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On Leader Of SMEAR EFFORT ON. LEADER- OF SWAPO FAILS Attempted confro-ntation , failed, says Gurirab THE SWAPO President, Mr Sam Nujoma, had not spoken to Ms Talitha Schmidt of the Parents Committee, and the alleg­ ed assault was an apparent attempt to 'smear' the Swapo ~ollege students deDlonstrate- movement. This was stated by the movement's Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr Theo-Ben Gurirab, who spoke to Mark DEMO ... .iTRATING students at the Khomasdal Teachers' Training College pictured yesterday. Full story inside Verbaan in London yesterday. - today: ~- ~. Reacting to reports of ar. alleged assault on a member ofthe socall­ ed Parents Committee, Mr Gurirab said in London that Mr Nujoma had not even addressed the woman, and totally denied reports of the alleged assault. Mr Nujoma was in Strassbourg, France, as a guest of the European-Com­ mission, when the alleged incident occurred. - Speaking to Mark Verbaan in Lon­ for Belgium, and Mr Nico Scholten, the Mr Glin, seeing members of the don, Mr Gurirab traced the events of President of West European Parents Committee, had takenMr N u­ Wednesday as follows: Parliamentarians Against Apartheid. joma's arm and led him immediately He said that Mr N ujoma was due to He was also in the company ofSwapo's into the conference centre. While he address the conference at about 15hOO, Paris and Bonn representatives was walking, one of the woman had BE SMART and had passed through the check­ respectively. shouted 'release our children' but Mr point ofthe cQnference centre in order Waiting in the foyer at the time was Nujoma had not even turned back. to be given an identification tag. He Mr Phil ya Nangoloh of Swapo According to Mr Gurirab, Mr Nu­ B-EWARM had entered a busy lobby in the com­ Democrats in Windhoek, Ms TalItha joma had not even heard the question pany of his host, Mr Ernest Glin, a Schmidt and Ms Stella Boois of the Member ofthe European Parliament socalled Parents Committee. Continued on page 3 FOR WINTER! Sao TODl.erefugees -no hunger strike REPORTS OF a threatened Mr Johan Pretorius, Chief Director hunger strike by the Sao Tome BY JOHN LlEBENBERG Immigration, confirmed the visits of refugees presently being held De Santos on previous occasions as at the Walvis Bay prison, were authorities with a hunger strike. The well as the visit in January and said - that he had not heard from him since, rejected as "not being true" by authorities said that when prisoners went on a hunger strike, they are pro­ but added that he had applied for a visa the Prisons Service Liaison Of­ vided with three meals a day, and to return to R:>rtugaL ficer in Pretoria, Brigadier EC treated strictly in accordance with the He denied any -knowledge of the van Rensburg. Internationally-accepted guidelines group's intention ofjoining Unita, and pertaining to such persons as outlin­ said he also did not know of any pro­ Men's Winter jerseys The group of76 refugees, who arriv­ ed in t~e Tokyo Declaration. _ mises made by the leader that they top quality, assorted colours ed in Walvis Bay at the end of April last Medical treatment had been provid­ would be released by the 12th of fromR38,OO year, _were initially held at IWokop ed by a medical practitioner, and the February ~his year. Military Base, but have since been prisoners were allowed to write a-nd Mr Pretoriusattributed the reports transferred to Walvis Bay prison, receive letters. The authorities added oftheir release to their leader, who had Men's Winter shirts where according to reports, they"are en­ that they made use of this facility. his own deliberations with the group. during great hardship due to lack of The group, who according to previous "We are waiting for his proposals and conon/wool , very smart designs food and medical assistance. newspaper reports were members ofa it is up to him and the group if they" R20,95 Correspondence to their families, resistance group in Sao Tome, and had want to join Unita. All we are in­ the International Red Cross and the reportedly requested to go for training terested in is their departure". United Nations have allegedly been with U nita, are apparently becoming The group's greatestfear, according Blankets, all colours! refused, seemingly the reason for the more frustrated with their leader, a to reports, is the_possibility of being from R17,55. threats by the group to refuse the certain Mr MAR de Santos ofR:>rtugal, repatriated to Sao Tome, where they prison food. who has not been able to secure their believe they will face certain death. When asked for comment on the release and repatriation. They are presently being detained as at allegations; the prison authorities DeSantos, who has visited the group prohibited persons by order of the replied that no complaints had been on previous occasions in Walvisbay, Department oflnternal Affairs in ac­ W1RMANN.BROCK received about the food, or a lack and has held talks with the Depart­ cordance with Regulation 26 pro­ HOLESALE - thereof, and that none of the -said ment oflnternal Affairs on the release mulgated under Ad 59 of1972, subse­ @ prisoners are or were on-a hunger ofthe group, has alSO disappeared since quent to- the group being refused Tel: (061) 32391 strike, or had threatened the prison he last saw the group in January. residence in South Africa. 