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26 September 1991 ' ~ ' TODAY: 'CREO'IT UNIONS-QO NORTH * YOUNG'SCIENTISTS' EXHIBITION • SUPER SPORT * Thursday September 26 R80 000 buying .binge denied by PM's office MBATJIUA<HGAVIRUE THERE is no truth in reports that a shopping spree by members of the Prime Minister's delegation during a recent world trip cost Namibian taxpayers R80 000 in excess baggage penalties, according to the Prime Min· ister's Office. Reports circulating in Wmd- companions. hook this week claimed that . Permanent Secretary of the the shop-till-you-drop style of Prime Minister's Office Peter some members of the PIime Damaseb yesterday admitted Minister's eniourage resulted that the delegation was penal- in huge penalties for exces.s ised for carrying excess bag- baggage. gage. _ Already members of the . DlUjlaseb refused to disclose public have complained that ' how much was paid for the the taxpayer might end up extra baggage, but he emphati- having to pay for the profligate Continued on page 3 ways of the PM's travelling esistance AN ecumenical prayer service, organi. had for prayer. sed by the country's major Churches, They also prayed for the future of Ar· was held at Arandis on Tuesday to pre· andis and for their children's future, pare people for mass retrenchments and Lessing's sermon was about Iif~ after re· unemployment starting last week. trenchment as after all Jesus Christ died According to HannsLessing of the and rose again. at Arandis Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Re· The people should not give up on the public of Namibia some 200 people camE! future, or sit around and be idle, even if to the service. the days ahead proved difficult. He urged They had a chance to express their people to carry the message home and to Residents gather over removal feelings of dissatisfaction, doubt and fear continue Arandis' tradition of peace and during the time which the community not taking violence onto the streets. TENSION and insecurity are in the air at Arandis as JOSEPH MOTINGA residents are unsure whether they will be forced to go next March. Rossing Uranium yesterday certain. It may be cheaper to Lessing said that what said that as part of the retrench­ house remaining workers at Tsuwaseb had told them was ment of750workers - bClieved Swakopmund and bus them to different from the letter the by some to be nearer 882 - they work. mine sent them on September and their families will:bave to However, Rossing said yes­ 18. leave their company houses in terday that it would never force Lessing says Tsuwaseb prom­ Arandis by March 31 next year. its workers to move to ised that no~ one would be Rossing said that they hoped ~ opmund. moved, against their will, but Arandis would become a mu­ _. also warned that it may cut the letter only says the mine is nicipality "before long" and the community development considering the wish of the that another authority, would activities availa1:>le to its em­ workers not to be moved. take over services in the town ployees and their families in Lessing says that Rossing's where currently everything is Arandis. letter also says that manage­ Hill by the mine, Rossing also denied it had ment hope that once Arandis' On Monday rught worried ever promised retrenched wode­ legal status is sorted out, the residents held a mass meeting ers they would be able to stay town will be able to SUppOlt to hit back at what they saw as on. itselfby attracting enough in­ the mine's position and to plan For the residents, Lessing dustries and other work. their own future for the town. said that onSeptemoor 16 their However he welcomed the Hanns Lessing, a member of committee met the mine's mine's assurance in the letter the residents' committee, said superintendent for Housing and that it would consider the resi­ that the status of the town might Community Development of ~nts' committee in all future not be determined by March Arandis, Axaro Tsuwaseb, and discussions on the town. 31. This could lea"~ retrenched­ gave him an eight-point reso­ Yesterday Rossing only re­ workers and their families with lution. ferred to a joint committee set no protection or choice as to This mainly covered the up between the company and whether to leave the to\\'I1. wishes of the committee that the Government to discuss the WINNERS. Caryn Eliasov (left) -and Nolan Kotting of Centaurus High School in According to some, the very retrenched workers who want future of the town. It said that Windhoek yesterday walked off with the R4 000 prize in the Rossing Foundation's future of the town some 50 kil­ to stay on should be allowed to Young Scient:::~s Exhibition for their display, 'Tea Fungus?' See details and more ometres from the coast is un- do so. Continued on page 2 pics, p6. Photograph: Andrew Perrin ' "-:2 Thursday September 26 1991 THE NAMIBIAN ~ )t ee l. 1.1; $ , .i t e .''