20 February 1987

Mother andehild' detained ))y poliee BY CHRIS SHIPANGA AN INFANT girl, her parents, and 11 other people were being held under "security legisla tion" a police spokesman in Windhoek confirmed this ' week. Confirming the detention without trial of the 14 persons, ChiefInspector Tubby Kaajik, ofthe SWA Police Head quarters found it normal and logical that the baby was being held with her mother. Asked whether alternative ar rangements could not have been made for the very young baby rather than ~ 'holding it" with its mother, the In spector remarked: "What other alter natives? They are not jailed, they are Approximately 600 Rehoboth Basters volunteered to fight for South Africa in the, merely held in detention". The persons held are Mrs Wilika Second Wor~d War after they were promised by the South African Government that Ainima and Mr Titus Shalimba, they would receive farms, plots ofland and money when they returned. None_oft}iem' parents to the baby. - 'Yere ever ~epaid for their services in the manner promised. Pictured above are'three Mrs Mariana Phillipus, Mrs Eva of the last remaining R~hoboth 'Old War:riors'. Full s~ony ~and inside to<\ay. ShaIiingi, Mrs 'Ulimi Endjala, Mrs Elizabeth Amukwaya, Mr Konis . Sh90mbe, Mr Nestor Thbias, Mr Lameck Kadhila, Mr Frans • Nangombe, Mr Izack Shoome, Mr NO CONSENSUS HIEMSTRA . Joseph katofaand his father Mr Katofa Shilongo. The latter two were JUDGE VICTOR Hiemstra, Chairman of the 'Constitutional of view of the National Party, , recently detained under AG 9, while Council' said this week that it was feasible to complete the con represented by its leader, Mr Kosie the other people were all detained in stitution in the next two to three months. Pretorius, was not prepared to com the course oflast month. ment. Similarly, Mr Pretorius Confirming a visit of 13 of the. himself, when approached, said he l8-member Council to northern too would prefer not to comment. Namibia .(Ovamboland) which was Judge Hiemstra also confirmed "part of the plan to view the whole that as yet there was no agreement country", Judge Hiemstra said the " in the Council on the ' question of Council had visited all areas of the whether and how ethnic/cultural country in order to familiarise groups would be represented in the themselves with the views of the new constitutional dispensation. local population. Asked about problems in the Coun (The Constitutional Council, cil because the leadership ' of the chaired by Judge Hiemstra, is com various parties were not present dur posed of six DT A delegates, two each ing deliberations, Judge Hiemstra ofthe other five parties, in addition confirmed that it was "difficult", but to two fr:om the CANU party which that he consulted with the leaders of has just joined the Council). JUST ARRIVED!, the various groups outside the CounciL . a big selection of According to the Constitutional Council Act, the constitution, if com Academy' results pleted within a period of 17 months THE REGISTRAR of the Academy, Mr William Fox, has announced • Cork tiles (which expires in July this year), examination results for 1986 which show a 76 percent pass rate as com should be adopted by consensus, after pared to 78 percent the previous year. which only a two-thirds majority is The s!lid 'subs' results had not bee received yet. • ,Wallpaper necessary for the ratification of the , 'The highest pass percentage was scored by nursing science with 95 per document. cent pass rate, followed by education with 91 percent. The lowest performances • Posters Judge Hiemstra, asked whether were recorded in the science faculty with 48 percent pass rate. (We mount them for you) there were problems within the Mr Fox said 3110 students had registered this year, showing a growth of Council, particularly from the point 15 percent compared with last year. We do not only sell * PAINT NP says matter is resolved but are also stockists of NATIONAL p'arty leader, Mr Kosie Pretorius, confirmed this week that Mr Janniede Wet ORIGINAL had accepted the portfolio of Agriculture and Sea Fisheries 0;0. the condition that, he resign (all Spares from the White Administration's Executive Committee, because of a "conflict of interests~'. & Service) He also said the matter had been resolved satisfactorily. **.- GENERAL POOL EQUIPMENT Mr Pretorius also said that Mr de .Wet would resign from the Exco at the and much more end of the financial year (March) and a caucus would determine on March * GARDENA 10 who would be appointed in the vacancy left by Mr de Wet's resignation. It. was the view of the Cabinet that Mr de Wet , in holding the' portfohos of agriculture both at central government and ethnic government level, would fi nd himself in a "conflict of interests". It was therefore agreed that he would retain the Agriculture portfolio at central government level if he resigned from the White Executive Committee. However, Mr Pretorius said that Mr de Wet would remain a member of the White Legislative Assembly. : :: » ... .... 