Nations Africa's C hildre n's Fund dan artist. (Unicef),looks at recent 20hOO: News Holiday Specials progress in health, 09hOO: Cococinel 20h30: Counterstrlke nut ritio n a nd 09h1 0: Adventures of Year 11 education in the context 21 h20: State of the hour of Little Kaola or the broade r 09h3S: Tom and Je rry World's problems of poverty, tOhoo: Captain Planet Children population growth and (new) Report: environmental deterioration. IOh30: Zoo Family Africa's Its central message is need Hour of Need (new) that a renewed effort to I lhOO: End ofTrans As the rest of the world overcome the worst re- phaned or abandoned be- ten years. Most nations mission makes steady progress, maining aspects of mass cause of Aids. depend on a few raw ma- poverty - disease, maln u- terials like copper. cof- 16h56: Opening Africa slides backwards trition, di sability, ill it- THE CAUSES fee. cocoa, cOllon or pea· 17hOO: Sesame Street into poverty. Yet in its eracy - is essential both nuts. Falli ng world prices Learning the fun way is hourofgrc81cSlnccd,thc for its own sake and as a This catalogue of African for these commodi ties the name of the game continent is being fu r pre requisite of success- woes is set out in this have lost Africa far more downScsamcStrcclway. ther exploi ted. says full y managing the transi· year'sState ofthe World's each year than it receives 18h()(); Casper and Unicef. Thcirstatc ofthc tion to a sustainable hu- Childrn report fro m in aid. To pay its way in Friends World'sChildrcnRcport man futu re. Unicef. It is a gri m pic. the world, Africa is con· Howevcr. as the rest of ture. And the report is just stantly cncouraged 10 ex· 18h3O: The Rich Also looks at broader. prob- the world makes steady as brutal in seuing out lhe port more raw materials. C ry lems of poverty, rapid progress, Africa s lides causesoftheregion'sde- often at the expense of 19hOO: Growing Pa ins population growth and backwards into povcrty. eline. produci ng food to feed its Maggie's father Ed ar· environmentaldeteriora Yet,initshourof greatest In addition to corrup- own people. But cvcn dves s udde nl y with lion. If thcse problems ~eed, the conti~nt is be- tion and mismanagcmcnt whe n an~tionmakesgrcat ' ficarbreaking ncwSI he's, are not enough, ·sub Sa ") mgfurthcrexplolted,says in many nalio ns over effortstomcreaseexports, :idymg1... nl f,I:!il.h t"II: .r: ~:' i' Il !U1m' Africa 'lslraho,th e: Unicef. : many · decXes,. sub- falling prices o ften mean Africa south of the Sa- : A'ttIca has als6·:itis·worseoffthan before: i"9ii23·: The'"'' , ~'-reg~'o n hardest hit ·by SUba~ hara desert is the only re- been devastated by forces in recent years, for exam Professionals Aids. gion of the world where for which the rest of the pleexponsof coffeefrom Life for many artists 22h20: Sport poverty has been steadily world bears a very heavy Cote d'Ivoire ha ve risen getting worse. 1lle aver- share of the blame. by 26 per cent in vol ume Stars· Part I age citizen is now about For threedecades,cold but fall en by 21 per cent A young Prussian boy 20 per cent poorer than warrivalries ha veoffcred in value. witnesses a murder and ten years ago, and over moral, military, and eco- nees Prussia with the 200 million people are nomic support to dicta to THE DEBT murde rer's ha ug hty unable to meet even their ri al regimes that have niece. They head fo r mostbasic needs.Anesti· trampled o n people's BURDEN mated 30 million are un· rights and ingnored pea_ America, whe re they Africa is also devastated (KTV Toddler) der constant threat of plc's needs. As onc re both have families - and drought · and starvation. suit. a vast proportion of by debt. Each year, the IOh OO: Buzzy Bee, Old safety. Ho wever, the Many health elinics ha ve Africa's re sources _ and bi ll for repayments of Bear Stories, journey is long and very closed down for lack of of foreign aid _ has been capital and !,nlCrestcomes Johnson & dangero us. Starring: staff and essential drugs. diverted to mi li tary pur to about $30 billion, It is an impossiblc amount, t::)" ·!:~! ~~ ~~1" , " ... ; ~ _ ~ j:)1:lfY. B,~,nv~u , . Gem~ Primary schoolenrolment poses. This has under A ten year efTort has ta ke n polio immunisation 10 (K"FV Holiday Zamprogna, Dominique has fallen. ... mined progress in two and only about one th ird 80 per cent of the world's children and has of this is ever actuall y Festival) Sanda Nordoesthefuture look ways. by sluicing away reduced polio cases from 400 000 a year to 140 much bri ghte r. About money that should have paid. 1lle rest is si mply 10h30: Egoli (repeat) 21hOO: A Green Jour 000. three quarters of all the beeninvested ineconomic added to the total owed. paid.'· IlhOO: Another You ney (A) cultivable land is now af· and social progress, and Buteven $1Obillionayear essary it might be," says In addiliton to the mis (16) An ageing woman li ving fected bysoil erosion, and by fuell ing repression and is a crippling burden, the report, "is nOt an ad· takes of its own leaders, 13hOO: Road 10 in America corresponds athirdofallcollegegradu· connic ts which have amounting to four times equate response to thecri· concludes thereport," Af ates have. left the region. killcd millions of people. as much as Africa spends sis of sub-Saharan Africa. Avonlea with a man in Ireland for rica has therefore been Yet population growth, anddestroyedagricultUfC , on its health services and And if. after many dec 14hOO: The Boy from years. Whe n at last she further ex ploited by the marching 10 the drumbeat road s, schools and el in far more than is spent on ades of offering moral, Andromeda gets the opportu nity to outside world in its hour of poverty, shows little ics. As a minimu m, says the health and education material and military sup 14h30: The Amazing travel. she goes there to sign of fl agging. On Unicef,7,5millionhouse of all the subcontinent's of greatest need." port to often blatantly cor· Children meet him, but discovers cureent trends. sub-Saha· holds have had their live children. Oras the Unicef rupt and repressive dicla IShOO: GoofTroop that he is not what she ran Africa's popu lation lihoods wipcdoutbycon report puts it: ··The total HOPE torships, the industrialised ISh30: Scooby and expected. S tarring: will almost treble in less flicts in recent years and cost of meeting basic hu nations now wish to fos The Unicef report finds ter ' good govern ance' in Scappy Doo Angela Lansbury, than 40 years - from 640 many millions more ha ve man goals in Africa · for health, nutrition, educa hope in recent changes in Africa, then they must al so 16hOO: The Fiintslones Dcnholm EIliolt, Robert million today to over 1.6 becn made refugees, · biJliotl ~ bY'2030 . t' ~ ··-.. ·".:fI.'On top, of this. falling ' tion. and fam ily planning _ i'\fri ca)5parkcd off/by the act 10 strengthen Africa's 1 6hJR1~ i r4~~f~fr. ' ii f(qs~f'·,1 ." q - ' ,AS' ir these problems prices for Afri ca's raw - would be approx imately endi ng of the cold war. economic position by Wa\er • 22h3S: Supersport were not enough. sub-Sa- materials. and tariffbarri $9 bull ion a year; this is Dictatorships ca n no writing off many of the (Open lime) Cricket highl ights of haran Africa is also the ers against its manufac· significantly less than longercountonautomatic subcont inent's debts, by 17hOO: The Wonder Worl d Series matches region hardest hit by the turedexpons.havehelped Africa is currently find support. And fo r all the agreeing fa ir and stable Years 23hOS: White Sands Aids epidemic: onc ad ult to suppress economic ing for the sake of paying set-backs, there is now an prices for its raw mated 17h30: Loving (16) in 4Ois infected withHIV, growth. As a result. the off one th ird of the inter- almost continent-wide als. by reducing tariffs on movement towards de· Africa's manufactured IShOO: Egoli OlhOO: Adrift (13) and in somc cities the rate subcontinenfs share of est duc.on a colossal bur isonein ttirce, By the cnd total world Inlde has dc· den of debt, most of mocracy. Apartheid is expons, and by incrcas 18h30: Blossom 03hOO:SeaofLove(l8) of the decade, there will el ined from four percent whi~ h , as every expert com in ~toanend.Econ o- ing the amount of aid (premium time) 04hSO: Transmission be 10 milli on children or- to one per cent in the last agrees, can never be re 'miesarebeing li beralised, available for investing in 19hOO: B.y Way o rthe ends -.:....-----!f!""7'!,....----, The climate for in vest- ' Africa's peopleandmeet· ment IS improving. Sev- . ing _basic human goals.'· er~ 1 10,ng·rllnn ing wars 'The situation can be have·bcenendedor'SCaled turned round." concludes dOwn. Military spending the report. "Fundamental is showing signs of de- changes ha ve created a eline. And most of Afri- different and far more ca's politicalleaders have hopeful framework for formally committed them- Afri candevclopmenl. But selves and thei r govern- the suffering and loss has ments lO basic human bccn incalculable, a finan· goals such as the over- cial holoeuast from which coming of malnutrition, Africa cann'ot recover disease, and illite racy. without an internalional These arc all signs of effon on a scale that has hope, Butwhatis required not yet bee n contem ~~ now. says Unicef. is more plated." practical support forthese The NBC will be News for now Vitamin A deficiency blinds all estimated 250000 children a year, while reforms from the industr- scrceninga programme on lodinedenciency caused 120000 children il) earlO be born as cretins. With ialiscdcountries. "Threat· the State of the World· s The of the qfthese dencienccs could be overcome in aid, how· Children 1994 I. . .q, and ncc- THE NAMIBIAN Tuesday December 21 1993 5
Time WORLD BRIEFS . runnmg ANC strike a deal with 'the Volk' PRETORIA: The Atrk:ao Natlooal Coogress to participate in Interim constitutional struc- Road toll rises in SA 'and Al'rikaner Volkstront have reached 8 tures.Dd tbe April 21 general election. ' out for FA JOHANNESB URG: An average of20 people have strategic Interim agreement wbJc:h could have In terms oftbe agreement, both parties are died on South Afri ca'tj roads every day since the CAPE TOWN: Little rar-reachlngefTedsontbemutualrelationshlp in support ottbe Introduction of a non-radal start of the holiday season on December I. with at betwem consuv.rlve the democ:ncy In South ArrlkllDel"Sand ANC. AI'rka. least 406 people having lost their lives by yesterday prog r ess was Tbls follows almoet four months of replar Theyalsoseetbeneedtoteek waystoaddress reported. after six distussfou betwen the two pardes,according the desire of many Afrikaners tor·self-detqmi. afternoon. hours of talks in a to a statement issued on tbelr behalf by oatloD in a 'volkstaat'." last-ditch attempt fadUtators after ljolnt nieeting in Pretoria at The statement added the memorandum ot PLO to resume peace talks yesterday by the SA the weekend. agreement would be signed by the negotiating government, t he The statement, issued yesterday, said the teams and tbelr leaders at a Johannesburg TUNIS: Talks between the PLO and Israel are 10 ANC ~ nd the agreement could. subject to Its I'nlIUon Into a venue at lOam loday. _ Sapa resume in Paris l<'Sday 10 try 10 cnd thr delay in Freedom Alliance to Ir~d~'~"~U~ed~ftn~aJ~.~"",~ ·~rd,~o~pen~~III~.;WlI~y~ro~t~l~b~'~A~VF~~~~~~~~~~======--~ im plementing the Palestinian self-rule <:t;rcement. reachan all-inclusive r PLO leader Yasser Arafat said. con s titu t ional settlement. Outlook not good "We are not anycloscr (to a deal) than we were PARIS: Global economic recovery should gather this morning." African pace next year but heavy private and public debts National Congress sec will mean growth is still too slow to stop an inexo retary genera l Cyril rable rise in unemployment, the Paris-based Or Ramaphosa told me me ganisation for Economic Cooperation and Devel dia duri ng a s upper opment said in its end of year economic outlook. break . The three political IRA raise stakes blocs are scheduled to resume their talks after BELFAST: The IRA's political wing Sinn Fein supper in another bid 10 raised the s tak~ ye stc ~ay in an Anglo- lri s h . pe~e break the constitu tional move by saying all prisoners jailed for security deadlock. offences must be released as pan of any deal. But The sticking point re British officials rejected suggestions that there were mained the FA's refusal any "political prisoners" and ruled out any consid tGg ive an undertaking to eration of amnesty for convicted bombers, killers participate in the April and racketeers. 