50c (GST Inc.) Thursday October 24 1991 Stampede fo municipal plots ends in chaos A MAD rush of more than 300 people fighting KATE BURLlNG for 85 erven got so out of hand yesterday morning that the municipality had to call offits sale had been intended tQ ease the hQusing burden fQr .ordi­ first-come~ first-served sale of land. nal)' Katutura ~sidents. "I have People were so desperate tQ angava, and selling for between nQ specific infQrmatiQn abQut get hold of serviced erven that R4000 and R7 000. the allegatiQns, but it is PQS­ the sale turned into a rugby The sale had been adver­ sible that things like this can scrum of pushing and shoving tised in a local newsletter for happen," he said. as WQuld-be buyers tried to Katutura residents, but the In view .of the problems, the fight their way to the front of Municipality had not realised Municipality had decided tQ the queue. that the erven would be so much postpone the sale until NQvem­ The scene at the Municipal­ in demand, said Kauaria. ber, fQllQwing further adver­ ity in PA de Wet Smet got so In additiQn to the rush, the tisements in the p~ss. chaQtic that officials decided sale drew complaints from Kauaria said the sale WQuld to call the whole thing I)ff rather residents who said private still be .organised on a first­ thar: risk making matters worse de ..... elopers we~ \Jsing ihe first­ CQme, first -ser.. ed basis as this by selling to the people with come, first-served arrangement was fairer than an auctiQn. "At the sharpest elbows. to buy up the plots. "Appar­ an auctiQn, the erven WQuld According tQ Municipality ently some developers had paid simply gQ tQ the highest bid­ PRO Willie Kauaria, some members of the community to der, which WQuld .obviously people had camped the night queue on their behalf," said put private developers in a much on the smet outside the office the PRO. better position than the man .or in the hope ofbeing first inline Rumours were flying that woman in the street. " for one of the 85 plots. developers had paid people He said he hoped the queu­ "There was so much fight­ RlOO a time to grab as much ing system could be better ing that some of those who had land as possible, as well as . .organised next time and that been waiting longest got pushed speculation that a number of people would respect the fact to the back .of the queue," he erfs had already been allotted that some had waited longer said. to friends of municipal offi-.. than others. Kauaria described the rush cials before the sale even "We don't knQW of a fairer HOPEFUL CmLDREN ... Some of the youngsters at the Namibia Children's Home as a reflection of residents' opened. way to run the sale, but hope who hope a family Christmas could still be on the cards. See story page 3. Photograph: dire need for erven, situated in Neither of these practices people will behave in a more Kate Burling Wanaheda, Katutura and Okury- was fair, said Kauaria, as the disciplined way. " Ex-Plan fighter gets life Cloud of confusion overWalvis census A FORMER Plan fighter The presiding judge, Justice COURT REPORTER . was yesterday sentenced Hannah, rejected Shikongo's MBATJIUA NGAVIRUE to life imprisonment for claims and foundhim guilty of murdering a Grootfontein When De Waal stopped his era, suitcase, a camera, bed­ all three charges. PERMANENT Secretary of Information and Broad· farmer, Jac.obus Johannes car at the gate and asked ding and clothes. Before passing sentence he casting Bob Kandetu yesterday failed to clear up confu· Shikongo was arrested in told Shikongo that he was a deWaal. Shikongo and Sagaria what !bey sion over the exact role of the Namibian Government in wanted, they said they were April when he told. a friend that notorius killer and a danger to an unofficial census allegedly taking place at Walvis Nelenge Taapopi Muturnburl looking for work. He told them he had a weapon with which he the community. Bay• ShikQngQ, 22, insisted yester­ that there was no work. His had killed twQ wllites, as he • •You shot and killed a.man Kandetu indicated that the Government is aware of the census, day he was innocent - even wife, Comelia, noticed that . thQught Mrs De Waal was also mercilessly and then shot his but categorically stated that the Namibian Government was not after the sentence wa's passed. Shikongo bad a bag in his hands dead. His friend passed on this wife and left her to die. " conducting any census at Walvis Bay. .Shikongo further alleged that and became suspicious. She information to the PQlice. Although Ibe judge had taken At the same time, however, he said the Government would asked her