~ Brlnging Africa South J. ' . :, ~ t,··, , ! ao -oa e " . r::; , Ffhree youngfarmworkers the heroes of Karibib bi /~\~~ ________________________CHRISTOF MALETSKY ___ J" !·'~.;ALLING for God's help was the "-, ction of Karibib's most amous fugitive, Abed Thomas : '\ ,'tobeb, when he was apprehended ' ~ about03hOOonVVednesdayafter \ .Juee young farmworkers had illanded him over to the police. i.~ " Sources said the three young men would un­ r t doubtedly be the heroes of-the Karibib region for "'having done what the police had been unsuccess­ I J: fully trying to do for nearly-two months -apprehend the dangerous fugitive: I'<aobeb-{~6n alias. Ge;figob, ..!im. 'Sk.ik', he.:. been on the run sincemid-Oecember in the Karibib, Otjimbingwe, and Wilhelmstal areas where he has been terrorising residents. He is expected to appear in court in the next two PRESTIGE days. Sources said due to a mixture of alcohol and the fact that the workers had had to use fists to subdue him before they tied him up, Naobeb was in no state to appear in court yesterday. PROPERTIF,s According to the police who arrested him, he did not look like a man who had been on the run for P.O.Box 10245, WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA TEL: (061) 212640/ nearly two months. PRESTIGE PARK 211128 Naobeb, dubbed by media as the "terror of KORNAL YN STREET, KHOMASDAL FAX: (061),31739 Karibib" (Skrik) was apprehended by three young I '+, faimworkers who will now be the lucky recipients oftheN$5000rewardofferedbypoliceforNaobeb's , arrest. PRESTIGE DEUELOPERS Naobeb was reportedly attempting to rape a young woman on the farm when she shouted out, alerting three workers on the farm Walthausen-south. THE MAN WITH YOUR NATIONAL DEVELOPERS , The three young farmworkers, who recognised SOURCES ••• Sergeant the fugitive, had to use strong-arm tactics to restrain Reinhard Maletzky. Photos: Tyappa continued on page 2 Namulewa " ATTENTION: More violence feared POST & TELECOM EMPLOYEES * N$300 to N$700 monthly for your lUXury house in Khomasdal or Dorado in the Caprivi region Park. NOTE 2 MONTIIS FREE OCCUPATION AFfER COMPLETION. Rundu District Commissioner, Chief * JOSEF MOTINGA Inspector Ben Hrungura, to Katima where they are overseeing police op­ * GUARANTEED BONDS TIlE Namibian Police expect more erations against demonstrators. violence to erupt in the Caprivi region The police were ready to take what­ over the next two days, a police offi- ever steps necessary to keep law and * Enquiri~~ from all over,Namibia welcome. We shall buiidin your towtl. cial told The Namblan. order, Blaauw warned. ,' Yesterday the situation was de- Also yesterday, Regional and Local Contact urgently Windhoek212640 or 224656 or Okahandja 2165 scribed as calm but tense. Government and Housing Minister Staff Officer~f the Rundu Police, Libertine Amathila denied' what she After Hours Joe Loss . 213286 Inspector Hen.I11,e Blaauw, ye~terday called false reports over NBC radio. Lawrence Hochobeb 218552 told The NamIbIan they were m pos- Th NBC tl rted that ' f' f, 'th 'I e apparen y repo Leonora Sinall 226779 sessIOn 0 m o~~tIon at VIO ence - she had requested the Mayeyi/Mafwe could flare up wIthm the next 48 hours. J' tOe trati' Co 'tteeto' Desmond Keis 216133 , d d' I om mons on mnu gIve However, h e d ec Ime to ISC ose the the G t til F 'da to Gwen Majiedt 213725 information. overnmen un n y re- Lynette OngaDsie 230098 Blaauw is presently continued on 2 2 Thursday February 3 1994 THE NAMIBIAN Naobeb nabbed at last The Klassen Family Congratulates FROM PAGE 1 of 80 and 250 metres. Andy Green and Consta­ According to Inspector ble Gabri!l Kabende set Rodney Lynne & Naobeb before tying him Fanna du Rand of off armed and in two po­ up with rope and calling Okahandja, he received lice cars. Dominique Jacobs police at both Okahandja various calls from con­ In the meantime the and Karibib branches. cemed people in the areas farmworkers had appre­ on the arrival of their Police confIrmed that in which Naobeb was hended Naobeb and sepa­ "Baby Ciirl" Naobeb was wearing a moving, tipping police off rately contacted Inspec­ heart-shaped locket as to his whereabouts. tor dli Rand, who called . Courtney Jacobs around his neck. When To make sure rumoUrs the four police on the ra­ opened it revealed the that Naobeb had been in dio and told them to arrest photographs of farmer Okahandja on several QC­ Naobeb at the farm where ~e~nz whom he hadmur- , casions ' were untrue, Du. he was being held. '. -dered, and his wife. He Rand instructed' Sergeant The polIce said when .also had wine on his,pe!;-' ReinhardMaletzk~ to they arrested him .son and a bunch of keys ' contact his sources in the Naobeb's only words and Waso wearing