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BY CHRIS SHIPANGA TWO SADF soldiers briefly appeared in a court in northern Namibia following a recent incident in which two children aged ten and eight years old were raped. Police head­ quarters in Windhoek confirmed on inquiry that two Zulu­ speaking soldiers of the SADF soldiers were being held in northern Namibia after making a brief appearance in a ' court to answer charges of alleged rape. Eenhana Military base, and that they mana watertower in the area, He also said that it was the notorious habit of those soldiers at the tower to molest young girls, by feeling their breasts and touching their private parts, The man said further that he and his wife were initially scared to go out to investigate, but changed their minds when they heard their children screaming out loud that they were be­ ing sexually assaulted by the soldiers, He said they both decided to storm out to intervene, whereupon the two soldiers ran away, The family then waited for dawn to take their children to Onandjokwe Hospital for treatment, whereafter they later reported the matter at the office for the Ovambo Administration, A spokesman at the Administra­ According to a sworn statement by NOVEMBER 1 came and went without the promised implementation of Resolution 435. However the father of the two children, which the city and environs were full of police and soldiers on the alert. John Liebenberg photograph-, was handed in at both the Ondangwa _ ed these men in Windhoek's Kaiser Street - some of whom obviously did not want to be identified. _ Police as well as at the office for the Ovambo Administration, the incident ,- Eugene occurred on October 23, this year, Repression of ehildren The children's father, Mr Kornelius Terre'blanche, pictured by Mark Kevanhu, from Eenhana, stated that Verbaan at a 'volksvergadering" two strangers suddenly broke into his in Windhoek last week, called homestead at approximately 01h30, eontinues unabated upon about 1 000 whites to pro­ and walked straight to a hut in which ALTHOUGH the security He added that it was c,1ear that years ago, it had failed to open test and resist 435 and not to his two daughters, Mirjam forces have on numero1,ls occa­ repression' in Namibia continues Namibia's schools to all races, give away their guns. Full Mwahanyekange, 10, and Rosalia sions paid considerable sums unabated, directly and indirectly affec­ "The interim government's profess­ report and pictures inside this .in damages actions arising ting children, ed intention to remove discrimination 'edition today. Continued on page 3 from security force atrocities, On education, Mr Smuts said that in schools is nothing more than emp- since the interim gove,rnment receiv­ Continued on page 5 this has notled to a discernible ed limited powers three-and-a-half decrease in the occurrence of atrocities. This was the opinion of Windhoek advocate Mr David Smuts, who ad­ dressed last Saturday's London con­ ference on children, repression and apartheid in Namibia, Mr Smuts was one offiveNamibians _ ,who travelled to London to attend the 'conference held under the auspices of SATIS (Southern Africa: The Im­ prisoned Society), The other N amibians were Dr Solly Amadhila, Mr Ignatius Shihwameni, Mr Bibi Hauses and Mr J Angeuvo, In his conference speech, Mr Smuts' said that with the advent of the Human Rights Centre in northern Namibia and the Windhoek-based Legal Assistance Centre, is was possi­ ble that damages actions may be brought on a more systematic basis and could have more of a deterrent ef­ fecton security force members commit­ ting atrocities, "It is clear that apartheid continues in some ofits worst forms in Namibia" particularly as it affects the allocation of resources - which in turn has a , PICTURED at the London conference on children, repression and apar­ THE two young rape victims: Mirjam Mwahanyekange, 10, on the right; disastrous effect'upon education and th~id in Namibia, Mr Hidipo Hamutenya, SwapQ I¢ormation Secretary and her sister, Rosalia Shigwedha, 8. thereby on children;' said Mt Smuts, and a Namibian student.

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NAMIBIANS waited with their chanting slogans throughout he fingers crossed this week for the streets of Nomtsoub 'until day break. announced implementation of On November 1, there was an effec­ resolution 435 and as if conirrming THE NAMIBIANS WHO WAITED tive work stay away and class boycotts their fears and suspicions, by students at several schools. November 1 came and went 'Police monitored the marches and without any agreement from the filmed the crowd but took no action to much heralded talks on peace in IN VAIN FOR 435 TO HAPPEN disperse the marchers. the south western corner ofAfrica. ---______BY RAJAH MUNAMAVA ______The march in Grootfontein was Though n ~t much hope wasd pinned however marked in blood when police on November 1 as the date for the im­ including employees of several com­ plementation of resolution 435, and so "We are encouraged though, we have and army units moved in and sjam­ plementation of Resolution 435 by ' panies, who put in leave for Monday journeyed south. made contacts with our people here bokked the demonstrators on Tuesday many inside the country, some believ- and Tuesday to come and see their' The visit would also give them an op­ who are active on a daily ba8is, we have evening. , ed that perhaps things would start 'co1mtry move to nationhood. portunity to meet their leadership in­ exhanged views with them and are It was reported that a student had moving, but to no avail. It was also reported that some other side the country who are based in hopeful. We are going to work hard been arrested during the incident and The recent Kabwe Conference, the people had come in from the south for Windhoek. when we go back to our homes so that that one of the soldiers had been in­ UN special Task Force that has been the implementation of 435. Why did they come? "Because the our country sees independence" they jured during clashes with the to visit the country in order to assess But it was particularly a delegation implementation of resolution 435 said. marchers. logistic and other facilities for use by of about 13 aged woman from villages. means peace and we want peace" one In Tsumeb and Grootfontein, the From Otji warongo it is reported that U ntag when they arrive -all these and . near the Angolan border in -the Om­ of them said. target date for the implementation of police clashed with marchers and other factors such as the the battles of balantu area that could move one But now, they were going back and resolution 435 did not pass unnoticed. engaged in fierce battles, which saw Cuito and Calueque, the closeness of sympathy. resolution 435 has not been Swapo supporters started marching several policemen injured and police the super powers to the talks, had given Weary ofthe war that has caused so implemented. on Monday mid-night, singing and vans smashed. rise to hope that Pretoria hadno alter-' . much suffering and destruction to native this time but to agree to the im-' their families, the women put together p:ementation of resolution 435. their meagre incomes in order to travel ' It was against this background that,' to Windhoek and see the transition of despite the general attitude of "wait their country to independence. and see" by many N amibians, several Their children, fields, goats and cat­ h.,undred flocked to Windhoek on Mon­ tle and other properties were placed day and Tuesday to come and witness under the care of others who remain­ the arrival of the UntagForce and the ed behind. start ofthe implementation ofresolu­ For most of them, it was the first time tion 435. they had left their tribal homeland. The Namibian was this week inun­ Reports had been reaching them . dated by telephone calls from all over through the radio, exchanges with the country with people enquiring as other people and recently they had to whether 435 was being im-' feedback on the-Kabweconference. plemented and whether they should The time had come, they felt, to trek come to Windhoek.. down to Windhoek and witness arrival A number oftravelledfrom the coast" of Untag and the start of the im-

Dos, Santos worried about military tension ANGOLAN Presiaent Jose Eduar­ and the United States continue to do dos Santos said he is worried by make demands on target dates for the the pO'ssibility of "increased withdrawal of Cuban troops from . military tension" in southwest Angola, and on the number ofsoldiers Africa, ·afterthe original target date that would have to return to Cuba in for initiating independence plans the first year" after the signing of any for Namibia passed by on agreement. Novemberl. The-Angop {lews agency reported on South MricanForeign Minister Pik Wednesday that dos Santos had de­ Botha said on Tuesday that "the world In motion or at reSt nounced "other parties" to US­ is waiting" for a Cuban-Angolan mediated peace talks, who are hinder­ response to a US proposal outlining a ing the conclusion of an accord. timetable for the withdrawal of Cuban With every muscle Dos Santos said: "Both South Africa forces.

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Continued from page 1 Confirming the incident this week, POLICE HEADQUARTERS in being run by members of the South · Three other teachers were alleged­ Warrant Officer Leon Rust from the Windho~ said on inquiry that its African security forces, and it is accom­ ly also assaulted near the village of Shi wedha, 8, wer~ fast asleep. SWAPOL Public Relations Section office is neither aware of allega­ panied by anti-Swapo film shows, pro­ Omuthitugwonyama, and' had their He said that one ofthe two men was said that:"Police at Ondangwa con­ tions by residents in northern paganda materials, bribes to the May Day T-shirts torn off their bodies, armed and dressed up in an SADF .firmed the detention of two Zulu Namibia that members of the population and intimidation ofSwapo while security forces reportedly also' uniform, while his. colleague was members of th~ SADF following in­ security forces I:lre involved in ari supporters. attempted to chase away pupils from dressed in civilian clothes. vestigation by the police into an inci­ "anti-Swapo electioneering cam­ As part of the campaign, members of / the schools of Ondeihaluka, Mr Kevanhu stated further that it dent of alleged rape_ They are still be­ paign:' nor that security force units . the South African military, incl uding Oshekasheka, and Okapombo during was clear to him that the two soldiers ing held after making a brief ap­ are "intimidating and harrassillg the unit Koevoet, were reportedly seen the same period. must have been from the nearby pearance in court:' civilians in the area!' distributing food, sweets, clothes, and . At the time of going to press, no -iion's office then tookt he matter up The policeman added that: "Your in­ other goods to people at pro-South defrence force spokesman was with Ondangwa Police on the family's formation concerning the identities of A police spokesman, Warrant Officer African "information meetings;' available for comment on the matter. behalf. the victims, js correct." Leon Rust, however, referred this recentlyweel as at held the atOshakatiopenmarket Shikudule School, as . .I .,.. ______-.1 .... ______newspaper to the "SWATF for further information:' . It was reported that security force Tae police spokesman was reacting agents urged people at these gather­ to reports from residents in nortern jngs not to vote for Swapo once elec­ Namibia that members of the securi­ tions come,but to vote for the DTA . Department of .ty forces are showing video films at Residents also reported the alleged foo~bali fields about the "starving peo­ arrest of three teachers on October 18, ple of Ethiopia;' warning their au­ 1988, for sporting T-shirts belonging dience to vote for the DTA instead of to Swapo affiliated trade unions. SWAPO "if you do not want to suffer Residents were reportedly also warn­ Distance Teaching the same way." ed against wearing this newspaper's T-' According to numerous reports from shirts or that ofSwapo despite the fact the north ofNamibia, the campaign is that the organisation is legal. Herero Admin wants 435· as so~n as possible but ethnic govts must stay THE Executive Committee of the elections must be held as soon as Herero Administration has said it possible in order to replace the wants United Nations Resolution ethnic system, said the statement. 435 implemented as soon as is prac­ "We want to state again that the The attention of all students mtending to enrol with the De­ tically possible. Administration for Herero's will In a statement released yesterday not disband until an effective alter­ partment of Distance Teaching of the Academy for~ one of the by the chairman of the Executive native has been suggested!' following courses in 1989, is drawn to the undermentioned re­ Committee, Mr GH Mbaukua, it "We will also not allow second­ was proposed that the lifespan of tier authorities to be scrapped gistration iI:Uormation: second-tier authorities is extended while the first-tier government re­ until Resolution 435, "or a new mains in operation. Ifone isscrap­ D.S.P. system which works", is ped, then the other must be * operational. simultaneously scrapped:' it said. * H.P.D.S. The statement also called for all "There are certain political C.D. Primary relevent parties to come together at leaders who are hoping to make .* the conference table so.that any political capital out of the disban­ * National Diploma in Public Administration stumbling blocks regarding the im­ ding of second-tier administra­ plementation of Resolution 435 can tions, and hope that the first-tier Registration for f"lI'St enrolment: -be ironed out. government remains standing - The alternative was that regional and we will not tolerate this!' 1 November - 15 December 1988. Registration for senior students: . 4: January - 15 February 1989. Koevoet man controversy continues DESPITE CONFIRMATION by a young man who recently announc­ Registration forms and Year books are obtainable from the . ed his quitting the Police Counter Insurgency Unit (Koevoet), and that Head: Distance Teaching, Private Bag 13245, Windhoek 9000; he has not re-joined the unit, police in Windhoek still maintain the contrary. telephone 307-2096. Former Koevoet Constable Mweulyata Jonas Kemanya told this reporter last Thursday (October 27, 1988) that police arrested and detained him for O.S.P. enquiries: 307-2359 about 14 days for questioning at both Oshakati and Windhoek, following an interview with The Namibian. (See issue No 156 Oct 07 - Oct 13,1988). B.P.O.S. and O.D. Primary enquiries:--S07 -2358 The Constable earlier told this newspaper that he had quitted Koevoet as Diploma in Public Administration enquiries: 307-2356 he could no longer stand the "daily experience of racial prejudice, the killing and destruction of people's lives and property, and because of the colonial ex­ ploitation of the indigenous people by Koevoet." Last Thursday Kemanya told-this reporter that police arrested and detain­ ed him for four days at Oshakati, and later for one week in the Windhoek Police cells. INCORPORATING THE U NIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA. _'1\- He claimed that during his detention, police forced him to make a state­ TECHNIKON NAMIBIA AND COLLEGE FOR ACADEMY OUT-OF -SCHOOL TRAINING. WINDHOEK ment denying having ever given an interview to this reporter. Kemanya fur­ ther confirmed that he has not re-joined Koevoet, and also claimed that he told police he was not interested any more. . The former Koevoet man also pointed out that he now fears for his life, as some of his black colleagues accused him of planning to join Swapo, and that Education for your future they will kill him if he' does that. Warrant Officer Leon Rust from the SWAPOL Media Relati~ns Section when approached for further comment this week said: "As further investigation has been launched into the Kemanya-niatter, we have no comment other than to ~ THE BEST PEOPLE FOR THE JOB 514921131 deny.each and ever! allegation made by Kemanya as mentioned in your latest enqUlry.We also WIsh to reconfirm that Kemanya is without any doubt still with the unit despite rumours of the opposite."

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'We didn't refuse visas' - Mo Publication Act charge INTERIM government minister of point out that the report is not cor­ He said: "After consideration of manpower,Mr Moses Katjiuongua, rect because visas to visit South these applications, approval was SWAPO activist and Windhoek branch Secretary for Information and yesterday denied in a press release' West Africa/Namibia were in fact 'given that visas in res.pect of all 'Publicity, Mr Mbapewa Muvangua, was warned this week that he is to be that a group of Danish parliamen­ approved, and not refused as eight members ofthe delegation be charged under the Publication Act. tarians had been refused visas to alleged!' issued!' The matter is sequel to the 1988 Swapo Namibia Day t·shirt which was bann· enter Namibia. .The parliamentaria~s were to He said this decision was con­ ed two weeks ago. Mr Katjiuongua was referring to have visited Namibia on October 25 veyed to the group on October 25 Security Police ruesday picked up Mr Muvangua and warned him that he is a report in last week's edition of and 26, and had applied for their (several days after the group was to face charges under the Publications Act. The Namibian, in which it was writ­ visas some six weeks beforehand. were due to leaveCopenhagen). Colonel Willem Nel is said to have told Mr Muvangua that he knowingly worp. ten that the six Danish parliamen­ They also planned a stopover in At the time, Bjorn Elmquist (MP a banned t·shirt and that he would be charged, tarians had at the time of their South Africa before coming to the Liberal Party) said: "No actual rep­ The matter apparently arises from last weekend's S'I'(apo rally in Rehoboth . planned departure late last month, territory. ly to our applications has been where Mr Muvangua was speaker. not yet heard from the South The interim government minister given - only a message that the Colonel and his Security film crew travelled to Rehoboth where they monitored African authorities as to whether said in his statement that the visa answer will come next week at the 'the SWapo rally and filmed those in attendance. they had been granted visas. applications were receive.d by the earliest. As our journey is to start Security Police Tuesday picked up Mr Muvangua at his work place and took The six said they regarded this Department of Civic Affairs and on Friday morning (October 21), it' him to their headquarters where he was warned about the charge. lack of a response as a refusal'for Manpower in Windhoek on Oc­ is the same as a rejection. In myopi­ Mr M u vangua was later taken to his house and a search lasting more than two visas. tober 12, via the Department of nion, this is not a serious treatment hours was conducted. Mr Katjiuongua said: "I have to, 'Home Affairs in Pretoria. of our applications .. !' ' Possession of a banned item carries a fine not execeeding Rl 000.00 or a sentence not exceeding 6 months imprisonment or both for a first offender. The police confiscated several documents including the Swapo political pro· gramme, constitution and combatants (Swapo's military wing publications) after 'the search. It is the first time that anyone would be charged for possessing the Namibia Day Swapo t·shirt since it was banned over two weeks ago. The police did not find any t-shirtofthe sort in the possession ofMr Muvangua NOT EVEN when they picked him up Tuesday but are apparently using evidence from their video films ofthe meeting. Suffice it to say that those who were at the meeting point out that many other THE CONSTRUCTION WORK people had the t·shirt on. -- IN STUBEL STREET CAN STOP US NOW.

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detained are not children"children are wide indemnity which the Defence Act Contmued from page 1 of c9urse affected by detentions oftheir and AG9 grants to security force, ty rhetoric," he said. . . . parents, particularly in the (ireas of the ' members:' he said. He added that Proclamation AG8 farnorlhofNamibia where detentions He added that in his view, the situa­ provided the legal framework for the for periods of a year or more have not tion in far northern Namibia, with perpetuation of apartheid, which "em· been uncommon:; he said. - ~uch wide powers given to security braces an inferior education system on He said children were..severely af­ 'force memb~s, has led to a "virtual the basis of race". fected by the "excesses and atrocities :state oflawlessness on the part ofthe He said it was small wonder that an committed by security force members" 'security forces". educational crisis had evolved· "given particularly in the north. Mr Smuts also referred to the many the structure ofthe educational system Hesaid in many instances where social problems facing children in the in Namibia, with the conduct of the their parents are killed.or abused in territory, including the social effects of security forces in northern Namibia some other way such as beingraRed or the war, precipitating the crisis in a similar assaulted, children are also viciims "There is a generation growing up in manner in which the Afrikaans­ and suffer as a consequence of these northern Namibia which only knows medium issue precipitated the 1976 actions. a state of war and the sufferingconse­ quent upon it;' he'Said. disturbances in South Africa". Mr Smuts referred to numerous ex­ . -- He said that after the Proclamation amples of security force atrocities' "Many families are broken up by the of Fundamental Rights Act became perpetrated against children during vast numbers of children (numbering law this year, a number of arrests' and his years of practice in Namibia. several thousand) who have left detentions ensued -"with children as, He said that according to a doctor at Namibia, either to take up arms or go young as ll-years-old being arrested the Oshakati State Hospital, roughly into exile to further their education as 'and detained by the security forces". 10 rapes per month - perpetrated a: result ofthe discriminatory and in­ "The draconian and wide powers of ' allegedly by security force members­ appropriate educational system in detention in force in Namibia are also .are reported to the hospital. Namibia ." , used against children:' Mr Smuts said. "It is mysubmission that children Mr Smuts said: "The fact thatNami­ Mr Hidipo Hamutenya pictured with Ar­ Quoting from official statistics, he are also affected by the rapes of their 'bians are liable for conscription into pointed out that between the period of mothers, particularly when these tbe SWA Territory Force, which is chbishop Trevor Huddleston in London. November 1977 to April 1983, a total rapes have been perpetrated in their , nothing more than a grouping of the of 5 507 people were detained under' presence:' South African Defence Force units, has proclamationAG9 -and that only eight' Mr Smuts emphasised that few of. also caused division, hardship and suf­ Monthly mag~zine now i , of those detainees were ever charged' those responsible for the atrocities are, fering for the Namibian youth." before court. ever brought before court. The one-day conference was also ad­ "Although the vast majority ofthose "Part of the problem is clearly the' dressed by Namibian youths,in ex'ile.

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FOR THE second time in 30 years Sudan is divided by bloody and merciless civil strife. Once again the victims are ordinary people, refugees, farmers, women, children. Taking no sides, here they speak for themselves about their suffering. JUBA, SUDAN: The civilian ning ahead with the other children -I population in south Sudan see had one on my back and I was carrying four enemies, all ofthem deadly: the other one and so the cattle were government troops, the Sudim taken - I don't know where they are gone. People's Liberation Army (SPLA), "I stayed on there, but was alone all the tribal militias - and famine. the time. 1 would collect green And they are defenceless against vegetables from the bush and make it any ofthese. This is the state of af­ for food, but as soon as the food was fairs in every corner ofthil south ready the SPLA would come and eat it. today. "When I escaped into the bush, I was alone but for my three children. On the rebuild a -straw home outside Khartoum. Killing and looting are everywhere. way there were many. people, so we REFiJGE~S Civilian casualties have far out­ came with others. They said they were lives in, Bentiu, in Bahr el Ghazal. She He was unconscious for a time but Professor Abdul Rahman Zayd Ahm­ numbered those among the armed running away too. is no\,'\' in the Fugnido refugee camp in managed to escape, although it was dif­ ed, until recently Vice Chancellor of forces. A veritable genocide is under­ "One ofmy children died on the way Western Ethiopia. ficult ' to move on the journey. He the University of Juba, sums up: "We way, report local correspondents in the coming here. Now I am left with two; "Our house was attacked. We don't depended on leaves for food. have destroyed immense wealth, lost book "War Wounds" published by the you can see them here. The child died Imow why. So many people were kill­ A group of boys also told how other valuable opportunities for growth, and Panos Institute, London, on October 27' because there was nothing to eat and ~ d ... it took us two months and 22 days - boys'were killed on the way. One says inflicted permanent injury to tlfe na­ this year. there was no milk. It was the youngest - :0 get here. We ate the leaves of trees, that his elder brother went to look for tional psyche, with nothing to show for One woman, Jakudu, who lost her who died. We took six days on the way )ccasionally an animal that died. We water in their village back in Sudan our deeds." husband in this genocide, tell her Iltory. coming. had a small jerry can of water. Many and did not come back. They teil how Beyond the atrocities; the book "War She is from Nyamini, a camp for the "I am nine days here in Nyamini children died on the way' ~ government militias-too womenfolk, Wounds" also reports on the damage Mtmdari pastoralist people displaced now. I had nothing with me when I ar­ Samira said she became separated burnt 'houses, stole food and cattle. . to Sudan's social sectors. Health care from 'Threkeka district - about 30 km rived - I only came with my children. from her husband when they first One boy has a very disfigured has all but disappeared as medical sup­ northwest of Juba. . I have nothing. escaped; she doesn't know whether he shoulder and neck. He explains that he plies are rarely available. Agricultural "I am called Jakudu -I come from a "I don't think I will go back home is alive or dead. She lost two of her was thrown into a burning house by and pastoral livelihoods have virtually place called Mayen. The SPLA have soon. Even if! go now, who is going to children on the way. militiamen. Another family group come to a standstill. Even aid from out­ killed my husband. I have lost our pro­ take care of me? I have nobody". A man in his fifties with scars of took two months' to reach Fugnido side the country has been severely perties, cattle and everything. . Her experience and despair is echoed bullet wounds, Yol Ngor from Aweil camp. from Pacong village, near disrupted by the rebels. "They killed him because they say· by another woman in another district district, says that the government Rumbek. "We had a lot of difficulties. What hope is there for an end to the that the Mundari are bad and because who found herSelfthe victim ofanother militia attacked his village, killed his There were so many swampy places. warfare? he was resisting over the cattle - be of the four enemies, government brother, his children and his cows. They . Some of us got lost in the swamps and General Olusegun Obasanjo, didn't want theSPLA to take the cattle. militias. Samira Nyatap was asked to . took some women. . They shot at him some of us lost our children that way. Nigerian Head of State from 1975-9, "I had the small children -I was run- describe.d their attack on the town she and then tried to kill him wi0 a spear. People were shooting at us from a writes in the preface: "As in most civil helicopter and so we concealed conflicts, the causes are ultimately ourselves. So many died on the way". deeply embedded, with deep roots in Asked why they had left Rumbek, Sudanese history, from which itfollows they said: "Our houses and villages that only a political settlement, taking were set on fire by the government ar­ into account the legitimate aspira-' my. We wer,ejust looking for survival. tions of all sections of Sudanese socie­ No one encouraged us to come. Either ty, will guarantee lasting peace". - you escape or you die". Panos.

