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30 January 1987.Pdf Windhoek resident challenges interim government BY GWEN LISTER The verbatim text ofMr Eins' letter Century society, which the security tions? Or does the war situation allow reads as follows: forces and our transitional govern­ the security forces special licence for A WINDHOEK resident, Mr "The Namibian of16.01.87 reported ment tell us every day through their . such conduct, unworthy of any human Ulrich Eins, has called on the · another incident (with photographic diverse propaganda media, we have to . being in any situation? ., authorities to'take The N ami· proof) in which bodies of alleged Swapo fight.for so vehemently. o Mr Cleary an d his Transcon. bian to court if the reports in insurgents were paraded openly on "Allow me therefore to ask a few tinental colleagues: Are you also in­ the newspaper of security ·security force Casspirs in northern questions: . cludingsuch 'parades' in theitineries forces parading the bodies of Namibia. o The Transitional Government of your numerous ove.rseas guests, who dead insurgents on Casspirs "After a similar report on 09.05.86, and its honourable ministers: What are ferried into and around the coun­ are untrue, many Namibians uttered their disgust has been done about these previously try at the taxpayer's expense to prove reported atrocities? Has the responsi­ a strongly-worded open letter ad­ and protested against such practices. our 'genuine attempts' in search ofan In ble minister and his cabinet taken any dressed to a number of instances in­ A public sta~ment in this regard, call­ alternative to Resolution 435? You cluding the interim government, Ad­ ing on the government to investigate action and ifso, what action? Or is this have six months left to persuade the ministrator General, NIr Sea n and take appropriate action, was made not part of your business? world how the transitional govern­ Cleary, the Namibian media and pe0- by the Interessengmeinschaft (IG). o The Administrator General: As .ment is coping in accordance with its ple, and the Western Contact Group, "I, and many fellow Namibians must the highest representative ofthe South Windhoek Declaration and the Bill of Mr Eins, wh6 is also a member ofthe now protest openly against the con­ African occupation forces and self con­ Fundamental Rights. Interessengemeinschaft, asks what tinuation of these and similar prac­ fessed advocate ofpeaceful solution at- . 0 The media of-Namibia: Are such has been done about these reported tices and the obvious disregard of all . tempts, can you or your Government Continued on page 2 incidents in northern Namibia. accepted moral standards ofa late 20th Mr Ulrich Eins condone and ignore such repeated ac- KATOfA ·&1-ARRESTED Detained under·AG 9 after Supreme Court· ordered his rele~se last year STAFF REPORTER Secret documents on removal INTERIM GOVERNMENT Justice Minister , Mr Fanuel Kozonguizi, has confirmed the detention of controver­ of the Old Location in 1968 sial former AG 26 detainee, Mr Josef Katofa, who.Be r~lease was or dered by the Supreme Court in September revealed on centrespread tqday 1985, a judgement-later upheld by the Appellate Divi­ sion of the Bloemfontein Supreme Court in December last year. " Confirming the detention ofMr Katofa, and his father, Mr Katofa Shilongo under AG 9 on Wednesday of this week, in what appears to be a spate of arrests in northern Namibia, Mr Kozonguizi said that Mr J osef Katofa's arrest "had nothing to do with his previous detention" and that new charges were being investigated. He could give no further details_ The father and son were detained on Wednesday in Ombalantu, and another 12 detentions under what police merely refer to as "security legislation", have been confirmed. Mr Kozonguizi, in confirming the detentions of the Katofa father and son, said that police were entitled to hold them for 30 days under AG 9, after which they would have to charge them or apply to the Cabinet for their further detention. Mr Katofa was in the news when he was detained·in May 1984 under Proclamation AG 26. After an ap­ plication for his release by . his brother, Mr Nikodemus Katofa, was granted by the Windhoek Supreme Court, the interim government Cabinet appealed the decision. The then Cabinet Chairman, Mr Dawid Bezuidenhout, had in a sworn affidavit earlier, called for the fur­ ther detention ofMr Josef Katofa, on . Mr Josef Katofa THE ROMAN CATHOLIC Church and interim government are at loggerheads following the deportation of two the grounds that "the release of Josef pellate Division, and the Cabinet and Dutch volunteers, who were employed at the St Antonius