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\.4 W.st 11th SftH. • New York, N, y, loon phone, (2t2j 4iNJ066 - FDr A Free SOIItbem AMell- Eastertide 1977 SETTLEMENT IN ? Meetings between representatives of five Western powers and officials of the South African regime have stirred a rash of reports and rumours about a breakthrough in settling the issue of Namibian independence. None of the participants is saying very much, although there has been a flood of leaks, mainly from .sources close to the South African-sponsored Turnhalle conference in capital of . The burden of stories appearing in the Western press is that South African Prime Minist­ er' Balthazar Johannes Vorster has yielded to pressure from the five mem~ bers of the United Nations Security Council - the United States, Britain, France, West and Canada - and that a number of concessions have been or ' are close to being made by the regime which illegally occupies the International Territory of Namibia in defiance of the lawful authority,the United Nations. There were two meetings in Cape Town in April, and future five power 'de­ marches' upon Vorster are forecast. US Vice President Walter Mondale is talking y.1ith the South African chieftain in Vienna on 19 May and US am­ bassador to the UN Andrew Young visits Johannesburg on 21 May. The UN conference on and Namibia underway in the Mozambique capital of Maputo 16-21 May will exert an influence on events.

London OBSERVER journalist David ~artin writes from Maputo that the 'un­ derstanding' between the West and Vorster includes: - 's acceptance of 'an internationally acceptable solution' and the principle of UN involvement in nation-wide elections in Namibia 'held under universal suffrage without literacy qualifications'. United Nations Security Council resolution 385 of January 1976 demands 'United Nations supervision and control' of elections, a position the US government and the others claim to support. Vorster resists this and it appears the West is aC90mmodating with some kind of UN presence inside Namibia, a far cry from the UN's conce.pt of total construction of a coun­ try-wide electoral system 'and seeing the vote through to a fair and hon­ est conclusion. The Johannesburg SUNDAY TIMES reports Pretoria insists 'The UN presence .... would, however, have to be restricted to an observer, rather than a supervisory role'. The RAND DAILY MAIL says 'It may be that the Western powers themselves will offer, to exercise supervisory functions on the UN's behalf'. . i , " 'Control', tJ:i'g 'J ke'y woX'd caref'ully introduced by the UN, has been obdu­ rately ignored by the Western governments) evenfro!l)., the mqmerit resolu­ tion 385 was passed with their concurrence. TheUN ~ Cci'uncil for Namibia, specifically set up by the world. body to administer Namibia and help it toward independence, is being calculatedly by-passed. The West wants ' to keep control in the Security Council where it has the veto. - the South African regime would hold off on passing legislation in its parliament that would create an 'independent ' as re­ quested by the 11 'ethnic' groups of the Turnhalle. This looks like a concession, but read it with: - ' intends to establish a central administrative authority to govern the country before independence'. The RAND DAILY MAIL says the composi tion of such a caretaker administra­ tion is open, with participation perhaps by a multi-racial advisory coun­ cil, maybe including Turnhal1e delegates. It f s obvious vJhere 'control' is going to be.