••• and after the -flo·od comes the famine

FLOODS have washed away a home. The floodwater has washed Sudan refugees' makeshift homes, away the dreams of the poor. disease, continuing war in the Some people have begun.to rebuild south, and locusts have caused in- now, but most still sleep in the open as I creasing malnutrition. they have done since the floods. They JUST west of Khartoum is the city of say they don't have the money to Omdurman. Where the city ends and rebuild. As in Umbada the malaria WAR BOY; A little refugee from the war in southern Sudan in the rub­ the desert begins, you find Umbada, situation is a problem here too. The na­ with its camps for the displaced: not tional malaria administration ble' of his Khartoum camp, after the floods. Photo cJ:edit: Jeremy HartleylPanos Pictures. displaced by war but by the 1984 describes the situation as critic)ll drought. because of the lack of drugs. In a bitter twist of fate the un­ _ Malnutrition is the most worrying­ precedented Nile flood of August factor, both in Omdurman and the STOCKS AVAILABLE IN WINDHOEK destroyed their mud and straw homes capital, Khartoum. You can find and devastated the dirt tracks that con­ vegetables in the city markets but at -OF THE LARGEST SELECTIONSEV"ER! nected them to ·the·city. Two months prices which put them completely out . ~ - later, the flood waters have gone, but of reach of any but the wealtny. - . the problems are just emerging. Whatever hopeful forecasts the CERAMIC TILES SANITARYWARE Donkey carts used to bring water to government may be giving for the food FOR S.W. AFRICAN IN ALL COLOURS the area, dranw from wells in other harvest in some parts of the country­ WALLS & FLOORS AND DESIGNS parts ofthe city. But when the rain fell, recent swarms of locusts' have been FROM: the carts could not get through. localised and the gum arabic crop could MOST MODERN Malaria has been particularly be up by 30 percent after the floods -all MIXERS & TAPS prevalent since then. conversations seem to revolve around ITALY y~ -\. ' . ' ~...", ~ SPAIN ~~ Today tankers are supply water, but· the worsening food supply, and the ' PORTUGAL GEYSERS another crisis faces the displaced: a worsening war in the south of the JAPAN ': ~~vt~~A~ . cO GAS & ELECTRIC food crisis. country. BRAZIL ~~ \(~~-:r<; ~~~ be __ "The biggest problem after the A senior UN team has just returned BUCHTAL (GER­ SHOWERLUX: floods was hunger" s.aid Sekina Sou. to Khartoum from thetown ofAbyei in MANY) 'BATH & SHOWER Before the floods, 28 pounds of dura - southern Kardofan, just outside the '. DOMES . the local staple food - cost one US region where the conflict rages. U sual­ AND FROM Dollar. Now the price has jumped to ly the town has a population of 10 to & 3 FACTORIES PIPES FITTINGS 15,000 but now it has swollen to at IN SOUTH AFRICA OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS five US Dollars and looks set to rise further. . .. - least 50 000 as people have fled the con­ .". Thawra is also in Qmdurman, just flict. At a press conference, the UN LIVING COMFORT HAS NEVER BEEN SO CLOSE! before you reach' the camps. The name team reported that there were almost si~ply means 'revolution' in Arabic, no chilqren under five in the town: all but people's struggle here has simply' had died from lack offood and levels of TEL. (061) 3-8300 • WINDHOEK • MACADAM STREET bee I) to c'onstruct a modest home. To- . malnutrition were frighteningly high. day as you look down the streets, you A Sudanese professor spoke of his see piles of mud rubble. It is painfully fears: "Whatever happens in the war, clear that the floodwater targeted the the lack offood has been chronic for so BEHRENS & (PTY) LTD. For Quality and Service homes of the poorest: in street after . long now that the n'ext generation of o. co. street, you see the rubble lhatwas on:ce Sudanese willpe zombies". - Panos. THE NAMIBIAN Friday November 04 1988 7

SEMINAR

, - held in London ON CHILDREN, APARTHEID AND OPPRESSION IN NAMIBIA

. 350 people gathered in London on, Octo~er 29, to hear evidence, of ' brutal assaults carried out by the security forces on children and ,t.he effects of such, treatm~nt ' and other atrocities.

Evidence was also given on the effect, on children, of apartheid in Namibia.

They unanimously condemned the policies ' of the South African Government and their illegal occupation, of Namibia and pledged their support and solidarity for the Namibian people.

The Seminar was organised by SATIS (Southern Africa: The Impriso~ed Society) 8 Friday November 04 1988 THE NAMIBIAN

Toivo still Weekly Mail banned optimistic but says for four weeks

SA cannot ONE of South Africa's opposition was justified. months earlier this year. newspapers, the Weekly Mail, has He said in a statement in Pretoria MaiT co-editor Irwin Manoim said been banned for one month by the that he had carefully considered .the! the newspaper had been bracing for a be ·trusted South African government. circumstances pertaining to the Week- · three-month suspension after a series The newspaper was on Tuesday ly Mail. · of warnings from Botha.. "totally prohibited" from publication At present there were thousands of "We are pretty sure we can survive for four weeks on Tuesday, under the registered periodicals, and to date he' .this. We have had 13 months to mull Andimba Toivo va Toivo :terms of the state .of emergency. had only had cause to issue similar overthis possibility;' he said. 'SWAPO Secretary-General; Andimba Toivo ja Toivo, said on Tuesday that . The ban, imposed by Home Affairs orders against two other periodicals. A PFP spokesman, David Dalling, he remained "cautiously optimistic" that South Africa will honour' minister Stoffel Botha,-was published "The Weekly Mail continued with a said the closing of the Weekly Mail pledges to grant Namibia its independence. 'in a special edition of the Government systematic or repetiti ve publishing of would not serve the ' government's But he told reporters that Swapo had traditionaUyfound that the "South Gazette. matter which in my opinion has, or is ·cause. Africans are liars and insincere". In the issue of the Weekly Maii last calculated to have, the effect of causing "This is a bad day for press freedom Toivo arrived in Harare for talks with President Robert Mugabe's rul­ Friday, in a full-page article headed a threat to the safety of the public or to and for civil liberty in South Africa ... ing party on developments'in Namibia. 'Not Guily', the co-editors of thE' the maintenance of public order, or is' once again the National Party has Addressing reporters on his arrival, Toivo said South Africa was to newspaper presented the basis of their . causing a delay in the termination of made it clear that it will not tolerate blame for the delay in implementing the plan. . challenge to the miriister's allegation the state of emergency;' said Botha. opposition or dissent:' He said Pretoria had deliberately postponed implementation because of subversive propaga~da. : The order to suspend publication The South African Society of Jour­ oflocal South African municipal elections last week -andwere awaiting "Our newspaper is an independent was made in terms of the media nalists said hours after the ban that the outcome of US presidential polls. critical publication -not a purveyor of emergency regulations. November 1, 1988, would go down in He said there could be more delaying tactic~ if the Republicans, one brand of criticism against apar- -The Mail launched an intensive the history of South Africa as the day represented by George Bush, came to power in the United States. theid and the present National Party ., campaign to fend off the ban, seeking on wtllch the government tried to i;>nuff But he urged Namibians to remain calm and vigilant. government;' the article said. . support from western governments out another light, so adding to the In Luanda, Swapopresident Sam Nujoma said that attempts by South "Should the Weekly Ma~l ignpre .. and the inte~national media . darkness of sllPpression and Africa to turn the Namibian people against Swapo would not succeed. . allegationsofsecuritYforce.abuses,in The Johannesburg-based weekly, oppression. " _ "Pretora's anti-Swapo campaign curnrntly going on in Namibia is doom-. Namibia or Angola? And if the SA: - which has a circulation of23 OOO,hl,ls "The sta.t.e has not been able to ed to failure," he said in an interview with the news agency Nampa. Defence Force is investigating them, be.enan outspoken government critic' · silence the Weekly, Mai\ t~rough the The. report said South African authorities in Namibia were harassi~'g . shouldthenewspapei-ignGrethat·too?" . . and has focused on alleged police courts simply because it realised that Swapo supporters and bribing l~cal people in a bid to turn the popula- . it asked. .brutality and township grievances. . .the newspaper was not breaking the tion against the natiollalist group. Mr Stoffel Botha said on Tuesday he . The Mail is the third newspaper to be law,'" said SASJ' president Bob Nampa saidthis was parlof a "dirty electioneerinKcampaign" aimed. was convincedthathis,dfclsion to clqs~ - ~ banned by Bdtha. The New Nation and Kernohan. attryingtO persuade Namibians to vote for South African-backed political ' tlie:Weekly Mail uh£i1 November 28 '~ South were each suspended for three ' parties and nQt Swapo in indepe..npenc,e elilctions. - . . Mr Nujoma ~a !i qnoted is saying that ~the' Namibian people were politically mature e .ou ~h··not to be taken in by such tactics. S;wapo still hopeftiland says JA~NIE DE WET CALLS FOR SECOND TIER ELECTIONS it still m'aintains .cea.sefire SWAPO is still hopeful that s~ttle­ the informal undertaking it gave in MrQeingob said thatSwapo was ment on Namibian independence August not to initiate offensive ac­ happy for the moment to sit back WHILE 435 IS IN BALANCE and a Cuban troop withdrawal tions from September 1 while the and let the negotiations take their from Angola can be reached by the peace process was continuing. course. WHILE the outcome of international negotiations for Namibian in­ "We are keeping our commit­ "We are patient. We have been dependence remains i.n the balance, the deputy leader of the SWA Na-' end of this year, said an official of ment:' he added. fighting for a long time. If we have tional Party, Mr Jannie de Wet, on Wednesday reiterated a request that the organisation on Tuesday. Hage Geingob, a Swapo polit­ But he added that Swapo was to wait a few more days, then that the Legislative Assembly for whites be dissolved and second-tier elec- buro member, told Reuters in under no obligation to cease its is OK with us:' he sai& tions be held. . • Lusaka that his organisation was . military action until a formal He stressed, however, that Swapo Mr de Wet said the SWA National Party still believed that ethnic second­ still maintaining a two-month-.old ceasefire was signed between itself was ready to continue its struggle tier authorities were necessary-for efficient administration and economic if necessary. stability. ·ceasefire in its guerrilla war and South Africa. The aU-white NP is the majority party in Administration for Whites, against South African occupation. chaired by Mr de Wet. . As far as the stalled negotiations were concerned, MrGeingob said: The longer talks continue The opposition Republican Party of the DTA announced earlier that its representatives iIi the white Legislative Assembly would vacate their "We have been assured that it is on· course." the more it promotes seats on November 24 when the term of office of the Assembly expires. He played down the fact that "We cannot reconcile with our conscience our continued presence in this institution:' said the RP's leader Dirk Mudge. November 1 had passed by without uncertainty, says Mudge The continued existence ofthe white Legislative Assembly depended an accord on a Cuban withdrawal' on the registration of people classified on their skin colour, which was ,from Angola. THE longer the negotiations were was not put into operation, he said. essentially racist in nature, said Mr Mudge. November 1 was not a date fixed prolonged on Namibian' in­ "We will be making a mistake if we by Swapo, but by the negotiating dependence, the greater the think we can go it alone;' Mr Mudge parties, said Mr Geingob. . political uncertainty became in the said. "If they agree on a new date, we territory, said the chairman of the Conversely, implementation of, will welcome it:' he added. DTA and interim government Resolutipn 435 would be a glad day for The Swapo official dismissed minister of finance, Mr Dirk the international community, he South African claims that the Mudge, on Tuesday. added. organisation's guerrillas were con­ MI" Mudge, addressing a meeting of The Namibian question remained tinuing offensive activities in the Republican Party, said he doubted the one outstanding item on the agen­ Namibia in violation of a peace pro.. that January 1 next year would be a da since the founding of the UN in tocol signed between South Africa, realistic target date for implementa­ 1946. Angola and Cuba in August. tion ofUNSC Resolution 435. Mr Mudge once again proposed that "South·Africa is talking too much There would be international anger, a conference ofNamibian parties, in­ about violations:' he said. encompassing South Africa and cluding Swapo, be held to expedite the He said Swapo was sticking to Namibia, if the UN settlement plan independence process. 9 ercen gues".sQy our 10'

. .' , . . '. . an service IS " IIexcellent".

The evening-restaurant in the Than yo • ~~ Levinson Arcade Windhoek Telephone 061 - 222659 cc from 1 9h30 to OhOO Windltoelc's s1i,,,,,, different e"ening-restaurant THE NAMIBIAN Friday November 04 19889 Swapo's Youth League blames South Africa Ample O]Jportunities for failure in the land of the to implement Resolution 435 future' THE Swapo'Youth League'(SYL) The Administration for Owambo's provides an extensive service to the outrightly condemned t he Owambo people which is recognised as of the most advanced of any local d eliberate delaying of resolution 435 by the "racist Pretoria regime" authority throughout Africa. ". -', . wit h the collaboration of the US­ Excellent opportunities await ambitious people with a preference for Administration. The implementa­ challenging work of diversity ~d high interest. tion 'of the UN Security Council resolution was due November 1, but t he negotiating powers could Directorate General Assistant Control Trade n ot reach agreement on the time­ Services Programmer/ Fprell!an: Ci~ shcedule for Cuban withdrawal. The talks reached a dead end after Programmer Engineenng SelVlCes South Africa and America on the one Salary: R32 847 - R35 217 per annum. Control Officer: Salary: Ri3 599 - R1 8 543/ R16 935 - Require;;'ents: Completed apprenticeship hand, and Angola and Cuba on the ' R23 367 per annum. . plus extensive nppropriafe experience OR other reached an impasse on the Stores Requirements: Senior Ce rti f i c~ie or equi· obtaining the Certificate (Ski ll s Certificate withdrawal. South Africa demanded valent and successful completion of a Pro· or. Trade' Diploma) issued in accordance that the Cuban withdrawal be com­ Salary: R1 6 131 - R20 955 per annum. grammers Training Course recognised by with the Apprenticeship Ordinance 1938 the Commission plus appropriate el

WITH MEATY forearms back to the camera bags of Jan Smuts had said that not even the outstretched, straining to the journalists at the foot of the 'devil' should be allowed to separate limit the shoulders of his khaki 'platform. I SWA from South Africa, but, he added, safari suit, the idol of the Whoever taught the AWE leader the , the 'devil' had done just that, and SWA Afrikaner right wing, Eugene , art of public speaking undoubtedly did : was moving on the road to 435. Terre'blanche, mesmerised his an excellent job; for a pin could have , He called on white Afrikaners not to dropped and sounded like a mortar in ' put their hopes in party politics, since almost 1 OOO-strong audience it was the same party politics which in the Showgrounds Hall last the hall of people who were silent as Terre'blanche's voice rose like a had driven the country to the now in­ Friday evening. Those with modern-day Hitler as he delved into ,evitable. implementation of 435. The him on the platform were 'history for the most gruesome ex­ whites, he added, would then be similarly hypnotised. The chief, amples of what was to come for the 'swallowed' into 'internationalism'; of'AWB security' stood, for the whites ofthis country under a Swapo and after one-man one-vote elections ADVOCATE Chris de Jager (Conservative Party, Bethlehem) duration of Terre'blanche's government. He did this by resorting a black majority government would superbly-controlled tirade, to the tired example used by the con­ take over; whereafter there would be - calls for public holiday on November 27, the day the A WB was . promises of seats for whites; and activated in this country. fingers in his belt, his eyes flick­ servatives of what had happened to ing nervously from his leaders' whites in Katanga in the then Belgian ultimately the white man would fall Congo. ,Intentionally fomenting racial victim to murder gangs. ' , 'f ' hatred, the AWB leader also said that The speaker had just begun to quote independence in Namibia wouldmean Mr Barney Barnes, who was reported , - that white wives and children would to have once said that 'the only_good be raped. Boer is a dead Boer', when,someone Although Brigadier Swanepoel, from the audience interrupted to say described as the man who had led the that the 'only good kaffir is a dead first attack on Swapo on August 11, kaffir'. 1966, and a man who had given 'long Professor Swart, astoundingly, said service in the struggle against com­ he was 'pleased' to hear such sen­ ,munism', was the mascot of the even- timents expressed. ing, there wa:s no doubt that it was He added that as Swapo com­ Eugene 'white earth' Terre'blanche memorated August 26 as a public holi­ who stole the show from the others, in-, l day, so white Afrikaners should eluding local AWE leader, Hendrik van celebrate November 27, the day on As. which, in 1987, the AWE had been ac­ Mr van As introduced the speakers, tivated in this country. 'while dangerously right-wing The speaker went on to say that it' hecklers sh,.outedrema:rks about a:rson would be 'treason' to allow a UN and communism at reporters from The' presence in this country. The AWB, he Namibian. added, was 'bound to the freedom A certain Professor A Swart said now struggle in SWA'. was the time for the Afrikaners ofthis Next up on the platform was Ad­ country to decide whether they were 'to vocate Chris de Jager of the Conser­ , be or not to be', South West Africa, he vativ.e Party (Bethlehem), who said said, had been built up pt:imarily by that he was representing the 'poor 'Afrikaner Boer baanbrekers'. Billions whites' of South Africa. IfSWA became of rands, he said, had been spent on a a unita:ry state,.he told his audience, border war which had failed. It would then they would be poor whites too. be an injustice ifthis country was given· "The Orange River is not wide . to a Swapo government, and could not be allowed. ,Continued on next page

A WB leader, Eugene Terre'blanche, with .the 'chief of A WB security' a certain Mr Ackermann, ready for trouble. THE NAMIBIAN Friday November 04 1988 11

PW Botha, he said, had turned his Continued from previous page back on this country and on all the whites trying to make of it a model enough to separate us Afrikaners;' he state. This 'untrustworthy govern­ said, adding that the Conservative Party wanted ethnic elections for all ment' had left both Renamo and groups in SWA. Savimbi in the 1urch; had allowed the Som_e of de Jager's remarks were: communists and Cubans to occupy "We will take over the government Angola and had then accepted Resolu­ tion435. here ... The tide of nationalism can not, Terre'blanche, his voice alternately ' be stopped .. . the Conservative Party rising to a crescendo and dropping to is on the march." a grow 1, began recalling the example He too berated the South African of Dingaan and Piet Retief; when the Government, State President P VI Zul u chiefhad t.old Retiefand his men Botha in particular, for the Angola that they should leave their weapons withdrawal. The South Africans had outside while they first feast - after wi thdrawn from A~gola , he said, and ' which'Dingaan's men had slaughtered not one single Cuban had gone. It was the Boers. the CP's standpoint that 435 should "I give the order to every member of not be applied if the Cubans had not the AWB - man, woman and child - been withdrawn by December 31 . Why don't give your weapon away. You had P W Botha gone into Angola ifhe bought it legally with your own money could not see it through to the end, he and licenced it and you stay with your asked, after spending 13 years there weapon. No price is too great to fight and losing 600 'white sons of South communism." Africa'? ' "PW Botha cannot afford to act in 'iNever again make the mistake of South West Africa in a manner which leaving your gun outside the kraal;' he does not carry Afrikaner approval.'" , shouted at an audience caught in Ii Yet, he added, the Afrikaners had state of sheer worship. The only sound become weak, but now that poverty heard whenever he pausedto wipe his ,stared them in the face this would be froth-flecked lips was the crying of a TERRE'BLANCHE - a challenge to the whites and a call to resist. a blessing, for it would bring them back baby in one of the back rows. to what the Afrikaner people once What could whites win with the were. United Nations, he asked. Whites to protest. That is how our people were "Ifthe Conservative Party wins the here, he added, did not want the wholti born". Certain companies boycott The Namibian elections'next year, we will repudiate country; they merely wanted their Swapo, he said, would take away the and refuse to advertise for political reasons Resolution 435 and re-negotiate on an traditional land, where they had freedom, right.ofreligion and proper­ ty, from the whites. "You are born from ethnic basis ..." buried their people. SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS To be good neighbours, there had to , "We do not want an inch of Owam­ struggle and protest. You (whites) may be a border in between, he added. boland;' he said. have differences among you but you working for the future! There would be 'no coinrnunist flag fly­ "The Hereros also only want their have one common enemy: Swapo and ingover Windhoek' ifthe CPtook over. own land." 435;' Terre'blanche went on. They're the companies that count "Stand up and be counted," he urg­ "We are not racists;' he said, prais­ "You are fighting against Satan. ed his audience. "Reject 435." ing Baster leader Hans Diergaardt, There is no other home for you. You Terre'blanche rose to his feet amid a saying that he had spoken to him have the right to resist. Go out and get standing ovation. Taking the because Diergaardt himself wanted the rest of the whites together and give microphone he began berating the only his own land for his own people. us a mandate. Tell us you want to pro­ communists, the press and the United Not even the National Party had test and we will get hundreds of Nations in a voice with the consisten­ made this same demand, he said. thousands of whites together and cy of napalm and gravel. He denied that the AWB or CP had march on Pretoria;' he said. P W Botha, he said scornfully, kept 'pledged support' to the National Par­ He challenged the whites, saying setting conditions that the Cubans ty. Quite the contrary. He had pleaded that their forefathers had made their must get out of Angola before a settle­ with Mr Kosie Pretorius, whomhe had payments in blood. ment in this country. Yet, he added, met on five occasions, to refuse the im­ "Now is the time to call the whites where there were once 50 000 Cubans plementation of Resolution 435. "If to resist. Don't let your children ask: in Angola, there were now 80 000. "The you (Pretorius) are too scared to do it, "Pa, were you there?" honourable minister is an honourable then I will;' said Terre'blanche. On this note, Terre'blanche left the liar", he said to whoops of delight frQITl He exhorted whites to go out and microphone - to another standing the crowd. bring together ten times as many peo­ ovation. He also attacked South Africa's ple as were at the 'volksvergadei-ing'. Minister of Defence, referring to him "Now is the time;' he said. "Now is' as "Agnes Malan". the time of resistance, now is the time HEN TIME , MEANS MONEY 1/1#'" - CONTACT WOKER FREIGHT S'ERVICES WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING SERVICES UNDER ONE ROOF: . IMPORTS 'WORLDWIDE USING: • AIRFREIGHT - DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL INCLUSIVE OF CARTAGE. • SEAFREIGHT - WORLDWIDE AND COASTAL SERVICE. • SPECIALISED WAREHOUSING 1NCLUSIVE OF PACKING ' (REFRIGERATED STORAGE ON DEMAND). ~ INTERNATIONAL COURIER SERVICE ~CONTAINER HIRE AND SALES. 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ONE of these fanatic right-wingers (who requested to be photographed), yelled out during the FREIGHT meeting: "Die enigste goeie kaffir is 'n dooie kaffir". This sentiment was echoed by the speaker SERVICES at the time, Advocate de Jager of the CP. (NAMIBIA) I

12 Friday November 041988 THE NAMIBIAN New balance.of power. p takes shape as Reagan by Gwen Lister ,prepares to leave office

