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'REJECT C -UP'PLEA Council of Churches calls on SA not to conscript Namibians, saying it's "forced labour" for the SADF ------By GWEN LISTER--....;------THE COUNCIL of Churches in Namibia (CCN) has called upon the South African TWO DEAD AFTE Government to stop conscripting N amibians into the South African Defence Force. In a statement by CCN General Secretary, Dr Abisai Shejavali; who had been ap­ proached by many young Namibians seeking advice on how to legally resist conscrip­ OSHAKATIMORTAR tion, the Council described the call-up of N amibians as "tantamount to providing forc­ ed labour for the South African Defence Force".

Dr to serve the government ofthe day ..." ATTACK BY PLAN Shejavali said on further inquiry how Namibian parents are expected to that many young Namibians, some of simply surrender their sons to support What he described asthe "inflexible : . .. . them still at school, has received call­ the oppressive structures of col­ Continued on page 2 up papers for service in the SADF. Dr onialism and apartheid and to further THE military base atOshakati was this week once again the Shejavali added that "many ofthem' , delay Namibia's independence and its target of an attack by insurgents from the People's Libera­ had approached the Council for advice peoples' right to self determination". tion Army of Namibia (PLAN). on how to legally resist conscription in­ The CCN said it sympathised with to "an army which they detest and the "brutal dilemma" young Nami­ The stand-offbombardment took place shortly before midnight on Wednesday. which they consider to be a tool of op­ bians had to face when called up to According to a press release from the SWA Territory Force yesterday, the guer­ pression in the hands ofthe apartheid serve in the SADF. rillas had used projectiles of 122mm calibre. colonialist regime". He added that they There could be no doubt, the state­ The statement said that t wo civilians, Mr Titus Hamunyela (42) and Mr Pineas ' a~so ,regarded conscription as "moral­ ment added, that the SADF and its Barnabus (18), were killed py shrapn~l when one ofthe projectiles exploded near ly unjustifiable and also in conflict units, referred to collectively as the their home in Oshakati West. with the norms ofinternational law". SWA Territory Force, "serve the in­ Minor damage was caused to residential houses in the 'white' town ofOshakati, The Council, he added, supported terests ofthe Republic of South Africa but, according to the statement, security forces suffered no losses in personnel this view and were "alarmed by the and more particularly the white or material. tendency of turning the struggle for minority government's policy towards Reacting to the news that two civilians had been killed in the bombardment, true independence into a civil war by Namibia". . a Swapo spokesman in London yesterday condemned the security forces for plac­ N amibianisingthe armed conflict bet­ He quoted the remarks of an SADF ing their military bases in or near residential areas. ween the South Mrican occupation spokesman who stated that "the "The illegal army is hiding behind civilians for protection. The deaths ofcivilians forces and the Namibian people". Defence Force of a country is not there is regretted, but ifthis is to be avoided the occupationist army must move its bases "It-is likewise difficult to'understand to serve a specific political party, but far away from the innocent residents of the north:' he said. HINEWORKERS GEARING lIP FOR SECOND BUN

THE SECOND Congress of the Mineworkers Union of Nainibia (MUN) will be John Liebenberg is the delegation from Consolidated Diamond Mines (CDM) in held in Tsumeb today and tomorrow (Friday and Saturday). Pictured above by Oranjemund. In the front row, right, is John Shaetonhodi, Chairman of MUN.

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2 Friday January 15 1988 THE NAMIBIAN WATER TARIFF BIKE Permits in Caprivi A KATIMA MULILO resident and Swapo member, Mr Paddy Mwa zi , has rebuked the cabinet for making what he described as WATER TARIFFS are to be in­ sumers is subsidised by the State - sufficient to recover expenses. misleading statements about permits to the security districts in creased as from April 1, accor­ and not recovered from consumers in In the case of water supplied for ir­ the north. ding to a statement released by the existing water tariff structure. rigation purposes at Rardap, the tariff Mr Mwazi said that army personnel at the Bagani checkpoint still the Department of Water M­ In the determination of the new to farmers has been doubled. demanded permits when people were either entering or leaving Eastern fairs this week. water tariffs which come into effect on The present running cost for the Caprivi. April 1 , an attempt has been made to supply of irrigation water is 1,62 per Mr Mwazi charged that the statement issued by the Interim Govern­ The last increase consumers had to limit the increase in individual water square cubic metre, while an average face was some 18 months ago, and tariffs to a maximum of15 per cent. In tariff of only 0,94 per square cubic ment on November 22 announcing that no permits would be needed in because of various factors, including cases where an increase ofless than 15 metre will be levied during the 1988/89 the security districts was deceiving and had caused a great deal of con­ the real increases in the cost of water per cent is sufficient to recover the full financial year. fusion in Caprivi. The people of Caprivi had been under the impression supply due to normal cost increases operating cost, the increase is limited The increased tariff at Rardap, the that they. would also be exempted from carrying permits, but this was which include salary adjustments, to the lower percentage. statement says, is still very low in com­ not the case. fuel, machinery, chemicals and The average increase in the water parison with the tariff levied for irriga­ He said that when travelling to Windhoek on January 4 he had not only materials, the Department made a tariffs for State Water Schemes is ap­ tion water in South Africa, where it is, been told he would not be allowed through Bagani without a permit, but recommendation to the Cabinet to proximately nine per cent. in general in the region of 1,5 per he had been held there by the army for 6 hours. revise present water tariffs. In the case of water supplied to square cubic metre. The recommendation was approved municipalities, the average increase is Without taking any capital redemp­ Soldiers at the checkpoint searched his briefcases and threatened to by the Cabinet, and the revised tariffs 11 per cent. Typical examples of the ad­ tion into account, the statement points detain him when they found a leaflet entitled 'Justice in Namibia' in one will be published in the Official justments for larger centres are as out that the operating losses of the ofthem. He protested that the leaflet was perfectly legal since it was com­ Gazette in the near future. follows: Deprtment, even after the tariffrevi­ posed of material extracted from newspapers, but it was nevertheless According to the statement, another Windhoek - 10 per cent 'sion, will still amount to approximate­ confiscated. reason for the periodic revision of Keetmanshoop - 15 per cent ly R4,5millionforthecomingfinancial . He alleged that when the soldiers realised that the pamphlet was legal water tariffs is the effect of the reduc­ Mariental- four per cent year. tion in the State subsidy on the they decided that they would instead question him about his personal Gobabis - 15 per cent operating costs of water supply. history, and they even asked him to which political organisation he Swakopmund - eight per cent Without the approved revision in belonged. The operating cost of water schemes Oijiwarongo - 15 per cent tariffs however, the loss would have is subsidised by the State to a certain . amounted to R6,7 million. The follow­ Mr Mwazi was very bitter about-the treatment he received and com­ extent, and there is a need to reduce In the case of government institu­ plained that after having delayed him for six hours, they left him with . tions such as police stations, military ing operating losses have been pro­ this subsidy by gradually increasing jectedfor certain of the Department's no other alternative except to buy army petrol at the exorbitant price of the water tariffto cover at least the ac­ bases and tourist centres, the increases in some cases are more than 15 per larger water schemes: R 1,20 since all other petrol stations were closed by then .. tual cost of running a water scheme. A spokesman for the SWATF, Major Fanie Krigethis weekcofirmed that The Department of Water Affairs cerit. The DepartmentofWater Affairs Water schemes in Owambo R2400000 permits were still needed to enter Western Caprivi, which was a nature nins a computerised costing system in states that these organisations should Stocking drinking schemes reserve. which the actual capital redemption make provision for and budget to pay R400000 and running costs of water supply are the full running cost of water supplied. He added that in issuing permits "The SADF and the SWATF act as allocated to each individual State In terms of the existing policy, mines Water schemes in Hereroland the agents ofthe Directorate of Nature Conservation in this regard. In are regarded as enterprises establish­ R400000 terms ofthe relevant legislation. Travelling to this reserve is restricted Water Scheme in order to establish a Larger municipalities­ differentiated data base per scheme. ed for financial gain and it is the aim to a certain period of time, while there are also regulations concerning to eventually charge the full economic R300000 It is the policy of the government to Smaller towns­ the transport offire-arms, liquor etc. Permits are issued by Sector 20 HQ charge the consumer at least the full water tariff-which will include both in Rundu and Sector 70 HQ at Katima Muliio as well as at the entry point the operating and capital cost. R400000 running cost component of the total at Pongola:' According to the Department In the case of mines, where both the water cost, which results in a: differen­ "The incident in which Mr Mwazi was involved could not be confirm­ tiated water tariff structure for each however, at this stage a certain subsidy capital and operating costs are water supply scheme. is in effect and an increase of 15 per redeemed, the deficit amounts to ed in time to meet the deadline ofyour newspaper. However it is not im­ At this stage, the capital cost for the cent was generally applied. In the case R1 ,1 million, which, before the-tariff possible that the incident occurred because the SADF/SWATF is also establishment of State Water Schemes of ROssing Uranium Mine, an increase adjustment, would have been R1,4 reponsible for security in that area, and security check-ups are carried for the supply ofwater to domestic con- . of one per cent was applied, which was million. out when it is deemed necessary:' Bible aeeording to Botha THE EXCERPr pictured here is from the Bible, and was apparentIyissued to school pupils and conscripts in 1985. The signature is that ofPW Botha - at the time Minister of Defence. Apart from saying that the youth are now being called to do their duty to their country, the excerpt also states "I believe that the best equipped soldier is the one who carries the Word of Godin his heart. Of all the excellent weapons you carry, this one is the best, because it is th!,! weapon of God:'

BOODSKAP VAN DIE MINISTER Calling all businessmen! VAN VERDEDIG ING Hierdie 8ybel word aan u uitgereik as die beste deel van u noodsaaklike uit rus­ ling. Wanneer u beangs is of twyfel. ha rt sccr We are planning the development of is of sma rte verduur. verlang of heL.om­ merd is of in watter omstand ighede U Qok al mag verkccr. selrs oak wa nneer U vreugde smaak of oorwinnings behaal. phase two of the "amibian Black soek dan ahyd u anhlooord en u anker in hierdie wondcrli ke Boek. Dil! geskicdenis het bewys en my eic Chain complex. Icwcnsondcrvinding het my geleer dal 'n vasgean kerd e geloor in God 'n mens toe­ rus vir die (aak va n elke dag, maar oak toerus vir clke ondcrvinding langs die fin approximate 2· 200 I.ewenspad. Daardie geloo( vind u in hier­ square die Boek. E ll. glo die bcs-loegerUSh! sold aat is hy wat die Woord van God in sy hart dra. mItres floor space will be made U word nou gcroep am u dt.!1!J te do!;!n en U offers te bring vir die ve rdedigin$ va.n ons land. Dil is my gcbcd dat hle rdlc . available. B ~' be l U sal besic l ~n dermate sal toerus dat u daardic Offt.!f so sa l brillg en u rocping so sal vervul dat Suid-Afrika en sy menst.! altyd trots op U sal wecs. Van al die goeie \\apcns wat u dra. is fI total of 1 600 square metres has hierdie die best ... omdat dit die Wapen already been reserved for established van God is. concerns. Consequently there is still an NANSO CONGRESS: OKAHANDJA opportunityfora businessman or two THE NAMIBIA National Students Organisation (Nanso) will be holding its third national consultative conference over the weekend (January to establish themselves in this 15 to 17) at the Andreas Kukuri Centre in Okahandja, with the theme 'Decisive action against militarisation'. excellent area. Speakers will include Dr Zephania Kameeta who would speak on this theme; Gwen Lister, Editor of The Namibian, who will speak on 'An analysis of a militarised culture'; Moses Omeb of the CCN will speak on 'Practical Methods Contact the General Manager. Mr of implementing English as a medium of instruction'; Samson Ndeikwila of the CCN who will speak on 'Role of cadets and veld schools'; Ignatius Liebenberg urgently at telephone Shihwameni of Nanso on 'School Crisis'; and Richard Pakleppa ofthe NUNW 63041 if you are in ted. will speak on 'Worker-student alliance'. CCN on conscription military service in the SADF". They Continued from page 1 also requested that legitimate and political objections of Namibians to attitude" towards exemption, was also military service be given proper and condemned by the CCN, and added serious consideration. that young Namibians were "simply "It is after all only a free citizen who forced to surrender their political should be called upon to fight in ideals and moral convictions tothe dic­ defence of his country and for the pro­ tates of the South African lawmaker". tection ofhis freedom. Namibians have . The CCN called on the SA Govern­ not-been allowed to be free. Conscrip­ ment to "withdraw the amendment (to tion in the present situation is tanta­ NAMIBIAN BLACK CHAIN. PA DE WET STREET KATUTURA the Defence Act) by which N amibians mount to providing forced labour for can be 'legally' forced to render theSADF". THE NAMIBIAN Friday January 15 1988 3

POLICE headquarters in Win­ investigated. dhoekthis week confirmed the Referring to the car bomb in the continued detention without Gustav Voigts centre on July 16, last trial of Swapo's Labour year, the policeman also failed to com­ Secretary Mr Jason Angula, ment on the relevant question as to the whereabouts and other particulars of since October 6, last year. ' a person who, according to an earlier Despite a written query from this Cabinet statement, was arrested newspaper, a police spokesman, In­ shortly after the explosion. spector Kierie du Rand, did not com­ The policeman said in reaction that: ment on the whereabouts of a second "The persons concerned are being held person, MrThomas Jafet, who was also under Section 6 and will be charged detained during the same period as Mr when the investigation is completed:' Angula. , On a question whether there were Inspector du Rand also failed to rep- any other persons being held under ly to inquiries concerning the type of Section 6, Inspector duRand remark­ security legislation under which Mr ed that: "Details ofthis nature are on­ Angula is being held, and merely said ly made known to direct relatives." BECOMING A RATHER frequent sight over Windhoek of.Iate, this S~korski helicopter, has bee.n that the man would be charged or Interim government Justice adapted with rocket pods and missiles to resemble the SOVIet-made HInd attack helicopter, and IS released "when the investigation is Minister Fanuel Kozonguizi was not being used in the filming of the controversial movie "The Red Scorpion!' _ completed:' available for comment at the time ofgo ­ It is not known what is being ing to press. RUNDU RESIDENT TELLS OF Two civilians die in 'XMAS GIFT' DETENTION SADF tanker crash THE Chairman ofthe Ovambo seriously injured. A Rundu ~esident, Mr Nimrod Moremi told a friend at the Chiefs Club Moremi'shouse and searched the place while he was under guard by about 10 administration, Mr Peter Approached for more details on the Moremi, made a statement to the following day that he should use' the hand grenades on policemen. Koevoet men. Kalangula, this week reported incident, a police spokesman in Win­ his lawyers this week on his re­ The police . also alleged that Photo negatives, a book, Swapo the deaths oftwo people follow­ dhoek, Inspector Kierie du Rand, said: cent detention last December thereafter, Moremi had told some peo- poster and his diary (which was later ing an incident involving a "The north consists approximately by members of the Security returned to him), were confiscated by 780 000 square kilometres. Can you security force water tanker provide me with a more specific Police in Kavango - though he the police. which overturned and hit does not intend proceeding Mr Moremi , was transferred to location:' Murorani where he was held. During several people who were This reply came in spite of the fact ivith litigation. seated inside a cuca shop near that Inspector du Rand was informed, On December 23" Mr Moremi was in­ Ondangwa. tercepted by members ofthe Security his detention, a police Sergeant who by ,way ofa written inquiry, that the in­ Mr Kalangula said the incident oc­ police while in a queue at the bank pledged to help Mr Moremi if he. co­ cident had taken place 'near waiting to cash some money. operated encouraged the detainee to cured earlier this week, while Ondangwa'. . members ofthe security forCes were ap­ A Policeman appro.liched him and work with the police. , It is, however, obvious that Inspector parently delivering water to residents told him that he had a "christmas pre­ Mr Moremi was asked whether there du Rand either failed to read the ques­ in the area. He said a woman and an sent" for him upon which he produced were planned Swapo meetings in Run­ tion properly, or perhaps more in­ infant died as a result of the incident, a warrant and was ordered out to a du and the names of those who attend cidents of a similar nature took place Swapo meeting in Rundu. and that several other persons were near OndangWa this week? police car. Mr Moremi pleaded with the He was further questioned on his policeman to wait until he obtained "work" with The Namibian and how some money but that would not be much he was paid by the paper. The allowed and he was taken in under AG Policeman had the~ promised to pay REACH THE PEOPLE - him R2 000 every month instead. 9. ADVERTISE IN THE NAMIBIAN! At the Security Police offices, Lie\ite­ nant Botha informed Mr Moremi that Mr Moremi told the policeman that he would be told about the reasons for he and The Namibian had common in­ his arrest by one of his officers. terests-beingto have a free Namibia. Prior to his detention, while return­ A black policeman came in later and Ni'mrod Muremi ing from a visit in the Caprivi, Mr NON·FORMAL EDUCATION UNIT informed Mr Moremi that on an un­ Moremi had found a car tyre at his named date, he {Moremi), was seen house on which there was a message 'COUNCIL OF CHURCHES IN NAMIBIA near the Kavango river loading a . pIe that they should go and remove the which read "Mr Moremi, this is the last ,wooden cage. The cage, the policeman wooden cage containing the hand time that you will see this tyre. When All the students who applied/wish to alleged was full of hand grenades grenades from his house becase the you see it again it will be burning your which Mr Moremi had taken to his police always conduct searches there. neck. That will be the end of you 'and apply to the Non-formal Education Unit house. On the same day of his arrest, you better stop your nonsense. thank of the Council of Churches are brought According to police information, Mr members ofthe police force went to Mr you". to the attention of the following:

a) The Non-Formal Education Unit will open Std 7 and Std 9 Gurirab on ,'speedy independence' classes in 1988. THE PROSPECTS for speeding up the liberation of Namibia Group on Namibia. The conservative b) Reports of previous standards passed, must be presented would be the main challenge for Sw'apo and the international Reagan Administration was on its way with application and must be certified by the principal, community in 1988, Swapo Foreign Affairs Secretary, Mr Theo' out and Swapo hoped that the new President's Administration would not c) Std 8 and 10 classes will receive tutorials, not formal classes Ben Gurirab, said in an interview this week. like in the 1987 Academic year. In an interview with the Namibia mai,ned rejected by the Namibian peo­ continue with the rejected Reagan d) The Unit will be offering the Junior Certificate (J.G), and 'pIe. It had no capability to change Press Agency (Nampa) at the Swapo linkage and constructive engagement General Certificate of Education (G.C.E.) provisional headquarters in Luanda; anything and as a matter of fact, was policies. Gurirab said that the holding of free, not 'transitting anywhere'. Since the US and France were prin­ fair and democratic elections in Gurirab added that "we remain con· cipal parties to the formulation of "unlor Certificate General Certificate Namibta under the supervision and fident and optimistic that as long as Resolution 435, Swapowould take up (.I.C.) of Education (G.C.E.) control of the United Nations, was but the Namibian people are prepared to . the opportunities presented by the Bookeeping & Commerce Commerce one way in which Swapo was seeking continue supporting Swapo by par· electioneering in these two countries' English English Language to achieve the realisation of Namibia's ticipating directly in the struggle as to campaign for the implementation of independence. long as we are able to galvanise the in­ the ResOlution in 1988. History _, History ternational public opinion to support "The time is now for free, fair and Human & Social Biology Human Biology The Swapo Foreign Secretary noted our cause, as long as there are coun­ democratic elections in Namibia" Geography Geography .. ,J _ that 1988 would mark the tenth an­ tries and organisations and peoples declared Gurirab. Mathematics Mathematics niversary of Resolution 435, the UN the world over ready to support Swapo; He added that at the 25th anniver­ decolonisation plan for Namibia which indeed the prospects are bright". sary of the Organisation of African Afrikaans Afrikaans came about following protracted and In regard to the international Unity in May, Swapo would press for Agriculture Africulture painstaking negotiations involving diplomatic front of the Namibian the OAU to redouble its efforts in work­ e) The school re-opens January 18, 1988 - ' Swapo, South Africa, the Western Con· struggle, the Swapo ForeigiJ. Secretary ing out strategies together with Swapo closing date for applicants January 22. tact Group, the Frontline States and said his organisation would continue to speed up Namibia's independence Classes commence on January 25, 1988. the UN. to mobilise the international com­ and eradicate the abhorred apartheid Resolution 435, he said, remained munity by holding meetings, con­ system. Interested applicants should direct their applicatioifs to: unimplemented because of South ferences, seminars and rallies, par­ "Swapo thinksl988, which we have African intransigency and the Reagan ticularly in Western countries where declared as the Year of Unity and The Acting Director, Administration's condition oflinking South Africa continued to enjoy some Popular Action, is a year which offers the presence of Cuban troops in Angola kind of support from right wing conser­ us opportunities and greater Council of Churches in Namibia ' with the independence of Namibia. vative circles. challenges and we are ready to take Non-Formal Education Unit The socalled interim government He noted that 1988 was election y.ear . full advantage ofthese opportunities PO Box 41 imposed on N amibians by Pretoria as in the US and France, two of the five to meet the challenges", the Swapo Windhoek 9000 one ofthe delaying tactics, he said, reo meIpbers of the Western Contact Foreign Affairs Secretary concluded. •