a jacket Wilhelmstal, Ovitoto and were "!Khutse huite" in and shoes ~ apparently sto- Otjimbingwe area so that Nama meaning '''God lenfromoneofthehomes th.ey could be kept· in- Help me". He did not want he broke into. formed. "" to speak to police and he Naobeb has been on the On January 22, one of was also still under the "And now for run since mid-December Maletzky's sources told influence of alcohol. Project: Mathew" last year when he escaped him that Naobeb was defI­ Workers apparently from the Karibib police nitely in the WilhelmstaI also told the police that t----------------­ station where he was be- area and Du Rand appar­ Naobeb was unarmed ing held on six charges of ently informed the task when apprehended but Caprivi troubles rape, housebreaking and force about it but they did that he had urged them to theft. Massive police man- not succeed in tracking let him go so that he could FROM PAGE 1 . I Tuesday following the hunts, spearheaded by him down. collect the weapons and shooting and killing of BIG AUCTION other items he had hidden District Commissioner The source again called spond to their demands. school master Linas in the bush. His appeal FRIDAY 4th FEBRUARY,18hOO Udo Klopfer, failed to Maletzky on Sunday say­ According to Makumbi last Friday. catch up with the swift ing he was convinced that fell on deaf ears. Haingura the demonstra­ The incident has left fugitive, who time and Naobeb was moving to Yesterday police in­ residents feeling inse­ A huge and most interesting variety of again evaded the clutches and fro in the area and that formed The Namibian that tors have threatened vio­ goods from different businesses and of a combined police and he was also in Okahandja . the three farm workers lence if the Government cure and fearing for their private persons will be sold by army task force. At about 03hOO on would shortly receive does nqt respond by lives. public Auction! Naobeb' reignofterror Wednesday his source their N$5 000 reward for 17h30 today. "No Min­ They have demanded in the Karibib area started again called him saying capturing the fugitive. ister is going there; the stricter security meas­ Everything must be sold!! when he killed the owner the police should come When The Namibian tried police are there already ures from the Govern­ of farm Palmental, Heinz because he knew where to trace the farmworkers, and are expected to do ment and that a top Min­ Lots of fu rniture, stoves, lots of fridges WaIter Frans Berenz (75), Naobeb was. With Du they were told the three their work," Amathila ister go there to listen to had gone off to Karibib to their grievances, some of (All in working condition), surfboard with whom he hit with a piece Rand' s approval told The Namibian. of brick and spade on his Maletzky, Sergeant collect the money and to Demonstrations took which they said had been sail, 2 litre lattice pools, air cooler, new head. Gerson Boois, Sergeant celebrate! place on Monday and longstanding. cemng fans, 18 gear racing bicycle, He also brutally killed knitting machine, new car radios Berenz' old farmworker, only known as Johannes, Search for kidnapped girl AND LOTS MORE!! by repeatedly hitting him COME AND MAKE YOUR OWN with a piece of iron and I FROM PAGE 1 I One psychic who has inquiriesbranch,Inspec- was "disconcerting" BARGAINS! shooting him once been called in- to help torPfiiIlislt'oussouw, the . working"wlth the {lSY-=­ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION through his head. 000. with the investigation sister found the house's chic who came to Wind­ says they may be accom­ front door and gate open hoek, who .sometimes CONTACT: While on the run The kidnapped child Naobeb committed sev- haslong,blondehairand panied by a I3-year-old and the nine-year-old appeared to answer her M .AUCTIONS NAMIBIA eral acts of housebreak- blue eyes, is about 1,4 girl, possibly mixed-race gone. questions when she ing at 14 farms in the metres high, weighs 30 ('Coloured') who her She described as sus- thought them and before Puccini Street, next to Croesers Karibib, Otjimbingwe and kilogrammes and wears vision showed as also picious a man who had she asked them. Garage Wilhelmstal area and gold stud earrings. kidnapped but not re­ visited the house several One psychic has even Tel.: 2200 12 or 23 0189 twice exchanged fIre with The man the family ported missing. times claiming to be a suggested the kidnapped '- . ~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~~th~e~po~li~ce~fr~om~d~i s~tan~ce~s1 believes could be the kid- Eve disappeared from house agent hoping to girl may be being taken I1 napper is described as a her family home .in buy. to Cairo in Eqypt and white male, with dark Brakpan. Johannesburg.