(eontinued~ ovep) ~. • SQu1zn Af;riqSl woule;! wi thdraw ;f~()m N{l.JIl;i.biq, in. stag~s, "in Qonsu,l tatio.n with those · mainly involved "' . The SUNDAY. TIMES writes that 'The West, it was said, was also willing to adopt a softer line on the UN demand for an immediate South African mili­ tary withdrawal from the territory' and that 'The West's position amounts to a request to South Africa that it continue its mandate until elections are held' . -'All people and parties would be free to participate in the elections', and there would be freedom of speech and assembly. With South Africa's history of harassment, managed tribal elections and outright repression and with Pretoria's grip on Namibia assured during any 'transition' period, free elections are an impossibility. South Af­ rica's police, military, intelligence and subversive forces and the all­ pervading South West Africa administration are intact. The Western pow­ ers, with their three-nation veto (however much they may dislike to use it) keep the situation managed in New York. - South Africa will release Namibian political prisoners and detainees. Pretoria has repeatedly stated that it holds no political prisoners or detainees. All South Africans and Namibians incarcerated are 'criminals'. It appears that the elections being talked about would be for a constitu­ ent assembly empowered to draft a constitution. SWAPO, the South West Africa People's Organization of Namibia, is not mentioned in the 'under­ standing' but presumably will be allowed to take part in the electioneer­ ing and voting. SWAPO's information secretary in London declared that his organization would not participate under a 'caretaker administration'. The SWAPO Mission to the UN issued a statement On 6 May, reaffirming the party's pledge to accept elections. It brought the issue back to funda~ mentals: 'South Africa has no legal or moral right to dictate her own con­ ditions to the international community regarding elections in Namibia ...•• it is the duty and responsibility of the United Nations to decide on the modalities and time-table for the electoral process'. The statement concluded: 'In the meantime, the struggle continues. We expect the Security Council to meet in the near future to take up the question of Namibia. We are also consulting about the convocation of a Special Session of the General Assembly to review the critical situation in Namibia. ' SWAPO continues to grow inside Namibia. Its national conference in late March in Katutura township outside Windhoek enlarged the national execu­ tive committee to include representatives from six political groups that within the past five months have joined SWAPO. These are located in the central and southern regions of the Territory, further proving the lie of the South Africans and the Turnha11ers that SWAPO is an Ovambo tribal organization. Shortly after the Katutura congress, yet another group - representing 17,000 Hereros - announced its affiliation with SWAPO. This group stands in opposition to Turnhal1e delegate Herero Chief Clemens Kapuuo, the man widely considered to have the nod as the first president of South West Africa/Namibia under the South African-nurtured scheme. SWAPO's congress created new executive posts and strengthened regional councils. It confirmed once again the overall leadership of President Sam Nujoma and ather officers in exile, underlining as in the past the integrity of the party within and outside the boundaries of Namibia. SWAPO concentrated on its political program, a chief element of which is aimed to change Namibia's two economies - one wealthy, white-owned and based on exploitation of the country's natural resources, the other poor, black and subsistence, forcing the million black Namibians to depend on jobs in white-controlled mines, ranches and fishing and other industries. SWAPO envisions a radical restructuring of Namibian society, creating a people's ownership of production and exchange, a balance between agricul­ ture and industry, thus reversing the colonial practice of resource ex­ traction and neglect of farming (which makes Namibia largely dependent on South Africa for food. SWAPO plans to make Namibia an agriculturally self-sufficient nation.

TFJ.E NEW YOI}}<'. x'IMES,. r€porting on President Jirruny Cart.er.'s reply. to a question on a

te'ZevisiolrinteruielJJ sholJJ in Los Angeles on l7 May: 'Mr. Carter said theJi.Vit1e ' .. President lJJouZd teZl the South Afnaan Zeader: "If you don't do somethirii/"about . Namibiq lJJ(}'Zl take strong aation aaainst ?IOU in the Uftite.d . Nat.ians " ThE llnes,i- dent sa"td hOlJJever that"sMrt of lJJar"'1;here mas ~"tttle the un"t1;ea i:i"tates aou7,.a ao to forae 'the'Seuth A~riaan Government to Aat. ' Southern Africa has been a veritable treasure trove of the minerals so vital for the highly industrial­ ized societies of the West. Gold and diamonds are but the most exotic. Copper, zinc, lead, coal abound. Titanium, germanium ,chrome , manganese and on and on. Western dependenoe on these resources and the high prof­ its realized by extracting them with the benefit of low-paid, captive black labor have elicited from Western governments and ! multi-national corporations +, . the most strenuous reaction i to the obvious pressure on ! the South African regime for change short of war - economic sanctions. A rapidly growing entice­ ment to industry and in­ vestment is the relative newcomer in the minerals treasure hunt - uranium. South Africa is well on the way to becoming the world's chief producer; included in that calculation is the oc­ cupied Territory of Namibia. Namibia is one of "the world's sources of uranium ore. The Rossing mine not far from the port city' of vJalvis Bay 'is producing (and said . by the British journal SPECTATOR to be the largest on the planet). Prospects are enormous: the entire wes"t-central region of Namibia, in the vastness of the Namib desert, appears to be car'peted with the strategic ore. Mul ti­ national corporations, many of them South African, are conducting wide­ scale explorations, lured by the five-fold price rise in uranium over the past four years, the global" urge for nuclear "power and weapons (Preto~ia t alr.eady has nucleaX" l'dli tary capability! says French Prime Hinister Ray-· rr~ond Barre) and inteI'naLional bus ines s I estimate that Namibia I s political future will be held securely within the Western capitalist orbit. Johannesburg's FINANCIAL MAIL reports at least four areas contain huge de-­ posits of uranium. A South African , General Mining, is reckoned -to come in with the country's second mine. A'1other potential source lies within the Damara 'homeland'.