4 Friday January 15 1988 THE NAMIBIAN -TBEMILITARY POSE QUESTIONS 1. Wed~plyregretthekindofreaction (c) November 7, 1986, the IISS is quoted (l) April 24, 1987, page 2: "Scores of of Defence. He or she shall be respon- reported on Swapo's atrocities, except you disclosed in answer to ourl etter as on page 9: "Swapo's strength is put people gathered last Saturday after- sible for the. political education.and for acts ofsabotage when this terrorist published in The Namibian dated around 8 900 ...." - noon for the funeral of Mr Kaleb revolutionary discipline of the organisation claims responsibility for January 8, 1988, and in the light (d) November 28, 1986;1lage 11: Tjipuahura,aformerSwapofighter .. :' militarycadresofSwapo", such actions. The SWA Territory Force thereof we want to clarify certain "Swapo fighter tells .... . " (m) April 24, 1987, Mr Theo Ben 4. From the above it is clear thatthere rejects these actions in the strongest aspects in question. . (e) December 5,1986, page 4: "Swapo Gurirabclaimson page 4 that "PLAN is no speculation of who the enemy is. terms as acts of violating human 2. First of.all, Major General Georg . fighter jailed .... " . is Swapo's military Wing". Please note: It is Swapo as an organisation with all rights,just as we condemn such actions Meiring, is not the present General Of- (Q January 16, 1987, page 9, message it is not a different organisation at all, its wings and collaborators, for they all by members of the security forces. This ficer Commanding SWA Thrritory fromSamNujoma:" .... buttodrawin- but part and parcel ofSwapo. have one common goal, which is to should be an indication of exactly Force ll-nd he haS not been that for the spiration and emulate the pa~riotic (n) May 8, 1987, page 13: "Swapo was overthrow the present governmental where we stand on human rights and pasfyear. See The.Namibian October and revolutionary life ..." prepared to sign a ceasefire withSouth system by revolutionary means. Just related issues. A list of Swapo 9, 1986, page 3. (g) February.6, 1987 ,leading article: Africa anywhere and at any time, as, you claim, "the majority of this atrocities is attached to this letter as 3. As far as the enemy is concerned,You "Swapo admits to Gobabis bombing. Swapo President, Mr Sam Nujoma, country know exactly where The appendix A and we suggest that you ask in answer to a per.sonalletter by Claims it was a spectacular attack". said .. :' and in the same article: ' Namibian stands", they know exactly confront the Swapo hierarchy with Commandant G R C Bester: "Have you (h) February 20, 1987, page 5: "Swapo "Swapo was a liberation movement where they stand with Swapo. these facts when you conduct your next forgotten that you are apparently member sentenced to 12 years ... after and this should not be confused with 5. The following point in question is "personal interview". fighting against the People's Libera- being found guilty of sabotage ..." a political party, he said. He said that atrocities. We appreciate the fact that · 6. After answering all your questions, tionArmy of Namibia (PLAN), and npt (i) March 13, 1987, page 7: "Swapo has Swapo did not glorify war, it was forc- you "are in favour ofthe Rule of Law". this HQ is still awaiting your reply on Swapo, which is a legitimate and legal described a South African claim that ed to take up arms. 'Ib thos who advise We also appreciate the fact that you are our letter dated December 24 1987 in political organisation in this country?" it has killed more than 300 Swapo us not to fight colonialism with arms in favour of "perpetratorls must be which we seek your comment on the 'Ib answer this question we quote from fighters ..." in hand, our answer is: show us the brought to court if an offence is com- act of sabotage at Pep Stores on The Namibian: (j) April 3, 1987, leading article: " ... non-violent means to Namibian in- mitted". 'Ib set the record straight in December 191987. (a)August29, 1986,MrTlhabanellois following infiltration of what are dependence and we will follow, he this regard and to set your mind at rest, quoted on Page 4: ".... reminded the known as the traditional white farm- said". four members of the SWA Territory gathering that brave Namibians ing areas by Swapo insurgents" and (o)July31,1987,MrSamNujomaand Force were convicted in a court oflaw represented by Swapo and who were "the present infiltration of Swapo Gwen Lister is on record on page 11: during 1987 due to atrocities commit- COMMANDANT G R C BESTER fighting for the liberation ofthis coun- guerrillas ..." "Swapo'smilitary actions have always ted against the civilian population. (on behalf of THE GENERAL try .. . : ' (k) April 3, 1987, Mr Eliazer been ... etc" and Gwen Lister "Swapo This proves that the SWA Territory OFFICER (b)October9, 1986; MrTuhadeleni is Tuhadeleni is quoted on page 4: " ... has been fighting the war .... etc" Force is serious when saying that no COMMANDING SWATF quoted on page 8: ".. .. to intensify the that Swapo's political and armed (p) enough of quotations from The atrocities willbe tolerated. However Private Bag 13220 struggle until final victory was struggle was aimed at overthrowing Namibian, we also refer to Swapo's con- we find it difficult to understand why WINDHOEK 9000 achieved". " stitutionandwequote:"TheSecretary The Namibian has never before ••• and The NaDlibian replies WE WELCOME the response of the ing that the SWATF at last comes out ning" ofthe case. essentially reported as claims. also frequently the subject oflitigation SWATF to our comments on its letter . into the open a,nd refers to Swapo and . We are pleased that you claim to re­ However, our reports of atrocities are in which the victims seek in last week's edition. The contents of its "collaborators", engaged in lawful ject the violation ofhutrlan rights, but taken from the ' victims and eye compensation. the SWATF response once again political activities (save for isolated this "rejection" would appear to have witnesses to such events and are clear­ We had assumed that our answer to highlight and underline the political cases in 'which our courts have con­ alather hollow ring in view of what we ly in a different category to claims the SWATF question concerning a com­ role of the SWATF, a topic which we victed those who have transgressed the have stated above. We welcome the fact . made by competing . parties in a ment on the planting of a bomb at Pep dealt with editorially on December 11, law), as "the enemy". that the law followed its course when dispute. Claims are frequently rejected Stores on December 191987, was clear 1987, following SWATF smears on The SWATF attitude does not come four SWATF members were convicted and, in some cases, disproved. An ex­ last week. 'Ib remove any misap­ legal political, church and union as a surprise, representing, as it does, in a court of law for atrocities on ample ofthis is the claim ofthe death prehension, we wish to state em­ organisations in Namibia. We consider the South African Government and its civilians. However in view of the enor­ of a "terrorist" by security force phatically that we believe in the rule it in the public interest that the debate agencies -the SWATFbeingpart of the mity and the recurrence of atrocities, members in November 1986, who kill­ oflaw and due legal process and wishlte concerning the political role of the SADF. This was confirmed by the this would appear to be the tip ofthe ed a person who some months later, to see those responsible for planting SWATF be fully ventilated and accor­ SWATF's Brigadie ~ van der iceberg, and most certainly not an ade­ after a court application was launch­ the bomb brought before a court oflaw dingly publish in full the SWATF com­ Westhuizen on January 12 1988 on quate response to the recurrence and ed, emerged to have been a civilian to face the appropriate charges. ments and our response. SWABC TV (in referring to conscrip­ level of atrocities being perpetrated by who was assaulted before he died. Despite the numerous quotes, selec- . tion in Namibia): " ... : (T)he defence security force members on civilians in Many ofthe atrocities rePorted by us tively chosen by the SWATF, the fact re­ force of a country is not there to serve northern Namibia. This n ewspaper result in police investigations and Proprietors and editOrial staff mains that Swapoj s a le.gal politica~ ~ a specific political party but. to serve alone has reported in excess of 150 , sometimes in prosecutions:They are < The Namibian organisation, permitted· to conduct ·the government of the day .. :' The atrocities in northern Namibia during lawful political activity in Namibia. government he refers to is obviously 1987, which would, on the face ofit, im­ We need merely to refer to the judge­ the South African Government which ply the involvement ofa considerably ATTENTION. ALL READERS! ment ofthe Full Bench ofthe Supreme the SADF and its SWATF surrogates greater number of security force Court in the case of The State vs serve. That government represents an members. (We do concede in this regard We would like to know your views Nathaniel & Others in which Judge - apartheid regime bent on pursuing col­ that not all ofthe incidents may have and opinions about The Namibian Levy (with Judges Bethune and onialist policies in Namibia and using involved the SWATF as the victims on Please use the space providea below to give us numerous occasions merely refer to Hendler concurring) referred to the Namibia to destabilise and conduct an idea of what you would like to read war on its neighbours. It is in this con­ security force members and frequent­ Swapo constitution and in particular about in the pages of this newspaper its aims and objectives, stated as text that we state-that we find it hard­ ly do not, or are unable sometimes to, follows: "(v) .. . none of(the aims and ob­ ly s\lrprising that the regime would differentiate between various bran- and post back to us at P.O, Box 20783 Windhoek 9000. jects of Swapo) provides for the over­ regard those striving for self deter­ ~ ches ofthe security forces). throw of any government or authority mination of Namibia and to be free of The SWATF should note from our We · waht YOUR views on presentation of news! or for any change whatsoever to be such influences, as "enemies". , reports on atrocities that they are NAME: ______~---- ___ brought about by violent intimidation The quotations referred to in the reported.as emanating from the vic­ or force of any nature. They are all SWATF -comment, can, in most cases, tims and eye witnesses of such events COMMENTS: ______peaceful and permissible objects be explained by the fact that Swapo as in standard journalist practice. It is comprises various wings and facets, correct that we report certain claims Judge Levy also referred to the one of which is a military wing, com­ by the Swapo military wing as claims, political programme of Swapo and prising the People's Liberation Army just as we report certain claims ofthe stated that, although there was of Namibia (PLAN). Wereject With con­ SWATF when invited to SWATF press ~ference to an "armed struggle", there tempt the naked attempt to impute briefings, as claims. We accept that was also reference to "reconstruction unlawful activity in respect of people there is propaganda involved'on both of the economy, education, culture, where it doesn't exist. _ . sides and accordingly these claims are health, social welfare and many other We also refer to the SWATF'snote on branches of society". atrocities. We note that the SWATF r------'-----.------.- ---- . ------~ The SWATF however appears hot to does not state tha:t it is also in favour agree with the Full Bench of the ofthe rule oflaw -a subject with which Supreme Court. According to the the SWATF seems to have some dif­ SWATF, the entire Swapo movement ficulty. We are not surprised by the and those persons and organisations pla~ing of inverted commas around ominously referred to as " col­ such 'a basic concept in view of the laboratbrs" (whoever they may be) eon­ record of the SWATF and its SADF stitute "the enemy". The SWATF con­ masters in consistently acting cop­ veniently does not define the "col­ trary to the rule oflaw. We refer to the laborators", although we are- con: detention without trial ofNamibians strained to infer from the SWATF's re­ by the Defence Force (in one instance cent smearing ofperfectly legal church alone, over a hundred Namibians were organisations and unions that they are detained for over six years without being referred to as "collaborators" of trial at Mariental, until they were Swapo and thereby "the enemy". firially released, following con­ A most alarming and disturbing siderable international pressure). statement. We say so, particularly in Then there is the disregard for life and view of the support Swapo enjoys property evidenced by the number of amongst the largeproportionofNami­ civilians killed, particularly under the bians, as well as the support enjoyed by pretext ofthe curfew, and the damage and membership ofthose the SWATF to the homesteads in northern .refers to as "collaborators". Indeed, the Namibia -a pattern of a continuation SWATF's implied reference to a huge _ of atrocities recurring in northern proportion ofthe Namibian population Namibia. Then there is the "ban" on as "the enemy" is a most serious act of cases in attempts to prevent them from hostility of perturbing proportions . In proceedingto the Supreme Court, in­ this context, we also refer to the cludingamurdertrialoffour Defence evidence given under oaht in the Force members for the death of a Nami­ Shifidi inquest last year. biancivilian. As this matter is the sub­ Given the political role that the ject oflitigation(to set aside the "ban") SWATF has assumed for itselfand the and, in view of our respect for the manner in which.ithas sought to enter courts oflaw and the legal process, we (Cartoon reproduced by courtesy of the Guardian Weekly,incorporating The Washington Post). the political arena, itishardly surjJris- refrain from commenting on the "ban- THE NAMIBIAN Friday 'January 15 1988 5 Police informer hetrayed .hy set of handcuffs

