17 August 1994

.. .. * T0DAY:.cARtOS THE JACKAL IN CQURT * DELAY IN ABIOLA CASE '* ~SE~L \l pCEA * .~. ' ". t , .~ N$1.50 (GST Inc.) Wednesday August 17 1994 D-Day tt . for Walvis Ists ste u CHRISTOF MALETSKY WHEN polling closed in Walvis Bay's first all-race Regional and Local elections at 21hOO war on women yesterday, close to 8 000 of the registered 9 666 voters were expected to have cast their votes• . Half of Windhoek rape victims a~e · minors' Voting was slower • GRAHAM HOPv.;OOD yesterdayafterMon day 's rush. At times there was only one THERE WERE 328 rapes and attempted or two people and in rapes rePorted to the Namibian Police during some case no-one the first six months of this year~ present at most poll Police statistics also reveal that on average there ing stations in the were more than two sexual assaultS on women morning. reported each day between January and the end of Howev.er, the June. A total of 240 rapes, 88 attempted rapes and tempo picked up as 55 other sexual assaults appear in the police logs for the day wore on and the period. The real figures ~ay be much higher as was in full gear by it is believed that the majority of rape cases are late yesterday after never reported to the Police. noon. The figure for January-June is up by 53 cases Returning officer compared to the first six montlts of 1993 when 275 George Simataa said rapes and attempted rapes were reported. Overall close to 1 ()()() people during 1993 'Police dealt with 606 rapes and· at had voted by just be tempted rapes. fore lunch. After a The Windhoekpolice district (incl\Jding Rehoboth post-lunch lull, be and Okahandja) has the highest figure so far this tween 16h30 and year with 90 rapes committed. 19hOOanother 1 ()()() Oshakati had reports of 33 rapes, Gobabis 28, ' voters had' storriie<I Tsumeb 21, and Keetmanshoop 17. the polling booths. The statistics kept by the Police do not include a . Simataa said no in breakdown of rapes against minors. However, the cidents of any kind acting branch commander of the Police's Women had been reported and Child Abuse Centre in Windhoek, Retha van yesterday. Zyl, said yesterday that half the rape attacks in the Counting will start Windhoek area are on minors under the age of 18. at 07hOO today and cont. on page 2 the results are ex pected to be known by noon. In a separate de velopment, one ofthe Strike in final stage candidates for the Joint Walvis Bay Residents Associa earn between N$500 and N$600. tion (JWRA), one of In addition, the union demanded a 25 per'cent the parties contest THE strike by workers at Jowells Transport increase for workers who earn more than N$600. ing the election, re Company could end today if one...remaining The company had wanted to backdate its offer to portedly appeared in issue is resolve after the company agreed to May. theWalvisBaymag backdate salary increases to January this Meanwhile the workers denied that they kept two istrates court in con year as demanded by the workers. managers hostage on Monday. On Monday Natau' s nection with fraud of acting General Secretary Abraham Onesmus told N$20000. A worker, who did not want to be named, said . The Namibian that the workers had become angry The coastal bi after the workers' demand had been agreed on the and had kept the managers locked inside the com- weekly, the Namib company had decided to cut N$5 off the N$530 pany's premises. Times, reported that monthly salary increase it had offered to pay the However, the workers yesterday maintained they Peter Coeln (fifth on lowest paid workers. The old scale was N$480 for had kept the keys of the gates to the premises to stop theJWRA's list) ap workers in this category. the company from hiring casual labourers. They peared in court con Representatives of the Namibia Transport and said the managers had been free to move and had nection with fraud Allied Workers' Union (Natau) and Jowells man left the offices at approximately 20hOO on Monday. involving two car agement couid not be reached for comment yester The workers who stayed at the company's engines. day afternoon as they were locked in talks at the premises overnight expressed' concern over the Coeln is outon bail company premises, apparently over the N$5 issue. presence of the police. They claimed that an armed The union had demanded a minimum wage of cont. on page 2 cont. on page 2 N$500 and a 30 per cent wage hike for workers who 2 Wednesday August 17 1994 THE NAMIBIAN Rape on increase resources are not there. 