* TODAY: NAMIBIANS STICK TO GUNS ON SEX * 'IGNOBEL' PRIZES" HOT CYCLING NEWS * Bringing Africa South VoI.2 No.429 Friday October 11 Hats off to the Queen In The News Toda~ • THE ROYAL WEEK THAT WAS .•. • LIBERTINE TO SHARE MONEY NAMIBIANS yesterday waved off Queen Elizabeth IT • NEW HEALTH DEAL FOR and the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, as the NAMIBIA Royals wrapped up a triumphant visit which set Namibia JACKSON K ALIVE AND WELL alight with Royal fever. * They also witnessed what holding the military hat level * A NEW FASSIE FUSS was peIhaps the only' slip' in a and lowering it firmly onto Royal visit that seemed to have the head. gone like clockwork. A huge crowd 'was ready The Royal jet was turning and waiting at the airport to Penis attacks on sharp right to pass the rock­ see off the Queen and her solid ranks of the ceremonial husi>and the Prince Pbilip after guard of honour at Eros air­ a triumphant three-day visit port. As the plane headed down that set Namibia alight with the up and up.... the runway, the wind, either Royal fever and Union Jack jetstream or swirling off the flags. STAFF REPORTER southem hills, had the last laugh On the tannac, the arrival and finally prized loose the hat fonnalities were mirrored in A KATUTURA resident and she scratched at his private of the nearest guardsman. The the precision marching of the has laid a charge of at­ parts repeatedly with her nails. soldier did not move a muscle red-coated guard of honour, tempted murder against She then allegedly ran away but held the line as trained, his the lines of diplomats wait­ his girl friend after she and took his wallet containing peaked cap at his feet. ing to be greeted and the lead­ injured his penis and R 70 in cash, a cheque of R 700 and his watch. Commanding officers are ers including President Sam caused him unbearable meant to cope with all emer­ Nujoma and First Lady Ruben was later taken to the gencies. This time was no Kovambo Nujoma, Prime pain. hospital where he was given exception - he snapped to the Minister Hage Geingob, For­ John Ruben, 27, this week tablets and *two injections. left and marched formally down eign Minister Theo-Ben expressed anger about what he He said he was passing blood called the "dangerous actions" QUEEN Elizabeth 11 yesterday waved farewell to the line to recapture the head­ Gurirab and British High and could not wa1kvery easily. Namibia. The Queen was warmly and enthusiastically gear lurking on the tarmac. Commissioner Francis of his girlfriend. She "tried to Later he went to his woman received in the North - and responded with delight. The pickup complete, he Ricbards aM Mrs Jill Ricbards. kill me and when she failed she friend's home where he con­ Above: The traditional Royal wave responds to the marched left RI?-d left again Even the "welcome" ban went to the police with a false fronted her and asked for his traditional welcome at Ondangwa airport on Wednes­ behind his man. and coolly put story that I had stolen her moo.ey, money, wallet and watch. She day. Photograph: Tyappa Namutewa it back, white-gloved hands 1Continued on page 21 and as a result I was arrested" , allegedly told him she ' had he claimed. already spent the money, that Ruben also accused the po­ the watch broke when it fell lice of being unwilling to help and that she had thrown away him after the incident. the wallet and the cheque. She According to him ,he and only returned his identity docu­ his woman friend were asleep ment. together on the night of Au­ To his surprise, the follow­ gust 24. In the early hours of ing day he was arrested by the AIDS awareness August 25, his friend woke police, who accused him off him up and requested him to having stolen R 700 in cash from take her to the hospital as she his woman friend's home. was having stomach problems. Although Ruben tried to tell Ruben responded that it was the police his side of the story, impossible because he had other he was locked up for four days appointments but gave her RIO and only released on bail. to go to the hospital. Ruben claimed ~ nearly died but NO action After getting dressed, she in the jail as he was so swollen retumed to !he bed where Ruben that he could not even pass lay half asleep, and grabbed water. him by his penis, pulling it 'Namibians must get serious about safe sex' very hard. They started to fight Continued on page 2 NAMIBIANS have become increasingly aware of the dangers of AIDS, but this has not re­ MBATJIUA NGAVIRUE sulted in changed sexual behaviour, according January to August 1991. to Epidemiologist Steven Titus