A SELF·CONFESSED police informer, Mr Nicodemus Haufi~u , Grootfontein. of Grootfontein, entered the offices ofthe National Union ofNami· Besides doing informer work, Mr bian Workers (NUNW), and its affiliates on Monday mornjng this Haufiku is also at times employed as week, and nearly fell as he mounted the steps, only to be betrayed a guard at the police station and by a pair of handcuffs which fell out of his pocket, crashed onto sometimes traces suspects for arrest. The man was later released by the the floor and alerted the unionists who confronted the man for trade unionists, who warned him questioning. against the "dirty work" he wasengag­ ed in against his own people. Asked Mr Haufiku claimed that he had ' answers as to how much he gets and at what he was going to do next, Mr travelled to Windhoek from Grootfon­ one point said he earned R300,OO per Haufiku said he would report to his in­ tein over the weekend to contact the month irrespective of how much infor­ structor about his apprehension. He Department of Manpower where he mationhe turned up, but later chang­ contended during cross questioning wanted to report his dismissal by the ed the story and said that he received that he had been driven by "hunger" Grootfontein Municipality. the money after he had submitted into taking up the job with the police. The man claimed that he had been some or other information. Union officials felt that the man had advised by someone to go to the union Sergeant Visser gives him instruc- been sent to find out more about their offices as they helped people with · tions on a day-to-day basis as to what offices and perhaps even to infiltrate similar problems. he must keep a watch on or monitor, the unions. He denied having come to Windhoek and he reports back to the policeman. The incident was no surprise to the . to spy on the unions. He admitted He has monitored several strikes by unions, the officials said, since for some however, that his employers (Grootfon­ workers in the town in the past six time now they have been under the tein police), knew about his tripto Win­ · years and has also attended Swapo scrutiny of the police. dhoek and that they had transported meetings where he had recorded the !twas clear that the police did not in: him as far as Otjiwarongo, from where speeches and submitted the cassetes tend leaving them to pursue their he had hitch-hi\!:ed to the capital. to his instructor. goals in peace, and indications were Mr Haufiku further admitted to be­ He has also reported to his instruc- that this year would see more harass­ ing a police agent, though he mainly · tor on the activities of Johhny Ya ment ofthe workers and the infiltra­ operated undercover, and often work­ N anghambe, Ally and Thomas tion of their organisations, the officials ed at night. Angula, who are Swapo members in contended. He has been in'police employ as an informer since 1981. SAP 21 Ib) Besides the handcuffs with South African Police markings, Mr Haufiku had a "certificate" or letter ofintroduc­ SU I D-AFR I KAAN SE POLISI E SOUTH AF RI CAN POLI CE tion with a South West Africa Police NICODEMUS Haufiku, self·confessed police informer. He was caught when stamp which states that he is an in­ P/sak · P/bag. Posbus . P. O. Box former in collaboration with the South he entered the offices of the NUNW this week, stumbling in the process, West Africa Police. and a pair of handcuffs fell out of his pocket. He said during questioning The document goes on to state that Verw'!Ref.: Groot fontein tha~ he had been driven by "hunger" into taking the job with the police. any information from him should be Navrae/ Enq.: Speurt'lk given speedy attention by any police Tel.: 2111 station wherever he reports. He also had vouchers from a Groot­ fontein Hotel with the amounts of The Rossing Foundation R30,OO j R40,OO and R60,OO which he claimed were receipts for drinks atthat liS HAUFIKU NIKODEMUS 7000-0057320-135 hotel. Rand Street Khomasdal/Katutura " I ~ As a cover, Mr Haufiku runs a bus Bogenoemde is ~ informqnt in . samewerking met service between Grootfontein and die Suidwes-Afrik'l~nse Pol~s~e. Oshakati and was also a driver for the Enige '/ in1igting wat. deur' horn verstre~ word REGISTRATION: Grootfontein Municipality until last moet soos spoedig moontlik qqnd~g gen~et by December. enig e Polisie Stasie waar hy h~m . ~~~m~~d, . ,' The Rossing Foundation Adult Education He would work for the Municipality U samewerki.n g s 'l.l hoop: op ')l·y~ ; " . " :~ "I: . ,'v_ .1. during the day and undertake his in­ Centre in Khomasdal will be open for former duties at night. registration for all courses from Tuesday His training had entailed the use of Op las Sp eurt'l.k GHO OT "? OWr1<~ I N. fire-arms and tape recorders, running, January 12,1988 to Friday January 22, and how to make an arrest. He had been issued with a service pistol. 1988. On Tuesdays and Thursdays the On weekends, he and six other in­ Centre will be open until20hOO for those formers (whom he named as Johannes SUIDWES·AFRIKAMISE POUSII Iyambo, Thomas Petrus, ' Andreas students wishing to register after 17hOO. Johannes, Ipumbu Petrus, Titus ONDERSOEK EN NAVRAE Shilongo and Shikufeni Shilongo all PElISONE!t - GROOTFONTEIN Courses offered in 1988 include: from Grootfontein), are taken to a shooting range just outside the town INVESTIGATION AND where they do shooting practice under EIoIQUIRIES STAFF VOCATIONAL the instructionofwhite officers, whom SOUTH WEST AFRICAN POLICE Basic Technical Skills he identified as Staff Officer Oosterhuizim, Marais and Sergeant Motor Vehicle Maintenance Visser. Leatherwork sergeant Visser is his instructor, and in his possession when he was ap­ ([~~~~/ Needlework prehended at the union offices was a paper on which the Sergeant's home <7'"/ - Ie -/9' COMMERCIAL and work telephone numbers were Typing written. THE certificate of the SWA Police, certifying that Hausiku is a police in. Mr Haufiku gave conflicting former. Any information he can provide, should be given speedy attention Office Practice ' by the police, the letter says. Accounting LANGUAGE English German MATRICULATION Afrikaans English Mathematics TWO STAFF members of The closure ofthe newspaper. amining the contents ofthe paper in Namibian were held by the Securi­ Mter the car had been searched at minute detail and questioning the two Physical Science ty Police in Upington for more the road-block the two newspapermen on several of the articles in the final Physiology than one hour after police mann­ were taken to the police headquarters edition for 1987. ing a road-block found copies ofthe in Upington for further questioning. The interrogating officer was very newspaper, proof sheets of This included giving full personal polite throughout the questioning and For further infotmation contact; photographs, and a: December W details as well as answering questions gave a receipt for any material con­ The Secretary at tel: (061) 37276 on their political persuasion. commemoration poster in their fiscated with the promise that these Thousands of Namibians travel documents could be collected when vehicle. ~ through Upington every year and the they returned to Namibia. Photographer John Liebenberg and South African police in Upington are The two newsmen commented that reporter Mbatjiua Ngavirue were sure to have seen copies of The Nami­ the local Security police could certain­ travelling to Johannesburg for a short bian before. ly benefit from a few lessons in man­ vacation during the annual two week Despite this the police insisted on ex- ners from their collegues in Upington. 6 Friday January 15 1988 , THE NAMIBIAN No need to panle about malaria seare stories says Seeretary of Health ______.... _- BYMBATJIUA NGAVIRUE,-..------­ THE SECRETARY of Health, Dr Lo\U"ens Erasmus, this week Organisation'srecommendationoftwo assured the public that despite scare stories appearing in the '. Daraclore tablets per week for their South Arican press there was no need to panic or avoid known whole stay, which should be continued malaria areas if one took the necessery precautions. for six weeks after leaving the north. This treatment reduced one's Stories were published last week in and Caprivi, and that the disease was chances of contracting the disease, but the South African press about a new not normally found either south of more significantly it dramatically killer or 'Vietnam' strain of malaria. Grootfontein or Otjiwal'ongo, depen­ reduced the chances of catching a The new strain was claimed to have · ding on the rainfall in a particular serious form of the disease, such as cerebral maleria'. killed six national servicemen and two year. He however emphasised that this civilians, while another 3 OOOpeople, The Kavango was especially badly form of prevention was not hundred per Mr John Ricllards Mr Abel Gower including 27 South African Defence hit because 80 per cent ofthe popula­ cent foolproof and advised people that Force members, were claimed to have tion lived along the banks of the they should let their doctors know been infected in Namibia and South Kavango River, and the riveqjrovided where they had been, ifthey felt ill for Africa. ideal breeding ground for the malaria any reason whatsoever after having NEW CDM DIRECTOR It was also claimed that the new parasite. spent time in the north. MR JOHN RICHARDS, Executive Director of COM (Pty) Ltd, manager strain had been brought to Africa dur­ Although the problem was serious in As an additional precaution he ing the last eighteen months by 'ter­ Owambo and Caprivi it was less of Anglo American Corporation and Consulting Engineer responsible recommended wearing long trousers' for COM and de Beers Marine prospecting operations, will retire at the rorists' sent from Tanzania for train­ serious than in the Kavango because and long sleeved shirts from sunset on­ ing in Vietnam and Kampuchea. end of March 1988. " the population was more spread out. wards, and also using one of the Dr Erasmus dismissed these reports COM said in a press release this week that Mr Abel Gower, Manager wellknown ,mosquito repellent as being mostly 'wild stories' and said in Angola Americ~ Corporation New Mining Business Division, will ointments. that the malaria that had caused these take over as Executive Director of COM in Windhoek. He will be ap­ Dr Erasmus said that the biggest pointed a Manager of Anglo with effect from April! this year and will deaths was not strictly speaking a new problem his department faced was that form of malaria. be the official representative of Anglo and De Beers upon Mr-Richards' the infection pool in Southern Angola retirement. What had happened he said, was could not be controlled. ' that in the 1950's in South East Asia Mr Gower, whom COM described as having been "intimately involv­ The health infrastructure in that it was found that malaria was gradual­ ed in the development of the N avachab gold project in Namibia" would region had been almost completely ly becoming resistant to treatment retain responsibility for this project in the capacity of Managing Direc­ destroyed by war, and as far as was with chloroquine. tor of Erongo Exploration Company (Pty) Ltd. known there was no malaria control At the time this was the most com­ programme in existence there. monly used treatment because it was Furthermore the war situation in considered safe and simple to use. Namibia itselfmade,it difficult for the Around 1978 cases of the resistant -Nanso members charged department to carry out its own malaria started appearing in Kenya prevention programme with complete and then later spread to Central and West Africa and finally to the effectiveness. He said that the department annual­ with dealing in liquor Southern African countries such as ly carried out a random survey on the Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe. general population in malaria areas. ______RAJAHMUNAMAVA ______Dr Erasmus said that it was ironic Blood smears were taken from a that such a stir had suddenly been minimum of 1 000 people and then TWO NANSO members briefly appeared in the Tsumeb Magistrates created about malaria because a few Dr Louwrens Erasmus sent to the Institute for Tropical Court on Tuesday on a charge of illegally dealing in liquor after police white soldiers had died of it. Diseases in Tzaneen for testing. waded into a Nanso barbeque last Friday and confiscated beer and hard He said the disease had been Asked what measures the Depart­ ment of Health ""as taking to prevent One recent survey had shown that liquor. On an inquiry from The Namibian, Police liaison officer, Inspec­ endemic to parts ofthis country for a the incidence of the disease had fallen tor 'Kierie Du Rand, asked the reporter "not to try ana politicise your longtime and had caused a great deal de,aths from the resistant strain of malaria he said that although only two from 16-17 per cent to 6 per cent in the questions" as the Police were not concerned whether the accused were of suffering and death. Kavango. If the percentage had in­ from Nanso or not. It was alleged that a law had been contravened and But a positive spin-off from the pre­ Namibian cases had been documented creased this would have meant that a charge investigated in terms of illegal trade in strong liquor, he said. sent media hysteria would be that at­ in medical literature the department their spraying programme was ineffec­ tention would be focused on a disease was already working on the assump­ The two, Aina Hango ~nd Andries and used vulgar words before they also that 200 million people suffered from tion that it was now widespread. tive, or that the treatment given to pa­ Nangolo, are students at Otjikoto took him and loaded the crates ofbeer worldwide. He said that the department had tients was wrong. Secondary School in Tsumeb and the and hard liquor for confiscation. According to statistics kept by his disseminated information to health The result from the Kavango S\lTvey University of Cape 'lbwn respectively Aina Hango and Andries Nangolo department there had been 5 038 con­ professionals in the malaria areas, and showed that the department's malaria and their case has been postponed to were declared arrested at the police firmed cases of malaria during the given instructions that all cases programme was succeeding. February 2. station while the two others were let twelve-month period April 1986 to should be treated as though they had However, he said that the Depart­ They were arrested last week Friday free. When the students informed the March 1987. the resistant strain to avoid possible ment of Health still regarded it as and held for a night before beingreleas­ police that they were taking up the This figure however, did not give a deaths. unacceptable that such a large ed on bail of R400,00. matter with their lawyers, they were true picture of the seriousness ofthe His advice to people travelling to the number of people suffered from Two others, 'lbivo Shovaleka and told that they' (the police), did notfear problem. At least another 80 000 peo­ north was to follow the World Health malaria. Alfred Akula, were released on the "Swapo lawYers" and that "Swapo ple had been treated for malaria after same day. lawyer Mr Anton Lubowski had a case showing symptoms of the disease. Cabinet on death of Wolfgang Zeidler The Nanso Tsumeb branch had already in the Supreme Court:' He said that in remote rural areas it THE INTERM GOVERNMENT Cabinet has expressed its condolences planned to raise money for the fares of The released students returned to was impractical to wait for the results on the death of the former President of the West German Constitutional its delegation to this weekend's Nan­ the Tsumeb Municipality the follow­ ofblood smears before treatment, and Court, Professor Wolfgang Zeidler. so consultative congress in Okahand­ ing day to lodge a complaint about the based on the the number of people In a statement this week the Cabinet said that "the news vfhis tragic acci­ ja. They applied for permission to hold Municipal permit, which had been treated his department estimated that dent has caused grief and sorrow in our country. In Professor Zeidler, Namibia the braai on ,Wednesday, which was declared invalid by the police. Mr the incidence of malaria in the coun­ has lost a friend of many years who applied himself with prudence, understan­ granted by a Mr Jaarsveld of the Jaarsveld allegedly told them that the try was 6700 per 100 000, or 6,7 per ding and dedication to the cause of national reconciliation and a democratic Tsumeb Municipality, but on condition issuing of the permit had been cent of the population. and free Namibia." that the braai would not "disturb the "gekskeer" (a joke). The Secretary for Health said that Professor Zeidler, the Cabinet said, not only offered his advice but became peace". Contacted for comment, Mr the most seriously aftTected area was actively engaged in working towards a basis for "a democratic constitutional In the early hours of Friday evening, Jaarsveld refuted the story claiming the Kavango followed by Owamboland structure in Namibia". - two white plainclothes policemen call­ that it was wrong but refused to give ed at the Nanso braai and ordered beer. his account"referring the reporter to They produced aR20forpayment and the Tsumeb Municipal Board. BLOOM COUNTY by Berke Breathed while Aina Hango was busy examin­ What rather surprised the students r------..;;....., ingthe money before giving back their was the fact that on the same night, , /Jt£AH/ Yow.! F(/NN't/ H~, change, one of the policeman drew a there were about seven braais inNomt­ I HAHAHA HAHA WflTCH pistol and pointed it at 'lbivo Shovaleka suob, yet not·one of them was stopped. /WTlHE£( HA HAllA mls ... who was putting on a Swapo T-shirt ac­ It was moreover, the practice HEE! \ HA HAJIJI I cording to the students. tlu:oughout the country that people \ "The policeman then closed in on me hold braais to supplement their I (I , and said "Ek gaan julIe vrek skiet, meagre earnings and without seeking maar vir jou met daardie Swapo T­ permission from the authorities, yet hemp, ek gaan vir jou eerste vrek they are never arrested. skiet" Mr Shovaleka said. The fact that the Nanso students The policemen then demanded the were arrested even when they had a municipal permit for the braai from permit seemed to be in line with the the students, which they produced, on­ onslaught on Nanso by the South ly to be told that it was invalid. - African Security Forces as evidenced Another policeman who identified by last year's accusations by the himeslf as Warrant Officer Visser took SWATF that the organisation was the permit for examination before ask­ recruiting for Plan -Swapo's military SAY, BltMf.Y... /flU ()fI, Wtu., l£S5£6... ing the student to accompany him to wing, the students contended. WHAr I5 7Htrr IT LOOKS UKf5 ,.. 11 the police station for further Nanso Vice President Hafeni UOVll UJOK 81& FAce: . WtTli 11 WHM I5 IT questioning. Shihwameni condemned the police ac­ UKE. 10 yorJ ,I (J(}IJ8{.f. CHIN. 1lN(l WOKUK6 8/&7r567H. At the charge office, the students tion and said his organisation viewed 1V YOI/ ,? RAIN . were placed under guard by 'black the detentions in a serious light. The \ policemen while the arresting officer police action he said, was mere in­ C'\ \ t" \ went back to the Nanso braai where he timidation and a violation of the right 9 , joined his colJegue who had been left to freedom of association. ~;.J~ behind. He said the police had acted in bad Andries Nangolo who had then not faith by unlawfully detaining' the /~i;JJ_ been picked up arrived at the braai students and confiscating their goods. where he found the policemen and ask­ "For us in Nanso, it is clear that the \ " •. 11· , I ' ed them what they were doing. police and the military have taken over \ ,, \ ~ ' \'1. \ ': The police allegedly uttered threats the political colonial role in Namibia". -- .....

THE NAMIBIAN Friday January 15 1988 7. CANU RESPONDS TO MUYONGO

with all honesty that it was naivety, if Th say UDP is not happy with two leader of a party with more learned THE FOLLOWING reaction, published verbatim on this page not downright absurdity, to think that seats it has in the NA is to sound in­ men immediately behind him, today, was received by Canu of Namibia in response to an in­ a political giant exist in Caprivi. Not dependent while not, but to want UDP necessitated correct and objective . terview with Mr Mishake Muyongo, published in The Namibian even in Namibian politics generally. Th to have more seats than two is to reasoning and leadership. This would last week. think like this is not only self­ challenge the DTA! The eleven groups be too much for him. So he opted to deceiving but self-defeating. in DTA including UDP each have two jump out of CANU. He discredited 3 "Sour grapes" for Muyongo ! They seats and this is in an internal ar-' CANU on every possible platform and Muyongo's controversial, contradic­ nobody". Yes, it suprisedMuyongo that are too far for him, for even though he rangement. Let Muyongo challenge thought he would destroy it. tory and grossly misleading remarks ­ here inside Namibia he would not be tries to jump he cannot but satisfy the DTA and not the TGND. Now that CANU is growing stronger published in The Namlbian(italics) of allowed to use trickery to trample himself with "sour grapes". The lord "The Namibian must have enjoyed . every day, he comes up with the allega­ Friday, January 1988 receive from us upopn human rights, since this is the is on his side even though he does not every moment of their talk with tion that those who remained in the contempt they deserve. That politics that he has learnt all along. recognize him! If Muyongo had not Myongo! CANU "feared they might not be ap­ Myuongop starts the new year with His claim for "sole and authentic joined the DTA he probably have _ The UDP has two members in the pointed to positions ... "Let us face the such provocative and divisive decisions representivity" for the people of boasted of not even the two seats he National Assembly (ofthe TGNU), and truth. and allegations is hard to understand Caprivi is, to us, baseless and unfound­ says the UDP has in the National yet he claims that the UDP has up to a) In CANU-N the word 'appointed' is since most parties and popliticians in ed. How many times has this fellow Assembly. Geoffrey Murilima was in 85 per cent support of the Caprivi not an operative word in our Namibia are intent on national recon­ and his gang tried to addres public the NA even before the UDP and Looks population! vocabulary. We are elected to our ciliation and unity. We can only meetings in the Caprivi where not Muhya took over from Gabriel Siselio Other parties in the TGNU may feel positions. logically conclude that he is, concious­ even children turned up? There are who was a victim ofMuyongo's tricks insulted, but all we can say is that in b) Most of the leaders in CANU-N are ly or unconciosly, gradually but sure­ may such utter failures at-ascertain­ and subterfuge. CANU we know how Myongo speaks, either academics or professional peo­ ly revealing his true self -which is for ing his appeal and support, yet he ar­ It is the DTA which has 22 seats in­ and is. The transparency of his talks is ple. Even ifwe were to leave politics for the best part clothed in sheepskin. rogantly keeps on thinking and con- ' the National Assembly, and the UDP revealed more than why he formed the any reason surely we would lead more Let us objectively anaiyze some of his UDP - he ran away from reason, comfortable lives following our various _ remarks: thought, reconciliation and unity. areas of training. Our colleague and 1 That the UDPhadneverconsidered The DTA will continue to have him his followers in the UDP leadership are secession is not true. The idea of 'one on their shoulders, for they think the unfortunately academically and pro­ Namibia' was embraced by Muyongo name M uyongo will bring them more fessionally without base - save for Mr only because of the material benefits people - in Caprivi it is no longer Limbo who has now been suspended by he thought he would get as an in­ anything to talk about, for it Mr Muyongo. Mr Limb at least had a dividual and for his party, from the represents tribalism, anti- diploma in auditing from the Univer­ DTA and TGND. It was an open secret • development, anti-unity and anti­ sity of Zululand. at the time ofthe UDPformation that reconCiliation. It is no longer impor­ This then explains as to who, of the the DTA would appoint a ministerfrom tant to Caprivi nor to the whole of two groups, would not survive outside Caprivi. It will be recalled that Namibia. politics - those qualified in their fields Minister Matjila had several nights of 5. The most personal and interesting or those with nothing in the line of nightmares in 1985, for it was claim by Muyongo is the continued ex­ education. Of all people in Caprivi one rumoured and perhaps even believed istence ofCANU-N; despite the forma­ person prominently and dagnerously that Muyongo was to take oyer from tion of his UDP. He reasons that some stnds out as the one to suffer most, him. of us did not follow his confusion for should politics do him a disfavour. This 2 On the amendment to AG 29 of1980 fear that we might not be appointed to person is certainly not in CANU! . which is the AG 8 constitution of positions in the UDP. 6) Finally we wish to call upon all pro­ Caprivi: When the history of this country and gressive Namibians to minimise areas Muyongo makes serios allegations A TEACHERS' house at a village school in Caprivi. Only the principal lives its political developments are written, of confrontation by maximising which caused even the Administrator­ in a "modern" -house. it will be noted that no sooner had avenues of mutual understanding, General to respond against him . The vincing hImself that he has the sup­ has two seats by virtue of its being a CANU broken its links with Swapo reconciliation and unity. Let us start idea ofthe UDDP asking for such an port of the people. The truth is that member of the DTA. He doesn't know after sixteen years of hell for Capri­ the New Year with a spirit of oneness, amendment was far from merely to there has never been such an egocen­ this? Yes he does! He simply wants to vians, then Muyongo embarked on a knowing that ifwe all combine our ef­ allow "allow people of the region to tric confusion-sower in Caprivi politics present himself as an opponent ofthe smear campaign against his closest forts in our search for a peaceful and choose their own chairman for the Ex­ as this one. No wonder that a smart DTA. In Caprjvi he seems to benefit colleagues in the top leadership. lasting resol ution of our national pro­ ecutive Committee", but in fact Caprivian came up with the descrip­ from this opposition of his to the DTA, This culm,inated in the decision by blem, we may achieve our goal sooner. Muyongo having failed to take Mat­ tive analogy of this political adven­ for he has never at any time admitted the Zambian government demanding We wish to point out that with our jila's position in the Cabinet, resorted turer and oj)portunists:- his membership of the DTA. to know who actually did the Capri­ diverse political and cultural heritage, to trying to hijack the Caprivi Monday in CANU On the other hand his shyness in vians in Zambia want to lead them bet­ which ought to be made homogenous, Legislative Assembly. Yes it 'was a Tuesday in SWAPO declaring himselfa full member ofthe ween Muyongo and Simasiku. The reconciliation may be an ideal that can clear violation offundamental rights, Wednesday in CANU DTA may lie in his own personal shame 'verdict' in favour of Simsiku only be achieved through dialogue and for he sought to eliminate CANU and Thursday in UDP -after he left Swapo he never developed emanated in the expulsion ofMuyongo compromise. Time however, is not on CAP by tricking the National Friday in DTA any confidence to run his own Canu ,and his then only three followers from our side. The sooner a new constitu­ Assembly into passing a bill allowing and Saturday - Nobody knows with himself as leader. There is no Zambia to Senegal. tional arrangement for this country is the UDP to become the "sole and where!! regionalism in Canu - after all UDP On his return Muyongo was made achieved, the better. authentic representative" of the peo­ Another claim was made to the effect has ailed even to embrace all Mafwe leader ofCANU purely for reconcilia­ ple of Caprivi - a status it will never that 80 to 85% of the people ofCapri vi speaking Namibians for whom it was tion and unily purposes. He refused SCSIMASIKU aquire. support the UDP. It should be noted formed. this offer. knowing full weel that as PRESIDENT CANU At that time Muyongo was full of that a year or two ago this DTA scorn for tribal authorities in Caprivi. member party was claiming to have He plied them with lies of all types and not less than 86% support in the used them as a scapegoatfor all wrong­ region. doings in Caprivi. It is ironical that We in Canu have always studied or I KN6W.. . I KWW !HIS WOI/t17 HIIPPEN WHlt.£ I while about a year ago he was deman­ actions an situations carefully. We are WfiS IN MY ding the most unceremonial removal pragmatic and objective. We thus use IjN~{(W€flf? // ofthe tribal authorities·from politics, empirical evidence to evaluate our sup­ today he accuses Limbo of having no port and the support of other parties. discipline towards them in fact This maybe due to the fact that we are _ Muyongo is now the spokesman ofthe not scared to have people that have Mafwe Tribal Authority. "gone to school" in our midst. It is He claims ·that the AG by dangerous to be complacent especial­ withholding the signing of the ly when you know (the way our friend "amendment bill" was acting on infor­ knows) the bitter truth. mation from "people who represent We have time and again stressed CLASSIFIED

