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* TODAY: ANGULA TACKLED ON KEY EDUCATION ISSUES * IRAQ UPDATE * \ - Bringing Africa South MORE SFOUND * Police believe treason ,trialists have skipped country STANLEY KATZAO AT least one R5 automatic rifle, about 280 rounds of R5 ammunition and four M25 hand grenades were yesterday found at the former work place of Holm Nebe, one of the white right-wingers who face treason charges. This was coofumed l~ night N.amibia 's first high treason by Police spokesperson, Com- mal: . miss'oner Siggipmbeck. Eimbeck told The Nanublan N:be, a former employee ~f- -'" that police had been called in the South. West Engineering by the management of the South Company, and another of the W~st ~geneering Company AT LEAST 50 mineworkers accused, Tobias de Klerk. are to Identify the arms at around from Otjihase mine were in on the run after jumping bail 16h30 yesterday. jured in a vehicle accident close last week. He said the ammunition was to the copper mine yesterday. They, together with seven found at the place where Holm Police spokesperson, Com others, were due to appear in Nebe was working and that missioner Siggi E,imbeck. told the Windhoek High Court on there was no doubt in his mind The Namibian the men were February 12 to face charges in that he was.responsible for it being transported to work from Nebe, who was employed their hostel when the accident by SWE as manager of spares: took place. Diesel Services, was fired Eimbeck said they were being sununarily after he was arrested ferried in an open seven tonne at the end of August when police TIllS mineworker, second from right, was one ot'those injured yesterday when the truck when the vehicle left the 'found a huge arms cache at a truck in which he and others were being transported to work left the road and road and overturned. The acci plot near Windhoek and at the overturned. He was only slightly'injured. On the left are some ot'the nurses who dent took place at the mine, homes of a number of rigbt were on hand to help injured workers. Photograph: Tyappa Namutewa. about 30 kilometres outside wingers. Windhoek on the airport road. It is believed that Nebe took Those injured were imme the arms and _ammunition to THE Namibian High Court has ordered that two of . diately transported to the Roman his former work prace before Catholic Church hospital in the he was arrested, but failed to the five Spanish trawlers seized by Namibian Sea Fisheries authorities and charged with fishing ille centre of Windhoek. remove them afterwards. Fifty people were initially gally in the country's territorial waters be impounded. Approached for comment last admitted for treatment. As far 'Se-ize Acx:ording to a Sapa report yesterday, Justice Bryan 0 'LiIm night, SWE's Managing Di as could be coI}f4med at the issued the order in WindhOek on Friday following an appli rector of Diesel Services time of going to press, 20 cation by the LiberijUl company Lavinia Corporation against Joachim Pritwitz refused to workers were still being treated the Freio Pesca Uno and the Freio Pesca Do~. - comment. He said the matter in hospital. According to court documents, the vessels were supplied had been reported to the police One worker was reported to for investigation. those with fuel bunkers last year worth about R700 000 and the be in the intensive care unit, amount is still owed to Lavinia Corporation. Pritwitz told The Namibian and the condition of a number Namibian authorities seized five Spanish trawlers off the Nebe had been employed at of others was described as Namibian coast on November last year and ordered them SWE for more than three years. 24 .. critical". tnthe port ofLiideritz, where.they remain under police guard. EimbecktoldTheNamibian More details were unavail- lastnigbt that "all indications" ships' The -captains of the trawlers, who are under ship's arrest, TREASON trialist Holm were that Nebe and De Klerk are due to appear in court shortly to face charges of illegal , fishing. Nebe have skipped the country. HARD bargaining over relinquish the wildlife sec Namibia:s future role in soulb tor, which currently also has em Africa was continuing at 18 projects which have al the SADCC summit yester ready found funds for more day evening with inside than half the Rl00mndeded. sources hinting that Namibia Projects concentrate on in may not be able to coordi volving local communities nate the fisheries sector after in wildlife management and all. sector for Namibia to co-ordi platform for putting its own of the necessary R447m fund been proposed, that-of culture in benefiting 'from tourism Ministers and permanent nate in view of its potentially plans before donors. - ing has been secured, far less and information, despite and other profits. A similar secretaries from memberna vast fishing resources. However, problems