27 election and the tran Left, AN ISRAE LI sition process, including officer pulls a seven Cops hit TV group the Transitional Execu year Palestinian ti ve Counci l, if a deal suspected or stone NAIROBI: Kcnyan police occupied a private tel was struck. Ramaphosa throwing, after evision station here yesterday to allow a controver· said. arresting him in Gaza sial official appointed by the ruling party to assume They had not even dis city on Sunday. The cussed the FA's pro office as the station's new director, television jour arrest led to more nal ists said. posedamendments to the violence when the interim cons titution, Police moved into the station's studios to faci li· officer rerused to . who was which is scheduled to be release the child, ' adopted by Parl iament on Wednesday. the ruling Kenya ='-::=== ~~;;===r======dLP~hO~I~O~'~R_'_U_"_t_V_;_'_~ ( K ,AAIU) which claims to own the station. 'Bitch of France toes Living with new MPs SA PARLIAMENT: Although people might shud· the year' der at the thought of people like Peter Mokaba, nuke line Winnie Mandela. Jay Naidoo or "the avuncular Joe JOH AN NES BURG: Slovo" sitting in Parliament they would have to li ve GayeDerby.Lewis. wife PARIS: France dropped ils objections yes-- with it, Chief Whip of Parliament Ale,. van Breda of convicted murderer LONDON: A young mother who gave birth while terday and said It will sign a trealy banning said yesterd ay. Clive Derby-Lewis. yes- in a coma afler a car accident has recovered suffi- the dumping of nuclear waste at.-ea, though " I feel sorry for these souls because Parliament is terday said she planned ciently to meet the baby girl she neverknewexisted. Russia, China, Britain and Belgium contin- a me rciless equaliser. They will either confonn or and should be able to spend Christmas with her. ued to --_. to sue Hustler magazine .u;,; ...... n. the system will crush them," he said during debate for defamation after a doctors said here yesterday. Tbe United S talts an d 36"QUle r os... n f on the interim consti tution. Melanie Douglas'. 22. suffered a fractured skull arody on her husband topennaneody the ! P and brain damage when she was hit by a car in voted Nov. I:! bar dump- appeared in the banned January near her home close 10 Binningham. ccn. 10& rtphtclng a temporary moratorium un ~ Royal ronian:ce in air 0; January is~ u eo f the tral England. When she was taken 10 hospital, der the 1972 London Convention. magazine. doctors discovered she was eight weeks pre gnant. MOll attention durln, the meeting focused LONDON: Prince Edward and his girlfriend, Sophie Derby- Lew is and "Melanic started to come ou~ of the coma when on Russia, whicb put nudear dumping in tbe Rhys-Jones, appealed for privacy yesterday. one Polish immigrant Janus she went into labour," and gave birth, nine weeks headlines a month earlier when Greenpeace day after their three-month-old relationship was Walusz were sentenced premature. in June. her mother Marie Langley said. caupt h discharalDc 237 000 gallons orlow ~ made public. to death, but Mrs Derby· When she was allowed to hold her baby daughter level Uquld nuclear waste Into the Sea o( Rh ys·Jones·s boss said speculation in Britain's Lewis was acquined. for the fi rst time, "she just beamed all over her Japan.. tabloid press that the couple would soon wed was when the three appeared face," her mother said. RuasIa saki It mJabt need 10 carry oot"oDe premature. "I have spoken to Sophie and Prince in court on charges of 1ne young mother can talk full y but is still par- tw d piqlu aatIllt buildllud--baaecl Edward this morning, and the key message from murdering SA Commu. tially paralysed.Shewill beable tospendChristmas or 0 om them is 'Give us a break., '" Brian Mac1auri n told niSI Party leader Chris at home with her daughter before resuming reha- waste ItOf1t&e fadHt&ts. reporters. Newspapers reported Sunday that the 29-
Hani . ~~bAFP~ihi' ,,~I =;o=n~'="='=h'='=d~;~nJ=' u=,;=,=, u=n=;~I,~d=OC="=O~"~"::::;d~, ~- S='="'=-_ l~~I~"uked~~~fo~tflntbe ~,..... ~~t"'~~I~b~eI~p~to~be~-"-lite ead of.994. =toJ~ yearn, has-o flda IleEdnw inard lo,ve young with eSRth soys-nJ oofn Queees, a 28-yearn Elizabeth-old The parody. asked by public re lations consultant. They speculated the the magazine to be taken FW 1 'D' k' couple may marry next summer. ~ ~~~ : I Yr~ie~e~~~' ; ~~ must come c ean on If awards " fol' destroy ing Toddler hurt in attack racial hannony at the SA P ARLIAMENT: questions a bout the him. De Klerk should Ma ndela had taken JOHANNESBURG: A toddler was slightly hurt most crucial time in The leader of the assassination or the clarifY the matter " be him with him when he when two white gunman opened fire on a black South African hislOry" Labour Party, Allan ANC's representative cause many men and went to Oslo to receive family on the LichtenburglKoste r road in the west (to Walusz and Derby Hendrickse, has asked In F r a nce Du1cle women were removed the No bel Peace Prize. ern Transvaal early on Sunday, SABC radio news Lewis): "for irri tating. SA State President FW September. I'rom the political scene In answer to an inter reported on Monday. spasm ic facial convul· de Klerk to clarify the Speaking in debate by an organisation rep jection, he said h e Police spokesman Lt Koos Degenaar said the sions" (to Dcrby-Lewis): position of a " Dirk on the interim consti resented by Di rk would r a ther carry black fami ly's car had broken down on the way to and "for being married Serrontein" who said tution, hesald De Klerk Serfontein" . Mandela's bags than Johannesburg. Two whites passi ng on the road to a rac ist. Australian on the SABC's Agenda s hould cla rify who Hendrickse said he De Klerk's. Ma ndela stopped and demanded to know what they we re born bitch" (10 Derby. programme he had "no " Dirk Sefontein" was was t hat ANC was the "u. p",,,,;d,,nl there. They thcn fire. sending the Le wis). - comment" when asked and who of Soulh 6 Tuesday December 211993 THE NAMIBIAN " Urgent Read the appeal for refugees
NAlROBI: Millions 'news of of US dollars are neededbyChrislmas to aid 700 000 Burundian refugees the· now or their plight. already among the world's most -lire. will worsen, a UN High Commissioner "people. for Refugees official said yeste rd iy . • Only 8 million US dollars afme 53 mil lion requested by the UNHCR to feed. shelter and care for thcrcfugeeshas been pledged sincean Oct. 21 coup in Burundi un leashed wide spread tribal slaugh ter and sparked their exodus, Fclippo Grandi said at a news conference. Already. as many as 180 refugees arc dyit:lg daily from malnutrition and dis ease at their camps in Tanzania, Zai re and Rwanda. said Grand i, UNHCR's regional coordinator for the Burundi emergency. Gay_killer confesses LONDON: Fonner soldier Col in Ireland admined yesterday to being the serial killer who stalked London' s h o mo s ex u al community and murdered fi ve men, including an Ameri c an businessman. Ireland-i 39. pleadedgullty to five charges of murder in London'sOld Bailey Central Criminal Court. He was not immediately sen· tenced. A very WI.n"'..... Prosecutor John C",ilfmll 10 Nutting said Ireland ,DU set out to become a ",d ," ,DU' ~ serial killer, telling onll, people he would have IQ kill a( least four people to be classified ru' one. He said the mur· ders were "premedi· tated a nd meticu· lously planned." "He chose a vul· nerable group as hh intended victims ho mosexual mCI who indulged if sadomasochistic sex thus enabling him t( tie them up with IK resistance from then before killing them,' Nuning said. ,