-' I" 1'-1""". "{. r i ~ ", ". ~ "y ~ ~ i . nology. It said that the future of re­ trerx:hed employees after March 31 1992 will be decided at it had already played a key joint talks between the Gov­ role in encouraging new in­ ernment and the company. dustries and had invested R6 It did not say that the Aran­ million in the nearby Namib­ dis residents' committee would ian Institute for Mining Tech- be included in these talks. Vakature Senior Sekondere Skool Mariental benodig 'n THE matron of mission hospital gets a lesson in the benefits of mosquito nets from Uwe Rathman, owner of the firm which supplied 400 nets recently donated SKOOLHOOF to the hospital by the German Government. om te begin op 1 Januarie 1992. Stuur die aansoek aan: Bushmen get boost in Ministerie: Onderwys en Kultuur Privaatsak 2160 fight against malaria KEETMANSHOOP AS the first mosquitoes of lar understanding of 'prevent­ were supplied by a Namibian Slultlngsdatum: the season start to make their able diseases' by educating firm which has been manufac­ 1991-10-31 presence felt, people in Bush­ people at local level. Malaria turing the items for the past manland will feel the benefit Awareness Week will soon year. Employing 25 women and Die vOlgende vakatures bestaan vanaf.1 Januarle 1992. of a thous~d mosquito nets come round again to remind working hard to convince a (2) Onderwysers: Biologie St. 7-1 0 which the Government has just people of the various ways in growing number of customers bought for the region. which they can keep the dis­ that mosquito nets make sense, (3) Onderwyseresse: L.O. (Dogters) St. 6-10. Primary Health Care (PHC) ease at bay. •Mossi Nets' is based at Otavi. Wiskunde en Aardrykskunde. campaigns throughout the While past administrations During its first year of opera­ country are gearing up to in­ tended to concentrate on chemi­ tions the small firm has sup­ St. 6-8 sal 'n aanbeveling wees. crease awareness of the link cal solutions to the mosquito plied various schools and hos­ between mosquitoes and ma­ problem, such as DDT spray­ pitals in the North with one of Stuur die aansoek aan: laria. Despite the fact that ing, more progressive meth­ the most reliable safeguards Die Skoolhoof malaria is one of Namibia's ods stress the importance of against malaria. Along with main killer diseases, particu­ protecting yourself from the the Bushmen, the latest people Posbus 314 larly among children, there is insects. Mosquito nets, insect to receive mosquito nets were MARIENTAL still widespread ignorance of repellants and protective cloth­ the patients of Oshilruku mis­ its cause. ing are some of the key recom­ sion hospital on the border with 9000 The PHC drive,launched by mendations suggested by the Angola. The German Govern­ (Tel: 0661-833/865 (w) en 439 (h) the Ministry of Health and Health Ministry. ment recently donated 400 nets Social Services in February Ibis The nets bought for Bush­ to the hospital in time for the Slultlngsdatum: 1991-10-31 year, hopes to increase popu- manland by the Government coming malaria season. A MEMBER OF OERMANN -- W BROCK . .:~ SENTRAI s TO R~ ~ ": : :::" " ~- - ~S·T·O·R· '5 ---- R5.29 .. ~ l"-,"" ... l't' '"' ~.J -J ~ I.- THE NAMIBIAN ' Refinery man denies links to -tricks-ters THE general manager of TOM MINNEV and could harm people by being Enerkor Nami~ia, the breathed in and by skincontact although it would take very company behind a pro­ which provides only the "gerru­ large quantities to affect Wind­ Academy from scarce books, rather than posed Usakos oil refinery, ine article" which is appar­ JOSPEH MOTINGA says he also deals in "red ently made in the Soviet Union hoek's water supplies as Bar­ having their own copies. Hos­ lett had hinted. staff members have been to be sold for rocket fuel and nine-tenths comes from the tel fees have not been increased merCury". But Russell The pro-forma invoice cut off as part of an econ­ making chromium among other speci­ omy drive at the top edu­ Government. although costs are growing as Bartlett denies he has any fies China with the mercury to In fact the current budget is otherwise bursaries the students links with tricksters hawk­ uses. cation body which is hit by Bartlett provided a "pro furma be supplied by an Australian 'R2 million less than in 1987. receive would not be enough ing bogus samples of the firm called 'Gemail', under­ lower funding and high invoi~e' , which he gave to one Current inflation, which he says to support thein.
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