- I\JU,",T: UILI:IVlIVlA r-un t"Nt:-t'HIMAHY :)\,;MOOL:S;w YOU I H UHAMA'" I Ht: GREAT NANSO DEBATE w Bringing Africa South Vol.2 NO.404 SOc (GST Inc.) . Friday September 6 READERS are urged • to make sure that their copy ofThe N 3- mibian has its full 32 Labour Code delay? pages, including the TV Guide, Readers' Letters on pages 27 and 29, and the edu­ cational supplement Fresh fears among restless unions Abacus. STAFF REPORTER · I TRADE unionists say they are worried by contimi- . FACE TO FACE WITH AFRICA'S FASTEST MAN ing delay to the Labour Code, held up by delicate negotiations by a Cabinet-appointed c~mmittee. Sources yesterday indicated that the long-waited !aw may eventually only be passed in March next year., In the meantime, there is no Earlier, claims that the Pub-· protection for exploited farm lie Service Commission wanted and domcstic workers and some to exclude Governrilent em­ employers may be taking ad­ ployees from the labour code vantage of the delay to retrench had led to a. storm of protest, or to move trades unionists out including from the Namibia of positions of power before National Teachers Union last the labour laws come into ef­ week and the Public Service fect. ·Union of Namibia. National Union of Namib­ Thming the draft labour code ian Workers' President Tjek­ into law has drngged out over ero Tweya warned .th lt' li the at least seven months. ·work­ Government makes changes ers and, to a lesser extent, . without consultation to what employers need a framework the unions earlier agreed, un­ for post-independence worker­ ions will consider!' appropri­ boss relations. ate action". The most difficult negotia- . Rumours that the Cabinet tions, between unions and wants to block public servants employer bodies, were final­ from trade unions and the labour ised in May with both sides code were firmly scotched by ~ppy with the compromises. the Prime Minister's office Cabinet waited until this was 'yesterday. finished before making its Janp Smith, uIlder-secretary move. for Human Resources, Man­ Seven or eight weeks ago, agement and Development, said the Cabinet appointed an in­ the Cabinet agrees with "99 ter-ministerial committee percent" of the proposed code consisting of representatives including Constitutional rights of the Prime Minister's office to form or join unions and rights including the Public Service CAUGHT AT the starting line... Namibian sprint star FranIcle Fredericks pictured practicing in Windhoek this to strike and access to labour week. Frankie took time oft'to speak to The Namibian about his outstanding performances on the tracks of th~ courts. continued on page 2 world and his hopes for the future. See pages 22 and 23. Photograph: Donna Collins. Future of Horse Shoe Market in.the balance Manhunt continues for 10 suspects on-the-run OSHAKA TI: AT least four of the 14 sus­ rested in the Oshakati area. A FINANCIAL 'Catch 22' Government and Housing and pects who escaped from Oshakati prison However, Ekandjo declined to give fur­ situation at the Katutura JOESPH MOTINGA that the Women's League was last Friday night have been rearrested, ther details. Horse Shoe market has responsible for the market's leaving 10 suspects at large. He said it might jeopardise the rear­ forced the "First National case model for small businesses, upkeep, renting it, and hiring A report by the Namibian Press Agency rest of the rest of the escapees. Development Corporation the Horse Shoe marlcet has faced out the stalls to individual hawkers. (Nampa) quoted the Police Commissioner It was also reported that five of the es­ (FNDC) to review its pol. problems from the start, but for Owambo and Kaokoland, Josef capees who were still at large were Ango· now it seems the crunch has But, said the FNDC man, icy on the future of open not a cent in rent had ever been Ekandjo, as saying the foUr were rear· laos. market stalls. come. FNDC's General Manager received. When the Corporation met The FNDC claims it spent of New Business Development, I --~- - what money was available on Deon van Dyk, told The Na­ with the Women's League last building the market and is mibian that the market would Friday, it was told that rent unable to continue subsidising be tendered out to private money collected was used to the small revenue it receives businesspeople if current at­ pay those who looked after the from charging below-market tempts to collect outstanding premises, Van Dyk said. -. IN SCHOOLS rent for the stalls. rent failed. He added that the Horse Shoe - IN HOSPITALS The Corporation says the A meeting on the issue was market had been a "costly situation is aggravated by ten­ reportedly held with officials experience" and that a policy - FOR ALL PEOPLE ants who pay no rent at all, of a specially-formed revie.w was essential. Once the ·complaining they are not al­ ' Women's League' at the stalls were rented to private lowed to sell viable items and market. businesspeople, he said, it would FIRECHEM I that the stalls are badly placed Van Dyk said the Horse Shoe be up to them to deal with the - THRU IN-SERVICE TRAINING for trade. market had been built at the continued on page 2 NAMIBIAJ Originally planned as a show- reque,t of the Ministry of Local ,. 