* TODAY: FISH COMMISSION WRAPS UP * .ICRC MAY1Ct:.OSE HAM OFFICE *.AFRICA CUP SOCCEB :.. I Bringing Africa South Vol.2 No.490 R1.00 (GST Inc.) Thursday January 23 1992 Students stranded TOM MINNEV AN overtime pay dispute which saw Namibia's main fisheries research boat placed under arrest could soon be solved. 'The Benguela', crewed by by.Marchre-write Namibian Government employ­ ees and senior officers sec­ onded by the Icelandic devel­ opment agency, Iceida, was arrested in December by the University candidates lose a whole year South African port authorities at Walvis Bay. The problem was a claim by KATE BURLlNG Namibian crew that they were not being paid R30 000 over­ THE EXAM re-write for some 11 000 part-time matric time by the Government as students caught up in last November's 'exam scam', has they had been promised when led to untold problems for university candidates hoping hired in April. to begin South Mrican college courses this year. After failing to resolve the dispute with senior officials at For many students whose provide the university with an the Ministry of Fisheries and university places were riding idea of Shikongo's 1991 ma­ Marine Resources, they ap­ on matric results due to be tric performance. proached an international obtained in December, the The Ministry has issued let­ workers' organisation which Education.Ministry's decision ters asking foreign universi­ hired a local lawyer and won a to declare the exams null and ties to view the situation of Cape Town court order 'at­ void, has been a catastophe. students caught up in the re­ taching' the boat. It may not be South African universities write sympathetically, but gives moved from its dockside place. are unable to confirm places no ..indication of individual The issue is embarrassing as for the Namibian part-timer~ students' academic potential. Iceida director Dr Bjorn and since the re-write is not ''Even if the letter did help Dagbjartsson is currently in schoduled till March, univer­ and I was provisiooally awanied Namibia looking at his agency's sities like ucr are telling stu­ a place, I would still be in a R2,l million programme of aid dents their only option is to virtually impossible situation," to fisheries research including reapply next year. said 20-year-old Shikongo this senior crew on the 'Benguela' Would-be medical student week. and staff at the onshore re­ Sem Shikongo, who was hop­ Complications search station at Swakopmund. ingtotakeup a placeatUcr's His progranune was set to medical school in February, is "I would have to go down to include travel to SWakopmund now faced with a wasted year. Cape Town. get started on a and presumably Walvis Bay. The March re-write is too new course in a new place, Tuesday morning Fisheries late for ucr to hold his place while trying to revise for the open and Namibia's Educa­ continued on page' 2 tion Ministry has refused to continued on page 2 A R2In boost for NaIn rural schools THE Government has decided to allocate more than R2 million to employ an additional 600 teachers to be deployed at schools mainly in rural areas. This was announced yesterday following the first Cabinet Rheinische Mission THE executive of the Na­ JOSEPH MOTINGA meeting of the year, held on Tuesday. tional Christian Council Gesellschaft started mission­ Deputy minister of Infonnation Nguno Wakolele said the (NCC) has reportedly Tjamuaha. Permission for this they call their land, presently ary work among the Hereros decision to recruit additional teachers was taken' because of the decided to write to the pw:pose had to be obtained from in the hands of the church, be and built the first church at serious congestion at some some schools in the communal areas. United Evangelical Mission the 'Herero Cultural Author- given back. Gross Barmen, close to Olea­ It was also decided to repeal the 1979 Assistance Fund for SWA ity', the Riruako faction ar- He said that Hereros would handja. Act which was established during the previous dispensation to (UEM) in Germany to Later a struggle emerged, register the Herero claim gued. hold meetings at Gobabis over compensate victims of "terrorism". The Secretary General of the the coming weekend to dis- with the Hereros dissatisfied to the church grounds in NCC, Hiskia Ndjoze Uanivi, cuss measures to stake their with treatment they received ·Okahandja. told 100 N amibian on Tues- claim. In the past lJereros had from the the Rheinische Mis­ sion. 100y then broke away. Eight-year-old raped A copy of the letter will day that the fonnerRheinische not contested church claims . apparently be given to the Evangelische Mission (REM) over the land because the coun- They fonned the Angelical Evangelical Lutheran Church