A NEW balance of power is taking tunity to blunt pressure for sanctions of contacts with black Africa. PERSPECTIVE shape in southemAfrica as Ronald in the US Congress in 1989. Th@ trend towards dialogue with Reagan, widely regarded as a "Ifthe South Africans are seen to be Pretoria is meeting stiff opposition, friend of South Africa, prepares to co-operating in a process, they are pro­ notably from Zimbabwe, which says NOVEMBER 1 passed and the pro­ leave office in Washington. bably going to get the benefit of the Botha should talk to his own black ma­ mised implementation of 435 did Black governments north of the Lim­ doubt," a western diplomat jority first before being welcomed not come off; and I strongly suspect popo are hoping that whoever moves commented. abroad. the same will happen on January into the White House will be less in­ In South Africa, there is a clear sym­ President Robert Mugabe points to . 1. After all, despite all the promises, dulgent towards' their powerful pathyfor Bush over Dukakis. But some recent history to argue that South neighbour to the south. analysts of Washington politics say Africa cannot be trusted to keep pro­ promises, by Chester Crocker of In South Africa, official sympathies that Dukakis might be better placed mises to its neighbours, such as the US and his South African allies, clearly lie with Republican George than Bush to resil?t attempts by his witnessed by the 1984 Nkomati Accord it is almost certain that the Bush rather than Democrat Michael with Mozambique. . quadrip'artite talks will not con­ Dukakis, who has promised to step up But other factors are at work which tinue through the month of sanctions and declare the country a are reshaping the future ofthe region. December, and the Untag con­ terrorist state. The most important is a shift of policy tingent hardly likely to arrive in But the full picture is more complex. in Moscow towards a negotiated sol u­ Namibia on New Ye'ar's Day. Diplomats say that governments on tion to the problem of South Africa, and both sides of the racial divide will have co-operation with the United States. to adjust to a more fluid situation in Diplomats say neith~r t h'iiFrontHne , AND STILL everyone remains 'cautiously optimistic' - 1989, whatever the name of the new States nor South Africa have yet come which is of course the latest and most fashionable president. fully to terms with a new situation in . answer to the progress in the current negotiations. Eight years ago the region marked which Washington and Moscow agree a watershed with the start of Reagan's to co-operate, rather than compete. I really cannot understand it at all. "constructive engagement" policy to For South Africa, accustomed to tell­ Even in Swapo ranks, there is still some optimism, South Africa, and the birth of an in­ ingthe world that their country i!.l the although now certain Swapo leadership figures are ex­ dependent Zimbabwe hostile to object of a "total onslaught" by pressing some measure of scepticism about South Pretoria. Moscow, a less hostile Kremlin African intentions. Since then the region has been scar­ presents a risk and an opportunity. red by confrontation between South For its black neighbours and for And naturally, as cynics such as myself expected, both Africa and its neighbours, who have liberation movements such as the the Americans and South Africans are saying 'but we repeatedly accused Pretoria of using ANC, it means Moscow's support for a ' are not to blame'. Its the Cubans and Angolans, who, economic pressure and military might radical stand against South Africa can according to them, are stalling on a timetable for a to destabilise them. Ronald Reagan· on the way out no longer be taken for granted. But the picture is changing because may bring new balance of power. Frontline States now find not just Cuban withdrawal from Angola. of the prospect of independence for Washington, but also Moscow, urging November 1 passed fairly quietly here in Namibia: but . Namibia . them to come to terms with the realisa­ . many people flooded into the city, ready to go out to the Diplomats say the package deal (for fellow-Democrats in Congress to tion that there will be no early end to airport to meet the UN contingent, which of course, Angola and Namibia) could still fall tighten the screw on Pretoria. white minority rule in South Africa. never arrived. apart, but its future hinges on other President PW Botha, with discreet Optimism about a quick collapse of factors than the outcome ofthe race for American encouragement, is already apartheid has vanished with the There was a strong police and army presence in the' the White House. extracting diplomatic leverage from Pretoria government's success in city and environs - presumably expecting massive A win for Dukakis could, however, the Angolan peace process by raising crushing the 1985-86 unrest in black demonstrations on the occasion of November 1. make a big difference to the internal his profile in black Africa. townships by its state of emergency. And by November 2, the South Africans were still political future of Angola, because of Since ' September he has visited Quelling internal unrest gives South his commitment to end support for Mozambique, Malawi, Zaire .and the' Africa a stronger hand in negotiating' maintaining that 'we stand by the target date of Jonas Savimbi's Unita movement. Ivory Coastfor talks with their leaders with its neighbours, balancing what November 1 for implementation'! For South Africa, agreeing to N ami­ -the visible part of what South African many see as its external military The confusion among Namibians about whether or not bian independence provides an oppor- diplomats say is a submerged iceberg defeat in Angola. 435 is to be implemented, seems to have reached a crescendo. The official propaganda would have it that implementation is imminent; that the South Africans Reagan failure to pressure have agreed to 'give away Namibia'; but I still cannot subscribe to these sentiments. South Africa is inexcusable In the meantime the buildup continues in the far north of the country; and one has to bear in mind that says Rev Alan Boesak in NY November is the month when traditionally, the South PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan's lead in the polls over Democrat African Defence Force launches its armed incursions in­ failure to put pressure on the South Michael Dukakis in the presidential to Angola, ostensibly to stop the advance of Swapo com­ African government is inexcusable .campaign. batants on their rainy season inm.tration into Namibia. and must stop, said Reverend Allan He said it was imperative to elect a Boesak in New York at the US president who would "not en­ Hopefully however, this year it Will not be the case. weekend. courage the Pretoria regime" and who There is a ceasefire in effect between the South Africans would "take the side ofthe majority in on the one hand, and the Angolans and Cubans on the "I can see how Ronald Reagan, and .South Africa". other; and the Swapo movement say that they are obser­ next year again througb his successor, Although he made no mention ofthe ving these ceasefire. But I do hope that pretexts will not has tried to stop this country from put­ Dukakis campaign, Boesak said the ting pressure on South Africa with the best thing Americans could do to end b~ created for the necessity of an armed invasion of inexcusable excuse that we will be hurt apartheid in South Africa' was vote Angola yet again. by a system that kills already," said against Bush. Swapo spokespersons have starting intimating that it ReverendBoesak, director of the Foun­ Boesak also said that despite will be in the near future when the South Africans and dation for Peace and Justice in South arguments to the contrary, economic Africa. . sanctions do work. Americans will insist on talks between Unita and the Boesak lashed out at Reagan and He said the peace talks on Angola MPLA Government before matters go any further. If vice president George Bush in a ser­ . and Namibia were a by-product of this is the case, I would not be surprised at all. Many mon to more than 2 000 people at ' economic sanctions against South observers in fact, have wondered quite when Unita will Manhattan's Riverside church, and Africa. become an issue affecting the current negotiations. - later to journalists. "Ifthat happens in Angola it is the "If we are going to have four more , best argument ever for sanctions, and Presumably a lot depends on developments back in years of this, many more lives will be 'not even Reagan or Thatcher can say South Afric,a (the internal US developments, including Jost:' Boesak said, referring to Bush's anything to that:' he said. George Bush - attacked. speculation as to what party will will the Presidential race, seem to have taken a back seat, and have become largely irrelevant) and whether national elections are A FOREIGN POLICY SUCCESS called there next year; much depends too on the sanc­ tions buildup ana the worsening of the economic pinch in which South Africa finds itself. WITH SOVIET HELP FOR US? But in Namibia too, things will inevitably go from bad WITH S"oviet help, Ronald Keagan talks. He asked for their response by Cuban and.Angol~~dependence on to worse in the wake of a failure of negotiations. The may crown his presidency with a October 12. the Soviets gives president Mikhail foreign policy success in Africa. South Africa submitted its reply, but Gorbachev strong leverage, and South Africans may 'keep talking' but this does not Efforts to solve the Angolan and there has been silence from Angola western diplomats are confident that necessarily infer a settlement soon. That government Namibian conflicts, which had been and their Cuban allies, the sources he will use it if necessary. has traditionally successfully employed delaying tactics expected to take a giant step forward said. The hope is that negotiations will and will probably continue to do so, until the interna­ this week, have stalled -but hopes of a "The crunch debate is taking place eventually resume in Geneva to solution remain high. in Luanda:' one diplomat said. finalise an accord for signing in the tional community says 'enough is enough'. Also it is un­ US mediators and South African of­ The chances of an agreement are still Congolese capital Brazzaville, the doubtedly in SA's interests to 'keep the door open' even ficials are nervously awaiting word good, notleast because of the quiet, but main venue of the talks . though they may not intend to settle the Namibia from Havana and the Angolan capital intensive backing the Soviet Union . Advance teams have already laid dispute. We can only hope that the price for continued Luanda to get talks restarted, pro­ has gi ven to the negotiations, sources plans for UN peacekeepers and ad­ '-occupation of Namibia becomes too high for South bably in Geneva. said. ministrators to move into Namibia to , According to western diplomats and Moscow's envoys have been in touch police and organise pre-independence Africa to maintain its grip into the future. Pretoria officials, US mediator with all parties, impressing even elections. Chester Crocker circulated a com­ staunchly anti-communist South . Pretoria says only two months would promise timetable to Angola, Cuba' African generals with their positive ' be needed to put the plan in action. and South Africa at the last round of. approach. THE NAMIBIAN There should be no Ominous signs for the future? let-up in peace drive A SENSE of foreboding-:- permeated last Friday night's 'volksvergadering' in Windhoek addressed by Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) leader Eugene Terre'blan<;he. -says Perez de Cuellar Journalists felt a sense ofhorror when members ofthe audience shouted things like "the only good kaffir is a dead kaffir" -a com­ UNITED Nations Secretary­ ment of the international community ment applauded by the audience and welcomed by one of the General, Javier Perez de Cuellar, to a free and independent Namibia, en­ speakers. says there should be no let-up in ef­ joying all the fruits of its own na­ To hear Terre'blanche calion every white man; woman and forts to grant Namibia in­ tionhood;' de Cuellar told a meeting of child to take up arms againstthose calling for Resolution 435 was dependence, reported Zimbabwe's the Council of Namibia in New York at in itself terrifying. news agency Ziana. the weekend. . Some months ago the interim government threw Reverend Javier Perez de Cuellar - "There should be no let-up, par­ "Ten years have passed since the Frank Chikane out of Namibia - before he even had a chance to ticularly at this time, in the commit- adoption of Security Council Resolu­ address a meeting. . tion435 and the United Nations plan for independence ofN amibia. The peo­ And yet this very same Cabinet allows a man like Eugene ple ofthe territory have waited too long Terre'blanche to speak in this country - to sow fear and instil for what it is their right to have," he racial hatred. IT'S TIME FOR SOVIET said. Matjila, Ship-anga, Katjiuongua and Kozonguizi -did you know "The independence of Namibia is about this meeting? long overdue, and everything possible Do you not realise what Eugene Terre'blanche and his followers SOCIETY TO GET DOWN must be done to expedite a final settle­ in Namibia would like to do to you? ment. For my part, I am proceeding In retrospect, do you really believe that Reverend Frank with preparations for the implementa­ Chikane is more of a threat to your safety than the AWB followers tiorr of the United Nations plan:' TO WORK • GORBACHEV in this country -who are being roused to a vicious level ofviolence De Cuellar briefed the Council on his and militancy by an import like Terre'blanche? SOVIET president Mikhail Gorbachev says he has had enough of meetings recent visit to South Africa and and sloganeering, and that it's time for Soviet society to get down to work.· ,Angola, and discussions he held with Are you prepared to remain silent as right-wing terrorism tears Speaking to a gathering ofthe Young Communist League, or Komsomol, last ,President PW Botha and Jose Eduar­ our country apart? Saturday, Gorbachev expre3sed his impatience with the slow pace of reform under do dos Santos. Do you really think a solution lies in white commando o r his policy of perestroika, or restructuring. He also held talks with Swapo leader, vigilante groups stalking the suburbs at night? "Society has been engaging in meetings for too long;' he said. .i?am Nujoma, during his visit to Sooner or later they are going to start targetting you -and when "Meetings, slogans and criticisms should be followed by acts which would set Angola. you finally begin protesting, don't expect any sympathy from the the policy and the entire potential of society into motion." The United Nations technical team nation. recently visited Namibia for two weeks Gorbachev's remarks appeared to signal the Soviet leader's impatience to get ' Every meeting in Katutura, whether it be by a progressive the country moving, rather than any disenchantment with the more open at- to check out the logistics for the arrival political group or a trade union, is filmed by the security police. --mosphere he has fostered. . of Ii 7 500-strong UNTAG team. His policy of glasnost, or greater openness, has encouraged more open public, "My discussions with the South Where were the security police on Friday night - why were they debate and a wide-ranging re-evaluation of Soviet history and future prospects. African authorities also offered an op­ not recording Eugene Terre'blanche's call to arms on their video At the same time, his efforts to reform the country's economy have not yet im­ -portunity to finalise for signature the cameras? proved living standards for Soviet citizens - Gorbachev's stated goal. ,draft agreemer.t establishing the legal Because they were sitting in the audience enraptured by their Gorbachev stressed tothe Young Communists, who were marking the 70th an .. status of UNTAG and its personnel in leaders' message? niversary of their organisation, that perestroika will only work if they do too. - Namibia;' said de Cuellar. In this country there is arbitrary arrest and detention without "The peculiarity of the present moment is that the time of action has come, for ' trial ofvirtually anyone on the left ofthe political spectrum; and the Komsomol as well;' he said. yet the far more dangerous and militant right-wing, are allowed "What should be done for the processes of perestroika to gather momentum and to go unchecked. Is it because the interim government is in fact unfold on a larger scale? It is essential to do concrete work in each work collec­ Dukakis struggles tive, in each town and village, relying on glasnost and democracy, on everything afraid ofthis dangerous minority who could seriously jeopardise which has democratized economic life, and on what is taking place in the political to overcome the chances of peace iIi this country in terms of a 435-settlement process ofthe country;' he said. (if ever such settlement comes about)? It is time we heard. 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NAMIBIAN ART REFLECTIONS

The Reflector, POBox 21539, Windhoek. CALL TO POOL RESOURCES FOR NATIONAL ARTS COUNCIL • AG 8. can be 'sidestepped • WITH the pending implementation of Resolution 435 whereby tlie cording to the law forced only to sup­ colonial form of government in Namibia will definitely disappear port cultural and other ventures from the face ofthe earth, the reigning ethnic governments should whereby their 'own people' are invol v­ _Andre Strauss - culture for humanity. as alast stand anda token oftheir sincerity, pool and combine their ed with. 'So ifthese monies are paid to individual groups affiliated to a na­ cultural and financial resources to the advantage and benefit of tional arts council, these secondtier' Quest for national a Namibian national culture. This is the view of Frederick B. governments should still legally be in Philander, leader and artistic director ofthe Windhoek Players their right without having to be; theatre company who celebrates its tenth anniversary of Nami­ persecuted. This advice offered should' bian contemporary theatre next year. be taken very seriously in the interest culture continues - 'For more than a decade the Win· their, in most cases, even meagre dhoek Players have tried to point out cultural activities amongs~ their par­ to Namibians the necessity of a united ticular race groups, they haphazardly use class culture national cultural effort, especially the continue with many of their inferior second tier governments, but with very and racial orientated efforts to THE QUEST·for a true national Namibian culture continues little success. That is why we feel that culturally uplift separate sections of unabated and is now gaining momentum. The Namibian nation the time is now for bold action and desi· the nation. We know that all their has been relentlessly subjected to and indoctrinated by colonial cions to be taken especially by those cultural efforts since the inception of influences in all spheres ofits mere existence. The people have over socalled leaders of administrations AG 8 has been done in an unacceptable many decades realised the need, necessity and importance of a who try-hard to project a progressive manner; he said. people's cul,ture. . image, to combine financial forces in 'The Windhoek Players see no pro­ the interest of a national culture; Mr blem in devising ways and means to In an interview Andre Strauss, we want strategic victories. Different Philander said. overcome the law restrictions of AG 8 editor ofthe community paper, Bricks, social groups in a society should be whereby second tier governments are said that the concept ofculture cannot bound together by their leaders after He said that some of these leaders restricted and 'morally' forced to con­ be readily defined as such, but that an deepgoing social analysis; he said, don't always do what they preach. On tribute financially only to members of all embracing way ofliving and of do­ He further said that most people in the one hand many ofthem shout at the the specific race group they are there ingthings is implied by the term 'peo­ Namibia when engaging the concept top oftheir voices in public that they to serve. Ifthese second tier authorities ple's culture'. 'culture', almost automatically equate despise the present second tier govern­ are serious about nationhood across 'I want to point out how Western Im­ it with tribal entities and ex­ ment system in the country, but at the ethnic barriers, it would be no problem perialism has eroded our cultural clusiveness. Those that fall in this same time they steadfastly cling to the pumping some of the state's money on heritage and how we can start with sphere, emulate the master and are same despicable and abhorrent a separate basis into a national arts new efforts, using culture as a weapon thus completely confused. Namibians system. council. Such an arts council would Reggie Diergaardt for liberation -building out ofthe pre­ should not endorse ethnic 'Inste~d of pooling the meagre an­ automatically represent all popula­ sent decay, a people's culture, one for seperateness in cultural practices; he ' - of a national culture before it is too late nual financial piece of their budgets, tion groups; Mr Philander said. humaneness as opposed to a mental or said, ; he said. which they normally earmark for Presently the governments are ac- a slave culture; he said. Mr Strauss pointed out the fact thatt 'Of course it would take time and a 'Universally cultural oppression is tradition does exist, but added that lot of courage for such a move to become imperative for political and economic traditionalism should not be confused a reality, but it would show some TV·reflections control. Who is in control in Namibia with tribalism. He is of the opinion seriousness on the part of the leaders at present? My assertion ofthe situa­ that tradition can be used to advance in the interest ofthe Namibian people tion is that a predominantly the Namibian struggle on a cultural 'THE AFRIKANER has always been different in many ways, culturally and as a whole. It should be seen as an in­ hegemonic white and black minority level, but that it should not be static, politically. Their indifference towards other groups has once again come terim approach whereby the nation elite controls Namibia politically, At the same time Namibians should out very strongly in the tv-programme, Boeremusiekkompetisie, on Saturday can gain the maximum advantage. It economically and culturally. We want, move beyond traditionality and must evening. would also be a triumph for culture and erroneously, to imitate our socalled be able to see the cultural struggle as Why this programme has been broadcast as a prime time viewing event on a stress the fact that the existing struc-: Saturday night beats me and has been baffling me since it started. Is it because leaders and thereby prolong our total a process. 'By engaging in suc a pro­ tures can be used to the advantage of enslavement including cultural and cess, we move away from the ruling the pure 'boeremusiek' caters for all Namibians or is it shown to highlight the the nation as a whole; he said. Afrikaner's taste for his own folklore? Really Saturday evening is the one night mind control. People's culture should class idea of multiplicity of cultures; viewers,would like to relax without having to listen to that type of music. be seen within a specific context. Th ex­ he said. For the past weelis my three boys developed a new game whereby they turned pect from the proletariat to start He also said that an important off the volume of the tv whenever this particular programme has been shown. To ' building a specific proletarian culture aspect of a cultural struggle is that it crown it all they would switch on the tape-recorder, playing their own music -Bob­ is far-fetched. Present ruling class mostly makes sense if it eventually Marley and others. It is fascinating (and a good laugh) to see how those piano ac­ culture has been built over more than contributes towards the building of a cordi an players play their instruments to the beat ofraggae music 500 years. This is the reason why the nation. Only when Namibians unders­ Look at a few titles ofthe 'numbers' that were played during the competition: oppressed people in Namibia should tand that these efforts cannot be ex­ Swartlandvastrap, Platboompolka, Hou jou roksak toe, Wikkelvingers, not strive to overthrow ruling class cecuted in isolation, will they be able M isvloerseties and the Kniekopwals. Ifyou thought them funny just look at typical culture, Gut to try and take the best to break down the ethnicity which ex­ Afrikaner Christian names such as Ertjies, Saag, Vleis and Boesman! The' from it and rid it of it's ideological con­ ist in people's minds. This will then Afrikaners claim that their 'boeremusiek' is a combination of their own music tent which dehumanizes the human. lead to the building of common and music ofIrish origin. . ,being: he said. cultural practises in the real world. The feature film was, Teil Them Willie Boy is Here, with those two outstan-: , He also advised that the present 'Namibians must come out of their ding actors Robert Redford and Robert Blake. Obviously it was an old movie class culture should somehow be rid of dream worlds-waiting for miracles to because the two actors appeared to be very young, Redford played the part of sheriff it's exploitative and oppressive nature. happen. The struggle has many and Blake was very convincing as the renegade Indian. This film once again stress-' The end result may then be the dimensions and if we neglect one ed the race prejudice against the Indians in the United States. It strongly reminded' building of a culture for humanity and aspect thereof, we weaken and restart oflocal race relations in Namibia. not a class. It is a fact that culture has the whole process of independence. We played a major role in countries such must not build a popular culture in as China and Mozambique where reaction to a dominant one. Such an at­ liberation -struggles were waged. In titude will be a reactionary one.' both these struggles culture played a 'Instead of waiting for others to act pivotal role in figting for total freedom Justus Garoeb and then to react, smacks of oppor­ and liberation; he said. tunism and lacks sincerity. Construc­ 'In this national strive leaders such Mr Strauss also said that culture as tive critisism should be allowed. We are as Mr Reggie Diergaardt of the Col­ a weapon has and is still playing an im­ on the threshold of making history in oured Administration and Mr Justice portant role in the freedom struggle of the field of culture of resistance; he Garo'eb of the Damara Administration Namibia. In his opinion the freeom concluded. should take the initiative to bring the songs Namibians sing, the rhetoric the nation culturally together; he said. people shout is more out of necessity 'It serves no purpose for these men regarding the dynamics of the strug- ' ,to go to Lusaka and actively engage in gle than a conscious effort. This flows talks on the future of Namibia ifthey from the existence of a basic contradic­ NEWS TIPS? cannot reach concencus on a small tion namely, the predominance of :By thing like uniting people culturally. apathy, a passive resignation of the KERSTIN GEIER By their mere presence in Lusaka it majority of Namibians to wait for Contact us at was established that they are something undefined to come and free The Namibian "CHILDREN OF THE KAOKOVELD" ackpow ledged leaders in the country, them some time in the future. so would the Windhoek Players like to 'The logic flowing from this then is at 36970 22nd Oct. - 24th Nov. believe. Because other second tier that we should use our cultural poten­ , governments would not touch such a tial and skills as one of many assets we during office suggestion, the Windhoek Players re­ have to hasten our freedom and even­ quest the said leaders to act proni.ptly tual independence. Unity in our strug­ hours and positi vely on this request: he said. gle against the oppressor is urgent if THE NAMIBIAN Friday November 041988 15

