other prices 50c (incl. GST) on page 2 'JUST DEAL FOR SPIES' Swapo rejects charges of victimising refugees STAFF REPORTER SW APO has rejected charges of victimising refugees and has sharply rebuked The Namibian for an editorial published last week, in which the movement was call­ ed upon to bring to trial the estimated 100 people in detention for spying activities. In a statement issued in London yesterday, the Swapo move­ ment said criticism in an editorial published in The Namibian was unjustified, since no decision had been taken on those accused of spying for South Africa. The statement emphasised the editorial published in the that investigations into the spy February 21 edition is based on network recently uncovered in a false premise and that the Swapo ranks, were continuing, criticism contained in the and the movement had not yet editorial is therefore totally reached the stage of making unjustified. decisions on what would be 'At no point either before, done with those involved. during or since the briefing at Swapo also rejected what which a small portion of the they referred to as 'wild allega­ evid.ence we have accumulated tions' concerning Namibians in on the South African spy net­ Swapo camJls in neighbouring work was presented, did Com- . Frontline States. (See report rade Theo Ben Gurirab or any below). other representative of Swapo The verbatim Swapo state­ state that Swapo was refusing SW APO refugee camp in Angola. In a statement issued in London this week Swapo has denied vi«;timisation ment is as follows: to put on trial those who have of Namibian refugees in camps in neighbouring states. . ' Picture by Ragnar Hansen. 'Swapo of Namibia wishes to point out to The Namibian that Continued on page 3 '

Allegations ' by Parents Committee SpeCialists for hearing aids CCN gave no mandate A GROUP calling itself Ule covering up crimes' against Nami­ Hearing' Aids STAFF REPORTER bian refugees by the Swapo Parents Committee, and head­ Continental Building ed by Ms Erika Heukes and Mr leadership' . The letter to Mr Nujoma states ~st Floor. Room 48 TEL: 34242 Attie Heukes, this week claim­ that 'we, the parents and relatives p, O. Box 3552 ed that the Swapo leadership of refugees from Namibia, have for planned to execute more than Some time now obtained informa­ 1000 detainees. tion about the terrible conditions in We offer you In the meantime, Dr Abisai which our people find themselves Shejavali, General Secretary of in your camps. Hundreds of · 1 week's trial the Council of Churches in fiunilies, relatives, friends have with no obligation Namibia where both Ms Erika received the most distressing neWs to test the revolutionary Beukes and Mr Attie Beukes of killings, disappearances, forced are employed, has denied that confessions ... this spate of letters the group has any mandate ... can no longer be ignored'. 'We have also received AUDILENS " from the CCN. He confirmed eyewitness accounts of a 6 hour that previous correspondence video tape which implicates persons Hearing Aid from the Parents Committee inside and outside the country as t had stated 'care of the Council South African-trained spies.' The most outstanding feature of this lens, compared of Churches in Namibia', but to other hearing aids, is the effective automatic The letter, "care of Mrs Erika volume control which enables an improved hearing said the Committee did not'en­ Beukes, Council of Churches in joy the sanction of the Council under noisy background conditions. With the lens Namibia', named some of those directly situated in the ear, directional natural sound I and neither did they necessari­ who are alleged to have disap­ 'j ly agree with the statements and peared or have been killed as 'in­ transmission will be maintained. ~ sentiments of the group. . ter alia Lukas Stephanus, Ben ~n September last year the Boois, Eric Biwa, Benny Petrus, Nothing better than Parents Committee send several let­ Tauno Hatuikulipi and numerous ters to Frontline States Presidents, others. Almost the entire Keetmail.­ I including Mr Jose Eduardo dos shoop refugees had disappeared . . Santos of Angola and ~resident Few of Walvis Bay remain'. Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia, the They alleged that there had been United Nations, the Swapo Presi- '.forced confessions'. , dent, Mr Sam Nujoma, and to stop unnecessary killings and to A letter was also sent to Mr Fidel various other instances, pointing relinquish those who do not want· Castro, the Cuban President, 'as out that ' ... Swapo under its pre­ to be under its brutal reign'. the President of' a country concern­ Confidence ~ I sent leadership has become a liabili­ The letter to Dr Kenneth Kaun­ ed with our liberation' to bring f ty in the regional struggle for in­ da states that ' .. we have received pressure to bear on the Swapo through better hearing ;, .I dependence', and called on them information that the Zambian them to 'bring pressure on Swapo police and officials are involved in Continued on page 3 2 THE NAMIBIAN FRIDAY February 281986 WORLD FLASHES

NO AID TO UNITA CALL LUANDA: Angola appealed to envoys of 12 socialist stateS to pressure President Ronald Reagan n~t to aid its guerrilla opponents. -FARMERS FLEE ETHIOPIA NAIROBI: Some 27 000 Ethiopians fleeing acont!oversial government 'villagisation' scheme have crossed into northwestern Somalia in the past ten weeks, said Gary Troeller, Deputy Head of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Somalia. Between 500 and 1000 mainly Oromo tribespeople were crossing into Somalia daily, he told _a press conference . Somalia has over 850 000 mainly Ethiopian refugees spread through about 40 camps across the ~ountr y, according to the UN. SUPERMARKET CAR BOMB BEIRUT: At least fiv e people were killed and 12 injured, including a woman and a 2 year-old boy, when a car packed with explosives, mines and mortar bombs exploded in a supermarket in East .Beirut as Chris­ tian inter-factional fighting cominued t9 engulf the eastern half of the city.

MINE BLAST INJURY DELEGATES at Atlas Copco Small Mines Symposium this week. MAPUTO: A land mine blew off the leg of a Mozambican sheperd near the capital of Maputo as right-wing MNR guerrillas continued their cam­ paign of sabotage. Small Mines Symposium SOCCER FA~S ON RAMPAGE TUNIS: Tunisian soccer fans celebrating a victory went on the rampage, stoning police and passers-by and leaving a trail of destruction along a 270km route from the eastern port of Sfax-to Tunis. Some 360 hooligans THE INTERIM Government BY KEVIN TOOLIS rightfu l due, ' the Minister said. were arrested after damaging more than 40 police and private cars and will re-order the 'balance' bet- It is therefore, in both the min­ stealing lamb and -sheep carcases along the route. • ween the State and the mining therefore obliged to see that the ing industry's interest the State's in­ Companies in the light of the maximum number of Namibians terest, that all mines should con­ ULSTER THREATENS TO STRIKE fi ndings of the Thirion Com­ benefited from the exploitation, duct their operations in an orderly prospecting, mining and disposal NORTHERN IRELAND: North ~rn Irelarid's Protestant leaders made mission, Minister for Mines and 'efficient manner. of Namibia's natural assets. a sudden about-face and ruled out any compromise with British Prime Andreas Shipanga told a Small 'At present, the State has not a The State had to protect its in­ Minister Mrs Margret Thatcher over her pact giving the Irish republic Mines Symposium. . ' clear defined policy regarding terests and the interest of the Nami­ financial and technical assistance to any say in the affaairs of the trouble-torn region. All mining concerns, large or bian people by close scrutiny of Hours after meeting the British PM, and seemingly reaching some form small mines. In the light of the small, have three common factors mining operations. 'Often there is Thirion Commission's findings and of compromise, the top two Ulster Protestant leaders Mr Ian Paisley and Minister Shipanga told the Win­ also a lack ' oJ managerial, Jim Molyneaux issued a joint statement rejecting further talks and revived recommendations, the Government dhoek conference. They are: high technological arid mining expertise the threat of a general strike. will define a national mihning risk elements, limited life and the and then mineral deposits are not poicy in order to obtain an accep­ IRAQ GASES ISLAMIC TR<'>OPS depletion of natural resources. optimally exploited. In all such table balance between the mining _ Since the State is the the custo­ cases, the State as the owner of the sector's interests and those of the UNITED NATlONS:'rhe,UN Secretary-Genera1, Mr Javier Perez'De dian of this natural resource it was mineral right, does not recevie its State.' Cuelllar, is sending a four~man .team of expert.s to -Iran to inyestigate Iranian charges that 'Iraq used chemical weapons in thdran:Iiaci war, a UN spokesman said. MARCOS FLEES WEST HAWAII: Exhausted, sick and abandoned by his closest allies ousted Drivers escaped seriou~ injury Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos 'and his party of 90 family members is expected to arrive in Hawaii, a US Military spokesman said. The expected arrival of the former Philippine leader has already pro­ voked hostile reaction from local officials. State Senator Duke Kawasaki said 12 of his colleagues had signed a resolution for the Legislature say­ ing Mr Marcos should not be given sanctuary anywhere in the US. American officials say Mr Marcos, reportedly seriously ill with a kidney complaint, has been offered a haven in the US. SECURITY POLICE STRIKE CAIRO: Egypt's capital was clamped under an indefinite curfew as troops battled with mutinous security police in the pyramids area. BABY 'DOC' IN THE DOCK TALLOIRES, FRANCE: Hotel owner Mr Jean Tiffanat is seeking a court order to evict ousted Haitian leader Mr Jean-Claude Duvalier from the exclusive hotel where he has stayed since fleeing his country, hotel sources said.

GULF W A~ RAGES ON BAHRAIN: Iran said its troops had captured 200 sq kms of mountain peaks in a three-day Gulf war offensive into Iraqi Kurdistan.Iraq said Iranisn defences on the Faw penisula in southern Iraq were crumbling. FIGHTING ON AN EMPTY BELLY BOMBAY, INDIA: Police arrested more than 1600 people in Bombay, India's commercial capital, and the surrounding Maharashtra State as an opposition-sponsored general strike against food ,price rises paralys­ TWO Windhoekers escaped serious injury when their cars collided on the corner of Faraday and Laz,arett ed much of the country. Streets. Mr G W K Wittle, driver of this smashed Renault and Dr H E Hartley, the driver of a government vehicle, were taken by ambulance to Windhoek State Hospital after the accident. IV AN THE TERRIBLE SPRINGFIELD: A Ukrainian immigrant accused of murdering thousands of Jews at a Nazi death camp was removed from a prison hosiptal here for extradition to Israel. Petrol costs less , from Mo,nday Mr John Demjanjuk was taken to the New York Metropolitan Cor­ rectional Centre to await a flight to Israel. Called 'Ivan the Terrible' by WIDESPREAD CALLS for a cents, and the cost of paraffin will be pass on the benefits of the lower death-camp survivors who accused him of atrocities, he lost his last possi­ reduction in the priCe of goods ~t by between two and SIX cents. petrol price to the consumer by ble chance to avoid extradition when the US Supreme Courtrefused his lowering the prices of goods with a appeal. have followed the announcement The announcement was made by that petrol will cost less from high fuel and transport cost South Africa's Minister of Mineral component. ", : Monday. OTHER PRICES APPLICABLE TO THE NAMIBIAN and Energy Affairs, Mr Dawie Steyn, Business ieaders have in turn urg­ who said the price cuts were made ed the state to set an example by Windhoek .... 5c+5c tax = 50c The price of petrol is to be possible by a more favourable ex­ lowering rail and air tariffs. Oranjemund 64c+6c = 70c reduced by 10 cents,a litre for 91 change rate for the rand, as well as a Making the announcement, Mr Walvis Bay 44c+6c = 50c octane and eight cents for 87 or drop in international crude oilprices. Steyn expressed the hope that traders Keetmanshoop 50c+5c = 55c 98 octane from March 3. In Windhoe k, the Secretary for would be honest enough to adjust Johannesbu rg 62c +8c = 70c The price of diesel will also go Economic Affairs Mr Piet Kruger prices downwards, but he said 'I have down by between fo ur and eight has called on the private sector to my doubts: THE NAMmIAN FRIDAY February 28 1986 3 Letters sent to various world leaders Continued from page 1 mander, and 16 others, had died by firing squad in January 1984. They mOvement. They said in this letter claimed further that a 'reign of ter­ that many people had become ror' had been unleashed after 1976, disillusioned with Swapo and that after which , parents and relatives 'the tribalism and non-policies of had formed 'a committee to ap­ the Swapo leadership has brought proach the Church leadership in the liberation to a virtual Namibia to 'call the Swapo leader­ standstill' . ship to order'. In a letter to Mr Javier'Perez de Cuellar, United Nations Secretary They ' said they had written a General, the Ms Beukes called on book in order to inform people the UN to investigate the charges about the situation, in which they against Swapo leadership, saying would deal with conditions in the that 'Swapo is not a government Swapo camps. and even if it were then certainly 'What has now transpired there is international law and through the Swapo leadership's regulations concerning refugees'. own submission is that a large Zambia, she said, should bear number of people are incarcerated. responsibility since the 'crimes' What we contest is that it is not just were committeq on Zambian soil. 100, but many more. Furthermore, In a press release this week the the socalled admissions made by Parents Committee claimed that the accused on the video tape we Mr Tauno Hatuikulipi, former have verified as , being untrue and CHILDREN in Swapo camp in Angola. Director of the Christian Centre in we conclude that they were forced', Namibia and later PLAN com- said the statement.

Mission for the rural poo~

THE CHAIRMAN of the interim Board of Directors of Swavleis, Mr Jaimie de wit~ anilotillced'that beefprices'ol{the Sooth 'African' market would be aim'ounced on' a 'daiiy basis in Namibia fro'm March 1 to en- courage farmers to market their meat locally with Swavleis. ' This step was taken after a thorough investigation into the meat in­ dustry and the supply of beef to Swavleis, Mr de Wet told a press con­ ference this week. The meat prices of the Republic markets in Maitland, City Deep and ' Cato Ridge through price formulae, would be adjusted to the equivalent Namibian prices and then made public daily to enable farmers to know how much they would receive for their cattle. Mr de Wet also announced a two percent decrease in agents' commis­ sion to farmers who marketed their meat with Swavleis in an attempt THE CATHOLIC mission station at Anamulenge, near the Angolan border in northern Namibia, which last to stabilise the local meat market. week celebrat~d 170 years of papal recognition of its missionary order, the Oblates of Maria Immaculata. Founded in France in 1816, the order is dedicated to working with the rural poor. The mission, in the heart of Ovamboland, is currently run by two German-born priests Father Franz Houben and Father Adolf Volk. Public Affairs Officer Windhoek Rossing Uranium Limited has a vacancy'in its corporate public affairs team for a qualified and experienced Public Affairs Officer. The duties are wide-ranging and include: • media relations • research and maintenance of information files '(political, SOCial , economiC) .corporate advertising .dealing with VIP visitors • organising exhibitions • involvement with the company's social responsibility programn'le • preparation of publications, ,

The successful candidate will: • have at least a bachelor's degree or a professional public Swapo denies victimisation claims relations qualification; • be able to speak and write well in both English and Afrikaans; Continued from page 1 this issue. We continue to han­ not be unjustly dealt with. • have adequate experience in a range of public relations skills; dle the issue responsibly and 'We should also warn all • have cohsiderable general knowledge ', of, political and social been indicted by the evidence. with care. members, friends and, sup­ development in SWAfNamibia, . 'We made it clear that Swapo , ' 'Our approach to the ques­ porters of the activities of those The remuneration package consists flf: , ' was making this issue public tion was also spelt out at the who pretend to be patriots but: • Negotiable salary • Company house or flat • Annua'i holiday bonus • Generous leave • Company car for business purposes . with the confidence that the briefing in London. We made have dedicated themselves' to , mass of accumulated evidence it clear that while some are real • Pension: medic'al aid and group insurances • Assistance with , spreading false propaganda' on relocation expenses, ' , taken as a whole is irrefutable, traitors we would not victimise . behalf of the enemy against , but that detailed investigations those who had been misled and Swapo. They are engaged in a Applications in writing, with comprehensive CV, should be sent to: .• are cO,ntinuing, and, although it coerced into working as enemy malicious campaign aimed at is clear we will eventually have agents through threats and diverting international atten­ An Equal to deal with these people, we blackmail. tion away from Resolution 435 Opportunity Employer eRossing have not yet reached the stage and independence for Namibia, 'We recognise all those peo­ of making decisions on what we and away from the activities of The Public Affairs Manager , will do with those involved. We ple as fellow Namibians and - Koevoet and from the suffering Rossing Uranium Limited, P.O.Box 22391, Windhoek 9000 do not intend to be bulldozed wish to rehabilitate them of the Namibian people', the into any premature decisions on wherever possible. ' They will statement concluded. MEDIA TEAM 236 I\' ~~------