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· b·· fl t · I Economic Indicators N y"""'"q""'"""[O'""'''M'['",, alDI laD ID a 10D ru:-':O NAM E BUY SELL YIEL D4 AIJ SA:GE 168.23 15US 3,8.' Indusuial 143.26 U.',99 .1,79 locum..· 106.66 105. -1 1 110E. "' rate 'lDisleadiDg' Gro"lh 190.55 178.0-1 .vu P..'Op k·5 11"1("0""· 106.92 105.79 COMMU NtTY "' Growth Flllld· 1.10 ..1 9 122..\0 9. 57 AN INFLA TlON rate is one orthe key marks or diffe rent fonnsof spend in 3 500 sales places. but spent on men's hai rcuts COMM ERCtAL UN ION· an e<:onomy. lt is supposed toshow how much the ing. (known as"weights" in Windhock prices in and tw ice as much on 14{\.OO • .1(, .. Gmw," 1. 2.76 cost orlivi ng is rising, and it a part of economic in the "basket of prices" only 25 arc checked and dog food. Considering a COMPOSITE: ~ .1.16 1.\6 ..11 '1.1..1 .1 planning as we ll as annual wage increases ror !hat makes up Ihe con· often IIOt very thoroughl y large nu mber of An Share Index: 110.61 10.1 ,6.1 workers. But leading economist Ra iner Ritter or sumer spending index)? if !he survey offi cer is Windhoekers use taxis FEOLl FE. "' FedgmGE 154.99 144.75 .l.88 Swabou argues the official Namibian rate is This suggests wc lazy. Food prices. for in and oul of town every GUA RDBAN K misleading and too low. spend more than a qUat· instance. arc only meas· day. Ihis weight seems Gro"lh .1081.79 2866.26 3.88 te rofhousehold income ured in OK Bazaars. surprising. Rcsoun;"("$ 190.48 177.Q.1 4,15 Recently when the populationhave changed on food, 16 per cenl on Alfa. Shoprite. Model A serva nt 's wage is IOOustrial 152,96 143,15 4,23 Mineworkers' Union of considerably. It can housing and onl y 2.5 per and Wocnnann & Broc k, estimaled to be NS23.48 Income 126,56 t25.2.1 12,06 Namibia and Consoli· hardly be seen as accu· IGI LIFE: GE 147.85 1.18.81 3.0)9 cent on transport . Did we Katutura and do not re· pe r day (perhaps repre· METBOA RO: dated Diamond Mines rate or representi ng more spend nearly 9 per cent flect prices in oUter shops senting what one NPC Metfund GE 244.45 229.27 2,94 were arguing o ver than about a tenth of the of the family income on and cafes. staffer pays his or her Incolllc 125,60 124.29 10,77 pay ri ses, CDM poi nted country. footwear in 1975 in one The weight of a taxi· domestic?) and is see n METROroLITAN: out lhe cost of li ving had Eve n most survey but only just :lver farc isonly O,1 per cent as 3.3 per cent of the Meil ifc GE 135.73 126.83 5.31 MOMEN11JM: GE 296.n . 218, 19 3,33 onl y risen by 6.4 percent Windhocke rs battling to 4 per cent in 1985? of household spending. average fami ly's spend· over lhe last year. This NBS: make the household in· In South Africa the say the statisticians. and ing. Monthly rental and Hall mark GE I I 16,64 1042.10 3,16 made any bigger offer come stretch to the ne ltt surveyors check prices fou r limes as much is house tax on the average Hallmark Income 103.16 t02,n seem generous. house is seen as N$2 NORW ICH:GE 471.49 440,29 "'2.76 When inflat ion was 318.75 in Windhoekcen· OLD MU11JAL: over 20 percent a year in GRAPH 1: lnveslon 3235.61 3OtJ.2S 2.96 Ire in September but still Growth 266 ..18 248.38 1992 the-banks agreed to NAMIBIAN INFLATION RATE at onl y NS 14.03 a month Top Com pan ics 295.24 215, 22 "3, 16 keep lending rateshigher A decreasing trend in KalUtu ra, probabl y Industrial 426. 16 .196.97 2. 76 to curb spending. This based on lhe city council Mini ng 351.89 .13.1.35 2,68 has been maintained ever re nts although these are Gold 200.83 181.24 2,53 since and has cost bor Percent I tJ,48 112.26 14,19 25 ,------, very unrepresentativeof SA''''''''''G£: rowers some N$120 mil the modem reality thal Gcntqllity 2845,1 I 265 2,55 ),36 I ion extra since !hen, says N$150 a mont h is con Resources 151.15 146,61 3,34 Ritler. These arc onl y sidered cheap for a room. Fi nanc ial 519.52 485,31 two exam ples of having ·.... ········· .... ·.. ···· .. ···· .. ··1 Most businesses feel 226,01 22),15 "' SANLA'''''''''' M:GE 1877,55 1757.26 "'3.35 an accurate inflalion rale. the South African rate is 1494.00 1398.41 3.45 The inflat ion rale is 15 ...... _ ...... _...... - ...... _ ...... _ ...... _ ...... _ .... . more representative of Prime''''''. Growth 531 .68 497.98 4.42 calculated as the ri se in price changes here than Industrial 1186.49 11 11.07 3,2 1 the cost of li ving. us u the offi cial Windhock Mini ng 320,90 300.99 4 . 1 ~ all yover ayear. The cost 10 ...... rate. argues Ri ner. Aboul [ncomc I I I. 34 109.62 SOUT ~ IER N ; GE 241,Q.1 "2 25.44 "),20 of living is found by 90 per cent of our goods Mining 169,6.1 159. 17 3,07 wo rk ing out whal the come from there and we 5 ...... _ ...... _ ...... - ...... "'re 131.18 122.15 3.09 average fami ly spends its aregovcrned by the same 11\CQI1lC 58[.88 570.24 "' I .....,~c Y..lll1 !Il)d 1l!£I1 monetary union. SA 's STAN DARD HAN K; , mcll'!tlring how much inflation has been con GE 1357,11 1275.35 5,21 ~;;~;;;;;~;~'~n~"~a~ti~O~n;'~a~t e~:-:c:::-::-:-;:-::-::-:-:-:c::::J , ~- 95.70 94,1t to,98 those prices rise. But the ° J FM AMJ JASOND J FMA MJJ ASO NDJF MAMJJASO NOJF MAMJ JASO NO sistently hig her than the Gold 252.03 237,27 3,42 80 I Rl ~ 1 112 I R3 whole base for the Na Namibian figure over the tOO u ~1I1 a l 12(1.56 113,49 7#) mibian calculations is years, suggesting Na Intemational 121.19 113,94 ' ,09 very doubtful , and so wc mibia 's inflat ion rate has SYFR ETS: have had an infl ation rate not re fl ected the rise in Gro .... th 351 .81 329.00 3.10 Trustee I3Q.2 I 130.11 3.44 that swings wi ldly and is cnd of the month would GC lling inflmion right wild swings the Na !he cost of li ving. Income 115.'Z9 114,!3 11,83 of li ttle use. hardlybclieve lhat infla· isa key part ofeconomic mibian fig ures have In somecascs payrises Gilt t 194,45 1182.50 11 .09 AI last work has begun tionwasonly6.4 percent