~~~.J1'.e.~~'TOiMOUNT1NVASION of'tf1trrf* B~N CA.SE'STARTS 1N HiGH'CQUR:r TOOA~'1~8~~ MYSTERY continues to surround the case in which Nobody has been arrested in connection with the three petrol bombs were thrown at houses in incident yet. The police investigation is continuing. ' Khomasdal over the weekend. • A petrol bomb was thrown at Erf 4699 in Nampol spokesperson, ChiefInspector Sean Gey­ Khomasdal on Saturday. Two chairs were damaged ser, told The Namibian yesterday that they are in the process. baffled by the possible motive. At about the same time two bombs were thrown However, according to police information, the at house 4607 in Khomasdal. Only one bomb ex­ ..... are believed to be drug dealers. and no one was in' It's 'a eal! TCL,workers reac~ agreement • FRANNA KAVARI THE Mineworkers'Union ofNamibia (MUN) and Tsumeb Minin Corporation Limited (TCL) will sign a wage agreement today after union members gave the union the go-ahead yesterday afternoon. r----- - --~--...,---~-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_=_..:..,., Concessions from both TCL management and the union resulted in a deal being struck. 1f ~INAMIB ~CONTRACT ,I Fears have been rife that if a planned strike at TCL's three mines wen.t ahead it could prove finan­ I: HAULAGE ' 1 cially crippling. the permanent loss of many jobs ~ and result in the closure of at least one of the mines. 1 1 MUN General Secretary Peter Naholo told The 1 '" ," 1 ' ! " " ,'> .. ",::",:,;], 1 Namibian last night that the union had agreed to a 1 '..' ' ..' ""':""f,'ft' , minimum wage of N$500. down from their initial 1'~J'~~S~·:t/";':::.:\",:,' "~:' .' :.:~'·7~·' " 1 demand of N$800. However, Naholo said the increase would be backdated to July 1 this year. He added that the : ~l~M~:m,;:,r~timlU,;~-:~;;t;' I negotiations had always been guict'ed by the princi­ 1 ple of give and take and that at times compromises 1 , 1 had had to be made. 1 He said the union had made concessions to dem­ 1 1 onstrate it was interested in meaningful negotia­ WAR VICTIM •.. La Fon, Sudan - A young 1 tions. Sudanese boy who has spent much ofthe last five 1 On the other hand the company had also made a years flitting from one war zone to another sits good offer which was the introduction of the Paterson on the ground in La Fon village held by a splinter All our passengers are informed that the departure 1: system of job grading for all workers. • group of the Sudan People's Liberation Army point of our buses will change from Katutura 11 (SPLA). Government forces were this week When implemented the system would mean that Single Quarters as from the 9th September 1994, : 1 workers would be regraded and it would also give reported to be about to launch a new offensive which could force him and thousands ofothers to to Soweto Bus Terminal opposite BP Garage 11 continued on page 2 be on the move again. Photo: Reuters via Nampa (Katutura) Independence Avenue. I 1 1 I 1 D-Day for civil servants I 1 1 1 1 n d '1 • FRANNA KA VARI They said civil servants were unhappy as they had 1 e not received sa\ary increases for a considerable 1 p TODAY could be D-Day for ,civil servants time. I I ' e . I seeking a wage hike. Uuions will meet with The unions charged that the houses of Govern­ 11 A b raham n Ma shegoS tr ee t 'I the Prime Minister's office this morning in ment employees had been repossessed because they I' d I a bid to thrafi h outthe issue. could not pay their bonds. 11 e , 11 The meeting takes place against a background of They proposed a 10 per cent wage hike for higher 11 Days at Departure: ; BP Garage i I paid workers' and 29 per cent for lower paid work­ I widespread discontent and the threat of industrial 11 Tuesdays & e 11 action in the public service. ers. 1 Avenue I1 At a press conference last week, the Namibia Grave concern was expressed about the situation 1~ Fridays 1' .../ National Teachers' Union (Nantu). Namibia Public and the unions warned that if the matter was not 11 I Workers' Union (Napwu) and the Public Service urgently addressed industrial action in the public 11 'U'e~ de~~ I, Union of Namibia (PS UN) issued a joint press sector would follow. 11 11 release urging the Government to consider salary The matter has been brought up at several meet­ increases for civil servants as a matter of great ings at the office of the Prime Minister. :: Tel: 229871 (Windhoek) l: urgency. continued on page 2 ,L:...