4 THE NAMIBIAN FRIDAY February 28 1986 Communism c:C : N reaelH charge, dro'pped iltar,!) t .. BY CHRISTOPH 488@mbl, tllks SHIPANGA

MR JUSTICE Johan Strydom STAFF REPORTER this week acquitted seven Namibians charged with pro­ THE COUNCIL of Churches in moting, the aims of com­ Namibia (CCN) has reacted munism, but convicted them on sharply to motions introduced in a charge in terms of the Ter­ the National Assembly and rorism Act. The trial was ad­ which call for 'investigations of' journed until April to enable 16 and 'measures to be applied to Defence Counsel to prepare counter' the CCN. evidence in mitigation of sentence. Dr Abisai Shejavali, Director In a surprise move yesterday, of the CCN, said this week that the seven men pleaded guilty to threats by the interim govern­ the charge in terms of the Ter­ ment were totally unacceptable rorism Act, after they had and were seen by the Council as originally pleaded not guilty. an attempt to silence the church Following discussions bet­ POOR people receiving food and hot soup at the Methodist Church soup-kitchen in Windhoek. The soup­ and prevent peace-loving people ween the State and the Defence kitchen is open twice a week. from speaking the truth. Counsel an agreement was reached leading to all seven pleading guilty to the second 'If the church and other agencies count. or individuals in a society believe Mr Justice Strydom said he The 'five pillars' of AG8 something is wrong and unjust, they was satisfied that the agreement should have the right to say so public­ ly. The truth about injustice should was based on the fact that the THE INTERESTS and security of STAFF REPORTER treasury; government and private be heard by all. Freedom of speech seven accepted most of the the community could.always be pro­ schools opened to all on merit, tected and accomodated within the remaining fragmented into racial language medium and location of is a basic human right', he said. evidence given by witnesses to context of 'one Namibia, One Na­ and tribal political and economic the school; higher education run in be consistent. tion', with one government at all principalities. . English and open to all on merit. If Dr Shejavali said the Council had According to the agreed levels, operating on the principle of He added there was no difficulty a private organisation such as the . already declared that the existence of statement in which the seven 'decentralisation within centralisa­ . in finding a provisional replacement Catholic Church could run its own the interim government would not are said to have pleaded guilty tion', said Mr Moses Katjiuongua, for AG 8 before the 'final constitu­ schools and hospitals, the Afrikaans bring a peaceful solution to the pro­ to participating in 'terrorist ac­ interim government Cabinet Chair­ tion is ready'. speaking people could do the same blems of Namibia. 'Instead, people tivities,' the accused admitted man, at the opening of the 'It is not the replacementthat is a as a 'cultural group through a continue 'to be terrorised and the destruction of life and property con­ that they have been promoting Khomasdal .Legislative Assembly difficulty, it is political courage registered cultural organisation'. tinues unabated'. the aims and objectives of this week. which is a problem. In my judgement He also advocated a centralised SWAPO. AG 8 is based on five pillars'. medical service fo r all on a non­ Condemning Proclamation AG 8, There were rumours that proper­ As members of this organisa­ discriminatory basis and patients Mr Katjiuongua said ' that there Mr Katjiuongua then went on to preferring 'racial privacy' should pay ties of those agencies and institutions tion they saw the occupation of should be no anartheid <;>r. special list the 'five pillars' as being for the extra service. Agriculture critical of the interim government Namibia: by Soatli.. Africa as 'il: status for' anyone and no phlce for obligatory -racial and ethnic should be brought under one roof, would be destroyed, and recent legal and viewed their activities "artificiallymanilfattured privilege' classification; segregated income and second tier governments, as events led the Council to believe lYe as just and for a good ' cause for any -group.- Namibia and the tax; white education; health; land; political and admiriistrative struc­ rumours were becoming reality. aimed at independence for this Namibians must face their problems and second tier 'political and ad­ tures, should be replaced: Here he 'The Council of Churches in country. and the future as one people, pulling ministrative kingdoms'. suggested the division of the country their energies and resources Namibia will remain faithful to the The seven men are Frans into five administration regions, gospel of God's kingdom of peace together'. He suggested that these 'pro­ Angula, 28, a labourer accused which would then be sub-divided in­ and righteousness. Every human be­ blems' not go to the constitutional of 35 subversive acts, Norbert to municipalities and villages. Each ing, including members of the in­ Mr Katjiuongua said that Nami­ council,but rather than compulsory region could be headed by a commis­ Ankome,25,a labourer accus­ terim government, is being judged by bians should not fool themselves that ethnic classification be done away sioner who would represent the 'na­ this Gospel of truth'. ' ed of 18 subversive acts, Elkan they could make sense or survive by with; income tax into the national tional interest'. Shoombe Simon, 21, a labourer Dr Shejavali concluded by saying accused of 12 subversive acts, that the Council would continue to Bernardinus Petrus speak for justice against injustice, for Shikongo,47, a teacher accused New Barclays service in Windhoek truth against falsehood and for of active involvement and sup­ subversive acts and Vilho freedom against slavery. BARCLAYS have launched a full transferred to Windhoek from port of various 'terrorist acts,' Kashilulu, 22, a student accus­ trustee service in Windhoek, Pretoria. 'The Council will stand, or faIl, for Desiderius Ankome, 26, a ed of 11 subversive acts in­ specialising in estate planning, per­ The new office is on the first floor the truth, even in the midst of teacher accused of 20 subver­ cluding the possession of a sonal financial planning and invest­ of the John Meinert Street Branch criticism, threats or detention', he sive acts, Erastus Uutoni,28, an book titled 'Political Terms' ment advice. and will open at the beginning of concluded. insurance broker accused of 9 and an aid on Marxism. . The Manager of the new branch is April, but Mr Harms can be con­ Mr Harm Venter, who has 18 yea,rs tacted via any of the Windhoek bran- experience and who has been . ches of Barclays. . AUCTION Army 'trading' in the north

Friday -7th March at Auction House at 6pm (Gutenberg St near old fire station) The following goods will be sold: '. TV's, radios, Hi-fi's, photocopy machines, beds, mattresses, carpets; tables, chairs, bicycles, video machines, cots, tools etc Various motor cars will also be sold For further information Phone Windhoek 26240 or 22930 A MEMBER of the SADF, Rifleman Van Breda, accompanied by Lieutenant Visser, trading army rations for Ovambo baskets and handicrafts along the roadside near Ondangwa military base. THE NAMmIAN FRIDAY 28 1986 5 . Febru~. . CCN workers Kalangula claims ousted from Kaokoland Broederbond link BY p,ROTASIUS NDAUENDAPO wi~h Etango' A COUNCIL of Churches team of A MEMBER OF THE Broeder­ society, Etango also tries to win workers ' were ousted from Ot­ bond, the secret Afrikaner teachers, nurses and profes­ jokavare (Kaokoland) by Senior organisation, is behind two sionals to support the internal ar­ Headman Mr Kefes Muzuma since cultural fronts in the warzone ac­ rangements: Mr Kalangula said. he claimed that Swapo was supply­ ting as agent provocateurs for He said although Etango and ing the food aid distributed by the South Africa. Details of the Ezuva were presented as cultural CCN. Organisations, Etango in Ovam- organisations, their obj~ct ive He said that even if his people 60land and Ezuva in Kavango, nearly died of hunger, he would not were given here t his week by Mr allow the CCN to bring food to the Peter Kalangula, Chairman of people of the area since it was sup­ the Ovambo Executive plied by Swapo'and his community Committee. ' was ~at war' with them. 'Dr A Pas Ques, a big Broeder, He added they may accept food is behind Etango and Ezuva', Mr aid from the CCN if it was channell­ Kalangula said. . ed through the Herero ethnic government. . His name appeared in the Broederbond member list in 'The Last year Mr Muzuma asked Superafrikaners', the expose on Lutheran Church pastors to write let­ the Broederbond · by Sunday ters to the Herero ethnic government Times news editor, Mr Hans based in Okahandja, to allow the . Strydom and another journalist. churches to give aid and to build a Mr Ivor Wilkins. hostel for his community. 'Etango has some connections Asked to comment on the accusa­ Mr Peter n."'''"1e UUI tion that the fo od aid was from with the Broederbond. The Swapo, Mr Bob Kandetu, Director of whole idea behind Etango is for was involvement in politics. They Social Welfare at the CCN, said that South Africa to manipulate spoke about elections and their he would consult lawyers on the politics in the war zone. (More members were taught who to vote matter. than 60 per cent of the total for. population of Namibia is con­ Etango is an anti-Swapo DMeanwhile the CCN has centrated in Ovamboland and movement. An Etango brochure delivered food aid for the second time to people in certain drought­ Kavango.) read: 'We ' are fighting for true stricken areas of Kaokoland. 'These so-called cultural independenc e~ organisations are run on similar 'Is that not political', Mr At Warm-Quelle Primary School MR JASON ANGULA, Council of Cburcbes employee, indicates wbere the break-in occurred over the weekend. lines to the Broederbond; they Kalangula asked. He said the the headmaster was initially unwill­ emphasise that groups must love Broederbond connection show­ ing to accept the food since the local their own culture. It is basically ed that South Africa was interfer­ population had been told not to ac­ an ideology based on ethnicity. ing in the intermtl politics of cept food from the CCN, but after Lutheran offices burgled consulting a local headman, finally - 'As the Broederbond tries to :Namibia, tryin,g to manipulate p_e~pl e. . ,: ", . . decided to take the food. get members in, k~y PQsitions in ;. On the way to Opuwo, the CCN LAST FRIDAY night, the editorial Drawers were opened; according group were stopped by SADF offices of the Evangelical Lutheran to staff at the offices, and papers soldiers who asked them if they had Cburch in Windhoek, which also strewn on the floor. Shop boycotts threatened permission to deliver the food, since houses the distribution offices, were broken into. The office of the editor of Im­ BY RAJAH MUNAMAVA workers grievances. He added: 'We the soldiers had been told by cannot wait indefinitely, we shall headmen the CCN were not to deliver The break-in was discovered only manuel, Ms Auguste Geises, was ran­ THE INTERIM government has now take action to liberate ourselves'. food. Mr Kandetu said they had per­ on Saturday afternoon, according to sacked and the contents of a filing been called upon to commit itself to Among others, the NNTU mits from the police to distribute the Pastor Zephania Kameeta. Locks cabinet were scattered throughout demanded an end to apartheid, a food parcels. were forcibly removed from the iron the offices. Two almost empty cash civil liberties, workers rights, as w.ell as respect for its Bill of Fundamen­ minimum wage legislation, equal Food parcels were also distributed front door, before the wooden door boxes were removed from the tal Rights or face the consequences and adequate protection for all · at Ombombo and Okorupare. was then hacked open. premises. of a 'protest campaign in tbe form of workers in the proposed 'Conditions shop boycotts'. of Employment Bill of 1985', the in­ Speaking at a press conference in troduction of a welfare system and Rir'uako on a constitution Katutura last week, ~he Secretary of . end of job reservation practice. with the white Pretorius Administra­ the Namibia National Trade Union Mr Ngaujake said that his trade DEMOCRATIC Thmhalle Alliance BY CHRISTOPH SiIIPANGA tion; he said in an obvious reference (NNTU), Mr Theo Ngaujake said (:pTA) President Kuaima Riruako union movement would embark on to the White ethnic administration. that the government had inherited a protest campaign in the form of said he was notinterested in a 'cbeap countries to write the constitution. apartheid through -Proclamation shop boycotts should these demands and illegal' Soutb ~frican constitu­ He warned that taxpayers will have Mr Riruako concluded with R101 and that repression of wor kers to pay for all expenses otherwise 'we not be met in six months. tion for Namibia and bad therefore general accusations against local had escalated. Emphasising his movement's op­ will get rubbish! deCided to invite international ex­ press and church organisations for Mr Ngaujake charged that the in­ Mr Riruako also condemned the position to violence, he said this was perts for help. 'working for the interests of Swapo'. terim government was turning a war in the north of the country say­ the democratic way for a trade union blind eye on unemployment and ing it was a waste oftime and money. to asset its demands. 'This money could be used ,for much better purposes, my people are roarn­ ing the streets because they are jobless, and yet lots of money is be­ ing wasted on a war, he said, ~ . FERREI!(IJ'S NURSERY He Ri ruako also accused the Cabinet of the interim government of delaying the release of the Thirion TEL 34900 NEW STOCK ARRIVED GOBABIS ROAD Report. 'It is ridiculous and unfair that only reports on the socalled se­ cond tier authorities were given, we BIG selection of shrubs an d trees want to know if everything is okay * Prepared soil * Potplants The mark of a * Garden ornaments' * Potting soil * Pots * Fertilizers leader * New Potplants * Carpet Lawn Mr Kuaimo. Riruako * Cacti * Creepers is the ability Seedlings Ground covers Addressing a press confererrce in * * Windhoek this week, Mr Riruako to pick * Containers said: '1 don't think Judge Hiemstra Business Hours: (Chairman of the Constitutional a winner Sat: OBhOO-J3h00 Council) has ' the right to have Mon-Fri: OBhOO-J3hOO 15hOO-17hOO something in. mind, He is here to Advertise with 14hOO-lBhOO listen to our views ~ Now is the time/or planting!! He said he had decided to invite The Namibian. outside help from Germany, France, YOUR SPECIALIST FOR All YOUR GARDENING NEEDS England, Nigeria, Liberia and other , ~~------~------~------

6 THE NAMIBIAN FRIDAY February 28 1986 Focus on Sakekamer economic conference CAPITALISM was on trial in the black enterprise, both real and a great responsibility rested qn the Mr Katjiuongua also pointed out context of apartheid-contaminated potential, to come to the forefront. STAFF REPORTER entrepreneur to take the lead in giv­ that the interim government had no Southern Africa, said Mr Moses Kat­ 'Help them with advice, skills and ing the black man equal opportuni­ intention of 'killing the private sec­ jiuongua, interim government capital. Without them you might be mobility'. ty; initiative by the black man to tor', but that they were in favour of Cabinet Chairman, at the opening of hated by the blacks as an exclusive For many years the whites had grasp the opportunities and not to let a mixed and dynamic economy bas­ the economic conference of the club of white privilege. They are your picked the fruit of the country's these slip by. ed on a healthy coexistence between Afrikaanse Sakekamer on Monday natural allies', he said. econ(Jmic riches as well as cheap Referring to the farming com-, , public and private sector. They saw night. Both private and publtc sectors labour. He appealed that those same munlty, he asked them too, to plough the latter as necessary partners and Addressing a wide cross-section Of should educate and train people in whites plough more of their profits back some of their profits into the did not envisage conflict between businessmen, Mr Katjiuongua said order to meet the needs of back into the training of workers in welfare of thj!ir workers. 'We do not. these sectors. , that 'you will have to prove that technology. 'We must recognise that order to improve both living stan­ want to allow a situation to come in­ He said he hoped the 1986/7 capitalism in southern Africa is not higher wages go hand in hand with dards as well as the work situation of to being as in South Africa where Budget would serve as an instrument ' synonymous with apartheid'. higher levels of productivity - we workers. those who have nothing wnt to of stability, innovation and prosperi­ Referring to the private sector, he must get rid onaws which undermine This required that the whites adapt destroy everything'because they have ty, and that money would not be said this sector should encourage business ventures and labour to a new situation without apartheid; nothing'. wasted on meaningless expenditure.