planning.andmostcoun· shown. Investors will ma y have been too low UAL:GE 2531.77 2n6.57 4,24 on a new and updated in September, and that tries ai m for low infla- look for that, someti mes in the past. Heading 10- Minin g 455.00 42S,62 2,93 5<,- 2251.89 2107.20 3.18 inflatio n ral e for the somc prices had even ti on cven if this means evenabovcpolitical sta· wards more economic Gih 1304.61 1291 ,5 7 11.69 whole country. using a fa llen. In most western somejobcuts. In lheend. bili ty and good infra indepe ndence wi ll only Managed 1233.58 1161.01 4,21 1993/94 household in countries infl ation is if inflati on is held lower structure. as a sign of be possible if we have Mall lnoornc 1I 15,91 11 04,81 come and spendign sur sinki ng and is now at the than the rate of rcturn on economic health. The in accurate ways to wo rk "' vey. The rate curre ntly lowest le vels since lhe investments, businesses flation rate here is ca1cu oul the real rise in the Gold price published each month is I 96Os. But in Namibia will tend to invest,creat- lated by a Central Statis cost of li ving across the London morning fi lling: 389.15, up 3.25. b3§Cd on spe nding pat the infl alion rate more ing morc i..obs in the tics OfficeintheNational country. The current of London afternoon fixing: 389,15. up 3,25. tems"Worked out in 1985 !handoubled in 1992 and longer tenn. But stabil- Planning Commission. ficial rates apply only to London latt': 389,50, up 2,80. and onl y in Windhock. then fell to a third of its ity is viral in thc inflat ion But how reliable is th e Windhoek and should bc since when the habits and top level. rate. without the son of emphasis they give on used with caution. Nam dollarlUS dolla r ------'------'----':....:'---,------! Yeslcnl3y's opening yesterday's dos ing SA firms back affirmative action Muslim bank 3.""''' 3.3g7519O backs Uganda Financial Rand VIRTUALLY all South Africa businesses suppon the per cent of the businesspeople surveyed. including Ycs lcnlay 's open ing yeSterday's closing policy of affi rmative action. revealed a recent survey half the black businesspeople. Up to 30 per cent of K AMPALA: The J.s.. 4,455(1(4.4150 4,4514.41 by the 'Weekly Mail & Guardian ' newspaper. It said Keys' supporters felt the African Na tional Congress' lamlc DnelopmeDt 98 per cent of the businesses who replied said they Trevor Manuel should be his deputy. Bank (lOB) plans to Money market supported affirmative acti on for black people, and 97 Three quarters of respondents felt unions should not Bnanc:e30lnvestment 90 day liqu id BA nlle; per cent claimed they had already embarked on be involved in in vestme nt decisions, al lhough 94 per projects, wor th Ye sterday·s opening yestt'rday·s dosing programmes of it - years ahead of possible laws. cent fell they should help in retrenchments. VS$19! mlllloa, In 10,2.:1' 10.2.5 The survey, commissioned by the newspaper. the A total of 90 per cent of companies surveyed said Vpada, a bank om· 011 price SA Chamber of Business and SA Broadcasting Cor· they had a working social responsibility scheme· cial saki yesterday. poration. interv iewed 100 business leaders incl uding where they spend money on community projects. Iodutrial dev...... Crude oil prices in US 401lars per barrel at 16 I 5 GMT: heads of the 70 biggest compa ni es. re presentatives of Some 69 per cent said they would expand th is. Dc-t 20 Dec 17 (close) all sectors. fi ve major parastatal s. and 25 main unl isted On priorities for the new govemment after April, 34 IDaIC manapr Syed Da ted Brt"nt 13.30 13.50 companies. There were 82 whites and 18 blacks, 10 percent said unemployment/crcatingjobs. 14 percent N.... All Mina told London tPE Brt"nt repo..... InKampola futures (R:bl 13.60 13.56 wome n. and 15 Afrikaans- and 72 English-speakers. educationl training, 13 per cent violence, 12 per cent New York Light th•• In· \ Many business people see affi rmative action for housjng. the projects Crude: fulU fCS (Jan) 14,00 13.91' black people as the onl y way to cope wilh the fast Most of their own job creation schemes involved d uded edible 00 ex· changing economic markets in South Africa and the encouraging small business growlh through sub-con traction. grain ban· region. For instance. for nlany produ Cl~ the majori ty of tracting and franchising. providing trai ning for re dUng, tea processing, oUl put is now bought by black people. so differe nt trenched staff. and bursaries. hides a nd skins marketing and OI her strategies are needed. Businesses surveyed were optimistic, with 87 per processing and light Bul onl y 55 per cent of companies felt they shoul d cent sayi ng lhe economic outlook was gening better. Industrial ventures. make any special effort to employ women in sc nior inCluding an inflow of foreign inves tment which has Finaoce would be positions and 44 pe rcemsaid thcyshould nOl Afri kaans boosted the Joha nnesburg Stock Exc hange. Prospects advanced through the sl?C !l kers were reported morc li kely 10 support special woul d get even better after next April· s de mocratic Sleps. election. said 7 I perce nt, mainl y because there wi ll be Uganda Development Finance Mnisler Dcrek Keys should stay on. said 89 more stability and certainty. 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Amalla Nuule Dladala hulitha Iiponga ylihauto ya eta a hulithlla, a moWinduka ombaadhilila Omukulukadhi oosa mOshilongo ashihe gwElenga enene Oswald Shlvute mOshakati Abnel;" Nuule hingi nondapo onene nokusineya yakwawo inaya nos h i I Y 0 Oshilyo shElanga Iya Namibia NDF Oswald Shlvute mOshakatl tala kutya omondalaye nenge komeho otaku zi shOparlemende, nomushiiwikiI.emOshakaliDomingosKamwasha Oshigwana oshindji sha Namibia oshi Ii tashi UIi mukwawo. meme Amalia Dladla okwa manene oondjenda dhe eti 13 oosa omasiku ngaaka omolwaaholike, Yamwe otaya gandja uusama kOshikondo N u u 1 e Iyomwedhi nguka sho i imangelekele aakwanezimo nookuume taya hulitha, shaa shi shEgameno lyomOondjila-Oosipitikopa ye na gwomomukunda mOkasiingela ke mOshakati, kuntumbulwa, miiponga yiihauto omwedhi uunyengwi wokukondolola aahingi niiyenditho 0 t u w a 1 a Shoka shi imangelckitha Dladla inashi tseyika nguka Decemba gwethimbo Iya Krisimesa. noshafa nokuli yaa na iiyenditho ya gwana. Unene nefum viko lye olya ningilwe nale mEtihamano Iya moNooli ngashi mOshakati 0 10 adha Aatonateli mUukwambi okwa zileko mOshakati okuzilila mOngeleka yawo ya Sigo oompaka Opolisi ya Shakati oya tseyitha yomOondjilatayanyenyetakutyakayenaiiyenditho mana oondj en d a Anglicana. kutya mOkila yOpolisi mOshakati omu na omidhimba dhi li omBongo mbali nale Iwaampoka yokulonga nayo yagwana noshi li osh idhigu kuyo dhe Etihamano Iya Dladalaokwa kala a tseyika mokati kaagundjuka dhaakalimo mboka ya hulithila miiponga yiihauto okutonatelaiiyendithoyomoshilOpolwasha Wambo zikomOshipangelo ya Shakali ongomudhani gwetanga omwaanawa mOshilopoiwasha Wamboashike omangaomilongo mbyoka ya indjipala noonkondo omolwomwaalu sha Winduka nomunamikalo nokwa kala ha dhanene Osipana gwoshigwana mOshilopolwa shika lagu londo k yedhinaEvertonyaShakatioshowondJ'okayEtanga nomilongo ya ehamekwa ye Ii nlipangelo. d I I tb ' ho k h "h .. ooima yuute Aak r d" hok I' tb meen e e 0 e Im e e naanll auto taya OlOgl . lyo NDF. Okwa kala wo omumati omuholimbili a Imo oyen JI m a ya 1 ya mona ana I oy~ndji. ,Unene mO&HAKTI ngele owe ya' m'o t"* e,. t h, h~ b.' 06 nomwiimweneneni~ naa'rJtu-'Oya