-_-=--_-_-_-_--=-_-_-_-=--_-_-_-=--=--_-==-_-=--_-_- JJ I ~,, 2 Wednesday September 14 1994 THE NAMIBIAN . :~r I Money stolen from BZN case in cotrr.:!t9d~y. ' Oshakati police • 'I cl ... I ··· " : . " - ... !:'t , 1 i ", ' • OSWALD SHIVUTE AT OSHAKATI • TYAPPA NAMUTEWA Accordirtg to 3chnfilt BZN nad Deen expected A WOMAN who alle edl defrauded the to be. in Windhoek on July 7, 8 and 9. MONEY has been stolen from the Office of • g Y • It IS alleged that between January and June the Station Commander at Oshakati, the pubhcand a bank of nearly N$200 000 IS to 1991 Schmittwrongfully unlawfull falsel and . h H' h Chi' ,y, y Oshakati police reported in their daily crime appear ID t e Ig ourt t s mormng to with the intent to defraud, pretended to diverse report yesterday. face five cases of theft and fraud. members of the public and Standard Bank that Although the amount is not known yet, some The case dates back to 1991 when Annelien tickets purchased from her/her agents would en­ sources claimed to The Namibian that it could be Schmitt, 27, allegedly defrauded several people ' title them to access to concerts. i N$40 000 or·more. by' pretending she was an organiser for the popu- Further, because of this Standard Bank had The money is apparently the money collected lar Dutch group BZN (Band Zonder Naam). authorized an overdraft facility of N$50 000. from courts in the region such as bail and other fines. Schmitt allegedly 'advertised that the group It is also alleged that she has wrote cheques to : ~-, - It-is-undcFstood-that-an-investigating-effieer-from 1 ~"iicUlU would p!esent a number of concerts in Windhoek several companies knowing she had no funds in the Otjiwarongo Police travelled to Oshakati last andp~ll ~ in more thanNflOO 000 by 'selling the bank. -- -- - -; -. ---- week to investigate the case. He i.s beljeved to have tickets for the shows. These were to: Markhams - N$2 661,78; given an order to the police chiefs at Oshakati to However the band did not come to Namibia. N$224,64 for goods bought from W6erman & check their books carefully and to report their Although no concerts took place, Schmitt failed Brock; N$I 030 to AC van der Merwe for services findings to him. to pay the money back to the public. rendered; and a cheque for N$800 to AC van,der A former station Commander was discharged a She also' failed to pay an overdraft of N$50 000 Merwe for goods bought. year ago after money went missing in his office she allegedly gained from Standard Bank Na- The case will start in the High Court this morn- while two policemen from Ohangwena were sus­ mibia under false pretences. ing. The State is expected to call eight witnesses. because money in their keeping vanished. '1 Civil service FROM PAGE 1 Scheepers suspects deny everything Yesterday Nantu Gen­ • TYAPPANAMUTEWA Dr Scheepers' Isuzu were arrested, one of the blood. eral Secretary Markus pick-up and fled. men at Gross ' Bannen He had found Dr Kampungu said the mat­ TWO young men, both from the Kavango While travelling in the and the other at Scheepers lying next to ter had been under dis­ Region, yesterday appeared in the Win(lhoek " direction of Karibib, the Okahandja. :a telephone, but he was cussion and he hoped High Court charged with murdering a well­ ~ i: Omaruru district sur­ already dead. tpday's meeting would two accused noticed that known vet from Omaruru, Dr lan Andre a vehicle was following geon Dr AJ Currie yes­ Dr Currie said blood , be fruitful. Scheepers. ' I ', them. They stopped at terday testified that at the was spattered all over the . !, the side of the · road, request of the police he house, on the floor and i, AGENTS FULL-TIME/PART-TIME: ' ,. Scheepers was bru- door, they attacked him jumped out of the vehi­ had gone to Dr .on the walls. ;; ,1 tally killed at his small- . aDd stabbed him to death. cle and ran off, aban­ Scheepers' house on the It was obvious that Dr j: Agents needed to market delightful holding nearOmaruru on They then removed I doning the vehicle and night of the attack. Scheepers had had a fight range of products for the Christian July 30 last year. ; various articles from the the stolen goods. On his arrival he had with his attackers. home. The two men also face house, loaded them onto Ten davs later found the house full of It appeared that he had Commission basis. Contact a charge of robbery with , crawled/wa,Iked to the Family Enrichment International at aggravating circum­ telephone to get help, but stances, as they al\egedly had collapsed before he i.