2 Friday February 20 1987 THE NAMIBIAN One pamphlet issued by the securi- , ty forces deals with the bomb blast at the First"National Development Corporation's Capri vi Toyota on January 31 this year, and blames Security -forces Swapo for the deed_ The statement goes on to say that "we in Caprivi do_ not wish to see terrorism return to this area and reject all attempts by • Swapo and its affiliates, like Nanso, to bring instability to the area". A separate pamphlet, known as interfering In 'Buniti' and purportedly issued by the Namibia Christian Action (the same typewriter was used for both pamphlets) said the CCN was "fool ing the people of Caprivi with their futile attempts to establish educa- , politics/religion tional facilities in Capri vi" . The statement went on to say that ----------BY CHRIS SHIPANGA AND GWEN LISTER ---______- any qualification received at a CCN SECURITY FORCES in Caprivi are interfering in the political situation by distributing pamphlets con Mr Paddy Mwazi institution was not recognised by the demning organisations such as the Namibia National Stuaents Organisation (Nanso); and also in the Department of 'National Education religious arena by condemning the involvement of the Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN) in educa nor the second tier governments; that tionalactivities in the area. ' these qualifications were not general- ' ly accepted by organised business as its own correspondence college, all bian) matric qualification of Mr Mar people". and commerce in Namibia; arid that staffed by "competent" teachers. tin Mulondo, and whether this was In response to these allegations, Dr these qualifications would not allow The statement went on to say that "adequate enough to teach our Abisai Shejavali, General Secretary students to further their studies Mr Boniface Likando and Mr Paddy children?" . of the CCN, told The Namibian that elsewhere in Namibia or South Mwazi, the "prime activists for the The statement concludes by saying the CCN had been invited by the peo Africa. _CCN" in the area, were both former ' that "those who join the CCN must ple of Caprivi to assist in educational They added that Caprivi had suffi members of Swapo's external wing, realise that they will be identified and other matte.rs. He said there cient senior secondary schools as well and they also questioned the (Zam- and rejected by us, the Caprivian were presently hundreds of students without education in the area. Roman Catholic Bishop Boniface Haushiku had called on the CCN to assist in Caprivi, and the Catholic Church had agreed to provide premises for this purpose. Swapo members, Mr Boniface Likando and Mr Martin Mulondo, Invest now have reacted vehemently to the pam phlets of the securitY forces. Mr Mulondo said that ' it was Mr Boniface Likando "madness" to talk of sufficient and efficient secondary schools in Caprivi. To date, he said, the CCN_' for future . had 500 registered students, which showed that it was far more popular than the Caprivi correspondence college. He added it was Ii shame for securi ty forces to say there were enough competent teachers. Most of them were not trained and the pass rate at secondary schools in Caprivi was shocking. Many of the teachers were members of the SADF, he added. Immediately the pamphlets were distributed, Mr Mulondo said, people had started tearing them, saying it was the work of the socalled Namwi Foundation and their "masters" in the SADF. Saying the writers 'of the pam phlets were "South African agents", Mr Likando asked why they were distributed at night and why the Mr Marlin Mulondo writer thereof did not identify He said "as a member of Swapo it himself. is my job to organise for Swapo just He praised the CCN role in educa as the members ofthe National Par tion and said there were many Capri ty organise", adding that the vians with Zambian matriculation Supreme Court had ruled it was not working in the area, and "making illegal for Swapo to hold meetings. money" for organisations such as the "The time to indoctrinate people is FNDC. over", Mr Likando said_ Cabinet opposes curfew ~ppeal THE CABINET of the interim Own your own Krugerrand with a small deposit. government recently gave notice that it intends to oppose We offer you a service - the opportunity to buy your own gold. the application for leave to ap A small deposit secures your coin at today's price. The balance owing is then peal against . the Supreme paid over 24 months. Should you wish to sell your coins at any time, we will Court ruling which upheld the pay you the full market value. curfew regulations applicable We now hold stocks of coins for our cash buyers.

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