Prof Len Konar Mr Eric Lang Dr Simon Brand Mr Leon Louw Dr Johan Jones

POLITICAL UNCERTAIN­ who argued that the present Tran­ TY continued to be the greatest sitional Government should seize BY SUE CULLINAN shortage and black housing would need for a more thorough sym­ factor restricting economic the initiative for economic develop­ Bophuthatswana, added that not have been so highly polijicised. posium, bringing together a wider development in Namibia, the ment, draw up guidelines for should economic reconstruction If the state ' did not hold itself spectrum of political and economic Secretary for Finance, Dr economic planning and undertake begin under the MPC government, responsible for labour relations, opllllOn. A conference on development projects 'while the 'the 'private sector ... could have these would have had only to do Namibia's economy should, above Johan Jones, said at the con­ with the negotiation of contracts ference held by the Afrikaanse political dimension is being sorted one last opportunity to all, include Namibian participants out'. - demonstrate its capability and between employer and employee' , who will, one would hope, some Sakek'amer -in Windhoek' this he argued. week: ". ,- _. , - " 'It' "is " q~it'e 'eyltleht that · the ,. wortp .in Niuni~i~ and .thereby day determine their own future ecoiiomY' ha's beeii · suHeiiiig perhaps ensure its. longevity under Mr Louw said it-was unfortunate economic system . . Outlining the reasons for the 'because of political uncertainty but future governments .. .' that those who drew up the draft THE QUESTION of Namibia's tax stagnation in Namibia's my recent examinations have led development strategy for Namibia , sytem was also addressed by several economy over the past eight . me to conclude that existing inter­ (commissioned by the AG's office speakers at the Sakekamer last year) were not entirely convinc­ years, Dr Jones said the uncer­ nal resources can be utilized more TH~ ROLE OF government in conference. ed of the 'miracle' of the free tainty concerning the country's properly and that the present development strategy wasthe focus After reviewing Namibia's market system. constitutional future was an en­ government should assert its oCa paper presented by Mr LEON 'dismal' economic performance in authority over economic planning LOUW, Executive Director of the However, the argument for a the last few years, Professor LEN dogenous factor, as opposed to 'laissez faire' free market system external contributing factors and development' ,he said. Free Market Foundation of KONARofthe University of Durban Professor Magyer saidi! was Southern Africa. would probably have been Westville made some far-reaching such as the international challenged by at least one other 'scarcely conceivable' that consen­ In his opinion, government in­ recommendations calling for, economic . recession and the participant at the Sakekamer con­ sus would be reached within the tervention should be miriimised, amongst other things,. a thorough ference, had there been time for drYntgital factors had made the next two years on the legitimacy of and the state's role should inst!!ad review and correction of the coun­ adoption of a well-considered and governmental institutions, and that be limited to the 'effective debate. try's tax system. Referring to the application of consistent development policy im­ Namibia!s ultimate political future deregulation, decentralisation, 'I believe that significant tax cuts possible, he said, and the first re­ 'would take generations to deter­ depoliticisation and denationalisa­ 'simplistic classical free enterprise may help stimulate your economy - solutions' to the dilemma of the quirement for economic Qevelop­ mine'. The reality that South tion' of the economy. it may encourage human incentive Third World, Professor Magyer ment was therefore a peaceful solu­ Africa would continue to dominate Mr Louw said that if one look­ . and innovation, enabling greater tion to Namibia's constitutional Namibia's economy meant that ed for the origins of the present quoted economist Edgar Pisani as saying economic production and growth to problems and the establishment of there would be 'little effective dif­ urirest in South Africa, they were occur', he said. a stable government. ference in the economic planning of to be found 'in every instance 'To expect their salvation as a 'The history' of major tax cuts in result of the benevolent working of Swapo or the MPC " he where the state has unecessarily and this century has been that they market mechanisms or commercial THIS WAS NOT the view of Pro­ contended. excessively intervened in the generate growth and the public activity is to be Utopian or fessor KARL MAGYER from the Professor Magyer, who was a economy ' or society, ie. in treasury gets more, not less, revenue'. fraudulent' . University of Durban Westville, former economic advisor in transport, education, housing and Arguing that high tax rates only labour.' As it was, questions raised in the encourage tax . dodging by in­ 'If the state did not own or con­ brief time allotted at the end of dividuals and corporations, Prof trol the commuter transport ser­ each speaker's address hardly Konar quoted an Assocom study vices, they would not have become managed to get to grips with the which found that 'those countries the target of boycotts .. unrest or practical, never mind theoretical, which encouraged enterprise petrol bombs. If the private in­ implications of the arguments through low tax rates enjoyed higher dividual and the free market were presented. The Sakekamer's never­ rates of growth, while the poorer sec­ allowed to develop and provide low theless commendable effort in con­ tions of their communities enjoyed income housing, there would not vening a conference. of this nature have been such a serious housing has at least drawn attention to the Cont on following page

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Secondly, the Lukas de Vries that the Council of During 1983 no money had gone If any member of an organisation DTA member Mr Hans Staby said organisations listed by Dr de Vries Churches in Namibia (CCN) was 'the to CCN food projectS', while R 170 transgressed the law, then the law was he did not believe such an investiga­ had already have been judged as financial front of SWapo'. 000 had been spent on the 'Swapo there and should take its own course, tion would be in the interests of na­ 'anti-government' before an in­ The attack on the church group school' at Gibeon. he said. tional reconciliation. vestigation had been held. came during the introduction of a De de Vries charged that food sent It was not for politiCians to in­ He said he was a member of Nusa s 'I have no doubt that Dr de Vries motion by the Deputy Minister of in August 1985 to Kaokoland was vestigate their opponents 'as we have in the '60's when a commission of in­ has national reconciliation in mind, Local Authorities calling for a select 'not for humanitarian purposes but the CID and Security Police who are quiry we , appointed by Prime but he is going about it in the wrong committee to investigate the ac­ propaganda purposes for Swapo'. He trained to investigate'. Minister John Vorster to investigate way', he said. tivit ies of so-called 'anti­ said the aim ofsuch as project was to Mr Shipanga said hedid not want ' its activities. This gave cause to con­ Mr' Staby then read out the aims government' organisations. improve Swapo's image in the event to 'follow in the steps of Sam Nu­ siderable criticism, he said, and he and objectives of the Namibia Dr de Vries, a former head ofthe of an election. jomaand his 'killer-gangsters' Theo was not sure that the findings ofthe , Education Forum which were 'to Evangelical Lutheran Church and, De Vries also accused the CCN of Ben Gurirab and Hidipo commission 'were in the interests of serve as a forum for all sectors of office bearer of the Christian In­ using South African publications Hamutenya, and have a progrom to democracy'. Neither did he consider Namibian society to meet and stitute, said leaders of Swapo at the such as 'Saspu National' and "the wipe out political opponents. Nusas to be 'anti-government' in the discuss problems facing the country'. helm of the CCN were given a 'right State of the Nation' to 'create unrest Neither did he want to see a witch­ sense suggested by Dr de Vries. These aims could not possibly be to existence which they would other­ in Namibia and divert attention from hunt of political opponents reminis­ Mr Staby said an investigation ' seen as 'anti-government', but in­ wise find nowhere in the country'. the Republic'. ' cent of the McCarthy era in the such as proposed by Dr de Vries sug­ stead promoted the cause of national He said the CCN funded Swapo­ Referring to the proposed forma­ United States. gested that results would be found reconciliation, he said. sympathetic parties and granted tion of a broad opposition front at Worst of all, said Mr Shipanga, it and that action would have to be Mr Staby moved an amendment to humanitarian aid to Swapo members the initative ofthe CCN, Dr de Vries was proposed that a 'select com­ taken. the motion which called on all only. said the purpose of such an front munity on national unity' would in­ This violated the democratic prin­ organisations in the country, in­ In addition to humanitarian aid of would be to 'fragment the internal vestigate these opponents. 'What ciple of a separation of power bet­ cluding those named to 'give their c0- R 62 941, aid to Swapo prisoners in parties and win support for Swapo'. kind of unity would be achieved by ween the courts and the legislature. operation to the Government ofNa­ 1984 had amounted to R 108 130, he The motion ,was opposed by that?' he asked. 'Judges should not make the laws tional Unity in its attempt to lead the said. Swapo D leader Mr Andreas There was plenty to be in­ and neither should legislators sit in country to a peaceful, orderly and According to Dr de Vries, the Shipanga who said he had 'serious vestigated, he added, but it would be judgement over other people'. democratic independence'. CCN's legal aid fund ('to keep peo- doubts about the motion, especial- 'foolish to think we can have a A select committee would not be The debate was then adjourne.d.

Hostel to go .epo"! on this plge from Population explosion Ule Natiunal Asseulbly to EducatIon STATISTICS indicated tbat tbe cerned with development, were by Sue Cullinan population of Namibia would have hampered by a chronic shortage of A MOTION requesting the Win­ a'nd Rajala MUllauulVa increase by one-third to a total of just funds, he said, adding that the dhoek Municipality to hand over under two million by the turn of the Federal Republic of Germany was the Men's hostel (compound) in century, said Mr Hans Staby (DTA) starting to become involved in Katutura once it is emptied, to the in the National Assembly this week. development aid in Namibia. Department of National Education was submitted to the National The most serious criticism which Hospital integration call Mr Staby, warning ofthe dangers Assembly this week. could be levelled at development aid of a 'population explosion', said that was that it discouraged the recipients Introducing tbe motion, Swapo NOTICE OF A MOTION call­ owned , bospitals, clinics and the present high unemployment from helping themselves, and the D chief wbip in tbe assembly Mr ing on interim government Minister dispensaries' without regard to figures were only the tip of the Emil Appolus said tbat be noted of Health Mr Moses Katjiuongua financial or racial status. iceberg •.H~ , sajd it would be difficuit s~~n~tiqll ?(~q~ P~o~\}~}.i,OD 112 ti!e to implement 'fortbwith ' a p'olicy ThIrd Worla was cited as eviClence-of witb great concern tbe fact tbat , It further requests tbat apartbeid ~tp ~ea,l s ucc~sf~lly ~ i th ppv~~y, and this theory, he said. ,< J .. " tbere was no single boarding facili­ of integrating all bospitals and or discrimination in' any' hospita) , education since 'we are breeding at ty for scbool-going children in the bealth ' services througbout tbe clinic or ambulance service be a suicide tate'. However, he felt that development country was tabled before tbe Na­ wbole of Katutura. declared illegal and in contraven­ aid could produce positive results. tional Assembly tbis week. tion to Proclamation RlOl of 1985. Thrning to the problem of food 'I wonder ifSwapo is aware ofthe He said tbat tbe ' compound Tbe motion requests the Tbe motion also demands that production, Mr Staby said he was fact that the figure of unemployment establisbment of a comprehensive sbould be converted into a boar­ the wbite administration desist convinced self-sufficiency in the pro­ in urban areas is now in excess of 25 national healtb service with equal ding educational complex for from plans of building any more ducti9n of food should be a prime 000 and is expected to be far in excess scbool-going cbildren in Katutura. and unrestricted access to all state segregated bospitals and clinics. opjective. 'Food production must be of 100 000 in the year 2000', MrStaby increased at all costs to satisfy inter­ asked. nal demand and beyond that, for ex­ He believed it was necessary for port purposes to earn foreign the government to determine an exchange'. overall framework, dealing with the Efforts of the government and prevailing situation · and the non government organisations con- desirability or otherwise of such aid.