Hospital, Swakopmund, which has now been taken Katofa at this time is not advisable". Officer Commanding the Windhoek over by the Government. Pictured above are the two men, from left to right, Mr R Heg, head of Administration The appeal by the Cabinet against Prison were ordered tO,pay the costs at the Hospital; and Mr R R Hilgers, head of the operating theatre. Full story inside today. his release was dismissed by the Ap- of the application. " - - ;.;-- GRAND OPENING ~VIDEO VISIOrt 140 Republic Road fiRE YOO fi· * Free Parking * Thousands of new tapes * All contracts less 50% on·p-resentation of this aclvert! OOPO" BOOK Hire two for. the price of one. HOLDER? * Free U-Save b~oklet value R4 000 with every contract. 2 Friday January 30 1987 THE NAMIBIAN Afriea Games - profit honanza mittee, s,pods federations and youth They have limited sponsorship deals to AFTER SEVERAL FALSE starts, preparations for the fourth University football quarterback. sport;projects. 26 companies, which will have the All-Africa Games are now well underway, with the help of the But it is their money-making skills Sos ccessful wastheirformula, bas­ right to associate their name with the American duo who changed the face ofsports pro~otion bytur­ rather than their athletic prowess ed o ' arketing the spOnsorship and Games. ning the Los Angeles Olympics into a profit-making bonanza. which has created an international de­ advertising rights, that it has been Time is running out for the prepara­ Hezekiah Wepukhulu reports for Gemini News Service from mand for thElir services. ' eagerly taken up by the entire Olym­ tions, but the two men express Nairobi on the race to get things ready for the long-delayed pic movement. confidence. event. They teamed up for the 1984 Olym­ It has also resurreCted international Says Berg: "We realise th~t thetime pics and turned a potential white interest in hosting the Olympics and frame is extraordinarily short, but we American s8.Iesmanship has come to Paschal, the. enterprising duo who elephant into a commercial success by other inajor sporting contests. hope to complete the projed in time for the rescue of the long-delayed All­ turned the Los Angeles Olympics in­ devising a new marketing formula. Last year their firm clinched a con­ the Games. We felt the project was 80 Africa Games to be held in Nairobi this to a multi-million dollar bonanza. tract with the Kenya Government to important that we dropped all other August. The profits they created at Los serve as exclusive marketing agents bUsiness to concentrate on the Games. The hard-pressed organisers have Paschal was an outstandingrunI).~r Angeles were distributed - after their for the troubled fourth Africa Games, "We have been very encouraged with enlisted the help ofDick Berg and Bill in his youth, and Berg was a Stanford own rake-off- to the US Olympic Com- originally scheduled for 1982. the response we have received from major companies all over the world. The event had been postponed Now we are more confident that these because ofthe uru:eadinessoffacilities, Games will be a big success and will including the Kasarani sports complex help put Kenya in the forefront of world being built with Chinese assistance. sport:' At the ~ginning of 1986, Kenya The Supreme Council for Sports has dropped ' out altogether because of given its blessing to the marketing ap­ financial difficulties. proach. Commented Secretary­ Then President Daniel Arap Moi's General Amadou Lamine-Ba, reversed the pull-{)ut, announcing that "Everything about 'Berg and Kenyallad agreed after all to go ahead Associates' investment is quite an with the Games, at an estimated cost order by the SCSA requirements. of$l1 million. The on-off Games, last "It is not the intention of the Coun­ held in Algiers in 1978 were on again. cil to come into the way of the host na­ 'Ib help cut costs, the Supreme Coun- tion to the Games, as long as it does not , , cil for Sports in Africa (SCSA) - which allow alcohol and tobacco adver­ had found it difficult to obtain a tisements:' replacement host - said that par­ Kenya has a particular interest in ticipatingteams should pay an accom­ the success ofthe new-look Games with , modation charge of$20 a day for each the payment of fees and commer­ competitor in the fourteen events and cialisation - ifit pays off, the Govern­ $30 for officials. ment will press its case for the selec­ But the real hope for revenue lies in tion of Nairobi as venue for the 1994 the BergJPaschal marketing drive. Commonwealth Games. Sot' 'n Easy hair products keep yom' hair looking and feeli ng the way it did the day ~'OU had it pen ned. 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