FAX. 33980 Sports shorts Advert TEL. 36970 SA golfers go to Nigeria Three South African professional golfers have been invited to Nairobi's Windsor Golf and Country C lub next month for the second J & B All Africa Special Services Championships. The South African Professional Golf Association has nominated John Fourie, Bobby Verwey and V.O. Vincent Tshabalala to join a field o f 37 other pros REMOVALS front around the continent. For a free quotation Sixteen African countries will be represented at on yOOf furniture the tournament which takes place on January 20-23. removals within The IOtal prize money at stake is US$ 37 500 Last Windhoek year's inaugural winner was Peter Njiru of Kt:ilya, ~ .... phon. 061-41218 anytlme Coggi in record victory Is your present Juan Coggi of Argentina SlOpped Eder, Gonzalez of safe enough? Columbia in the seventh round on Friday to retain Be sure to not his World Boxing Associatio n junior welterweight take the risk. title. Coggi, a left-hander. fe ll in the second round to a hard right from Gonzalez. but he came back to win in thc seventh with a series of left crosses. Coggi's record now stands at 64-2-2 with 39 knock-outs. He won his title on January ID and defended it five times this year. a world record. Gonzalez's record stands at 22-4-1 with 16 knock outs. This was his first title boUL The fight was held before 7 000 spectators at th is provincial capital I 300\cm from Buenos Aires. Ask for New coach for France Aime Jacquet was appointed coach of France's CASH for all national fQOtball team on Friday. Jacquet was for yo ur "oldies" from merl y an assistant to Gerald Houllier, who resigned In and outside of last month after France's failure to qualify for the yourhou8e, World Cup. furniture, electric appliances, build Ing material and Aouita in top Moroccan job what have you. Contact today : Former world and Olympic 5000m champion Said 220012 Aouita was named technical director of the Moroc can Athletics Federation on Sunday. Aouita takes over from Mohamed Mediouri.chief N$l OOO.OOfeward Iorinlo of security to King Hassan 11 and his assistant is leading to recovery. In Nawal Moutawakil, the women' s 400rn hurdlecham good condition 01 1990 '------'------=.... ------...::"1 pion at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. GreyToyotaCresslda(au. Am-UNG HIGH ... Maxaquene's star player Antonio das Neves about to score another goal in the Afterhispost wasconfinnedAouitaexpresscd his tornatic) Regis tration WI92N l C~o~m~m~o~n~w":!:ea~I~'h~C:lu~b~~~~~!!!>!!!r.~n~a~1 ~~~W~ln~d~h~oe'!"k~H~a~n~d~b~a~II~C~lu~b:. ______~ wish to boost the image of Moroccan athletics. Stolen in WindhoaJ(., on t- Aouita was Olympic 5 QOOm champion in Los 141h December Angeles in 1984 and World Champion in Rome in Phone 0 Paton 061 · Chief Santos awards Record stand for SA 1987. He was unbeatcn over 5 DOOm from 1979 to 211619 (w), lPaton061· BRISBANE: A record foonh-wicket partnership 1989 and broke world records from I 50001 to 5 36970 (w) Namibia's football league championSt Ace 242 between Hansie Cronje (145) and Oaryl1 Cul!inan 000m. or home 223135. Maize C hier Santos held Its end or the year (109 not out ) saw South Africa recover from a wards Ceremony at the Nomtsou b Stadiu m disasterous 3/38 start to dose on 297 for the loss VACANCY A In fou r wickets on the firs t day of their four·day clash Boris finally ti es the knot DIESEL MECHANICI Tsumeb on Saturday evening. T he award tor the most disciplined player aYJ'fn st Queensland at the "Gabba" yesterday. Gennan tennis star Boris Becker on Friday married FinER Watched by a sparse crowd, the tourists won the went to Engelbardl 'Teacher' Ulrab, while his fiancc Barbara Fehus in his home to wn of We require a competent toss, elected to bat and lost born Andrew Oisal M9chaniclFitter with lmmanuel Ipuli' Subeb won the award ro r the Leimen near Heidelburg. The wedding had been !tie IoIlowlng qoaliflcation: 1 preceded by widespread speculatio n about where it goalscorer or With on i their first 11.::nlNi M-5linilar J ··:.lm. '1 m~l"c;~sj~tent pll}Y!f' 'Q1~ \9~t (he year award went to Gervadus IGerros' against Australia six days away it was just the SOrt would take place. The ceremony took place in 2. Have experience in Lcimen's town hall with hundredsofpcople crowd- Witbeen and Mohammed 'Slice' Ouseb woft start Wessels must have been dreading. the repair of: ing outs ide the building. . Detroit Diesel the Player orthe Year award, / Another poor batting perfonnance and his team Becker. 26. a Gcnnan national hero after he Engines -~tc~Oi~~-I ~w~o~~U~':d: ; :h.• ~';~e been drained of their last vestiges AOE Diesel Instead they can now look forward to became the youngest men's champion at Wimble Engines T with fre sh zesl. Psychologicall y Cronje do n in 1985, has since dropped to number I1 in the world rank ings. aftcr briefly hold ing the number one Hatz Diesel ~"""'" struck a blow for the touri sts. Engines REAl.PRESTlG& • spot early laSI year. Fehus. the daughter of an 3. Have exp8fience in ESTATE •• American father and a Gennan mother isexpccting the repair and mainle the couple's first child next month, nanoe 01 Earttlmoving Equipement. 4. Bepreparedtodofteld Trek oomiddellk In West Indies beat Sri Lanka service Splinternuwe huls met 2 5. Be a Namiblan citizen Slaapkam9fs Westlndies defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in a or have Permanent ! L386:"::,~"~I~ho_me__ )_ ~'~. ~.. .:... ' cj LC~U~.~roundU .~h'~..de.ci~m~oc~sslon~l~a~d~;U to retain~""~o~,,~s~ his. ~al~u~r title~~. ~~~y,_n~jg~h_"'_. _~~y_n_n-,4e~~~'~~IjI;.:~;,.s_. O~"I~I_n,~ a~,.