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ECOSYSTEMS OF THE WORLD: of the mountains, it contains little PART TWO moisture. So the land on the leaward side ofthe mountains gets very little Today I will introduce you to the rain, and therefore may be a desert e.g. major ecosystems ofthe world. We the desert in SW.central north, shall see the importance of climate America, and Patagonia. . ·in determining the 'nature of Next; there are relatively cool ecosystems. coastal deserts like the Namib, caus­ FACTORS DETERMINING THE ; ed by descending high pressur~ air NATURES O~ THE MAJOR masses and nearby cold ocean cur­ ECOSYSTEMS. rents. Finally, interiors oflarge con­ . tinents may have deserts'because they Fig. 1 j s artiagram showing the main 'are so far from the oceanic S0urce of. factors which determine the nature of moisture. . the major ecosystems. Here \yhere one The·main desert and semi desert factor determines or partly determines areas ofthe world are shown in fig. 3. another an arrow connects theformer with the latter. , . I have said something aboutthe nature of desert ecosystems in earlier articles.' From this' diagram, we can see the importance of climatein determining ECOSYSTEMS TOWARDS THE the nature of ecosystems. We will ex­ NORTH POLE plore this idea further. In what follows ' Climate is controlled by precipitation reference should be made to fig. 3. This (rainfall and dew) and temperature. figure shows, in simplified. form, the However, in anyone part ofthe earth, 3 0 major ecosystems of the world. Such . one of these factors may be much more major ecosystems are sometimes call'- important than the other. ed biomes'. . .,' '. In the warmer parts ofthe earth, the DESERT AND SEMljDESERT main factor differentiating climates in o AREAS . different areas is ranfall. But towards O------~ the very cold poles, temperature is the As the land aitd water of the earth i~ heated by the sun, heat from the earth main determining factor of climate. There are large land masses neat the heats up the air immediately above it. north pole (northern north America, We begin with a simple diagram of the o Europe ana Asia). But there are few earth (fig. 2). At the equator, the suns large land masses near the south polar light strikes the earth most directly, regions, and therefore the air near the ground gets hotter at the equator than . On the great northern land masses elsewhere: near the north pole, there are three b.road climatic zones running without As this· near surface air at the ,interruption (apart from oceans) right equator be'comes heated: it' expands, _ round the earth. and therefore becomes less dense. So it· -The zone nearest the pole is the polar rises, creating an airrurt:ent moving ice cap. Next, where it is not quite so • mountaihS ]) deSe T ~ upwards.' As this air rises, it cools, very cold, at least in the briefsummer, ' water vapour .contained in it con­ we have the tun dra zone. For most of .' ~ ,deruies, and heavy rain falls in the zone the year this is frozen and.snow and ice Sa vanna ./(... ~(l'"feTQ~e 1y.~ssl a nd 'about the equator. .' " covereu. However, during the brief The'air mass now having lost most summer, 'some thawing occurs. A burst of its water, divides, and moves towards of plant life appears -- mosses, lichens, FIG. '3 the two poles ofthe earth. ROund about grasses and flowers. It is too cold for thirty degrees north and south ofthe trees ~ , equator, the air masses descend. These Next -i.e. the third zone -comes the relatively dry air masses, in descen­ taiga - vast areas of dense coniferous ding to the earth, become compressed forest (conifers are trees that bear and heated up, so that when they reach cones and have needle shaped leaves). the earth they are hot and dry. They 'Tundra and taiga are two of the ma­ p'Y"ec; pib~l:iol'l l::emfleYlil ~\.I...,e then sweep towards the equator (fig. 2). jor ecosystems of the world. <: Dry winds then are moving over part A word here about the forests ofthe of the surface of the earth. lf taiga. This sort offorest is in marked 60· < It is not surprising then, that some \/ contrast to the tropical rainforest I major deserts like the sahara lie described in my last article. The· cI imO! ~e beneath the dry air masses, around a species richness ofthe taiga forests is < about thirty to twenty degrees north very low indeed when compared with and south of the equator. . J, tropical rainforest. Over large areas, ~ The movement of the air masses I only one or two speciesoftree are often ve,e~a~lor) ~ have described above form, in outline found. a 0° ~ype ..s: compressed circles above the earth (fig. I am not going to describe the other < .... 2). Further north and south similar. .main ecosystems ofthe wor Id, but they cyclical movement of air masses oc­ are shown in fig. 3. So in that figure you ( s: curs, and we speak of Hadley cells can see the tropical rainforests and 3 G \;0 (named after their discoverer). savannas that I wrote about inthe pro­ "" Things are not really as simple as I ceeding article (in the map "savanna" ( have described them above. The earth also includes some rather dense 5°\1 is in fact tilted in relation to its own or­ woodland into which true savanna ".,,~---~~c:e II $ . ecosys~em bit round the sun. Further: the earth merges). ~ rotates rapidly about its own axis creating great winds moving over the AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS s\lrface of the earth, and great ocean The oceans of the world receive light FIG: 1. FIC;. :t currents. and heat from the atmosphere, but Not all deserts exist because of the these penetrate only a small way into the oceans. Thus heat only penetrates ' air currents described earlier that are 1:SelOW the surrace layers ofthe oceans, conditions on the shore change During the dry season, many pans associated with Hadley cells. about 100 metres. Beneath the upper there is only a very low density ofliv­ gradually from lower down to higher ' are bare, and look quite lifeless. But Some deserts occur on the lee-ward reaches of the oceans, all is cold and ing organisms. All are adapted to sur­ up. It should then come as rio surprise beneath the surface there are many side of mountains (the side protected completely dark. Vive the extreme pressures In the surface and near surface thai a~e to you that on rocky shores you can . organisms asleep, with very low from the wind). When ari air current found in deep waters (pressures that usually find a zonation of plant and regions, there are often vast popula­ metabolic rates. When the rains come flows from the ocean across land, it surface . organisms could not animal life - a series of belts parallel tions of plants and animals. First of all and the pans become filled or partly starts as a moist wind because it has withstand). with the shore line: been passing over water. Suppose that there are many species of small plants filled, these organisms come to life. You At deep levels, no green plants exist Such shore ecosystems are exciting can sometimes find large numbers of a mountain range lies parallel with the and animals. Even ifthey are capable because there is no sunlight. Dead regions to explore, partly because you tiny animals swimming around. coast and a little way in from the coast oflocomotion they cannot move in any ·plant and animal material gradually: can find here many plants and animals Clearly such organisms must have and that wind from the ocean blows a given direction for a long time using and slowly falls from the surface their own appendages. For movement, that you can not find anywhere on land some very interesting physiological .- current of air more or less straight at waters towards the ocean floors, away from the shore. So school children they are at the mercy of the ocean cur­ adaptations to survive these strange the mountains. As the air current kilometres below. Such material forms and university students who do rents that' move them from one place conditions. reaches the mountains, it is forced up­ the food for some animals. These in biology are usually taken to the shore to another. Such small animals and From what I have wri~ten, you can, wards. As it moves upwards towards turn are fea on by predatory fish. Some to do some field work. Ifat your school plants make up what is called the I think, see the importance of the top ofthe mountains, the air cools, 'ofthesefish can produce light -the on­ your biology teacher never takes you plankton. understanding geography ifyou are contracts, water vapour in it con­ ly light in this otherwise completely to the shore, why not suggest that he denses, and rainfalls. So when the air­ to understand ecology. In earlier series On these planktonic organisms dark univer.se. or she does so? This might involve a current descends on the leaward side many larger animals like fish feed. of articles I showed you how one must Round the shores of-the oceans are lengthy bus or train ride, but it would understand some chemistry and very interesting ecosystems. These can be well worth it . . . physics in order to understand biology. be easily studied on rocky shores. As In the great continents of the earth So by now you may be beginning to see Excellent service to the you know, the existence oftides means are many lakes. These aquatic how all subjects are related together. NAMIBIA peo ple, by the that shore areas close to the water are ecosystems (not shown in fig. 3) are also periodically uncovered aI}d covered very interesting, and like the oceans, NEXT ARTICLE: people of Katutura; DRY again by water as the tides go out and are an important souce offood for man. Energy flow into ecosystems. visit us foryourdry­ come in again. In summer at least, there is a steep gI:a­ CLEANERS Lower down on the shore, the land is­ dient oftemperature a little way below cleaning needs daily. only. uncovered for a short time, and the surface of the water. Correction to the last article: then only when there are strong tides Permanent lakes are usually absent Column 3. Long paragraph begin­ that occur regularly. A little higher up, from arid and semi-arid parts of the ning "There are many interesting that is further away from the ocean, world. The equivalent, in such areas questions". Sentence beginning the land is uncovered every day end for like the Kalahari of southern Africa "But over a long period of time". a longer period. Higher up still, the are' the pans. This sentence should read "But land is only submerged by the water for Pans are depressions in the surroun­ over a long period oftime this plant a small part of each day. ding countryside. For most ofthe year may evolve another, different Lower parts ofthe shore will not be they are dry, but when the rains come, chemical that is poisonous to the in­ heated up periodically by the sun as water not only falls directly on them, sect concerned. The plants offspr­ much as higher parts of the shore it also runs down into them from the ing will inherit this new peculiar which are uncovered for longer higher surrounding countryside. So we biochemical feature of the parent periods. So we see that the physical get temporary ponds of water. species. THE NAMIBIAN Friday November 04 1988 17 ...----,-,.- •-, ---

Dingaan's hidden agenda linked to a skinhead with nitric acid "EUGENE WHO?" I demand­ lured into it faces certain death between madness and insanity, the realised instantly that this wasn't a Ongwediva has to have his passport ed from my photographer as (metaphorically speaking, of course). first thing I heard was "there come the call fot violence ... thatit wasn't an at- stamped seven times whenever he goes we headed out for the Win­ One has to be so careful about mak­ Communists!" (translated version). ,tempttofomentracialhatredaimedat to see his dying cousin in Liideritz. dhoek Showgrounds hall last ing irrational threats of violence these I whipped around expecting to see an provoking' civil war, death and The beauty ofthis plan, of course, is Friday night. days, and the last thing I want is that East Berlin skinhead with a still- destruction. that Johannes wouldn't have to wait filthy brown van parked outside the of­ bleeding hammer and sickle carved in- It was only us and our Komrades in longer than six weeks to get the visas., "Eugene 'don't leave your guns out­ side the kraal or they will rape your wife fice with men in moustaches filming to his cheek, wieiding two bottles of Khaki who saw it for what it was ... a And by then he's just in time to say and children'Terre'blanche," said the me as I write my column every week. nitric acid while waving a sheafof bur- cleverly-disguised plea for peace and a few words at the cousin's funeral. Can ningpages ripped from the Old Testa- understanding. you get more humanitarian than that? photographer. But the filthy men in brown moustaches missed some excellent It promised -to be an evening of ' ment anQ screaming about the Gulag What Eugene was saying, was that A few people have told me Eugene's footage for their archives last Friday archipelago. everybody in Namibia should love one neck should be surrounded by a strong serious consequences, especially when night. But everybody was looking at us. another. piece of rope and then tied to that Max- I realised that the last person oftheir Eugene 'don't leave your guns etc' It was like two red blood corpuscles Naturally, this love must be . imum Security lamp near the kind to enter a kraal was Piet Retief - 'and old Piet soon found out _from ' Terre'blanche went public with a swimming up into that section of the restricted between people living in the Katutura soccer ground, and let justice duodenum which is strictly reserved countries of Damaraland, Ovam- dwell in the hands ofIsaac Newton's Dingaan what a hidden agenda was all classic example of verbal subterfuge. Not many people picked it up:but for White Corpuscles Only. boland, N amaland, Hereroland, theory of gravity. about. rl then again the only thing that his au One demented throwback from Tswanaland, Basterland, Kaokoland; 'I couldn't possibly recommend'this. These days in Namibia the kraal is dience is capable of picking up is at best Blood River yelled something about Bushmanland and Boereland. , IfI.did, I would have to deal with a the Tintenpalast: and _any, politician ... , .. an exotic breed of-.venereal disease'­ bombs in our camera bag. His lOS·year- Obv.iously everyone would want to packofblood-crazedpolicehoundscl6s- and then they stil!.p.ave to pay money old friend from Rorkes Drift ieapt to his protect their own,country with their ing in on me within minutes - snapp- to get it. feet but had to sit dow'nwhen a Soviet· ownborder-thatgoeswithoutsaying. ing and baying and howling for'my Anyway, it took us at least 20 made detonator and three blocks of ~very ,self.re.sp.ecting christian fleshbeforeIcouldevengettothePeo- minutes to get near the Showgrounds Blitz firelighter fell from his pocket. democrat-knows that. ' pIe's Republic of Rehoboth. . . hall. Three of Eugene's supporters > Then Eugene took the stand. The. , Eug~ne recko]ls harmo~y .beckons So let's leave it at that . were walking ahead of us, and overtak­ ~rowd rose like a forest of acorns in: • ...:w:h~~~_ n:...:, J~,o~h~. a~n~n~e~s~S~h:iv~u~t~~~: .~f~r~o~m~_.:====~~~~~~~=t~ ; ing was out of the question. jected with a lethal dose of steroids and' Each one had thighs the size of my amphetamines. There was no doubt"­ ~ enginehlock. that they were, big okes. - ~ It was like driving behinda herd of We stayed sitting, secure in the .. White Rhino '" caught iri one ofthose knowledge thatjournalists a~oss the, rare mom'ents whelryou instinctively ' • 'glob"e a6n't get to\ iliir feet for 'any'" know not to mash your fist down on the reason whatsoever unless they happeIli hooter. .' to be covering the Hizbollah anthem Not many professional reporters are being sung by Iran's raving Ayatollah: called upon in their careers to make a But one of the ushers spoiled the mO-f 30-second transition from journalist to ment by wheeling in a G-5 and resting sworn enemy of an unruly mob who the barrel against the back of my neck. From today (Friday) we ,will be selling would actually bid for your gonadsjust Eugene then played his trump card,' to be able to hang them on their dining He ordered every man, woman and all remaining Namibian T-shirts for the room wall as some sort of bizarre con­ child to pick up their guns -and ifthey gi,veaway price of RS (including GST). versation piece trophy. didn't have guns then get a goddamn And this is what these people do .. , licence and buy one -and go out into the maybe not for a living, but certainly as streets and shoot on sight everyone a hobby. - . - . .who said 435. Hurry to our, offices now to' buy one We entered the hall .. . and as the It was only She journalists and before they are sold out!!! photographer and I crossed the border security police in the audience who '

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CROSSBOW will be screened tonight· to his homeland he is a symbol of hope, to the emperor he is a dangerous spark that must be extinguished, to the Resistance he is a figurehead, to Gessler, the man who created him, he is Nemesis and to the women who love him he is an enigma. He rides alone, searching for a son' he may have killed - William Tell - a reluctant hero, 'a man forced to become a legend. The feature film which will be screep.ed tonight is Desperate Women. Ben Ward, a peaceable, 'ex­ hired gun, stumbles upOn three women being transported to jail. The three, Esther, Selena and Joanna were all convicted of different crimes, in spite of extenuating circumstances. Ward agrees to lead them _ out of the wilderness in their prison transport wagon and in the process, happens upon two orphaned children, an Army Ron Hunter Ken Howard deserter, a pack of cantankerous animals, a band of marauding Indians, ' brief affair with Warner fails. After this early stage, and in a responsible lecherous miners, misdirected continually rejecting Moretti's ad­ and intelligible way examines what is cavalrymen and an outlaw gang led by vances, Jennifer has toturn to him for happening and where to find a cure. Black Jack Ketchum, who's after his help. On Wednesday night, War and former girl friend, Selena. But, In the tenth episode of Emerald Peace 3 will be screened. Dolohov and somehow, Ward and his army of misfits PointN.A.S. Celia announces that she Pier~e fight a duel in the snow. Pierre "Rage of Angels" based on Sidney Sheldon's best selling novel. manage to outwit, out-shoot and out­ is moving out after a confrontation separates from Helene, who later Flushed with a series of successful courtroom confrontations. distance all their enemies -sometimes with 'Ibm about her selfish behaviour. divorces him. Meanwhile, Prince An, J~clyn Smith starrin.g 'as Jennifer Parker, Ken Howard as hilariously - until they finally reach Harlan makes Glenn his personal dre, reported missing at Austerlitz, ar­ Adam Warner and Ron Hunter as Di Salva. safety. assistant. Hilary tells Kay that she'I1 rives at Bleak Hills to find his wife, The fifteenth episode of Growing get Glenn back. Kay tels Glenn that Lize in the labour of childbirth. He Pains, entitled "Some Enchanted she wants to get married, and against feels guilty about having left her in the Evening" will be screened on Satur- , Kay's better judgement they elope. care of other while going off to war. day night. It's time for the Spring For­ Aids Now, is a new six part Both Pierre and Andrei, survivours of mal and Mike has his hands full with documentary, starting this week on bitter experiences, arrive at points of three different girls pining for his af­ Tuesday night. This progra,mmepro­ profound spiritual crisis in their lives NOV04-NOVIO ] fections and a date to the dance. Carol, vides a framework for trying to unde~­ ... their belief in the innate goodness .on the other hand, cannot seem to get tand the facts, figures and opinions of life, shattered. Andre visits the a . date even when she asks her about Aids which we all come across in , Rostov estate where he finds beautiful lSh19 Secrets of The Sea boyfriend. the media. It esplains why complete­ Natasha ... FillDAY lSh35 Batman "Yuri Nosenko" is the feature film ly accurate answers cannot be given at lSh4S Fifteen . screened on Saturday night. pefector 18hOO Prog. Schedule ~:. "" -- 18h03 Weetjy Nie 19h1l A~er Elk~' Man . or. Double Agent? This factuaily bas­ 18h08 Recycling our Resources ' 20hOO Suidwes-Nuus ed film drama interweaves the three' REACH THE PEOPLE - 20h15 Trauma Center 18h18 Batik year battle of wits between Daley and 18h34 Liewe Heksie 21hOl Race of Angels Nosenko with the power politics inside ADVERTISE IN THE NAMIBIAN! 18h44 All Family Specials 21h48 The World We Live In theDIA. 19h09 Perfect Strangers·' 22hOO NewslWeather NuuslWeer It is February 1964 - only three 19h34 Crossbow 22h20 Sport months since President John F Ken­ 20hOO Suidwes-Nuus 22h50 Dagsluiting nedy was gunned down in Dealey 'RUST NEVER SLEEPS' 20h15 Feature Film: Plaza, Dallas. The Warren Commis- . "Desperate Women" TUESDAY sion desperately searches for answers. This adage may be true; but when you ' 21h45 Rollin on The River Meanwhile, Steve Daley, a high-flying galvanize it; rust doesn't stand a chance. 22hOO NewslWeather Report lShOO Programrooster career ottIcer in'the CIA, gets a phone lSh03 The Boy and The Book 22h20 The Dom DeLuise Show call frome one of his old contacts in GALVANIZING PREVENTS RUST 22h41 Sport lShOS Ecology of the Desert Geneva. It is Yuri Nosenko, a self­ 23h41 Dagsluiting lSh16 Alcohol in The Human Body proclaimed Major in the Soviet KGB lSh30 Die Avonture van who wants to defect to the West. The TomSawye'r man lets slip an amazing piece ofinfor­ SATUilDAY lSh52 Wacky and Packy mati on. He had been Oswald's KGB 18hOO Programrooster 19h17 Born Free case officer during the time Oswald 18h03 The Boy and The Book 20hOO South West News spent in Russia before the assassina­ 18h35 Miena, Moe & Kie 20h15 Emerald Point N.A,S. tion. Daley is startled. Is this informa­ 18hl8 My Little Pony 'n Friends 21hOl Spies en Plessie: Met tion genuine or not? i (new) Permissie "Adderley", is a new adventure 1.8h48 Sport 22hOO NuuslWeer NewslWeather series that follows "Spenser ' for 19h06 Boere-Orkeskompetisie 22h20 Aid Now (new) Hire". The intelligence community 19h42 Alf 23h15 Seltbeeldinstandhouding demands great operatives. Interna­ 20h07 Growing Pains 23h29 Evening Prayer tional Security and Intelligence has 20h31 Feature film: one: V.H. Adderly. Living on the edge "Yuri Nosenko'" WEDNESDAY of danger, intrigue and romance ... he 22h20 NuuslWeer News/weather was al ways in the center of the action. lShOO Prog, Schedule Then Adderly was captured by 22h20 Adderley (new) lSh03 Weet Jy Nie 23h16 Kate Bush enemy agents. By the time the torture lSh08 Health: Eye Care ended, he had lost the use of his left 00h03 Epilogue lSh19 Shoplifting . -- hand. Now the hand is always co'Q'ered 18h35 Inspector Gadget by a black glove. But even though his SUNDAY , rSh57 Sport ., ,; f. , superiors have removed Adderly from 16hOO Herhaling~60s ter'? ' .~ " , 2Q.hQ.0 ~ Suidwe§ ~J.iu§ ; the field and reassigned him to the' .~,:" " ~ ': ;- 20h15 War and Peace ' 16h03 Pitkos ol1scure Bureau of Miscellaneous Af­ YO\J NAIYIE IT, <,WE GALVAN!Z.e: IT 16h16 Teletales . 21h05 Hardcastle en McCormick fairs, enemies of freedom and . 21h51 Vuller , • _ 16h31 Brandkluis democracy know he remains their • 16h56 Die Ouer as Beroepsopv6eife~ ,.' 22bO(i"N tt\lS1Weer'NewWeather greatest threat...... -:..... :.,'''" Burgia~-pr~ofing :" '?2h2(h PitkoS -' :1'.1 ': _ , ~ , 17h08 Sate lite and Men iii Orbit, The action is right on target as the • '.:-"Bakkie trellis " -:;; 17h32 Programro.oster_ .,.. exploits of Adderly come to'life: Tliis .. • .., Farm ' gates~ ,;;; '" ,;; 17h35 The Flying House THUilSDAY ,I' crackling, tongue-in-cheek spy adven­ • Fence poles 18h03 Die Blye Boodskiip iShQO Progra~~ooster _ ture series follows V.H. in his efforts.tJ) to- - . Nuts, bolts,u.:.botts, screws, washers ~8h22 700 Club < ,. ' < _ '. lShp3~ The Boy an,d Tb~ , ~pok ;~;:.o. break out hi~~undane assign~e~ts 19h03 Deutschland SpIegel _. lSh08 McGruff: DrugAlert arldreturri to the high-risk world ofin ' , " 19h13Highway to Heaven ',': lSh2i Soccer ' ternational espionage: • 20hOO Nuus/news review 18h33 Wielie WaFie'- With an exciting bleridofhumori pd' " P"o ' B8~ 9129 ~: ' 20h15 Jesus of Nazareth lSh49 So-By-So ' suspense, Adderly brings to series .Dr Michael de Kok Street, 21h59 Skat in Kleipotte 19h39 Sea Hunt television its sharpest and most ir­ Tel: 61227/61239 Northern Industrial area, 21h24 The Joy of Music 20hOO South West News repressible secret agent ever. The news WINDHOEK 22hOO NuuslWeerberig/ - 20h15' Aaron's Way ' can now be unclassified: Adderly is a NewslWeather Report , 21h02 Oft Pasiert Es Unverhofft smash! 22h20 Perspektief '21h41 Suidwes Talen met The third episode of Rage ofAngels Arina De Wit (Herhaling) will be screened on Monday night - E.NGINEERING & ELECTRO- MONDAY 22hOO Nuus/weeI: - NewslWeather flushed with a series of successful cour­ - - lShOO Prog. Schedule 22h20 Persoonlike Geldbestuur troom confrontations, Parker and her lSh03 Weet Jy Nie 22h34 Sport partner Ken Bailey, enjoy their ever PLATIN~ ~ORKS (PTY) LTD lShQS Le.arniqg about air < ,23hO,4Epilogue growing and prosperous practice. Her < :: ~ ; :acz::::= __ -- "- 20 Friday November 04 1988 THE NAMIBIAN

DEFENDING METRO CHA-MPS BENFICA FC ------. STANDING -F.L.T.R.: Joseph ''Jomo'' Gideon, Eric "Richo" Ouseb, Daniel "Lovey" Uushona, Marlhin "Ryder" Kambanda, Karl "Tateix" Kanyemba, Salomon "Licky" Gideon. KNEELING - F.L.T.R.: Samuel "Pecks" Uushona, David "Big-Dada" Uushona, Ferdillus "Uuikie" Kapeng, Festus "Fischer" Kavindjima (skipper), DOli Bosco "Donbo" Egumbo and. Marlhin "i/nuris" Khoaseb. HOLDING BALL: Benfica's mascot, Harold "Harry" Uushona, Pecks's son. ~~------~------~------~------~ Jenkin,s ,in steroid smugg·ling ring

A former British track star testing procedures at the Olympics, he become a scapegoat. He's living with awaiting sente.ncing for directing is certain that many athletes used that." . an international steroid smuggling muscle-enhancing substances and got ­ Jenkins, who admitted using ring says athletes who use steroids away with it. ,steroids during his career but denies risk death from counterfeit pro­ "I would say that probably two out of taking them the year he won his silver ducts. "The potential therEl' three people'on the-podium (accepting medaJ, said t.he vast majority of especially in the injectable pro­ medals) h!lve been enhanced:" athletes manage to stay a step ahead ducts, is to have toxic reactions, Jenkins, 36, silid he based his estimate of testers by manipulating results with 'serious reactions, probably from -on what he witnessed in his final years masking agents. (product) contamination:" said as a competitor. "That's the level it was The rewards ofsuccess, Jenkins said, J enkins, a member of Geat Bri­ at in '76 and '80." - often are enough to overcome an tain's silver-medal' .winning "It hasn't gotten any less. Because of athlete's worries of getting caught. 400-meter relay team in 1972. the policing,-people have gone to more "There have been other medalists I "There is the potential for fatal unusual products;' said Jenkins, refer- ­ 'know who won Olympic medals and results, and that's the scary thing, so ring to so-called benign chemicals us· used steroids and never got caught." . what you're dealing with is a loaded ed as masking agents to hide the use He said without revealing their gun." Jenkins said he agreed-to be in­ of banned substances. "I don't think its . identities. terviewed because he wanted to sound just steroids;' Jenkins added. They're feted all around their coun· a warning that the black market pro­ "I would say the pharmaceutical in­ try, all around the world, as being great ducts have become dangerous. dustry provides support in one way or heroes. And around their country, all­ "I, obviously, was involved in a con­ another to all competitors at the Olym­ around the world, as being great . spiracy;' he said. "Subsequent to my pics. It could be antibiotics. It could be heroes. And we have a situation in· arrest and as a result of reviewing the sleeping tablets. Johnson 'where he does the same government's papers; we_were able to "It could be tranquilizers. It could be thing." see and were quite staggered by the a whole variety of things. As part of "He's feted for 48 hours. It's wonder· numbersthey have come up with.'" that, you get a subs'ection of perfor­ fuL The whole world is struck by it. "We came to conclusion that out of mance enhancing agents of which Then they feel cheated. And they feel about every 20 purchases of stElroids there is a further subsection, steroids:' cheated:' carried out in a gym or on the black During the Olympics ' in Soutth Jenkins, who1ives in Northern San mark!!t, probably 19 of those would Korea, attended by 9,500 athletes, of­ Diego County, remains free on 330,000 would be counterfeit in some form." ficials administered 1,700 tests, and 10 dollar bond pending a January 23 He defined counterfeit as products came back positive for banned sentencing. One of34 people original­ wh'ich either have pothiI\g at all in substances. Canadian sprinter Ben ly indicted in the Federal case, Jenkins them or have some hormone but not· Johnson, who ran the 100-meter in faces up to 16 years in prison and a the one listed on the label or have the 9.79 seconds, was stripped of his gold I-million dollar fine. bormone but are not made by the peo­ medal and a world record after he He pleadedn guilty last November to ple or company listed as maker. tested positive for steroids. one count each of conspiracy to defraud He also said black market -steroid Two-Bulgarian weight lifters also the United States=holding dealers who filled the vacuum created lost their gold ' medals after tests counterfeit steroids for by the destruction ofhis ~peration tend revealed they had 'used the muscle­ sale=indroducing misbranded tto be more "ruthless." building drugs, a derivative of the male steroids.into interstate commerce and Jenkins, interviewed Friday in the sex hormone. recei ving anabolic steroids subjecct to office of his defense attorney, Robert "They increased the sensitivity of seizure. Grimes, said he regrets his involve- the test ans somebody didn't do their TlAiring, which allegedly smuggled o ment with steroids both as an athletes homework," Jenkins said. "The the steroids into United States from a and as a black market businessman. Bulgarian hadn't done their laboratory in Mexico, was responsible "I wasn't fulIy aware of the implica­ homework and neither did Ben < for up to 70 percent of the estimated tions. I am now;' he said. "Sometimes Johnson's advisers." 100-million·dollar American black I wish they never invented them." "I thought it was a pity because I· market in steroids, prosecutors said. Jenkins said despite sophisticated could see Johnson was going tto THE NAMIBIAN Friday November 04 1988 21 :

FIXTURES -. - METROPOLITAN CUP FIRST-ROUND. NOMTSOUB STADIUM, TSUMEB- SATURDAY: Life Fighters vs Chelsea (14h30), Cuca Tops vs Robber Chanties (16hOO). SUNDAY: Benfica vs Chief Santos (16hOO). KUISEBMUND STADIUM, WALVIS BAY- SATURDAY: ,Eleven Arrows vs Pepsi African Stars (16hOO). SUNDAY: Blue Waters vs Explora Xl (16hOO).

