. ' * TODAY: FOOD RUNNING OUT IN SOMALIA * GOOD 'RAINS ACROSS NAMIBIA * NAM BEATS SINGAPORE * ~ IdT ' Bringing Africa South Vol.3 No.353 March 1 a holiday Schools close on lfeb 28 ~r::l~~~ ;:~~"!!~ S THE ONLY omcial holiday for the Walvls '.... tnent.;J,'b,ewb,oJeop .. [:! Bay celebrations Is March 1. This Is to apply etatI6p\ WiU,'blv61ve:i all over Namibia, and was recently dedar'ed J~~~W.~t~~C;A ": In a proclamation by the Head of State, Sam mllkingetghtt1:iJihi$ " cl~y. Thequestion u Nujoma. , whether,1._ ._...... .:. '.',:,: However March lis on a Tuesday and the four-day pia celebration at Walvls Is set to begin on the previous Saturday. President continued on page 1 a e onSlau Namibian children the main target entine disco horror after three boys at Shifidi sec­ TOMMlNNEY ondary school raped a 14-year-old girl in a class­ room at a night disco earlier this week. TWO OR three rape cases are VanZyl says as far as she recalls, two young girls reported to the Namibian Police every have been raped at Auas primary school in recent day in Windhoek, and nearly half of months. these are on children. Two boys, which she says were aged 6 and 8, were raped early one morning last year on their way Warrant Officer Retha van Zyl of Windhoek's to the school. The sodomists in their case were older police Woman and Child Abuse Centre told The men one of whom has been convicted and the other Namibian yesterday that the main targets among is still on trial. under 18-children are girls - aged 5 to 12 years old. Only three reports of young boys being sodomized Rapes at or near schools are very common, al­ have so far been reported at the abuse centre, set up though the number so far this year is less than last by the Namibian Police at Katutura Hospital. year. In the third case, last December, a quiet and Auas Primary School in Windhoek's Katutura is withdrawn boy was raped in a riverbed as he went a particular target and principal Hendrik Kumundu to s<;hool to get a report. said yesterday "we can't protect the children" from All the other cases have been young girls or adult 'sex-beast' young men who hang around the play­ women. grounds continuously harassing and stealing from The effect on a child's future of rape or any sexual children aged 7-14 years. assault at these formative ages can be traumatic. Most rapes are committed by boys at the schools School work, motivafion, confidence and even the YOUNG Natalia Sonya Bungu, who has been missing since Tuesday. See or nearby schools. report below. Katutura detectives are still investigating a Val- continued on page 2 • • ~==========================~ Girl, 8, mISSIng Right-winger rages at However, a police spokesperson said PM and the President TOM MlNNEY according to their information another child had been found and they had not A WORRIED mother is statements by the President and Prime Minister received any news or confirmation that JOSEF MOTINGA respecti vely. desperately searching for eight­ Natalia was safe and sound. Mostert charged that the statements proved the ' year-old Natalia, who Earlier yesterday her mother AN extremist white group based in Port underlying conviction of the Namibian Govern­ disappeared from school on Annalize Bunga made a tearful appeal Nolloth has accused President Sam Nujoma ment that whites would be tolerated only until' Tuesday morning. through the Namibian Police for any­ and Prime Minister Hage Geingob of being such time as there was a black government in Even more worrying is the high rate one who knows Natalia 's whereabouts responsible for the "death of South Africa. of sexual attacks on the children at the to come forward and end her worry. reconciliation" . The spirit of reconciliation had thus disap­ school, Auas Primary School in Wind­ Natalia may have disappeared with Aksie Vrye Yolk, headed by right-wing lawyer, peared, and so also the spirit of 'tolerance' on the hock's Katutura, where three young another young friend, Vallerie, but no Daan Mostert, said it was time whites stopped part of A VV seemed to be on the way out. He dlildren have been raped in recent more details were known. being "so tolerant". added he had given the Namibian Government a months. When following up on Natalia' s dis­ In an open letter, Mostert, who left Walvis Bay chance to prove itself, and had so brought about a Thcre was some confusion among appearance, Auas school principal in protest at Namibian independence, claimed it period of peace that had reigned since independ- relatives last night over whether the Hendrik Kumundu revealed the re- had come to light that mere lip service was paid to youngster had been found and her reconciliation. He based his conclusion on public continued on page 2 mother could not be reached. continued on page 