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:' " Zian~ hest in Afriea :' ADDIS ABABA: The Director-General of the Pan African News Agency, (Pana), Mr Auguste Mpassi-Muba, this week singled out Zimbabwe's Na­ 'disguise~' foreigners J tional News Agency, Ziana, as the best in Africa, it was reported here. In his report to the fourth ordinary session ofthe Organisation of African U ni­ NAIROBI: Two American human rights activists arrested in a Nairobi court on Monday this week, ty (OAU), Ministers ofInformation in Addis Ababa, he said the honour "for the had subversive documents and broke the law by takhig notes in a courtroom without permission, highest production goes to the Zimbabwe National News·Agency which files in the Kenyan Government said. . a mon~hly average of 280 stories:' . He also praised Zimbabwe for being one of the seven countries which have paid Justus Ole Tipis, Minister of State foreigners who disguise themselves as The Embassy . had , .received their dues on time. He added that the number of agencies participating in the Pana for Defence and Security, said in a tourists, businessmen or journalists, assurances that court proceedings "In statement this week that the two men who come to pry into our courts and were open and the two Americans were " services had greatlyincreased since he took office two years ago. most Mrican countries where the services ofPana are received, both the print and electronic - Marvin Frankel, a former New York take notes:' the statement added. not aware that taking notes in court media carry Pana stories:' Federal judge, and Robert Kirschner, Frankel, 67, a member oCthe United was not permited, he added. Cook County (Chicago) chief States Lawyers Committee for Human Frankel and Kirschner had come to Explosion ldlls senior diplo:m.at pathologist - also entered the country Rights, had entered Kenya ~ a tourist, Kenya solely to observe the inquest under false pretences. while Kirschner, 47, a member of the and made no attempt to hide their · KAMPALA: A Ubyan diplomat was killed and four people, including a Frankel and Kirschner were obser­ Group Physicians for Human Rights, plans, he said. French diplomat, were injured on Monday in a grenade attack in downtown ving an inquest on Monday into the came in as a businessman, Tipis said. And on Tuesday, it was reported that Kampala, police have reported. . death in police custody 'of a Kenyan A spokesman in New York for the Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi The dead man was identified as Ayyad Abeid Matus, described as a senior businessman, when a policeman Lawyers Committee said they were had demoted Mr Justus Ole Tipis, the diplomat who is'an 'administrative officer at tlie Libyan embassy, but officials did removed them from the Court room observing the inquest as part of a study powe.rful Security and Defence not release his name. The explosion sliced ofT'his leg, and he died on the way to and took them to the headquarters of on the human right!! situation in Minister whp upset the United States hospital. the police special branch for Kenya. . ' Embassy by supporting the detention The French diplomat was identified as Cultural Attache Daniel Neven. Three . questioning. . The Kenyan government has become of the two Americans. U gandal,ls were,also injured, but their names have not been released. The r.ibya, They were,:releasedafter moz:ethan increasingly sensitive about foreign Moi also accepted the resignation of France, Sudan artd West Germany each their their iliplomatic nuSsion in Embassy ' seven hourI! "in -detEmtion and left interest in its human rights record, Central Bank Governor Philip House, a building opposite Uganda's parliament. Witnesses'saiel the Libyal).;anq " Kenya totth~j:;nited St~tes tlJ,lit same- especially after the pressure group Ndegwa, who had beeri criticised in .., ' French diplpmats had Just stepped from their car and wel:e about to·enter the ev~ning. ·' :' . , Amnesty Internationallas~ year ac­ PsIliament for the Bank's handling of building when an unidentified person tosseq'a handgrenade towards the men. -' Tipis said the police fO\md they were cused it of silencing politicalopposi­ a foreign exchange sca:~dal, and sack­ carrying what he called subversive tion through torture. ed his Planning Minister, Eliud Airline strike notes, including a list of Kenyans con- Tipis statement said "We are wary Mwamunga. ' ' · KAMPALA: Pilots and engineers with Uganda Airlines, the country'sna­ • nected witp. subversive activities. offoreigners who come in all manners Justus Ole Tipis, whose position as He did not elaborate. "The two of disguise only to orchestrate'unfair Minister of State in the office of the tional carrie~ went on an indefinite strike on Tuesday to press demands for equal treatment with Ethiopians working for the Airline on contract. gentlemen wer~ caught within the, propaganda agai,nstour country President made him one of Moio's High Court precincts taking notes of abroad." . closest advisers, replaced Mwamunga Uganda Airlines cancelled its Tuesday flight to Nairobi and Dubai, and all court proceedings without proper ac­ Subsequently, a :United States Em­ in ajob which has none ofthe power or domestic services. Pilots said the EthiopianS were earning about 3 000,00 dollars creditation:' he added. bassy spokesman described the treat­ prestige of his former appointment. a month, pluS food and accommodation allowance, while they had to live ori salaries Kenyan lawyers conmfirmed that ment ofthe two Americans as most un­ Political sources said the change was of less than 5 000 shillings (83 dollars). :1 : observers do need permission to make fortunate, and said the Embasf!Y would a political blow to Tipis, and was pro­ Hundreds of stranded passengers waited outside the Airline's main Kampala notes in a Kenyan court. have further discussions with the bablyrelated fu the way he handled the office on Tuesday, in the hope of securing seats to Nairobi on Kenya Airlines. "What we shall not tolerate is Kenya authorities on the incident. case of the two Americans. Representatives ofthe pilots and engineers held inconclusive talks with Transport Minister Ali Kivenjija, the officials said. A 'eountry', or a 'hantustan'? - HARARE: Whllethe Zimbabwe Government and governments all over the world refuse to recognise the South African bantustans of Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Ciskei and Venda as independent, some Zimbabwean companies are according them this recognition. . Ziana, the Zimbabwe national news agency, reports that some, or all of these bantustans (or homelands as they are also known), can be found listed as "coun­ tries" on educational material intended for Zimbabwean children; in a diarY called LONDON: British Prime Minister, Mrs Margaret Thatcher, set off talk strategy;' Willers said. "Mugabe "The Zimbabwe Diary"; in insurance policies and in the literature of a local motor­ last week down a path that may ultimately take her marching to could invite her without loss offace, ing organisation. Pretoria - herfiv.e-day visit to the key black African states of Kenya provided it was in concert with other Even the Zimbabwe Posts and Telecommunications Corporation, a government Frontline States." parastatal, lists some bantustans among the countries of the world in a number and Nigeria, was the first step ofalong-term strategy to tackle the thorny issue of southern Africa, a task that Thatcher, the West's British sources said they expected of documents, including those listing telegraphic charges and telex country codes. . Malawi, Mozambique and Botswana A school calendar map printed in Zimbabwe, not only treated South African ban­ longest-serving leader after nearly nine years in offices, is in a uni- would welcome Mrs Thatcher. . tustans on a par with genuinely independent countries, but displayed flags of30 que position to undertake. ' Mrs Thatcher's African initiative is "nations", leavingut Mozambique, Angola and Tanzania, but including six ban­ widely viewed as giving her the highly tustan flags. It was her government that in 1979 She is openly angling for an invita­ visible role on the world stage she OAU :m.e:m.hers in arrears ended the protracted white rebellion tion to Zimbabwe, saying that country wants. in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia), bring­ "has quite a lot to thank me for:' But Her mention last week of a South ADDIS ABABA: More than 90 per cent ofthe members ofthe Organisation ing independence to Zimbabwe will they invite her?, she was asked. Mrican visit indicated that she saw of African Unity (OAU), had not fully paid their contributions to the Pan through the Lancaster House agree- "It would not surprise me ifthey did:' such a visit as the initiative's natural African News Agency (P'ana), it was reported. ment in London. . she replied. conclusion, Western diplomats in In a report, Pana's Director General, Mr Auguste Mpassi-Muba, said a greater It was a major foreign policy Mrs Thatcher publicly indicates Nairobi said. number of countries had not made ali effort to clear their arrears, although Kenya, triumph, only months after she took disappointment at the gulf that has . . This would bring domestic South Nigeria, Zambia, Algeria, Mozambique, Thgo, Botswana and Burkina Faso had ·office. developed between herself and Zim­ African politics·into the reckoning. made an effort to reduce their arrears. Thatcher then virtually ignored babwean President Robert Mugabe, British sources also said Thatcher He said Zimbabwe, Congo, Angola, Lesotho, Rwanda and Sudan were the only Africa for the next five years, until the who has called her a racist and says he believed' black African concessions countries to have fully paid up their dues. He said that the political will which clamour for sanctions against South has "written her off', because of her should be matched by concessions from had prevailed at the birth ofPan a was fading and hence some members were not South African stance. making an effort to pay their contributions. Mr Mpassi-Muba suggested comemr­ British government sources said the ciaisation ofPana Services as a means of generating funds and reducing the deficit. opportunity for Thatcher to make her He also announced that the European Economic Community had agreed to fund anti-sanctions case personally in Pana projects to the tune of25 million UnltedStates dollars, and Zimbabwe, Tan­ Kenya and Nigeria had proved in­ zania and Senegal were nominated to carry out negotiations with EEC countries valuable and felt her view that change on Pana's behalf. had to come from within South Africa was gaining ground. on hloekade lifted That belief, coupled with the inabili­ ty of some Southern African states NAIROBI: Several Kenyan-based oil companies, including Esso and'lbtal, such as Zimbabwe, to implement sanc­ have resumed deliveries ofpetroleum products to Uganda after a ten-day tions measures they had earlier pledg­ break prompted by a dispute over terms of payment, oil industry sources said this week. . ' ed, led herto declare before she left for Nigeria "We've won the argument." . The companies began filling U ganda"bound tankers at the Nairobi pipeline ter­ But Kenya and Nigeria are distant minal on Sunday and Monday, after Uganda agreed to pay transit costs within from southern Africa and whatever three months, they said. the successes of last week's trip, the They had not loaded products since the start of the year because Uganda was sanctions argument has a long way to · takingfive to eight months to pay the costs, which can amount to between 30 and run. . 40 per cent ofthe cost of the oil by the time it reaches Kampala. The suspension " It was important for Thatcher to of oil has led to an acute fuel shortage in Kampala, where motorists have receiv­ Mrs Margaret Thatcher 'win' their support, or at least gain Mr Robert Mugabe. ed only 40 litres of petrol, or two full tanks of diesel since mid-December. their agreement to amicably differ, as Africa dominated the 1985 Com­ they are important influences within President PW Botha, although these Zaire aeeused of rehel aid monwealth summit. the continent:' said David Willers, an would anger extreme rightwing She split with the rest of the Com- independent South Mrican analyst LISBON: Two Angolan Provincial Commissioners have charged rebel whites. guerrillas ofUnit a are infiltrating their northern regions from neighbour­ . monwealth last October over her rejec­ based in London . Thatcher has indicated she is look­ tion of sanctions as a way of press uris­ "The Frontline states have helped ing Zaire, Angola's state-run news agency Angop reported this week. ing for a strong gesture from South ing Pretoria, but her lack of African ex­ her case by being pragmatic and say­ Africa to justify the trip, which the According to an Angop despatch monitored in Lisbon, one ofthe officials said perience weakened her case. ingthey can't afford sanctions. Thtake sources said. would almost certainly Zaire Air Force planes have been violating Angolan airspace, ferrying supplies Thatcher acknowledged in advance things further, she must now convince have to include the release of jailed to the Angolan rebel movement. that her trip last week was "long over­ them all of the rightness of the non­ black nationalist leader Nelson The charges were made by Lunda-Norte Commissioner Norberto dos Santos and due", and she left Africa saying "I want sanctions solution she is proposing:' he Mandela. Commissioner Jorge Barros ofChimpuaty of oil-rich Cabinda. No details of the to come back:' added. She has also made it clear that she alleged Zairean supply flights were listed in'the report. Their charges were the She also said that she would be wat­ This is that trade and. the market is well aware it was during a 1960 trip latest in a series of charges and counter-charges heightening tension between the ching events on the continent with place will break the shackles of apar­ to South Africa that one of her two southern African nations in recent weeks. The Angolan charges came a week renewed interest. theid and the liberal business prac­ predecessors, Harold Macmillan, after reports from the Zairean capital Kinshasa, that the Angolan government She told reporters she had no time to tices will bring more reform than any entered the history books with one forcably repatriated over 500 Zaireanrefugees since the new year. Officials in Luan­ return this year, but aides have ten­ concessions forced by sanctions. phrase, when he warned that "A wind da have denied thi~, saying the refugees left oftheir own free will. tatively pencilled in a trip to southern "A visit to the Frontline States will of change" was sweeping the AfricaJor early next year. enable her to both repair fences and continent. ~ THE NAMIBIAN Friday January 15 1988 9 -----..,·. ·~'i;][~'I------~----~~~~~~~~------~----~------Two die in massive ear bOlDb blast $ '., I ' ; BULAWAYO: Two people died attacks onANC targets in Zimbabwe. in a massive car bomb blast Last October a car bomb _exploded and injured 18 people at breakfast time three-country East Africa itinerary, problems. The initiative for the which wrecked a house used buj decided to visit only Kenya and meeting was said to have been taken by the African National Con­ in a shopping centre carpark. The man most seriously injured, Jeremy Somalia after his plan to meet with by the Ethiopian government. gress (ANC), a Zimbabwean Brickhill, was a left-wing South Mengistu fell through. Ethiopian authorities gave no journalist said here on African exile. State Department spokesman reason for the cancellation,just telling Tuesday. On Wednesday, there was specula­ Charles Redman said he was not sur­ United States officials that Mengistu The journalist, who visited the scene tion that South African agents planted prised that Mengistu declined to meet was not available. of the blast and spoke on condition of the bomb in Bulawayo, Capital Radio with Crocker, . Mengistu has never met with a anonymity, said forensic experts told News.reporte\;!. WASHINGTON: A high State "The Ethiopian leader has repeated­ senior level State Department official, reporters that two people died in the Department official has . ly in the past pulled back from substan­ but has received officials involved in Meanwhile, the condition of one of blast. cancelled a scheduled trip to tive discussions of problems and dif­ the United States food air programme, the three known injured, who are all A dismembered human foot was Ethiopia after being advised, ferences:' Redman said. as well as members of Congress. believed to be members of the African clearly visible in one of at least three the country's marxist leader, Another official, who asked not to be Ethiopia is one of the closes allies of large transparent plastic bags, ap· National Congress, was described as identified, said Crocker had received the Soviet Union in Africa, but the critical. Mengistu Haile-Miriam, had parently being used to collect remains refused to meet with him, a a fairly strong assurance before depar­ United States has been a major con­ The identities of the two dead men tingthat Mengistu would receive him. in the aftermath ofthe blast. spokesman said on Tuesday. tributor offood supplies. "There was blood everywhere and were still unknown and reports in They were to have discussed The United States government an­ what looked like bits offlesh:' he said. Harare indicated one ofthe dead may Assistant Secretary of State Chester bilateral and regional issues as well as nounced a 105 OOO-ton food donation Police refused to give further details. have been an occupant of the car car­ Crocker had included Ethiopia on his Ethiopia's deepening food shortage last month. They said they believed six people rying the huge bomb. stayed in the house in a middle income Exiles and Zimbabwe government Bulawayo suburb. officials appeared convinced that the bomb was the work of South African in­ The explosion left ~crater nearly two metres wide and about 15 centimetres telligence agents. REBELS BIT BENGUELA LINE d~ep and scorched grass along the A convicted South African spy, driveway fronting the house. PaisenPeanai Ndlovu, testified at his· LISBON: The rebel National the Liberation ofAngola (MPLA) par­ from Angola's Atlantic coast to The bomb also demolished the kit­ trial in Bulawayo last year that he was Union for the Total In­ , ty government. landlocked Zaire. chen and one of the main rooms ofthe shown a sketch of the house that was dependence of Angola (Unita), Unita, like the ruling MPLA a house. Part of the roof collapsed and bombed on Monday, by his South In the communique issued inLisbon, has claimed its guerrillilforces former independence movement that Unita said its attack had been the wreckage from the car was hurled in­ African controllers in 1986. He was servd in an all-party coalition govern­ to the building. asked to make a sketch oftrhe gates of captured a town in central Bie fourth in less than a month. They also province on the strategic ment when Angola achieved self-rule said they had seized a big arms dump. Pollice sealed off approach to the the house. He also testified that he was from Portugalin 1975, was defeated in house and were using tracker dogs to paid for his work. Benguela railway on Sunday, The rebels, who said only one oftheir a subsequent civil war by the Soviet own men had been killed in the battle, sift through the wreckage. South Africa has denied being · killing 57 government army and Cuban-backed MPLA, and has The ANC has been outlawed by responsible for the bomb, but has fre­ regulars. also blew up the railway bridge over •\ fought since for a power-sharing the nearby River Cuanza two weeks South Africa since 1960. In the past quently warned neighbouring black­ accord. few years, Harare authorities have In a statement released in Lisbon, ago. ruled states that it would hit ANC Unita said its forces took control ofthe blamed South Africa for several bomb targets in their territories. Unita, which also receives arms from Another town that was reportedly Bie town ofCamacupa, 27 kilometres the United States, has kept most ofthe taken was Munhango, the birthplace (16 miles), east of Catabola, after an strategic Benguela railroad im­ of Dr Jonas Savimbi, Unita's leader. . hour-long battle with troops loyal to passable for the past twelve years, Unita now controls about 400km of GREAT DESTRUCTION OF Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos regularly sabotaging sections of rail the Benguela line, from Cuito to HEALTH FACILITIES Santos' marxist Popular Movement for and attacking towns along its route Lue;na. MAPUTO: Right-wing rebels health care facilities in their home BLOOM COUNTY by Berke Breathed have destroyed almost 600 regions --...... ;...-."....,..,., ~=~-~~!IItI"T""!'!mIII PWPf£ 115K Me, "50 WHIiT'5 health facilities in recent years, The rebels have been fighting an Il-year-old insurgency in a bid to top­ IN Y~R flNlray Cf-05ET .?" cutting off some two million I1NP I 5AY. "Jf1CK/~ PKe55€r< people from health care, the na­ ple Mozambique's marxist £. WITH !ltV liZ/' " government, ~-...j,IM IL! ) II 2 tional news agency Aim, Although no government reported this week. acknowledges helping the rebels, they . "". I Attacks by guerrillas ofthe Mozam­ have managed to seriously disrupt bique N ationalResistance Movement Mozambique's economy with hit-and­ (Renamo or MNR), forced 595 of the run raids on both civilian and military country's 1921 health centres to close targets. through the end of 1986, according to An estimated4,5 million ofthecoun­ Aim, which added that figures for 1987 try's 14 million people face food shor­ were not yet available. tages and some two million people The facilities that were shut down have been displaced by the fighting. ranged from hospitals to small rural Mozambique says that neighbour­ clinics. ing South Africa supports the rebels in "The deliberate destruction of violation of a 1984 mutual non­ health facilities has caused im· aggression treaty between the measurable suffering, most to neighbouring countries. South Africa g~ children:' said Julie Cliff and Abdul denies the charge. Noormohamed, doctors with the In a related development, Aim .~ Ministry of Health. reported that a rebel commander had Mozambique has an infant mortali­ surrendered to government ty rate of200 per 1 000 and an under­ authorities. five mortality rate of about 350 per Aim reported that Jose Goa, 23, had ~ 1000, according to Unicef. Both led a nine-man unit whose task was to figures are considered to be extreme- steal food for the rebels. The former ; lyhigh. . guerrilla said he surrendered because At least 21 health care workers have ' he was "tired of suffering", Aim quoted been killed and 35 ambulances mark­ him as saying. \ ed with the Red Cross symbol hjave Since the government passed an been destroyed in rebel attacks, accor­ amnesty law last month, about 25 ding to Aim. guerrillas have reportedly .' Some two million people now lack surrendered . . AN OWN MILITARY SYLLABUS AND DEFENCE FORCE INKOMO BARRACKS, Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe renewed its support this week for the establishment of an African defence force with a proposal by new Defence Minister Enos Nkala for the develop­ ment of a common African military syllabus. Reviewing a passing-out parade offorty Tanzanians and eight Zimbabweans, who have just completed a four-month paratroop course at this military establish­ ment about 40 kilometres north of Harare, Mr Nkala said the course was Zim­ Ift1 WII. 7HORNHIIMI? UNION 7H1J&~ VI1NP/lLlZfl? babwe's contribution towards the attainment of inter-African co-operation in ceo. OF ''8/.OOM CO(/N7}' Yf5TERl?IIY'j SIJNPIIV defence. PROPr£T10NS, INC. "_. HEf(E RfRIJN COMIC BY "We are all aware than an African continental force has not yet been establish­ 1{} PISCI/55 liN 1I&f-Y SCI?IIWt.fN6 fiN IINTI­ ed for various reasons, although on paper its structures have been defined:' he said. RE5(//.T Of {)(JI( CIJ/?r