Professor Geert de Wet Dr Yvo Peeters Professor T Veiter

Cont from previous page were acceptable to all, he said, in­ stead of being superimposed from a greater benefits through the growth 'first world' perspective. . of the entire economy'. The empbasis of such a develop­ In his address to tbe conference, ment plan would be on national in­ I)rJohanJones argued tbat tax cuts. tegration rather tban etbnicity or would harm rather than benefit the regionalism, and would give special 'Namibian economy, as they would attention to underdeveloped areas. lead to increased imports and, an outflow of cash from tbe country. Programmes could,be introduced to support tbe peasantry, witb 'tbe PRESENT ECONOMIC 'strategy goal of creating agricultural self­ was 'like a marshmallow or a sufficiency, as well as to eliminate jellyfish', prominent Windboek barriers wbicb restrict people from AUCII0N businessman Mr Eric Lang said at full participation in the economy, Mr 4. - 8. M~rz um 20h30 the Sakekamer con'ference. Lang suggested. HOUSE The 'transitional' period of tbe last Sucb a plan would require tbat the im Windhoek Theater ten years had produced very little to state encouraged private organisa­ WE BUY ANY Kartenvorverkauf beginnt beim improve tbe lot of the common man, tions to participate in such program­ USEFUL ARTICLE Theater oder unter Tel. 34633 said Mr Lang, calling for tbe urgent mes, be said. FOR CASH!! adoption of a 'socially responsible' Mr Lang said a reform plan would reform plan for Namibia's economy. also entaiL a review of foreign trade TEL. 2-6240, 2-2930 ' 15. Marz um 20hOO Such a reform package should be and investment to ensure reciprocal AIH: 2-7318 im Haus der 'Jugend written according to principles which benefit to tbe countries concerned. 8 THE NAMmIAN FRIDAY February 28 1986 ------~------~------~------~J:4------African Press Review Scathing Ethiopian attack on US ETHIOPIA launched a scathing munity because of the all-round sup­ tion calling for the imposition of SEVERAL AFRICAN LEADERS who attended the first summit of attack on the United States for port they are receiving from their im­ selective sanctions against South French-speaking Nations in Versailles this week, ha"e been talking to deciding to arm South African­ perialist backers'. Africa. 'It is these same quarters who have He also condemned the Reagan the press about their views of the summit. backed Angolan rebels and refusing to support economic been in the forefront frustrating at­ Administration for recently welcom­ Ivorian President Houphouet-Boigny, told the pro-Socialist French daily, I.e tempts to impose comprehensive and ing in Washington Angolan rebel sanctions against Pretoria, at the Matin, that he considered the meeting 'as an important one among equals', mandatory sanctions against the leader, Jonas Savimbi, whose Unita that regrouped many industrialised countries with the developirig world, OAU summit in Addis Ababa. South African regime' he added. rebels are armed by Pretoria. especially in Africa. In a message to Organisation for The OAU ministers began a week­ 'The warm welcome accorded by To the Pan African News Agency (PANA), and the Senegalese Radio and Televi­ African Unity Foreign Ministers, long meeting to discuss the problems the Reagan Administration to the sion Organisation, (ORTS), President Jean-Baptiste BagazaofBurundi, s~d Head of State Colonel Mengistu 'of the continent. traitorous Jonas Savimbi, its com· that 'through Francophony, African countries are seeking more solidarity now'. Haile Mariam said the Pretoria The Ethiopian leader' noted that mitment to provide military He stated that the group should deal with economiC as well as cultural issues, government p.ad 'been able to defy both the United States and Britain assistance to his counter­ stressing that the 'success of Francophony will benefit France in the first the will of the international com- last November vetoed a UN Resolu~ revolutionary movementas well as its instance: . . collusion with South Africa to The Malagasy leader,Didier Ratsiraka, saw Francophony as a platform on destabilise the government of which the nations of the south must make known that 'their demands for the Angola and encroach on its rescheduling of their debts should no longer receive light treatment: sovereignity and territorial integrity, Under the headline 'For Bourguiba's Thnisia, Francophony is a factor for are further manifestations of development', the French language newspaper ofthe Destour Socialist Party Washington's policy of interference (PSD) of Thnisia, said the grouping was essential to Tunisia's modernisation: and duplicity in southern Africa' he and technological and scientific progress. said. 'Without such participation, we would be doomed to leave the scene' of ad­ Colonel Mengistu strongly attack­ vancement 'sooner or later. ed Pretoria's apartheid system, but It saw Francophony as a new cultural and economic order which had become added that 'the crimes committed by necessary for both rich and poor nations alike. These sentiments aside, the South Africa are not cOl!fined to tragedy of the situation in Chad, was on some peoples minds. Namibia and South Africa only'. African heads of state who talked to the press in Paris, with the exception of 'The apartheid regime is also car­ President Ratsiraka, were generally sympathetic to the French position. rying out destabilising activities against the Front Line States in the region by recruiting, training, arm­ ing and deploying bandits in order to DEFENDING ALLIES force them to abandon their support to those struggling to achieve their in­ While the heads of state were preoccupied with Francophony, some African alienable right to freedom and newspapers focussed their attention on Chad and other African issues. human dignity' Colonel Mengistu . ECONOMIC self-sufficiency - the goal of the OAU~ said. . ' A privately-owned Kenyan newspaper, The Dally Nation, supported the French , '. Government's assertion that only a politicai solution based on dialogue bet­ ween Chadians can end the civil war. 'We agree that dialogue is an es.sential key in unlocking the 20-year-old tangle in that country' said the daily. MNR rebels attack civilian bus However, the newspaper was pessimistic about France's sincerity, 'as it is now, RIGHT-WING MOZAM­ A few hours earlier on Monday Agostinho Munguambe - were any claim by France that it believes that a political solution is the only answer, Mozambique's military tribunal found guilty of ambushing vehicles must be taken as spurious', it said. It continued 'The call does not sound con­ BICAN (MNR) rebels shot dead cordant, coming from the mouth of the very person (the French Defence seven people and critically in­ sentenced four right-wing rebels to and killing civilians on Mozambi~ que's roads. Minister), who has just hurled a bomb on the positions of the opposition no jured 20 others in an attack on a death and seven others to long-term more than tWo days after the opposition called for talks without conditions: bus carrying civilians. jail terms: Another member of the MNR The paper as ked,1Given\vhat Paris and other Westem d apitals r~ aY ' oftheLi­ The official news agency AIM said The men have been tried in the rebels, Jose Paruque, was jailed for IS . years fOf .kidnapping, steaijng byans;"howk anr.orre- expeet,Thipoli not to'respond iii kind te:the·Parisian the'attack tOok place near the town capital, Maputo, last .week, and the four- Pedro Mundlovu, Simon' food and goods from villagers and robustness?' , + ,. ; ' 'c.' 1. . l , ',",. ' ., '," of Namaacha close to the Gove, X'ico Gumessai and for espionage. Mozambique-Swaziland border. SHELLING OF AIRI:'ORT NRA troops .urged to be On other political issues, the.party-owned Times of Zambia, said thatthe an- ' d.· sc.· pl' •• ne"d' . nouncement by Swapo President Sam Nujoma that Namibia will be indepen- dent this year 'isj)~obablythe best news pf the year; . ." ,," , Although Mr Nujomadid not say h'owthis would be achieved, 'we do not think . " UGANDAN 'Pre~idtmt Yowerl ,' that he is only raising hopes for the oppressed people of Namibia, who want MuseVeni bas urged his National - to free,themselves from Pretorilis stranglehold: Resistance Army force to main- MrNujomaha,d br\~fedThnzanian President Ali Has&~rlM,wjnyiand retired tain. strict discipline during' a Thnzanian President Julius Nyerere on Southern: Africa when he asserted 'Namibia wiiI be fr~e ' thi ~ yea~ ~hether South::Afi:fca likes itornQ(~ .. / finsd push against former The Times said the announcement tended to'give credeiice;to last week's governments"oldietsholed-upiit remarks in Cape Town by South African ForeignMinlster Ro~lotB.otha; that . the nortb. ' his Government Was conSidering setting a date for Namibiari lndepepdence, The official Radio Ugand~quoted although he was rrotspecific aboutthe da~e, "just as ~lJjomawas : ' _'. Mr Museveni as having told his men Kenyan papers also commented on the derriiseoftwo rather dismal political during Ii tour of the frontline at 'the Jigures in their nations. '-'. ~' , weekend to 'con:tinlle displaying their The privately-owned Daily Nation asked on February is, what,\yould happen well-known exemplary discipline s,o in Haiti after 'dethroning the tyramiy' of Duvalier. The paper argued that the as to maiiltain their good reputation'. overthrow of autocracy does not necessarily result in liberatiomIt warned that . Politic.al analysts ib .{(ampala say the 'new'situation in Haiti' could be exploited by other forces bent on instituting Mr Museveni's exhortation to. his a new form of dictatorship. _. . men was to assuage the fears of nor- It feels that externalforces which spontaneously supported the Haitian uprising thern Ugandans who have been told could manipulate'the situation 'to save their own interests: by commanders of the former army , thatthey would be butchered by the NRA. The Ugandan army, made up of REVIEW RELATIONS mainly northern Acholi tribesmen, disintegrated when the' NRA took, Kampala last month. The Standard, also privately-owned, commenting on the recent Philipino '. The unruly soldiers have fled to Presidential elections; wondered if Washington will review its futlire relations their Gulu homebase where they are with Ferdinand Marcos, following US displeasure at his conduct and electoral reported to have regrouped under fraud. former Chief of Defence Staff 'America's reaction to What has happened in the Philippines wi~atched Lieutenant Genetal Basilio Okello to with interest by both friends and foes', it.said-on February IS-:- await a show down with the NRA. Nigerian military tribuna'j'give As to Marcos' 'misrule:, the.paper said it has played nghtinto the hands of The NRA crossed 'into northern the Communists and other guerrillas, who have for years been a thorn in the Uganda for the first time last week death sentence to 13 officers side of the regime. It added, 'It would be'too much t6hope for President Mar­ after capturing the strategic Karuma cos to offer his' opponents anything like meaningful dialogue: Falls Bridge which effecti vely mar ks A MILITARY tribunal sentenc­ Babangida's ministers who was also The Daily Nation added to this, saying 'If the President goes on with his high­ the north-south divide. ed 13 officers to death by firing a member ofthe policy-making arm­ handed methods he can only dig his own grave, and plunge his country into The State-run radio quoted Mr squad for their partin a plot, un- ed forces ruling council. a grand canyon of violence: Museveni as saying his Administra­ . covered last December, to over­ Two officers were jailed .for life, The paper said despite the blatantly rigged election, 'opposition leader, Cor­ tion had earmarked 160 million throw Nigerian military leader, while Brigadier Malami Nasarawa, azon Aquino, will find it impossible to reverse the National Assembly's deci­ dollars for a programme to General Ibrahim Babangida. commander of the army school of in­ sion through the laid down channels: rehabilitate thousands of former fan try, was sentenced to be dismiss­ 'The only other alternative open to her and other detractors of the Marcos soldiers and an unspecified number The tribunal chairman, General ed from the army, General Ndiomu system is to ghastly to contemplate ~ eject the President and his cronies from of his own troops when peace· Charles Ndiomu, said they included said in his four-hour-Iong all positions of"power by forcible methods: returns. General 'Mamman Vats a, one of judgement. --..;.------___-'-- ____ SOUTH AFRICA ______T_"_E_N_A_M_IB_I_A_N_F_R_ID_A_Y_F_eb_ru_a_ry_2_8_19_86 __ 9 White ANCtroops - 'a sign of the future' By PATRICK LAURENCE and as effectively as a trained soldier of the ANC can go in preparing himself for armed strug­ THE JAILING of a trained gle,' and that he was 'not an im­ white member of the outlawed mature person motivated by African National Congress At.. SiORE: bravado.' underground army, Umkhonto When delivering sentence, Mr we Sizwe, may well be a sign of Justice L F Weyers told PeIser that the future rather than an he had placed 'full weight' on all isolated event; mitigating factors but that serious Eric William Peiser, aged 21, crimes had to be punished, ir­ who was sentenced to an effective respective of whether they were seven years imprisonment after be­ committed by 'misguided idealists, ing found guilty of treason, was the unwitting tools in the hands of the first trained white member of , ANC or by hardened terrorists.' Umkhonto we Sizwe to be cap­ Politically concerned people in tured, brought to trial, convicted South Africa, the judge noted, had and imprisoned for at least two three options: they could accept the decades. But he is unlikely to be the system, try to change it constitu­ last. tionally or conspire to overthrow it. At its consultative conference in Those who chose the third option Kabwe, Zainbia, last year, the ran the 'risk of conviction for ANC resolved that all recruits for treason and terrorism', he said, should do military training , ir­ adding: 'That, Mr PeIser, is what respective of function or race. The happened to you'. decision may have reflected Dressed in a three-piece suit, the dissatisfaction in the almost whol-. thin, acquiline-faced PeIser looked ly black guerrilla force that blacks relieved when the sentence was had to bear the brunt of the South African army troops outside a meeting in central Johannesburg. passed. Treason is a capital offence and, as Mr Justice remarked, the fighting while whites performed The first white to be convicted as a member of Umkhonto we Sizwe, Eric Peiser, said he left the country death penalty has been imposed on ' relatively safe intelligence and in order to avoid conscription into the SADF. ideological tasks. several occasions. Whatever the reason, future holders are known publicly. Only people into the war, directly or in­ rented flat in the centre of Johan­ white recruits will be trained in one top office holder, Joe Slovo, directly, so the number of whites nesburg under a false name. PeIser's age - he was only 19 when he left South Africa - and his guerrilla warfare '~ PeIser was train­ is white. who join the ANC may well too He did not use the weapons but clean record until he took the 'third ed in Angola before the decision at But over the years white increase. showed them to a friend from option' were key factors in the Kabwe - and, presumably, sent members of the ANC - although PeIser's decision to flee South school days and a young woman back to South Africa on military not as far as is known members of Africa was triggered by the pro­ who lived with him in the flat for judge's decision to impose a missions. A portion of them , like Umkhonto we Sizwe - have been spect of consciptiqn into the army. a week. He was arrested when a , relatively light sentence. Future white members of their black comrades , will be cap­ captured and jailed. To mention a As he told the court in a written security policeman acting on a tip tured and charged with treason and few names: the Australian Alexan­ statement: 'I did not want to be .. . off raided the flat. ' Umkhonto we Sizwe may not be so f~rtunate. They may even find the terrorism. dra Moumbaris, the Irishman, an enforcer of the perpetuation of Counsel and witnesses for the court less sympathetic to them than Membership of the ANC was Sean Hosey, the Afrikaans­ injustice toward legitimately ag­ Defence argued that PeIser was opened to all races at the Morogoro speaking South Africans Breyten grieved people ... I did not wish to essentially a gentle person who fled blacks. conference in Tanzania more than Breytenbach and Karl Niehaus and be part of a force which, as far as , South Africa to avoid the draft and The prosecution in the PeIser 15 y~ ars ago, although the ANC l their English-speaking compatriots I was concerned, was illegally oc­ who subsequently became entangl­ trial came close to arguing that he national executive remained ex­ Renfrew Christie and Barbara cupying Namibia and engaged in ed in events bey~nd his control. He "was less deserving of sympathy clUsively black until the more com­ Hogan. With the exception of destabilising neigbouring was described as a :confused because he was, white. His decision prehensive conference at Kabwe Niehaus, their role was that of countries. ' groper' and a 'maverick' who to flee South Africa should be - last year. couriers and intelligence gatherers. PeIser returned to South Africa found himself on a 'roller coaster 'clearly distinguished from the The number of whites serving in As the centrality of the ANC to with an AK 47 rifle, ammunition and unable to get off.' position a black person finds the ANC is difficult to quantify. As South Africa's protracted but and two handgrenades after two­ The state, however, contended himself in when he finds the social an outlawed organisation, its rank unresolved dispute becomes in­ and-half months training in that he had voluntarily chosen to and political fabric of a township and file membership is necessarily creasingly obvious, and as com­ Angola. He crossed the border il­ join the,ANC and Umkhonto we rent asunder by rioting and tut­ secret. Only its high profile office pulsory conscription draws young legally and established himself in a Sizwe, that he had 'advanced as far moil,' the prosecutor averred. NUM ends two-day gold mine strike on Reef ABOUT 19000 striking miners tional Union of Mineworkers week. day and the NUM warned that the at the Vaal Reefs Goldmine which took most of Wednesday. The NUM said that the number entire Vaal Reefs workforce - a near Kler ksdorp returned to he said although the workers of those taken into custody, had total of 40 000 - would join them work on Thursday, ending a agreed to return, there was no risen to ten when more workers if no satisfactory solution was full two-day work stoppage agreement on the demands of the were taken by , police on reached. workers. Wednesday. that cost the Anglo American By Tuesday night, at least 15000 AAC spokesmen said the Cor­ Corporation an estimated R5 Miners at Vaal Reefs went on miners were on strike at three poration would not accede to the million. ' strike on Monday night after eight shafts, the mine's gold plant and demands of the workers to have A spokesman for the Corpora­ of their colleagues were arrested in the engineering works. those taken into custody released, tion said the strike ended after talks connection with the killing of four A further 25 000 miners were and that the arrested miners would between management and the Na- team leaders at the mine hostels last poised to down tools on Wednes- appear in the Stilfontein magistrates court on Thursday in connection with allegations of murder.