KATUTURA STADIUM, WINDHOEK- SATURDAY: B&S Tigers vs SWA Toyota Young Ones (14h30), Black Africa vs Hungry Lions (l~hOO). SUNDAY: B&N Orlando Pirates vs SE Sorento Bucs (16hOO).' Hungry Lions' Ringo and The Birds' Pule gets airbOI:ne. NNSL FIRST DIVISION (WEST). MONDESA STADIUM, SWAKOPMUND- SATURDAY: Atlanta METRO FIRST-ROUND Chiefs vs SAP Xl (16hOO). SOCCER BONANZA RESULrs NNSL SUPER LEAGUE. KUISEBMUND STADIUM, WALVIS BAY: Blue Waters 4-2 EIGHT Metropolitan fit'st-round the depressing season. However, However I tip BA tops to win this Hungry Lions. . cup games are scheduled for the Arrows home-ground advantage, one, if Fellah, Bostander, Pieters weekend although competition is and determination could be too and Metra are in top form. expected to be tough as 16 Super much for the Pepsi Boys. B&N Orlando Pirates are booked League teams will be out to fight . Sadike Gottlieb's experience in against team-of-the-moment SE ,their way through to the next midfield, assisted by tricky Shaja Sorento Bucs and the Sea Robbers To advertise on the round of the RIB 000 reach M welashi and hard-to-knack cap­ might be having sleepless nights as 'competition. \ tain Merino or veteran Ben Gonteb, they lost both their league clashes classified pages The competition, as was reported couldbetoomuchtobearforStars. against the giant killers this seaon. earlier, will be contested on Arrows's master cool, Kiki Gaseb I pick Hassie "Rossi" Mingeri to phone Raymond at regional basis and a few sparks and deadly finisher Cruuyf get the winner in the dying minutes could fly this weekend as most of Kudulu are the other two players of the second half. In the poles Tel: 36970/1/2 the teams are cup·hungry and this that could sink Stars. Sorento has probably the best is their last chance to win a cup this On Sunday, League champions 'keeper in the league and the Buc­ season. , Blue Waters, will battle it out with caneers will have a difficulttaskin The highlight of the competition neighbours and tough opponents getting the ball past "The Magnet?' is expected in Walvis Bay, where Explora Xl. Forget Explora's log There will be a mini-war this John Player Smooth champions standings, they are always hard to weekend at Tsumeb's Nomtsoub Eleven Arrows, hosts Mainstay beat in cup clashes, and The Birds Stadium as rivals Chief Santos and Cup finalists Pepsi African Stars should know it by now. defending champs Benfica will bat­ on Saturday at the Kuisebmund In other clashes, Tigers will meet tle it outto secure a place in the next stad~on. SWA Toyota Young Ones, whilst round. A very tough match is ex­ Stars, rated one of the top teams . Hungry Lions will be facing last pected and traditionally the yellow in the Super League missed all the years runners-up Black Africa. For· card had been dominating. the presents a seminar on cups this year and is determined to the latter the club has bad games of the teams. at least lay its hands on this one. memories as one of their star Chelsea plays Life Fighter and PERCEPTIOLOGY Juku Jazuko, Boeta Mungunda, players BenhardtDiocothle left the: Cuca Tops are,scheduled to meet by Prof. Nic Wiehahn Jackson Meroro or Benhardt final game against Benfica with a Robber Chanties. Neuman could be the men who broken leg. Diocothle is out of ac­ Most decisions are based on perceptions, could help their team shaking of tion since then. rather than facts. Perceptiology is the art and science of perceptions and their influence on decisionmaking. Sugar Ray not Who should attend? Management, marketers, negotiators, people working with other people. Date: 18 November 1988 10hOO - 12hOO impressed by Lalonde Place: IML T Seminar Room, Goethe Street, Windhoek Cost: No Charge _ A fighter's success depends greatly his noted Psychological warfare, forced Lalonde, who normally fights at Registration: Mrs Kunert tel 061 - 37353/4/5 ' on confidence, but Sugar Ray Leonard credited for helping him in his stunn­ 175pounds(79.3kg), tocomeinat 168 before 17 November. said on Tuesday that Donny Lalonde's ing upset of Marvin Hagler in April pounds (76.2kg) to fight him. has too much of it. "His major 1987 for the WBC middleweight title. "Hell, he's a natural 168." Leonard weakness is his confidence. He gets "We'll have to see what happen~. said he will weight his current 162' right-hand crazy:' said Leonard, refer­ Will Lalonde freeze when he gets in pounds (73.40kg) for the fight, for ring to Lalonde's much heralded right front of 15,000 people? Will he get which he will earn about 15 million hand which has taken him to a 31-2 right-hand crazy? That's one of the dollars. Lalonde will receive aboutfi ve record. Lalonde's left is notoriously things I'll capitalise on:' Leonard said. million dollars. underdeveloped, the result of many Leonard said it was not true that he shoulder separations and a permanently-implanted pin holding it together. . . "He keeps his chin straight up:' Said Leonard (34-1)ofthe Canadian whom BUSINESS FOR SALE he fights on Monday for two titles, the ,- No job is too big or too small World Boxing Council's (WBC) Light Heavyweight crown and the WBC's for us .... a_ny alterations, any newly-created Super Middleweight Well known Fast Foods Championship. "Chicken" Take Aways for sale mending. Leonard, 32, coming out of retire­ ment for the third time does not appear to be keeping many secrets aabout his "With Sole Franchise Rights" . We are the best, the -cheapest strategy against the 28,year-old ~ - Lalonde. Ex.cellent position centrally "He's very susceptible to left hooks situated with great prospects. Fin~ us in the Old Mut~al .)~rcade, . and a lead-off right hand," Leonard . ~ was asked about Lalonde's comment that Leonard doesnot have the "Guts" Tel.: 228902 Interested -parties only ~, to stand toe-to-toewith him. Mon - Fri-8am - 5 pm "He's a very intelligent man. No, I won't stand toe-to-toe with him. May R160 000-00 Plus Stock (neg) Sat 8am, -_12.30 pm- be I'll get behind him, "Said Leonard with a Grin. "The key is to stay to my right, away from his right," Phone 061 - 228210 (all hours). , Leonard appeared to be warming up 22 Friday November 04 1988 THE NAMIBIAN Tigers Netball Club • Spoilers' Tournament Winner·s

THE Tigers Netball team is all smiles after winning the Rl000 first-prize during the Auas Motors Soccer and Netball Tournament held last weekend at Okahandja. The team is back - f.U.r.: Selma Hipondoka, Alber­ thina Arnold, Anna Demu Hipondoka, Baby Gases, Aina Amambo (Road Manager). Front: Elize Kunamwene, Rousie Shapumba and Aline Smith. EXtreme left balancing the ball to take a "shoot" is Tigers's superstar and probably one of the best Netball players in Namibia, Demu "Demolisher" Hipondoka. She was instrumental in her teams 18-17 win over rivals Black Africa inthe final. Platini to coach National Team

Former French soccer star the National team's abysmal 1-1 On a National holiday in l"rance, Michael Platini is to take over as draw with Cyprus in a World Cup : neither the French Football Federa­ trainer of the crisis-hit National qualifying match 10 days ago. tion, Platini or Michel were im­ team with Jean Tigana returning mediately acvailable to confirm the as captain, the radio station France It said Henri Michel, trainer of the report which the radio station said Info said on Tuesday. In what it team since 1984, had been sacked and would be officially announced later. claimed was an exclusive report, replaced by Platini who would prepare It said former Juventus midfielder France Info said the shock move the side for the vital World Cup game Platini, European Footballer of the was decided in Paris on Monday by with Yogoslavia in Belgrade on Year three times in succession from French soccer officials alarmed at November 19. 1983, would give a news conference . about his plans today (Friday). Tigana, who played alongside Platini in the brilliant team which won the 1984 European Championship and reached the semifinals of the last two World Cups, would return from inter-­ national retirement to captain the side, the report said. The Bordeaux midfielder, now 33, is currently in good form for his club though he decided after winning his '51st cap last year that he would no longer play for France. Platini, the best player France has ever produced, retired from soccer last , year after five highly successful years with Juventus in Italy. The elegant artist combined the roles of playmaker and scorer in masterly fashion, notching a record 41 goals for: his country· in 72 appearances. . The radio said Gerard Houllier, .former trainer Qfleague-leaders, Paris -Saint-German, would assist Platini in his new duties and that the President of Bordeaux, Claude Bez, would assume the role of national team director. It said Bez had been largely in­ Frank wins Dolphin strumental in persuading Platini to accept the p·ost. MiChel has been under THE WINNER TAKES ALL: Frank Kayele of TCL kept Tsumeb's back heavy media fire for some time with on the map as'he won the 42.2km Dolphin Marathon in a time of 2:28,14 demands growing for his dismissal on Saturday. Lukas Halweendo, also of TCL, came second in 2:28,54 after the draw in Cyprus which could and was also the first Veteran to cross the line. Frank's brother, Thomas cost France the,chance of reaching the Kayele also of Tsumeb was third in 2:31,35. For men 1990 World Cup finals in Italy. It was the fourth time the marathon took place. Just under 200 athletes who know Scotland, Yugoslavia and Norway and teams took part. The first women to cross the line was Desiree F are in the same group from which on­ Rentel of TCL in 3:28,55. good clothes! ly two will qualify. The taem failed' The Junior section was won by G Brass of TCL in a time of 2:43,53. dismally to rea,ch this year's European Gerry Lynch of Windhoek Harriers won the Master's section in a time Championship finals in West Ger­ of 3:01,01. The "Waggelwywe" of Windhoek was the first women's team many, winning only one of eight quali­ across the finishing line in 3:16,58.· OUO CJl{jihr fying games. The Sunshine A Team of the Sunshine Sports Club, with a time of & co. Yet, ironically, Michel's dismissal 2:23,03, were the first men's team to complete the marathon. After the comes at a time when his team has re­ marathon, Etosha Fishing Corporation announced that they would mained unbeaten for almost a year. sponsor not only the winning Namibian athlete, as had been an­ The French have won four and drawn nouncedearlier, but also the second Namibian across' the finishing line, four of their eight matches this year. to t.ake place in the Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town in 1989. THE NAMIBIAN - . Friday November 04198823 ------~------~------~------~~~~~~~------~~----~~--~------. ---- s Ian Rush scored second goal for Liverpool

WELSH International Ian Rush Southampton level in the 68th minute gone six weeks without scoring. scored his second goal in suc­ and they were well worth a share ofthe Welsh International goalkeeper cessive matches as English cham­ spoils. Millwall's unbeaten record, thE! .. Neville Southall made three crucial pions Liverpool ended a depress­ olily one left in the league, dissapeared saves to in the final quarter of an hour ing run of four League matches in the face of the of sustained Mid· to earn Everton a 1·1 draw with Man· without a win by beating West Ham dlesbrough pressure 'in the second half. chester United AT Old Trafford on 2-0 away on Saturday. The victory Goals by Teddy Sheringham and Sunday. narrowed the gap between Tony Cascarino gave Millwall a 2·1 United, badly in need of a win tokeep themselves and surprise runaway halftime lead after the home team had them up in the English First Division First Division leaders Norwich, gone ahead through Bernie Slaven in pacemakers, finished strongly and held 1-1 by Southampton, to eight the second minute. Southall had to perform heroics to keep points. But. Millwall . flattered only to out shots from Gordon Strachan, Mark The goal, which put Liverpool's deceive, Stuart Ripley, Mark Burke Hughes and substitute Liam O'Brien. season back on the rails, was a gem. and Gary Parkinson scoring for Mid· Hughes had given United the lead in Rush ran on to the ball just outside the, dlesbrough in a one·sided second half. the 68th minute when he lobbed ' West Ham penalty area and 'beat Arsenal's win over Coventry stretch· Clayton Blackmore's looping cross goalkeeper Allen McKnight with a ed their unbeaten run to seven mat· over Southall's head. fierce left foot shot. ches and gave further proof of their Everton were level within three Millwall, another of the unexpected championship potential. minutes, Tony Cttee sliding home his pacemakers, lost for the first time in Their marksmen were Michael seventh leagUe goal ofthe season after their debut season in the First Division Thomas and England centre back, Dave Watson's header from Ian when they crashed 4·2 at Mid· Tony Adams. While Arsenal go from Snodin's free kick had come ba'ck off dlesbrough. They surrendered second strenght to strenght, mear neighbours the bar. spot in the table to Arsenal, comfor·' Tottenham can do nothing right. Andy Gray scored his first league table 2·0 winners over Coventry. Manager Terry Venables has spent goal for Glasgow Rangers since his, Ian Rush, who struggled to find his in the region of five million pounds move from Aston Villa to salvage a predatory touch near goal since rejoin· sterling (8.85 million dollars) on big· point for the Scottish Premier Division ing Liverpool from Italy's Juventusat name players in an attempt to bring leaders against ST Mirren. the start of the season, broke the them overdue success, but Saturday's He headed home in the 78th minute deadlock at Upton Park with a goal 2·1 defeat at Aston Villa, left'them to equalise Mark McWalter's goal after midway through the second half. firmly entrenched at the foot of the ' .; an hour for ST Mirren. Champions Peter Beardsley wrapped up Liver· table. Glasgow Celtic appeared to be on their FORRA OF BS TIGERS pool's win, only their fourth in 10 While Venables will be questioning way to a comfortable win over Dundee games, with a second goal in the 78th the commitments of some of his high· when they went 2·0 ahead inside 15 FULL NAME: Frans Forresta Nickodemus. . minute. . priced players, Derby will be delighted minutes with goals by Billy Stark and BIRTHPLACE AND DATE: Windhoek/l\atutura, April 17, 1965. Norwich, whohold a six·point lead with the debut of Dean Sauders, sign· Chris Morris. HEIGHT AND WEIGHT: 1,60m - 62kg. . {)ver Arsenal, were on course for their ed in midweek from Second Division But Dundee stormed back with MARRIED: No. . ~eight win in 10 league starts when Oxford. strikes by Steven Frail, Graham Robert Fleck's seventh goal of the , Saunders repai'd a snce of the o~ Harvey and Stuart Rafferty before EDUCATION: Matric. '. season gave them the lead early' in the million pounds (1.77 million dollars) halftime and they held on in th~ face .OCCUPATION: Senior clerk with the National Education. second half. invested in him by scoring twice in the of sustained second·half pressure to NICKNAME: Let Them Dance (LTD), the name was derived from But Danny Wallace hauled 4·1 win over Wimbledon. Derby had win 3·2. 'my style ofplay, a'S I always like to "polish" the ball when dribbl­ ing, and making body swerves. .PREVIOUS CLUB: The. now relegation-facing Hungry Lions. TEAM SUPPORTED AS A BOY: The star-studded Orlando Lalonde ,confi'dent to 'b 'eat ·Leon 'ard .Pirates of the late 70's. FAVOURITE HERO OF-€HILDHOOD:The cunning ex-African Stars and National midfield-maestro now Stars's coach, Oscar WORLD Boxing Council (WBC) Leonard duped Hagler into trying to didn't do anything to take the momen· "Silver Fox" Mengo. ' Light Heavyweight , champion, knock him out, into fighting Leonard's tum;' said Lalonde, "Really, momen· • fight. Hagler chased Leonard round tum has a lot to do with it :' . FAVOURITE CURRENT PLAYER: The Blue Waters and Na­ Donny Lalonde, says if Sugar Ray Leonard uses the same t~ctics the ring for 12 rounds hoping to punish Lalonde stopped Eddie Davis in two tional mercurial midfielder, Tuhafeni Koko Muatunga. against him that h~ uses against and embarrass him, rather than box· 'rounds in November 1987 to win the ' MOSTMEMORABLEMATCH:Tig~rs'sMainstayCupquarter­ Marvin Hagler, Leonard wilJ have ing carefully and waiting for an WBC Light Heavyweight title. He reo final clash against finalists Pepsi Mrican Stars. Although loos­ a long, painful night. 4l0nde ' opening. tained the crown by stopping ing on the penalty-shootoutit is the one game I will hardly forget. defends his title on November 7 Hagler landed more hard punches Trinidad's ageing hero Leslie Stewart All my teammates played their hearts out and we were unlucky against Leonard, who is coming than Leonard, but the impression left in the fifth round last May in Trinidad. to loose. out of retirement for the third time. with many was that Leonard cotroll· , The handsome Lalonde, blond: BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Our 2-OJPS defeat'at the hands The two will also be vying for the· ed the fight. Lalonde was asked ifhe streaked hair spilling down his neck, newly-created WBC Super Mid­ thought would fight him the same way. said the Leonard fight was not all that of SWA Toyota Young Ones. . "Ihope not. I'd rather him come to me CLUB HONOURS:'Top scorer sincejoining B&S Tigers. dleweight crown. challenging to him. "Winning the and fight. But ifhe does fight that way world title was the biggest personal ac· NATIONAL HONOURS: Representing Namibia at school level it will be just a' longer, more brutal complishment and achievement on my and turned out for the National team for the last 3 years. The fighters have agreed to weight 168 pounds (76.2 kg), the limit for the beating for him, a longer night;' part, certainly the biggest challenge;' FAVOURITE OTHER SPORTS: Athletics and Tennis. Lalonde said. "He'll take more pun· , he said. new WBC Division. Lalonde, a Cana· ches, that's all. ' FAVOURITE SPORTS PERSON: Canadian 'sprinter, Ben dian, living in the United Stales, is a He also cited "Defending against Lalonde, 28, said he hoped the judges Johnson. .., natural Light Heavyweight (175 Stewart in his hometown and in that for the fight realised that. It's profes· FAVOURITE NlTE SPOT: Midnlght Express & Club Thrillers, pounds/79.3 kg). (hot) weather." "Personally my cOn' the hottest spot in Katutura. ' .' ,sional boxing and it's the hard punches fidence is so .high I don't see it (the Leonard, 34·1, was the undisputed that count." But his manager, Dave FAVOURITE FOOD: I'th a .great eater, so I go for anything that World Welterweight champion at 147 Leonard fight) as nearly the challenge Wolf, said he and Lalonde were not too as the other two guys were." is put op the table. H~ll a like ':chew!' pounds (66.6 kg) and beat Hagler for the 160·pound (72.5 kg) WBC Mid· worried about the judges because "I'm not taking nothing away from FAVOURITE ACTOR: The Rambo-ing Sylvester "Sly" Stallone. "Donny is going to winby a knockout: , dleweight title last year. At one time Ray Leonard and I'm not looking past FAVOURITE MUSlpJAN: The undisputed Boss of Jazz and "Hagler definitely landed the he was also World Boxing Association Ray Leonard. I just feel gr~at about his Benson. harder, most effective punches, but he myself. Junior Middleweight champion. If Leonard beats Lalonde he will become the first fighter to win titles in five, although somewhat contrived, . weight classes. American Thomas Concor Technicrete (Pty) Limited is a Hearns now holds four. member of the Concor Group of Leonard, 32, un·retired for the se· cond time to fight fellow·American Companies and require a Hagler in April 1987 in one of the 'richest fights "ever-:-' Leonard, ~ho retired the first time after eye surgery, MECHANICAL· :is expected to make about 15 million dollars this time round and Lalonde five million, his biggest payday by far. . Against Hagler, Leonard's last fight, FOREMAN Leonard danced, feinted and sprinkl· ed enough punching flurries, mostly at The ideal candidate'will be a qualified artisan with the ends of rounds, to impress the Foreman experience. He must also be able to !. judges, ",ho gave him a controversial motivate, display people bandling skills and be able split points de-cision and the WBC Mid· dleweight crown. to communicate at all levels. "Hagler just followed him around The salary package will depend on experience. the ring," Lalonde said last Friday. "I FAVOURITE STADIUM: The SKWStadium. We are an equal opportunities employer. FAVOURITE OTHER TEAM: Hungry Lions. think if Hagler had made any type of effort to try and convince the judges WOULD LIKE TO MEET: The big Dutchman,AC Milan's midfield otherwise, it was that close, he could For further details please contact Mrs S Upton on ace, Ruud Gullit, 1987-88 European Footballer ofthe Year. have won it easily." (011) 839-2500, or write to Mr R Tonini, Concor BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER: Team official Johny By many accounts, Leonard suc· Technicrete (Ply) Limited, P.O. Box 8259, Akwenye. cessfully played on Hagler's dislike of Johannesburg 2000. AMBITIONS FOR 1988: To help Tigers through to the final ofthe him, because of his good looks and his Metropolitan Cup and to score the winning goal in the final. being able to use his Olympic gold LONG TERM AMBITTION: To become a qualified coach. medal to rocket to boxing superstardom. CONCOR 24 Friday November 04 1988 THE NAMIBIAN

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p W D L GF GA P B. Waters 30 18 8 4 76 40 44 Benfica 30 19 4 7 61 28 42 OOPS! Koko Muatunga, Blue Water's skipper is grounded by an aggressive Hungry Lions player. E. Arrows 30 18 4 8 55 36 40 A. Stars 30 17 5 8 61 40 39 Teenage Muashekele rushes in for th~ loose ball; whith Makasa Dausab watching. Blue Waters O. Pirates 30 13 8 10 48 47 36 won 3-2. Sorento Bucs 30 11 9 10 40 30 31 Tigers 30 13 4 14 60 53 30 B. Africa 30 12 4 14 64 43 28 R. Chanties 30 10 7 13 44 57 27 LIONS AND CHELSEA Cuca '!bps 30 9 7 14 38 43 25 C. Santos 30 9 6 15 41 56 24 Explorer XI 30 9 5 16 59 63 23 OUT OF L. Fighters 30 8 6 16 29 56 21 H. Lions 30 9 3 12 50 76 21 Chelsea 30 8 5 15 37 .56 21 BIG LEAGUE SOCCER

NNSL 1st division Far North BY CONRAD ANGULA THE WRITING is on the wall: Hungry Lions and ex-League cham­ leg. Rundu 10 9 0 1 28 14 18 pions Chelsea, are back to square one as they will not be playing In their efforts to avoid relegation, Rangers 10 7 1 2 24 11 15 Hungry Lions defeated top-of-the-log­ P. Arrows 10 5 1 4 16 24 11 in the tough Namibia National Soccer League's Super League next season. The reasons, tough competition and lack of consistency, placed teams like, Benfica, Pepsi Dynanos 10 4 2 4 24 13 10 African Stars, B&S Tigers, Black HighlandB. 10 0 2 8 6 27 2 grant result: relegation. However, it is a pity to see Chelsea, win­ Africa and B&N Or lando Pirates, but Leopards 10 1 0 9 9 41 2 ners of the Super League in 1986 being relegated to the Second noteven-thffir-late resurgence could lift Division. them from the danger zone. Chelsea, one of the traditional big­ Blue Waters, respectively. Lions are claimimg that they were Nl~·SL ist division West guns in cup:competitions a few years Chelsea have produced National robbed four valuable points by the ago, had to battle it out with young and Team players in Anton "Orlando" NNSL Disciplinary Committee, when · inexperienced players for the most part Damaseb, Pieces Damaseb, Richo they lost points to third-placed Eleven Namib Woestyn Hi 10 4 2 51 22 24 of this season. Chelsea will be Francis and their most remarkable Arrows and Explora Xl. According to SuperStars 16 11 2 . 3 46 21 24 remebered for their constructive and star player Stephen Damaseb, voted a Lions spokesman, c1ubofficials in the United Stars 16 9 3 4 50 23 21 highly attractive football in their short 1986 Player of the Year. NNSL want Hungry out of the elite Blue Boys 16 9 3 4 34 22 21 existence in the Super League. For Hungry Lions, traditional league, as most of the clubs are after A. Warriors 16 8 3 5 27 23 19 Who will forget their controversial relegation candidates since joining the their star players. What an odd excuse. Sorento Bucs 16 5 4 7 26 28 14 Mainstay Cup-final lost to rivals Black prestigous league three years ago, it is Hungry could have won their games SAP XI 15 4 2 9 21 33 . 10 Africa in 1982? Chelsea opened the a hard blow this time as the maroon to stay out of relegation before making A Chiefs 15 3 1 11 19 52 7 path for rural teams as they were the and white stripes are playing their such nasty and unfounded allegations. Juventus 16 1 0 15 21 59 2 first team outside Windhoek to reach best football currently. We have reported earlier that Hungry the Mainstay final and the first team However, the Lions have only Lions have forfeited two points and five outside the capital to win the league. .themselves to blame as to the lack of goals respectively against Arrows and Other outsiders Chief Santos and consistency after starting the league Explora as they went to play friendly fidvQrtisQ in our Benfica, both from Tsumeb, came on a very high note, they lost punch matches at Oranjemund without infor­ classifiQd sQction runners-up to Black Africa (1987) and ,mIdway through the first leg only to ming the league accordingly. It's chQop and QffQctivQ newly-crowned league champions, gain th~ir form too late in the second i'honQ ilaymond at 36970 (061)