10 THE NAMIBIAN

by Gwen Lister PERSPECTIVE THE PROPAGANDA war against , what the military refer to as "the enemy"- namely Swapo "with all its wings and collaborators" - is bound to reach almost crescendo propor­ tions in 1988. There are more and more indications of this. Increas­ ingly, the military is interfering in matters political, until the stage has been r~ached where the security forces, as a whole, draw no distinc­ tion between PLAN, Swapo, Nanso, the NUNW -affiliated unions, the Council of Churches and other ANC PRESIDENT, Oliver Tambo, 8Iso delivered a speech at the UNIN graduation. organisations critical'of the status quo and in favour of Resolution 435 WHAT was before a 'war' between guerrillas of the People's Libera­ tion Army of Namibia (PLAN) and the SADF, is no longer as simple as that. If the military increasingly takes interest and ~nvolves itself . in matters political, it will lead to increased tensions between themselves (as the 'security' forces) and legitimate political parties and organisations in this country. This can only exacerbate the ex­ isting conflict situation in this country. The military's definition of the enemy: " ... it is clear that th~re is no speculation of who the enemy is. It is Swapo as an organisation with all its wings and collaborators, for they all have one common goal, which is to overthrow the present governmental system by revolutionary means". This definition of "the enemy" would probably include some three­ , quarters of Namibia's civilian population as well. Once again, we have to heark back to the question of the United Nations settlement plan for Namibia, embodied in Resolution 435 of the UN Security Council. This Resolution, we Plust remind the ' military and other branches of the 'security' forces, has been approv­ ed by all the parties to the Namibian conflict, including the South African Government. This also includes what they refer to as "the enemy", namely Swapo and most other progressive organisations in the country. We must also remind the military - before fullscale confrontation

becomes the order of the day in this country - that they seem to have ... ",.. i.o.. waded into the affairs of this country far beyond their depth. While UNIP Secretary General, Grey Zulu, with one ofthe Namibian students who graduated from various interest groups, including the South African Government, are UNIN this year. still on record of having accepted Resolution 435 (with the condition of Cuban linkage) the military says (contrary to the official SA Govern­ ment standpoint): "The UN Plan for Namibia is unacceptable to the RSA since it will enable Swapo to intimidate the people of SW A before and during an election - resulting in a Swapo victory at the polls" (1986 SADF Yearbook). It is totally unacceptable that the military involve themselves so deeply in the politics of Namibia. UNIN'SNINT What does the interim government have to say about all this? Are they·merely going' to sit back and let the military take over? Although 1 074 Namibians have graduated since it claims an 'indepp.ndent' status, the SWATF is nothing other than a branch of the South African Defence Force with no 'independent' THE unresolved problem of status at all. Pretoria is still in overall command. The fact that Namibia's independence is an Pretoria mandates the military with such extensive powers, is also international disgrace and a totally contradictory to the "sacred trust" of the League of Nations complex human tragedy, the mandate conferred upon South Africa for Namibia, in terms of which United Nations Commissioner they were to allow Namibia self-determination and independence. for Namibia, Bernt Carlsson, Quite the contrary in fact. They themselves are determining has declared. Namibia's future, and they're also denying the country independence. Speaking at the ninth graduation ceremony of the United Nations In­ With the SADF's involvement in Angola, it has become transparent­ stitute for Namibia (UNIN), based in ly clear that their presence there is to try and install Jonas Savimbi Lusaka on Saturday, the Commis­ of Unita, in power. In Namibia it has become clear that their role sionerfor Namibia said the United N a­ is to prevent the implementation of Resolution 435 at all costs; and tions has a special responsibility both to similarly prevent a Swapo government at all costs. to administer Namibia and lead its The point is: where will it all end? people to independence. What chance do the N amibians have to exercise any kind of self­ Carlsson said: "It is evident that the determination against the combined military might and political Namibian problem is not a simple decolonisation issue, it is a complex thrust of the SADF? human tragedy". The military may play word games as much as they like about "The fact that the Namibian issue 'PLAN' and 'Swapo'. While it may be one organisation with different remains unresolved is an interna­ wings, the ordinary civilian Swapo supporter inside Namibia can tional disgrace and an indictment of hardly be termed "the enemy", and if they are, then the military must the intet;national community. The UN declare war on the Namibian population as a whole. Similarly, has a special responsibility to ad­ organisations classed by the military as linked to Swapo, such as for minister Namibia and lead its people instance, the Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso), are to independence. With determination independent organisations. They are linked instead by means of a and perseverence, we must continue to common bond in the search for the implementation of Resolution 435. seek for Namibia, not tempoary but lasting I and just solutions" said Is the "enemy" now being classified as any group or organisation call­ Carlsson. ing for the implementation of this settlement plan - most of which Delivering a convocation address, represent peaceloving people who call for an immediate ceasefire, the Secretary General of Zambia's rul­ something which the South Africans, and not Swapo, refuse to agree ing party, UNIP, Grey Zulu said: to? "Namibia should be free and should be The SADF has to draw a clear distinction between 'civilian' and free now, not tomorrow. We in Zambia 'fighter'. This distinction seems not to have been clearly indicated shall continue to support Swapo until in the past, if one sees the widescale atrocities against civilians in racist South Africa is forced out ofthat the far north of the country. To simply view Swaj>o and affiliates as country". a whole as "the enemy" will probably only result in an increase in Zulu said it was Zambia's hope that human rights violations generally. In addition to which, Swapo's the withdrawal ofracist South African troops from Angola as per UN Securi­ dualistic status in this country is well known: unlike its counterpart ty Council Resolution 602, would in South Africa, the African National Congress (ANC), it has not been unlock Namibia's independence. Reaf­ 'banned' and is a politically legitimate organisation. The South flrmingZambian support for the strug­ African Government are in the same impasse they have been in for gles South Africa and Namibia, the years: to ban Swapo would mean ,an international outcry, and in the Zambian official said: "We believe that absence of such banning, neither the SADF nor the security forces Namibia's independence can only be NEW UNITED Nations Commissioner for Namibia, Bernt as a whole, can declare "Swapo as an organisation with all its wings Continued on next page and collaborators" as "the enemy". . Carlsson. THE NAMIBIAN 11

On CCN call for end to conscription THE COUNCIL of Churches in Namibia (CCN) said this week that it had been inundat~d by young N amibians seeking advice on how to legally resist conscription. The CCN said it supported the view of these Namibians, many of whom are still at school, that conscription into what they referred to as the 'South African war machine' was both morally unjustifiable and in conflict with the norms of international law. Calling upon the South African Government to "withdraw the amendment by which N amibians can legally 'forced' to render military service in the South African Defence Force", the General Secret ary of the CCN also requested that the legitimate and political ob­ trr~ jections of N amibians with regard to military service, • , should be given "proper and serious consider ation by ... those who have been vested with discretionary powers in terms of the South African Defence Act" and "not to THE MINISTER of Justice of the People's Republic of Angola, Fernando Franca Van-Dunen follow the high-handed attitude that political considera­ who also delivered an address at the graduation. . ' tions st and to be ignored". Conscription under the circumstances was tanta­ mount to "forced labour for the South African Defence Force". We can only agree with the sentiments expressed in the CCN's plea to the South Mrican Government: " It is after all only a free citizen who should be called upon to fight in def~nce of his country and for the protection of his freedom. Namibians have not been allowed to be free". Conscription into the SADF is applied to Namibia, although for 'practical purposes' according to the military, the call-up cannot be implemented coun­ trywide. N amibians are probably even worse off than their conscripted South African counterparts, who do have recourse to a Board for Religious Objection at least. This is not applicable to Namibia. Neither is the situation on Namibia's northern border as simple as it may seem: for Namibians it is no longer merely a case of fighting for the SADF against fellow countrymen, but they also face the likelihood of being engaged in battle with the MPLA's Fapla troops as well. There have been grumblings of discontent among P.ROFESSOR Adebayo Adedeji, Chairman of the Senate of the UN Institute, pictured giving volunteers in ethnic battalions in recent weeks; a situa­ his address. tion· which is bound to get worse as the fighting in Angola increases. The general feeling of N amibians is that 'this is not our war' and 'we have no quarrel with the Angolans'. Perhaps the South African Government, on receipt of the CCN plea for an end to conscription in Namibia, will GRADUATION give the matter serious consideration in order to avoid an escalation of war, with a resultant higher death toll, the founding of th~ Institute in 1976 in Namibia and neighbouring states. delayed, but it can never be stopped". the leadership ofSwapo, are carrying At the ninth graduation ceremony, The Angolan Minister of Justice, out the struggle for liberation of il· 157 students received diplomas in Fernando van·Dunen, representing legally occupied Namibia" . various fields, bringing to a total of 1 his President at the UN graduation, "However, in spite of all these acts of 074 Namibians who have graduated also reaffirmed his country's con· aggression and the intimidation and from UNIN since it was established in tiQued support to Swapo and the Nami· losses in material and human lives, my 1976. The Institute trains Namibian bian people in their just struggle to Government will continue to give to cadres who have been denied decent liberate themselves. the Namibian people and to Swapo, the education and training due to the in· He said "there are many examples of moral, diplomatic and humanitarian ferior and apartheid bantu education the barbarous acts of aggression ofthe support they deserve and which is after in Namibia. The graduates will form •••••_ 26 weeks 52weeks ••_ racist South African regime aimed at all our duty as a member of the the base oftrained manpower in an in· destabilisingus from giving support to Organisation of African Unity and the dependent Namibia.. Nampa. Namibia R30,OO R60,OO our brothers of Namibia, who, under UN", said Van·Dunen. SA & homelands R33,OO R66,OO

Botswana, Lllsotho, Malawi. CHRISTMAS IS PAST BUT THE 'MINISTERS' 111!!I! lj l:: ~' ~...:::.:;:..::j:.:.;:.:t.:..~-;-,;_;_:m-;-~.:.:i.:..;;.::o.:.:" :,,;,:~ · iii!!!!!!!!!!!! . North America R219,OO Send To: Australia and New Zealand The Namibian STILL NOT AT WORK R281,OO PO Box 20783, THE Christmas and New Year beginning of next week (when the amount of work ministers and Nordic countries WINDHOEK 9000 festivities are now something schools also open), most civil servants members of the assembly put in was R192,OO NAMIBIA of the past, but the majority of as well as ministers would have return· strictly governed by the Conditions of Tel: 36970/1 the ministers in the Interiin ed to work and the first cabinet Appointment in Proclamation R 10l. Telex: 3032 Government had not yet meeting would be held on January 19. Referring to the National Assembly He said that when the Assembly was returned to their desks at the which adjourned on December 13 to in session members had to sign an at· beginning of this week. reconvene again on February 16, he tendance register, and the Assembly's said that the long adjournment did not secretariat could easily monitor atten· Name: ...... ;...... The Cabinet went into recess as ear· dance in the Standing Committees ly as December 15 and since then on· mean that members of the Assembly had not been working. from the offici~l minutes of these Address: ...... lytwo ministers, Mr Jande Wet and Mr committees. Andreas Shipanga, made appearances He said that it was during adjourn· at their offices. ments that the nine Standing Commit· In the meantime an official of the ...... Code: ...... In response to an inquiry from The tees of the Assembly did the bulk of Administrator.General's office has Namibian Mr Eberhardt Hoffman of their work and some ofthese commit· cOnIrrmed that the local represen· I enclose a cheque/postal order of ...... : ...... the government's liaison division said tees started their deliberations in the tative of the South African govern· that throughout most ofDecember and first week of January. ment returned to his Windhoek office for ...... weeks subscription to The Namibian In the past both the cabinet and the on January 6. the first few days of January, the (Please ensure exact amount in Rands or equivalent government machinery had been National Assembly have beencriticis· The AG following in the tradition of manned by a skeleton staff. ed for their easy·goingworkhabits. Mr German colonial governors moved his currency.) As from 1/7/87 until further notice. He stated however, that as from the Hoffman however said that the office to Swakopmund on December 5. bE ..

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socalled subject advisors, the Director MeMeal eoneerns of Education and the Ovambo THE qualifications I am concerned Administration. about refer to Medical Laboratory How is it possible that out of a total Thchnology. The medical laboratories of 300 or 400 standard 8 pupils at a throughout the country have been part school only 30 or 70 pupils pass? What of the South African Institute for happens to the oral work and the year Medical Research for many years marks that pupils gain during the (about twenty-five years) until they course of the school term? Why don't were taken over by the DeRartment of they allow us to conduct the marking National Health and Welfare in April of the standard 8 final examinations 1986. ourselves? Now we have an obvious problem: By the way, whatelsehastheOvam­ the training of new staff. bo Administration done for pupils in National Health prefers qualified northern Namibia rather than re­ present? the people for the people, will result in that the Academy was promoting some medical technologists. As far as I am maining silent while police and the economic, social and educational kind of ideology based on selfishness, concerned it is a good point. But I do military camps were erected close to backlog being eradicated. which is the hallmark ofthe capitalist believe one has to change ideas if cir­ FRUSTRATED TECHNOLOGIST our schools and hospitals? What good POBOX277 The struggle for liberation must be approach. cumstances don't allow one to stick to has the administration done for them. I have some questions on this WINDHOEK 9000 continued at all costs, in spite of the The repudiation of the Academy teachers in northern Namibia? Or does obstacles on th~ path. matter, since I can count the qualified Matrie results authorities on the visit ofstudents and the administration think that we are medical technologists in this country staffto the UN Institute in Lusaka was happy about its policy of importing I WISH to air my views on the GEORGE KAIYAMO embarrassing for us. on one hand. 'PO BOX 7022 lazy and useless expatriates, who do Where do medical technologists catastrophic results among black and Education in this country must train not carry the interests of our pupils at KATUTURA come from ifpeople are not being sent brown scholars. I also believe my view the inhabitants to exercise true heart? away to colleges, etc? And even ifthey is similar to those of many other democratic ethics to prepare them for Don't we have enough Namibians go at their own expense, they don't teachers who do not wish to be self-determination and to counter neo­ who can be trained to do the job qualify at the colleges and must still identified. Swapo/CDA eall colonialism. As the Academy is in the themselves? The administration do th,eir practical in the laboratory. Is If the white results are compared MANY reactionary internal political position to do so, by virtue ofits tertiary should also stop sending us socalled is better to 'import' medical with those of the blacks, then one leaders inside Namibia have ah;eady status, they should set the example subject advisors from Windhoek, who technologists from other countries" comes to the conclusion that the conveyed their Christmas messages and implement the abovementioned are totally ignorant about our situa­ and once they are 'fed up' have_them whites' are b~tter because they are in through Radio Savimbi. UnfortUnate­ points before it's too late. tion, and who come up here and try to return to where they belong? ~s it not a better position because of books, ly, Mr Peter Kalangula was denied this impress us as to how clever they are. teachers and schools. right. I want to assure the people that MWALIMU SHIKONGO We further feel that the socalled better to tra,in the people ofthis coun­ OSHAKATI .- try, and let these people carry their How can it be expected that black Radio Savimbi (SWABC) is a South Director of Education must be elected '. burden, ifthey have to, for the sake of and brown children pass? Especially African instrument. Don't bother by teachers, and should be someone their own people? when they are going to school under about it. Call to VilJoen who truly cares about his people. I would not be surprised ifthe answer abnormal circumstances. Mr Kalangula is opposed to the We finally appeal to parents to show to my questions is: 'There is not enough They often fear for their lives SADF presence in the north; he Kindly publish this letter in the peo­ more concern about this problem and money'. And then Ijust can't help but · because the army camp is a few metres demands Resolution 435. We salute ple's newspaper so that Mr Viljoen can to be more vigilant against those who ask the following: "How much money from their schools; intimidation and him for being a brave and gOO

A LAST EMOTIONAL GOODBYE as a young Namibian conscript prepares to leave fortw6 years compUlsory military ser- vice in the South West Africa Territory Force. Picture by John Liebenberg. . NaDl.ibia,n* eharged w-ith espionage in ZaDl.hia THE TIMES of Zambia has ungwe Mainga ruled in the liv­ reported that a Namibian, describ­ ingstone High Court that a prima· ed as a 'fisherman' charged with es­ facie case had been established pionage, was this week put on his against him. defence when Mr Justice Wamul- Mr Mr Justice Mainga said there were a number ofunresdlved issues in the case, such as whether Patrick Nchindu Simasiku had made the notes found inhis novel and ifhe wrote an in- criminating letter. It was also not clear whether detectives had forced Simasiku to write the letter in Afrikaans. Simasiku is alleged to have taken notes ofSwapo andANC bases in Zam­ bia intended to be used by foreign powers between July 13 and 21, the Times reported. Simasiku said in his defence that ANC officials implicated him by writing incriminating notes in the book he had borrowed from a Nami­ bian military library. Simasiku, who NO, it's not a beetle born with earlier said he intended to return the CASTING AN VNCERTAIN glance at a somewhat forbidding two years ahead in national service, a human head! It's a Red book to the military library, had decid­ this young conscript takes leave of his family at the assembly point on Monday, where hundreds of Velvet Mite, which comes out ed that the novel was good and that he national servicemen reported for military training. in great abundance after the would not return it. Picture by John Liebenberg. rains have fallen. One of the He said he crossed into Zambia il­ Arachnid family, it is also legally to see the family of his closely related to the tick. . girlfriend to speed up his marriage .People are advised not to kill plans. His gi.rlfriend, a fishmonger, he them; they can be tamed and had met in Ngwezi, Namibia, has make wonderful household relatives in Livingstone. (The hearing is continuing). pets! Attention·all budding Namibian writers! ALL THOSE budding young The most promising writer in each writers out there are reminded category will win a prize ofR20, and of the Young Writers Competi­ the winning entries will be published tion which is being sponsored in the January month-end edition of by The Namibian. The Namibian. Address all entries to Young Writers; The competition is divided into two PO Box 20783, Windhoek, 9000. age categories: 9 to 13-years-old and 14 Please remember to include your to 17 -years-old. name, address, age and school. The theme of the competition is "Life Remember, there is only one week In Namibia", and all you have to do is left to come up with something! write one foolscap page (or no more Late entries will be considered from than 500 words) on what you like or those Namibians who have only just dislike about this country. heard about. the competition, but Closing date for submissions is this please submit your story by Wednes­ coming Friday, January 22. . day, January 27, at the latest. WITH ALL THE familiar signs and looks at hand, conscripted young boys wave goodbye to and friends as they leave for military training camps across the country. . . 1 ....