husband to drive off, The former Plan fighter was into consideration that Shikoogo he was being discriminated gladly receive the data from any census being conducted there. against because he was a Plan but befQ~ he could do SQ, later positively identified by . was a first offender, that he "The Government will be interested in any information that fighter. Shikongo shot him throughthe Mrs de Waal at a parade at was uneducated and the only will allQW us to knQ'Y the populatiQn of Namibia," he said. De Waal was shot and killed head. He died instantly. Grootfontein. training he had ever received Kandetu also claimed the Government is unaware .of who is in cold blood at his smallhold­ Mrs De Waal was pulled out Shikongo's fingeIprints were was in how to use fire-arms conducting the census at Walvis Bay, and that the Government ing near GroQtfontein on Feb­ . of the car, robbed ofher watch also found on the rifle and olber and that he had two children, has made no efforts to establish the identity of those responsible. ruary 13 last year. and forced to go the homec items at the De W aal's small Judge Hannah reminded him He also commented on recent negotiations between the Namib­ Shikongo was alSQ . found stead, where she was forced to holding. that he (the judge) would be ian and South African governmenti concerning a census. guilty of attempted murder and open the rooms, which she Shikongo, who told the court failing in his duty if "I do not Kandetu said the purpose of these meetings had not been to . robbery with aggravating cir­ refused to do. that he was a member of remove you from the commu­ discuss census data collected by the South Africans, but to discuss cumstances for which he was She was then shQt in the Swapo's ;ruutary wing, Plan, nity to which you are a dan­ the possibility of a joint census undertaking at Walvis Bay. given 25 years' imprisonment. neck and left to die. However for eight years, denied any ger." He said the census in the rest of Namibia is proceeding well The court heard how Mrs de Waal managed to es­ knowledge of all the charges Judge Haonah then sentenced apart from the fact that people are removing the census identifi­ Shikongo and Johannes Sagaria cape after the assailants left and claimed he had been in the Shikongo to life imprisonment cation numbers frQm their hQuses .once they have been cQunted. (who escaped custody) am­ the small holding. Kamhaku Hospital at Ombal­ for murder, 15 years for at- Kandetu appealed to people not to ~move these numbers, as bushed the De Waal couple at Before they left they robbed antu, Owarnbo, when the mur­ they would be needed in the PQst-census enumeration survey. the gate of their smallholding. her of her watch, videQ cam- der was cQmmitted. Continued on page 3 . -Nanso calls EMBASSV"OF THE for a mega ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN effort from seeks a Se.cretary / Typist students POST -INDEPENDENCE exam results have shown little REQUIREMENTS improvement 00. those produced by Nambian students during colonial times, according to a Matrlc and at least 3 years review carried out by Nanso practical experience andNantu. A study of exam results for March, June and September Fairly sound knowledge of this year revealed that students accounting, bookkeeping and were still faring very badly, typing said the student and teacher DASHING DISPLAY ••. The De Havilland Dash 8·300 displayed yesterday to Namib organisations. Air management. The plane will eventually fly regional routes for Italy's airline Air Nanso President Vincent Good command of English Likoro said the reasons were Dolomiti. Inset: Jean·Pierre Descurieux of Booing Canada, who showed the new De varied, but tended to focus on Havilland Dash 8·300 to Air Namibia officials _ the lack of school text books. We offer an attractive "Text books are either not remuneration package. available or arrive late, mak­ ing it difficult for teachers to Canadian plane flies complete syllabi with their For Interviews, please contact us at students," he said. It was 229974/5 or write to P.O. Box 24790, WHK impossible to attribute total blame for the lack of text books to the Ministry of Education. high in Namibian sky Sometimes the fault lay with delays at the Ministry, some­ BOEING Canada, a corn· which was bought by Booing, times with publishing prob­ ANDREW PERRIN pany 'that manufactures a US military and civilian air­ lems, sometimes with ineffi­ craft maker. De Havilland is cient principals who failed to airplanes, yesterday dis· played its Dash 8 Series The Dash 8 series is in use now known as Booing Canada.