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• TODAY: GANG TERRORISES GOBABIS ~ SCHOOL BOYCOTTS IN NORTH' SUPER SPORT' Africa South Vol.3 No.383 N$1 .50 61994 mbudsman , slams uibeb Udo Klopfer is suspended TOM MINNEY THE OMBUDSMAN slams the CHRISTOF MALETSKY Foreign Affairs permanent secretary in a special report, SW AKOPMUND District Commissioner Udo Klopfer has betn temporarily accusing Andreas Guibeb of suspended pending the outcome of a favouritism "tantamount to dep~rtmenta1 investigation. corruption". Kloprer is report 10e report was undertaken after media contro edly acaded of de versy on seven Mercedes Benz can; for Namibia's hUnl Che ends of diplomatic missions overseas, which persuaded justice. Gu ibeb 10 ask Ombudsman Jariretunda Kozonguizi Police Medilll Liai to investigate Guibcb's own role. toO Omcer Edwln Ombudsman Kozonguizi, whose repon was ta KanguatJlvl con bled yesterday in the National Assembly. after firmed the su s pen ~ being submitted to Foreign Affairs MinislerTheo. sion yesterday after Ben Gurirab. aisoqueslions a payment ofN$16 000 noon. He said a letter to Guibeb a1 lhe time from the French aid-related had been handed 10 company which bought the lU XUry cars. KJopfer In wbich he He says he has to accept Guibeb's explanation had been Informed that the payment was for a personal computcrwhich that allegations of he sold them but "il is interesting the documents defeating the ends of produced by Nam[T() contained no reference to the Above: Ombudsman justice are ~lng In purpose of the payment". He slams Guibeb for J a riretunda vestigated against "obvious reluctance to produce original files". Kozonguizi. Right: Kozonguizi slams the Ministry for abusing the cont. on page 1 Permanent Secretary cont. on page I Andreas Guibeb. Poll 10 suspended after in KwaZulu 'Our boys in Angola Elections cannol in are doomed' says Concordia violence ...beld .."..,. KwaZuJu Problems apparently started brew FRAN NA KAVA RI ing at a fundraising function at the by • ex-32 Batallion man school on March 25, when two rival TEN al pupils Windhoek's groups quarrelled. The trouble spilled Concordia· College have been over into Saturday when the fighting JOHANNESBURG: Former veteran of the AngolanlSouth African temporarily suspended from became physical. commanding officer of the now war of the '70s and 'SOS, said the living in the hostel following Yesterday, Concordia principal disbanded 32 Batsllion, Colonel campaign was doomed, and with it the violence at the school 10 days Gerald Barber said the other six pupils ....... J an Breytenbach, has called on South African soldiers . ago. had been suspended as they had been the South African government Breytenbach as the soldiers has been toral misled into going to Angola. During the incident a pupil sus bystanders but had done nothing to to investigate claims of South A South African-based company, tained serious injuries after he was stop the fighting. African mercenaries fighting in Krie&ler said run by fenner members 0(32 Batallion attacked with a panga. Barber said the school was waiting Angola. ........ .. and the Civil Co-operation Bureau 1lle suspension of the 10 pupils for the court decision loenable them 10 Breytenbach told SABC radio news (CCB), recruited the soldiers ostensi· came into effect on Mareh 31 and is workout what disciplinary steps should "'''1"' yesterday that between 300 and 400 "ork~nl bly to guard oil installations in Angola effective until April 14. be taken to prevem similar incidents tee', conclusion fonner members of such uni ts as but ended up fighting in the civil war. The group includes the four pupils from happening in the future. State Presick-nt Koevoet, 32 Batallion, the Parabats At least onc of them. Steyn Marais. whosubscquemly appeared in theJu He blamed the incidem on alcohol de KJrrk, the and reconnaisance regiments were in had either been kidnapped orkilled by · venile Court on charges of assault and which had been brought in from out sltional northern Angola. Unita. di SC harging fireanns in a Municipal side the school premises and said the He said they were engaged in op area. school had approached the Drug Pre Nelson erations with the Angolan govern Breytenbach caJled o n the govern- Their case was postponed to April vention and Law Enforcement Bureau ment and were involved in a cam- ment to investigate the company and 22 and they were all placed in the to close down a shebeen near the col· ister h" paign to Unita. bring the South Africans back as a custody of the ir parems. However. himself a matter of 2 Wednesday April 6 1994 THE NAMIBIAN VACANCY Klopfer Kalkfeld PERSONAL SECRETARY Boycotts hit two I FROM PAGE 1 killing ... him. Senior partner in a local law firm He will be on full pay TANGENI FilIipus was seeks personal secretary. suspension until the in yesterday found guilty of vestigation has been com schools in North culpable homicide for the