14 Friday January 15 1988 THE NAMIBIAN Food for thought '

10 bn domestic China has 21% of India has 15% of • 40% of global cereal The Third World Avg. US citizen animals worldwide world's pigs and cattle: the country's ou.tput feeds live­ possesses 60% of consumes 110 kg inc. 6 bn. poultry and chickens 80m. draught animals stock: 1calorie of livestock, consumes meat a year; USSR 3 bn. ruminants = a power output of grain-fed steak only 20 % of all meat, 51 kg; India 1-1 kg ~,OOO megawatts costs at least 10 milk produced calories in

CHINA SqUEALS AS POlK GETS SCAICE

DESPITE A RIGOROUS birth control policy, based on the "one market meat hawkers. Government plies to consumers, and keep urban will be about 400 million tonnes, child family", Chinese planners warn that population is outstrip­ inspection is sketchy and sometimes wages from jumping. In short, the roughly the same as in 1984, when ping grain production. Now consumers are also facing a shortage diseased meat goes on sale, they worry. government does not want a vicious in­ there were 40 million fewer people in of pork, which accounts for 94 per cent of all red meat consump­ Ifnothing else, they trust the state as flationary cycle. China. a butcher! For now, Shanghainese and other ur­ tion in the country. Gemini News Service looks at a scarcity which Director Dong Furen told a meeting ban Chinese are again being asked to hits virtually the entire adult population. For the moment, the government of economists and state planners that be patient. They were handed a nine­ seems intent on controlling inflation, consumers will probably have to en­ month supply ofpork ration tickets the The ration-weary urban Chinese, per cent in 1987 as China got a taste and in some cases demand must be dure pork supply problems for at least same week Chinese meteorologists who already must produce special of ups and downs of supply and strictly controlled with ration tickets. two or three more years, until the coupons to buy everything, from a de­ demand. A year ago, the State Council promis­ were predicting the coldest winter market settles down and policies of weather in south China for more than cent bicycle to a kilogram of rice, now Another part of the problem is the ed that price stability would be a priori­ "new economic stimulation" are felt in a decade. face an indefinite shortage ofpork, by boom -in "rural industry". By the tyin 1987,followinga 12 per centjump agriculture. far the most important meat in their government's own reckening, an Perhaps the only goodnews has been in the cost oflivingfor workers in 1985 Song Ping, head of the Communist for Shanghai's university students, diet. estimated 70 million people have left and another seven per cent hike in China's biggest city, Shanghai, the the fields to get into industrial produc­ Party Central Organisational Depart­ who a year ago were in the street mix­ 1986. But at the time, no one was say­ ment, said at the same meeting that "if capital Beijing, and the northern in­ tion, where there is money to be made ing that rationing would be the means ing demands for better living condi­ there is no breakthrough in grain pro­ dustrial city ofTianjin, all started ra­ in textiles and other light to an end. tions with calls for faster political reform. In late November, Shanghai's tioning at the end oflast year, pointing manufacturing. duction in the next few years, the im­ The Director of the Institute of municipal government quietly decia­ to serious growing pains as the govern­ The fact that grain production is suf­ balance between supply and demand fering as farmers move to more Economics of Chinas's Academy of will become more serious as the na­ ed that students should be entitled to ment de-regulates agricuture and at Social Sciences, said in Beijing in lucrative crops or out of farming tion's population grows to 1,2 to 1,3 9 yuan worth of ration tickets per the same time encoUrages the nation's December, that the state's policy is to rural industries. altogether, is aJocus of discontent for billion by the turn of the century;' month, triple the -amount workers depress the price for hog:s, ration sup- Indeed, grain production this year News of rationing comes at a time many old conservatives in the party, receive. when city dwellers - who make up who complain that the self-interest about 20 per cent of the nation's 1,1 unleashed by Deng Xiaoping's decon­ BLOOM COUNTY by Berke Breathed billion people - are facing inflation ttol of agriculture will lead to chaos in ,...... -----..;;...... , that far outstrips the increases in output. £M?M !»IINTY CHlIll{MfiN WeRt 15 EJVT ONt WilY state-set wages. If the "iron rice bowl" - revolu­ WfI _THORNHIIMP HERe ". Ya 1Htf(e flRt1JlJ5t WHO 7rJ I?t3?ONP W 77-fe5t In August, urban retail prices were tionary jargon for the communal pot­ .j(}$r liN ''fIN&a CF WOIlt-i? I1CCI/St Mt". /tfE -/, .. &IIN6JTtKS IINf? up 10,2 per cent over the previous year is smashed, they argue, there must be Wl/fTY " OVEf?St£IN6 Of 77ft I/Nfl1fR Ust OF PHIt-IJT/Nt5 ,,, evam WRIN& mfS 7H1$ Mtf?IIJM FOR and the cost ofsome foods hadjumped something to take its place. m(}(}5{.£f7 77Mt OF PROPII&IINfJl1 frll?ffJ5t5", by 30 per cent. By comparison, health Shanghai's residents want to know Lfl80R RtfiTlES5Nf355 ", when reform in the countryside is go­ care workers, a large group of state \ ~ employees, will receive a pay increase ing to end, n9t exacerbate the f!?od ra­ this year of 0,5 yuan ($1 = 3,72 yuan), tioningthey have lived with on and off or less than half of one per cent for a for more than 30 years. Ration tickets doctor earning 110 yuan a month. for rice, flour and other grains are still Says a 29-year-old Shangai U ni ver­ distributed, but in such quantities that­ sity lecturer; who earns 90 yuan a rationing of these commodities has month "We're not just talking meat - really only been a technicality for here, we're talking about the meat for several years now. Chinese. Pork is a different matter. Pork accounts for' 94 per cent of red Pork consumption has doubled. in meat consumption in China, and China since 1978, and Shanghai's con­ limiting the meat-Iovil)g sumptionjumped 16 per cent last year. In the absence of Shanghainese to three yuan worth of Only two years ago, China had a pork the striking union pork a month, or about.750 grams of glut; now the well is running dry. characters, Bloom County the best cuts, is hitting them where it Pork can still be purchased at free management officials UNION : 1 hurts most. -- markets in unlimited quantities, but will be tempora rily "People are saying that perhaps we in Shanghai this means paying twice providing the day's could go back to the system used by the price that the state-run shops waggiSh cntcrtainlllcl1't. Confucius (2 500 years ago);' jokes the charge, or about 7,5 yuan per lecturer. !'He had his students pay him kilogram. Today: Mr. WiIiJ. Knudson, Asst. Directo-r in meat;' An elderly man said "How can peo­ of Accounting Another 80-year-old man said ple afford that? What it means is that "Things aren't so rosy." He complains people with money will be able to buy that the state-run press spends much pork, and others will go without. And IO~lf! time talking about reform in China, ._. what is g6ingto happen to the thicken but tends to ignore the problems that ' and fish? People will rush to buy them aff~~~!te people the most. now that pork is limited;' - -" ' Today: Most concerned are those limited to Ms. Leona '0 'Connor, In. early NovembeM;he Communist Exec. Vice President Party closed its 13th congress with a ~tate-set wages, the millions of in.. of Bloom County, Inc. pr9mise«;lf speedier economic reform d1-1Strial workers and employees of non­ will tell a funny and better livilig,conditions. ! p1-ofitma1dng government depart'­ political joke. Only two weeks later, pork rationing ments and educational institutions. tick~ts wer~ being distributea in Families in Chmese cities, whose rents All of us here in Shanghai, With Tianji~ and Beijing are absurdedly low, devote up to 80 per managf:in ent arc - following. In addition,Beijingfamilies -cent oftheir income to food. _ behind you are limited to 1,5 kilograms of sugar-a The urban wage gap between those the whole way, month. on fixed incomes of around 100 yuan Leona! For the eastern industrial cities the and those in more lucrative lines of Go for it, gi rl! problem is twofold. Meat and grain pro­ work, continues to yawn wider. A duction have both been decontrolled. shanghai cabbie will admit to earning After a pork glut in 1985 and 1986, feed 300-400 yuan a month; a Beijing prices jumped sharply, a disincentive - restaurateur will tell" you he takes to pig producers. home 1 000. _ The effect ofthese price jumps is now Even ifthey do have the money, some being felt, and pork production fell 2,3 people say they do not trust the free THE NAMIBIAN Friday January 15 1988 15

Nudism on the beaches and plenty of privates too!

THE STATE,of Emergency has everywhere. Even the lifeguards were servants in their wake. Clifton beach wearing nothing but a been temporarily shelved distracted long enough for an entire Not realising it was a Commie plot, • straw hat and reflecting sunglasses. family from Bredasdorp to drown. the police were given orders not to ar­ The army was put on emergency alert while a new and far more rest breasts unless someone laid a for­ while the navy went on standby. Mar­ , dangerQus threat looms on the The buxom agents sprawled and smiled at each other. The taller of the ma1 complaint. tiallaw was about to be declared, but Republik's already dark two brought her full training into ef­ The following weekend, one of the a piece of accurate shooting by a roof­ horizon. fect by heaving a massive sigh, follow­ Botha's from Union Buildings happen­ top sniper overlooking Clifton saved The South M rican Government has ed up with an almost imperceptible . ed to be browsing through the Rapport the day. The offending genital went suddenly realised that the moral fibre twitch of her shoulders. when he saw the horrific consequences spinning through the air to be swooped of every one of its citizens is being This action wreaked more havoc ofthe agents' work. upon by a hungry seagull. severely jeopardized by a subersive than could possibly be imagined. People who had never before shown new trend which has'manifested on the even the slightest interest in the ocean The coastal-induced nudism spread country's beaches. Senile old men fell writhing to the were flocking to beaches in their like an epidemic of malaria, and It was shortly after New Year that sand, beating at their groins with roll­ thousands. within days had reached our very own two obviously Soviet agents made ed up copies ofDie Burger. Virile young Porks andRekreashun officials had Henties Bay. Little pink grand­ their first public appearance on one of surfers ran screaming into the their hands full coping with the sud­ mothers slipped out of their crimplene Durban's main beaches. soothing water of the Indian Ocean, den influx, but the worst was yet to frocks and shuffied from their holiday These Communist infiltrators, who while scores of wives and girlfriends come. homes toward the beach. Small had received extensive training at a were suddenly sent to buy icecream Sometime during Sunday afternoon children were heard to remark "Look top secret resort on the Black Sea, and candyfloss at a shop 500 metres reports of sightings began filtering ma, tannie forgot to iron her bathing strolled calmly onto the beach and away. through to police stations. Breasts .. . - costume!" spread their towels on the sand. By the end ofthe afternoon, four un­ big ones, little ones, droopy ones, poin­ Sensitive areas which had never In one fluid and antagonistic action, covered mammary glands had suc­ ty ones and ones stuffed with silicone been exposed tothe sun turned bright the two agents untied their bikini tops ceeded in seriously diminishing some were covering the sand from Richards ,scarlet and exploded in dramatic and lay back baring their ample of the most impeccable personal stan­ Bay to Cape Thwn. Helicopter reports displays of spontaneous combustion. chests. dards to be found anywhere in the described the sight as something The ~ nterim government panicked The effect of this simple gesture on world. similar to a massive infestation of and wanted to call in Koevoet, but then the collective morals of everyone else Their work done, they nonchalantly beached jellyfish. realised that the last thing they on the beach was astounding. Men of walked off the beach, leaving a trail of Then came the first real scare .. . a wanted was to have more privates on all shapes and ages came russian from broken marriages and frustrated civil Johannesburg pimp was spotted at the beaches.

STUDENT ORIENTATION \..Jhe~ IUNIVERSITY of Namibia and the Technikon of Namibia co"tGlcteJ ;", SI(OPSt.oRP. have announced the dates of the orientation programme for new students, which is to take place on February 2, 1988 at the Old Wanderers in Post Street. Students are requested to assemble at 08hOO on Tuesday February 2 and the duration of the programme will be from 2-12 February and is compulsory for all new students. Parents of students about to enrol for the first time are also invited to attend the opening ceremony at 08hOO. New students who have gained entrance to a residence must report to either Shangri-la (men), or Mon Resa (ladies), on Monday, February 1. NEW PUBLICATION • • • ••• reVIew • •• reVIew • •• reVIew • •• IN FORMATION historian and there is every reason to believe that he would be the first to By David Pieters, Anita Schmid & Roy Gentle (eds_), CORE Pty Ltd, state so. The enthusiasm and glamour with which he tackled the subject of the 1987. (Obtainable from: 120 City IlKhauna!nas-Schans Vlakte reminds Centre, Windhoek OR clo CORE, one of first-year university students Box 20887 Windhoek 9000. Price: who have discovered that modes of pro­ R9.oo) duction have very little to do with ways CONCEIVED initially as' an 'in­ of sexual reproduction. Informative as his research no doubt is and will con­ house' publication of the Collective tinue to be, the diary-type style of Resources (CORE) unit set upin 1987 writing or indeedre-writing, a people's by Pieters et ai, this publication, ex­ history is questionable. The '1', impor­ pectedly, had rather over-weighted ad­ tant as self-gratification no doubt is,· vocacy elements. This, more than any has to be removed from popular history other factor, has greatly prejudiced the perceived intention of the forum which writing. His intensive use of primary In Formation has set itself up to source material is very impressive and indicates a considerable commitment provide. That said, the book itself is a collec­ to thoroughness in the sacred trust of tion of articles (one by Klaus Dierks on progressive social research. the IlKhauxa!nas-Schans Vlakte; Pieter's contribution is an important another by Pieters himself on the point of departure in understanding fishing industry; an article based on a the machinations of a grossly distorted press statement announcing the fishing industry. What shines in the public launch of CORE; a progress article is an analytical interpretation report on tl).e Labour Activity Centre ofprimary and secondary documenta­ (LACE) which is a project of CORE; and tion and an explicit commitment to a speech by Gentle) with hardly any in­ developing a materialist analysis of terlockingtheme or hint of a common one of the growing industries in the stand. Furthermore, no attempt is Namibian political economy. made to explain the rigid demarca­ tions that appear in the book and As for the speech by Gentle and the which makes an overall assessment overtly advocacy statements on CORE rather difficult. Maybe this was and the Labour Activity Centre intentional. (LACE), very little needs to be said. Admittedly, the evident class ) They are self-explanatory. analysis that underpins the introduc­ On the whole, however, and despite tion/editorial is a redeeming feature. the critical statements above, the book This, however, is just simply not good is useful, informative and can add to enough for left-wing social interven­ the permanently unfinished debates tionists and political analysts. Had'the on politics, nationalism, class forma­ theoretical underpinnings of a class tions and Marxism in Namibia.I nFor­ analysis permeated the book, aholistic mation is highly recommended but, as approach would have been realised. with other interventions in social As far as the individual articles go, praxis, has to be viewed criti~ally. expectedly, they differ in style and orientation. Dierks is not a socialist Na-iem Dollie (Jan. 1988). * - -