~ t~~J~~~I~~~d~u~e~l~o:r~a~;n~_, _:~___~nka_ won ~f, THE NAMIBIAN Tuesday December 21 19"93 n Tough training course for Namibianswimmers understand the differe.nt systems of training the HELGE SCHUTZ body and also to pinpoint mental weaknesses and strengths of training and competition preparedness. Twelve members of the National Senior With so little experience of international swim ming, they must be prepared to face hurdles that and four swimmers of the ~:,:~~:!g:~~~~~ squad are undergoing an mosl overseas swimmers never even think of. It is training and education coune in the intention of this portion of the Olympic Solidar I Swakopmund over the next three weeks. Th.is ity course to provide the national team with this course isdesigned to prepare them for-the physical mental preparedness and toughness when they do and psychological pressures of top competition. face top level international competilion. For this Top swimmers must practise five to six hours a part of the course they are required to fin out fonns day throughout lhe year and have no school hol idays on a daily basis and they are subject to certain like their friends. For swimmers li ke Moniea Oahl, pressures in training to detennine their responses. Joachim von Alvcnslcben. Anita Krugcr and a few The result should be not only a fit team, but a others. this is the nOmlal life. Up at 07hOO, at the mentall y tough one too. pool at OShOO. Half·an·hour of warm up exerc ises Judging by the training scen at Swakopmund this and 800 stomach exercises, in the water for the next past week it seems as if the swimmers have put in two and a half hours. then out for another one and a much more effort than in the past. According to half hours of dry-land work. For the next five and a Laursen, the impending visil by 12 swimmers from ha lf hours they can eat, sleep, join their friends on Magdeburg, the fastest team ever to visit Namibia, the beach.and generally feellhal they are on holiday has a lot todowith this. One does not get the chance . unless the national coach, Larry Laursen, calls to train with Olympic Gold medalists and European them 10 a lecture or gives them written homework to champions every day and Namibia's national swim do. Then al J7hOO ifs back 10 the pool for anolher mers are doing all they can to keep up with these [WO and a half hours of specific water work, before swimming giants when they arrive. Only those swim calliqg it a day. mers that can handle this new training stress will be There are a number of swimmers who arc on this allowed 10 join in the combined training sessions programme and [hey are tak ing the strain in the and no-one wants to be left out. hopes that they will qualify forone of the three tours The Magdeburg team arrives on Tuesday, Janu coming up next year. This year though, there is ary 4 in Windhock and wi ll be driven down to something new for all 16 swimmers. Helped by Swakopmund 10 join the Namibians, courtesy of funding from Olympic Solidarity, they are being Phoenix Nissan and the Namibian Breweries. analyzed daily using computer software and their The next gala on the Namibian Swimming Un training levels arc being detennined for their spe ion's calendar is a 50m sprint gala with a few extra REACHING FOR THE TOP .•• WOlfgang Palmhert ofWindhoek Handball cific events. They are also undergoing a training qualification events added, starting at C lub takes a shot at goal in their earlier victory against Burbridge G lass. course, outside of training hours, [0 help them 09hOO on Tuesday December 28. WH C lost in the final of the tournament against Maxaq u ~n e ofMoza mbique, ' We a re not Great tennis from young generation < -I! l o ' flilO'l ~_,00000t'" A very successful Pepsi on Saturday. Onehundrcd from the wealth of talent by beating Peter John and Abrahams won his third I underdogs Coastal Open l uni orTen and ni neplayerscompcted on display, the future of Janine Anderson 2·6, 6-3 title by teaming up with nis Championship came in five different age group Na mibian lennis bodes and 6-4 in the final. Kendall Swartz to beat to anend in Swakopmund categories and judging well. 1be scenc was set in The under 14 boys cat- Riaan Uysand Hansen 6- From page 12 the Ministry of Youth the first fina l of the day, egory saw a number of I and 6-1 in the under 16 and Sport yesterday af the boys under IQ final, upsets. In the first round doubles final. 1be under ter the team arrived back an exhibition match dur which was contested be- thenumberoneseedTheo 16 mixed doubles ti.tlc from Swaziland. tween Gert Olivier and Meyer was beaten by Kai went 10 Tyron Meyer and ing the same tournament. "The government, es Adriaan Human.11le two Kaufholz who is on holi- Berenice Croza who beat And acoupleamonJhs peciaJly the Sports Min you ngsters played their day from Johannesburg, Ronny lohns and Nicky ago, a very proud Na· ister, is very proud of heartsout,refusinglOgive whi lethenumbcrtwosced Duff 6-3, 4-6 and 6·3. mibian skipper Ri cardo theirsuperb pcrfonnance inandeventuallythethree Gerhard By leveld was 1ne16-ycaroldKendall Giovanni Mannetti, held in Swaziland. With these setter lasted longer than also eliminated by Luke Swartz did very well 10 the Lufthansa Cup aloft threehours.Olivierfinall y Leslie, the son of progress lothefinalofthe kind of results you can in Gennany after the un managed to win the match Ross ing's MD Jonathan under 18 boys singles count on the govern der-20side forced a pow 3-6.7-5 and 7-5. After Leslie.Thisthrewthecat- evcnL His semi-final en· ment's fu llest support in erful Mi ttel·Reihn re their titanic battle these egory wide open, but counter against the fu ture tournaments." gional side toa4-alldraw twothenteamedupforan Kaufholz was evenlually : n]-lmber two ~c4 Karel The Sports Director easy 6-0, 6-0 win against beaten the ntmbd 3 Esterhuizc n produced the. at Hennef near Bonn. by also announced that the Jonathan de Gouveia and seed Vladimir Abrahams best match of the touma But the greatest Gennan Football Asso Cecil Pallais in' the dou- in the semis. Leslie con- me nt before Swartz won achievement of aNa· ciation had agreed to bles final. tinuedhisgiantkillingact the match in three excit- mibian soccer player on send their under-18 na The boys under 12 sin· to beat the number four ing seL'>, 2·6, 7·5 and 6-3. an intcrnational lcvel was lional team to Namibia gles final went to the seed Roja van Wyk in the Hehowevercouldn 'tkccp bestowed on Black