pleted. death"of Ka lkfeld farmer Applicants must: Sources indicated lhat Wilhclm Engelhard on .. affiliated Nanso, Abraham Ndumbu, an investigation had al OSYfALD SHIVUTE AND September 21 1992. -be fluent in English ready started a >'leek ago. when the ir cases'are discussed-by the Fillipus was'also found ABSALOM SHIGWHEO., board . -be capable of accurate short- According to them. guilty of housebreaking KIOpfer may have witheld Al a meeting yesterday parents de with intent to rob and rob hand and typing PUPILS fro~ Nangolo C"idctl thaf their sons and daughter v ital informa\ion he Secondary School at Oluno ' bery_ -have at least 5 years experience should return to school and that no His co-accused, Elifas should have passed' on '10 yesterday continued to boycott ·be a Namibian citizen head office in WindhQek. action should be taken against them. Nangala and Epafras 11 is believed it was re classes .and demanding the Education officials told the meeting Jakob were found guilty -be computer literate latedtoa case involving a removal of their principal that they had taken note of the pupils' of housebreaking with in policeofficeratthecoaslal Redemptus Kamali, claiming he demands and would "examine" them. tent to rob. Applications In writing to be town found guilty of fail does not work in their interest. Yesterday pol ice monitored the pu The three men were accused o f killi ng addressed to Mrs. van Rooyen ing to turn up for work. According 10 thc learners, Kamali pils as they marched round the school Engelhard at hi s farm clo Box 85, Wlndhoek on or Howevcrafterlhedocu had asked them to pay school fees of grounds singing and shouting: "Down mentshadapparenll y been Wilhel m-Albrechtstal. N$50 instead of the normal N$25. Kamali Down". before 18 April 1994. given to KIOpfer. they Theywere alsoaccused Many are demanding their N$25 back. After the meeting they told The were never forwarded to of housebreaking with in "as soon as possible". Namibian: "We will not go to clasess Nampol in Windhoek. until the headmaster is removed." tent 10 rob and robbery Last week a pol ice team Pupils also claim that Kamali prac with aggravating circum There was another class boycott in •••• ••••••• went to Swakopmund tices corporal punishment and denies stances. to the Nonh last week. investigate and, based on learners Ihe righl 10 be members of Sentencing is expected • their initial findings, de. students' movements such as Nanso. Pupi Is al ShilUwa Combi ned School today. Last week the three • cided th atKIOpferbe tem On Thursday the school bo.ard met near Endola shut their books, and denied statements they • porarily suspended. to try and solve the problem. How downed their pens 10 demand the re made 10 police when they • Approached for com ever, the learners stuck 10 thcir de lurn to school of24 fellow pupi ls who were arrested. n_ • ment. KIOpCer remained mand that Kamali be removed. had been te mporarily sent home for All prcviousallegations sil ent and later put the 'They are also demanding 10 be rep spending their time at cuca shops dur were dismissed in the .- ' phone down. resented by the presidenl of the Swapo- ing school hours. High Court yesterday. 11'30 Dolly A2l\I"'" ..... Ombudsman's report slams Guibeb - AFRICA W_1y .7. ."., FROM PAGE 1 NamtroJSlired for what Dolly A300 AI50 ever reasons he had al g.ood faith of the tender the time, not excluding Guibeb's reply • MALAWI, board which gave it ex- the possibility of future • W_1y Il2OO ..., e mptions totalling 'back-robbing'between FOREIGN Arfairs Ministry which he said was "not relevant for the . -N$20,2 million. himself and one or both • Oally .... .'550 permanent secretary Andreas purposes of the invcsti gati on". • He says the deal in- of those companies ... Guibeb said last night he did not In a Ic tter dated March 3 1993, in ZAMBIA, volved extra eosu of "TIle permanent sec • W_1y • accept the ver dict of cluded in Kozonguiz.i;s report as i • ..:IS • more than N$85 000 retary: Foreign A'fairs was being finalised more than a ycar Dalty ."'" Ombudsman Jariretunda • .. ,. .'820 • wh ich were snapped up proved himself not to ago, Guibeb rejected many of thc Kozonguizi's report, dismissing • • by French Government possess the qualities ex charges. FRANCE, GERMANY, most of its findings as based on • • aid-related companies pected from a person in He said the Ministry did contact thc •• EUROPE, BRITAIN "circumstantial evidence" and W_ 1y A500 .... Stired and local subsidi- his position ... (the N$16 Mercedcs Benz fac tory which referred • Dolly • ,:100 A25CIO ary NamlrO which at the OOOpayment)camc"ata "innuendo", them 10 local dealers in thc countries . timeemployedGuibeb's time coinciding with the " I would nOI have asked for an In view of the likely delays and lack of AMERICA wife, under her maiden purchase of the vehicles investigation if I had anything to fear," staff resources in the Ministry, this ...