Plunder of Namibia's min~ arals are severely damag­ ing the environment.Water (;:i'i';:;] Gener~1 Mining for the Rossing mine comes from an underground lake, Cj Anglo and the country's limited water reserves may vanish within a few years. There is the added danger from radioactive wastes.8WAPO's concept of a balanced ag­ gricultural/industrial so­ ciety is gravely imperiled . ~Gr-SA_ . lInD Union ~orporation millRTZ . ecsa eaS"/;er> ?? fiZ1 ~~~~j~d Ventures (Union Corporation) Treasure (aontinued)

Plans are underway to bring water down from the Cunene River dam complex on the border with Angola. A series of canals would, says the SPECTATOR, 'virtually wipe out one of the three finest game reserves in Africa'(the Etosha Pan). Cunene was a scheme devised by the then Portuguese colon­ ial regime ruling Angola and Pretoria to provide irrigation and more im­ portantly cheap hydro-electric power for the increasing industrial needs in central Namibia. One of the South Africans' boasts has been waters would be channeled into the farmlands in the heavily-populated northern tier Ovamboland 'homeland'. But the WINDHOEK ADVERTISER reports that the South African Minister of Water Affairs stated during debate in parlia­ ment that there would be no irrigation because of prohibitive costs - carrying the precious fluid a few score miles apparently a more expen­ sive project than piping it 400 miles to the thirsty uranium mines.

Namibia's wealth is known for sure only to high South African officials and some of their apparatchiks in the South West Africa administration, and doubtless by financial and industrial executives. German professor Wolfgang Thomas, brought in to serve as a member of a Turnhalle sub-com­ mittee on finance, was summarily deported in March because of his com­ plaint that authorities would not reveal figures on Namibia's sources of revenue and balance of payments. He also disapproved, as the FINANCIAL MAIL puts it, 'of the direction the committee took on the questions of financing the various levels of government, because the majority of mem­ bers (who are civil servants) favoured tax proposals which tied govern­ ment spending to 'ethnic' contribution to state finances - which would mean that the rich will get richer and the poor poorer'.

The fact is not only the whites in Namibia benefit disproportionately from the country's immense treasure,but South Africa itself is heavily dependent on the output of occupied Namibia which improves Pretoria's balance of payments at an estimated half billion dollars from Namibia's foreign trade surplus. In the Turnhalle set-up for an 'independent South West Africa' or some modification thereof, Pretoria surely will insure its economic ties with Namibia are unimpaired.

Crucial now and for the future is Namibia's only deep-water port - Walvis Bay. Once part of South Africa's Cape Colony, this 434 square mile port and enclave was transferred to Namibia by a process beginning in 1922,af­ ter establishment of the League of Nations mandate. In 1976, Prime Min­ ister Vorster initiated a chain of events whereby the Cape Town parlia­ ment would repeal legislation,aimed to reclaim this highly strategic bit of real estate. Namibia without an unfettered seaport would be even more in thrall to Pretoria.

