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* INSIDE: NAMIBIA DENIES 'FOREIGN DEBT' TALKS 'WITH SA * » c. , .. SOc (GST Inc.) Court order prevents NNF from attending DTA congress RAJAH MUNAMAVA NAMIBIA National Front (NNF) president Vekuii Rukoro yesterday survived the first legal . battle in his bid to prevent his front organisation from attending the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) congress which was scheduled for today. However, it remains to be seen the hearing, had to decide on the in the case, and Rukoro brought the whether he will be able to maintain locus standi of the first applicant, application in his capacity as presi- cohesion and unity in his embattled Vekuii Rukoro. His own party, Swanu, organisation. waived its right to become a joinder CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Agreement was reached by law yers representing the two parties in » .....'i< <> ·i ..> .. .. > ..• > .. •..• the dispute which Acting Justice Theo Frank made an order of court - to the ~ . la •••••• ·· •• B.eng·u.• lte.ld·.· •••• tO~ ... r·all.som .. .... .. .. .. effect that the 'faction' of the NNF wishing to attend the said congress THE Cape Times newspaper reports that South Africa is not prepared could do so either as individuals or as to hand back Namibia's oniy research vessel, the Benguela, without members of their own parties, but not prior "negotiations". In a follow-up to an article in The Namibian as the NNF. which revealed that South Africa was holding Na:mibia's research ship, Rukoro filed an urgent application purchased in 1968 by the then SW A Administration, the Cape Times in the Windhoek High Court this said the Department of Foreign Affairs preferred to stay out of the week, seeking to prevent the Na dispute, saying it had "no comment". South Africa's Department of mibia Independence Party (NIP), Environmental Affairs, however, emphasized that for decades the two United Namibia Peoples Party countries had close ties on fishing matters, particularly in regard to (UNPP), Mmabatho Peoples Party (MPP) and the Namibia Nation..'Il Front research. It added that "we are extremely keen to keep these relations (NNF) and its centra! conunittee from because many of South Africa's fisheries are interlinked with Na mibia's fisheries". The Department added: "When Namibia Is ready attending the DTA congress at which to negotiate with us, we will be willing to !Iiscuss the transfer of the a new party is to be formed. Benguela, among other issues, with them." It is evident that the SA The application also asked the court Department of Environmental Affairs clearly sees the transfer of the to declare as unconstitutional, inva lid and null and void a decision of Benguela as part of a negotiations package about fishing matters. Already the Namibian government had requested its Icelandic counter June 2 this year to attend the con- parts to help man the boat and train Namibian crew to operate it. It was . gress. reliably understood that the Icelandic team will arrive in Namibia in It furtherasked the court to uphold a decision taken by the NNF central July to commence this task. At present a Norwegian vessel is the oniy research boat operating in Namibian waters, and this vessel stops its committee on January 13 not to ac cept the DT A request for incorpora investigation into the depletion of Namibian fish resources at the end NNF and Swanu president, Vekuii Rukoro, triumphant after his tion. of the year. To date, the Namibian government had not Issued a public court victory. Picture by Da'oud Vries. The court, in the initial stages of statement on the matter. THE Namibian government, the and out of the garage every two Kenyan Airforce and Unicef teamed weeks." up this week for a lightning nation All systems go for immunization Working on a tight budget ilIld wide tour to check the green light with only two qualified doctors, the was on for Namibia's National ------------- KATE BURLING ---~-------- Khorixas inmmnization campaign will Immunization Campaign. The cam cover 15 different areas. Its medical paign takes off at 08h30 on Mon officials set out on Wednesday morn health doctor Helmuth Reuter, chief cal. According to Dr Luz Trinidad staff will be split into three teams in day when President Sam Nujoma ing to visit KhOlixas, Opuwo, Een pharmacist Andrew Fudge and re Banda, all systems were 'go' but in order to spread expertise as widel y as will administer the first vaccine to hanna, Oshakati, Rundu, Katima gional health director Dr Sydney Smith danger of getting stuck on the start possible. a child at Katutura Clinic. Mulilo, Mangetti Dune and Groot seemed positively itching to get on ing blocks. When working in outlying areas, Some health areas were still wa fontein, before returning to Wind with the job, and their computerized Of the three vehicles available to the teams will sleep in the bush, a vering on amber. but in genera! things hoek late last night. system .gave a nerve-centre atmos the hospital, one