16 Friday January 15 1988 THE NAMIBIAN @ijiJl,a Comedies and dramas in JAN 15 - JAN 21 FRIDAY the·pipeline for viewers 18h27 Prog. Schedule 18h30 Hand In Hand 18h35 Pumpkin Patch AFTER SEEING an extremely youthful Robert Redford last week Stan Margulies - whese credits in­ 18h50 Die Swart Kat in the Saturday feature film "The Great Waldo Pepper", we're due clude "Roets", preduced "The Thern 19h12 MacGyver to view the late Rock Hudson and a motley collection of other Birds:' 20hOO Suidwes Nuus wellknown personalities tomorrow night in the picture "Come Unfertunatelythe last episode efthe 20h15 Walt Disney feature film: pepular series "Fame" cernes up next "The Liberaters" September." Co-stars include Gina Lollobrigida, Sandra Dee, Bob­ Tuesday. This series has preved to. be 21h49 Midas Meterwenke by Darin and Walter Slezak, and as was the case with so many of ene efthe mest pleasant we've had the 21h54 Die Swart Masker Hudson's movies, the story is liberally laced with humour and un­ privilege ef seeing. Apart frem the fact 22h48 NewsIWeather NuuslWeer comfortable but comical situations. that it was extremely satisfying to. see 23h08 Big League Seccer As American millienaire Robert priest, frem human cempassien the 'happy end' in each episode instead Betty White stars as Joyce Whit­ 23h58 Dagsluiting Talbet, Hudsen returns to. his lavish threugh lust and eternalleve. efhaving to. wait a week fer a develep­ man in "The Betty White Show:' Italian viila in July instead ef Richard Chamberlain plays Father ment, each pregramme had a message SATURDAY September fer his annual menth-Ieng Ralph de Bricassart, who. becemes en- to. carry acress. I he.pe that we'll be get- example efwhat I mean. frelic with Lisa Fellini (Lellebrigida), When will semeene realise that 18h27 Pregramreester and finds that his heliday heme has Spanish and French films are net . made to. be dubbed into Afrikaans? 18h30 Kempas been cenverted into. a hetel by his ma­ With "Night Ceurt" eut efthe way 18h35 Alice in Wenderland jer demo., Maurice Clavell (Walter en Tuesdays, next week will bring 18h59 The Beverley Hillbillies Slezak). 19h23. The Leve Beat The guests are five (and of ceurse "The Betty White Shew" into viewers' hemes. 20h08 Welwedans in Die Skemer beautiful), American college girls, in­ Betty White will be remembered fer 20h34 Feature film: cluding Sandy Stevens (Sandra Dee). her rele in the hit cemedy series "The "Ceme September" And the real firewerks start when a Golden Girls." 22h21 NuusIWeer News/weather brash medical student named Tony She takesthepart efJeyce Whitman, 22h41 LALaw (Bebby Darin), and his pals also. shew a witty veteran mevie actress who. 23h27 Spies En Plessie - up at the hetel. "Met Permissie" The resultant fiasco. gives rise to. fun finds a new career fer herselfin televi­ 00h27 Epilegue viewing - ifyeu den't mind the slight­ sien in which she stars in a series call­ ly "eutdated" leek 'ef everything. I ed "Undercever Weman". always find myself marvelling at the She also. renews a leve-hate relatien­ SUNDAY difference in the quality effilming, per­ ship with her fermer husband (Jehn fermances by acters and actresses and 'Higgens' Hillerman), who. is hired to. 16hOO Repeat Pregramme Schedule ether aspects. direct her'series. 16h03 Pitkes Also. en the scene are the celeurful, 16h13 Educatienal Sherts: Advances in filming technelegy, effbeat characters who. werk en "Being On Time" special effects - the whele precess - "Undercever Weman", including a net­ 16h24 Jan de Wet have been tremendeus and werk pregram practices executive who. 17h03 My Wereld: simultaneeusly reflect the glebal hasjust graduatedfrem the mailroom, "Van Fabels en Velie" , change ef attitude tewards nerms, Deug Perterfield (Alex Henteleff.) 17h37 Pregramreester merals, leve, marriage -life itselfl The On Wednesday there is also a new 17h40 . The Secret Place werld has become mere synthetic, pregramme called "Cende", and 18h08 Jimmy Swaggert brash and uncaring. altheugh there is no. backgreund 19h08 Filler material After that little scrap efphilesephy material as yet, it has been described 19h14 Highway To Heaven - en to. Menday in which pregramme as a cemedy series. 20hOO Nuus/news review the highlights are "Alf', "St "Cende" replaces "Gunsmeke", 20h20 Sheut fer Jey Elsewhere" and the leng-awaitedfirst which has been en eur screens fer quite 21h18 The Classic Touch (II) episede ef the series "The Thern seme time. Always entertaining to. 21h38 Nuus/weer -news/weather Birds", based en CelleenMcCulleugh's watch, it makes a nice change to. have 22h58 By Still Waters beek, starring Richard Chamberlain, something else in the sletjust after the Rachel Ward, Barbara Stanwyck, Jean 20hOOnews. MONDAY Simmens, Richard Kiley and In fact, Wednesday has beceme Christepher Plummer. knewn as "gunsmeke day" in quite a 18h27 Preg. Schedule few heusehelds! 18h30 Hand in Hand I read the beek seme years age, and became totally enthralled, but have And ef Thursday ef ceurse, there's 18h35 Dawie Die Kabeuter "The Leng Het Summer", starring 18h54 The Animal Express net seen the series yet. Everytime the temptatien rese to. see it en video. Den Jehnsen, Jasen Robard, Cybill 19h24 Filler Material Shepherd and Judith Ivy. Ceuld ene 19h35 Alf semething er ether weuld crep up and prevent this happening. So new, after describe this series as asortefsoap-box 20hOO Suidwes-Nuus . series? Net quite. In fact, I prefer it to. 20h15 St Elsewhere waiting fer so. leng, this is ene viewer who's leekingferward to. it with great "Falcen Crest" at this peint. It's mere 21hOO The Thern Birds realistic and dewn to earth than all 21h47 NewslWeather NuuslWeer pleasure. And fer these who. have already seen the series - either en that glitter and cerruptien in the 22h06 Bestuur van Verandering . Channing clan. 22h22 Dagsluiting their ewn heme videes er en the SABC THE MAIN characters in "The Long Hot Summel"", (from left to right), are netwerk in the Republic, it's certain­ Don Johnson; Jason Robard, William Russ, Judith Ivy ' and Cybill It has also, in my epinien, vindicated ly werthwhile seeing it again! Shepherd. . Jehnsen as an acter. Fer a while back TUESDAY The name efthe tale is derived frem there when "Miami Vice" was still Celtic legend, according to which there chanted by the yeung Meggie Cleary. ting something as geed again in the running, I began to haveserieus deubts 18h27 Pregramreester is a bird which spends its life in search As Meggie matures, their fendness fer near future. as to. his acting abilities .. , and hew 18h30 Kempas each ether grows into. a love affair that At this stage it seems the replace­ leng can ene be entranced by· a 18h35 Wielie Walle ef a thern tree, and when it finds the thern tree, impales itself en the tree's neither can deny. ment pregramme is titled "Beste Pre­ geedleeking face? But it seems like 18h50 Kinderlektuur The young priest's ambitiens are fesser", and altheugh it is net fair to there's something there after all. In his 19h04 Filler Material sharpest thern, and in dying sings a beautiful, tertured seng - the enly recognised by Meggie's aunt, the ferm an epinien prematurely, it real­ rele as the mysterieus stranger Ben 19h14 Fame (final) wealthy, ruthless Mary Cleary Carson ly-does net seem to. be something wer­ Quick, who. arrives in the small 20hOO Seuth West News seng it will ever sing in its lifetime. The stery efthe Cleary family un­ (Barbara Stanwyck). This woman thy efreplacing "Fame." backwater ef Frenchman's Bend he 20h15 Falcen Crest felds against this legend, and thefami­ challenges his faith in God by temp­ Maybe there's a teeny weeny bit ef preves he can take a rele cenvincing­ 21h02 The Betty White Shew ting him with the inheritance efher prejudice showing because the replace­ ly. In additien, the steryline is selid. 21h27 NuuslWeer NewslWeather ly's lives similarly are teuched by an unalterable destiny, beth tragic and estate efDregheda, the largest in New ment is an Afrikaans (dubbed?) pre­ Jasen Robards as the pewerful Will 21h47 Spert South Wales, Australia. Her intentien gramme. But I think that ene can be Varner plays an excelent rele, and 22h17 Epilegue beautiful. Spanning generatiens and cen­ is to keep him bound to. her, even in fergiven fer that. All tee often viewers nething need be said abeut Cybill tinents, it receunts the intertwiningef death, questiening the purity ef his have been disappointed by Afrikaans Shepherd, who. plays her part as the a yeung weman and an ambitieus ewn actions. series. "Die Swart Masker" is a perfect sultry, het-bleeded Eula to perfectien. 18h27 Preg. Schedule ] 8h30 Hand In Hand 18h35 Unicern Tales ldh58 Filler material ISh05 Gillette Werld Spert Special 20hOO Suidwes Nuus 20h15 Conde(new) 21h37 Ou Grete 21h23 NuusIW--eer NewslWeather 21h43 Pitkes . THURSDAY 18h27 Pregramroester 18h30 Kempas • ,j,.... ~ 18h35 Get Along Gang , ... 18h46 Our Earth 'It's Atmesphere" 18h55 Jehn Ross 19h21 Filler material 19h35 Nawa Nawa 20hOO Seuth West News 20h15 Leng Het Summer 21~01 Jauche Und Levkejen 21h27 Nuus/weer - NewslWeather 22h47 Kwaliteit John Hillerman is John Elliot in 22h05 Epileguf "J'he Betty White Show:' Rachel Ward Richard Chamberlain Barbara ~tanwyck 'f.HE NAMIBIAN Friday January 15 1988 17

'lbday I begin my third series of entOmology is animportantsubjectfo~ articles and I shall be dealing medicine and agriculture. with entomology and ecology. ECOLOGY ENTOMOLOGY Ecology is the study ofthe relation­ might want to study why, within its The first arises out of considering the not otherwise have been done. ships between plants, between distribution limits, a species produces number of species (kinds), of Therefore, the group Insecta is one of Entomology is the study ofinsects. animals, between plantS and animals, dense populations in some areas, and organisms. There are more than one the groups we know most about from Insects are those usually small, six­ only much sparser Gess dense), popula­ and a halfmillion organisms known­ the ecological point of view (also see legged creatures (in contrast to eight­ and between both plants and ani~als tions in others. ie one and a half million species. This reason number three). legged spiders), which usually -but p.ot and the physical environment. Here number includes all organisms, which Thirdly, the easiest organisms to use always -have one or two pairs of wings are a few examplesofecologica1 studies 3) In anyone area, we usually have include bacteria, protozoa (single­ in ecologicarstudies are ones that are when adult. Insects include such which will help you to understand this many species of anim'als and plants definition. celled organisms), fungi,lower plants, easy to handle and sample. They animals as cockroaches"grasshoppers , "connected together". They are con­ flowering plants, invertebrate animals should also be ones with short life termites, butterflies, ants,beetles and 1) 'lb study the growth ofthe popula­ nected together in the sense that the (animals without backbones, such as cycles, because for a proper ecological flies (to mention just a few of the many tion of acertainspecies(kind), of plant animals either feed on the plants, or or animal during a given period of they feed on each other. So we have insects), fishes, amphibia, reptiles, study we often need to study two or different kinds of insect). birds and mammals. Entomology includes the study of time. For example, we might study a "relationships" between these plants several generations of the organism concerned. One can easily think of everything to do with' insects. It particular species ofmoth which lays 'and animals. We Cll-n, for some par­ Now the one group the Insecta - the organisms that are not ideal ecological therefore includes the study of the its eggs on a certain species oftree . The ticular area, try to work out, in the insects - includes over 800 000 known structure, physiology, behaviour, eggs hatch into tiny grubs called lar­ " form of a diagram, these various species, that is about half the total subjects for one reason or other. It heredity and evolution ofinsects. And vae, which feed on the leaves ofthe tree \ feeding relationships. We would be number of -known species of all would not be easy for example to make it also includes the ecology ofinsects and grow bigger. We might try to study constructing what is called a "food organisms. an ecological study of very deep sea (see below). Since there are many kinds the number oflarvae or the density of web" of the area. The word web in­ As an aside, I can add that many fishes. And ifwewant our studies to ex­ of insects, the study of the classifica­ larvae on individual trees, and the dicates connections, like the many more species oforganism remain to be tend over several generations, large tion (taxonomy) of insects is also an speed at which they grow. We might strands of a spider's web are connected discovered. Perhaps with a few groups, mammals are not ideal subjects important part of entomology. - also try to find out the amount of together. Usually however, it isimprac­ such as mammals, a large percentage because they may have one or less than Insects are.very important to man. foliage (leaves), that the larvae con­ ticable to work out anything like the of all the living species have beE!D one generation per year. ' In the first place, many insects pass on sume (eat). We might want to study complete food web. discovered. But this is not so with some Not all types of insect are easy, to diseases to man and other animals. A those animals (predators) which feed 4) Ultimately, as I explained in an groups of organisms. The en­ study ecologically. For example, some good example is the mosquitoe which on the larvae 'and find out if this has earlier article, all the energy in plants tomologists Richards and Davies spend a good deal oftheir life cycles hid­ transmits the tiny organism any appreciable effect on the density and animals comes from the sun. estimated a few years ago, that pro­ den away in places where it is difficult (Plasmodium the malarial parasite), ofthe larvae. We might want to study Plants trap the energy of the sun to bably the actual number of insect to sample them. But taking the group to man. Not all kinds of mosquitoes do the effects of the weather on the help them build up their own tissues. species alive today may be five or more as a whole, the Insecta is a good group ~ this however. development ofthe population of moth Some animals then eat the plants, and times the actual number known - ie to study from an ecological point of In the second place, many insects are larvae. 'lb do this we would need to let thus get their energy from the piallts. in the region of four million. view. of economic importance because they, 'our study extend over a few years to Other animals get their energy in­ Now ecology concerns relationships This· does not however, mean that have harmful effects on livestock and study variations in the weatherefrects. directly from plants because they feed between organisms. Clearly there are when we come to Ecology we will on crop plants. Probably, on a Such studies could be of great on other animals, which in turn feed far more insects to have relationships restrict ourselves entirely to the study worldwide basis, more than twenty­ agricultural importance if the tree on plants. Having then worked out the than any other group of organisms. of insects. ' five per cent of agricultural crop pro­ species concerned was an agricultural­ food web of an area, we might try to The second reason arises from the NEXT ARTICLE: duction is lost through the activity of ly important species. study the energy flow through that fact that many insects are of medical "The insect is a typical animal." insects, which damage and eat crop 2) Eachspeciesofanimalorplimthas , food web. and agricultural importance, as I have plants. what we ca11 a "distribution". By this WHY PUT ENTOMOLOGY AND already pointed out. Such insects have A good example of an insect which term we mean an area on the surface been intensively and extensively damages agricultural plants is the of our earth (world), within which a ECOLOGY TOGETHER IN ONE SERIES OF ARTICLES? studied. 'lb find outhowto control such moth called the Maize Stalk Borer species is confined. We might want to insects we need to know a great deal (Busseola fusca). This causes serious determine the extent of this area, and The answer is partly that it happens about their ecology. So the economic damage to maize. It also attacks try to find out what factors prevent the to be convenient to do so. But there are importance ofinsects has led to a great Sorghum. It Eihould then be clear that , species from spreading further. We other reasons. deal of ecological research that would Shifty -.'a fiercely indep~ndent company' .or SHIFTY Records, described as from SA soil by the authorities dur­ South Africa's "fiercely indepen­ ing a music tour. dent record company" has a Sanko mota is Frank Leepa, Windhoek Players to strive for progress number of tapes and albums to Maruti Selate, and Moss Nkofe, please the '~oe Public (who) is ~three musicians from Lesotho. ready to discard the bland com­ Frank and Moss both played for mercial pap that forms his staple Uhuruin 1976, and set the southern on a wider front of cultural activities musical diet and chew instead on Africa music scene ablaze. They the real South African bone". did a well-received tour of SA in 1979 which was cut short when TO MARK its teilthanniversary, the Windhoek Playersexperimen­ include theatre, painting, film, video, FORCES FAVOURITES authorities told them to leave the tal theatre group has said it·would continue its national cultural music and book reviews. country. activities in a more progressive way, andover a wider front, accor­ Laterjn the year, Windhoek Players Several groups have contributed Meanwhile .... they're still going ding to a press statement released to the media this week. will also be hosting a poetry workshop on this cassette, put together by with what they call their Malo­ for aspiring young poets in Namibia. End Conscription'Campaign and music. It has a good deal ofwestern Again, wellknown personalitJes in Shifty. Among them, Mapantsula, influence but still maintains an The statement says that the group's Included in their number are Barry that particular sphere, such as Sipho Aeroplanes, The Lurchers, Roger essentially :Urican feel. cultural contribution to all the people Hough (Rapport), Barry Ronge (Sun­ Sipamla will present the workshop. Lucy and last but not least, Jen­ ofthe country during the past decade day Time,s), and Kerneels Breytenbach In July, the Windhoek PlayeJ:s will nifer Ferguson. had also received an additional boost (Di~ Burger). participate in the Gnihamstown 'A nice compilation, the numbers with an agreement to the effect that The seminar is being offered to im­ Festival, staging its' 1985 winner ofthls cassette speak plainly about Windhoek Players would undertake prove the quality of art criticism and "Koning Van Die,Ashoop", and will be the disturbed times in 'which we drama on an agency basis. for the to present local artists with the oppor­ needing people to participate for this schools' resorting under, the Ail­ live. tunity of measuring their own -work purpose, and int,erested persons can ministration for Coloureds. against accepted art critic norms. , contact'Mr F Philander at telephone CHERRY FACED-LVRCHERS As a result of this agreement (ap­ The subjects that will be dealt with 33338 for auditions. . LIVE AT THE JAMESONS proved by the Coloured Administra­ tion last year), all schools in the coun­ NOT anew album, this was record­ try would thus be involved in the Win­ dhoek Players' youth theatre competi­ ed by the Lurchers in September * * 1<1 tt E 300 * * T Q I: 34 1 5 5 * * 1985. The recording captures the t~on at the end ofMay - the fourth an­ nual theatre competition to be atmosphere of the band and their , presented. Friday 15/1/88 - large and motley following at their It was also announced that Win­ drunken best. As Shifty says, 'doWn dhoek Players had brought a Friday &-Saturday: 14h30118hOO/21hOO a six-pack, approach maximum RICHARD N'Wamba's Iilbum, wellknown veteran of the theatre to Sunday: 14h30/17h30/20hOO volume and do the lurch, baby'. Chingombela'Dance, also on Shif­ Windhoek this year. During schoQI holidays: 10hOO f'S_ ty: Give it a listen. She is Mrs Esther van Ryswyk of BIG FOOT AND THE HENDERSONS: A delightful comedy for the RICHARD MZWAKE Cape 'lbwn, who is a lecturer in drama CHANGE IS PAIN at the University ofStell en bosch and whole family, starring John Lithgow. ' . THE AEROPLANES a wellknown personality in South THIS cassette by a Kenyanlivingin African theatre and television circles. South Africa (strong stuff it is in­ TRYING to do too much at once DurlngthefirstweekofJunesh!!will deed) has been banned for both and not really succeeding, was be presenting a comprehensive direc­ * * WlttDHOEI( DRIVE-Itt * * TQI: 51700 * * possession and distribution in how' our reviewer described this tor's course for teachers in Windhoek. South Africa. Take a listen to these album. 'A bit like a high school She has just completed the directing battle songs with kwela jazz band' he said. - of"A Midsummer Night's Dream" for 20hOO - backdrop, ifthere's still time before Shifty calls them a 'cult band to the Baxter Theatre in Cape 'lbwn. ROXANNE: Steve Martin and his 'nose' become inveigled in a classic the order is applied to Namibia as the left and others', and said they In addition, the statement said, Win­ triangle situation. well! developed their 'garage band dhoek Players would be presenting an sound' in Jamesons and central arts seminar during the first half of SANKOMOTA Johannesburg. this year. plus: , According to this announcement, a THE ARISTOCATS: One of Walt Disney's most famous and popular A STORY of survival. A story of (Call Graham Kirkpatrick at Win­ number of the most wellknown prac­ movies featuring a motley collection of some of the most entrancing three Lesotho musicians who have dhoek tel: 228166 for inquiries tising South African newspaper critics cartoon characters anyone could wish to meet. seen it all: the sudden expulsion- about Shifty). will be attendingthlstwo-day seminar. ----- 18 Friday January 15 1988 THE NAMIBIAN THE PONDO PART II' The Pondo belief in Tokoloshe is shared by many of the tribes in Southern Africa, especially the Xhosa and Zulu. Tokoloshe, also known as Hili or Gilikango, is described by the Pondo as a small . hairy being with a man's form, but so small that he only reaches to the average person's knees. He has hair all over his face and growing from his ears, and his face is like that of a baboon or monkey. Both the male a:qd female of the species seldom wear clothing. Ifthey do, itis made ofskinS. Tokoloshe speaks with a lisp and lives in crevices and under river banks. In addition, Tokoloshe carries a charm which renders him invisible to adults, other than those who possess him as a familiar. He can also be seen by children.