One plan being considered is extension of the Namibian railway system, which starts at Walvis Bay, into , connecting with the line to Zimbabwe and capable of tying in Zambia and Zaire. With Namibia and Zimbabwe truly independent, all central Africa would be revolutionized. Pretoria's grip on Walvis stifles this. The SPECTATOR poses another scenario. South Africa, should bad come to worse for it, could pull its of occupation back behind the Namib desert. , ..... the coastal strip can turn itself into a kind of Kuwait or Abu Dhabi, financed by diamonds and uranium'. The littoral down from Walvis to the border town of Oranjemund is thick with diamonds.

The Turnhalle has called for the South African Defence Force to remain in Namibia, and the conference's defense committee has accepted the principle of a Namibian army, trained by the South Africans. Namibia is Pretoria's active theatre of war, and, as recently outlined by the army commander, Lt. Gen. , the training ground for future conflict, much as Spain was for Nazi Germany. The South African Defence Force is headed by' 47-year-old General Magnus Malan, a graduate of the US Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenwort> . The draft for white males is being extended to two years and the military budget hiked 21% this year. South Africa's military is strengthened with armaments, technical know­ how, intelligence cooperation and psychological warfare experience (much of it gleaned and adapted from the American Vietnam War period) from the Western powers.

- 'The a~ed struggle becomes the last possible resort. Now in Namibia and Zimbabwe continued a~ed struggle seems unavoidable. How muoh ar.med pressure from the nationalists is necessary depends on how much unar.med pressure the Western Powers apply in the form of sanctions and the like, as President Julius Nyerere so well put it. ' - Olof Palme, leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, 26 March lO??, at the Security Council. 'MY FUTURE IS TOTALLY BOUND UP WITH NAMIBIA'

Bishop Colin O'Brien Winter was confined in a New Hampshire hospital for several weeks~ most of the time in intensive care. He is still a sick man~ although he has returned home to Britain. He and his wife~ Ms. Mary Winter~ flew on 5 May to London and the bishop taken to hospital in Oxford for further tests and treatment. Their address: Bishop and Ms. Colin Winter Namibia Peace Centre The Abbey Sutton Courtenay Oxon. OXl4 4AF

During Holy Week~ while in intensive care~ the exiled Bishop of Damaraland began com­ posing a Pastoral Letter to the people of his diocese in Namibia. The message bears the date 'Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Dietrich Bonhoeffer'. Here are portions:

'Whatever the odds, however long the struggle, no matter what sickness or suffering is laid on my path,I will continue to serve the suffering people of Namibia, to speak out on their behalf, until their God-given victory is won; until racism, exploitation and the hundreds of cruel racist laws are removed from our land;until all people are free to move about their land as God intended them to do as free men;until education is the right of all and not the privilege of the wealthy few; until op­ portunities to develop skills, gifts and talents can be extended to all our children, irrespective of the color of their skins; until U.N. con­ trolled elections can allow the people to clearly demonstrate to the world who their democratic leaders will be, and then be allowed the freedom to get on with the long overdue task of building up a just society with human rights and dignity for all ...

'My role as bishop may be different from yours. You know I must follow tRe path of a pilgrim of peace. Under God, and prompted by the voice of conscience, you must choose the road you feel is the way He has planned for you. After prayer and meditation, you must follow that road to :wherever it leads you, knowing that He walks along it with you and will never desert or foresake you. No one can come between a man and the voice of conscience. Church history is abundantly clear on that score ...... ' Bishop Winter addresses a of his Letter to the congregation of the Cathedral of St. George in Namibia's capitaZ city of Windhoek.

'Information has reached me that my cathedral congregation, St. George's in Windhoek, is now being called the "Turnhalle Church". Am I supposed to be delighted, surprised, encouraged, or uplifted by this news? That those who have attacked me for being a political bishop have now them­ selves jumped into the arena, albeit clad in the gladitorial robes of "moderates 1; • They have clearly demonstrated what we have known all along, that they are very political in their thinking. I have this to say to ll those "moderates , which has been drawn from my experience in America ...