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• ______..... GOD OUR FATHER - CHRIST OUR REDEEMER - MAN OUR BROTHER ______.... LEERKRAGTE AFGEDANK Linksheid glo) die oors,aak • DEUR DA'OUD VRIES • DIE VRESE VIR andersdenkendes onder werknemers in diens van die Administrasie vir Namas het verlede week weer sterk na yore getree toe twee onderwysers summier deur die owerheid in die pad gesteek is. Die twee onderwysers; mnr. Eric genader het nie. Bloedoog van Primere Skool Minna N a bewering het die -direkteur van Sachs op Keetmanshoop, en mej. Elsie Onderwys, mnr.J.Yan Lill, aan mnr. . Jaars van die Sekondere skool op . Hangula gese dat mnr. Bakkes die Mariental is na verneem word weens skorsing moet terug trek en dat die hul beweerde linksgesindheid onderwyser sy dienste kan hervat. afgedank. Mnr. Bloedoog is glo in kennis gestel Na bewering het mnr. Bloedoog 'n dat hy Dinsdag sy dienste kan voortsit. N anso T-hempie met 'n weermag voer­ Die kommissie was veronderstel om tuig daarop, tydens diensure Dinsdag met mnr. Bloedoog 'n aangehad. vergadering te hou. Dit is nie bekend . Die regsadvies kantoor van die of die vergadering plaasgevind het nie. Namibiese Raad van Kerke (CCN) op Na bewering is hy van plan om nie Keetmanshoop het Fokus daarop die saak daar te los nie en moes hy sy gewys dat die beskuldiging onwaar is, prokureur Woensdag spreek. maar dat mnr. Bloedoog wei die "anti­ Mej. Elsie Jaars is na bewering weermag" T-hempie tydens 'n geskors omdat sy 'n Nanso­ afrigtingskursus vir onderwysers by vergadering sonder die sKoolhoof se die hoerskool J. A. N el aangehad het. toestemming tydens skoolure Die woordvoerder van die kantoor se aangekondig het. verder dat mnr. Bioedoog nie aan diens Die skoolhoofhet die saak by die ad­ wasnie. ministrasie, volgens mej. Jaar, Na beweringwas mnr. M.J. Bakkes, aanhangig gemaak.Daarna is sy deur hoofinspekteur van skole van. die di'e administrasie afgedank. Nama Administrasie, teenwoordig Die skoolhoofis na bewering Donder­ tydens die verrigtinge en het hy mnr. dag telefonies ingelig dat die onder­ Bloedoog beopdrag om sy skoolhoof, wyseres geskors is. mnr. Abraham Minnaar, na afloop van Na bewering was die skoolkomitee die kursus moes spre.ek. Mnr. Minnaar gekant teen die afdanking van mej. is die president van die Namibie Pro­ Jaars. fessionele Onderwysers Vereniging Daar het blykbaar ook struwelinge (Napov). ontstaan tussen die onderwysers oor Mnr. Bloedoog was verlede Donder­ wie die geskorste onderwyseres se klas dag deur sy skoolhoofin kennis gestel sou oorneem. Die geskiedkundige wandelgang van die fonteintjie na die jaarlikse bymekaarkomplek vir die dat sy dienste tydelik deur die ad­ Mej. Jaars is Maandag in kennis heldedag-vieringe op Gibeon. In die opmars verskyn Kaptein Hendrik saam met Hoofman Justus lninistrasie opgeskort is tot tyden wy I gestel dat haar skorsing nie meer van Garoeb tesame met die Witbooi-stamraadgewers. Honderde mense het die verrigtinge bygewoon. 'n kommissie deur die owerheid krag is nie en dat sy met haar dienste aangewys word om die aangeleentheid kon begin. Sy is nou weer in diens van VoUedige berig en nog foto's op bladsy drie. na behore te ondersoek. die administrasie. Die regsadvies-kantoor van die In 'n soortgelyk voorval was die CCN-takkantoor het Fokus daarop onderwysers by die Department van gewys dat mnr. Bloedoog die saak by N asionale opvoeding skool in Marien­ hulle aanhangig gemaak het. tal Vrydag deur die kringinspekteur Ounona momahepeko 'n Woordvoerder van die betrokke toegespreek en is ernstig gewaarsku kantoor, mnr. Immanuel Hangula, het teen hul beweerde "Swapo­ gese dat mnr. Bakkes nie lig wou werp gesindhede". a South Africa op die aangeleentheid toe hy hom

Onghundana oku dilila mombelewa yomakwatafano oin­ momalambo ngeenge ta va pulwa ingwanima yaNainibia moLondon , ota i hokolola kutya ounona kutya ovakwaita voPLAN ove Ii peni. Harry in sop. ovaNamibia alu she oveli momatilifo anyanyalifa naluhapu Umwe wedina Ipawa Jaqueline Iip­ otavakongwavafa oifltukuti komakakunya a South Africa 00 inge 00 eli paife moAngola ota ngeenge to a tale okwafa ashike omambungu novapwidi ovo hepununa nghene kaume kaye kwali Optrede oor uit­ vehena konasha nonghalamwenyo. ayashwa medlmo, nokwa fya konima eshi anya opo anangalwe keenghono Omakakunya atya ngaha luhapu umwe Kwall alya twa kekasperi koshilyo sho Koevoet. Ota hepununa oohadi meekamba davo noku ya omanga eli pyakidila nelihongo laye. vali nghene okangudu komakakunya latingings verwag momihandjo deefikola paupwidi Omafiku 8 July 1988 manga vali kali keli teyela moHostela nopauhasha wavo ohava denge noku tava ende nava kwao tava di kOluno yOngwediva novakwatamo vali kwata ounona vofikola keenghono. Primary School ovamona engafifi lom­ okaadona . kamwe keenghono. • Naluhapu shaashi oha va kala wifi 010 levakumwifa, konima Mehokololo laye okwa kwatelamo ALLES dui daarop dat die mnr. Booysen se snedighede omtrent vakolwa, oha shi etifa opo va dipae ovakamona shike omumati a ekama oshiningwanima shetopo loboma m u Arbeidersparty van Namibie oor Swapo ongevraagd was en dat dit sterk vamwe vomo vanafikola. mokanya nomadjadja aye a ninga Juni 1984 mOngwedivafimbo vali veli twee weke dissipliner en grond­ veroordeel behoort te word deur die Okamati keedula 16 Erastus oipambukila umwe okuulu kaye kan­ pyakidila nekonakono. wetlik teen sy nasionale voorsitter partyleiding . Die verwagting is dat 'n Haitengela okwa Ii ka popya inga oipambu. Omunaedula 10 opo U mwe wedina Aune Shilongo 00 ali opgetree gaan word weens sy skeuring mag ontstaan weens die voor­ olomakaya laya koshiongalele sha Ii ngoo afila opo. Omanga omutitatu omunafikola kofikola yopombada openbare politieke uitlatinge wat sitter se uitiatings. koLondon 29 October 1988. Osho weedula 9 ali a ehamekwa neenghono kOshigambo, okwa hokolola tati reelreguit bots met partybeleid. In 'n onderhoud met Focus het die alushe hashi ongala kodula oku petopo loboma yatya ngaha. ngeenge omakakunya a South Africa Hieroor voel partyleiers en stoere leier van die party, mnr. Reggie pwilikina omaupyakadi noixuna Okwa hokola vali nghene okwa yashwa ile a dipawa koPLAN ondersteuners van die party Diergaardt vandeesweek uit 'n moNamibia. omakakunya haa hepeke oha fululukile movakwashiwana gebelgd en die verwagting is dat hospitaalbed gese dat mnr. Booysen Erastus okwa hokola yoo vali kutya ovakulupe,ovapofi noingudu nomovanhu ovo vehena ondjo yasha die voorsitter se kop kan waai. uitiatingsnie die amptelike siening eemwedi ashike di shona dapita, okwa moshilongo sha Namibia_Omulaule opo vati va pewe ouyelele kombinga van die hoofbestuur is nie. 'Mnr. mona oiningwanima ihapu moipafi unene tuu vokoumbangalanhu alushe yoPLAN. Hierdie toe drag van sake het sy Booysen se uitiatinge op Gobabis is vir yaye tai ningwa unene tuu moum­ ihava kofa. N efimbo keshe ovateelela Okwa wedako kutya "Fye ofye oorsprong by 'n toespraak wat mnr. my as leier 'n verleentheid, want sulke bangalanhu waNamibia. Unene tuu efyo,omanyeko, omakwato Jihakanwa yoita ya South Africa" Harry Booysen verlede week in uitiatings rig groot skade aan enige okudja eshi ovanafikola vaninga keenghono,omaxwikepo omaumbo, nokwe tu tala kutya ovanyasha ofye Gobabis gemaak het toe hy snedige pogings tot onderhandelinge vir 'n ekangha omolwo eekam­ omatukano noilonga keshe ha i hatu yambidida ovakondjeli opmerKmgs jeens Swapo gemaak het .. vredeskikking in die land; het mnr. badomakakunya odo dili popepi longwa komakakunva a South Africa. manguluko noshipu kufye oku pamwe Mnr. Booysen staan hoog aangeskrewe Diergaardt gese. . neefikola. Nohadi yandje oumbada Okwa ti kutya onghalo yatya ngaho navo fye tu uye tumu kondjife. in die party hierargie van die Die Arbeiderleier het gese dat sy melihongo lavo, Erastus okwa popya oya etifa vahapu vomo vanyasha opo Lwo pexulilo Ipawa okwatonga . Arbeidersparty en is sy verteenwoor­ hoofbestuur op Saterdag 19 oor mnr. nghene a kanifaoo kaume kaye va vali, vafiyepo oshilongo. Unene tuu kutya ye okwe Ii longekida oku Iwifa diger as Minister van Vervoer in die BooysEm se uitiatings in Windhoek sal umwe weedula 19 okwa tuwa nombele ovamati shaashi ovaloloka oku omutondi fiyo a fiyapo oshilongo shaye. tussentydse regering.· besin en dat 'n volledige persverklar­ kekakunya pOndangwa omanga . xwikwa nomalusheno nokufudikwa Baie partylede is van mening dat ing daarna uitgereik sal word. 2 Friday November 041988 THE NAMIBIAN FOCUS Ovanangeshefa nopolotika

ashike efiku watamekaoilonga okwali twa pewa omhito opo tu kun- Eenghundafana pokati kaSarah ei? - dafane kombinga yonghalo Johannes nomunangeshefa a Woermann: Ofitolayetu ohai lan­ yoshilongo. fimana Meme Gaby Woerman 00 difa kondado iIi nawa, na luhapu Sarah: Onghalo yopaife ou iwete eli.omukulukadi womushamane mbela ngahelipi,unene tuu paife ohatu ningi omashiivifo komb­ ekwatafano olili mbela ngahelipi Woerman moWindhoek. Edina inga yoilandomwa yetu, unene Woerman 010 yoo la lukilwa pokati ka SWAPO, ANGOLA eengeshefa odo "Woerman Brock" tuu ngeenge tu na ofandifa. naSOUTH A.FRICA na oyo iii mo Namibia. Sarah: Oilikolomwa yeni oina omadilaadilo eli pipo una po? ongushu nefimano lashike Woermann: Onde lineekela oshidjemo moshilongo? sheenghundafana davo ota shi ka kala Sarah: Otwa kundanakutya Woermann: Ngeenge ovalandi shi etifa eenghono, opo tu mone ove omunangeshefa a kula otavalande nawa noinimaihapu emanguluko letu diva. Onghalo ei tuna paife oili i kenyeneka unene tuu noun a ehangano la kula otai hapupala paku landa nawa kombinga yeliko, otwa kala noku mokushingifa, oto dulu oku tu kwavo opo yoo paku xuma teelela emanguluko loshilongo eshi pa ouyelele? komesho. paife/oule weedula 28. Woermann: Eeno, ongeshefa yetu Sarah: Omadilaadilo oye otaa Sarah: Ou udite ngahelipi no u li 0ia fimana unene movaNamibia ti ko shike mbela konghalo ngahelipi novatilyane ava veli ovalalule shi dulife ovatilyane, yeliko lopaife 010 la fa tali pakamo mekondjo lemanguluko? Arne mwene omunangeshefa ndi shongola? Woermann: Arne mwene nghi shi yele okatongo. Arne mwene Woermann: Omadilaadilo ange naana omunapolotika,ame ondi nghishi odalele ya Namibia aaye kombinga yoghalo yomoshilongo munangeshefa ashike arne inandi MEME Gaby Woermann. hal a oku Ii pakamo mo polotika. shetu konima eshi okatokolifo 435 onde yamwe ashike ndina eep.ula Moshindowishi omuna eyeletumbulo 20, paife moNamibia onda kala koiwana yahangana ka shiivifwa, haliti longa osho welilongela. mo oule weedula 28 mo omo nda ovatilyane vahapu ova kala vena hombolel wa. Arne ondi shi oumbada nova kala tava dilaadila .Sarah: Eshakeno loye nomuPresi­ ovalal ule vahapu,movatilyane nghene vena oku Ii amena voo dent woSWAPO omushamane Sam namo onda fimana mo ndele ha vene koghalo ipe ta i vahange. Nuyoma ko Lusaka olali ngahelipi? Nava mangululwe unene. Sarah: Onghundana oi lipipo. Woermann: Eshakeno letu Sarah: Pashiivo loye Namibia to yandje moshiwana shi na nomuPresidente olali nawa lela, arne ye mwene okuna naanambela, sha netalelepo loye koshiongi mwene onda popya naye paumwene. koLusaka? . Sarah: Pamadilaadilo oye oiuyemo yafimana ifike peni? okatokolifo 435 koiwana Woermann: Oiyuyemo ihapu oha Woermann:. Onda Ii nda ha1a unene . yahangana mbela ota ka i ngaa ile nava idi movanafalama. eshi nda mona eshiivo lokuya moiIonga mefiku lotete la koLusaka, onda Ii nda kumwa unene November 1988? Sarah: Ovatalelipo vokondje, konghalo iwa yovakwashiwana Woermann: Inandi shi lineekela nomatalelepo opeenhele da vaZambia shaashi ovena ombili, oveli nande shaashi paife otuli nale mefiku· yooloka doshilongo, oha shi uditile ounwa woshilongo shavo lotete Iii November 1988. pangulwe . yandje eliko lifike peni unene, nove Ii pakamo oku yambulapo eliko loshilongo shavo. . Eliko lomo Sarah: Lwaako mwaile,kondje' koshilongo? ovanhu ove udite mbela ngahelipi ZAmbia ina tu Ii mona naana shaashi OUFIKU wetine okamba .etomhelo lasha. Eenduda datya Woermann: Eeno; ohatumono ova shi na sha nemanguluko fye vene otwali ashike mokalongo oko yoKoevoet oyo iIi popepi nghahaodo da shiyako, odo dili popepi talelipo vahapu neenghono. laNamibia, oven a ngaho kashona kedina Kambwe. noKoevoet oya umbilwe neemor­ nokamba. Sarah: Oha shi pula oulefimbo . omukumo 00 kutya 1 Nov.1988 Tete okwali twapewa omito opo tieroyo ya etifa ekwatepo lovamati Konima yetopo latya ngaha u fike peni nouwa ufike peni lepako moilonga ile ongahelipi? keshe umwe aholole omaliudo aye veli va4. omakakunya okwa hovela okudenga palando nelandifo leni kwaashi e wete, shito otwa kala ashike Woeunann: Uvena omukumo kutya Omushamane Walter George ovanhu ovo va nangala meenduda, edi nomahangano amwe, okudja hatu udu moifonghundana ndele paife otuna oku mona emanguluko diva. womoWindhoek okwa shiivifila da shiya ko nokukwatapo nee ovamati Sarah: Ombelewayovanailonga ou ombelewa yo "The Namibian" kutya ava va tumbuluwa metetekelo. i uditile ngahelipi pafikainepo ovamati vomadina taa landula ova Vavali vomovamati ava ova efiwa vo layo? kwatwapo vati melopotelo 10Mortier - ovo nee Shikongo Ndeyanale, Woermann: Arne mwene nghina oud­ oyo ya umbilwe moSingel Quarters namukwao umwe edina ina Ii shiivif­ juu kombinga yomahangano moKatutura momafiku eshi ali 6 Oc­ wa natango. Ava veli modolongo ovo ovanailonga. tober 1988. nee George A. Mika naShuuya Risto Sarah,: Eshi wa tala eliko Ovamati ava ovo George A. Mika, Kambatha. laNamibia ota li ka kala la tya Shuuya Risto Kambatha, Shikongo Natango omushamane Walter ngahelipi konima yondjiipangela? N deyanale. Pahokololo lomushamane George okwa shiivifa yookutya okwa Woermann: Lovene leetifa eenghono Walter ovamatiava ova hangika va . hetekela oku konga ovamati ava shaashi keshe umwe ota ka kalae udite . kofa. Ove wete ashike eshi oKoevoet ta keepolifi ndilili nokulili enyamukulo ounhwa noshilongo shaye. Notashi ka i konghola peenduda davo, nokonima eli ha mono okutya ashike ka ve . pendulapo oinima ihapu unene. ova pendulwa noku kwatwapopehena shiivike kutya oveli peni. Omushamane Walter George ota in- dile nefimaneko ovamamti ava va pangulwe, nova shiivifwe yoo kutya ( EFIYAFANO LO NORTHERN NAMIBIA TAXIS oveli peni nova ninga shike.

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THE NAMIBIAN FOCUS Friday November 0419883 WERKERS STAAK Een glo aangerand Op Stampriet

KOSHUISWERKERS in diens van Die bron beweer dat 'n direkteur uit die Administrasie vir Blankes op Windhoek gestuur is om die omstan­ Stampriet het van 20 Oktober dighede aangaande die staking te gestaak in simpatie met 'n ondersoek. medewerker wat na bewering deur N a bewe~irig het die direkteur eers 'n skoolhoof op die perseel met die blanke cinderwysers aangerand is. oeraadslag en daarna die stakende werkers toegespreek. Die werker, mnr. Adam Frederick, is Die bron beweer dat die direkteur nie na bewering deur mnr. Marius Meers, 'n behoorlike vergadering met die die skoolhoof, aangerand. N a verneem werkers bele het nie en dat die saak Kaptein Hendrik Witbooi is hier besig om die groot skare tydens die jaarlikse heidedag-vieringe op word weier agt werkers steeds om hul nog nie opgelos is nie . Gibeon toe te spreek. Hierdie dag staan opgeteken as 'n geskiedkundige gebeurtenis in die . werk voort te sit alvorensdiejarelange Die werkers voer aan dat hulle net S amibiaanse volksgeskiedenis. beweerde onreelmatighede bygele veronderstel is om agt ure per dag te word. werk, maardathulle oortyd moet werk Na bewering het mnr. Meers geen waarvoor hulle glo geen betaling ont­ belang by die koshuis nie: "Sy huis is yang nie. Niks kan die land se slegs op die koshuiswerf," het 'n Mej. Lauta Goases se dat sy na 17 werker aan Focus gese. jaar diens slegs R274 as salaris ont­ Volgens die werker was daar eers 'n vang."Wanneer ons op 'n verhoging woordewisseling waarin die skoolhoof aandring, word aangevoer dat ons glo vir mnr. Fredericks gev loek het en beter as die blankes willewe;' het een onafhanklikhe·idstuit. hom na bewering fisies aan,gerand het. onderbetaalde werker gese. Die wer ker het homself glo teen die "Vir die afgelope jare het baie van aanslagverdedig ,het die bron gese. N a ons om oorplasings gevra, maar ons bewering is mnr. Fredericks deur die versoeke het op dooie ore geval;' het die Almal moet help - Witbooi skoolhoof gedwing om uit sy werk te bron gese. "Noudat ons gestaak het, is ------DEUR DA'OUD VRIES"------­ bedank. Al die werkers het blykbaar h ulle van plan om ons na ander plekke die dag uitgestap uit protes en uit oor te plaas." 'N KLEURVOLLE heidedag van die Withooi-stam is verlede naweek op Gibeon gehou en het meegevoel met die verontregte werker. Die bron beweer ook dat 'n mnr. die groot getal toeskouers teruggevoer na die anti-koioniale stryd teen die Duitse koioniale magte. Die bron voer verdeI' aan dat die Johan Kotze, die kosh uisvader wou he Die geleentheid is 'n jaarlikse instelling waartydens die heIde, wat huIIewens opgeoffer het in werkers vir die afgelope 20 jaar met dat die werkers verlofvorms moes in­ die stryd herdenk word en veral ontsiape Kaptein Hendrik Witbooi, wat die koionisasie van sy hierdie soort behandeling moes vu!' Die werkers het blykbaar geweier grondgebied tot die bitter einde teengestaan het. saamleef en as hulle protesteer, word om die vorms te teken omdat hulle nie hulle met afdanking gedreig. amptelik met verl9f was riie en dat Die verrigtinge het op Krantplatz Hy het gese datdie ontslape kaptein ' die koloniale-magte was die witman "Selfs vroue word deur witmans by hulle uit protes gestaak het. ongeveer 8km van Gibeon begin op die reeds in daardie stadi urn in nasionale aan die eenkant en die inboor linge aan die hostel aangerand;' het die bron Hoewel die werkers die volle lone vir werfvan Kaptein Dawid Witbooi, die belang gedink het. die anderkant, het hy gese. gese. verlede maand ontvang het, is hulle pa van die huidige kaptein. Kaptein Hendrik Witbooi het tydens Vandag is daar swartmense wat baat 'n Vroue werker, mej. Lauta Goases, nie seker ofhulle vandeesmaand betal­ Kaptein Hendrik Witbooi, ook die 'n inligtingstoespraakoor die huidige gevind het by die kolonisasie en wat het vir 17 jaar by die koshuis gewerk ing sal kry nie. vise-president van Swapo, het gese dat politieke verwikkelinge gese dat graag daarmee sal moet lewe. en is volgens haar in 1974 aangerand" Die stakings was by Focus se ter die perseel 'n historiese gedenkwaar­ Namibie uit die hande van een Hy het die tussentydse regering maar het niks daarvan geword nie. perse gaan steeds aan die gang. digheid het rakende die anti-koloniale koloniserende mag na die ander vergelyk met die Franse Revolusie, stryd. "Hierdieis dieperseel waardie verander het. waar die bourgeoisie die pogings van eerste petisie na die Verenigde Volkere Hy het gese -rlat baie leiers in die die onderdrukte klasse onderskep en r---·------..., Organisasie deur my pa en hoofman koloniale strik geval het vir materiele 'n kapitalistiese regering daargestel Hosea Kutako opgestel;' het hy gese. gewin. het. . Pastoor W. M. Jod, wat by die perseel Hy hetgesedatdieontslapekaptein Hoofman Garoeb hetgese dat dit Iyk 'n toespraak gelewer het, het die stryd. 'n beroep op sy mede-leiers gedoen het asof meet van elkeen verwag word Iflf W.AY TOI van die Witbooi-voorvaders vergelyk. omdat hy gevoel het dat as die Duitsers noudat die oorlog besig is om aan 'n met die van die Israeliete en gese dat hom of die ander verslaan, almal ui­ eindekom. hul dade vereer moet word. . teindelik sonder grond sou sit. "Ons almal moet 'n daadwerklike Kaptein Witbooi het 'n beroepop die Kaptein Witbooi het gese dat ten deel bydra om Namibie op hierdie mense gedoen om die geskiedkundige ' spyte van Suid-Afrika se pogings om kritieke oomblik van die koloniale juk p~sson! gebeure te respekteer en daarop voort die onafhanklikheidsproses van · te verlos;' het hy gese. te bou. Namibie te vertraag, dit 'n moet is dat Kaptein Witbooi het in sy kaptein­ - Van Krantplatz het die perderuiters die land op een of ander tyd srede gese dat verskillende mense as deel van die seremonie terug- gereis onafhanklik sal word. uitgestuur word om die boodskap van na die huis van die huidige Kaptein. Die tradisionele lewe van die mense "vrede" te verkondig. By die Kapteinswoning het die amp- . in die Suide was oak baie goed uitgebeeld tydens die feestelikheid. Hy het gese dat hierdie MAIRIC!TICK V COVERS ALL NATIONAL CORE SYLLABUS telike seremonie begin . . Vanjaar se fees was uniek in die sin Vroue vanjonk tot oud het met tradi­ vredesprofete van 1978 rondloop om DHISTORY dat die 100-jarige kapteinskap van die sionele lappies-rokke die fees hul idee van vrede aan mense oor te ontslape oud-kaptein, Hendrik Wit­ bygewoon. dra. DBIOLOGY _ booi spesifiek herdenk is. Die rokke, wat oudergewoonte steeds "Tot nou het ons geen vrede gehad o ·.' Die program het hoofsaaklik in die Sui de gedra word, is as die tradi -. nie. Dit bly net by beloftes;' hethy gese. DMET ANDER konsentreer op die huidige politieke sionele drag aanvaar, maar was 'n NoudatResolusie 435 ter sprake is, WOORDE .EN • 0 verwikkelinge rondom die im­ materiele noodsaaklikheid. is hulle weer in verskillende kleure plementering van Resolusie 435. Saterdagnamiddag het die uitgestu urI "Die keer moet julle jul oe BEGRIPSTOETSE e Oral by die byeenkoms het baniere perderuiters 'n skyntoneel aangebied oopmaak en kyk wie hulle is;' het hy PRACTISE gewapper met die woorde: "Kaptein- omtrent die koloniale oarlog -si tuasie. gese. DGEOGRAPHY MATRIC 10 jaar, Cassinga - 10 jaar, Resolusie In die toneel is die militere kundigheid . Hy het 'n ope vraag aan die mense D MATHEMATICS IN YOUR 435 -10 jaar, 10 years not yet uhuru." van die Witbooi-vegters uitgebeeld en gestel en gevra ofhulle die profete hier­ OWN HOME Pastoor Kooper van die Rooinasie­ is die onkundigheid van die Duitsers die keer sal glo. ALGEBRA R19.98 + GST R2.39 starn op Hoachanas het gese dat die omtrent die omgewihg uitgewys. 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Hopelik sal die heldedag aans­ help om die vyand in groepies aan te ' die een wat die voorvaders geveg het. taandejaar in 'n vrye Nambie gevier durfnie;' het hy gese. Tydens diee weerstandsoorloe teen word.