beaten-up old Beetle situation not helped by their lack of looked promising for the start of the This morning they left early for phere. could barely limp around town, while camping equipment and the coming biggest immunization programme in Gobabis, Mariental, Keetmanshoop But the loudest plea coming from the other two were still being re month of s,mdstomlS. the country's history. and Ai s- Ai s to make sure medical virtually every centre visited was paired. Nevertheless, said. Banda, "We Travelling in a Kenyan Buffalo teams have all they need for Mon 'more vehicles!' " Apart from an ambulance. we are ready. Our statistics have proved aircraft and accompanied by Briga day's kick-off. In Khorixas, where teams have to haven't received any new vehicles in the past that inununization works. dier-General Daniel Opande. a mixed Some hospitals, like Rundu, pro reach conununities of up to 300 kil since 1987," said Banda. "The roads Ifwe can get better res'ult s in squatter team of Unicef and Health Ministry vided model examples. Conununity ometres away, the situation was criti- here are bad and the vehicles are in . areas like Donkerhoek, we'll be What you have all been waiting for! "RE-OPENING OF LE CLUB" with Guinness happy hour between 20h30 and 21h30. Lets take it to the records with new sounds and exciting people TI'4,, 3-7293 ** TYYY CONTINENTAL HOTEL FAX 3-1539 European Parliament united against lifting sanctions YOUR DAlLY GUIDE TO EVENTS WORLD-WIDE STRASBOURG - The European Parliament on Thursday urged Parliamentarians said international European Community governments to keep up all sanctions against sanctions had made an "important South Africa until apartheid is abolished. contribution" to the recent progress toward ending apartheid. But they Voting 177-47 with five absten discuss the sanctions issue at their added that it would be "undesir BUCHAREST - Thousands of miners supporting Romanian President Ion tions, parliamentarians adopted a summit meeting in Dublin, Ireland, able" for the EC to abandon sanc lliescu took control of central Bucharest after troops secured key government resolution urging the 12 EC govern on June 25 and 26. tions before all South Africans ••are buildings to snuff out what lliescu called a right-wing coup attempt. The ments "to ensure that all sanctions, Jean-Pierre Cot, leader of the treated as equals in a non-racial, government condemned police, saying they showed weakness towards anti including economic, cultural and Socialist group, with 180 seats the democratic society". government protesters who clashed with security forces on Wednesday and set sporting sanctions, by the Commu largest in the 518-seat assembly, told All members of the Socialist group fire to police headquarters. nity and the Member State~ are con reporters that "Nelson hlandela's who attended the debate voted for the SOFIA - Bulgaria's fonner communist rulers were officially declared winners tinued". message was heard by the parlia motion, together with members of of the country's first free parliamentary election in more than four decades. A The resolution also called on EC ment". the Green group and the two left fmal count by the Central Electoral Commission overseeing polls for a new governments and its executive com On Wednesday Mandela, deputy wing groups. 400-seat National Assembly gave the ruling Bulgarian Socialist Party, for mission to make more money avail president of the African National But many members of the assem merly the Communist Party, 47,15 per cent of the first-round national vote last able to South Africans returning home Congress, gave a 45-minute speech bly's second largest group, the Euro Sunday. The opposition Union of Democratic Forces got 36,2 per cent. from exile and for a "negotiations at the parliament in which he said pean Peoples' Party (Christian JERUSALEM - A wounded Israel rejected criticism from US Secretary of trust fund" to support the process of even a partial lifting of sanctions Democrats) voted against the mo State James Baker and asserted that Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir had not democracy there. .would be a "disaster" for South tion, as did a number of Liberals and hardened his conditions for peace talks to settle the Palestinian problem. EC governments are expected to Africa. British Conservatives. COLOMBO - Sri Lanka rushed troop reinforcements to besieged north eastern areas as Tamil guerrillas stepped up a four-day-old offensive. But the government said it was still willing to negotiate an end to the conflict in which more than 200 people have been killed since Monday. MOSCOW - Lithuanian President Vytautas Landsbergis said he he saw no Lithuania still 'wai.tin sign yet of Moscow easing its economic sanctions against his republic. Earlier Lithuanian Prime Minister Kazimiera Prunskiene said after talks with Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov that Moscow had agreed to ease the blockade it imposed after Lithuania's March 11 independence declaration.