'Many of the members of Turnhalle may be very honourable and gifted men. But two things freedom-loving Namibians should never forget. Each member of the Turnhalle draws a very handsome pay packet from Pretoria, so that ipso factor, . they are the paid spokesmen of an illegal regime. .

'South African diplomats are working as hard as they can to have Turnhalle recognized as the democratic government of Namibia. They don't care much at the moment whether the rest of the world accepts this or not. What they want to see produced in America is an hysterical reaction that communism is taking over the African continent and that white South Africa and the white Rhodesians are the only true allies of Western "Christianll democracy.

'Having met in New York with U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young, a man of clear vision and bold pronouncements, I can assure you that the present U.S. gov­ ernment will never buy "Turnhalle". There are some American multi-national business interests who would love to see some sort of pro-South African policy developed, such as backing a South African solution to Namibia,but it won't happen. American diplomats told me bluntly and frankly that Turnhalle is 'a dead duck' as far as this administration is concerned.

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'Maybe the authorities at the Cathedral would like to see more changes in the Turnhalle policies so that they can carryon in their never-never land of make believe. Perhaps now they will want to have Windhoek to be granted the title of tithe horne of lost causes" instead of Oxford. You have a clear choice before you in Namibia : Total change or the pursuit of barren react­ ionary policies. How much time do you think you've got to dither between these decisions before cosmic events sweep you away?

'The financial links between America, Europe and South Africa cannot easily be dismissed. Here I see President Carter and Mr. Young fighting their toughest battle. Perhaps they still feel they can alter South Africa's policies by investing more in South African industries and, therefore,exert a stronger bargaining power with Pretoria. The West has been increasing its trade with South Africa over the past 50 years and has helped make her the mightiest industrial giant on the continent. On the contrary, it is South Africa today who can threaten a Britain made vulnerable by near in­ soluable fiscal problems at horne. Britain will continue to use the veto at the U.N. to block any effective action against South Africa, and she~nows she can count on France, one of South Africa's largest arms suppliers ,to do the same. The question now is will the American government contihuet~ fol­ low the barren jingoistic, colonial-steeped policies of a British gove~:rn­ ment who has consistently put greed, profit and trade above justice, fteed­ om and every other humanitarian consideration in its dealings with South , Africa? I think not. 'You don't need a bishop in exile to tell you that Africa will not rest un­ til Zimbabwe and Namibia are free, and until a more enlightened rule comes, by force if necessary, to South Africa. Until then, wealthy white elderly South African politicians will send other people's young children to fight to protect their rich investments, to defend liberties they do not possess at home, to die for a foreign land they have no legal right to, fighting against brother and sister Christians with whom in the battlefield of north­ ern Namibia they are prevented from worshipping, and whose forgiveness they will one d~y before God require . South Africa's war lords are sacrificing babes for gilt-edged bonds.

'In this particular dance, there is no sitting out. Even the secure, pre­ vious non-dancers have now at last declared their political allegiance; they are moderates, they wish the status quo to remain, of course, with changes corning as fast as people (the whites) can handle them. Their chief spokesman has declared he wishes the estimated 50,000-strong South African invasion force in Namibia to remain there. This, no doubt, will reassure "moderates" that their "moderate" policies are being accepted by the people - but who do they think they are kidding?

'I have no idea what the "moderates" will want to do about those other as­ pects of Namibian life which they hardly discuss. Does their understanding of moderation include the continuation of the three concentration camps at Oshikango, Enana and Epinga, where electrical shocking and brutal torture on thousands of innocent blacks are being inflicted, or as "moderates" would they think that one or at the most two will be sufficient to deal with those who seek freedom for our land?

'When the Turnhalle government of Mr. Vorster is proclaimed and the hundreds of foreign firms rush into our country to remove the vast quantities of min­ erals and semi-precious stones there, will the "moderates" put a limit on ' the amount these international bandits can draw out, or will they accept directorships on these foreign boards, thus assuring the world that Namibia's riches are being shared democratically among her peoples? -- ~obbery, but in moderation!