2 ~/ ., f~1 , 2 Thursday. February 17 1994 ' •THE. NAMIBJAN I ~~:~l~:o ~~~~~JI.ll~I" ~;ip ;; ~t~~e shuffle I January 28 was found at the weekend after President. That post was permanent secretary. He manent secretary to State JOSEF MOTINGA media and police appeals eventually held by Or Ndeutala has been acting in that House cou Id receive del­ succeeded in tracking him down. THE permanent secretaries of State House Hishongua. position since the relo­ egates should the Presi­ Stanley Geingob is back home with his mother The post will be the cation of Frieda dent not be present, he Anna Dlamini in Windhoek and is reported safe and and the Cabinet will now attend Cabinet equivalent to a perma­ Williams to the Ministry said. happy - after he had first run away over a school meetings and a number of other secretaries nent secretary and its of Works, Transport and The changes had been misunderstanding. have been promoted. holder will be the ac ~ Telecol1lmunicat,ion as planned since December Police spokesperson Edwin Kamburona counting officer at the pertnanent secretary, last year. Kanguatjivisaysthemediaplayedaverybigrolein . This decision was ' tarytothePresident,and Presidency. Explaining the reasons The changes had noth­ finding the missing, teenager. Apparently he was taken by Cabinet during will have an equal rank The permanent secre­ for the changes, ing to do with an indi­ staying with people who heard about his mother's its Fifth Ordinary Ses- with that of secretary to tary in the Office of the Wakolele said the per­ vidual, said Wakolele, desperate search as they were listening to pro- siononFebruary 15,and the Cabinet. Eddie Prime Minister will now manent secretaries to responding to a question grammes on the Nama-Damara service. of the was yesterday an- Amukongo, who now be deputy secretary to State House and the on whether they had any­ Namibian Broadcasting Corpora!ion. nounced by Nguno holds that position, has theCabinetbutstillkeep Cabinet were serving in thing to do with thetrans­ !: Stanley had fled home after a misunderstanding Wakolele, the permanent been acting secretary to the first position. Or sensitive positions and fer of former Permanent at his school, Auas Primary School in Windhoek's secretary in the Ministry the Cabinet. Peingeondjabi Shipo should be able to attend Secretary to the Cabinet Katutura. He had passed his examinations last year of Information and Wakolele said the holds that position. Cabinet meetings. Petrus Damaseb, as but a teacher told him he had failed. He ran away Broadcasting. former deputy perma- The acting permanent Only the deputies Namibian Representa­ from home in despair and desperation, saying he The former permanent nent secretary at State secretary for Home Af- would not be allowed to tive to the Joint-Admin­ wanted to try a school in Mariental. secretary at State House House, would now be fairs, She tu Hamunyela attend. istrative Authority. Police launched an appeal to help find him on will now be called secre- deputy secretary to the has been confirmed as In addition, the per- February I and Stanley was found on February 12 C:.,. , » a:z~ WLwZb J at Tsumis. Apparently he had' gone to stay with people who knew his mother, and Kanguatjivi said yesterday he did not know why they had not con­ Water in petrol tacted the parents earlier after Stanley had appeared at their house when he was supposed to be in school. Tsumis is nearly 150 kilometres south of Wind­ hoek. Kanguatjivi said they had nowbroughtStanley CAL TEX Namibia says it has there had also been one of two fraudu- home and he was happy to find out that he had, in solved problems at one of its lent claims 'which had been turned ' fact, passed. filling stations where rainwater down. Caltex was put in touch with the "On behalf of the Namibian Police I would like to seeped into a petrol tank and drivers through the serv ice station man­ thank all the media for a job well done," said brought several cars to a halt. ager, he added. Kanguatjivi. He said problems of water in the Managing Director Paul Blauch told petrol storage tanks do occur some­ The Namibian that mechanics had times, especially in South Africa where March 1 holiday helped at least eight cars and drivers there is usually more rain . But it is no had been compensated for inconven­ reflecti on on the quality of the fuel , FROM PAGE1 -- -] pendence". ience. brand name CX3, which Caltex sells, After many inquiries, The problem came on Sunday, when he added. cars refused to start after filling up at A contractor had already been Nujoma has al so asked the Ministry of Educa­ one of the pumps at Hakahana service booked fo r work on the servi ce stati on all employers to give tion and Culture has de­ station in Wi ndhoek's Katutura.