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BUSINESSMAN WITH RIFLE BY HIS SIDE - ON PAGE THREE Three-day strike in north may result in 'many being fired EMPLOYEES In the far north of :\'amibla, particularly explanation in writing of their absence from work for three In terms of the Government Service Act, it Is forbidden for those appointed by the Administration for Ovambos, face days, but refused to do so. civil ser vants to go on strike. Only last week the Government Imminent dismissal for participating In a three-day strike Department heads therefore recommended the im mediate Service Staff Association called on its members In the north last w('ek In protest against a continued Koevoet prec;ence in firing of a Mr W Shltolo and a Mrs Kapenda, and attached a to return to work. saying thai the strike was Illegal, since it the SWA Police Force. list of fou rteen persons In that De partment, most of whom are appeared to have a 'political' motive. 1n t he Departmen t of Pers' n nel Sen ices alone, department assistant personnel officials, for suspension and perhaps ulti The three-day strike was orga!1ised by the community in heads have recommended the firing of at least fourteen mate dismissal. various sectori except essential ;;e nrices, to protest the people, who have apparently be!!!/J suspended from their The foUrl ten are F H Amukuuo, S Iikondo, G H Kapenda, N continuing presence of Koevoet In the pOlice force. Resi duties pending ratification of th e termination of th('ir pm- D Berens, H K , l~hlma, I Nangombe. E III.' Ha, i' ShO{lya, H dents there claim that thr conditions for free a nd fair pllJvmt' 11 bV the Administrator Gent'ral. Shito)o H f'!lomas, P Hikumua, G Jeremiah. A Shilongo, V elections In the far north, have not yet been .:reated. Acc()n1in~ to a CIrCUlar to he sent to \11 L"U1~ Plenaar (" ho '1alh~w"_ It IS not known at thiS stage whether the Administrator cffedh ely j.eads the Adm Inistratlon) (,Hta!n employ!';:!, ;)f .\~ far a~ (:.)uld bt, e .. ~ablishrd , similar mea.;ures WHe being General v. ill approve the di'im l'isal of many ,\dminlstratlon l~the Deplirtment Per'>onnei Senicps=-,_ ____________ were asked to_____ giVE: anm______ ":011.__ Id~rt'd~ __• __in______ other areas________ I)f th!:__ A.... dmin______________________________ istration. workers who__ partklpa__________________________te d in the strike. __~ __~ HAU Fishermen demand fishing to be closed THE fish re ~ources offNamibi a'~ coast apiH'ar to be well and trul . exhausted and many fishermen in \Vah'lS BaJ : !l"!~ ('ailing for tht: fishing M'ason t'l he dosed. S(lurce~ i;Jl I()ng l ' ~e r"lslwrm :n .<" them for the ~urpl~s fIsh that they T'crt thal tiJl~ Si1fUmv are h<:mg caught have hrou6ht In :1.11\! also to . top ' hat are as smali . • lIU n' J1 lim"l,e; 1!1 dcdllC ing l1lt'ney for government sile and can tJ)f; rei,'reoniy be used ;,5 kVlI's frOlYI their catches. iishmeal. The general feeling amon g them Wellknlwm W alv's Ray f"oshennen, scems to he that they must be paid Mr Cedric Mil!er, salon Frid:lY that and tllat the season must then be the fishennen were not being paid for closed so lhat there might at least be The'United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr Jean-Pierre Hocke, who is in charge of the the ~ndeT sized fish used for fishmeal fish nex t year or the year after. United Nations worldwide effort on behalf of refugees arrived in the country on Sunday. and that th ey had not received any The fishermen report that when pay for two months. the 29-30 boats recently left harbour Mr Hocke's visit falls at a time when the massive operation to repatriate more than 40000 Namibians He said that the factories were still to fish in the waters around Friacove from neighbouring countries is bogged down in major logistical problems. sending the boats out to catch the there was hardly any arlchovy or Speaking at a press conference yesterday M r Hocke however appeared confident that most of the baby sard in es bUllhat it was unl ikely maasbanker, and only two boalS caught problems had been sorted out and that the nights bringing refugees 10 Willdhoek could be resumed. that the fishetmen would ever be an, anchovy al all. paid for this fi~ h Part of the fl ectonly went as far as Another comolaint llll: fishennen Rocky Poin t but some of the boats have IS thatl.he raClones TIe"",,!" passed did not even bott,er to I?.nd the calch ttw i-I cr e asc ~ in ~hc