'In view of all this, I ask you again as your bishop, what s9rt of minister have you decided to be? Nowhere in the pages of the Gospel do I find that our Lord advocated moderation where the eternal choices between justice or slavery, life or death,were concerned. As priests, we are simply called by Him to follow faithfully along His way, to His goal. Our need in Namibia today - among our priests - is for martyrs, not moderates. "

ecsa easter ?? The Liberation Struggle arbitrarily destroyed; areas defoliated; water contaminated; FURTHER INFORMATION in Namibia and SWAPO guerilla camps in Angola destroyed. There are A film about the SWAPO Freedom Fighters, well documented accounts of widespread torture and showing SWAPO field doctors at work is available tor The South African People's Organisation intimidation by the as well as by the fund-raising events. Contact the NSC. (SWAPO), formed 19th April 1960 is fighting for the lib­ puppet chiefs in Northern Namibia. If you start a local campaign the NSC will try eration and independence of Namibia. Since 1966, South South Africa and its supporters in the UN and put you in touch with other activists in your area. Africa has occupied Namibia in defiance of the United (particu!arly Britain, United States and France) are resist· Health workers wanting to help the Health Nations and the International Court of Justice. The illegal ing the national liberation struggle of the Namibian people Collective should contact the NSC. regime has established its policies of racial hatred, , in order to ensure 'stability'in the area ' a stability \... l1ich in Namibia; made the country an adjunct to the Republic will protect their massive foreign investment in Namibia. NAMIBIA SUPPORT COMMITTEE and used its iliegal power to fac il itate the exploitation of in face of the increasing South African military Namibia's vast mineral reserves. occupation of their country, SWAPO sees a much intensi­ 21 - 25 TABERNACLE STREET But it is no longer just a question of South fied armed struggle as the only path to genuine liberation. LONDON Ee2 Africa's illegal occupation of Namibia: e coionial war is Tel : 01 5884342 being waged. For the past four years the people of Namibia, under the leadership of SWAPO, have extended and Medical Kits for SWAPO ------~ South ~-- developed their armed struggle to liberate Namibia. South West Africa PeoPle's 0 Africa's reply has been to send in up to 50,000 and The intensified military struggle means that (SWAI'O) OF N rganlsot/on . AHIIIA police to try and subdue the country. They are engaged in a there i5 an urgent need for medical equipment for use by the SWAPO field doctors, both at the front and for the classic and brutal counter-insurgency war against SWAPO P. !)...... ,., rural population. and the peopie of Namibia: a 5 km 'no-go' zone has been i~:r::· 7.., 3n. J created along the entire northern border; villages have been The Namibia Support Committee Health Coil· c.AltBl.\. active is arranging for medical kits, simple and light enough 19th r,oV .fI;::b.'t 1'} 76 to be carded into the operational zones, to be sent to SWAPO. Each kit, packed in specially designed haversacks wil! contain basic surgical equipment for casualties, a range of drugs and basic first aid materials. An illustrated manual with instructions for the identification and treat­ ment of different conditions has also been prepared'for each kit. What you can do Ocean Each kit wiH cost £100: "Get your union, trades council, college, hospital, school or church t o collect for at least Swaziiand one kit. Individuals who want to start collect­ . /' ing should write to the NSC for a collector's Lesotho'--- , ~.I Indion sheet or fill in the bankers order . "Get your organisation to arrange a meeting, ,./ Ocean ·QveenstOWi\ , with a speaker or film. ~.;'-_/ " Arrange a benefit night, disco or jumble sale_ Port Ei. (ob •• h "Pass a resolution at your Trades Union branch supporting SWAPO .(Further details from NSC) L----- ''l-,s !Golden Harvest l i s midway in i t s 7.,000 mile voyage to bring 4,500 books - requested . j lJa:nibians but barmed by the illegal South African occupation authorities - to the port \...£ ,;c:'lvis Bay . Operation ITarlli bi a, a group of people from many nations on five continents, orgdI1.ized the voyage, and the 69-foot sail ing vessel left PortSJIDuth, England, on 27th l<.. .:ober 1976, the 10t h anniversary of the United Nations I formal assumption of legal auth­ o!'iLy over the International Territory of Nam.i..bia. The nine member international crew - of seven men and two women, one of them Karen Elise Gaedart of vJisconsin - have been call­ ing to e,nthusiastic welcomes at European and African ports. They are now off Gambia. TIle 'Go}_den Harvest' needs your support. Information from 8 checks to: Philadelphia Namibia Action Group 4811 Springfi eld Avenue Phi ladel phia, PA 19143 PHONE: (215) 724-1858