'Criminals holding nation hostage' J From page 1 I I Despite these restraints The' youngest case re Van Zyl said the Centre is THE DTA has expressed outrage at what it other countries. out a case in which an birth certificates and ported to the centre was able to respond promptly describes as attempts by the Inspector-Gen- The DTA <;:laimed that alleged rapist was freed more. the rape of a child of two to the cases it does hear eraloftheNamibianPolice,RaongaAndima, if I?spector-General ~n N$50 bail by. a po- Yet litt~e if nothing. years, Van Zyl added. about and provide coun to cast doubt on statistics which point to a AndlI~a was to comp~e hceman,. when It ?ad was ever done to punis Children were also the selling and aftercare for high incidence of crime in Nainibia, particu- !he cn~e ;ate per capita been, outsIde .the pohce- those gUilty. "(They) subject of 19 cases of cru the·victims. larl . W· dhoek ID Narrubla to the cnme man sauthonty. The po- usually only transferred elty and neglect reeorted A similar centre at ~ ID ID • per capita in any other liceman had allegedly to another Ministry, of. to the Police during the Keetmanshoop has re In a statement this bl hod country, he would find done this as the suspect teninahigherposition,', fIrst half of the year. cently opened and Van Zyl ta e y. that Namibia had one of was his friend. the DTA alleged. week the DTA also ex- According to the The old are also not ex said plans were underway the highest crime rates The DTA added that On police chieftr , empted by the rapists. On for a centre in Oshakati pressed its concern that WCCI statistics, police in the world. it was shocked "at the Andima's attack on p()o~ Tuesday it was reported before the end of the year. the maintenance of law inefficiency allegedly "Whether the Inspec- fact" that while 95 per liceCommissionerSiggi'" that a grandmother of 71 Apart from stiff sen and order in Namibia . contributed to 83,8 per tor-Generalis·willingto centofNamibia'sinhab- Eimbeckforhis"unoffi.o years had been raped at tencesforrapists, VanZyl was being left. in. the • cent of the total· crimes accept these s~tis.tiC& or, itahtS are law-abiding cial" participation in theP( Keetmanshoop. At the end said that much more needs hailds of two political committed in Windhbek. to be done to educate men . t 1 General Andl'ma sub'- .not is besjdes thy poiqt if citizens, they were be-' WCCrworkshop, of July an 80-year old appolD ees, name y he does not produce ir- ing held r~som by "the DTA said there was 110 woman was raped by her to respeCt for women. It is Home Affairs-Minister sequently hit·,back, cit~ -refutable statistics of his five per cent ,criminal point in "killiQgthe grandson in Katutura. clear from the cases she Hiftkepunye Pohamba' ing statistics, and dis- own' to pro've that hl's ' 1 t" Th M' . try senger". deals with that many men Van Zyl said yesterday andAndima, : missed·theWCCIstatis- 'policeforceisincontror ~t~~r:n~ A~air~m~SO Further, the DTAaI. that the rise in rape fIg believe it is their right to rape women, Van Zyl The DTA charged that ticsasinaecurate.Healso on the situation," the came under attack. The leged that as many Ures is probably because the two top officials rejected the charge that DTA added. DTA alleged that since 100 criminal cases the actual number of at- added. A woman is re "clearly lack the politi- the police were ineffi- Further, according. to independence '''noiliing . being .tacks is increasing and not garded, she went on, as a cal will before a general dent. In response the the DTA, the fact re- short of chaos has just due to mo~ incidents piece ofproperty who does bemgceported to the pO- . not have the right to say election to solve this DTA said it did not re- mained that the opin- reigned at the Ministry lice. The Women and ' No'. She stressed that growing problem of quiresomeonewithmore ionsexpresse'datthere- of Home Affairs" under education must start with crime". The statement, than Grade 1 to realise cent workshop on crime which the' police force Child Abuse Centre had releasedbyDTAadtnl'n that crime in Windhoek so far had a mlnimal im young boys at school. - prevention in Windhoek falls. The DTA claimed pact on increasing the re The Police arrested the istrative secretary Nico was rampant and "com- reflected the public per- numerous cases of gross porting rate forrapes, Van perpetrators of7 5 per cent Smit, argued that the sta- pletely out of control". ception of the Namibian inc01;npetence and even Zyl added.

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