2 Friday May 15 1987 _ THE NAMIBiAN GermanIG. '-Cabinet to meet Botha TaE CABINET of the interim ohjeets government has requested a -• meeting with the State President of THE German Interessenge­ South Africa on May 22, to discuss , the "constitutional process" in meinschaft (lG), has expressed - Namibia. its strongest protest against In a press release this week the Swapo's - Administrative Cabinet said that their standpoint on -Secretary Mr Moses Garoeb's the constitutional process was as reported statement last week follows: , at it workshop in Bonn, and has That the Constitutional Council in' called on _the movement to terms of Section 4 of the Constitutional "unambiguously explain the Council Act, would submit to the Cabinet a report and draft constitution utterances". on June 12 (the expiry of the prescrib­ The IG's President, Mr KW von ed period of 17 months). Marees, said in a statement this week, In the event that a report and draft that remarks such as those made by Mr constitutional would not be submitted Garoeb were unacceptable' to most because of lack of unanimity on the broadminded people, Constitutional Council, the Cabinet He also asked whether the Swapo Hore politieal aetion needed to would be entitled to instriIct the Con­ movement abroad ' consisted of stitutional Council to approve the draft radicals, whose aim was achieving constitution by majority vote. All par­ power with a total disregard of ties not represented on the Council, everything else and also other peoples' they said, were invited to make their hopes for the future, suppleme~t Plan's war effort constitutional proposals known. Mr Von Marees said agressive com- organs such as the CCN for grassroots The Cabinet would then decide the ~were to be expected on the West BY RAJAH MUNAMAVA ------ support, adding "but not aid aimed at manner in which the different pro­ '. German development aid, but that THE IAI-I/GAMS signatories to last week's World Council ofChur­ trying to undermine genuine in­ posals were to be dealt with, whether they could not be accepted if unclear ches conference in Lusaka, have been called upon to broaden their dependence by creating a middle class they were capable of reconciliation, buffer", and unqualified arguments were used, activities, and to take it much more vigorous approach in pursuit whether they be subjected to popular If for party political and strategic of Namibian independence. _ The group did not visit the Nyango test, and in which manner they should reasons, development aid should only Refugee Camp which houses Nami­ be implementea. be offered to a limited extent before in- bian refugees as planned,_after advice Finally the statement called on dependence to avoid the perpetuation Briefing the media this week, the The group envisaged 1987 as ayear not to from President Kenneth Kaun­ South Africa to allow "the inhabitants of the status quo, every party should group's Chairman, Mr Joshua Hoebeb, of more action inline withSwapds call da, who cited security reasons, of Namibia to consider their constitu­ evaluate and comment on the matter said his delegation had also agreed to to the people of Namibia tore-dedicate Nyango is about 450 kilometres from tional future themselves whereupon for themselves, he said the intensification ofthe struggle at lill themselves to the struggle for final Lusaka and it is understood President negotiations concerning final im­ "It is completely unacceptable to levels , He said the delegates were con­ victory, Kaunda was concerned at the danger plementation with South Africa will hear from the top management of one vinced (and there was no doubt in the Mr Hoebeb said further that during of a possible South African-attack on take place", and the same group talking about minds of the large body of Christians. private talks with various delegations the delegates, reconciliation and murder threats who attended the conferer.ce), that the at the conference, it emerged that the However,they did visit the Makeni simultaneously - and to realise they Namibian struggle was being waged issue of pre-independence develop­ transit Camp, and a children's creche want people to believe both, This way by fellow Christians, practising and ment aid could not be condoned, and a clinic near Lusaka, run by the we will stay ensl'aved by intolerance non-practising, against the unjust and He said West Germany was pouring African National Congress of South and suppression for ever", violent foreign military occupation by money into Namibia in order to Africa, Mr Von Marees stated tliat Anton South Africa.
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