THE VOYi1GE OF THE" l~ . (~_Q,~ .J) ~ ' T'{~1!1~~,E S~~. / EPISCOPAL CHURCBMEl'oJ FOR SOlJlli l\J?RICA 14 West IIth Street, New York ,NY 10011

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A NAt1IBIj\~ PEACE CENTER. IN PWiRICA

L'1Spired by a vis;it by Colin O'Brien ~l.iIlter, Bishop of Namibia-in-exile, to their parish, some members of St. Augus·tine 's-By- 'lne--Sea in Santa Honica, California, have determined to create a Namibia Peace Center in the USf.\. , based on the Namibia Peace Center establish­ ed by Bishop 'i

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The Reverend :Frederick A. Fen to)J , Rector 'rhe n~\ver"n d Kf:vin S. Dunn, .AJilsf)ciate Hector The R,werend Stephen K . Commins, Associate R ector

--NAMIBIA PEACE WHAT CAN WE AT ST. AUGUSTlNE I S DO WITH OUR VARIED TALENTS AND INTERESTS?

E D U 9. A T ION L .A N.R. _ r H FOR M,A T I.~.~ DEVELOPM.. .., ...... ENT 1. Fncourage sale of Bis...":l0p Winter' a book "Namibiall a. request libra.ries to obtain it b. perha.ps visit other ohurches and urge them to sell it 2. F~cate ourselves a. Read .. get a bibliography of pertinent books and pamphlets b. Landing library - available at church c. Study groupe at church ,3. Develop teams to go tQ other churches and Worn t hem and/or help them start another branch of the Namibia Peace Center 4. Arrange culttlral arJumges ~ . Utilize sources at local universtties and colleges 6. 'l'ravel a. Tour of Africa b. visit abbey in &lgland - publish address a.nd directions 7. Arrange for films, lectures, tapes from the Bishop 8. Prepare f or a return visit by Bishop Winter so his tjme is efficiently utilized 8. Provide an information table every Sunday at church - with bOOKS, pamphlets for aale, brochures, and bulletin board with current news items of interest i O~ Involve other church groups such as the Sunday Experience, PEACE, Youth, Guild8 11. !nstitute rap groupa for discussion on how to handle responsea to our stand 12. Eilcourage community invo1vement a. Our own riaroibiaa 1 ) integration issue 2) segregated clubs :3) Ocean Park Community Center 4) Jiission to the elderly 5) hunger problems 6) NYA b. other pl"Ojecta that would educa:te and inform 13. Form a speaker I s bureau ... Fr. Steve, .African students, others as we become educateC1 Set up debates 14. Public Relations - posters, logo" bumper stickers, pamphlets, letters, neNa media 1~. Namibia Peace Center NeJl-1s1etter - coordinating all p.rogra.ms - keeping all Wormed write to other parishes Bishop Hinter visi.ted and see what they are doing . Including messages from Bishop Winter or priests in Namibia . . 16. ntaplays - request llbraries to display books a.."ld articles t1. lfow to take a stand and liipea.k out f 6·,;. CSrit.er to study issues

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\ffiAT CAN I'm AT ST. AUGUSTlNE1 S DO wrI'H OUR VARIED TALENTS MID n~TERES'rS'l

1. Long l"ange goal is freoooIll ~ . Who has the power is Sou'th Africa1 Ptlblicize conditions that eXist 3. u.s. loans and investments in South Mric:a .. chu.rch investments in South Africa sUPPOX't resolutions that affect the situation there !~ .. Write t.o Congress and State Dept,. Officials 50 Current events that pertain - keep us informad 6. Speaking out as a pariah - publicity and education 7.. stat.amant by parish 8., Keeping us all ini'ormed of legislative action in the Nrunibia Peace Center Newslettel".