rric ,)f fish last ,vhen Lhey <aw ih,H they only haJ y,, <l r nn to th<! fi<li crnen. small s;!j'dil'cs:n their nc t$ . ~1 . \i\)' ki\~r I~en ar... app cnlly Othl:r bOats that left lor the C }!l Jc.:tr,J.fi d 'l1g lh .tl the fae- tunes ~narc eerl ion hay 1Iea in the south tUllled the extra revenue f;or" pric.: ;n"rea:,t:s back at Hollands B ird Island because .... illl the fish.:nncn. the fi,h they found were too small, THE T RAINING of members of the notorious polire counter ing WIth a weapon for it could intimi· They also want the factories to pay and probably breeding stock. ins urgency unit, Koc\'oet was put ,under spotlight at yesterday's Jate pc,'pk giving testimony and hearing of the O ' Linn Commission. members of th e commission. Koevoct, he said. was trained and Giving details peninent to the train TIle captain testified th al no aca prepared as a combat unit to fighl O'LINN ing of the "combat unit" was Cap· demic records were required for Swapo insurgenL~ . "They are spe tain Jakobus Chrisliaan Nel , com admission for training in the ' 'com cifically trained to combat PLAN mander in charge of th e training of bat unit." Koevoct. insurgents, althuugh the ordinary the unit at Oluno. "Rcq uiremt:nL~ for admission were Kocvoet cannOt differentiate between ACTING JUDGE Captain Ncl has been UlVOJved with purely based on lhefiLness and health lhe arml~d 1Il. urgent and the local the training of the counter insur condition of a person," he said . IT has been announced that Mr Bryan O'Linn SC has been appointed Swapo ' upporter" the captain em gency uni t since 1974. He said that only about 15 percent Acting Judge of the Supreme Court ofl\amibla fo r the period 22 May phasised. He was swnmoned by the Com of them embers of the unit could read 1989 to 15 December 1989. A member of this unit would not mission 10 give evidence with regard and writ e and that no training was Mr O'Linn has been a practising advocate In Namibia since January act against a civilian even ifhe was a to th e training of Koevoet in a case offered to improve such skills. 1961 and was a ppointed a senior advocate In 19HJ. Swapo member, Captain NcJ added, investigated by the commission on At this point the Chainnan of the Mr O'Linn will continue to act as Chairman of the Commission for the ontradicting himscJr. whether Swapo and DTA supporters Commission, Acting Judge Brian Prevention oflntimidation and Election Malpractices until the election "When he ac ~ against the local were allegedly involved in fighting 'Linn intervened and told the cap result Is announced or until such later date as may be decided by the o population it was because he was after aSwapo rally at On ank ali in the tain, who attended the proceeding Administrator General. far north in June. with a pistol not to come to the hear- continued on page 3 2 Wednesday July 12 1989 THE NAMIBIAN AGREEMENT ON HUMAN RIGHTS THE Lawyers for Human Rights delegation, which held talks with the African National Congress (ANC) at the weekend in Lusaka, was in full agreement with the exiled movement on the issue of human rights. LHR national chairman Jules Browde SC, said this in Johannesburg yesterday at a press conference called to report back on discussions it held with a high-powered delegation, including ANC leader Oliver Tambo, from the movement. Browde said the purpose of the meeting was to exchange ideas on the THE South African-based Save In a press statement, the group said nalise the activities of all those ·who protection of human rights in a post-apartheid society, with special the Patriots Campaign says that that in the process of campaigning are involved in a legitimate struggle reference to the South African Law Commission's working paper on former PLAN member, Leonard for prisoners on death row, it had for freedom". group and human rights. Sheehama, should never have . discovered that seven N amibians are The group felt that the general There was a substantial measure of been sentenced to death. presently on death row in Pretoria amnesty declared by the Administra agreement between the two delega Central Prison. They include Shee tor-General should extend to mem tions on the need to protect individ hama, who was sentenced to death bers of S wapo presently on death row ual human rights, and the nature of a five times for planting three bombs in Pretoria Central Prison. bill of rights for the achievement of in Walvis Bay in 1986.