transferred the land to try had not been independent, Protestant Unity Clnut:h (abro­ THREE cases of rape have been reported to the in the Republic of Namibia (BLCRN), "without the con- Uanivi said. viated to ORUUANO in Her­ Namibian Police in the last three days. (ELCRN). sent of the Hereros". He said the land in question ero), which is a member of the • An eight-year-old girl was raped at Oshakati on Bishop Hendrik Frederik of 'The Hereros gave tb: Rbenish had become an object of a trust National Christian Council. Monday. ELCRN, on Monday claimed missionaries only the use of . betrayed, just like Britain be­ Two of the outspoken de­ • A 16-year-old girl was raped at Eros, Windhoek, at fenders of the church at Olea­ the churchgrounds belonged to their land so as to educate and . trayed the trust over Walvis about 01hOO on Tuesday. them. The Bishop was react­ Ou'istiauise Hereros, he added. Bay. handja last Saturday, KatuutiIe Kaura and Headman Gerson • A 12-year-old girl was raped in an empty classroom ing to an earlier claim by Her­ Uanivi added that Hereros Uanini gave ~ historical at Okakarara Secondary School on Monday. eros who opposed the use of had already requested the account of how the Hereros Hoveka, belong to ORUUANO, the church for the confirma­ Kozonguizi Commission on 'lost the land'. Uanivi said. It is not known whether anyone has been arrested yet tion of Chief Frederick Traditional Matters, that what Between 1842 to 1845 the continued on page 2 in connection with the three rape incidents. THE .NAMtBIANT .. ,.......... ,',. ;';'. ..... the Hereros, he said. Commenting on Uanini's statement, Bimop &deriks said Nepru puts Prah he would have to investigate When the Hereros quit, the how the Rheinische Mission land remained with the Rhein- had acquired the property. He ische Mission. When knew ofcases when such prop- decision on hold ORUUANO became independ- erties were registered as hav- ent,the Mission gave to it some ing been bought or donated. NEPRU have postponed a sultant, Professor' Kwesi of the churches, like the one at Documents about the property decision on an incident last Prah. Ovitoto at Otjongombe. That of the Mission would be with year when ooe of its resean:h- Moorsom is a researcher of clnm:h,like the ~ at Okakarara the office of the Registrar of ers, Richard Moorsom, was the Namibian Economic Pol- and Okahandja, was built by Deeds, Frederiks said. aUegedlyassaulted by a con- icy Research Unit (Nepru), and I-=------.:;.,..;---=~========---==~---...::....--=.----~----. was reportedly sworn at and assaulted on November 26 last year by Kwesi Prah, a consult­ ant with the Office of the vice ~ chancellor-designate of the new (061) 64536 after 2 P.M. university, Or Peter Katjavivi. for further details Nepru was to have discussed the matter at a meeting of its trustees (Minister of Trade and Industry Ben Amathiia, Dep­ r-----------------~We are looking for a uty Agriculture Minister Kaire GIRL FRIDAY Mbuende and Dr Peter who Katjavivi) last year, but post­ poned the meeting until this year. has at least 5 years experience of General In a press release by Acting Office Work (espE!clally t}'plng) , Director, Nama Goabab, Nepru Is fully bllllngual said that "given the serious likes to serve customers nature of the allegations, the Is ambitious and reliable Board decided to defer pro­ nouncement on the reported WE OFFER incident pending further inves­ a very attractive salary tigation". pension fund and medical aid Also due to have been dis­ cussed at the meeting was the 13 cheque future of Nepru as an inde­ training and promotion in all fields of transport pendent research unit. industry the 13 crew were claiming too Iceland's quota system. If you're looking for a good start in 1992 many hours of overtime. A first He said that Namibia's fish­ Murder probe look at the offered overtime ing white paper suggested a Phone TEL: 22-4691 for an Interview THE Namibian Police are ._-------------_____ .1 1 pay shows the Government policy similar to that in Ice­ and Marine Resources Perma­ writing cheques to some crew land and that the system of investigating two cases of nent Secretmy Calle Scblettwein for less than they had asked but transferrable quotas is proving murder. said the dispute had been solved, to most for up to 50 per cent to be the best. • KatrinaAwases, 61, of the W:UNC'L OF CtlURCHES ,N "AM,.'A the crew paid and the boat was more than they had asked for, This means that quotas can Fann Vergeooeg, Gobabis, was freed. He appeared to be an­ such as offering R2 426 to a be sold or exchanged, for in­ beaten to death with a knob­ ticipating events. sailor asking RI 633. stance if a boat breaks down, kierie and sjambok.