NAMIBIA PE.AL'E CENTER

~JHAT CAN WE foX ST. AUG'USTINE! S DO · ~TI'H CUR VARIED TALEN1'S l~ID INTERESTS?

SKILLS POOL (Human resoillxes, talents)

1. Art 2. In£or'il'lation ::]. Hedia - radio and t. V' • newspapers magazines 4. Legal 5 . Teachirlg 6. Public spearing 7> \Vriting 8. ':{'I;Jping - Office skills 9. Organizing 10. N?..llaging

--NAMIBIA

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1. Special projects to raise f~~ds a. Sister school concept with dayschool and school in Namibia b. Post costs for specific needs and ask for donations c. Hunger dinners d. Pa,,. for a student, in Nami.bia - either studyL."'lg here or there €I .. Special benefit perfo1'fllances ... African folk sin,gar - co-sponsorad with dqschooJ. :r ~ Parish organiZations sponsor 6V(>41ta ' 1 } Fall I~air - have the theme be African - W'lth !..Jamibia as the focus ... could ha~e African food, artifacts, educational table ~ith books and pamphlets, movie 2., Central Souli'ee for :F'wlding a. To assure that money raised goes directly to Africa

P i1A'YER 4'~ • 1. A, regular prayer circle a .. Specific prayers for people of Namibia; priests of Namibia, special concems that Bishop Winter has fo.!' Namibia. b. Educate all of Parish ~ what others are doing c .. Discipline, both spiritual such as set.ting aside t.:une ever-:! day to pray for Namibia and physica.l such .as fasting and giving money saved' to Namibia. Peace "Center 2. Generu prayers - w-eaJ.l need to pray for l~8l1libia - :for.' creative ideas on how to help 3. Collect for Namibia. a. A .fooal. point to continually remind all of us b. Perhaps a banner or sign at church announcing our commit ment to Nam.ibla. 4. Pray for our own liamibias 5. For Bishop Winter Washington. D. C.

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' . () A 'THANK YOU' FROM ZIMBABWE TO AMERICAN FRIENDS

Dr. and Ms. Oliver Munyaradzi express their deep thanks to all those in this country who sent messages of love and solidarity during the doctor's long period of detention in one of Ian Smith's prison camps.

Dr. Munyaradzi, you recall, was seized by the Rhodesian security police on 23 August 1976 in the theatre of Harari Hospital in Salisbury as he was scrubbing up to perform an operation. He is the only African sur­ geon in Zimbabwe and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.

The doctor was detained in solitary confinement 225 miles from his home in Salisbury. Ms. Munyaradzi, a nurse at Harari, was allowed to visit him for 30 minutes. Later he was transferred to a prison closer to the capital city of Salisbury and there appeared, with counsel, before a Smith regime tribunal - not a court of law.

Dr. Munyaradzi was released on 22 December and placed under certain re­ strictions : he may not travel more than 20 km from Salisbury and he must report once a week to the security police. Dr. Munyaradzi writes that he has been reinstated at the hospital and he continues his practice.

The Munyaradzis are grateful for the many letters received from the USA - generated by an ECSA alert last fall. They feel this attention from the United States - hardly unnoticed by the security police - played apart in the doctor's release.

They welcome any further correspondence:

Dr. Oliver and Ms. Muriel Munyaradzi 6160 Chitepo Road airmail: 3l¢ - half oz. P. O. Highfield Salisbury, airletters: 22¢ Rhodesia .-;--- , \ \

ECSA 14 West 11th Street New York, N.Y. 10011

Mr & Ms David Wiley 729 Sunset Lane East Lansing, MI 48823