TOKOLOSHE bird, which hovered over her for a mo­ Some Pondo say they can clearly ment, then flew off into the forest. remember seeing tokoloshe as Mandumiso was at her wits' end to children, and recall having spent plea­ know what to do. She dared not tell her sant days playing with him in the veld. husband for fear of his anger, but she Now, as grown-ups, they see him no . could not overcome her love for the more. creature, which continued to meet her One among them, tells that one day, daily when she went milking. on his return from herding the flocks Then she discovered she was going to as a child, he informed his parents that bear her husband's child and she was he had spent the day at play with afraid, for she knew that the izulu tokoloshe. The next morning, being would try to harm it. very hot, he and his companions left When 'the baby was born, Man­ their blankets off and went to play in dumiso wrappedit in a kaross and hid the cool reeds of the river bed. it in a blanket in the hut before going When they returned- later, they to meet the izulu. But he was observant found tokoloshe sitting with a blacken­ and noticed at once that she was not ed heap of smoking ashes before him. well. "Why are you so weak you cannot He nodded portentously. walk?" he asked. "Yes:1 he said "thes'e are your "I was up all night dancing and I am blankets. You see what happens to· tired:' children who betray me to grown-ups?" "Why do you groan and clasp your The man also described how often side;' he said, smiling maliciously, "is tokoloshe would come into the house it dancing that hurts you so?" at mealtimes and filch the' food from "A little inyoko (snake) was in my the adults' plates, seen only by the blanket and bit roe in the side:' Man­ children. dumiso said. "Indeed. Then I must go at once to Away from the influence of witches your hut and kill that snake: , said the and sorcerers, tokoloshe is merely inzulu, leaping to his feet and running mischievious, seldom evil. He wanders up the path .. Mandumiso screamed, at will, getting up to childish pranks realising.that the izulu had not been -causinghavoc inahutby spilling the deceived by her lies and intended kill­ milk, filling all the calabashes with ing the child. water, pilfering, fiddling, stealing Desperately she tried to reach the sweetmeats and sugar. Doubtless it is hut before the izulu could find the baby, tokoloshe who takes the blame for the but when she reached the door, weep­ deeds of many a recalcitrant member ing and panting, she found the little of the family! body without a drop ofblood left in its veins. Thkoloshe only becomes dangerous Snatching it up in her arms she was when he has been caught and made the about to go and bury it when in came familiar of a 'witch, who uses him to her husband with the headman. carry out many evil deeds. "There stands the igqwira", he His hair is cut short (this keeps him shouted. "I knew she was a witch all in a docile state), and he is housed in the time. Now she has drunk her own a special storage hut. child's blood. She cannot deny it for Nobody is specific about how there is blood on her mouth and the tokoloshe harms people, so say that he baby is dead:' has an ikhubalo or charm, that causes In the face of such overwhelming sickness, others that he beats his vic­ evidence the headman could only tims, particularly when they have agree. Poor Mandumiso was put to gone to sleep. death, while the evil izulu flew away laughing to seek another foolish girl However, tokoloshe has a mind of his who wished to be beloved of men! own, and sometimes disobeys the orders of his master or mistress. Several stories are told about him taking pity on his viCtims and sparing Myths and Legends of them ofhis intended evil. This is usual­ Southern Africa ly the case when he has been sent out by Penny Miller against a child. , printed by A woman igqwira or witch, always TV Bulpin has a male tokoloshe who is her lover. Publications , (Pty) Ltd. . A few maintain that men have a Frightened, they had called the the dreamer has got, or is going to get stranger, dressed in a red blanket. His female tokoloshe, but others disagree, young man, Mbombela. He believed such a familiar. skin was black and shiny, his lips very saying only women possess tokoloshe. that what he saw was tokoloshe, and Th dream ofa river, green field or red. Indeed, those accused of possessing rushed in and killed it with a hatchet. pumpkins is the same as dreaming of He spoke endearingly to her and she him are almost always women. On dragging him out however, he an izulu, and has the same outcome. was pleased, thinking that the love Indeed, it is also said that a woman discovered he had killed a child. A married man is terrifiedofhis wife charm had worked already and she will always pass hertokoloshe on to her Mbombela was found guilty of getting an lzulu, as it is very jealous had ensnared the attractive stranger. daughter. Ifthe girl will not have him, murder, but the charge was reduced to and will certainly kill any children She met him every day by the river ~IEN(E he is insulted, and kills her. culpable homicide by the Appeal Court which are born to her. Only a diViner and grew to love him dearly, but he on the grounds that Mbombelahadge­ or doctor can treat a woman with an never mentioned marriage to her, ·NEVER WON Parents instruct their children to tell nuinely believed he was killing izulu, and he makes sure that he is welf although she often hinted at it. them if they see a short, hairy little tokoloshe. paid for effecting a cure. Then Mandumiso's father arranged a wedding for his daughter to a young man, and beat them if they admit to IZULU INYOKAYABAFAZI playing with tokoloshe in the bush. A man from another village. She was RIGHT6. child who grows up knowingtokoloshe, A familiar ,which is favoured by The Inyokayabafazi - the snake of miserable, for she thought she would may keep his friend into adulthood. In female witches is the izulu or impun­ women - is sent by wicked women to see her charming lover no more. MEN this case, the child );>~,comes an um­ dulu - the famed lightning bird. The bite children of those against whom Th her surprise however, a few days takathi or sorcerer: . , iiulu always appears to a woman in the they bear a grudgE!. The bite causes after arriving at her husband's Thkoloshe is killed by doctors, who form of a beautiful young man who bowel trouble or a sore throat. residence, she went.to milk the goats sell his fat and hair as a protective becomes her lover. It is said by some In the past, Pondo women were said early one morning and saw her lover medicine against him. He does not like that he always wears European dress, to carry the inyokayabafazi in a waiting for her in the mist. dogs chasing him, and is terrified of has a stiff collar, whiskers and a very tortoise-shell box hanging down their "You must not come here;' she warn­ mousetraps. A blad€ ofgras smeared red mouth! backs attheend ora thong. :it man could edhim. "NowIamamarriedIcansee with tokoloshe fat ~ll float upstream. Others claim that he wears a only kills this little snake by chopp'ing you no longer, or I would be disgraced. • .:J brightly-coloured blanket and comes it up with an axe find then burning it. The only man who can give me love is The fear and·' sj:strust. in which to a woman when she is alone fetching If he was not thorough, the snake my husband:,' " tokoloshe is held has'led iCi'tragedies. water or collecting firewood. A girl would revive and return to its"owner. The man s~iled wickedly. "But I am In 1933 a case came before the Ap­ may inherit an izulu from her mother MANDUMISO AND THE IZULU not a man, thel'\!fore I can come and go peal Court at B\'l.tterworth,. concerning - the mother may give it to her, or even as I please and need take no foolish a man, Mbombela, whQ had killed a share it with her. Mandumiso, a' young Pondo girl, orders from women!" child because he'had mistaken it for The izulu will do their bidding, bring went down one morning to wash in the 'mandU:miso started back in ho~~r tokoloshe. ' sickness and death to their enemies; river, taking her love charm which she as she realised what he was. "You are Apparently some children playing but on occasion it will turn against had bought from a herbalist. By rubb­ an izulu!" she cried and as she looked outside a disused hut had seen through them and may demand to suck the ing it on herself, she hoped to make at him, his red blanket grew longer and the chink of the door "something that blood oftheir relatives. If they refuse, herself beloved of men. ' bigger, and red mouth formed a cruel had two small feet like those of a it kills them. Standing on the bank when she beak. With a harsh screech the man human being:' Th dream of an izulu is an omen that came out ofthe river Wll-S a handsome turned into a great black and red izulu Friday 151988 19

Swabou meet draws The World Cup hosts

1934.1990 . -----...-=.;. a dozen Springboks France 1938 Switzerland 1954 THE SWA Amateur Athletics Union has received twelve accep­ tances from Springbok athletes for the SwabouAthletics meeting Sweden 1958 to be held at the tartan track (Windhoek Stadium) next Saturday. England 1966 w. Germany 1974 The event, which in the past three Dessiderius Baffrath (CDM - 800m), years has become Namibia's premier Gert de Bruyn (PUK - 800m), Jean Spain 1982 ' athletics meet, is this year expected to Malan (Stellenbosch - 800m), Daniel draw a record field. Muhuura (ROssing - 800m), Nester By the time of going to press this 'lbbias (CDM - 800m), Petrus Tumisi week, 81 top athletes (32 women and (Bloemfontein Achilles - 800m), 49 men), had already confirmed their Gabriel Awaseb (Otjiwarongo -mile), participation. Andrew Cunningham (Stellenbosch­ Two of the highlights this year will mile), Johannes Gomeb(Otjiwarongo again be the womens' highjump dual , -mile), Titus Haoseb (ROssing -mile), , between Springboks Charmaine Gale Lazarus Kapolo (CDM - mile), Jaco and Desire du Plessis and the mile, Labuschagne (Stellenbosch -mile), Ir­ where Springbok Deon Brummer, will mo Loth (Jan Mohr - mile), Johan be severely tested by the quickest man Schnetler(PUK-mile), Willie Schutz over the distance this year, Bennie (Stellenbosch - milt;), Zacharias Greyling. ' Ganuseb (ROssing - 5000m), Frank More highlights should come in the Kayele (TeL -5000m);Thomas Kayele sprint 'events where locally-reared (TeL -5000m), Edward Gariseb (TeL III II II Gerhard Barnard ofthe University of - 5000m), Johannes Hoxobeb (TCL - ;;,;,;;,0;;,;,;;,0,;;.;;,;.;___ -.-. the OFS should triumph in the 100 and 5000m), Markus Matsuib (Ot­ 200 metre events. , jiwarongo - 5000m), Hendrick Maasdorp (ROssing -5000m), Michael The other Springboks that will be 'lJiriange (Rossing - 5000m) and Jeff MOROCCO MAKES A BID FOR seen in action are: van Blerk (Windhoek Harriers - Willie Olivier (Welwitschia - Triple­ 5000m). jump), Johan Rossouw (SAP - 100m, WOMEN: Almarie Brand (Rau - 200m and relay), Annemarie Ie Roux 100m hurdles, long-jump and relay), n-. WORLD ClJP EXTRAVAGANZA (Germiston Callies - 100m hurdles, se Luneburg(UP -l00mhurdles, 100m THREE NATIONS ARE bidding to host soccer's most prestigious tournament drew big crowds in Los 100m and relay), Annie Ie Roux and relay), Annelize Blignaut (NKP - (Stellenbosch - 100m hurdles, long­ contest in 1994-many-time champions Brazil, wealthy newcomer, Angeles and the World Cup in Mexico high-jump), Marian Basson (PUK - achieved bettern-than-ever television jump and relay), Ina van Rensburg United States, with its extensive media facilities and Morocco, 100m, 200m and relay), Myrtle audiences in the United States - Na­ (NKP - 100m hurdles and relay), which wants to become the first African countryto stage the World Bothma (NKP - 200m, 400m and tional Broadcasting Corporation EvetteArmstrong(NKP -10Om,200m relay), Igna Botha (Swapol - 100m, Cup. Gemini News Service assesses the Kingdom's chances and covered seven matches, while the and relay), Madele Naude(University 200m and relay), Elise van Vuuren finds that its ~pplication may draw some support from Europe. OFS - 800m and relay), Maryna van (Stellenbosch -100m, 200m andrelay), sports network ESPN and the Spanish language network cbvered all 52 Niekerk (HAU -long-jump and relay), Rika-Jansen van Vuuren (Swapol - Morocco is battling against the meeting not only Youth and Sports Susan Lion-Cachet (UOFS - javelin 200m, 400m and relay), Yvonne matches. United States and Brazil for the right Minister AbdellatifSemlali, but also Lobbyists will also be arguing that and shot-put) and Zelda Botes (RAU - Goosen (Vaal Athletic Club - 800m), to host the world's biggest soccer ex­ King Hassan, a keen soccer fan. 400m). Ciska Swart (NKP - 800m), Ronel playingthefmals in the United States travaganza in 1994. In September, two top officials ofthe would give a major boost to the sport The rest of the field for the meet is: Roodt(UP-800m),BaristaNel(Swapol If the Kingdom beats the financial MEN: Kobus Dettman (UOFS-triple­ - long-jump), Emely Shilombwelue Royal Moroccan Football Association, in an important country. hitech and marketing claims of the Brazil will rely heavily on the sup­ jump), Axel Eichab (ROssing - triple­ (Rossing - long-jump), Ansie Driss Bamous and Benzerual Feddoul, United States, and Brazil's wealth of port of its prestigious son, FIFA sum­ jump), Immanuel Gomeb (ROssing - Geldenhuys (Otjiwarongo - discus, delivered a document to FIFA head­ organisational experience, it would be quarters, outlining Morocco's facilities 'premo Dr Havelange. The 71-year-old triple-jump), Bernhard Siepker shot-put andjavelin), Nanette van np.r the flrst African country to stage the and resources. industrialist has been at the helm (SWATF - triple-jump), Gerhard Bar­ Walt (UPE - discus and shot-put), World Cup. nard (UOFS -100m, 200m and relay), The country has two international­ since 1974 and in 1986 was elected Wilna van Vuuren (Swapol - iscus, The..three-countries were the only class stadiums, one 'n Casablanca, unopposed for a fourthfom-year term. Patrick Basson (ROssing - 100m and shot-put andjavelin), Colette Vermaak ones left in the running after the rejec­ relay),MEGawanab(CDM-100mand with a capacity of 80 000 people, the Brazil, winner of the World Cup in (Swapol - shot-put), R White (SAP - tion ofChile's bid by the Federation of other in Rabat, which can hold up to 1958,1962 and 1970, isa world soccer relay), Ben Human (Swapol- 100m, discus and shot-put), Sandra Willnis International Football Associations, 200m and relay), Willie Kubirske 60000. superpower. It hosted the finals in (HAU - discus and shot-put), Dalene (FIFA). More will be needed to do justice to 1950, and the MaracanaStadium built (Swapol-100m, 200m and relay), Nico Botha (Jan Mohr - javelin), Santie Moller, Tshakile Ndzimande (Presi­ Chile's application was made to en­ the world's premier soccer show: The for the occasion in Rio de Janeiro, re­ Kruger (ROssing -400mand relay) and sure that a South American candidate 1990 finals in Italy, for example, will mains the biggest football stadium in dent Steyn - 100m, 200m and relay), Aletta de Waal (Swatf - 400m). Gary Smit (Swapol - 200m), Samuel remained if Brazil withdrew, but be spread over 12 stadiums, some yet the world. van Aswegen (Germiston Callies - Brazil reaffmned its intention ofstay­ to be built, some requiring substantial Morocco will press the point that alterations. ' since the first World Cup finals in 200m, 400m and relay), Josef FOOTNOTE: Bad news for the ing in the race. At Mexico, the opening and final Uruguay in 1930, the event has been Auchumub (Rossing -400m and relay), organisers came this week when A FIFA Committee will inspect stadiums, hotels and other facilities in matches were staged at the spec­ staged either in South America or Martin Dandu (ROssing - 400m and both Desiree du Plessis and Char­ the three countries between now and tacular Aztec stadium in Mexico City, Europe. relay), Deon Garbers (UP -400m and maine Gale let it be known that April. but other matches were played in Its application will attract support relay), Lucky Gawanab (Rossing - they would riot be able to par­ The final decision will be made dur­ Monterrey, Guadalajara, Queretaro, from African delegates during voting 400m and relay), Ellis Hoa-Khoab ticipate in the meet. Du Plessis is headed overseas to ing the FIFA Congress in Zurich, Irapuato, Leon, Puebla, at the FIFA congress in July. (Wennie du Plessis - 400m), Theron Nezahualcoyotl and'lbluca. It may also attract support from Human (TCL -400m and relay), Leon study, while Gale is nursing a hill Switzerland, in July. The United States was keen to host European delegates because ofMoroc­ van Biljong (Stellenbosch -400m), Joe injury sustained in Stellenbosch Morocco made history in Mexico in 1986 by becoming the first African the 1986 finals after the original hosts, co's proximity to Europe, because no Absai (CDM - 800m and mile), last week. country to qualify for the second round Colombia pulled out for financial European nation has won the cup in of the World Cup finals. That perfor­ reasons. It was turned down on the Latin America, and because there is no mance inspired the Kingdom to offer grounds that soccer was not a big European candidate. itself as host for the 1994 contest. enough sport there, despite the The FIFA constitution stipulates CRlJCIAL AGM FIFA President Joao Havelange availability of stadiums and funds. that World Cup finals cannot be stag­ visited MOrocco for talks with govern­ 'But things have changed in the last ed twice in succession on the same FOR·NNSL ment officials on the application, four years. The 1984 Olympic soccer continent. ------BY DAVE SALMON------THE ANNUAL . General All teams affiliated to the NNSL Meeting of the Namibia Na­ must send at least two representatives Lindemeier does it again tional Soccer League on to the Hotel Staebe in Omaruru for the January 30 in Omarutura at AGM. . Other points on the agenda include JORG Lindemeier last Satur­ (1 :28,21) and 3 Kerry-Jane McIntyre • 400m Individual Medley - Men: 1 09hOO will be the most crucial day on~e again swam a qualify­ (1:34,33). Robert Sargent (5:52,76), 2 Tilmann held by the body in its' three discussions points raisedby clubs, the chairman'srepo'rt, new 8ffiIiations, the ing time for the South Arica~ • 100m Breaststroke - Men: 1 Jorg Sonntag (6:17,19),3 Markus Pfaffen­ years of existence. ,- financial report, the programme for Champions'hips when he Lindemeier (1:10,35), 2 Heinrich thaler (6:46,25) and 4 Urs-Phillip , After initially only representing the 1988 season including the struc­ Mohrmann (1:18,43), 3 Gunter WEtYer­ Sonntag (7:09,67). clocked 1:10,35 in the 100m muller (1:22,38) 'and 4 Marco MEtYer eight teams when the League was tres ofthe different leagues and the hir­ breaststroke eventfor men at a formed in 198,5 after a .break-away ing of fields. (1:23,77). special Open Gala held at the • 400m Freestyle - Women: 1 Kerry­ from Swafa, the NNSLhas grown over , TheVice-chairmanoftheNNSLMr Windhoek municipal pool. The the past three years where it today Jeffrey Kavendji said this week that Jane McIntyre (5:51 ~ 22), 2 Donne represents 80 per cent of all teams in new appointments will only be made qualifying time for this event is Megenis (6:05,91) and3 TheresaBrits (6:20,12). Namibia. in the event of resignations. The PRO 1:10,85. \ Last year, with several new clubs af­ of the League Mr Oscar Mengo has Earlier in the aquatic season, • 400mFreestyle-Men: 1 Gnter: WEtYer­ filiating, the NNSL discovered that been threatening to resign since last Lindemeier qualified for the 200m muller (4:53,92), 2 Robert Sargent (4:54,02),3 Tilman Sonntag (5:15,26) their administrative capabilities were year. . breaststroke event. inadequate ' to efficiently run the Mr Kavendji said that the NNSL this In the 800m freestyle for women, and4 Marcus Pfaffenthaler (5:21,43). various leagues and to organise the year willinsist on all clubs submitting , Martina Forster missed qualifying for • 800m Freestyle- Women: 1 Martina various lucrative sponsore!i tour­ their minutes of meetings and all the SA cbampionships to be held in Forster (10:00,91). naments which were held last season. financial statements to the NNSL for Pretoria in March by 2.19 seconds after • 1500m Freestyle - Men: Gunter For these reasons, officials on the scrutiny to help the League get football completing the distance in 10:00,91. WEtYermuller (19:2,98). NNSL have at long last decided to take back on the right footing. The qualifying time for the event is • 200m Butterfly - Women: Martina note of those who for years have been Mr Kavendji said that the onus is on 9:58,72. Forster (2:52,09). ' ian calling for the appointment of a full· the clubs to help the NNSL get soccer I • 200m Butterfly - Men: Heinrich time soccer administrator and .the running smoothly. The full results for the Special Open Mohrmann (2:40,39). establishment of a soccer office. ' "Ifthings are right at club level, then Gala were: • 400mIndividuai MedlEtY - Women: These are the two most important things with the NNSL will also be • 100m Breaststroke- Women: 1 Mar­ 1 Frauke Bucking (5:42,61) and2 Elga items on the January,30 agenda. OK:' said Mr Kavendji. tina Forster (1:27,92), 2 Elga Drews Drews (5:42,89). ___ ::e :

20 Friday January 15 1988 THE NAMIBIAN A SECTION RUGBY 'SOFT'

ACCORDING TO MANr ·S TWO OF South Africa's top rugby players, SWA skipper Gerhard Mans and Griqua skipper, Andre Markgraaf, reckon that A section Currie Cup rugby is soft in comparison with rugby in the B sec­ tion, and feel that the newly-promoted SWA team have no reason to fearthe coming season. Markgraaf and Mans should know, as they both previously played rugby in the A section - Mans for the OFS and Markgraaff with Western Provin.ce. What the two forgot to emphasise Whereas there were several 'easy' July 2 vs Natal in Windhoek. however, is the fact that they were play- matches last season, there will only be July 23 vs Northern Transvaal in . ing for teams vastly superior to SWA one this season -a compulsory friend­ Pretoria. and were involved in matches where ly against WP League on April 9. August 6 vs Western Province in the relative strengths of the teams Another aspect which could' well Windhoek. were almost equal. make the season 'tough' rather than August '27 vs Transvaal w Had Markgraaff and Mans played soft for the Southwesters is all the Johannesburg. for Northern OFS in the A section over adverse publicity the team received September' 3 vs Eastern Province in the past two years, they certainly . after their robust display against Tv I Windhoek. would not have found the rugby quite in the semi's. September 10 vs OFS in Bloemfontein. so soft. From our point of view, Transvaal's The first and second rounds of the This season, SWA take over from squealing was merely sour grapes but Lions Cup competition take place on where N OFS failed so dismally and the negative comments by the March 26 and April 23 respectively, will immediately be tipped to finish as Transvaalers about SWA rugby will with thesenii-finalsto be played on Ju­ the wooden-spoonists - soft rugby or not have been lost on the other A sec­ ly 9 and the final on July 30. '" <':"~ - , ... >:

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