appear than most other areas. SADCC assurances that no new project could be implemented tions ofthe Southern African The Gaborone-based SADCC to have arisen after a day of - Among the proposed proj sectors would be created be in Bushmanland here. Development Coordination secretariat also supported the 'housekeeping' in the packed ects Namibian officials had cause of funding difficulties TIns sub-sector could even Conference closeted them move. Council of Ministers' meet mentioned in the past were joint with R20,5 billion of projects be combined with the tour selves in a room in Wind Last week Finance Minister ing, which press were asked to patrolling of the fishing zones already on the books. ism sector, which is currently hoek's Safari Motel follow Dr Otto Herrigel said fishing leave. of Namibia and Angola, and . This is likely to be hard to reported to be under review ing an ail-day- Council of could earn Namibia R2 365 At the moment Malawi co sea aquaculture projects that draw up and even harder to because it does not yet ad Ministers meeting to ham million by the year 2 000. ordinates the fishing sector. could be used by Angola, . fund, and only Mozambique is dress priorities. mer out the final allocation Co-ordinating a sector can According to an -SADCC Mozambique and Tanzania. tipped to be keen to co-ordi Less than a quarter of the of sec~ors. bring many benefits- for a . progress report, 18 fisheries Last night sources speculated nate it However, some SADCC . R27m suggested has been of The final word is not ex dynamic government. As well projects across the regionhave that in yesterday eyening' s sources are saying Namibia fered to its eight projects' pected until a press confer as having teams of experts been put forward, mainly re bargaining, Namibia may have should be in charge of it in the Namibia's airline and tourist ence late today. working within its ministry, it volving around "aquaculture" _been pushed to a compromise. meantime. authority is already workiilg Government officials have also co-ordinates and benefits or management of water re No details were available at Another option could be for on regional tourism market long been expecting that fish from all the region's projects sources for food. the time of going to press. Namibia to accept some com -ing with Zimbabwe and eries would be the natural in that sector and has a good However, less than a tenth Apparently a new sector has promise. PosSlbly Malawi coUld Botswana. , , - able as reporters were refused entIance to both the mining area and the hospital. When The Namibian 'phoned the hospital to find out about those injured, the newspaper was told that the Sister in charge was . busy in the theatre and that there was nobody else who could help. Attempts to trace TCL General Manager, Peter Kinver, also came to nothing. Otjihase belongs- to Tsumeb Corporation Lim ited. It was however learned that the injured workers were taken to the hospital by at ieast five ambulances escorted by the Traffic Police. More details.are expected to be given today. Department of Posts anct Telecommunications ---------+~~--- Tenders TENDER Fl /12-1S/90 Description: Reconditiorung of Airconditioning. Condensor at Swakopmund TENDER Fl/12-16/90 NAMIBIA'S FRONT-ROW team ready for the kick-off in a SADCC Council of Ministers' meeting yesterday. Description: Pipe UPVC 11 0mm Pictured, from left, are: Gert Haitekom (Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development), Nico Bessinger (Tourism), Ben Amathila (Trade and Industry), Theo-Ben Gurirab (Foreign Minister) and Richard Closing date: 11:00 on Tuesday: 19 June 1990 Kapelwa (Works, Transport and Communication). Place: The Secretary: Namibian Tender Board, PO Box 3328, Windhoek 9000 Tender documents are obtainable from the Stores Old problems rem,ain ·as Manager, Post Office Stores Depot, Voigt Street, > PO Box 2186 Wiiidhoek, at R5,OO per set. Telephone: (061) 201376 Telegraphic address: "Poststores" new syllabus takes off 11ELED(:50908-431 PAJ{: (061)224334 EDUCATION MinisterNahas· in classrooms containing arwnd location of many schools,nor a feeding programme was being Angula fielded several of edu 40 children. how many children are being discussed. "At least we can cation's hottest problems yes A:iigula replied that tempo turned away," he said, appeal provide pppils with a snack to terday when he answered ques rary classrooms built on site ing for schools to keep full give them the energy to attend tions from an audience of more seemed the only alternative - records of all applications and in clas~ and t9 get back home. " than 300 head teachers attend especially as the Ministry had admissions. In response to a He also suggested the open ing a training course in Wind so little information on which principal from Okakarara who ing of junior secondary wings hoek.