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'n Skynaanval deur die Nama-krygers soos uitgevoer tydens die heldedag-vieringe Saterdag op Gibeon. . 4 Friday November 04 1988 THE NAMIBIAN FOCUS BONGA EN NOG MOEILIKE GEDIGTE V ANDEESWEEK verskyn die laaste aflewering vanb prof., gereer word. Breytenbach, alombekend vanwee sy (12) "die d ag op nuweland" (b) Met watter aspekte ("kenmerke" ) politieke betrokkenheid by Suid­ (Jeanne Goosen) Geor ge Weideman se reeks oor voorgreskrewe werk vir v an-, Afrika, is een van die sterkste figure jaar se m atrikulante. Foku s hoop en glo dat die beh andelde van die tipiese Afrikaner-volksmoeder Soos h aar tydgenote val Goosen word hier die spot gedryf? na i 960. Sy gedigte (waarvan hierdie dikwels (die Afrikaner se) heilige koeie werke van groot nut en w aarde sal wees vir die literatuu r stu die ,(c) Satire word,gekenmerk deur die een u it sy debuutbundel, Die aan. Kleinburgerlikheid is een van die vraestel wat aanstaande week geskryf word. V oorspoed aan vermenging van "waarheid" ,(feit) en ysterkoei moet sweet, 'n voorbeeld is) aile niatrikulante. teikens, en oppervlakkigheid (bv. die , ' ~oordrywing". Toon die oordrywing is beeldryk en verbeeldingryk. Hy ophemeling van rugby as "nasionale (hiperbole) in die gedig aan. werk veral graag met assosiasies en sy Vandag bespreek ons vir oulaas enkele kulturele milieu geteken: hy speel sport")word in hierdie gedig spesifiek ' (d) Kan ons se die tant is oppervlakkig. gedigte laat sorns aan vrye ingewings aan die kaak gestel. Dit is veral die gedigte, en ons verstrek ook die ant­ gholf en tennis, reel tiekieaande (weet Dui met voorbeelde aan. dink: uit die een beeld groei die woorde op die vrae oor Bonga. jy wat dit is?), bevind hom skynbaar in parodie van hierdie oordrywing wat (e) Die digter maak veral gebruik van . volgende verrassende beskrywing. Dis aan die gedig stukrag verleen, die Ongel ukkig is daar nie tyd om ook nog 'n samelewing wat geredelik tot die die enumerasie- of opsomtegniek. mede as gevolg hiervan -dat die vet- na Periandros van Korinthe te ky k finansiele sy van die skool kan bydra gedig selfeindig met oordrywing. Dat Waarom, en hoe? skyning van sy eerste bundel'in 1964 die gedignie leestekens bevat nie (jets _ nie; maar oor hierdie drama bestaan ' {vgl. v. 3), endaaris genoeggeldomdie (1) Pas die beelde van die "kupidon" in , soveel opspraak verwekhet. Breyten­ 'n baie bruikbare blokboek, terwy 1le t­ skoolterniin met grasperke te versier. wat trouens kenmerkend van heelwat " barokpaleise" en die Weense , bacb breek met (alle) bestaan'op di ~ ' s lotvrae kan, oorheers dikwels die vorm, sodat houd) van strofe 5 "onvolma ak" die grootdoenierigheid (van die groot Wat hy uiteindelik doen, is om meer as verstrek. Kanjy? gedigte minderwoordekonomies lyk. aangebied word (d .w.s. met die kwakelaar op die troon). So toon die net'n satire of oorvloed( =kapitalisme, {e)Duidierymskemaaan. Hoe dradit Ook " Die tante" lyk eerder na 'n oor­ versteurde sinsbou? vorming van die woord paddaksioom materialisme)te skryf. Hier is die slot­ by tot die verhaalagtigheid van die daad wOQrde. Maar is dit nie presies (c) Dui teenstellings en ironiee in die reeds die grootdoenerigheid: dis 'n woorde ("iussenin te veel mooi weer") gedig? (Sluit dit aan by iets wat in 'n ' hoe die gesette, middeljarige vrou lyk gedigaan. grootdoenerige woord, en dit se iets sentraal: daar is te min storms in die werklike boksgeveg met tydsverloop te nie? Die hekelgedig lewereintlik skerp (d) Wie is die spreker in die gedig? waaruit slegs arrogansie spreek: pad­ lewe, m.a.w. te min uitdagings en ,doenhet?) kommentaar op die Suid-Afrikaanse Skryf'n kort lewenskets uit wat u kan daksioom onomstootlike struikelblokke, wat die mens mag samelewing, en op die teenstelling feitelikhede volgens die paddas. Pad­ louter (suiwer) in sy poging om (7) "Die skoolhoof" (8.J. Pretoriu s) aflei. tussen die vrou en haar heerssugtige (e) Verklaar "paddavisse", "swashkas", das hoef nie te bewys wat hulle se anderkant uit te kom. Omdatdit veral Pretorius , soos Ernst van Heerden en ' en hebsugtige wereld aan die een kant "hond" en "seevoel (wat) dooie nagte (kwaak) nie - paddas praat in 'n soort 'op Suider-Afrikaanse omstandighede D.J. Opperman 'n "Veertiger", skryf en die wereld van haar tuinier (vif opdis as 'n maal". ' taal wat nie om opheldering vra nie. toegepas is (vgl. die talle verwysings), kan ons se die spreker druk 'n diepe graag deernisvol oor die pyn en ellende ' haar: "tuinjong") aan die ander kant. (1) Waarom suggereer "dink" (v.2) dat Natuurlik is so 'n gedig dan vanself van die mens. Ook hierdie gedig oor die kommer uit oor die Suid-Afrikaanse Vrae ,ware oiltvlugting 'n illusie is? woordryk - die woordrykheid (nog {stereotipe)wereld van die skoolhoofis beter: geswolle taalgebruik) p as by die mens se gemis aan sinvolle lyding. nie onsimpatiek nie. Die skoolhoof ' (a) Beskryfdie tante se fisiese en ander (10) "'n Brief van hulle vakansie" inhoud. Voorts wil die gedigmeer wees Die land (= Suid-Afrika) het te word natuurlik teen 'n bepaalde , eienskappe soos dit in die gedig gesug- , (Breyten Breytenbach) as net 'n speelse satire. Die uitbeelding gemaklik en te gerieflik en v~ral te op­ van die veragting ofbespottingwat die pervlakkig geword (vgl. veral die geringes (die "tjiepaddatjies" e.a.) vir tweede en derde strofes). die grootdoeneriges voel, word Vrae uiteraard simbool vir iets wat in die POKfiKWIYO HfiRDWfi;tE menslike samelewing veel voorkom: (a) Gaan veral die teenstellings na. grootsprakerigheid en vernaam­ (b) Wat daar is, word duidelik OLOHO CASH AHD CARRY doenery teenoor nederigheid en, . genoem. Wat ontbreek, 66k, soms eenvoud. by implikasie. Toon aan aan watter Keshetuu , dinge die spreker werklik behoefte Oitungifomwa, Vraag het, en waarom. Is dit ook Eepainta, Forall: ­ Maak 'n lysie van die " Padda­ simbolies? Oshamende, Building mater.ial afrikaans" in die gedig: al die (c) Waarom noem die spreker "sei­ Oipilangi, pai nt/cement/tools "vreemde" samestellings. Probeer soene" en "menings" in dieselfde Oipeleki, electrical wiring vasstel uit watter woorde h ulle versreel in sintaktiese verband? Oilongifoyo wood/zinc saamgestel is, en hoe die oorspronklike' (d) Die apokoinou is 'n baie ou betekenisse weerspreek in die "nuwe" malusheno, opo ta i Ver volg op volgende b lad sy monika pokakwiyu woord(e). Ongodi 199, Ondangwa Tel: 199, Ondangwa Oluno Cash & Carry Oluno Cash & Carry Ode pot yo malodu Liquor Depot Obotolo Bottle store Body Sprays, Ofi t 01 a yo ikutu yo tate! nts, General Dealer COSMETIC GENERAL DEALER Mens Outfitters & ONGODI 85 TEL : 85 ONDANGWA Perfume, Hand ONDANGWA SALES Body Lotions, Perm Productions, Hair Care Products PLUS ... POKAKWIYO OLOHO CASH A Range of .. Patent Medicines HARDWARE AnD CARRY Come and visit YOUR Chemist in KATUTURA (Behind the Katutura Bar) THE NAMIBIAN FOCUS Friday November 04 19885

Vervolg van vorige bladsy _ aan Bonga (ook sy fisieke voorkoms het ' swarte (p. 40); die krui~ie om Maria se die sweep slaan, laat die bloed hom (p.39) Maria voel egter beskerm deur iets paps, "asof die beenstruktuur wat nek: "Haar persoon vergete, sy hart­ "koud word tot in sy murg. Dithet hom die "ondeurdringbare verskansing" stylfiguur, so genoem wanneer die die vel en vleis van binne stut, ingegee stogvergete" (p.55); sy intensie belew­ laat dink aan die lyf die aand te@!ndie (p. 78) van die aringa! Bonga v lug egter ,betekenis van 'n woord in sinsverband het ..." ing van die huwelikseremonie (p.63); houtkruis" (p.40). Op p.80 ruik Bonga ("begin ... mu ur van die aringa skeur" vorentoe en agtertoe werksaam is, (iv) Vasd'Areujo -geboortiguit 'n klein die wyse waarop hy die kruisie lek die "nat bloed van die afgeslagte bok,". (p.121). - as Bonga die aringa-muur Diefiguur kom baie by Cloetevoor, en dorpie, arm gesin -all!3 rede om prazo (p.75); sy vraag omtrent die doel van As hy die hut binnegaan lees ons: "Dis skeur (p.121), is dit 'n simboliese uit­ dit werk woordekonomie in die hand, te begeer -is fisies aangetrokke tot die Christus se kruisdood aan die luite­ benoud en warm en ruik na bloed" breek na vryheid -'n l:ieweeg-na-die-lig Thon enkele voorbeelde aan, blanke (klem opwit) Maria -geweldige nant (p.111); sy gesprekke met (p.81). Op p.89 sak die son in "rooi bloed toe. (ei Dui enkele enjambemente en hul afkeer van halfbloede; minstens Augustino(p.119); sy gebed(p.123); en agtel' die rante". Die geur van blomme Wat gebeur na Bonga se dood met die funksies aan, sterker as sy geneigdheid om teenoor die kruisteken wat hy in die sand trek versterk die "roering" in Inacia M. se aring-muur (in die beskrywing?) Die (p.124); die wyse warop hy Maria se bloed (p.91) As Bonga die bok keel-af ANTWOORDE: Bonga (of enigeen) te getuig van die onafwendbare ondergang van die hele Here. prente deurkyk (p.125); sy begeerte om sny, lees ons: "Die bloed spuit uit" nedersetting word gel:t.onkretiseer (Oorgekom in Focus van 3 Nov.) sy kind te laat doop (p.131); sy begrip (p.103) Op p.105 is gemorste bloed in (v) lnacia Maria -doodgewoon -grofvan deur die voorkoms van die heining: 21. vir die priester se (valse) versoek dat die sand ... aan die hard word", Die borne plek-plek do.od; uitgekap vir (i) skynheiligheid van die luitenant bou - koppig - een van die min blanke , die gewere uitdie kerk verwyder moet swartou vrouens kniel "oor hullekom­ hubare dogters van prazero's - een­ brandhout (p.156) -'as D'Areujo ui­ (ii) bygelowigheid v,an die - word(p.144);diewysewaarophyopsy metjies bloed" wanneer hulle bid, teindelik die hele dorpie laat uitbrand kommandant saam - dwaal dikwels op prazo rond kniee neersak as hy die priester sien (p,106) N.B.: die bloed meng met die (vlug van haar ou!!rs?) -is aan genade en die laaste halbloed platskiet, is die (iii) modus operandi van gewetelose (p. 145). druppels van die wywater -" Die bloed blik op die toneel 'n finale bevestiging koloniale moondhede; hul gierigheid van swart oppasters oorgelaat -sterk van Bonga". ingestel op die seksuele -verwaar loos 47. Die "Christene" beleef nie die van die uitwissing: (iv) die kerk is as middel tot doel , Christendom genoegsaam nie. Veral (3) Funksie: (spesifiek). Die woord misbruik algaande haar godsdiens (stof op die "Hy self(Vas) het die groot donker man kruisie) -herwin to later iets daarvan: , Inacia Maria (onthou die simboliek bloed in Bonga hou enersyds ver­ met die swart borshare wat in die hek Lees die gedig Die Blokhuis (Olga doop van kind. van haar tweede naam 1); luitenant band met sy "barbaar-wees" en ander­ van die aringa kom staan het, geweer Kirsch -p,306 in Groot Verseboek)­ D'Areujo en die priester (hoe ironies!). syds behoefte aan die Christendom. dwars voor sy Iyf gehou, geskiet. Hek hier is die toepassingsdeel: 31. woon in land waar mag reg is - N. InaciaMaria laat by, toe datdie ou vrou Dink ook allereers

besit het of sou besit) praat nie met ba,rbare oor die Here (wildekat) tot byna-bekeerling, wat /-"' .... nie." dan geoffer word. 30. (i) kommandant - ineer belang in handel met iVQor as menselewens(vgl. 44. Sy soeke na die Christendom. (2) Voorbeelde: in die gevegte teen die AVAILABLE at your sy liggaamlike papheid -simbolies van 45. Bonga word in die kerk halfbloede 'n hitte in Bonga se bloed sy innerlike futloosheid); doodgeskiet (p.l49 e.v.) Sy besluit om (p.21); en "as die Iyf deurboor word, het local supermarket sy kind te laat doop, was 'n openbaring die bloed oor sy hande geloop" (p.22). (ii) Dos Santos - skuif verant­ Ons lees van die druppels "bloed" wat woorClelikheid'om met 'n haifbloed te van Bonga se behoefte aan die Trade enquiries: ACE DISTRIBUTORS Christendom. Maar omdat D'Areujo uit die voet van die Christusbeeld trou op sy dogter - omkoopgeskenk! "sypel" (p.31). Op p.34sien Bonga die en die priester (van alle mense) geen (vgl. ook die tekening van hierdie "bloed in die sy" (van die beeld) groter TEL: 225647 ware Christene is nie, faal sy poging. dronklap op die bruilof- ". .. sonder stut word, "hy dink aan die wat hy gedood POBOX 6470 ... inhoudlose hopie.,.") 46, (Aanvanklik) intui tief -dit blyk uit het vannag" (eerste besef van (iii) Priester Fernandes vertoon die gedagte van die " wit muur" wat sonde/skuld?) Bonga probeer sy bloed WINDHOEK dieselfde futlose, neutrale hom pia, later konkreet: die kerkmuur (passie.. .) versadig "by die ander jong toegeeflikheid - laat soldate toe om (p.30); sy reaksie by die Christusbeeld meide... maar die drif in hom kon nie 9000 gewere in kerk te bring, maar weier dit (p.31); sy reaksie op die bloed van die bedaar nie"(p.40). As hy die swarte met 6 Friday November 04 1988 THE NAMIBIAN FOCUS