NUM President Mr Cyril Ramaphosa

YOUR EXPERT IN LIGHTING, TILES & SANITARY WARE

H.pe'rstling The Transvaal townsh ip of Brits is the latest to be affected by government resettlement plans, despite the moratorium on forced removals declared by the government a year ago. Here a community leader Windhoek business 31 Garten St. points out a mass grave ih the area of Lethabile, some 20km from Brits, to which 16 000 residents are Tel. 26966 due to be moved , After hours: 26 Leutwein Street Clashes broke out between residents and police last Sunday after a meeting held to protest the removals. Tel. 24851 Picture: Jill Edelstein .10 THE NAMmIAN FRIDAY February 28 1986

FRIDAY February 28 1986 Time.to address the real economic problems

THE QUESTION of whether economic development is possi­ ble before political stability, the difference between economic growth and economic development, and the necessity or desirabili­ ty of tax reform were among major issues raised at the Sakekamer economic conference in Windhoek this week. Although the recommendations made by various speakers were not actually debated at this forum, the divergent views expressed showed that there is a definite need for such debate, preferably with an even wider range of participants. The papers presented also indicated substantial differences of Mankind and evolution opinion even among political economists operating within the same theoretical framework - namely that of free enterprise. While all the speakers at the conference would seem to agree THE MOST significant ad­ terns. Man's survival today depends BY SUE CULLINAN " more on what he learns - his social that a development plan for Namibia should be founded on vances in humankind's future evolution will be in the areas of heritage - than what is determined by capitalist principles, there was little or no consensus on how this his genes or chromosomes'. might be achieved, what, type of programme to adopt, or the behavioural and spiritual showed that man has a potential for adaptability which is unique in the The greatest breakthrough in the respective roles' of the state and the private sector. development rather than physical anatomy. animal kingdom. history of life on earth was the 'We are probably less restricted by mechanism man has developed for Above all, there was no attempt to bridge the gap between what This is the prognosis 9f Pro­ transmission from one generation to 'first world'economists see as desirable for Namibia's economic fessor Phillip Tobias, head ofthe the other - nam~ly speaking and development, and what Namibians themselves might want. To Department of Anatomy of Wits writing. Professor Tobias said this be fair, perhaps it cannot be expected of a body like the Afrikaanse Medical School and renowned ability has allowed mankind to - Sakekamer to invite speakers with socialist perspectives, and the for his pioneering research on develop complex behaviour patterns very nature of the conference meant that it was unlikely that any human evolution. which do not have tobe rediscovered conclusions would be drawn from the fairly haphazard papers that He said if one drew lines out ofthe but are passed on by word of mouth. past to the present, or constructed a This has made possible humankind's were delivered. progress to the situation where it now Nevertheless, it struck one as odd that here were macro­ graph of human evolution, there was a basis for telling 'in broad terms' the dominates the world, just as the earth economic concepts and plans being prescribed for Namibia probable pattern of tomorrow's was once dominated by mammals, in without the input of a single Namibian, or without any recogni­ man. particular the dinosaur. tion of the fact that a future Namibian government may not want Changes to man's bodily anatomy An interesting facet of the process the advice of former advisors to South African homeland govern­ have been decreasing over the cen­ of urbanisation which has accom­ ments like the Ciskei and Bophutatswana. turies, he said, and physically man panied man's evolution is thaturban 100 years ago was not distinguishable man is physically bigger and heavier That Namibia's economy is in crisis is certain. What is not clear from man today. than his 'country cousin'. According to Prof Tobias, the explanation for is whether conferences such as the one held. by the-Sakekamer But while tomorrow's man will Professor PhilHp Tobias go any further towards addressing the root problems, and possi­ look like ourselves, there were two this phenomenon is not that city­ ble solutions, to the crisis. other lines of evolution which ap­ genetic heritage than any other liv­ dwellers eat more, but that continual peared to be rising very steeply, ing species and this gives us a new Perhaps the dissatisfaction felt by several business leaders who Cont on following page were keen to discuss concrete proposals for real economic develop­ namely that of behavioural and dimension on our behaviour pat- ment will spur the business community to hold another congress, spiritual development. Behavioural evolution manifested at which a broader spectrum of people, and particularly Nami­ itself in the sphere of communica­ bians of divergent views concerning the economy of their coun­ tion, with scientific discovery as one try, would be represented. of the fruits ofthis qualitativeevolu­ tionary leap. The third graph, traced from man's.past spiritual evolution, ap­ peared to take off about 500 000 years ago, according to Professor Tobias. SUBSCRIBE TO Rituals of headhunting and can­ nabalism which had taken place half B---- a million years ago had been traced Name right up to the 19th Century to peo­ ple in the South Pacific. However, in Address the last 5 -10 000 years the world's great religions had been born and the ...... 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Cont from previous page societies). ger threat to man's future than a 'Are we equal to the challenge of nuclear holocaust - which is by com­ _II' liIi.I sensorY bombardment may have had congested life in this new man-made parison only a hypothetical danger', the effect of stimulating physical environment?'heasks. Ratsputina he says. growth. ' cage, even with enough food to eat, In the long run however, Prof .r:c~ The pressure of urban life, and the have showed extreme symptoms of Tobias believes that the same men­ neurosis.accompanying severe over­ neurosis as a result of overcrowding, tality which has' created problems ~t; crowding in the larger cities, is un­ and there is every sign that the will 'give us the ability to overcome questionably the major problem fac­ pressure on the human nervous them'. ing man today, says Prof Tobias. He system would be the same, if not 'If we are to survive, the arrow of says mankind evolved as a rural greater, says Professor Tobias. compassion must parallel that of I-.-~ species and yet close on 50070 of the knowledge'; he cautions, 'but the world's population now live in towns 'In fact the urban 'pathology' evolUtion of humankind does carry and cities (75070 in advanced which is developing represents a big- a message of hope and optimism'. ._11'&1

~_a..=a.u a.. BY GWEN LlSTER __" THE MOVE TO MUZZLE critics of the interim government by means of a proposed motion in the National Assembly, did not unduly surprise political observers. What was surprising however, was the source from whence it came - a former vehement political opponent of South African rule in Namibia. Dr Lukas de Vries headed the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and in ; this capacity, was one of the more outspoken public figures in Namibia, continually berating the South African Government for its actions in Namibia, and a champion of what he now condemns: the implementa­ tion of the United Nations plan. He, as a churchman, in those days stressed, as the Council of Chur­ ches and other institutions do today, that the only hope for a peaceful solution to the Namibia conflict, was via Resolution 435. He was fiercely anti-South African, identified strongly with the Swapo movement, yet spoke. of peace.

URGING A PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT

TODAY, he is in a position where he wishes to initiate investigations into men and women and organisations, who are doing exactly what he did not so long ago: urging a peaceful settlement in Namibia. He, as a leading public figure and a Il).an who commanded some respect, faced the same intimidation and harassment as he wishes to inflict on his former political allies, now opponents. And one is forced to point out, in the case of Dr de Vries and other prominent members of the interim government: it isyou who changed and not us. It is you who used to believe in true independence, and now give your sanction to 'settlements' e;xcluding several major Namibian par­ ties and interim solutions enjoying the blessing of South Africa. These same 'anti-government organisations and persons' were those who shared the same views and urged a peaceful settlement to the Namibia problem.

FACED WITH THE SAME ACCUSATIONS ,

DR DE VRIES Vries was faced with the same accusations he now levels at others: that he was nothing more than a conduit for Swapo views, values and money and a 'threat to state security' to boot! By But he changed his views for whatever reasons, and it is his right to ['l ~ I ~ IC 'l ~ I Dr Kenneth Abrahams I have done so. However, in the case of Dr de Vries, bearing in mind that he is not a member of the white National Party; does not have a 'reac­ tionary' history behind him; and did not formerly deny his countrymen their fundamental human rights, it would have been wiser for him to On the building of a nation have got someone else to' have tabled the motion calling for an investiga­ tion which was bound to place severe curbs on interim government critics. Dr de Vries knows full well that the people would prefer to exercise HOW EXACTLY, should we , those groups representing the their choice in a free and fair election, as to the government they want. build the nation of Namibia? workers, the peasants, the rural poor He himself used to acknowledge that the vast majority were in favour This is not an easy question to and the radical intelligentsia should of Resolution 435. How does he dare presume that the majority of the answer even for those of us who be at the head of this movement. population changed their minds because he did? have been involved, as freedom This is essential if we are to avoid To justify an envisaged clampdown on critics in the interests of ' na­ fighters in the struggle for in­ a situation where the struggle is hi­ tional reconciliation' is also carrying things a bit far. Even colleagues jacked by representatives of those dependence for the past 30 years. in the National Assembly, supposedly to his right politically, were forc­ classes who have already formed an ed to come out in opposition to his motion. And after all, how can an A recent seminar on 'Nation­ alliance with the colonial power, Building in Namibia' tried to organisation such as the Namibia Educational Forum become a 'threat South Africa. to State security'? provide us with certain On the economic level, the crea­ guidelines. tion of self-reliance, co-operative and WAS HE A 'PUPPET' OF SWAPO? The national question in collective projects constitute the Namibia has been called a beginnings of a new social order. The HE WOULD have denied it had critics called him a 'puppet' of Swapo. classical case of decolonisation. new society has to grow within the Was he a 'puppet'? Did Swapo pull the strings'? Did Swapo pay him That is because Namibia is a set­ womb of the existing society. . because he propounded the same views? Did he agree to alleged 'death The most important ideological tler colony, goes hand in hand lists' as his colleagues now stand accused? He w~)Uld probably deny that task confronting activists is that of with the struggle for in­ it was the case, and he would probably be telling the truth. countering the ideology and prac­ But why then, as an independent-thinking person, a person with strong dependence, the struggle against tices of imposed ethnicity by means continued colonial domination. views on political issues in Namibia, would he presume his former col­ of which South Africa and its agents leagues are now doing the things he too was accused of and bitterly Because so many in Namibia were disorganise and disunite the oppress­ resented? dispossessed nearly a century ago, ed in Namibia. Dr de Vries can hardly deny that he has changed his views. In addi­ the land question lies at the heart of A systematic anti-ethnic cam­ tion, where he once stood above 'ethnic tendencies', he is now a member the national question. One of the paign is necessary as part ofthe drive of a which has precisely those traits. central features of the struggle for towards national unity. DR KENNETH ABRAHAMS, national liberation is thus the return We should build our nation fully writer of our Opinion column'to­ OPPOSITION WILL INTENSIFY of the land to those who live and aware of the fact that we shall only work on the land. day, graduated at the University of prosper once all of southern Africa THE GOALS of national reconciliation will not be served by banning The highest priority must be given Cape Town, and holds further has case off the shackles of the apar­ or neutralising political opposition. It has existed, will continue to exist, to the attainment of national in­ degrees from the University' of theid system. This implies that our and will probably intensify, given the fact that people.have not been allow­ dependence in the political, Stockholm as well as a degree in struggle will be a protracted one. ed to exercise their choice of government. Tendencies of black con­ economic and cultural spheres. ' Tropical Medicine from the Out of the dense network of inter­ sciousness in Namibia will not be suppressed by the arrest of those who In the course of this struggle a na­ University of Liverpool. connected peoples' organisations come to speak on the subject. On the contrary, such actions tend to arouse tional consciousness, a feeling of After having been abroad in ex­ and projects in the urban and rural . tendencies which may otherwise have not surfaced. pride in being a Namibian, develops. ile for many years, he returned to areas, the fabric ofthe new Namibian Dr de Vries must look back into his past. He should examine some This national consciousness .is , Namibia in 1975, and now prac­ nation is being woven. of the things he said and did, and reflect. Was he in those days a 'threat enhanced by cultural programmes tices as a medical doctor, also be­ To help along these processes is to to state security'? No he was not. But he certainly did -represent a threat including the formulation of pro­ ing involved with the Namibia make a fundamental contribution to to the 'political security' of those he criticised. That was the reason for .gressive language policy and a Educational Forum, the Namibia the totalliber'ltion of the colonially­ the intimidation and harrassment and accusations of 'Swapo puppet' and democratic system of government. Independence Party, and a nation­ subjugated masses of Namibians 'stooge' which were levelled against him in his days as a critic of the status While nation-building concerns building project. and of the people of southern Africa quo. all wlfu regard themselves as patriots, 'asa whole. And that is the supposed 'crime', ~f his critics to~a:{. ,. 12 THE NAMffiIAN FRIDAY February 28 1986 LETTERS------­ Integration after just order has been established THE EVENTS surrounding the ar­ deliberately destroyed by slave blem' and not rebelling against every We cannot therefore argue that BC ' system of proper integration. It is rest of Saths Cooper have no doubt masters, an attempt to revive old sur­ infringement of white being or black is a form of reverse apartheid, also the duty of white liberals to first caused some uneasiness among vival symbols and create new ones'. being. because the former should be seen in conscientise their own people and to many people, and black con­ He adds a new dimension to being Alex Hailey, in iRoots', shows con­ a broader historical perspective, and prepare them for the new, ultimate sciousness has become effectively black, by arguing that blackness is vincingly the exploitation of blacks serves as a means to an end; which is order. 'exposed. emphasised by the nature of our by whites underthe banner of Chris­ the emancipation of blacks from all Brothers and sisters, let us stop in­ I would like to introduce black society, ie that being black means to tian civilisation and Bob Marley forms of slavery. This fact has tellectualising the struggle, but rather consciousness (BC) by way of a fight continually against white sings about.the black man (Buffalo manifested itself in various forms of do grassroots work. Let us be proud quotation from Malcolm X: 'We like , domination. He warns against co­ soldier) as 'stolen from Africa, black resistance such as the genocide of our history of black resistance and our coffee black, strong and hot. But option of blacks under the banner of brought to America, fighting on ar­ of the American Indian, the Hereros, let us create an impenetrable core of if we add milk, it becomes white, li beralism, which he describes as 'a rival, fighting for survival'. the Namas, and also Sharpeville, black consciousness. A South weak and cold'. combination of white guilty and Steve Bantu Biko, when he walk­ Soweto and countless others. African politician once urged us to This is evidently a plea for BC, black naivete', and the implications ed out of NUSAS in the late Sixties, unite into a glacier of black resistance which in my humble opinion, is a _ are the destruction ofthe identity of said among others, that our struggle The practical lesson is that we so that we can erode the underlying natural response of black people to the black struggle through assimila­ gets diluted by the patronising and must fi rst and foremost stand land of injustice until we reach a fight against their humiliation by the tion. He warns that freedom is more paternalistic white liberals who are together as blacks and fight for our plateau of brotherhood and justice. whites. This response attempts to than intellectual articulation of an far different from us because of their liberation without being fooled by create a unifying force among the existential philosophical attitude. It material conditions. the modern tactics under the guise of We have the numbers (the masses) blacks in order fo r them to wage a involves the commitment of one's It is imperative to note that our liberalism. the power, the will, the courage and strong fight against self-imposed whole being for the cause of the op::­ struggle is not only against racism, the time. white supremacy. pressed, which are the blacks. Sin, as apartheid, but also against I t is only after a just order has been In his book, 'A Black Theology of far as he is concerned, is the loss of capitalism. It is the dreadful results established, an order which is the UAZUVA KAUMBI Liberation', Professor Cone says that black identity, itis to be content with of racist capitalism that kindle in us proud achievement of black power, WINDHOEK 'BC is an attempt to recover a past white solutions for the 'black pro- the fire of black consciousness. that we can start working towards a Nanso problems Preserving the in Caprivi status quo THE NAMIBIAN National Students Organisation (NAN SO) THERE CAN BE no pretense. There would like to address itself to some can be no cover up. Moses Kat­ of the problems that affect our cadres jiuongua is a collaborator. Heis not and community, especially in the only a member of the MPC, Caprivi. Nanso does not rule outthe machinery set up by the South occurrence of similar malpractices in African Government, the most ar­ other ethnic administrations. ticulate member of a Cabinet pro­ The registration of students for the tected by the South AfriCan army and Education Certificate Primary its secret services, but he also prevents (ECP) caused embarrassment to people from peacefully registering some of the candidates in Caprivi their rejection of South African col­ because tribalism and nepotism were onialism and oppression. applied as valid additional criteria. At a recent press conference he N anso has received reports that at said 'to give people freedom is not to least three students were accepted give them licence to turn against the because thei.r relatives were State'. These fateful words is ample employees of Caprivi School. proof, not only. of the extent and In case anyone disputes this, let depth of his collaboration, but the them explainw hy some application fact that he is no nationalist but a forms were endorsed 'Mr X's relative mere reactionary. or wife'. However devious his rhetoric, his It is also suspected that a certain capability to 'capture the imagina­ student was a(jmitted purely on the tion of the majority of the popula­ grounds that he is related to a high­ tion' has been reduced to zero if it ranking official. ever existed at all. For to be a friend INTEGRATION is only possible after a just order has been established, says a letter writer in today's edition. 1ribalism caused embarrassment with regard to the factthat a student ofthe state is to be a friend oftyran­ held to be a Basubia was required to ny, brutality, violence, oppression have passed Standard 10 while Stan­ and similar vices. dard 8 sufficed for his Mafwe The fact that the South African counterpart .. rule in this country is illegal, her in­ ,On law and order in Mondesa Does querying these malpractices struments, the Administrator mean we are either Swapo affiliates, General, armed forces and national PLEASE publish this letter in the Arrests are made after incidents of couraging criminals to carry out such terrorists or communists? assembly must also ,be without paper for th~ people. this nature have taken place, but after acts? Is this not creating conflict bet­ Despite attempts aimed at hIjack­ legitimacy. a few weeks or a month, 'You hear that ween relatives of the person stabbed ing our endeavours for a fre~ and Nonetheless, Mr Katjiuongua sees Nearly every weekend one hears of the person who stabbed the person is and the criminal once he is out of equal education for all, Nanso will it fit to state that 'we must be seen to people being stabbed to death and or out of prison and walking around as jail? continue unreservedly, to mobilise ' be doing the work we said we would seriously injured in the a free man. ' and conscientise the students of this do for the people of this country, and Swakopmund-Mondesa single What is the reaction of those country to stand up for their rights. we must justify taxpayers money'. He quarters. What does this mean? Is it not en- responsible for law and order? If even finds it necessary to attempt the such things happened in the white ' GEORGE MAYUMBELO propaganda that 'the transitional community, would you fold your NANSO Vice President government has committed itself to Call for ,new hospital arms and say: 'There is nothing we KATIMA MULILO , changing the country to make it bet­ I WOULD like to bring the attention properly separated. The hospital can do, whites are aggressive', in the ter for its people'. ofthe public and the interim goyern­ itself is not in a 'good state. same way as they refer to Ovambo­ The laws that Moses Katjiuongua m~nt to the Otjiwarongo Hospital. Why can't we get a new hospital? speaking Namibians? Dirty Market holds are the laws that virtually the It should be reconstructed. Is the government aware of this situa­ What steps are going to be taken whole Namibian population has There are no private wards and it tion? Otjiwarongo is the biggest to stop this? Do you want to tell us THE MARKET in Caprivi is very dismissed as oppressive and immoral is very noisy throughout. There is town in the north and the hospital is there are no criminals in the white , dirty, and even some ofthe food sold and have fought since the origin of also no security and visiting hours are not adequate. community? there is unclean. For what reason do our political struggle and earlier. 24 hours daily, so one can arrive at we have a Health Inspector? Surely political stability means 02hOO and visit the patients. The kit- FED-UP PATIENT ANTI-KILLING The Health Inspector should see preservation of the status quo. Any , chen is crowded and the wards are not OTJIWARONGO SWAKOPMUND to it that the food is examined before change brought about by the Cabinet being sold and that the market at will be of the type that fits with the Ngwezi Shopping Centre is kept grand designs and strategies of South Stop falling victim to, propaganda clean. Africa to retain control of our land When will Caprivi begin to and its resources. I WANT TO thank The Namibian much disappointed in the Mine as a reason for that, How do we students progress? Katjiuongua deprives peace­ for placing my letter about Rossing's w hole. If we who are justtemporary know that expulsions never happen Mr Health Inspector, it is your du­ loving men and women to make their double standards (January 31 1986). workers can get fired, what about to permanent workers and pass by ty to stand up and do your share, as grievances heard in a peaceful way I also want to make use of this oppor­ permanent workers? How many not known of by management, as well as the job you are appointed to and asks these people to surrender tunityto inform the public about the supervisors have taken the law into was the case in this matter (I do. If not, then why don't you retire their genuine aspirations for justice, outcome of our student petition. their own hands to fire workers? 'suppose). and give the opportunity to others to peace and freedom in favour of After negotiations (between Ms How many are still doing it, and how I wonder what would have hap­ help us. docile acceptance of laws which are Dori Thomas and our representative many will still do it on the Mine? pened to the fired students if we had The market should be cleaned up an anathema to their interest and delegates), Ms Thomas and her What a disappointment with the not signed a petition. I am sure and standards of hygiene observed. wellbeing. seniors decided to pay the fired Mine claiming to be working for nothing would have been said. In case the highly educated women students from the day they Namibia. WORRIED MAN Cabinet member does not know it, were fired to January 31 , withoutthe I am disappointed in the people I think iUs high time people stop KATIMA MULILO peaceful campaigns and civil unrest students assuming duties again. who handled the case Of the fired faIling victim to propaganda like are not the same thing. This we consider a victory and I students because they kept it as 'Rossing working for Namibia', \Vrite to would like to encourage the students secretive as possible. Hardly anyone The Namibian WERNER TJITEMISA to continue their struggle against knows about it, except some of the POBox 20783 WINDHOEK inj ustice. students and Ms Thomas and her LYAYONA TSHIKE Note: Thi~ letter has been shortened. We students are however, still very seniors. We would like to know the WINDHOEK Windhoek 9000 THE NAMffiIAN FRIDAY February 28 1986 13 An example for the farming community