Af number one seed Ehrhard semis butAbrahams man- upthc momcntumand lost early next year. rica midfield wonderboy Zwiebel who beat the aged to defeat Lcslie 6-1 6-1 and 6·4 against "The junior German and vice-captain of the numbertwoAndreRetief and 7·5 in the final. Russell de Klerk in the side will be in Namibia undcr-20team, Sylvester 6-3 and 6-3. Zwiebel The doubles final went fi nal. Karel Esterhuizen from January 2310 Feb 'Lollo' Goraseb, who learned up with Peter a bit more according to and Gregory Friedburgh ruary 6 and we hope to Johns to win the doubles seedings with Van Wyk beat De Klerk and was named the . Best organise a four nation fina l against Retief and and Meyer beating Garfield Solomons '7-5 Player of the Tourna mini 'world cup' which Dolfde Wet 7-5 and 6-4. Byleveld and Ben and 6-2 in the under 18 ment! at the Cosafa will also include coun VanessaBergcausedan Myburgh6-4and6-J.11le doubles fi nal, wh ile event. tries like Ghana (the upset in the girls under 12 girls under 14singles title Esterhuizen won another "This wonderful world under-20champi final by beating the went to Sumari Olivier title by teaming up with ahievement by one of our number one seed Sandri who beal Maritza Retief Sonja Swanepoel to win onship runners-up) and players is sufficient proof Byleveld 2-6, 6-4 and 6-3 6-0 and 6-0. while Ce- the mixed doubles by 28 South Africaor Zambia:' that our game is defi· in the fin al. Berg, who lesteCarstensandAngela points to 27 against I he revealed. nitely improving. Lollo hail s from Karasburg, was Guelpa beal Olwen Nel , Sun'lari Olivier and did exceptional1y well • The next Cowa un· playing in her fi rst tour- and Relief7-6 and 6-1 in Kendall Swartz: and fu lly deserved his der-20 tournament will nament and clearly has a thegirlsdoublesfinal. TIle Sonja Swanepoel of brightfutureaheadofher. mixed doubles title went ' Windhoek I:w!at Zenobia prize," added NFAchair be hosted by Zambia in She learned up with IOAbrahamsandCarslens Hansen of Swakopmund person Charles Kauraisa. August with an under-17 Ronelle Sleenkamp to who beat Van Wyk and 6-1 and 6-1 in the girls who also accompanied event planned for South beat Mia du Toit and Guelpa 6-3 and 6-4. · under 18singles fina l and the le~m to Swaziland. Africa. The senior na COURT ACTION ... a very successful ~ep s l Mariaan Mostert 6-3, 4-6 Carlos la10n won the they then teamed up to Sp9f.1s D irector tional team champion Junior tennis tourna ment was staged in and 6-4 in the doubles fi· under 16 boys singles ti- beat Ju lie Hinsch and Vetumbuavi Veii was ships will also be staged Swakopmund last weekend with more than 100 nal, while Ehrhard tie by beating Marcelline Sumari Olivier 6-1. 6-3 also full of praise duri ng ' in South frica during pJayerscompetlngln th e fi,.. e·di tTer.e nt agegrouphJ Z~iebe l an~ ' ~ i a ld u Toit t tJansen6·0and6-~. w.hi~e ~d 6-4 i~ the g~r~~ dou- I I I ' a..small receptionli.eltl at Sep t ef!1~r:._"'l ~~._ categoctes______~_ . _ _ _ "~~ the ml xedold~blC:S' 11;I)_c;; L4;)'ear .Pl~ YJ~dlm. l r b l es . fi n a l ~ - ~ " _ • t ., " , " I , " 12 Tuesday December 21' 1993 .. . . ' THE NAMIBIAN ." .. 'WE ARE NO UNDERDOGS' ... Ueberjahn Lollo best player of Cosafa tourney.. . Said the man who is and they also know, that ing to play the first rou nd CONRAD ANGULA also the head coach of it could have been a dif· as long as we just got on the senior national team: ferent story had it not the pitch. We were re GERMAN coach Peter Ueberjahn was very "I must admit that J am a beenforourheavysched garded as the underdogs optimistic when approached to comment on very disappointed man ule." of the tournament. the future of Namibian football in interna~ today. Not that the team Ueberjahnoondemncd "But little did all our tional competition, or more specifically, played badly but because the tournament organis opponenlSknow what we about the performance of the nationa l un of the way th at we lost. ers for the organisation haa in store for them. der-20'side in the Confederation of South I am not taking any- oftheNamibianqualify- They all expected an easy er n African Football Association (Cosafa) , Zambia ing r9und matches, stroll and were very sur events. the semi- "Nobody was inter- prised, especially South S ut;;' ..:e;::SI:;ed:.,:h;;o;;;w..:w;;e;,.w;;c;;;re;.:; Africa who learn t the =... hard way," he said. Ueberjahn, a staunch promoter of dedication and discipline in hisplay ers.stressed that the play en deservc praise fo r reaching the semifinals of the Cosafa tourna ment. "Now we know where we stand and I hope that ~n~ne oij: a ises this ty~ ofct nl'pe ti-' ..I tion - they take nOle of Namibia. THATMAN ••• Namibian coach Peter 'Corporal' Organisers must stop Ueberjahn believes the national under-20 team thinking that only coun could become a force to be reckoned wilh in the tries like Zambia and Confederation of Southern African Football Zimbabwe can play in Association tournaments. the finals. Now there is a nation on the make, a assistant-coach Eri c The World Youth Cup nation ready to take on Muinjoforhis great con in Finland last year saw the big guns - and that tribut ion to the technical our you ngsters making it nation is Namibia." he aspect of the game. to the quanerfinal stage TOP PLAYER .•• Black Africa midfieJd ace SyJvester ' Lollo' Goraseb (left) with the '~ I ayer of the warned. ''Tosay that Nami bian and they beat their Ken Series' trophy he was awarded during the Cosafa unde r~20 soccer tournament In Swazlland. On the Uebcrjahn alsopraiscd football is making steady yan counterpans 1-0 in right is allrounder Mohammed Slice Ouseb of Chief Santos who was one of the star players of the other members of the progress on j u nio~ leve l Namibian side. Mohammed played as a sweeper. delegation. especial! y h is is an understafement." Cont. on page t 1 Christma Wishes THE MANAGEMENT AND -CHRISTMAS WISHES TO ALL STAFF WOULD LIKE TO THANK CLIENTS AND FRIENDS ALL THEIR FRIENDS HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND AND CLIENTS FOR THEIR LOYA PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE PAST yEAR...... "THANKS FOR YOUR VALUED SUPPORT FROM THE MANAGEMENT AND STAff OF ...... AND WISH THEM A TRAVEL AFRIKA MERRY CHRISTMAS AND ," FOR ALL YOUR TRAVEL •• ,.t, A PROSPEROUS 1994 REQUIREMENTS CALL TEL. 224884 FOR ALL YOUR PROPERTY NEEDS PLEASE NOTE - WE ARE PLEASE "\IOTE - WE WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL THE ( LOSED ON THE 4 4. DECEMBER TEL. 224884 /