of the Ministry However, Titus warned of Helath and Social Services. people against taking comfort in the lower number of deaths Titus said in an interview was only 260, but the number this year, as this was probably yesterday that most Namibi­ of new cases this year for the attributable to poor reporting ans usually replied that they first eight months of 1991 has of deaths. had heard about AIDS, and shot up to 721. The incidence if RN infec­ knew what the disease was, This figure is even more tionis particularly high among when they were asked. striking if one considers that Tuberculosis patient, 60 per The number of new AIDS the 721 new cases for the first cent of whom are infected with cases however continues to grow eight months in 1991 substan­ the virus. at an alarming rate because tially exceeds the total for the Titus was approached for awareness of the disease has whole of 1990, which stands at comment because of fears in not yet resulted in changed 543. some quarters that the Gov­ sexual behaviour. According to Titus, the av­ ernment is not taking the grow­ The current cumulative to­ erage number of new mv cases ing AIDS epidemic seriously tal of RN infected people in each month has this year enough. Namibia since figures started doubled to a frightening 100 There have been loogslanding to be gathered in 1986is 1453. new cases a month and would doubts among some people, The rate of increase in the probably treble in 1992. about whether present AIDS RN infected pool is however The only bright side to the prevention campaigns are in­ rising dramatically with each 1991 figures is that there have tensive enough. PRO UD PPS PUPILS ... Youngsters at the People's Primary SchOOl in Katutura give year that passes. apparently been fewer deaths - A questionmarlc has also been a Royal welcome from a classroom door during Queen Elizabeth 11 and Prince TIle IlllIl1ber ofnew mv cases 13 deaths for January to Au­ Continued on page 2 Philip's visit to the school yesterday morning. See report, page 3. Photograph Kate for January to August 1990 gust 1990 against thr~ for Burling to talk to Namibians and learn The visit seems to have about the country. plucked a chord in the hearts of 'I'm a Namibian' argues Prime Minister Hage Gein­ Namibians who seemed de­ gob was also delighted. The lighted both by the traditional ner had inappropriately ap­ NBe quoted him saying that honour and Royal pageantry hanging over the issue of Jailed Kalahari activist peared, draped across the air­ the Government was very happy and by the relaxed, infonnal whether the Goveinment is port building. with the visit which could only and yet highly efficient tone of allocating enough funds to­ KALAHARI activist Mpho Shobo said on Wednesday Afterwards, a delighted benefit the country. He par- · the visit. wards combatting the deadly that he was born in Aranos, Namibia, calling the fact Richards said the visit had gone ticularly praised the manner in The choice of a progranune disease. "absolutely undisputable". "absolutely magnificently. It which the people of Namibia that used the limited time to Titus gave the assurance The statement came in an interview with the Namibian news was a very very warm and had risen to the occasion. Such visit under-nourished children that the Ministry of Social agency, Nampa. generous welcome ... He praised a Royal visit can only inspire, and other hospital patients in Health and Welfare is taking Shobo, who has been involved in an ongoing Kalahari-Tswana the arrangements of the Na­ . confidence in the country and Owambo as well as to Kho­ the AIDS epidemic very, very dispute, was arrested on Wednesday by Immigration officers. He mibian Government which had benefits were sure to follow. masdal and Katutura rather than seriously indeed. is being held pending deportation because of a dispute over his planned hard and worked hard Richards explained that af­ game parks met with approval. In particular, he had high citizenship. with the result that throughout ter a long isolation the outside The Duke, a keen conserva­ Shobo blamed the confusion over his birthplace on colonial­ praise for the haniworking staff a busy progranune in Wind­ world knew very little about tionist, used a private meeting ism. He said the border between Botswana and Namibia was of the National AIDS Control hock and the north, everything Nanubia. "The fact that Na­ on Wednesday to leam more meaningless in relation to the Kalahari tribe, of which is is a happened "to the second". mibia is pursuing such enlight­ about local problems and suc­ Programme. member.