BY JOHN LIEBENBERG karakul pelts of high quality, under The Schumanns of Neue -Haribis severe drought conditions. Neue THE SIGNBOARD on the gate Haribis has not received a Govern­ ment subsidy for the past three years, reads Neue Haribis, and is as dus­ and Mr Schumann, like other ty and seemingly desolate as the farmers in the area, has also turned countryside on the tarred road to' to sheep farming to supplement the Maltahohe. After driving down farm income. the dusty farm road, and passing Most of the wives of his farm clump of trees and shimmering assistants work during the day in the cattle pens, eventuaUy one enters karakul weaving factory on the farm, a world alive with the everyday and the carpets and rugs produced humdrum sounds of farm life. are a fine example of their dedication to this skill. Workers tending some young Education for the children of his cattle weave their way to the farm farm assistants as well as those on house, which is surrounded by surrounding farms is of great impor­ high old trees and hard shrub tance to the Schumann family. The planted in neat rows. principal of the school on Neue Mr Helmut Schumann is a Se­ Haribis, Mr Elias Demas, has been cond World War veteran and a an educationalist for the past 28 farmer in Namibia since 1954. years and principal of the Neue He has managed Neue Haribis Haribis primary school since 1979. for the past 18 years and is The school is equipped with three classrooms as well as a boarding justifiably proud of what he has hostel for children from neighbour­ achieved. The owners of the farm ing farms. Altogether 60 pupils at­ are Messrs Thorerand Nissen. tend classes there and Mr Demas is Helmut and Rosemarie proud of the fact that many of the Schumann are the parents of six HELMUT AND Rosemarie Schumann. children who attended classes there, children, and they manage one the had since reached Standard Nine. largest karakul farms in Namibia, the area. who are housed in premises equipped ting suggestions of the workers into A new dining room, bathrooms comprising 72 000 hectares of land. Neue Haribis was originally divid­ with both electricity and running - practice. and showers were financed and built The farm was founded by the ed into six farms and was run by a water. 'I don't want people working here by Mr Schumann who also main- wellknown Albert Stauch from score of white farm managers. Now Mr Schumann explains that it has who don't know why they're suppos­ Luderitz, the Kolmanskop station­ Mr Schumann manages the whole always been his policy to share ed to be here' he says. master who also found diamonds in property with the help of workers, _ respon~ibilities and thoughts by put- The farm annually exports 5000

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; tains the buildings. '.TheNama·Adrninistration, which administers the-school, only pays the alaries of teaching staff and school books, and pays an allowance of 80 cents a day per child in the boarding . hostel- an allowance which has not been increased since the inception of the school in 1963. -[ Sport is also promoted at all levels and Mr Demas, who often transports the children to sports activities at other schools, is proud of the fact · that six of his pupils have qualified to represent the region in athletics in --NIKLAAS SWARTS holds a karakull~mb. , Keetmansh'oop. , '

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VEGETABLES are weak when small. It is fill the tin from a bucket. The best times to water are the disease. It is better to spray early to prevent the preferable to plant many seeds and then thin early morning or late afternoon when the sun will disease. them out later. Thinning is taking out some not dry out the soil too:quickly. plants so that others can grow better. This may ROOT CROPS seem like a waste of plants, but you will get WEEDS With root crops such as carrots, beetroot and tur­ more vegetables if the plants are not crowd­ Weeds fight for the soil, water and sunlight your nips, do not put fresh compost or manure on them. ed. Thin the plants two or three times as they vegetables need, so taking out the weeds is very im­ It makes them grow many thin roots. Dig in com­ grow until they are at the right spacing. portant especially when vegetables are young. You post a month before planting. can use weeds to make compost. Use a small hand MULCHING fork or trowel to weed by hand, close to the LEAF CROPS vegetables. Mulch is a cover of grass and leaves which prevents · Leaf crops such as cabbages,lettuce and spinach, the sun from drying out the soil. Mulching improves PESTS AND DISEASES need plenty of compost or manure and good soil. the soil and prevents a hard crust from being form­ ed on the soil. Do not let your mulch touch the plant, Try to prevent pest and disease problems by mak­ LEGUMES otherwise it will cause disease. ing the soil rich with compost, using crop rotation . and burning all diseased leaves. Keep a sharp Legum,es such as peas and beans make their own WATERING lookout for caterpillars, beetles, aphids and cut­ nitrogen plant food. Other plants can use the worms and remove them by hand before there are nitrogen, especially when legume roots are left in Give the plant enough water so that the woil is wet too m~ny. the soil after the plants have been picked. In a crop at least 25cm deep. Spray water gently onto your All insects can be killed by dropping them into a rotation plan it is good to plant legumes before leaf vegetables. If you water tob heavily the water makes tin containing a little paraffin. Only use chemicals . crops because leaf crops use up a lot of nitrogen. a hard crust on the soil. Use a fine spray on the if all other meth.ods fail. watering can or put your fingers over the end of a With some vegetables like tomatoes and potatoes hosepipe, or make holes in the bottom oh tin, and , whi.ch get lots of diseases, do not wait until you see NEXT WEEK: How to grow tomatoes. BASIC J:NGLISH IRREGULAR VERBS We will continue this week with some mOte irregular verbs that are used often. To begin with, though, here are the answers to last week's exercise. There were some deliberate mistakes ,in a passage that you could correct. The corrections have been underlined. Gertrude took great care notto spend too much money on useless things each month, because she earned only a small salary. She spoke to her employer and asked him for more money, but he said he didn't have any. In the end, she saw that she had to look for a better job, otherwise she would have frozen to death when winter came. Today we will look at some mOre verbs that have differentforms for the past tense and the perfect tenses. Present Past Perfect tense tense tenses Examples awake awoke awoken I awoke early. beat beat beaten She had already awoken. blow blew blown break broke broken He broke a glass. He has broken the record. choose chose chosen drive' f< ' ,"i"'~ drove ,:. ":i\ 'C:frivem"! draw drew drawn {drew apkture :: -:''''. ' ,.,j. (.)£: They had drawn together. . know knew known rise . ·rose risen The bread rose evenly. Has the bread risen yet? The second group of irregular verbs that we will look at today is different from all the others. The verbs in this group stay the same for the present tense, the past tense and the perfect tenses. us to have information appear in a specific order. Take for example, a verb like bet We say 'I bet you ten rands that he will win' when we are speaking in the present tense. If we want to speak about Basic Computing- .Part 3 Utilities are usually activated by ~ntering Com­ something that happened yesterday, we may say, 'He bet all his money on .mands at fhe computer's keyboard .. the race'. And when we speak about completed action (the perfect tenses), we say 'We have bet some money on the race' or 'He had betfive rands on Operating Systems The functions that we have mentioned are some the race.' • of the simpler ones that the Operating System must perform. On larger computers than the Personal Here are some more verbs that stay the same for the present, past and LAST WEEK we learnt about programs and Computers that we have already talked about you perfect tenses: how they can make a computer useful to us. have many people utilising the same information at Today we are going to learn about a very , the same time. It is also the job of the Operating burst ego The river has burst its banks. special kind of program called an Operating cast . System to make sure that each person has the right cost ego The book cost eight rands. System. The Operating System is the pro­ to have access to the information before giving it to cut gram that 'first appears when we turn a com- them and to make sure that two or more people don't hit ego John saw that he .had hit the bull's eye. puter on. . try and. change the same information at the same hurt time. let . egoShe let the baby play in the mud. It is the program that controls all the things that put the computer does that involve disk drives, screens, Can you imagine being in charge of a big filing slit egoHe has slit his hand open. keyboards and other electronic devices. It is the pro-, cabinet and having ten people all trying to get files split gram that protects us from having .to understand from it at the same time? This is the sort of situa­ thrust ego Soon he will have thrust his problems aside. what the computer is doing at an electronic level. tion that the Operating System is there to control. upset The Operating System usually occurs in two parts. Different Operating Systems work on different By now you must be rather tired of lists of verbs. Unfortunately, these ir­ The first and smaller part is fixed in the memory of computers and they usually come with the computer regular verbs occur very often in English, and so it is importantthat you know the computer and is activated when you turn the when you buy it as opposed to other software which · them. To finish off, we will look at just one more group. . . computer on. you buy seperately from the computer . Present Past Perfect tense tense tenses Examples The first part contains just enough instructions to Although the Operating Systems on different com­ puters are written and sold by differer:1t cornpanies came come He had come to the lo.ad the rest of the Operating System from a floppy come they usually have similar Commands to perform right place. disk. The area of memory where the first part of the She came alone. Operating System is located is called ReadPnly similar tasks. ' do · did done Memory or ROM. It is called Read Only Memory feed fed fed because it is protected in such a way thatH can on- .. ·Operating Systems are very important for the pro­ grind ground ground The ground the wheat. Iy be read from and not writte'n to. This is important per functioning of a computer and are one of the They have ground the wheat. since if that part of memory was . er-ased the com­ most vital programs in' making computers easy to meet met met puter' w~,uld . lose. most of its fonctional ability. use. sit sat sat spit · spat spat He spat on the pavement. The Operating System is also used to perform the The new words that we have learnt this week are: He has spat in • functigns that we normally refer to as Utilities. Operating System.: a very important program that the wrong place. ! Utilities that we could expect to find as part of an controls the functioning of the computer. Utilities run ran run Operating System are programs that allow us to - useful programs that are available to us from the win won won Copy files so that we can duplicate them with a new Operating System. Commands - what we enter in­ name, get a Directory listing of the information on to the computer from the keyboard so that the com­ The best exercise you can do is to try to make your own sentences using a disk Gust like an index allows us to see the con­ puter will perform a Utility program. Copy, Direc­ these irregular verbs. Try to make sentences in the pasttense and the perfect tents of a book), Format programs that erase a flop­ tory, Format and Sort - examples of utility pro­ tenses. You will find that it is not so difficult. py disk for us to use and Sort programs that allow grams. THE NAMmIAN FRIDAY February 28 1986 15 Strange tales from ·the pointless Land of Point