2 fT'l'i d ay, SepteITtlu.er.8 :-19-9 1 A spoke in the wheel Handballers bounce back virtually non-existent in the STAFF REPORTER areas where the maj"rity of the people lived. 'Either we all go or no-one goes' AS THE confusion oyer the All African Games in Cairo This was aggravated by the d eal's, the Office of the President this week responded fact that sports selectoH were to an open lettel' to President Sam Nujoma by Namibian still acting as if tht"y were THE Namibian Handball had qu alifi ed for the Cairo STAFF REPORTER cyclist Glen Howard which appeared in The Namibian preparing teams to participate Federation yesterday games by default according to last Wednesday, August 28. in South Africa. raised serious objections international rules, it contin­ The President's Office re­ over why it had not been whites". ued, and added that' ' rules are The letter criticised the not clear what changes would It also said it had never in­ ferred to the disabled athletes officially informed about rules ". Namibian Government for the be made, with the exception of who had proved that with the tended to include non~Narnibi­ Bending of these rules for recent controversial Cabinet the handball team. necessary encouragement, its non-participation in the ans in the team. The fact was the sake of convenience could decision not to give its bless­ In its response, the Office of preparation and selection a All African Games in Cairo that the selection of the team lead to international sport bodies ing and financial support to the the President said it was dis­ representative Namibian team later this month. was conducted under the su­ being insulted by their itlteg­ Namibian team selected for the turbed by the patern:ilistic tone could be selected which would In terms of the compromise pervision ofthe joint commit­ rity being doubted. games in Cairo, Egypt, later of most of the criticism, do all Namibians proud. on Cairo, the handball team tee, it said. Further, the team could not this month. "Namibia's independence It also remarked on the fact was dropped from the national However, two team me{l1- have been kicked out of the TIlls decision sparked off an opened many doors which were that soccer remained the sports team as it was felt it was not bers had not yet received their Cairo ganles for financial rea­ equally controversial decision previously closed to its citi­ code for one section of the warranted. Reacting to this, the N,arnibian citizenship, but that sons, To gain participation each from the local orgaiJ.i.sers to zens," the letter stated, ana society while "rugby is the Handbball Federation said it was "due to certain bureau­ federation/code had to guaran­ withdraw the Namibian team added that its isolation was haven of the other". felt insulted. cratic procedures" . tee the amount of R3 000 per from the Cairo games. now over. In his capacity as patron of In a press statement issued "The Namibian Handball member in case the Goyern­ Meetings were called be­ AlthoughNamibiabad started the Nanubia Olympic Com­ by its executive committee, the Federation would have been ment refused to grant financial tween the Minister of Youth taking its rightful place among nuttee, President SamNujoma Federation said it "has received the last one to oppose the rules assistance. "We managed to ,md SPOlt, Pendukeni Ithana, the community of independent stongly felt that no sports code no concrete official infomia­ and regulations set dow:1 by comply," the statement said. anu the local organisers, which nations, "things at home have should be reserved exclusively tion ' concerning their the joint committee, and would So why was the Handball resulted in a " compromise", not changed much" . for a certain section of the participation... nor were any have withdrawn any member! kicked out? The Handball whereby Ithana expressed her The majority of Namibians society, the letter stated. reasons furnished why partici­ s in doubt, for the benefit of the Federation believes that the local satisfaction with the team last were still disadvantaged in areas " Everybody should have the pation is prohibited .... team's participation," the state­ organisers made no attempt to Friday.