FOCUS on letters/briewe/eembiliv'e Ovafimanekwa an do omulongi kehe a gwana owala ku ninga oku fila ounye. Nyee onye olye . okulonga iilongwa iyali ngele oyind­ omu shii shike, nohamu longo shike? RUSLAND ONS ovaNamibia ji, oshoka ngaashi kooPrimary School Lungameni ekondjoii hena oshili 010 EFIMBO keshe fyee ovaholimbili opuna uudhigu, unene tuu pethimbo Ii na okuuhala mondjoko yomutondi pamwe noilyo yoNANSO fye ohatu Iyekonakono, ekonakono ohali nyolwa ngaho. Mu shii kuwapeka eendjovo, VRIEND · SWAPO mutu omukumo kokuyta, vakwetu koshipelende, gweye oto nyolele nyee hamu fula hamu fula oufimba mu ovakwashiwana nyee ava tamupopi ooclass dhi yule mbali pethimbo he ushi nowooshikoko onga shikwao, kutya ovananfikola eshi hatu di limwe. Aanona yoshigwana shetu omo mwa fa ihamu u hala tamu lopota meefikola katu wete eshi hatu ningi. ye Ii momagumbo yena oonzapo ana oshiwana. Owe shi mona rtgahelipi? Ove ou toti pomahala omwa hala owala Onda limbililwa kandi shii oku WESTE WEIER HULP ngaha oumuNamibia ngaho shili? kaazazayi. mwaama. Umwe ile vamwe vomo Arne ongo munafikola nondili oshilyo Oto adha ngaashi kOngwediva vakwashiwana ndele tava mono omupya wekwato nye otamu ti oulayi sho NANSO nokuli shapo ohandi ti Training College aantu otaa kongo KOMMUNISTE ofRuslandhetnog Afrika) se pogings om die volk van wavo. Ku sha mukweni to popi ku nyee natu mutile ngahelipi muli omulongi gwo (Physical Education) geen Mrika-Iand koloniseer nie, Namibi'e te verdeel, hetSwapo daarin moshiwana ndele onye ita mu tu ondelela, oshinima oshipu sha gwana shoye to tale omesho. N geenge . pa geslaag om met die slagspreuk 'Een mangululwa vamwe, va ninga. maar is die enigste lande wat die kumwe nasho. ashike okulongwa nande okomuntu ta N amibie Een Yolk' die mense van die eepapeta. Opapeta hayi holoka efiku onderdrukte volke van Afrika te Ngeenge kuuditeko,omukulu zi mo Six, osho nee to adha tashi land te verenig;' het mnr. Muvanga lemangululo yo inayi holoka nale, ta hulp sne!. Daarom be400rt hulle as wonale okwa tile ofilu imana, inamu . longwa komuPhiliphyne ena onzapo gese. shi ti nee ngahelipi. vriende van Namibie gesien te ya moita nondavi shiwana. Fye otu eyi thigulula, anuwa okuna (odegree) Die etniese radio-dienste is ingestel Shiwana Ii longeni oku popya oshili word. shishi eshi hatu ningi, fyee ava twa onkatu ndele noku lesha oko ngaa Dit is die mening van mnr. Mbapewa vir indoktrinasie en om op die basis efa oipupulu, popyeni oinima eyi mu hala nohatu kondjele ombili keeshi. Aalongi yo Six ana omwe ya Muvanga wat Sondag 'n Swapo­ van taalverskille die mense te verdeel kuthilemo shike ngele nani ka mu shi. yoshiwana shetu. vergadering op Rehoboth toegespreek sodat hulle nie as een yolk die reger­ wete mba ya gwana okulonga? Nye ava mwa popya ngaha dim­ het. Die vergadering is deur sowat 200 ing kan teenstaan nie. bulukweni omutondi ota kondjo efim­ Shigwana penduka. POPYENINAWA NAUYOMA POBOX 11045 mense bygewoon, selfs die Win­ Hy het ook 'n beroep op die jeug ge­ bo keshe opamwe nomalandwam­ dhoekse Veiligheids Polisie doen om waaksaam te wees vir die bongo aye opo ash unifeoshi wana shaa LIISA-KAANDA NEPEMBE LUSAKA 9000 onderleidingvan Kolonel Willem Nel ' para-militere strategie'e wat veral in holimbili aaNamibia monima. Ashike POBOX€l47 en sy video-manne was deurentyd op­ die skole gebruik word om leerlinge fye ita tu sholola nartde ita tu shuna ONDANGWA sigtelik teenwoordig. weg te rokkel van die stryd na 9000 monima nande efiku limwe. South Affrica nodhino ye "Swapo was die eerste om by die onafhanklikheid. PITIKENDJE ndje neli popye sha kom­ Westerse-Iande om hulp te gaan vra "Die kadet-ooleiding en veldskole TUYENIKELAO N.SPOT Ekondjo leni olili pedu om Suid-Afrikaanse kolonialisme ef­ waarby die jeug betrek word, is om POBOX334 binga yomatanga ga South Africa? Otashi vulika omuntu gontumba azi fektief te beveg, maar is op subtiele geloofwaardigheid aan weermag­ ONDANGWA OVAKWASHIWANA nye, nye mboli wyse weggewys. Rusland of die kom­ aktiwiteitetegee;'hetmnr.Muvanga 9000 wala hoka aza teya okugamena ndje ota mu danauka nekondjo. Oshili yeni komumwandje. South Africa oho Ii munistiese lande is die enigste wat ons gese. limaliwa yokufuta oyili peni shiwana? Omu Ii tuu mekon­ pula ngaa kutya aanona mboho kala in hierdie opsig kon help," het mnr. Niks wat Suid-Afrika loods sal tot djo ngaashi omunhu a pashuka, e wete to tidhatidha aana yetu, oushishi ngaa Muvanga gese. vpordeel van die yolk strek nie en sal aalongi nenge ko, ile ongomunhu a pofipala? ngele oushishi thigapo evi Iyetu. Hy het hierdie stelling in die lig van die Namibiaanse volk nie na omahala Omakanya eni omwafa hamu a Shuna kaandjeni oshoka owa tulapo die regeringspropaganda dat Swapo onafhanklikheid lei nie, het hy gese. kamene opo pehena oushili wa sha? uutondwe pokati komuntu na mum­ vir 'n kommunistiese stelsel in 'n Mnr. Muvanga het voorts die ONDA hala oku uva, kutya ngele Naapo pena oushili omolwashike wayina. Otwa vulwa oku lila oosa onafhanklike Namibie koester, samesprekinge tussen die ultra­ poskola puna ehala (opoosa) ongele hamu pungulukile po? dhaamwainathana taa dhipaga thana gemaak engese dat Suid-Afrika en sy . regsgesinde Afrikaanse Weerstand ngiini. pakutala kwandje ohaneli mono Shiwana oku mweneka okanya koye, omolwoye. westerse bondgenote die enigste Beweging (AWB) veroordeel en 'n pooskola odhindji puna uunona owin­ shaashi epopyo loye nejhumbato loye . Tu ethel a ombili yetu, tse otwa vyande van die strydende beroep op die inwoners van Rehoboth lopauvaya ota Ii ke ku shundulifa dji, ndele omwaalu gwaalongi yuulukwa ombili yevi Iyetu dhim­ Namibiaanse massas is. Kom­ gedoen om te verenig om sodoende omushona. oto adha poskola puna nokukupangulifa. Mbela ngeenge owa bulukwa kutya kakuna gwaa imine munisme is 'n ideologie waarmee die hierdie regse pogings teen te staan. omulongi (aalongi) ha longo koongun­ ka pangulwa mwaasho u he shi na iha gu kuka kakuna omuvalwa iha 'mense in die vryemark-ekonomie Mnr. Erastus Handuba het gese dat du dha yooloka, tashi vulika dhili ouyelel, mbela oto ka nyamukula lande altyd mee afgeskrik word. Suid-Afrika reg van die begin teen die I yuulukwa kegumbo Iyawo. ndatu. / ngahelipi? Shiwana omuna eendjovo The itatu sholola sigo namibia Iya Mnr.MuvangahetgesedatSwapo'n implementering van resolusie 435 Gum{..,e oha longo ongundu ina domitotoodotadi ulikenaanaouvaya manguluka kutya nee ota shi pula huishoudelike naam oral in die wereld gekant was en alles in sy vermoe ge­ uunona u vule po, ye ohe yi longo woye. Ou shii shike ove? Oshike nee · omwenyo nenge eso. Shi tu Iya shi tu geword het en dat die internasionale doen het om die instelling daarvan te koongundu dha yooloka, tashi vulika shinene u shii ove? manapo. Namibia olyetu woo, woo wereld hom met die vryheidstryd van omseil. Ngeno owali ushishi ngeno South dhili omilongohetatu, uunona wa South Africa otwa Iya shike ano shoye Namibiane begin identifiseer het. . Hy het gese. dat Swapo nie die Africa naye ine shiiva ngaho mbela. gwana oongundu mbali ndele ohau ihashi 'futwa, popya. Kawe ketu Hierdie toedrag van sake het 'n doring resolusie aanvaar het uit 'n posisie van longwa owala komulongi gumwe oye . Oho tuvikile shike ove? wamanaoUraan wa landitha. Ngopolo in die vlees vir die Suid-Afrikaanse swakheid nie, maar dat die organisasie awike ti. Poskola yatya ngawo nande ' Ile owa hala wuude ndele to ka lopota. mevi wa shundula. Yamakuti waantu regering geword deurdat hy van alles daardeur sy bewilligheid getoon het opu ningilwe eindilo, oha ku tiwa diva. Oushi shii ngaa kutya South', wa dhipaga yaye ngoye South Africa. met 'n Swapo-etiket mee wil wegdoen. vir 'n vreedsame oplossing. owata kapuna poosa. . Africa, haye etu mangeni ye haye ta ~'O p 'n stadium was Swapo verbied Hy het ook die geloofwaardigheid Oshinima shino nda popi oha shi imbi tu manguluke? Omu shi shii ngaa' NDALOLOKA OKULILIFA om open bare vergadering's te hou, van Suid-Afrika rakende die resol usie monika owala koo Primary School kutya onye venevene mwe Ii kolonyeka' POBOX1210 maar ons het dit gehou tot die bevraagteken en het gese dat hy, ter­ omanga kosekondere omulongi oha fiyo opapa. OSHAKATI spesifieke wetgewing in die hof wyl die onderhandeling 001' die longo iilongwa iyali nenge shimwe, South Africa ngeno ka Ii ha mono 9000 suksesvol beredeneer en later skikplan in Geneve aan die gang was, kooklass dhili nande mbali. Ano omalopotelo eni vakwashiwana ngeno geskraap is;' het hy gese. Kassinga aangeval het. "Dit is 'n aalongi mba haa longo meeSekondary kena eenghono oku pangela namibia. Mnr. Muvanga het verwys na die bewys dat hy nie eerlik is nie." naamba hatu longo kooPrimary otu Shiwana otamu shunifa monima onlangse verbod op die dra van Mnr. Paul Kalenga, die president vulathane peni? Yo yamwe oyane een­ osho kwa Ii shiwana oku humifwa ; Namibie-dag T-hempies en het gese: van N anso, het ook die opregtheid van zapo dhi thike pamwe. komesho. Tam u teya opo pali pa wana ; "Ons sal dit dra". Suid-Afrika bevraagteken. Pamadhiladhilo gandje ondi wete okutungwa. Okutwa omukumo omwe I Hy het gevra hoekom 'n verbod "Die kwessie van implementering daarop geplaas is en of dit die moet nie die vraag wees me -ons moet uitbeelding van Ongulumbashe is. vasberade wees," het hy gese. Ongulumbashe is 'n plekkie in die "Suid-Afrika het gewys dat hy net noorde van die land waar die koloniale die taal van reaksie verstaan en ons magte van Suid-Afrikaen die People's programme moet baseer wees op die Liberation Army ofNamibie (PLAN), slagspreuk -Die Stryd Duur Voort;' het die militere-vleuel van ::iwapo, VII' dIe mnr. Kalenga gese. eerste keel' in 'n militere konfrontasie Die geskiedenis het bewys dat slaags geraak het, na die beweging se vryheid nie op 'n skinkbord verkry kan besluit om die gewapende stryd te wordnie. "Ditisdiemensewathulself begin. van die koloniale juk moet verlos". "Ten spyte van die vyand (Suid- Suid-Afrika sal as 'n verloorder uit die stryd tree as die mense van N amibi 'e nou opstaan en h ul vry heid opeis, het hy gese. "Toe die president van Swapo, mnr. Sam N ujoma, hierdie jaar as die jaar van eenheid en massa-aksie verklaar het, het hy 'n voorgevoel gehad dat Suid-Afrika deur diplomatieke en militere dade gedreig sou word om oor te gee .." Mnr. Kalenga het die skare KEUE meegedeel dat die ware mag by hulle RESTAURANT Ie en nie.by die tussentydse-of die Suid­ Afrikaanse regering nie. Try us every day at all ho "Swapo se stryd gaan nie net om politieke vryheid nie, maar hy vegteen for our special quick food armoede." and groceries. Hy het 'n beroep op die yolk van Namibie gedoen om hulle te organiseer en aktiewe lede te word van die vryheidsbeweging, Swapo. KATUTURA "Net as ons aktiewe lede word, kan ons die Suid-Afrikaanse regering MARKET beveg;' het mnr. Kalenga gese. Daar wag groot uitdagings as resolusie 435 implementeer word, het Support us for the best hy gese. @ ------in Katutura. Mnr. Kalenga het voorts gese dat die ~ ~ Summer koloniale beleid in die skole deur die sillabus propageer word en het die ~ Fashion for the best time leerlinge en die studente daarteen ; of the year from LIBERO. 'gewaarsku. Die verbode Namibie-dag T-hempies is onder die wakende oe van die veiligheidspolisie by die vergadering verkoop, maar die vergadering het sonder enige voorval verloop. -.- THE NAMIBIAN FOCUS Friday November 0419887

English is Fun * Oshiingilisha osha fimana *' En els is pret

ENGLISH IS FUN - LESSON 27 We haven't paid th i.s account. You haven't ordered you r meal. The only thing I asked you to do last week was to They haven't decided whp,t to order. make a list of the things you had done during the 2. What did John notice as they were flying over week, using the Present Perfect tense, I don't know Johannesburg? 2b.Frank is one of Miriam's friends . He lives alone what YOU have done, but here is a,list of the things and does the housework every Saturday morning. I have done: are any the same as yours? In picture A Frank is just starting to tidy up the kit­ chen . Picture B shows Frank still hard at work one I have prepared an 'English is fun ' lesson. hour later. What jobs has Frank done and jobs hasn 't he done yet in picture B. I have gone shopping, and I have bought the 3. Does Miriam have a car? newspaper. I have read a book and watched television. eg.He has already washed the tea towels. I have visited my friends. He hasn't done the washing up yet. I have played a game of tennis. I have listened to the new Tracy Chapman record. 4. Why would Miriam have tried almost Find 4 more jobs Frank has already done and 4 I have had a meal with my family. everything that's on the menu? more jobs he hasn't done yet. Use the verbs below I have paid my accounts. ,to help you: 1. John goes to a restaurant han,.., vacuum John has just arrived at Jan Smuts airport, in John­ 5. What is your favourite dish? '" up nesburg, after a very enjoyable flight. The weather, do was clear and he had a very good view of the red put away Kalahari desert and later of the many swimming pools as the plane flew over Johannesburg. The air hostess served a snack about half way through the flight and John talked to his neighbour as they were eating. She was from Johannesburg and gave him a few tips as to where to go. Miriam is waiting for John in the arrival hall and as soon as he is ready they take a bus back to her apartment in Mayfair, where they spend most of the afternoon talking about their family. That evening Miriam' decides to take John to her favourite restaurant. It's not very far to take John to her favourite restaurant. It's not very far and it's a beautiful evening so they walk to the restaurant.

Waiter: Good evening Miriam! Haven't seen you for such a long time! Where have you been? Miriam: I've just been very busy, but I'd like you to meet my cousin John, from Windhoek. He's going to be in Johannesburg for a week. Waiter: Hello John, have you been here before? John: This is my first time! Waiter: Well, I hope you enjoy it then! Have you booked a table, Miriam? • 2. Can you remember what we learnt last week! ... 3. This crossword has got nothing to do with the Present Perfect! Read the clues very carefully Miriam: No, we haven't I'm afraid. Are you full? What are the past partiCiples of these verbs? Waiter: Not quite .... there's one table left over there, before you start filling it in! but it's in a corner. a) ask :: ...... b) see ...... Miriam: That's fine. c) drive ...... d) play ...... 1. Miriam takes a lot of these. Waiter: What can I bring to drink while you're e) go ...... f) break ...... 2. You speak'to people, who are far away, on it. waiting? g) have...... h) be ...... 3. It tells you the date. Miriam: Just a soda water for me .. . but what about i) write ...... j) recognize ..... '...... 4. You send it through the post. you John? k) say ...... I) look ...... 5. You go there to study after school. John: I'll have a coke please. 6. You hear the news on it. m) take ...... n) do ...... 7. You read the news in it. 8. Like a newspaper but weekly and in colour. In lesson 26, we had a look at the Present Perfect 9. You play it to listen to music . .tense in the affimative or yes sentences. 10. You find words in it. eg o I have ordered a coca cola. 11. You watch it. The negative and interrogative sentences are just 1 as easily formed: ' - " I I 2 INTERROGATIVE sentences Present tense INTERROGATIVE OF THE VERB to 3 have 4 + Another the past participle of the verb 5 I Waiter: Have you ordered yet; Sir? Have I met you before? 8 , dohn: No, we haven't decided yet. Could you give· Have you heard from your brother? 7 us five more minutes. Has he arrived in Johannesburg yet? Waiter: Of course. Has ,she bought that car? J, John: Miriam, I'm sure you have tried almost le T 9 everything that's on the menu! What 'can you Have we paid this account? recommend? , . Have you ordered your meal? po Miriam: Well if you like fish, the seafood kebabs are Have they decided what to order? I I excellent but I'm going to have the pork chops in cream sauce. NEGATIVE sentences: John: Alright then I'll take the kebabs. I have never . Present tense NEGATIVE of the verbto have Answers to 1b: hap kebabs before! + i ...... · .... , .. .. S! llS!P al!JnoABl AII'J '9 the past participle of the verb 'lUBJnBlSaJ al!JnoABl Jall S,l! asnB::>as 'v . Can you answer the following questions about I havS' not (haven't) met you before. 'lBU Jall Ol 06 Ol snq B a)fBl Aall.l 'l,usaop alls 'ON .£ the story? You haven't heard from your brother for a long time. 'l! Ol lxau load 6u!w 1. What is the name ' of the airport in He ,hasn't arrived in Johannesburg yet. -W!MS B PBll asnoll AJaAa lsowlB lBlll pa:mou aH 'Z Johannesburg? She hasn't bought that car. , 'POdJ!B slnws UBr . ~ 8 Friday November 04 1988 THE NAMIBIAN FOCUS

~----Woo edu oye let'u Nam' ibia----,~ 'ONbA Iimbililwa m&lwoye ovaNamibia." Namibia, , Eshi wall wet4 tulapo, ndele molwe Nda njrika oufiye nda nyengwa, 'mona la Namibia. DIE STOUTE KAB'OUTER! '. Paife otu Ii:t;V~s ninga ovanailongo, Hai luluma komwenyo ongo nds :.:iJ l.:.y - pya. Molwe pangelo iOKatongotongo. Oku popya onda nda hala ndele DIE BRANDE ewi nghiIina. 010100 Botha novak-wao, Pamwe nokapangelo kopokati Deut Frederick B. Philander Nande vahapu vaIi kupya koineya, 'n Kortverhaal . kombinga Noilenge ya Ukwanyama ike­ Youfemba womunhu. nyenekayo. AS die Pous hom nou moet sien, word die Vatikaanstad in Rome seer sekerlik vir 'n Ndee fiyo onena kemanya Oyo iha iloloka kupopiwa week lank in rou gedompel. Hy besef dat sy voorland 'n baie klein kloostertjie in Siberie kudjondwi, nokounona vanini. as straf sal weest In sy blindelinge hartstog het hy lankal reeds sy kerklike eed en Natango ohatu pula onghuwo ya namibia inyamukulwe. ~aaka ka pt"iesterlike voorwaardes in sy brein in die agtergrond gesk~if en letterlik oorboord keli .medimo fiku ta daIwa, gegooi. Die versoeking voor hom en die onblusbare wellus in hom hethom reeds lankal Namibia oshilongo oshi hoIike, 010 fiku taka tumbula kautwima, selfs sy priesterlike gewaad van laat ontslae raak. Sonde! Sonde! Twe shi pewa ' nal~ keshito, naDana. Fye twa ufanwa ova Namibia, Nau iha xulifwa nge dina laye, Skaamteloos staar hy hartstogtelik die ou man as hy met 'n bokspronget­ Pous en vir jou, het hy gese voordat hy Tulilonge fye tulipangele. jie holderstebolder by die nonne yerby na- binne verdwyn het; se 'n oms­ Na Manasse 00 te Ii dopo moinima na die welgeskape vrou met haar iheihanga. . groot, bruin oe en lang, swart hare voor in die gang afnael. taander guitig.. Eemhango doshilongo eshi twaIi hom in die leerstoel in sy oorvol en Noueers merk suster Modesta die 'Hy't of stapelgek geword of is totaal tuna. - o.unyuni o,ukwa namhinhuka stofbelaaide kantoortjie, Etlike dae klein, ,pienk blessie reg agter in die . van sy wysie af, nee;ek dink hy het mal Eshi omwene edi tu dikila, Wa hehongo leku ye mukweni teIi l.lnk hou vader Benidictus van die St. naat van die oue se kop as hy baie geword; Ise suster Modesta met ver­ Eehamba detu doshi Africa twa Ii komieklik met sy bakbene voortsnel. toolapo. Dominikus klooster haar dop. Hierdie wondering in'haar stern oor die ou man tuna, Nave shi konekengoo, mangahatu vrou, wat soos 'n heilige swaan skielik Snaaks, sy het horn nog nooit sien se skielike manhaftigheid. Dan Ditu lele do di tu tekule. shi hongwele. van nerens in sy lewe verskyn het, het , hardloop nie! gewaar hulle hom. Shetu fye ohatu pula koiwana 'n paar dae gelede as non haar op­ Buite op die plein skreeu vader Met die heilige parkamente soos 'n Kalunga ka Nangobe tu uda, yahangana. wagting by die klooster gemaak. Haar Benedictus paniekbevange en benoud: kleinnood in sy grow we hande Eshi hatu pula ekwafo koshipala Oyo ye endeleIife emanguluko la blote teenwoordigheid naby hom en 'Die klooster brand! Word wakker julie omklem, kom hy hoesend en proesend shoye efiku nefiku, namibia, self in 'nradiusvan 'npaarmetervan klipkoppe! Bring water in die naam tussen die vlamme en rookwalms die Opo tu alulilwe efimano letu 010 'van die Pous!' Metu 10 moilonga lokatolifo pamwe - hom, maak hom rasend en lighoofdig, gebou uitgestrompel. Daar is 'n trek twaIi tuna. . hatupolo. Vanaand bereik sy wellus barspunt Soos 'n eenmankoor kom nonne uit van goddelike vergifnis om sy gelaat Tu hafe yoo tuu ongo va Namibfa en hy kan homselfbeswaarlik meer aile denkbare rigtings soos nagtegale as hy gelyktydig floli neerval in die vamanguluka. Weni mekondjo self in toom hou. Onder valse in hul naggewaad met bakke, skottels arms van suster Modesta wat nader en enige denkbare instrument tevoor­ ges~aan voorwend,sels het hy haar na sy kan­ het, en die deel van die gebou '-Moshitwe . twa Ii twa ifanwa E. Mwashindange. toor laat kom. Hy is tog immers die skyn vanuit die donker. Hulle verdring agter hom met 'n geweldige slag in­ hoof van die klooster. Wat is so 'n biet­ mekaar om eerste by die water van die mekaar tuimel. Hy kon dood gewees jie pret tussen vriende, 'n sonde? Met antieke waterpomp in die middel van het. Sy manhaftigheid was te veel vir gekruisde bene sit en blaai suster die plein te kom. homselfl Modesta diep geintereseerd in 'n Gods­ Vader Benedictus is momenteel van Geskokte uitroepe van dienstige . tydskrif. Met elke slag deur die skielike gesig van sci baie magteloosheid deur die nonne vingernattnaak-beweging wanneer sy. vroue in nagklere voor hom. As hy dit weergalm in die donker, Daar is ab­ na die volgende bladsy omblaai, merk as 'n seen op die koop toe verwerk het, soluut niks meer wat hulle vir die vader Benidictus hoe soenbaar haar glimlag hy van pure uitbundigheid. gebou kan doen nie. Rome sal maar 'n mond is. Dit is om van stuipe te kry! Ditgaan 'nlekker brand weesenhyis ander klooster moet bou! Die nonne ' MULUN-6ft:l Sy lyk vir hom kompleetsoos 'n die enigste 'man hier in die klooster, vergaap hulselfnog lank daarna aan madonna in eie reg met elke vroulike hoog teen di~ berg. Hy kry vanaand die verwoesting wat veroorsaak is deur deel van haar anatomie duidelik meer as wat 'n arme sondaar soos hy die vonk van 'n sigaret deur 'n skelm , afgeets en opvallend sigbaar onder al ooit verdien het, halleluja, amen!, roker in die pakkamer. haar deurskynende nagklere, Sy het dink hy heimlik. Stoute kabouter! Op die harde klip plafeisel in die mid­ nie kans gehadom haarselfsindelik te In 'n oomblik waarin haar m:Jed del van die plein pas suster Modesta klee nie, want die hoof van die klooster haar begewe, skreeu een van die mond-tot mond asemhaling op die oen­ KfiFFEE kan nie, mag nie wag nie. .. gelowige susters: 'God is met ons in skynlike floue vader Benedictus toe. 'Na die duiwel met'die Kerk en!!y ' hierdie krisisuur!; en sy maak die Sy veg naarstiglik om sy lewe, maar as wette! Ek is mens!-Hoe verwag die kerk heilige teken voor haar bors. hy uiteindelik bykom, flits dit deur sy moet ek kop hou met 'n vrou so os die? 'Vergeet daarvan! Die vlamme is nou_ benewelde gedagtes: 'Dis sy! Dankie Die Pous is tog ook 'n man! Hy sal vers- . met ons!; skreeu suster Modesta as sy tog dis sy wat my soen en nie daardie FOR THE BEST TAKE-AWAY : taan,'f1its dit deur die priester se brein. die skottel uit die geskokte vrou se vet kok in die kombuis nie.' Vir die' Hy neem 'n eed dat hy met haar sal hande gryp. Sy nael soos 'n gekwetste genade van Bo oor die bestiering dat trou al sal hy vanaand net aan haar generaal agter sy manskappe oor die dit suster Modesta is, stuur hy' in sy FOODS IN KATUTURA kan raak! Met 'n bewende ert sweterige plein na die brandende deel van die binneste 'n danksegginggebedjie op: hand haal hy sy goueraam brilletjie gebou. 'Dankie God vir brande!' ' van sy ewe natgeswete neus en leuen By die vuurtoneel suis tonne water Binne homselfwil sy eil! brand hom WE ALSO STOCK GROCERIES oor om die daad by die woord te sit, hy uit baie skepgoed op dievuur neer. Die van wellustigheid verteer. Virdit wat wil hilar aanraak. 'Ek sal waaragtig nonne is soos broeishenne en 'n swerm . onkeerbaar in sy gedagtes omgaan, is van my verstand raak as ek haar va­ bye besig in hul haas en kommer om hy van nag selfs bereid om in twee AND COSMETI,CS naand nie in my arms kan neem 'en dievuur betyds te blus. Hullemoetdit groter sondaars se plekke hel toe te. vashou nie, Almal slaap tog al in die selfdoen, want geen meganiese brand­ gaan. klooster; dink hy innig. Net as hy haar blussers of 'n brandweerwa is Hy verloor kwansuis skielik weer sy . MR MULUNGA AT wil aanraak, is daar 'n skielike harde beskikbaar of sal die berghang betyds bewussyn, maar in die donker reageer klop aan die dik houtdeur van sy kan­ kan uitkom nie. hy skaamteloos, teer en opwindend op YOUR SERVICE toor. Albei kyk verskrik op, hy met 'n 'Waar's vader Benedictus?; skl-eeu sus'ter Modesta se lewegeende mond­ vinnige terugtrek van die hand en sy 'n bekommerde suster Modesta. bewegings, te midde van die warboel met verskrikte oe, 'Hy's na binne! Wou hom van nie­ van hardlopende voetstappe van figure 'Vader! In hemelsnaam, kom gou! mand laat keer nie. Hy doen dit vir die in die nanag. Die klooster brand; kondig 'n junior non uitasem aan, As hy vi'rinig sy bril opsit, sien vader Benidictus haar , swart, roetbesmeerde gesig. ~ 'Verbrands, vroumens! Hoeveel keer moet ekjulle nog se dat ek hie in my CROWN WHOLESALERS kantoor na ure gesteur wil wees nie? P.o. Box 22288, Glenashtey 4022, Durban Hiervoor saljy swaar gestrafword!; se dieouman. 'Maar die plek is aan die brand, vader! 'n Brand het in 'n pakkamer ontstaan. Ek het rook daar sien uitbor­ Make money by selli.ng our re'l; se sy as suster Modesta vinnig uit haar sitplek opvlieg, die klaagster op loV" priced, easy to sell bags 'n stoel neerplak en na die hort­ sJ91~~~RVE jievenster nael. OikWa ku l" for travel, 'shopping, ,work, 'Moeder Maria! Kom kyk! Daar Oikw 'Wa! ~KEr anderkant, die vlamme!; gul sy van die sports, handbags, leather venster se kant. Oiyal a maadi! 'Waar? Waar?; wil die priester weet FiSh omWa! patch bags, etc. as hy onbehol pe opstaan en in die pro­ O!,ot~~d ChipS! ses 'n stoel omstamp. 'Daar anderkant by die linkervleuel O!tungifo van die klooster, naby die basilika!; se O"ongifom suster Modesta nou weer haarself. yo met I Wa Buy at very low hawker's 'Gaan na buite en maak alarm; se sy - aama no h s 0 tuu prices aan die junior non wat momenteel van FOOdstuft i _ ' slag is oor die harde tooh van haar Cos S senior in die kerk. By die venster staan die ou man , C/ot~~tics . verstom, verslae en lamgeslaan deur Fish and Start today - send R2 'for our die gesig van dik, donker rookwalms Bottle stoChips! en tonge verterende vuur teen die BUi/din re photo colour catalogue to: naghemel. Van skok lyk hy soos ie­ ,mand wat Engel Gabriel gesien het. BUy TH Farmin3 I:ap~eria/s , CROWN 'WHOLESALERS N.M: 'Dis my straf vir my wellus; dink hy € NAMIB ements verwytend. T-SHIF/T IAN AND TH€ Dan,maak die wellus van flussies AT SUp~ NAMIBIA POBOX 22288 skielik plek vir nugtere denke: 'Die Ondjukiti460 c:RSAV€1 heilige perkamente! Die heilige Ongodi 30~hakati ' GLENASHLEY 4022 DURBAN skrifte! Ons moet dit red, gou!; skreeu