WELCOME to the Land of Point a single point to show does not mean 1 have no point. Pointlessness in itself , where everybody has a point. Pointed THIS FAIRY TALE is strictly meant for people under 11 years and over is having a point so that even noses, pointed feet. Pointed heads, 50 years. All those aged in between read this story at their own peril. L pointless people have a point'. even pointed ears; everyone has a Be warned. It may shock your sensibilities and change your whole life. point. Our Special Story Teller, Jev, visited a strange land. He recounts his ex­ I The crowd cheered and clapped Snakes are doubly welcome. Head periences below (with apologies to someone). their hands. 'He has made a point! points and tail points give each snake N Even pointless people have points! It two points: means we no longer have to have Let me introduce myself. My name we had a little nuisance some 30 years something about this young herd­ CROSSED points to have a point!' is Petite Point. I'm the official guide ago when a young herdsman came sman', Grande Point addressed the 'Quiet in court' roared a red-faced to, our capital, Needle City. See, 1 down to the city from the Peaked Council. Sergeant Point. 'I shall have you wear a pointed helmet to cover my Mountains where he tended his goats 'Let us banish him from theLand S thrown out of Court by Constable pointed head. The curious structure and his sheep. He said he had no of Point', croaked Elder Point, Points'. The crowd feel silent and all you see atop my headgear is a point. shrivelled in his chair. - 'Quiet', he said. Everyone turned eyes turned to the Bench. weather vane that represent~the four 'I have no point' he told the people. 'Let's throw him in the Dungeon of their heads and a hush descended on 'Herdsman, you have missed the points of the compass. It is so that 'How can that be?' the people ex­ Points', suggested Younger Point: the Council of Points, . point' said Judge Point. when I conduct visitors on a tour of claimed in surprise. 'I have a better plan' said Wise 'Mine is the duty to uphold the our city that! don't lose my way. And 'You must have a point. Everyone Point. 'We shall bring the herdsman Law of Points which dictates that that will be quite pointless. has a point. The law says people have before the Court of Point and invite everyone shall have a point. By Law's , Watch carefully; -a very strange points' they reprimandedthe young all the people to the t~ial . We shall win implication there can be no people thing happens when 1 stand on my man. the case and so shall conquer the without points. You admitted head. North becomes south, and 'Look at me' he cried. unrest that pesters the land'. yourself that you have no point, and south turns to north; but west re­ 'My head is perfectly round, my 'Hear, hear' the Council said to a ~- then you led to the good people that mains west and east stays east. Which nose is neatly round. My ears are even man and a woman. 'We'll take Wise' indeed you have a point. proves the poet's belief that East is and round'. Point's advice. We'll take the he~d­ 'And this is the point: The Court East and West is West. 'What about youi'feet?' the peo­ sman before the Court of Point', finds you guilty as charged and The sprawling mansion over there ple asked. And so dawned the great day of the sentences you to be impaled in Nee­ is where our great leader lives. His 'Take off your shoes and show us trial. Excited crowds assembled in the dle City and burnt at the Stake of name is Grande Point. You see the your feet. Pointed they must be. large central city square, their feel­ Points'. turrets and the spires? They are all Everyone knows people have points'. ings aroused in anticipation of the All that happened a long time ago. pointing. That's because our leader The young herdsman removed his sensational scene. Since that time, people in the Land has the best and biggest point in the slioes and peeled away his socks. First the herdsman was brought - of Point never again questioned the land. There was a gasp of surprise among into the dock, escorted by policemen wisdom of the Law of Points, and This block here is Thxing Point and the thronging crowd; his feet were on point duty. Then filed in the jury, everybody wears their points without Whisky Point. It's where we used to almost s'quare, tipped with nicely­ 12 men and women good and -a grumble. pay our taxes. rounded toes. pointedly true. Finally, everybody And they lived unhappily ever We'll soon come to the building Soon the news spread to all ends of rose as Judge Point took his seat on after. over there which is named Needle the land; a pointless person the bench'. Point. It is our house of parliament had shown himself in the city. 'You are charged with unlawfully but no-one in the Land of Point can Hearing the word, people came and wrongfully claiming to be FOR A WHILE, this will be the last recall when last it was used, except from everywhere to gape at the young without a point, which is a con­ of Crossed Lines, since Jev has hung man without a point. - travention ofthe Law of Points. How Old Point. But he is so old, nobody j up his pen, put the covers on his knows how old. And he refuses to 'He has no point. Why should we do you plead to this charge?' bellow typewriter, switched off the per­ tell. have points?', the people asked Prosecutor Point. sonalised computer or whatever it is You ask what is the point of all among themselves. 'I'm not guilty your Honour' soft­ that columnists do these days when that? Here in the Land of Point we 'We are tired of having points. We ly replied the accused young man. they stop writing columns. Jevem- have no elections and no politics, are tried of even living in the Land of Loud whispers buzzed through the , phasises it is only a temporary good­ because everyone already has a point. Point. What the hell is the point?' people gathered there. bye. He and Crossed Lines will be And that's the point. - theY complained in the vernacular of 'Let's burn' him at the Stake of 'Silence. Silence in Court' com­ back as soon as he has finished do­ Only one law rules us all. It's the those days. Point' interjected Witch Point. manded Sergeant Point. ing one or two projects that he has Law of Points. This stipulates As the dissent rose and spread, the 'CJtop of his head at the Block of The herdsman said: 'You see, your become involved in. everyone has a point, so by law there elders of the country called together Point' shouted Bloody Point, as Honour, it's true I told the people I Until we meet again in these can be no pointless people. Other­ the Council of Points. 'The people always trying to score a point. have no point. 1 sincerely believe 1 columns. wise what will be the point? are restive. They questiori our Code - At this stage intervened Wise have no point, and you yourself can In our country's pointed history of Points. Clearly we must do Point, the eldest of the elders. see I have no points. But even without

BY KEVIN mOLls refers in a general sense ( the symbol A GOOD DICTIONARY is like a Dictionaries for all from Oxford 'U') to the subject, ieyou can say: The good friend. You may not need them room is full of filth. Tbe different all the time but when you do its good dictionary. . For the school student that is pro­ nunciation of 'foreign' words like definitions show you that the 'filth' to know that they are there. And this is probably where The bably all you want to know and the 'coup d'etat' (koo day-tah). is also used to describe material of an Like ffiends dictionaries come in Oxford School Dictionary will pro­ dictionary's 26 000 entries more than One step up in the Oxford range is extremely sexually explicit or Violent aU shapes and size, some fat, some ve itself most useful to the average cover the words most frequently us­ The Oxford Senior Dictionary which nature. The entry also tells you how thin, some straight-forward and schoolchild above Standard Five. ed in the classroom. contains over 45 000 entries, priced to conjugate the adjective, i.e filthy, some complex. Priced R 7.25 this school dictionary And as a final feature, The School at R5.50, and is aimed at students in filthier, and filthiest. The definition Each dictionary has a special is geared to helping out with spelling Dictionary helps out with the pro- the upper tiers of Standards Eight to also includes two colloquial usages. character and is specificially tailored and giving simple definitions for Thn. Like the School Dictionary this One to refer to extreme dirt - This ror particular tasks and levels of words. dictionary tells you the correct spell­ coat if filthy. And the other to express English usage. So for example the entry for 'con­ ing but its entries are far more com­ extreme wealth -He is filthy rich. The One of the best 'family' of dic­ taminate' runs as follows: con­ prehensive. For example adverb form is also indicated by the tionaries comes from Oxford taminate, V.t. make dirty or impure; 'disintegrate' is defined as follows: v. 'adv' symbol-filthiness. University Press - stable of the infect; contamination, n. 1. to break or cause to break into Next is the Pocket Oxford Dic­ stupendous Oxford English Dic­ The entry therefore tells not only small parts or pieces. 2. (of an atomic tionary, priced at R14.50 and con­ tionary -which contains and records how to spell the word but gives you nucleus or particle) to decay (see taining49000entries. Unllke the Ad­ every word in the English language three simple definitions of its mean­ decay v. sense 5), to change in a wnced Learner's the Pocket Dic­ and where it was first used. ing. The 'v.!! symbol also shows that similiar way when -bombarded, tionary is intended for the adult The Oxford English dictionary is the word is a verb. 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STEFANIE POWERS, Maureen household. Fearing that Sara will repeat her Stapleton and Melissa Gilbert, From the start, it is clear that there own mistake, Jessie finds fault witfi smr as three generations of are long standing tensions between ,her in everything, and is unable to ac­ women who spend an Jessie and her mother, as well as con­ cept Sara's growing interest in the op­ emotionally-charged weekend flicts between Jessie and her own posite sex - and Sara in turn, never together, learning the secrets and teenage daughter. misses a chance to assert her own However, as is typical in this tYPe will. truths of their past, and of relationship, grandmother, rediscovering the love that only With this film, Stephanie Powers Maureen daughter and granddaughter, love mothers and daughters can share being in one another's company. makes her producing debut and her Stapleton (front), deep, personal involvement with the Stephanie Powers, in Family Secrets, the feature fIlm Homefor Jessie represents a past on television tomorrow night. film revolved around a strong desire and Melissa Gilbert, she has never come to terms with and to illuminate the special relationship as mother, daughter and Maggie (Maureen Stapleton -who as she packs, painful memories are between mothers and daughters and granddaughter in the film won an Oscar for her role in 'Reds'), stirred, including the fact that before in her words 'to encourage both men Family Secrets, which is to is recently widowed and has just sold completing college, she had a child, and women to examine the be screened tomorrow night the family home in a college town just Sara, out of wedlock. misunderstandings that occur within on television. outside Chicago, and her daughter, Sara had been left in her parents' a family that can cause years of pain: Jessie (Stephanie Powers), a suc­ care while she left to pursue a career cessful career woman, and her and Jessie feels that both her mother Something decidely different daughter, Sara, (Melissa Gilbert), ar­ and Sara have not forgiven her for . from the norm, Family Secrets, rive to assist her in packing up the this decision. . should prove to be entertaining.

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21 h20 The 700 Club 17h33 Wielie Walie 19h14 Riptide FRIDAY 18h04 Die Wonderperd 21h48 Encore 17h48 Max, Die 2000 J aar 20hoo Suidwes Nuus 18h30 Prime Time 22h19 Vra Wat Pia OueMuis 20h15 Weer/ Weather Report 17h27 Prog. Schedule 19h14 Airwolf 17h53 Ziki Zikombot 20h20 Gunsmoke 17h30 Hand in Hand 20hoo Weer/Weather Rep.ort 18h07 . Move by Move (Chess) 21 h05 Senor Smith 17h35 Vrolike Verhale 20h05 Nuus/ News MONDAY 18h20 Sport 21 h30 Nuus/ News 18h05 Streetset 20h20 Cover' Up 19h10 Jack Holburn 21 h45 Police File 18h31 Sport 21 h06 Family Secrets 17h27 Prog. Schedule 19h35 'n Vrou Vir Pa 22hOO Red Alert 18h59 Charles in Charge 22h40 Solid Gold 17h30 Hand in Hand 20hOO South West News 22h50 Konflikhantering 19h24 Suidpunthotel 23h20 Epilogue 17h35 Thunderbirds 20h15 Weather/ Weerberig 23h05 Dagsluiting 20hOO Suidwes-Nuus 17h58 Blou Somer 20h2pFalcon Crest 20h15 Weer/ Weather Report SUNDAY 18h50 Sport " The Aftermath" THURSDAY 20h20 Hill Street Blues 19h35 The Bill Cosby Show 21h07 Who's the Boss? 17h27 Program rooster . 21 h06 Newhart III 16h27 Prog. Schedule 20hOO Suidwes-Nuus 21h30 Nuus/News 17h30 . Kompas 21h29 News/Nuus J 6h3 0~Wonderb oek 20h 15 Weer/ Weather report 21 h45 Kunskaleidoskoop 17h33 Wiekie 21h44 Agter Elke Man 16h35 Stories Uit My Kinderdae 20h20 The Riverman 22h 17 Those Crowded Years 17h55 Uit en Tuis 22h18 , The Villagers 17h23 Thy Kingdom Come 21hl1 News/ Nuus 23hl1 Epilogue 18h30 Die lare Daarna 22h42 Focus on Soccer 17h42 Ons J eug Maak Musiek 21h25 Murder She Wrote 23h07 Dagsluiting 18h05 Das Nationale Palast- 22h 10 ... And Baby Makes Three WEDNESDAY 19h13 Outoman museum von Taipei 22h25 Aktualiteitsprogram 20hoo South West News 17h27 Prog. Schedule SATURDAY 18h48 Africa in Focus 22h55 Dagsluiting 20h15 Weather/Weerberig 19h38 Another Life 17h30 Hand in Hand 20h20 Space 17h27 Programrooster 20hOO News Rev. / Nuusoorsig TUESDAY 17h35 The Yearling 21 hlO News 17h30 Kompas 20hlO Weather/ Weerberig 17h58 The Adventures of Gulliver 21h25 Unsere Schonsten Jahre 17h33 Plastinots 20h15 St Elsewhere 17h27 Programrooster 18h20 Van Kleuter tot Skoolkind 22hlO Money Management 17h42 Teletien 21h05 News/ Nuus 17h30 Kompas 18h32 Sport 22h23 Epilogue '" ______J:~J:~~IfAfJ:~~------T-H-E-N-AM--m-M-N--FR-I-D~-Y-Fl-~-ru_ary__ 28_19_86 ___ 1_'

Allan Quartermain is hired initial­ fit in at a new high school in a new and reaches a violent conclusion. ly, by Jesse Huston (Chamberlain town. and Stone respectively), to help her Unlike a big city, where kids can MOVIESI i I I Iii iii ii' ii' Iii i 8 iii' , i Producer Andrew Fogelson says find her father, archaeologist Pro­ raise hell and their anger is almost ab­ of his film: 'Everything in the film se­ fessor Huston who has been missing STRIKING BACK, is a story sorbed into the urban landscape, the quences happens not necessarily in Africa"for several months. which begins innocently en~)Ugh destructive energy ofthe small town because the bad kids are looking for Along with Umbo po (Gampu), as youthful sparring, but which bully, Dutra, is turned on the new a reason to terrorise Loren and Ab­ they arrive in Tongola, a treacherous arrivals. by, but simply because when you ultimately turns into a vido~s den of thieves, where they discover But Dutra is more than just a bul­ shC/Ve once and don't get the desired vendetta of terror. that the Professor has been kidnap­ ly - he hovers on th~ edge of be~ng result, you shove harder'. _ ped by Colonel Bockner and the Shannon : Presby and Lori psychotic. " Director Sean S Cunningham is Thrk, to force him to decipher an an­ Loughlin taKe the parts of Loren and Resenting not being able to push the creator of Friday The 13th in cient Cannaanite statue which will Abby respectively, a brother and the two new kids around, his anger 1980, which firmly established him then reveal the way to King sister trying to make new f~ends and builds up to pathological dimensions in the annals of the silver screen. Solomon's Mines. The film is packed with action and comedy as the hero and heroine bat­ tle their way through jungle, lions, tribes of cannibals, the terrible Queen Gagoola, crocodiles, pits of lava and many more dangers. Filming on this epic adventure " movie started on January 6, 1985 in Harare, Zimbabwe, and was com­ pleted five months later on May 29. The hundreds and hundreds of ex­ tras were drawn from the local population and more than 4 000 ex­ tras had to be organised every day. Allan Quartermain (Richard One of the most exceptiomil scenes Chamberlain), the swashbuckling in the film takes place at Dom ~ hero of King Solomon's Mines. boshawa, which means 'brown rock'. Domboshawa is a mammoth granite Hidden treasures slab, with"caves located in the back of its granite mass, which served as that lure a burial place of the Chinadamora Chiefs since the beginning oflegend, HIDDEN TREASURES have and there are also exceptional always lured men, whether bushman paintings to be found. buried in the deep, in caves, or Director of this film is J Lee desert islands, and now King Thompson, who has spanned his Solomon's Mines, Rider Hag­ distinguished career of four decades gard's story of one man's quest with productions such as 'The Guns of Navarone; 'The Chairman', for undreamed of riches, has 'Mackenna's Gold' and 'Taras been brought to the screen, star­ Bulba'. ring Richard Chamberlain, His box-office successes include Sharon Stone, Herbert Lorn, 'The Greek 1Ycoon' and 'Cape Fear' Kern Gampu and John and most recently, 'The ~vil That Rhys-Davies. Men Do! Lori Loughlin, as Abby, is terrorised by the town bully Dutra (James Spader), in the film Striking Back.

WARNER HOME VIDEO Generations', co-produced North NORTH AND SOUTH and South with Chuck McLain. (Mini-series of six tapes 9 hours) The scale of this production is huge, and the sense of history, of The acquisition of this series can certainly be termed a 'scoop', took five months t6 film"in five dif­ especially when one considers that it ferent American states. Making the was screened on American television treak were 140 cast members, 100 as recently as November 1985, and its production people, and two dozen launch in South Africa marks its vehicles carrying more than 8 700 world video debut. pieces of wardrobe, 1 500 pieces of North and South is based on John Jakes' epic, best-selling novel about

Hal Holbrook as Lincoln blood, sweat and tears, is intensely real. Although it has become somewhat hackneyed, this time, the comparison would not be odious to say that North and South rivals 'Gone With The Wind', and is one of Wendy Kilbourne the very best mini-series to become Maum Sally, a free black servant who available for local video viewers. devotes her life to the family; Morgan Fairchild, a beautiful widow, Robert Guillaume, Hal Holbrook, Gene . KINE 300 TEL. 34155

the lives and loves of two families ent­ FRI. 14h30/18hOO/21 hOO wined during the stormy years SAT. 10hOO/14h30/18hOO/21hOO leading up to the outbreak of the SUN - THURS. 14h30/17h30/20hOO American Civil War. KING SOLOMON'S MINES (2-14): Richard Chamberlain, Elizabeth Taylor. At a cost of R150 million, the series Sharon Stone, Herbert Lorn and John Rhys-Davies, in Rider was two years in the making, and furniture and 1 500 ~et decorations Haggard's story ofthe treasures of King Solomon's Mines, deep and hand props. in the African jungle, in a cave of death. But on to the story - which begins SATURDAY 10hOO with the meeting of George Hazard, young member of a wealthy family STARMAN Jeff Bridges - science fiction. of Pennsylvania industrialists, and WINDHOEK DRIVE-IN TEL. 51700 Orry Main, son of a South Carolina - plantation owner. 19h45 BLACK OUT Keith Carradine stars in this thriller. Their friendship is forged at West PLUS Point, and they then see their families become bound with ties oflove, lust, Lesley-Ann Down STARMAN science fiction. ambition, sacrifice, tragedy, power, Kelly, Robert Mitchum, Jean Sim­ Free admission!!! for all white cars on Monday evening March greed and heroism, as historical mons, Elizabeth Taylor, David 3.! events shape conflicts that threaten Ogden Stiers, Inga Swenson, David to tear away the bonds of friendship. Carradine, Lesley-Anne Down, with STER DRIVE-IN TEL. 64551 The list of actors and actresses is James Read as George Hazard, and PROTECTOR Jackie Chan in a detective story. (2-16). impressive. Johnny Cash stars as Patrick Swayze as Orry Main. John Brown, the abolitionist, whose David L Wolper, who produced PLUS martyrdom brings the war between top-rated mini-series such as 'Roots', STRIKING BACK A story of terror, with Shannon Presby. Gene Kelly. the States closer; Olivia Cole, as 'The Thorn Birds', and 'The Next 18 THE NAMmIAN FRIDAY February 281986

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I1f'f'KWRTE 1HffT/ Whole .plus half sheep~ * SpeCial orders to be I / If you order half beef placed on previous day we portion and pack it Tel. 35519 for you! , Opp. South West Star Hotel Khomasdal THE NAMIBIAN FRIDAY February 28 1986 19 ------~------~----~------CRICKET Strange law robs Namibia of glory pair Anthony Hardwick and Dave His 18 overs, nine maidens, two STAFF REPORTER Thompson batted too slowly and wickets for 23 runs was probably the then the second wicket pair of Bob­ outstanding performance of the AFTER YEARS of searching by Craddock and Hardwick similar­ match. . the local cricket selectors have ly took tneir time about things. finally come up with a combina­ Eventually, numbers four and five Namibian skipper Lennie Louw tion to do the country proud. batsmen Jan Ackerman and Andre again showed himself to be the man The team's performance in Smuts were forced to throw their of the moment. King Williams Town against wickets away in the chase for the 150 Hehitarapid44(8X4, 1 X6)and Border last weekend was pro­ mark and a bonus point before the in the Border follow-on innings turn­ bably the best a national team end of the 75th over. ed to off-spin from his customary . These two wickets gave Border medium fast bowling to utilise a fast has produced despite being out­ their third bonus point while deteriorating track and returned the witted by Border captain Richard . Namibia failed by four runs to reach best figures of 3/ 46. Stretch. the target. His early declaration in their first So the match could have gone For the record, the scores in the innings at 90 for Tour robbed our lads . either way. Namibia could have con­ match were; Namibia First Innings: of a chance of gaining extra bonus solidated, hoping to take more 266 (Dave Thompson 33, Anthony points leaving Border in the position wickets that Border in their 75 overs Hardwick 55 , Bobby Craddock 25, where [hey needed only to hang on but chose rather to chase the runs. Lennie Louw 44, Greg Small 17 , Rob for a draw to win the match 3 - 2 on This eventually cost them the Brown 19 not out, Keen 3/ 46 and bonus poinys match. Hugo Lindenburg 3/ 50). Inexplicably, [he system which Although coming in for heavy Border First Innings: 90 for 4 allowed such an eventuality has not criticism, Border cannot be blamed declared (Ray Ranger 42 not out, been revised. for taking advantage of a loop-hole Rob Brown 1118 and Marius Stander The early rounds of the competi­ in the Country Districts laws. 2/23). tion are decided on a bonus points d;"»- Looking at individual perfor­ Border follow-on: 225 for 6 system and with teams reaching the ALTHOUGH some of our batsmen threw their'wickets away in the chase mances, the local XI had every (Wright 84, John Lobban 53 not out semi-finals on points after more than for runs in the first innings, which ultimately lost the match, they reason to feel proud. and Lennie Louw 3/46). one match, that system works. characterised the outstanding spirit in which the entire team played the Opening batsman Anthony Hard­ Result: match drawn. Bonus But in keeping with the policy of game. wick's 55 in their first innings scored points: Border 3 and Namibia 2. strength versus strength of the SA In all fairness to Border, their deci­ Had Lennie Louw been faced with in 235 minutes and his brilliant Border will now face Western Cricket Association, the system fo r sion to seal the match with an early a similar decision it is almost certain display behind the stumps had the Transvaal in the final of the SFW the semi-final and final should have declaration was in line with the com­ he would have done the same. SA selectors noting down his name Country Districts competition after been changed long ago to allow for petitive spirit in which the match was The Namibian Side were stumped while seam bowler Marius Stander their 105 run victory against Nor­ a true winner. played. early in the match after the opening likewise impressed. thern Transvaal. Baseballers square-up NAMIBIA'S BEST baseballers, Demons, the local league winners for who are few and far between, several years. start an unenviable quest in the On both occasions, the Windhoek next few weeks as they prepare sides performed admirably, losing one of the encounters narrowly, 4 -5. for their first outing in the South When the Namibian Sport Coun­ African Inter-Provincial Tour­ cil sits in March, a Softball Associa­ nament, scheduled for 17 - 22 tionreg)!est for membership wUl..be -March in Jo1tannesburg. considered and with the successes What started as a look and learn achieved over the past year, they exercise last season will be rewarded should be successful. with solid participation this year for The present committee of the 15 players from a league of 56 Association is: Lionel Fialo (Chair­ registered players and will present a man), Brenda Hoole (Secretary), personal triumph for the instigators Anita Leak (Treasurer) and addi­ of the league, Lionel Fiallo and Brian tional members Brian de Lange, de Lange, who are the only two Richard Metcalfe and Tony Leak. players with baseball experience fur­ ther back than last year in the squad. . Namibia's first representative Most of the players in the team KARL-HEINZ Rummenigge (pic­ ba'se~all team is: Ray Collins (Ross­ however are also top flight softballers ing), Johan Swanepoel (Giants), tured in front) of Germany along and should more than hold their own with fellow European stars Michel Brian de Lange (Dodgers), Jeff Luck in the soft C Section which includes Platini (France), Paulo Rossi (Ita­ (Cardinals), Johan de Beer mainly colt teams. ly) and Bryan Robson (England) (Dodgers), Muuray Hankin (Bears), Last year, the first official cross ~ will be looked to for inspiring per­ Les Marais (Dodgers), Michael Den­ border contact was made when an try (Cardinals), Garth Panton (Car­ formances for their teams if the SA Airways team consisting of main­ dinals), Terence Clarke (Giants), Vic World Cup is to remain in Europe. Traditionally, the Cup remains ly Boksburg Cardinals players played de Mink (Dodgers), Hein van on the continent where it is con­ against a combined side in Win­ Rensburg (Giants), Peter Fourie dhoek and later in the year a team (Dodgers), Vivian Ferris (Rossing) tested but holders Italy ~ European champions France and early consisting of Cardinals, Dodgers and Lionel Fiallo (Cardinals - and Bears travelled to Cape Town to favourites for Mexico, Germany player/coach). The manager is Johan compete against Goodwood du Plessis (manager). could all force for a berth in the final stages. The bookies favour South American teams but this year could see tradition broken. African Cycles TWICE WORLD Champions Copach Omar Borras has said Borras began his World Cup preparations early this month, tak­ Uruguay travel to the World that 16 of the 22-man squad he will Approaching the future Cup finals in Mexico after an nbame on April 1, when he plans ing a squad of mainly home-based players to Miami for an interna­ absence .of 12 years hoping to to begin his build-up in earnest, are with prices of the past with foreign clubs. tional tournament. regain their stature as one of the But he realises club com­ Uruguay won, beating Colom­ quality to match . world's top sides. miJments 'could prevent some of bian club side Deportivo Cali 2 - 0 in But the reigning South American -the-foreign exiles from joining the in' the final after drawing" with champions face the daunting task squad in good time. . America 1 - 1 in' an earlier round Furniture of qualifying from a first round robin series. The surprise of the · group widely regarded. as the . Among those exiles are top stars tournament was the 2 - 0 defeat-by toughest cif the finals as they bid like Enzo Francescoli, leading Deportivo of Paraguay, who have . to emulate their World Cup scorer in the Argentine League ~th also qualified for Mexico. . triumphs of 1930 and 1950. River Plate and last year voted In April Borras hppes to t!ike the The Uruguayans have been Argeqtine Player of the Year, and full squad on a tour of Eutope . drawn in Group E with West Ger­ Atletico de Madrid striker Jorge da where the team will meet club sides Radios many, also twice World ·Cham­ Silva; in matches the local press haye call- pions, a Danish team brimming . Some of Uruguay's l~ading ed 'informative'. ' , with talent and Scotland, a talented players have been playing abroad The tour will be followed by one Address: side on their day. for several years. Others were snap­ or two matches at home as a taster 8tl. Tal . Street With three months before their ped up by clubs in Mexico, Argen­ for the fans who are eagerly opening World Cup match against tina, Brazil, Spain and France after awaiting a repeat of Uruguay's vic­ WINDHOEK West Germany, most of the Uruguay became the first qualifiers tory over Argentina in the first P.O. box 1922 Uruguayan squad are spread '. for the Mexico finals last April World Cup Cup final in Tel. 28130 among club sides in Latin America behind the hosts and the reigning Montevideo in 1930 or the shock and Europe. champions, Italy. win in Brazil 20 years later. 20" THE NAMmIAN FRIDAY February 28 1986 ~------~------D-Day for soccer'

BY DAVE SALMON THE BELL TOLLS for Nami­ jumped the gun at the beginning of bian soccer,this weekend with the last season, starting their own 'Super' heads of the game settling two League', it seemed the concept would basic questions; NASA's AGM never see the light of day, ' , tomorrow morning and later

SPORTS REPORTER Like Juku, Bandy Mamaseb is a Hardleynot missed a second-half wizard down the wing and also ac­ penalty. THE FIERCE RIVALRY that exists counted for both his side's goals, Former Ramblers player and OP between Windhoek's top four At half-time, Black Africa led one­ stalwart Eric Muinjo }llade a Katutura soccer teams has got off to nil via Lucky Boonstander's boot but welcome comeback in this match an early start with the playing of the after a long injury lay-off and it Top Four tournament at the seems much will still be heard of him. Katutura Stadium. The big question now is whether Last weekend's soccer was scin­ Orlando can halt African Stars in tillating at times and gave an early in­ their relentless march through all the dication as to who will be calling the major tournaments when they meet shots this season, this weekend while both Tigers and African Stars seem to be continu­ Black Africa will be keen to avoid ing where they left offlast season but carrying the wooden-spoon after they were made to work hard for their their play-off -the perfect ingredients 2 - 1 win against Tigers and had to re­ for a thrilling weekend's soccer. lyon the irrepressible Alfred 'Juku' Tjazuko to see them through. Ace Mates The craft left winger opened Stars THE SOUTH African NPSL account with a well taken 25 metre team Ace Mates are to play two shot early in the first period and then matches in Windhoek against in the dying moments of the match representative sides at the , and much against the run of play. Katutura Stadium next Satur­ Juku latched onto a Jamanuka day and Sunday was announc­ Tjihero pass to score the decider. TE CAPTAIN of the Windhoek Country Club, Mr Dennis Golding (left) ed yesterday. The result was not entirely fair to with Stanswa deputy Managing Director Mr Ben Warden after the an­ Tigers who pressured for most of the The team is: Snas Malope, nouncement of this years' sponsorship for the Namibian Open Golf match and were rewarded with the Menias Gwala, J emmy , Championships which takes place on Saturday and Sunday. This is the equaliser via a Haufiku header in the Maswanganya, Jan 'Malobo' premier golfing event of the year and annually draws the best golfers dying moments of the match only to Lichaba, Zagaria 'Maria country wide. Tee-off time is at 7.30am on both mornings with the prize­ see Juku rob them of a deserved share Maria' Lamola, Patrick 'Ace' giving' to start in the clubhouse at 2.30 on Sunday. ofthe spoils at full-time - but such is ARS goal scorer, Alfred 'Juku' Tjazuko. Ntsoelengoe (captain), Sexon 1-----iIIIIIIiIII----iiiIIIIi------______the experienced Stars squad. Hlesa, Fonda , Ntsoelengoe, despite new signings in Max van Wyk The other match of the weekend Steve Maseko, Thabo Lamola, (former Stars) and Brutto Shipanga likewise produced a fascinating tus­ Vusa Ratabe, Paradise, Legoda, Advertise in sle with Orlando Pirates making a (former Blue Waters) they could not . welcome return to the winner stakes. contain the high-riding Orlando Ace Moada, Zaka Hlalele, Their 2 -J defeat of Black Africa Pirates side. Raphael Ncanana, Eliot Setho, T'he Namibian was well deserved but like Stars, they The score-line- may have been Wand ' Ndamande and Jabu had one man to thank in the end. higher had the OP skipper Doc Mahli;lngu. t------Young ' Ones' 'Mini' tournament APART FROM variousAGM'S be­ Ramblers and Namibian champions would pe Celtic, LiOilS or Young CORELICKS ing held co'untry wide, most soccer African Stars. Ones. ' has again started in earnest and this Tomorrow and Sunday's tourna­ , A final involving any.two of these Where quality and servi~e counts weekend Young Ones climb on the ment is the beginning of months of three would be one to w;ttch but with practiCe season bandwagon with a serious soccer for the club as it is for the Top- Four tournament being Tents, camping eqUipment, luggage twelve team tournament at the most clubs. qecided in Katutura th.e ehoice bet­ garden tOOls, car accessori'es,locks and Khomasdal field. The teams that will play in the ween matches will be difficult. Despite 'their obvious talent, tournament are Young Ones, The beaten finalists'will receive a keys, and SO much more .. __ ...... Young Ones have disappointed in 'the Hungry Lions, Sorendo Bucs, Celtic, R300 consolation and the two semi­ , last year but key player/official of the Western Suburbs, Kingston, finalists RlOO each. The entry fee per HAVE YOU SeEN us LATELY? club Lance Willemse this week pro­ Swansea, Thistles, Leeds, Spurs, team is R150. mised big things for the coming Crusaders and Flames. Tomorrow's matches start at 9 am -season and sounded a warning to The winning team , will receive with the semi ~ final and final to be Tel: 37700 11'9, kaiser Street teams like Mainstay winners ' , ~~()()()and if it were a race, good bets plaxed on Sunday: