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BISHOPS ·TO BOTHA ~ o inform SA State President that war,situation is r~aching calamitous stage

------BY GWEN LISTER NAMIBIAN churchleaders, meeting with the Ad­ ministrator Gener~, Mr Louis Pienaar, on Wednesday afternoon, requested an urgent meeting with the South African State President, Mr P W Botha, ·in order to resolve the war situation which they describe as hav­ ing reached a "calamitous stage". A spokesman from Mr Pienaar's office confirmed that the request had been transmitted to the office of Mr Botha, and added that the State President's attitude. to such a meeting would depend on the "motive" behind the request by chur­ cQIeaders, and that the meeting would be unlikely to take place before the elections in South Africa. Churchleaders, including Bishop James Kauluma of the Anglican Church; Bishop Hendrik Frederick of the Evangelical Lutheran Church; Bishop Kleopas Dumeni of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN); Reverend Karl Sundermeier of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church and other member churches of the Council of Churches in Namibia, said in a brief statement that they were seeking an urgent appointment with Mr Botha "so that an opportunity may be given to us to express our concern over this dangerous situation of escalating conflict", Reca1ling the "concerns and warn­ tions which he would pose to them_ ings which we have previously brought Such questions concerned statements to the attention of the South African by churchleaders made in various State President", the churchleaders parts of the world. The spokesman said that the "situation is referred in particular to a recent state­ deteriorating month by month and day ment by Bishop Dumeni concerning by day. and needs urgent attention to­ allegations that helicopters of the prevent it from escalating beyond the SADF had been seen In nortbern present already dangerous point", Namibia with the bodies of dead peo­ The churchleaders said in the state­ ple suspended from them. Mr Botha, WORKERS in the Walvis Bay Municipal compound for several days refused to eat the food provid­ ment that Mr Pienaar had been said the spokesman, would demand ed for them, on the grounds that it was "rotten and filthy". Employers of some of the approximate "receptive" to their request, and in­ dates and times and evidence of such 4 200 workers housed in the compound met with Municipal officials this week to try and resolve dicated that it would be communicated allegations in order to investigate. the situation. Workers ate again for the first time since last Friday on Wednesday night of this week. to MrBotha, but cautioned that there­ He added that churchleaders had Full stories and pictured on Walvis Bay by Rajah Munamava and John Liebenberg inside today. quest for a meeting might not be met made it clear that the wished solely to before mid-May (after the elections). discuss with Mr Botha, the escalating Mr Botha's office was approached for war 'situation, and that they did not would facilitate a meeting with Mr . comment, but a spokesman said no in­ want to deal with allegations of Botha. This meeting would largely de­ formation could be given on any ofthe atrocities on the part of Swapo. Mr pend on whether the churchleaders State President's meetings. Botha would not agree to talks on the had an "honest motive" and "recon­ Also approached for comment, a "escalating war" since it was the opi­ ciliation" in requesting the meeting, EASTER spokesman from the office of the Ad­ nion of the authorities that Swapo ac­ and were not. mereiy "playing to the ministrator General said that the re­ tivities had "diminished" and were public gallery". quest for a meeting had already been Church sources confirmed that the SPECI·AL ~'w inding-down" rather than sent to Mz:Botha's office, and confirm­ escalating. deteriorating war situation in nor- ed the meeting with Mr Pienaar and The spokesman said he felt, in view thern Namibia wou~d be the topic of churchleaders on Wednesday. of the fact that Mr Botha refused, two such a meeting. They added that the He said that Mr Pienaar had made years ago, to meet with CCN chur­ meeting with the A4ministrator WE OFFER it clear in the meeting, that chur­ chleaders, that ifthe churchleaders in General was in order to pass the re­ chleaders would, ifthey met with Mr question "spoke out against violence quest for discussions with the State Botha, have to answer certain ques- from all sides", that such an attitude President . . 200/0 DISCOUNT ON ALL CAMPING EQUIPMENT FROM 30 MARCH TO 16 APRIL AT COREL CKS 119, Kaiser street Tel: 37700 , 2 Friday April 10 1987 .Tt:te .NAMIBIAN UNEASY CALM DESCENDS ON WALVIS BAY

The workers, mostly migrant BY RAJAH MUNAMAVA were still dissatisfied with the bread, labourers from northern Namibia "There is talk of special bread being of­ have been refusing to eat since last Fri­ NAMIBIA'S ONLY deep water harbour, Walvis Bay, returned to calm this week after five days of ten­ fered at the compound. I don't know day, bringing about the- biggest sion and uncertainty, as over 4000 workers - who (orm the bulk of the labour force for the fi!jlhing, whether this is special bread for kaffirs workforce incident since the miners' construction, transport and railwaY-industries - 'refused to eat the food provided at the Kuisebmond or .what kind of bread it is. There is strikes of the 1970s. Municipal compound, demanding proper preparation ofthe meals, alleging that often it was "filthy" nothing like kaffrr money and we want On Wednesday, about forty and cooked days before it was actually dished up. food that everybody eats". employers met Municipal officials to In another development, Mr Max­ look into the grievances of the workers. huilili disclosed that a worker was ar­ No details of the meeting were rested this week and assaulted by the released. police near a fish factory in Walvis Bay_ The workers charged that the food The man, he said, was on a bicycle pass­ provided by the Municipality at the ing by the factory when police pulled compound was badly prepared, and up in a van and started to assault him. sometimes rotten and filthy. Mr Maxhuilili strongly denied a They alleged that mealiemeal was police report that they had arrested a cooked two or more days prior to it be­ man and had used teargas to disperse ing served. They also complained a "rowdy" mob near a factory in Walvis about the tea, saying it was seryed Bay. "Since the merger of the railway without sugar. . police·and the SAP, these police don't .one ofthe workers pointed out that sit in their offices, they must always go ifno changes were brought about in the out and cause trouble," Mr Maxhullili quality and preparation of meals, they said. i would demand the closure of the Walvis Bay was annexed by South kitchen. Africa in August1977 and is being ad­ The Municipal compound houses ministered as an intergral part ofthe aapproximately 4 200 workers, most­ South African Cape Province_ ly Owambo-speaking from nor~hern Theoretically the state of emergency Namibia. A total sum of about R80,00 as proclaimed in the Cape Province in is substracted on a monthly basis from South Africa, applies to Walvis Bay as their wages and payed to the well. Municipality to cover board and lodg- EMPLOYERS of workers in Walvis Bay visited the hostel this week to assess the complaints about food. Pic- Last February two members ofthe ing at the compound. . tured above, the drums containing porridge for the workers. Namibia Food and Allied Union A spokesman for the workers cop.; _', ,.

demned what he callell "police pro- < the workers to form a committee in vocation" during the period workers order to .open up a communication refrained from eating th~ meals. channel. The spokesman, who declined to be .Mr Vermaak claimed that it was the identified, safd camoUflage police in '.. firsttimethatttlieworkershadwanted Casspirsmoved into the hostel on ' to n.ave-:tea,.with·lIiilk and said that Saturday and started to intimidate the previo\i'sly' tney: had preferred _9fack hostel residents. He added that atone tea. He claimed that his Municipality point a resident was nearly run down had tried to provide a balanced diet for by a Casspir after police chased him in the workers, out they had complained the compound. and had preferred porridge every time. . Kuisebmond Municipal Secretary, He denied that the food was badly Mr Salmon Vermaak, said yesterday prepared, but conceded that left-overs that the situation had been resolved were dished Qut if they were found to and that everything was back to be good. normal. Mr Vermaak defended the police Mr Vermaak said the boycott had presenceatthehostel,sayingthatthey been instigated by certain elements, had been called in because there was and added that a note calling on the a group of workers who were molesting . wo~kers..llQ~ t.q .e~ter the dini}1gJlall others, pre"enting them from getting • was discoveredon tt: dliofwa'yoflhe :"'"~theirshareoffood , lnaddition,hesaid, , hal~ .;:-,..-;._ """ " -. " , --., ' some workers had.been giv.ing "Swapo He said he had a'ssured the workers signs". that the food would be improved, but Swapo's Acting President, Mr added however, that it was a difficult Nathaniel Maxhuilili, confirmed that task to cook for over four thousand the food situationa,tthe compound had people. been solved. He also said that he had requested He said however, that' the workers THIS HOLE was made in the floor of the Walvis Bay hostel in order to ac­ comodate unemployed people stay­ ing in the compound. According to reports, many people at a time stayed in the virtually airless dungeon. Police were reported to have thrown teargas down in order to prevent illegal squatters from '~ STITCH IN TIME staying there_ (NAFAU), messers Ithete and ltengula were held under the emergencey SAVES NINE" regulations in Walvis Bay for about six hours and were later deported. (and even drowningj Ironically, the majority ofthepopula­ tion in Walvis Bay is Namibian, and With today's inflation rates rising the harbour town lies about 30kmfrom rapidly, you simply cannot afford to ig­ the Namibian coastal holiday resort of Swakopmund, but thousands of nore an old English idiom. kilometres away from the Cape.

WE ARE EXPERTS IN: o HARDCHROME: long life on hydrau\lic cylinders o HORIZONTAL LINE BORE: cures worn-bush 'casings cylinder IMI.!. o HYDRAULIC REPAIRS: cheaper to repair than to buy o ELECTROPLATED GALVINIZING : prevents rust on steel faces SEMINAR o GENERAL ENGINEERING: speedy quality service PERSONNEL o COPPER PLATING: for decorating and display MANAGEMENT purposes, anti-corrosion for waterpump impellors. - What is personnel management? .Tel: 61227 - Leadership in business - Needs of personnel PO Box 9129, Windhoek - Selection of personnel Dr Michael de Kock St - Delegation and.responsibilities , Northern Industrial Area - Communication - Training and development - Discipline and the handling of grievances ENGINEERING + · ELECTRO .PL~tIN , G WORKS - Labour legislation . - . .' . Practical exercises will be conducted. (PTY)LTD~ · .. A series of two lectures. . ~ . . '" DATES : 14 and 15 April TIMES : 19h30 - 21h30 VENUE : IMLT Seminar Room' 2nd floor Goelhe Sl Cenlre PRESENTER : Mr Gielie van Zyl (PerSonnel Manager) COST : Nocharge BOOKINGS : Tel: 37353/4/5, Mrs Kunert , THE NAMIBIAN Friday April 10 1987 3

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A WORKER In the Walvis Bay compound, one of the 4 200 who refused to eat for several days because of the atrocious quality of the food given to workers there. ANOTHER CLAIM OF ASSAULTS BY CHRIS SHIPANGA P OLICE ARE investigating work at the Oshakati Hospital an incident in which an laboratory. Oshakati cou ple were recent­ The women washospitalised after ly verb ally abused and badly the incident, while her husband assaulted by members of 'the received treatment for bruises. Police Counter Insur gency Confirming "police investigation into the matter" this week, Inspec­ Unit (Koevoet) in northern tor Kierie Du Rand ofthe public rela­ Namibia. tions section said the incident had The couple, Mrs Louis Nthitete (35), been reported at the Oshakati Police and her husband Josephat (34), both Station. ~ The couple alleged that Koevoet lEo members arrived at their traditional family home at Omungwelume on 0_- . ,0, _ ;' ~o~ __ March 27, this year, "to question us abou t Swapo terrorists in the vicinity." After Mrs Nthitete had told the Koevoet members that she had no knowledge of Swapo guerrilla's in the vicinity, she was repeatedly assaulted which resulted in the loss of two teeth . and damage to an eye. Her husband, who attempted to Legal expert t o assist stop the men from assaulting his wife, received similar treatment from the Koevoet members. In explaining their actions, the cou­ ple alleged that the Koevoet members on KakUTa deeision security police members, in particular had told ·Mr Nthitete that "you and COURT REPORTER statements, but in the civil matter Swapo are the same. Your terrorists some of them did give evidence;' he a certain Captain Pat King, who were injure and kill us, so you must pay". A SENIOR legal expert from said. involved in the incident. - The couple laid a complaint of South Africa has been second­ He said it would be "risky" to take Mr Pretorius said that there were with the Commissioner ed to the Attorney General's of­ a decision on the complicity of these literally thousands of pages from the of Police, Brigadier Von Mol fice to assist with the perusal of " suspects" without perusing civil matter which had to be looked at, .lendorf at Oshakati, after dockets concerning the death documents from both the civil and and that it was a "daunting task" to the incident. of a security police detaine°e, criminal sides. work through all the evidence and Mr Johannes Kakuva: come to a decision. He stressed that one couldn't force a The decision is whether or not According to the Attorney Generai, socalled suspect to say anything which anyone can be held criminally liable Mrs Louise Mr Estienne Pretorius, one oft he tasks might incriminate himself. for the death of Kakuva, and if of the legal expert is to give advice and The civil matter was heard before somebody is eventually found J.:espon- Nthitete assistance in the Kakuva matter. Judg~ Chris Mouton in June, 1983, o sible, itwillbeuptotheSouthMrican He emphasised that the matter "had who found serious contradictions and Commissioner of Police to decide what not been shelved", but that it would discrepancies in statements made by 'steps will be taken. still take some time to reach a decision. A docket containing the police in­ vestigation into the death ofJQhannes THOMAS ARNOLD, English scholar (1795 - 1842): 'There is Kakuva at Opuwa during August, nothing so revolutionary, because there is nothing so unnatural 1980, wasforwardedtotheAG'soffice and so convulsive to society, as the strain to keep things fixed,

late last year. 0 when all the world is by the very law of its creation In eternal pro­ Mr Pretorius said that they had to gress; and the cause of all evils of the world may be traced to that weigh up the two cases. natural but most deadly error of human indolence and corruption, "In tpe criminal matter, some ofthe that our business is to preserve and not to improve'. socalledsuspects preferred not to make 4 Friday April 10 1987 REPORTER DISCHARGED Force and that his only educational qualification was Standard Nine. He . said he had held no other job and had no police experience. He agreed that for him Swapo wa& the enemy, and that the staff of The Appearing before Mr CA Carstens in He-said that only himself and a Namibian were supporters ofSwapo the Otjiwarongo Magistrates' Court on Lieutenant Snyman had searched the and were therefore also the enemy. Monday was Mr Chris Shipanga, (25), vehicle, while the passengers stood He said he knew there was a Swapo who pleaded not guilty to dealing in, around waiting. meeting in Otjiwarongo that day, and that The Namibian "makes propagan­ or possessing the Schedule 9 drug. Dex· Boshoff said that he saw a black bag edrine is a banned substance which da" for Swapo when they report on in the back ofthe vehicle and asked Qpe meetings. even pharmacists may not stock. of the passeng~rs, a black woman, The four dexedrine tablets were sup­ Boshoff admitted that he knew there whose it was. He said that she pointed were staff members from The Nami­ posedly "found" in Mr Shipanga's out Mr Shipanga. camera bag on October"19 last year, bian in the bakkie on the day it was He then claimed to have called Mr stopped. when Mr Shipanga and five others . Shipanga and searched the camera Under further cross-examination, were stopped at a roadblock,a few bag in his presence. The Court heard kilometres outside Otjiwarongo. Boshoffsaid that he didn't know what how Boshoff had lifted several sort of pills he had "discovered" but . Mr Shipailga was enroute to report notebooks from the bag, and how four on a Swapo meeting being held in Ot- that he suspected they could have been orange "heart-shaped pills" had drop­ drugs. He said that dexedrine was a jiwarongo that day. . ped out of one of the books. After numerous postponements, the very scarce drug and he "didn't know hearing resumed on Monday morning before a half-full public gallery. A few members of the crowd had travelled . from as fat away as Arandis to giveMr Shipanga their support. The state called its first witness, Cor­ poral Andries Boshoff (29) of the SADF's 301 Battalion based in Tsumeb, and he proceeded to explain what had taken place on October 19. He said that at 13h30 a white 'Ibyota bakkie was stopped at the roadblock, which was mann ed by four SADF ·members and a number of police. Boshofftold the Court that there had been five people in the 'Ibyota bakkie (in fact there had been six people in a Nissan bakkie), with Mr Shipanga sit­ CORPORAL BOSHOFF - claimed Dexedrine tablets 'dropped out of a ting in the front (he had been sitting in the back) . . notebook'. COUNSEL for Mr Shipanga, Mr Bryan O'Linn SC, shakes hands Shipanga after his discharge.

He then told the other two SADF it at all". members to stand back, and called Mr O'Linn then asked the witness if Lieutenant Snyman to inspect the he had shouted out at the scene that tablets. The pills were later identified the tablets we~e "purple hearts" (pur­ as being dexedrine and Mr Shipanga ple hearts is a street-name for was charged and released the follow­ dexedrine). ing morning on R500 bail. Boshoff admitted that he had, and ~.,_Accou.npng Five ofthe occupants were herd over­ after further questioning said that he night in the Otjiwarongo police cells. had seen pictures of similar tablets Replying to cross-examination by Mr sometime last year in a magazine. Bryan ()iLinn, who appeared for the When asked what magazine, Boshoff defence, Boshoff said that he had spent said that he thought it could have been --"'TechmClans a tot;ll of eight years in the Permanent "Huisgenoot ". CDM (Pty) Ltd operates an Rewards for this position opencast diamond mine on the include: • an attractive salary West Coast of SW AlNamibia. • 13th cheque. generous leave Our employees and their families • suitably married live in Oranjemund, a modern, accommodation. subsidised attractive town boasting a board for single employees ' FRESH MEAT! shopping complex, hospital, • primary and subsidised nursery school and primary secondary schooling school as well as excellent • membership of pension and sporting and recreational medical aid societies • medical f acili ties. and dental treatment in We have various interesting Oranjemund • generous and challenging positions for assistance with relocation Accounting Technicians. expenses. Applicants must have a three Interested persons should write, year post matric qualification giving fulJ details, to: The Senior • in accounting/ costing and Personnel Manager, CDM (Pty) ...... at least two years Limited, P .O. Box 35, post' quali­ Oranjemund 9000. fication CDM 1kg Boerewors (Proprietary) Limited R5,26

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THE NAMIBIAN Friday April 10 1987 5 • ARMY MAN DENIES 'PLANT' IMal SEMINAR He also emphasised that only the ASSERTIVENESS four SADF members had been near the ~ TRAINING vehicle during the entire search. After further questioning by Mr MODULE 1 O'Linn, the witness agreed that The purpose of this module Is: BoshotT was lying if he said that the - to estimate how assertive you·are pills had dropped out of the notebook - to help you distinguish between the when he picked it up. . three basic styles of interpersomil behaviour (passive, aggressive and He also agreed that it was possible assertive) . for the bag to have been searched at least twice before BoshotT"found" the r.l!ODULE2 tablets. The purpose of this module Is: The third, and last state witness - totielp you identify your assertive (also a member of301 Battalion), said· rights .' - to enable you to stand up for your that fIve people h~d been in a'lbyota own rights without violating the bakkie which was stopped that day. rights of others - to.help you develop confidence In He said that only Boshoff aildLieut€- . your rights. nant Snyman had searched the vehi­ MODULE 3 cle, and told the Court that he didn't The purpojle cif this module Is: know why his black colleague had lied - to strengthen your self esteem about this. - to review your feelings about yourself He also said Mr Shipanga had been - to develop a strategy for self esteem · sitting in the front ofthe bakkie. growth. He told the Court that the only bag . DATE : 21/22/23 April that had been searcp.ed that, day W!ls , TIMES : f9hOO ~ 21h30 Mr Shipanga's. . VENUE : IMLT Seminar Room 2nd floor Goethe St Centre PRESENTER : MrS Christina Swart The witness said that the back of the A JUBILANT crowd who attended the case of Mr Shipanga, pictured with him after the Magistrate had agreed . (Personnel Manager) bakkie and the camera bag was open - COST : No charge, to a discharge. . when Boshoffsearched the back ofthe BOOKINGS' : Tel: 37353/4/5, Mrs Kunert vehicle. Mr O'Linn asked him if it was not Mr O'Linn then put it to Boshoffthat stopped; he and his black colleague He also agreed that Boshoffhad been perhaps in a "Swapo tydskrif'. . the tablets had been "planted" in the (aillo a rifleman), searched the front lying when he said the pills had fallen Mr O'Linn pointed out that BoshotT bag by himself. seats while BoshotT and Lieutenant out of a notebook. He added that had failed to mention this in his He denied this, saying that he found Snyman searched the engine. BoshotT Boshoffhad said nothing to them when statement. them after they had dropped outofMr had earlier denied touching the engine IMal he found the pills. Boshoff emphasised that Mr Shipanga's notebook. and had also stated that only himself He didn't agree with the fact that Mr COURSE Shipanga's camera bag had been sear· BoshotTwas then told to stand down, and the lieutenant had searched the and the second state witness took the Shipanga's bag could have been sear­ BOOKKEEPING chedonly once that day, and that it was vehicle. ched before Boshoff got to it. during this fIrst search that the tablets box. The witness said that no policeman FOR THE SMALL were "found". He was a young rifleman from 301 came near the vehicle, and only Mr O'Linn accused the three BUSINESSMAN · Mr O'Linn put it to the witness that Battalion who told the Court that BoshotT searched the rear ofthe car. He witnesses of complicity, and asked ifall the camera bag had in fact already there ~ere only four SADF members said Boshoffhad asked who the camera of them were lying, or which one of The course Is aimed at the businessman been searched twice before BoshotT present at the roadblock that day. bag belonged to, and a black man was them was telling the truth. He describ­ who wants to have a bookkeeping system, conducted his search. Under cross-examination, he told pointed out to hini. ed their evidence as being "contradic­ but who Is not Interested In the complete , BoshotT said that he knew of no other the court that a white 'lbyota bakkie He said that he couldn't remember tory and conflicting". double entry system. previous search. with fIve people inside had been stop­ who that person was. The state closed its case and Mr Acco.rdlng to this system, all transaction. Mr O'Linn asked BoshotT if two ped on that day. In conflict with Boshoffs evidence, O'i.innrequested that charges against ara recorded In ONE BOOK. white men in civilian clothing had Mr O'Linn again pointed out that the witness said that there was only Mr Shipanga be withdrawn. The following transactions can btl written opened Mr Shipanga's bag on the bon­ there had been six people and that it one notebook in the bag and the pills up In this book: Mr Carstens ruled that the state ' net oftheir car. was a Nissan bakkie. The witness at were lying underneath a piece ofpaper - Cash sales could not prove its case and charges The witness, who appeared to grow frrstrefused to accept this, and dogged­ at the bottom ofthe bag. He said he saw ...,; Credit sales were subsequently dropped. angry at times, said that there had Iy stuck to his story. three triangular-shaped tablets when - Cash and cheque payments received been no whites in plainclothes at the He also said Jl4r Shipanga had been BoshotTlifted up the piece of paper. Members ofthe public attending the - Cash purchal!4ts - Credit purchases roa~block on that day. sitting in the front, and pointed out hearing cheered Mr Shipanga as he this reporter as being one of the oc­ He said the book had been lying flat - Cash and cheque payments He then admitted that it "was possi­ left the courtroom, but many express­ - What you owe your creditors ble" for the bag to have been searched cupants ofthe vehicle. in the bag (BoshotT had said the ed their disappointment at not being notebooks were standing on their side). - What your debtors owe you twice before him. He said that when the vehicle was. given the chance to hear Mr and much more ... Shipanga's version of events. DATE : 21-24Aprll Mr Dave Smuts of the law firm ­ :rIMES : 09hOO - 13hOO Lorentz . and Bone instructed Mr VENUE : IMLT Seminar Room CCN· seminar on ·the problems of a 2nd floor Goethe St Cent.. O'Linn. TRAINER : ' Mr lsay Namaaeb of IMLT COST : Nocharge, free lunch Included changeover to English medium -- Registration : Tel: (061)-37353/415, Mrs Kunert THE COUNCIL of Churches (CCN) tages of the envisaged change; broadened; held a seminar over the weekend o that the main factor in favour of The seminar also looked at the pro­ on the Change from Afrikaans to English as a medium of instruction in blems to be faced by the community as English medium: How to imple· schools is the popular demand of the a whole, including teachers and pupils, ment the Change. community itself; in the implementation ofthe change. According to a press release by the o that through English medium Suggestions to overcome problems Our food CCN, some 33 participants attended physical and mental liberation would included that CCN and other institu­ the seminar and made the following be achieved in the community; tions should organise seminars; supp­ observations and recommendations: o that through English medium ly teaching aids; broaden the English it was generally accepted that the Language Unit to reach more people; is o economic, academic and fInancial com­ advantages outweigh the disadvan- munication worldwide, would be and monitor the progress of change. irreSistible I BLOOM COUNTY by Berke Breathed PHONE IN AND ORDER READY IN 5 MINUTES SIK• .1HC COMttlO~S Mf<. PIIUAS .. , Y(}fIR •. SKINNY IN 1Ht I!fl1HRO()It/~ IT'j 'lOll/( CIIT. WIVlT. ~KavA CAT .. , VIICI/VM- fl,VSH . \ /1IfJ()(ffHIM.' 5Y5ffM •.

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OPEN FROM 06hoa - 15hOO TEL. 24284 KAISER STREET - • e 6 Friday 'April 10 1987 THE NAMIBIAN ' THE SICKENING SIDE OF SECRET FRONTS THE;SE - ANC ~ 'birthday cards' fi-om ~ right­ .(who have nothing to do with tlie South African wing organisation calling itself the Alliance struggle) should be targeted in such a smear for the Pr9mo~on of ,~eople's Rights in campaign. " Sandfon, Johruihesbu.r'g, are being sent to $Iillec~ed p.eople ~;n N anrlbia• .- This. newspaper atte~pted , to make contact . .This full-colour, glossy 'card', which:has,ob: ,,:ith the Alliance, whicn has.a p,ost office box, . viously, cost an.enormous amo~t to pr-int, is the only to find the .telephone nUII!?_er unlisted. ", '. pr0ductof siok minds, Once again, an example of the huge amount Those who:received the card in Namibia are of mQney I.!pparently available to such right­ up in· ru:ms, aild' cahnot unde~st~nd why.they wing fronts in their propaganda ,campaigns.

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Sossusvlei is inaccessible after copious rains NlJDO' says preseItce of AFTER GOOD rafns in the catchment area of the Tsauchab River, large area of Sossusvlei has tilled with water, resulting in the ac­ cess road to the vlei being damaged by water, rendering it inac­ ,CuhaD. troops iII. AD.gola cessible from Dune 45 onwards to all vehicle types. According to a statement from the good rains. Directorate of Nature Conservation The depth ofthe water at present, ac­ preseD.ts a real threat and Recreation Resorts, immediate at­ cording to the Directorate, is estimated tention has been focussed on the pro­ to be about one metre, and if workers blem and ifno more rain falls, the road are able to repair the road before the ------STAFF'REPORTER------should be in a suitable condition to weekend, the spectacle to be seen due reopen for visitors to Sossusvlei during to the mirror-effect off the water reflec­ A NUDO PRESS statement national one. dealt with were Proclamation AG 8, the pending Easter weekend. , tingthe dunes, will delight visitors and issued this week warned that "Nudo will endeavour to have direct , housing, education and the land issue. Last season this area also received in particular, photographers. the presence of the Cuban and intense discussions with the five ProclamationAG 8 was racist and in­ equitable, and Nudo would thus re­ troops in Angola presented a members of the Western Contact Group", said the statement. main committed to the total eradica­ real threat to Namibian securi­ It.said the independence issue had tion of "this unfortunate proclama­ ~ SWA'FF( on fatalities ty, and added that the lingered on for the past 67 years and tion", said the statement. organis~tion considered free that 1987 should be the year in which 'Ib N udo it was a priority that every SOUTH AFRICAN-led security forces in northern Namibia shot and and fair elections under UN Namibian independence will be decid­ family in Namibia should have a roof killed seven Swapo insurgents in skirmishes in four days and lost two supervision as suicidal for in­ ed for once and for all. over their heads. men, the SWA Territory Force said in Windhoek on Tuesday. ternal political parties. - On reconciliation, the statement Education should be free and com­ In separate incidents, five civilians were killed and three injured in land- pulsory, without discrimination in the mine blasts. - The statement suggested the super­ said that the Nudo organisation has vision of the Western Contact group as been committed to the ideal of unify­ admittance of children to all public The SWATF men who died in action were Rifleman Nguundjo Ngombe, schools. - 24, who leaves his mother at Opuwo in Kaokoland, and Rifleman Victor the alternative to bring about the long ingthe people of Namibia since its in­ Goagoseb, 19, who leaves his mother in Katutura. delayed independence of Namibia. ception in 1964, and that the organisa­ Referring to the question ofland, the tion played an important role in the Details of the deaths were not disclosed. "Conscious ofthe fact that the Nami­ statement said areas were being A SWATF statement said the latest Swapo fatalities brought to 410 the bian colonial problem was made an in­ reconciliation efforts in the National alienated from Namibians by Convention of 1972, the Turnhalle number oflosses suffered by Swapo's military wing, PLAN, since the begin­ ternational issue by the allies after foreigners with "loads of money:' as Conference of1975, and the Multi Par­ ning of this year. World War I, when Namibia became a loans to buy land were out ofthe reach The SWATF also claimed that a civilian-owned light delivery vehicle South African mandate, Nudo would ty Conference· of 1983, which of the general population. culminated in the Transitional detonated a landmine near Omungwelume in northern Namibia last Sun­ like to rivet its focus on the five N udo would strive for the establish­ Government of National Unity in day, and both occupants, Mr Abed Thomas and Mr Nyamati Haifiku, were members of the Western Contact ment offacilities that would be geared killed. ' Group, because they played a direct 1985. towards the upliftment ofthe common Other issues which the statement In another incident, a ten-seater microbus detonated a landmine about 40km role in making our problem an inter- man, the statement said, from Okangolo in northern Namibia last Friday, killing three occupants and injuring'two others. Nature Conservation'/Kavango talks MUTUAL PROBLEMS and a Kamangua, while the Secretary, Dr In this respect, it was decided that report-back on a previous SchneideF led delegates from the Nature Conservation would appoint a meeting were the topics under Department. All delegates were either researcher to investigate the problem discussion when the Depart­ senior officials or chiefs. and make recommendations as to what action should be taken. ment of Agriculture and A report on the progress of construc­ Simply tion atthe Popa Falls Rest Camp and For the time being, crocodiles caus­ Nature Conservation paid a , developments in the Kaudom and ing problems would either be moved courtesy visit to the Executive Mahango Game Reserves were out of the area or put down. Committee of the Kavango presented by Mr Polla Swart, Director The general feeling, according to the the world's Government on March 23. of Nature Conservation. statement, wasthatthemeetingserv­ According to a statement from the The possibility of proclaiming a ed to strengthen the excellent relation­ Directorate of Nature Conservation reserve in western Kavango was ship that already exists between the best and Recreation Resorts, the Kavango discussed as was the. problem of , Kavango Government and the Depart­ delegation was led' by Chief crocodile attacks. ment of Nature Conservation. automatic BLOOM COUNTY by Berke Breathed ,.------..., ~------~~ pool 5a ORIGINAL WIITWOIJUJ WI! tlK€? cleaner .:ICIIIIIILY'-'1CII&Pr I

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THE NAMIBIAN Friday April 10 1987 7 LANDMINE' INCIDENTS INcREA-SE - , THE NUMBER OF landmine incidents in the northern ' ,~-______~Y~RKVERBAAN"";"_-:"_,,,,,;;,_,;,;,,,,_...... ______Namibian war area showed a . sharp icre~from 1983, accor..· UNLESS DRASTIC steps' are taken to pri-serve and protect the . have approached·this newspaper-en­ Residents who have visited the-area . ding to statistics released by , rock art in Namibia, such classic examples as the White Lady of quiring ·why th~ Monuments Council say that tpere are ony two slgIis which . the SWA Territory Force in' the Brandberg will have disappeared entirely within the next devotes sp much ofits time and money were ·.erected an out-of-the-way foot-· - Windhoe~ on Thursday. . twenty years. to restoring ~rman colonial houses, paths during the 1960's. while virtually ignoring the tragedy' Anti-personnel mine blasts rose "It ~ouldbe a very costly situation from 20 In 1983to561 last year, and the being faced by rock art. " This is the opinion of the senior been cracked. We are at the forefront to'provide 24-hourphysical protection total for the first three months ofthis "A great number of paintings have v at the thousands of sites in the coun­ Curator of Archaeology at the Win­ in contributing to the theories ofrock . already disappeared. Ifwe don't watch yearwas33~,oomparedto142in1984, dhoek Museum, Mr John Kinahan, art, and it is essential that the youth · try. There would have to be an ade­ and 234 in 1985. - Ilut;we are going to lose what is one of quate water supply and housing for a who this week expressed strong'sen­ are made more aware ofthe historical the most historically-valuable assets Similar figures for /inti-vehicle caretaker and his family, and for this mines were 89 in 1983, 77 in 1984, 147 timents on the slow deterioration ofthe and aesthetic value_ of these that we ha~e in this country:' warned many ancient works of art that can be paintings:' . MrKinahan. . kind of anangement we would need, in 1985 328 in 1986 and 187 todatethis permission from whoever owned the found painted on rock fa!!es He said that the vanaalis,lll was a AccordingtoaspokesmanfortheNa­ ·year. hind, whether it be first or second tier According ' to the SWA Territory throughout Namibia. symptom of people's attitude towards tional Monuments Council, the rock or local government or privately­ Force statistics r,eported by Sapa, the Describing what he calls a 20 art of this kind, and that they paintings are as high on the Council's OOO~year-old art tradition, Mr desperately needed educating on the ow;ned:' he said. . number oflosses suffered by Swapo's list of priorities as any historical armed wing (PLAN), was 2 023 in Kinahan made an urgent appeal to . issue. resource or monument in Namibia. He stressed that he didn't want to tourists, residents and the relevant Rock art is automatically protected raise these problems as an excuse for , 1978,915in1979,1447in1980,1494 "Rock art is automatica1lyprotected in 1981, 1 286 in 1982, 918 in 1983, 584 authorities to increase their ·under the National Monuments Act of by law in this country and anyone con­ the sites not being as well protected as awareness ofthis integral and essen­ 1969, and the responsibility for the they should be. in 1984, 599 in 1985, 645 last year and victed under the Monuments Act is 402 in the first three months of this tial part of. Namibia's national upkeep ofsites and the protection ofthe liable to a fine of up to R5 000 and/or "All we can do is try to enforce the heritage. \ . paintings lies with the NatiOI~al Act." year. a prison sentence not exceeding 12 PLAN's strength presently stood at "Some of the earliest examples of Monuments Council. months:' he said. He said that people needed to become rock art can be found in this country, "I am extremely worried about the about 9 000 trained insurgents com­ As far as maintaining rock art sites more aware of the problem, and re­ pared to 16 000 in 1978. but ·over the past twenty years fate ofthe sites in·Damaraland. Some was concerned, he said that there were quested that the public co-operate with countless sites have been ruined Incidents caused by PLAN, mainly of the paintings .have been declared "in the region of 20 000. different the Monuments Council. in northern Namibia, · were' 535 in through neglect and vandalism;' he National Monuments, but they have localities" - of rock paintings in He said that the Council was "work­ 1977, 462 in 1978, 837 in 1979, 1175 said. deteriorated to such an extent that Namibia, and it was difficult to super­ Mr Kinahan said that the e'asiest ingtowards an ideal situation" which in 1980, 1'052 in 1981, 756in1982,620 . they are not even worth visiting. They vise them all. in 1983, 639 in 1984, 656 in 1985 and way to find the White Lady would be should be deproclaimed as National "A few might be somewhat involved aspects such as the printing • to follow the Coke tins. of informative pamphlets. 476 last year. Monuments and a few ofthe thousands dilapidated ... I'm not sure ofthe con­ The PLAN-related incidents com­ "This particular painting was in of other sites, which are still in mint dition ofthem all:' he said. He cited as an example the site of the pristine condition during the 1960's, prised armed encounters with the condition, should be carefully selected He added ' that in the Brandberg Hoba meterorite, which is supervised Security Forces, ambushes, mine and' it has deteriorated to such an ex­ and opened as tourist attractions. It is there were signs indicating that the by a permanent caretaker as well as tent that there are now entire sections blasts, intimidation and sabotage. essential, however, that they are open­ r.ock art was protected by the having literature available for visiting Armed contacts with PLAN in­ of the panel which have faded ed with adequate protection and con- Monuments Act. tourists and residents. itiated by the Security Forces were 481 completely!' in 1980,452 in 1981, 223 in 1982, 245 He said that tourists and locals visit in 1983, 245 in 1984, 186 in 1985, 121 sites of rock art and spray softdrinks in 1986 and 92 in the fIrst three months across the paintings to make them of this year. more visible for photographing. Armed contacts with the Security "I have even seen butter smeared Forces initiated by PLAN were 163 in across some of the paintings. Liquids 1980, 84 in 1981, 74 in 1982,54 in 1983, such as Coke act like an acid, and the 62 in 1984 66 in 1985, 55 in 1986 and surfaces of many of these paintings 26 in the fIrst three months of this year. have been eaten away over the years;' The number of civilian deaths in the said Mr Kinahan. . war was 106in 1978, 188in 1979,220 . A Windhoek resident said that in 1980, 199 in 1981, 14-1 in 1982, -146 tourists could not be blained entirely, ' itr1983; 169 in 1984 ~ 138 in.1'985.and as in many cases it was "institutional i 19 last year. . vandalism" where the authorities had - Among the equipment seized from merely neglected to impose proper con­ PLAN by the Security Forces between trol and protection. 1985 and the first three months ofthis In the Brandberg alone, there are year, were 1 705 hand grenades, 1483 ~ore than 1 000 sites where rock art rifles, 3 157 rifle grenades, 6 505 mor­ can be found. In the Spitzkoppe there tar bombs, 858 B-10 bombs, 1873 are approximately 20 sites, almost all RPG7 rockets, 2 469kg of explosives of which can be virtually reached by and 12 boats. car. "I have even found evidence of peo­ ple having braais right beneath the .paintings." . AUGUST BEBEL, German Mr Kinahan estimates that there Socialist pOlitician (1840 • are not less than 10 000 sites scattered 1913): 'The field of politics through Namibia. Only one rock art site in the country always presents the same is provided with a supervisor, and that struggle. There are the Right WHAT IS KNOWN as 'The White Lady of the Brandberg' (above) will have vanished entirely within the next twenty and the Left, and in the middle is the engravings at Twyfelfontein. years unless supervision is placed on visits to the site. "'Iburists feel the rock art is more is the Swamp'. valuable ifthey arrive at the site to find fencing and a gate, are made to pay and trol;' said Mr Kinahan. are given a brochure explaining the He added that there were enough history and meaning behind the pain­ unemployed people in Namibia, in­ tings. Instead they arrive to find no cluding Damaraland, who would be supervision and the site six-inches­ prepared to act as supervisors at many deep in litter. Many are amazed that of the sites. they are actually free to touch the pain­ "All it takes is for someone from the tings," said Mr Kinahan. Monuments Council to go to those He said that in an archaelogical parts, offer a few local people positions OKAHANDJA BACKEREI sense, the rock art of Namibia was as supervisors and guides, pay them a . O"lLY II.. without parallel and should be includ­ salary and if necessary make provi­ ed as part of a school subject. sions for the person and his family to ..::;:,~ CAFE UNO KONDfTOIlEl:.p~ "The pictorial religious codes con­ live on or near the site:' o ~~"er a tained in these paintings have recently In the past, members of the public open throughout trom 05hOO o ~T () till 18hOO ~ Okahandja Backerei I SWAKOPMUND () ~ STREETMARKET I4-4GLIKS~ DATE: 18 APRIL 1987 For Your Easter Table VENUE: PALM STRAND (Kermisterrein) o Fresh Hot Cross Buns . ' The famous Okahandja bread rolls ENQUIRIES: - • The big hostel bread MRS H RAUBENHEIMER • The original Reform bread TEL: (0641)-5592 Cakes, wedding cakes, fancy cakes OR TEL. 2724 WE DELIVER TO WINDHOEK POBOX 91 MISS M FERREIRA TEL: (061)-37370 . WE BAKE BEFORE YOU WAKE! 8 Friday April 10 1987 ' THE NAMIBIAN •• ----~~------~~~~~~~--~------!]iiJ[!f! ~------NYEIEIETlJlNSCOY Zambian strikes and- DOUBTS ARE GROWING as to whether former President Nyerere party and government, powers in­ of Tanzania will keep his promise to step down from the post of chair­ troduced in 1982 should be abolished launda is slammed man of the ruling party this year. As the party electoral conference becau,se it was too expensive. For in· ZAMBIAN POLICE dispersed pickets outside Lusaka's main post approaches, thousands of party members are calling on him to con­ stance, a district commissioner used office this week, where workers had been on strike for two days tinue. His decision affects the whole range of party-government rela­ also to be a district party secretary, and tions, as Gemini News Service's correspondent explains. the president of the nation was party following a speech by President Kenn~th Kaunda three days chairman. Combining the posts helped earlier, in which he said a wave of strikes by public servants for WHEN Dr Julius Nyerere formally He argued that leaving the presiden, keep down administrative costs. It higher pay was "politically motivated" as part of a South Mrican announced his retirement as Presi· cy in the midst of a national economic made sense too, because under the cur· strategy to de stabilise black-ruled countries in the region. dent of 'Tanzania early in 1985, he pro­ crisis would have been misconstrued rent political setup the government mised he would step down from the as running away from problems. The implements party decisions. Mter dispersing the pickets, the honour agreements they had signed chairmanship ofthe sole ruling party, implication was that he would quit When Nyerere gave up the presiden· police said they had made no arrests. with the workers, and accused the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) this after restoring the country's finances, cy and retained the chairmanship, "The pickets were simply obstructing governme,nt of taking management's year. but in 1985 when he finally called it a 'Tanzania for the first time had a Presi- passersby", a police spokesman said. side in the series of disputes. He had been unanimously electedto day, the country's economy was not dent, Ali Hassan Mwinyi, who was not Hundreds of postal and telecom- Thenurses, doctors and teachers had the powerful post at the second party changed much from 1980. party chairman. munications workers struck at the gone back to work, but post and electoral conference in 1982. Along Thus doubts now surround the par­ Immediately after Mwinyi's election main post offices there and inNdola in telecommunication workers were still with many other party posts, it comes ty chairmanship. Several regions are in October1985,Nyerere saidtheposts central Zambia, and are demanding on strike to press for demands ofhigher up for election this October during the calling on him to reverse his decision. would have to be merged to avoid free transport between their homes pay and transport. party's third electoral conference. Nyerere seemed close to accepting clashes between the executive presi- and jobs. Zimba said that the government's at­ Nyerere has remained quiet on the these calls in a recent speech at dent and the powerful party chairman. , Both post offices were closed on Tues- titude to the strikes' confirmed the issue, raising intense speculation as to Dodoma, saying that his decision He was thought to be hinting that he day, as were some suburban offices in Zambia Congress of Trade Union's whether he really intends not to stand depends on the wishes of party would leave Mwinyi, who is party vice main centres. view that both government and agai~. 'Tanzanians recall his decision members. The party's three million chairman, to take over as chairman. Skeleton staffmannedtelephone ex- management had failed to treat the not to contest the 1980 general elec­ members are unlikely to refuse him if Given Mwinyi's growing popularity, changes in Lusaka and Ndola, and workers as "decent producers of goods tion, only to change his mind as the he cp.anges his mind. he would likely face little problem in refused to take international calls. and services worth some vote approached. In Dodoma he said the separation of stepping into Nyer~re's shoes. So Direct telephones and telexes were responsibility". Nyerere's sudden coyness has chang- working however, officials said. Post and telecommunications cor­ ed the whole political scenario, Officials ofthe Zambian Postal and poration sources said that talks were especially with regards to proposed Allied Workers Union, held talks with underway between the management plans to me.rge party andgovernmen- post office heads in Ndola, ad- and the Unions on Wednesday, but tal powers right down to district level. ministrative capital ofthe copperbelt ,declined to give details. The question is being asked: Ifpar- province, in a bid to end the stoppage. I 'l'ABII' • JOW ''''w ty members through the 18 member The strike began after President ~ .tI. 11 111 Central Committee, which Nyerere Kaunda'sspeechtotheeffectthatthe chairs,andthe161-membernational strikes were part of politically DIES OF ttl weER ' executive committee (NEC), decide ' motivated strategies by South Africa , \J.tI.!1 that he should remain chairman, what to destabilise black states. OUSTED LESOTHO Prime becomes of the merger suggestion? Thousands of teachers, nurses, doc- Minister, Leabua Jonathan" Although campaign dates for party tors and state-{)wned Zambia Airways, posts, from ward level to party chair- went on strike lastmonth,paralysing died of stomach cancer on manship, have not yet been announc- state hospitals and clinics, and closing Saturday, in a hospital in South ed, electioneering has unofficially schools. Africa - the country he accus- started. The elections will be especial- And Zambia Congress of Trade ed of masterminding his ly interesting this year, with many pro- Unions Secretary-General, Mr overthrow. minent names expected to fall by the Newstead Zimba, also addressed the Official sources in Lesotho said the wayside. government, urging it to make serious 73-year-{)ld politician, who sternlyrul- It is believed that the coming elec- efforts to prevent stoppages. ed Lesotho for 20 years after in- toral conference has held Mwinyi back He slammed the governmentfor its dependence from Britain in 1966, said from making a major reshuffie of a '''tendency'' to lean on cheap excuses to he had died on April 4, but gave no Cabinet composed mostly of carry- buy confidence and popularity bypoin- other,details. overs from th~ Nyerere tingtoscapegoats,ratherthandealing No immediate annoUncement ofhis administt:ation. _ _ with the root causes. death was made by the ruling military II - .• ~fter the_ .c09ference, many. He challenged President Kenneth junta, headed by Army C~mmimder ministers may lose their posts, since Kaunda's explantion for the recent Major-General Justin Lekhanya, who they are associated in the public mind wave of strikes, and said the govern- led the bloodless coup in January.1986, with the breakdown Ofadministrative mentshould take a serious look at the ' that ended Jonathan's autocratic rule. machinery, the near collapse of social workers' grievances. And from Lusaka, the African Na- services and the economic' mess, which Making a speech in the northern tionaI C Qngress paid tribute to him. In, in turn have bred corruption 'and_ ' ed h disillusiori. ' , I, '. 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'~18~ ' 'J'D"I· OI,·I ,,;, (J."·. :,_II "-' B' r PO-,"LICI' ' tyc~~!::a~:;~~~:;:~~~~·by creating scapegoats instea~of'~;~};~: 'oftYI~!~~~ra~::~h~~'beenanallY South Africa, but ,in later, years dealing with the' real causes oftll-esei, beca,me a.,vocal ANGsupportet. AtL< problems become's After,he was' ousted in the coup, he a'''Yort~essexe~iSe ' " neeqs he" his •i< ~ ~N I@firfl~t\~ bJlirit~CA.mia, a formervicLpresidentand oppositionleadet; said:tli1s ~~~k !~i~~ation ~p.at frankness ~ ', ~~~~:lrretoriaOfm~rminging the Kenyanpolice had been extracting statements ~01P suspec~ ,d dissic:len~s ~y ~rturingthem un- His speech wai reported by the of- Sources close to the ANC said the til t~e~ c~:mf~ssEtd .."Th~wget .people into their cells, arid ~ome oftnem they put in cold wa~rto lie there ficial Zambia News AgenCy. " organisatioriwould be represented at for one "or-t~6.or~veldliteedays'~i he said in an interView with three foreignjQurnalists. Zimba said the, stl'ikes 'were Jhe '.. " Jonathan's f~net:al , the date ofwhich Sapa-Reuter reports that in the in- Kenya ... in:parliamept, ~nybodyw~o orgii~'ised i " ' result of managen;1ent's failure to h~s not yet been announced. terview\.witp. t~ e" f',G1;~eignJol.\.tp~,lists, ;c ;,critici5eS'the-government will be kick· . :The government says the orgariisa, ',. Odinga said that'after'tfiisbrdeall ottre ' " "ed out one way or the other, until now . tion, which came to light in March last people who at first said they were not those that are there have,only to sing ' year, ~as 'planning to overthrow the MOl' WADES/INTO members oftpeundergroundopposi. the chorus of what the government country's rulers. tion movem~nt "Mwakenya' ~ had would like", he said. ' Moisaidtoday"Mwakenya"wasjust eventually admitted joining the The 76-year-old Odinga, who served a ' small' group of subversivea and organisation, as vice-president under the late Presi· criticised the Kenyan press for exag- UN AGENCIES "They put them in cold water, to lie • dent Jomo Kenyatta from 1964 to gerating its significance in their KENYAN PRESIDENT, Daniel the delegates, which include Sri there for days, and later say 'this is the 1966, said President Moi had created coverage of the movement. Arap Moi, this week accused Lankan Prime Minister Ranasigha statement,eitheryousignitornot',but a personality cult and surrounded "The newspapers whir:h highlight United Nations agencies of Premadasa and French Public Works ifyou don't, they c;ontinue the torture", himself with "yesmen" who might such an issue are followers and sym· wasting huge sums of money Mini~ter Pierre Mehaignerie. - he said. later turn out to be his worst enemies. pathisers of the movement. These on conferences which failed to In his report to the conference, "Ifthey do not trust somebody, they "The President is the only man who newspapers do not belong in this coun, Habitat executive director Arcot will gotohim and ask him whether he should be sung in the radio, in the try", he said in a speech in the northern solve problems. Ramachandran, said standards of isamember. Ifhe says he is not, he may television, everywhere , .. so it is slow· town of Samburu. "The United Nations agencies are housing and living had declined in be tortured until he admits he is a ly getting to be a one,man show, and Kenya's two largest newspapers are not effective. I, and possibly all Ke, most parts of the world in the decade member", he added, this one-man show is slowly sneaking foreign·owned. nyans have come to the conclusion that since the organisation had been set up. The Kenyan Government in its turn, into what we call tyranny and also Odinga's statement last Sunday, we waste billions of shillings through Economic and financial difficulties has denied allegations of torture by the dictatorship, which broke a lengthy silence on the UN a~d nothing is being done to had eroded the commitment ofgovern­ police, but President Daniel Arap Moi "Even those people who are with him politics, was his response to pa:rliamen- alIeviate conflicts, poverty and other ments to provide affordable housing to last week ordered a purge ofpolic emen (Moi), are not allowed to express their tarians who demanded he answer related problems:' he told the opening the poor, especially in the developing whohadharassedinocentpeopledur, personal views. They all keep quiet. court testimony naming him as a session of a UN Commission on world, he said. ing a recent roundup of illegal They say 'yes, yes, yes' to everything. "Mwakenya" member. Human Settlement (Habitat), con­ In many Third World cities, 40-50 immigrants, Sohe shOldd notthinkthat people who He said he made the statement ference in Nairobi. per cent ofthe inhabitants were living A police inspector in the western are outside are his enemies. His because he felt he had to do something Habitat is holding the conference to in slums, while squatter settlements town of Kisii appeared in Court last enemies are within his own -to restore normality andput anend to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its in such cities were growing twice as week charged with the murder of a government." the insecurity and suppression ofthe foundation and to review the housing fast as the city's total population', he 'Ugandan teacher who was in police Odinga ' said he doubted the freedom of speech in Kenya. programs of the agency's member said. custody at the time of his death last 'Mwakenya" organisation really ex- Asked whatfuture he saw for Kenya, states. About 600 million people live in very month. ' isted, but was probably just a pen- he said he hoped the government Moi said it would make more sense poor quality housing and,at present Odinga, elaborating on a statement name used by people who were afraid would take wise counsel and make ifthe money spenton the Nairobi con­ rates of growth, this number can be ex­ last Sunday in which he strongly to sign theirown names when writing substantial changes. ference were used to build houses for pected at least to double by the year criticised President Moi's government, leaflets. The word could mean "The "But if they cannot do this, thencir- people, instead of on drafting resolu, 2 000. Unless governments changed said that today Kenya was slidirig Kenyan", in several black languages. cumstances are bound to bring about tions which might never be their settlement policies, .- urban towards tyranny, dictatorship and Kenyan Courts have sentenced more change", he said. implemented. economies would stagnate. The coun­ chaos, because all decisions came from than 60 people, including three of Asked ifhe expected a coup, he said' , "If you can pass just one resolution tryside would not develop and there the top for approval without Odinga'sclose associates for member- he was notc1ose enough to the army or and not several, in this conference, and would be severe strains on political discussion. ship ' of "Mwakenya", but the police to know. manage to solve the problems of 100 stability, he said. "The people who are independent in authorities have never named a leader, "When people get sufficiently tired, human beings, you will have gone a The 1O 'day conference ends on April their minds do not stand a chance in or explained how· the movement is they can do anything", he concluded. step forward", he saidto applause from 16. ' ....- ......

----.l.ll j I: rJ ~;1 tlf_I___ .....;..,-.....;T:....:.H..:.:E::....:...:N:.:::::::A:..:=M::.!IB~IA!!.N~ ______.:....:Fr.:::id:!aY~A~pr:.::..il~10~1:.::987~ · ~9 POSTOFFICEWOIKERS JOIN STIIKE ACTION TH~ POSTAL WORKE~~S stri~e, which started last week in Soweto in sympathy with the South workers", Mr Langa said. management acted in collusion with AfrIcan Transport ServIces strIke, spread on Wednesday; affecting more than 6000 workers bring­ "Ifyou are sincere in this, we call on the Transke'i authorities because after ing all activities to a total halt at Soweto, Marshalltown, Ro~ebank, Newlands, Crown Mines inJohan­ you to hold ajointly-monitored ballot management received the news ofthe nesburg and Randburg, and even at the main Jeppe Street Post Office, where the union reported that to allow all ·SATS workers to vote on detentions, it refused to inform ~ome ~orkers had downed tools in solidarity with other workers, and meanwhile the SATS strike, which union they would like to be. workers about the incident", the state­ mvolvmg more than 13 000 employees headed for its 29th day, and in Natal the South African "We have made it clear from the mentsaid. Breweries wrestled with the issue of 800 striking workers. . ' beginning - and we wish to repeat to "Workers are demanding manage­ you now - this issue can be resolved if ment put pressure on the Transkei A spokesman for the Post Office and union official, the affected post offices driver was dismissed. management is prepared to negotiate authorities to release their colleagues. Telecommunications Workers are Midway, Chiawelo, Kwazuma, "It is evident that recognised worker in good faith. "Anglo American Corporation Association (Potwa), told Sapa about Moroka, Orlando, Dobsonville, representatives were intimidated by "The demands of the workers are not management representatives are 3 00 workers at the Jeppe Street Post Diepkloof and Meadowlands. He add­ SARHWU to the extent that they did extr~me - nor are they unusual. This believed to have gone to Transkei to Office went on strike on Wednesday. ed that all grades ofblack workers were not turn up for further negotiations", type of struggle - to get management negotiate with the authorities. The strikers had been ordered out of out at the Soweto centres, "including th~ statement said. to accept that it must negotiate with "The TRanskei authorities are the building by management. post office superintendants. "The meeting had been called to con­ the workforce through their own seemingly refusing to deal with AAC A Post Office spokesman however, According to the union, workers tinue negotiations between SATS democratically chosen represen­ officials, stating that they should ap­ although confirming that "he had grievances also included (apart from management and worker represen­ tatives, were common in industry and proach the SA Foreign Minister to deal heard" some of the Jeppe Street the allegations of an "arrogant at­ tatives of strikers at the City Deep commerce in the late 70s and 80s. It is with the matter, as they are an in­ workers were striking, denied that titude" and "victimisation" of union of­ depot. The strike has entered its fourth only in the government sector that dependent state. At the time of going 6 000 had gone on strike, He claimed ficials and activists), the tra~sfer of week and no agreement has been these demands are still regarded as ex- ' to press, comment could not be obtain­ only 1 000 had downed tools. elderly workers from technical posts to reached yet. treme, despite the fact that your ed from Anglo American. The strike was apparently sparked jobs such as digging trenches, which, "It is clear that SARHWU's main government claims to have initiated by various allegations, including vic­ they felt, amounted to a disguised form aim is to prolong the strike without major reforms in the labour field." timisation of union activists and of­ of retrenchment, discrimination bet­ regard to the welfare of the strikers And in Natal, discussions between BANNING ficials, and discrimination against ween white, indian and coloured who are not only losing regular pay, South AFrican Breweries and the THE BAXTER Theatre is to appeal black workers. ' workers on the one hand, and Africans but are facing dismissal. South African Allied Workers Union to the Directorate of Publications The PO workers also claim they are on the other. '''The principle offreedom of associa­ continued ion Durban. against the banningof"Kwanele", striking in sympathy with the SATS Potwa is an independent union that tion for workers is totally About 800 workers at most of the a play which was to be previewed workers. A meeting was held on was launched in August last year, and misrepresented by SARHWU. There is company's operations in Natal down­ on April 21. Wednesday night, where Potwaelected now has a national membership of ample evidence that workers are ed tools after negotiations over wage It is the first time that a play at the a commi ttee which was to co-ordinate around 16000. It is currently threatened ,and physically intimidated . increases became deadlocked. Baxter has been banned before a per­ grievances negotiating a recognition agreement to join SARHWU. "Management has made an offer formance. The Theatre received the Talks between the two sides faltered with the Department of Posts and ' And from Johannesburg it was also which we regard as fair and resonable, telegram telling them ofthe banning, as management claimed workers' . Telecommunications and is consider­ reported that the head of the union and well in line 'with top levels and saying the play was undesirable in grievances differ-ed fro m one ing affiliation to either the Congress representing the striking railwaymen operating in the province;' SABS terms of Section 47 of the Publications workplace to another and it was "dif­ of South African Trade Unions on the Witwatersrand, asked the REgional General Manager, Mr Barry Act. No reasons were given. ficult" to address them, (Cosatu), or Cusa-Azactu. Minister of Transport Affairs, Mr Eli Smith, said. He added that while pro­ The banning followed the detention The Post Office spokesman added Meanwhile, representatives of the Louw, to allow workers to vote on duction was down, "we are coping with of a member ofthe cast, David Tsham­ that they were also waiting for feed­ 503 striking railway workers at the Ci­ which union they would like to repre­ current demand, but our delivery ser­ b~l a, who was held under Emergency back from Potwa after the meeting, ty Deep container depot, failed to turn sent them in talks to end the dispute. vices are inevitably affected. regulations. When he was arrested, a Meanwhile, Potwa President, Vusi up for a meeting with the SATS, Mr Justice Langa, President of And subsequently, about 1 500 N a­ copy ofthe script was confiscated. He Khumalo, 'said he had information According to a SATS statement, "the SARHWU, said in a telex to the . tional Union ofMine workers members was released on Thursday. that Post Office officials were to ad­ SATS negotiator arrived at the venue Minister, that a jointly-monitored at New Denmark Colliery, went on Mrs Yvonne WiUiams-Short, dress workers at Power Park and at the stipulated time, but was short­ ballot should be held to test whether strike to protest against the alleged spokesperson for the Baxter, said it was Or lando, A union spokesman also said ly afterwards informed thatrecognis­ workers in the region affected by the detention of 75 union members in the, first time a play was banned the workers had downed tools with the ed worker representatives refused to strike, supported SARHWU or the in­ Transkei. without being seen first by the Board. railwaymen because "They are getting meet with him. house union-Bl at11. The workers were travelling to Tran­ "Usually the Board does not censor the same atti tude from SATS, as we are SATS refuses to recognise the South "We noted that you claimed on skei by bus to bury a colleague last a play until it has received a complaint facing in the post office", African Railway and Harbour Workers . SABC-TV that SATS workers can join weekend, when they were detained by during the run. No post was delivered in Soweto, as Union (SARWHU), which represents any union they wish - but that SATS , Transkei soldiers, according to a state­ "Kwanele" was devised by the all eight post offices in the town were the majority ofthe 13 000 workers who will only recognise the union which is ment from the union. Nyanga Theatre Group and directed hit by the stoppage: According to the struck almost a month ago when a supported by the vast majority ofSATS "Workers at New Denmark believe, by Warren Nebe. 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'10 Friday April 10 1987 THE NAMIBIAN llTIC61 , THE PEOPLE AND MONEY ~~. BEHIND HERITAGE THE TENTACLES of the Heritage Foundation in Washington reach round the world. It is pro­ bably the most successful lobbying organisation in history. Its ideas launched the Reagan Administration and it has not stopped feeding ideas into the White House ever since. SOMEONE once said that in war, the first casualty is Heritage has moved domestic policy strongly to the right, but it has also moulded today's truth. This is without a doubt the case in Namibia, American foreign policy as well as making its impact on the policies of foreign governments. where, despite protestations by opposition press to the Its greatest triumph was to secure the withdrawal of the'US and then Britain from UNESCO contrary, the truth is often buried along with the human and it has continually pressed for reform of the UN. How does Heritage work? Who is behind it? Where does it get its Luge funds from? Gemini casualties of the more than twenty years of hostilities has been investigating and has found t},lat one in five of the top 500 firms in the US pays into between the South African Defence Force (SADF) and Heritage. the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN). Heritage is relentless in pumping out material to influence top people on issues like nuclear What is totally incomprehensible in the prevailing circumstances, arms, star wars, the contras in Nicaragua, southern Africa, Taiwan, the Middle East. Two is the attitude of much of the media and others, regarding the few Gemini correspondents in the US have written this series on the workings and impact of the reports of truthful nature emanating from war-torn northern : Heritage Foundation. Namibia. Particularly so when all these instances supposedly subscribe to the maintenance of fundamental human rights. JUSfTWO blocks from the Capitol In the case of many of the above, the w'aging of the propaganda at 214 Massachussetts Avenue, a war takes precedence over the truth - and this perhaps, is the most new eight-storey, ten million dollar painful of all realities in Namibia at present. building stands as a symbol of longterm political ambitions. It is the headquarters-of the most in­ WHAT IS GAINED BY BURYING THE TRUTH? fluential disseminator ofideas and influence in the United States -the FOR CERTAIN newspapers and newspapermen the truth is of para­ Heritage Foundation. mount importance; but this does not apply to all. Certain Heritage is at the centre of a conser­ newspapermen, to the discredit of the profession as a whole, prefer vative movement that propelled Presi­ to align themselves with the status quo, and turn a blind eye to any dent Ronald Reagan to power six years reports or allegations which may further damage the credibility of ago. But the impact of the Foundation's well-connected political advocacy, both the occupying forces and the South African appointed-interim research and recruitment is not just government. . . felt in Washington. It comeS'as a total shock to note, after this newspaper has published Its domestic influence has been pro­ numerous reports on security force atrocities in northern Namibia, found, but it is in foreign affairs that that another newspaper can then carry reports praising the same this think-tank has,most affected the security forces whose very name brings fear to the hearts of most status quo. Singled out for special attention has residents of northern Namibia. -been the United Nations. The Founda­ In an attempt to convince the public that such atrocities do not tion regards the UN as implacably occur, the n~wspaper in question carries out a public relations ex­ hostile to US interests. ercise on behalf of the perpetrators. We see no point in propaganda . When Reagan ordered the pullout of attempting.to bury the truth in this way. the US from UNESCO (the UN Educa­ Neither can anyone state that a journalist, who accompanies the tional: Scientific and Cultural security forces in the "hot pursuit" of insurgents, is in any way even Organisation) in 1984, Edward remotely objective. · Particularly when he is photographed smiling Feulner, lleritage President, excited­ next to the bullet-riddled corpse of a Swapo guerrilla. . ly described the action in a letter to his 'contributors as "one of the Heritage t;.. J,. . .. 'A... ..,J _ .....__ -!" _''': • .. ""J-J· ... t,, ,..~~ .Fop.ndation's ,most . significant -u.UJ .,; IM~ ,"JUlW ~WJJ.1J~.Y~l'ttV~~lt~ J»IUl)1;i?a; ..,.; ,.' achievements". Star wars ranks at the top of the IN THE cir~umstances, the pre.sent authorities, including army, Heritage's list of strategic priorities. poli~e a~d g6vernfuent, haye a moilOpOly over the'media in this coun­ As early as 1982 it.puolished a boOk try, imd are ;~ble to succeed, in great meaSure, to -put their "message" whiCh laid what soon became the Reagan Administration's Strategic . The Heritage show across. Defence Initiative (SOD. Heritage now tion'seffoIts to harass and ultimately to be irreparably dam~ged by the They succeed for this newspaper is crying out in the wilderness, . seeks to ensure that so much money overthrow Third World regimesjudg­ Irangate scandal, Heritage and the and can be passed off by these same authorities as an "eccentric'.' 'will be committed to the SOl over the ed , not committed enough to broader New Right movement are not and "pro-Swapo". This is ludicrous under the circumstances. . To next two years that it becomes capitalism. likely to suffer the precipitous lOBS of speak out in favour ofthe maintenance of human rights, and to speak . "unstoppable" by whomever suceeds It constantly urges that more funds political influence. out against denial of such rights to residents of this country, cannot Reagan. be allocated to the "contra" wars Its 100 or so staffers, operating on a merely be dismissed as "pro-Swapo". . Even Secretary of State, George underwritten by the US in Nicaragua; $11 million a year budget, ' will Schultz, has tried without success to Angola, . Afghanistan and Kam­ doubtless contihue to leave their im­ The suffering people of the north have n~ voice. Th~ir, appeal, 'often prevent Heritage carrying on its puchea. It would like to see deeper US print on US policy for as long as the publi!>lied ~ ll! the c01u'mns of-this newspaper, goes unheeded by the vitriolic vendetta against him, and ac­ involvement in attempts to topple Republicans - or even conservative authoritie~ who claifu there is , "~o truth" in reports' of 'atrociti~s, cusing him of undermining the governments of Mozambique, Democrats-retainpower.ltsexpensive and yet do not take this newspaper to task. "Reagan Doctrine". Heritage is wild­ Ethiopia, Libya and Iran. new headquarters stands as a symbol ly enthusiastic about the administra- Ifthe Reagan presidency does prove of Heritage's long term ambitions. BARRAGE OF 'SECURITY' LEGISLATION NO JOURNALIST, in his or her right mind, would challenge the Shoek troops of the right authorities unless they are convinced of the truth ofthe reports. No one would challenge the barrage of socalled security legislation ap- THE HERITAGE Foundation was 'launched in 1973 by two Capitol . plicable in this country, unless they were sure of their facts. Hill functionaries, Edward Weare sure of our facts, and we deplore the actions of journalistic Feulner and Paul Weyrich. They mercenaries in their attempts to cover up the truth. To our deep shared a belief that the Republican regret, we too have not uncovered the full horrors ofthe war situa­ Party establishment had become tion in northern Namibia, but we will certainly continue to expose complacent and unimaginative, such atrocities as and when they do occur. more interested in preserving the' status quo than in vigorousl) _ i­ vancing rightist ideology. MAIN CONCERN IS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS The Republic,lUs controlled the White House, but were then a minori­ WE WILL continue to speak out in favour of the maintenance Of ty. in Congress and did not seem will­ human rights, and we ' will continue to speak out against the ing to challenge a domestic and foreign atrocities, for our mandate is the truth. policy consensus largely shaped by In so doing, we believe the most accurate barometer of the war liberal Democrats during the previous situation in the far north, are the peoPle themselves. For we cannot 40 years. take the word of the. authorities - if we had done so, not one reported The Foundation and New Right m~vetbentofwhich it was part, steadi­ atrocity would have appeared in the pages of this newspaper for the ly gained ground as the Carter Ad­ security forces would never admit tosuch deeds, and would only-con­ ~inistr.ation slid into political cede if confronted with the facts. As such; history would never have disrepute. Heritage and other conser­ known what took place in northern Namibia in the past twenty vative forces helped set the stage for an years. electoral triumph for Reagan, one of And even when confronted with names, dates, places and -facts, their longtime heroes. The Foundation's publicity ap­ th~y continue to deny. We will not forget their denial of the "parading" of bodies of Swapo insurgents, even in the face of paratus distributes thousands of copies ofthe approximate 250 studies photographic proof. Neither are we prepared to "swallow" their pro­ release annually, to journalists, key TOP people get hundreds of quick-to-read Heritage studies like this one. paganda; these self-styled "protectors" of the people. congressional aides and others, and Opposition media and the authorities can continue to turn a blind maintains its own news service. 'eye to the appeal of the people for a ceasefire, and an end to the war, Feulner describes his young and THE HERITAGE Foundation credit~ itself with leading the US because it suits them to do so.- But this newspaper and its personnel eager employees (most of them under political tilt towards the right. But critics say its credibility is based will have clear consciences when peace eventually comes. 40) as the "shock troops of the conser­ on incorrect assumptions and half-truths. vative movement". About 40 current Among the stands it claims to have helped popularise are a host of 'antis' or past employees hold full time or part - anti-UN, anti-Communist, anti-Soviet Union and anti-welfare. Its critics time positions in the government . . charge that research is often sloppy and the assumptions false......

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PRESSURE ON tHE -MEDIA e ,Bishops and Both-a JOURNALISTS FROM 20 Commonwealth,countries declared opening ,of the CJA conference by In­ IT IS TO be hoped that Mr P W Botha, South African at the end of a week-long conference in New Delhi that "the in­ dia's External Affairs Minister., In­ gram said "Journalists can playa role State President, will accede to the urgent request of dependence of the journalist is an essential part of universal in explaining the Commonwealth as it churchleaders for a meeting in the near future. freedom". The Commonwealth Journalists Association, which is today: " , The ch'!lrclileaders, inchidhigNariUbian Bishops, met aims to help develop journalists' skills, declared its concern at "People in some countI'ies - par­ with the Administrator GEmerru, Mr Louis Pienaar, on increased pressures on the media throughout the world. ,Fran­ ticularly in Britain, and perhaps to a cis M wanza reports for Gemini News Service from New Delhi. lessor degree in Canada and Australia Wednesaay of this we.ek in order to ask for a meeting - still. have the Wrong image of the With the State President, in order to giv~ ' urgent ' atten­ The second international conference Commonwealth summit meeting in , Commonwealth apd lack ,the tion to what they desclib'e.as the d~teriorating situation of the Commonwealth Journalists Vancouver, Canada in October, knowledge of what it act,ually d<,>es. Association (CJA), in New Delhi has The main issues discussed at the con- "They see only the turbulence on the iri northe~n N a~bi'~~ 'and '''to preyent it from escalating ,refocussed attention on the increasing' ference included the training of Com- surface ;;'nd,know and care little'about beyond the present already dangerous point". , pressures on journalists. monwealthjoUrnalists,mediaandha- t the work that goes on at any leveland In making their request, the churchleaders' re,called It was concerned particularly with tional'development ~ which was the , in particular on tlie non-governmental their "concerns arid 'warnings" whicb.had been conditions in Commonwealth coun- conference theme - rural reporting level-the unofficial Commonwealth, previo_usly hr.ought to _the attention of the South African ,tries, followil).g the recent parcel bomb " . and coveringthe Commonwealth. " as it is inadequately termed: death of Nigerian editor Dele Giwa, Since the establishment ofthe CJA "We are part ofthe unofficial Com­ State Preside!)t. -, and police raids on British Broad- nine years ago, important contribu- monwealth . .The CJA is one of the It was not possible to establi~h whether Mr Botha was ' casting Corporation offices in Glasgow. tions have been inade in training. , several new organisations that have prepared to meet with the same churchle~ders whom The conference, attended by 66 jour- Courses have been_conducted in Tan- strengthened this unofficial network nalists from 20 Commonwealth coun- zania, Uganda, Lesotho, Swazilanc!., in recent years:' ,. he has turned away in the past, but.it is to be hopedthat the State President will now concur in order to hear the tries, declared in its COIIJ1llunique, that Cyprus, South, Pacific countrie~ and Attne end of the conference the CJA "theindependence6fthejournalistis West Africll.. '-, " ; - : - reaffirmed its belief in, "a need· for views'of'those churchleaders who are in close contact an essential part of universal freedorn", Goals set durmg the conference m- broader and more balanced repOrting with the rapidly deteriorating situation in northern and pledged, to h.elp develop jour: ':J -- clud~dthe intensification of training on the Commonwealth itself. The 8JA nalists' skills. - , , ,",' ' progiainmes in the coming year. Namibia, and' are therefore in a position to brief Mr considers that much ofthecriticism of : -Botha fully on .this state of affairs. ' _ The CJA {also pledged to act~,'~~' a ",~,' Howev.er, it was sadly noted that after the Commonwealth;particularly that ' catalyst against apartheid; ," -. , ',. several years of oepration, Britain and appearing so' persistently in the ' , The meeting of churc~ea4ers With Mr Pifmaar to re­ Harassnie~t, inti~idation, im- Australia are still the only coli- British media, is unjustified andeveIi quest an urgent appointment with Mr Botha, comes in tributors to.the Commonwealth Media prisonmenlX:uid even murder '01 jour- Inischievous". ~he"\vake of a , siIirih~r call by the head of ~he Ovambo nalists, once . described as an' "en" DevelopniEmt Fund, which helps The communique said'''The quality dangered specie!:!", have been.increas- . finan!:.e the'se programmes. ' , ofthis reporting could, be improved by Administration, Mr Peter Kalangula, who rec~ntly met . ing andraislrig doubts abQuytht!fotm:e -~ • T,h~ Fun'd was set up on Australian exchanges ofjournalists imd editorial with, MrPien.aar.'to express his, s~rio.us ,concern ·-about ofpress-'freMom. ' ~ initHitlve a,rterthe 19~1 Melbourne material between member countries. the increased atr.ocities ,in noI1;hern-;Nalliibia. ' . J ~r. Statistics show' a risingtr~rid in the. C9mmonw~alth ·sum~llt. ' The CJA will seek-to effect'such;ex­ , It'may well be-the'viewpoint Of the authorities that the numQer ofjourna'lists who ai;e'killec:if ' '" "Derek-lngram, 1!~S1dent oftl;,1e.CJ4, changes:' missing or iinprisoned. Interrlational E,!xl2ressed t~e hope InNew DelhI ~h~t conflict in the north is winding"down rather than ''Ib achieve this go'al, the CJA wants P.E.N., a writers organisation, said ' ~~ada,lndiaandNewZealandlIllglit escalating, but this view does not coincide with the feel­ to work in collaboration with editors thatin1982,runejournalistswerElkill- Jom the Fund and ~r~aps ~ome and publishers imd ' the Com­ ings of churchleaders, Ovambo Admiiristration officials, ed and 472 were imprisoned. . '': smaller, poorer co~nt~Ies. eyen If on- . ""'. -".' ly as a token contnb1,ltlon,:'l1). mu!!h the monwealth Press Union (CPU). - . and re'sidEmts ofthe north, who are of the opinion that T~e Commltte~ to Protect Jour-, , same way as they allpayintothe'Com­ According to th.e CjA, the Com­ the war is intensifying and,CIvilians are increasingly the nahsts, says that m 1985, twenty-g,ve , moIfwealth Fund for Technical Co- moriwealthand its member countries victims. journalists either disappearE,!d, or were; operation arid the Commonwealth could be greatly erihanced as a news killed, 150 others were arrested and45! Foundation". - , source if the "so called editorial Sin~e Mr' Botha himself has in the past stated that the news organisatio~s ",:ere si~enced. " Partic;ipants at the conference en- gatekeepers - editors, news editors, interim government he himself appointed, does not ~y . Ekpuj ;. Edltor-Itr-Chle~ of the couraged the trainipg ofjournalists 01;1 broadcasting executives and senior represent the broad base of the Namibian population, NlgeJ;'Ian N~w~s,,:~tch ~~gazme and locallsmguage new,§papersl,which, it journalists!... were able more easliy to he should be prepared to meet with the churchleaders newly-elected N lce - Preslde~t of. the "was felt, had the potEmtialto cater for -tOur'Coiimionwealth couiitriesandMe CJA,toldtheFebruarymeetmg: The , the majority of people ,,'in many for themselves". -,I '. CJ f • , ,hn to heartIreii-Viewpoin'tI"ene·tftai.wilJ-6e Ht~US con­ casualty figures forlast year are equal- countries. A panel discussion at the conference tradiction with that of the interim government. , ly blood-chilling. Also -encouraged was rural repor- revealed anx~ety, voiced by speakers The chrirchleaders hi question represent a 'substantial Pressures -on the media are par: ' ting. Notwithstanding constraints of from the Pacific, Caribbean and Africa portion of the Namibian popul-ation (an: estimated 86 per­ ticularly prevalent in many African time and money, it was felt that jour- in particular, about the impact offree, cent are members of the Co-uncil of Churches affiliates) and some Asian countries. 'Ib try to nalists should report developments or low-cost foreign television program­ redress the 'situation the CJA discuss- outside the urban conurbations. mes, largely American~ on member and their warnings concerning the deteriorating situa­ ed the preparation of a memorandum Reporting the Commonwealth was ,countries, which could not match them tion should be heeded by the South African State Presi­ voicing its concerns in advance ofthe another major issue. At the official in budget hours or production. dent "before it reaches a calamitous stage".

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PUPILS of the Loudima Secondary and Technical school for Namibian refugees, pictured on this page at work, and at the official opening of the school.

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IN THE CONGO10 ,:z-'<'!.; \ IS ·OPENED IN 1982 MR SAM NUJOMA, the Presi­ and administration of the school. dent of the South West Africa Peoples The first 120 students started atten­ Organisation (SW APO), requested the ding classes in June 1986 and the school The 'antithesis' Namibia Association of Norway to help was officially opened on December 10 finance a secondary and technical last year - on Namibian Womens Day. It school for Namibia, to be built in the was officially opened by Swapo of · present· People's Republic of Congo. Secretary Gener:al, Mr Andimba Toivo The Loudima Secondary and ya Toivo, in the presence of Ms 'Kari Technical School has subsequently Gjesteby, Parliamentary Secretary in edueation system been opened and is near Loudima, a the Norwegian Ministry for , Foreign BY ESAU NOWASEB small town west of Brazzaville, which Relations, high-ranking representatives lies only 15km away from the Namibian of the Congolese government and other THE DIRECTOR of the tion), as a radical departure from school. international representatives. English Language Unit at the "apartheid education". Construction of the school, described The Namibia Association was CCN,Mr Moses Omeb,told the Peoples' education served as an emotive symbol, as well as a motiva­ by the Namibia Association as "yet represented by Mr Steinar Saetervadet, annual congress of the another victory in the field of education Administrative Secretary, and Ms Vivi Namibia Professional tional powerhouse for those disen­ Teachers' Organisation in chanted with "apartheid education", for Namibian refugees"; started in 1985. Gramm, Projects coordinator. Mr Omeb said. Today 4 800 square metres of land stand Other countries have also contributed Swakopmund last week, that He charged that students at govern­ alternative education was the ment schools, including the Academy, under construction. The total area to the financing of the school. From "antithesis" of the present acquiesced to the unquestioned under construction will be 7 000 square Sweden, SIDA contributed 5 million system of education which was authority ofthe principals and inspec­ metres at the end of the Project. Swedish Krone and the World Univer­ imposed u p o n Namibia n tors .. . an act he described as being The school is financed by the sity Service (WUS) of Denmark is inhabitants. "class collaboration with the in­ Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responsible for the school's agricultural struments of colonial-capitalist rule". Addressing the congress on "Alter­ which donated about 40 million Krone project. native Education" , Mr Omeb said this Mr Omeb said if students were ac­ Jorm of education was an indication corded their legitimate status as (about 6 million US Dollars). The By August 1987 the second intake of that there was a need to change the pre­ creative participants in the educa­ Namibia Association itself collected students will amount to 150 more. After sent education system. tional process, then their education about 25 million Norwegian Krone five years, the school will be able to ac- ' He said alternative education would become a powerful tool in the (about 4 million US Dollars) for the cost comodate 600 students, ofwhich\60 per­ presented a vision of a classless socie­ deconstruction of myths, fantasies and ty and promoted the common good of oppressive ideologies. for tlie rust five years of the running cent would be girls and 40 percent boys. the majority. He said in order for real par­ "Alternative education is that which ticipatory democracy to be'realised at willhelpfree us from the colonial pat­ school level, parent-teacher-student tern ofthought-control. It encourages associations needed to be formed. , critical thinking and does not stop Mr Omed said deaths and sacrifices ""hen the student leaves the of s~ore s ofyoung people have come to classroom," said Mr Omeb. mean that the struggle for a new and He said alternative education radically different educational system recognised and respected human is a life and death struggle, adding that dignity and would prepare the youth any attempt at developing alternative for life after school. educational programmes would thus The CCN official said he viewed of necessity have to address the ques­ alternative education (people's educa- tion of political power.

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SWAPO General Secretary, Mr Andimba Toivo ya Toivo, who officially opened the new school in the People's Republic of Congo. _ ' ...... ¢ » .... '''PO ~

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WINDH EK SHIFIDI SQUARE SWAKOPMUND LUDERI Z TSUMEB GIBEO , RANJEMUND ,\'.,; ...~. r;:s; ~'1 j .t.;o. " and there·i!;l a~eed · fQr:,. organisation On-- Koevoet in different sectors to take up these problems. We must mobilise women, I WOULD like to express my strong students, workers and others. opposition against the presence of the Workers cannot organise students . dreaded and much-hated Koevoet-in but they can playa supportive role our locations in particular, and' in in student struggles. School students Namibia in general. cannot organise workers but can pro­ Obviously the concern of their vide support for worker struggles. bosses centres around the~r dedica­ Students are no.t a static grouping. tion to label and exterminate our New students come into schools, good organisation, ' Swapo of others leave and become workers, Namibia. unemployed people in the communi­ Although the organisation, right­ ty or even teachers .and doctors. ly or wrongly, is accused of com­ There they can join other organisa: munism and terrorism, this does not being held in. detention without trial theid is like a ca~c~r ' in the body in this country seeking international tions such as trade unions, womens ' give South Africa the right to at present. politic of our country. It debil'itates recognition. Using conspiracy in the org;lp.isations, youth or' progressive - establish a socalled own army for and kills. . _, . ._ most complacent and dirty manner. community organisations. , Namibia under the guise of a police. GWEN LISTER - EDITOR There is' notHing whatsoevet; at pre- . .~ T}!ey ca:ll-for a conference to be at- We need to organise people towards task force. . . sent in this country which 'could · tended by local parties and some in­ democratic socialistic ideals. We can­ Koevoet and SwapolfrIN, together necessitate thesQcalled government.. ter.Jlatjpna1 . bodies, .Pu.t surely no not tackle this alone. This is why we with the SWATF, were invented to Race harriers of national unity or the 'pseudo­ clear minded individual will fall in­ must organise and unite with other j fight the sole and authentic represen­ Hiemstni'constitution.: In my view it -to this hit and run quicksand. progressive sectors. Because our aims : tatives of the Namibians. I AM astonished that in this country, is a grave insult ' te .o1;l.r trl:le'_ " How can our .people invest their a:re one, the achievement of true I am blame all these instances for _ . which has a self-appointed govern­ democratic nation~ l unity;. to qur sacred, trust. in leaders of political freedom and buUding' a non-racial the death of Immanuel Shifidi at a ment apparently committed to scrap­ dignity and indeed to _our national parties efthis nature?'I'hey advocate Namibia can be achievea only . by Swapo rally last.year. It was a legal ping racial discrilnihaiiori, that there prestige'. _. . -. . " . . recondliation, harmony and tran­ waging our struggle as a. mass pro­ meeting, and in the course of its are a number of racist black brothers "Despite the' manifestation of this ~uility onb'ne hand, and vfolently gressive united force. history, Swapo has never chased peo· and sisters. hYPocritical government; despite agitate for-a unilateral declaration of All materialistic ideals are mean­ pIe from its meetings (as people are PeQple coming from northern their declaration ofthe Bill of Rights; , . independence (UDI) on the other. inglesii as long as South Africa still chased awayfrom DTA meetings) not Namibia are regarded as uncivilised huma~ ~ atrocities are mounting in These- pa~ief? have no basic' prin­ occupies Namibia. Let us think first has it ever· intended to 'create havoc, and even-the police say they are and tliis c ountry '- Hu;man' ~alues ilre not ciples. MPC parties: supporled'by the of the struggle and then of the lux- chaos and riottng', before, during or see them as tliit!ves. . respected ainong tlie{ black popula­ army and police; 'are perpetuating urious iife. . . . after a~y .of the -meetings. Bloodsh­ , I wish to eXJl~ess my views on an tion. Black people are persecuted, brutalities on the people. Savagely ed usually occurs when Koevoet is i ncidenfwhich occurred on March 21 harassed and intimidated with in­ killing them and parading them on ITITE IEIXAB present . iii Walvis Bay' town: It happened at tblerance: Thlscountry fs intoXicated" thEii'r'Casspirs, I consider these to be GillEON .....,The dubious commission of inquiry about ten thirty, near the Super Save with bigotry and crimes. some of the most terrifying and bar­ launched into Shifidi's death Qy the Market. Today even our fighting forces are baric actions in the contemporary era police, . L~ "4~il.(f.~JPh.er.e Sf.0~ irh.llv e The police were hunting innocent talking in the language of politicians . of christianity and moral sensibility. been·ah in qUiry: by~ neturalianliAm­ people'who were doing shoppingiind ·an(F;diplomats. 19i1oring the truth When bombs explode my heart parti-al . or'ganisil.ti'(hi~ '~ li'td70r , buying their groceries. At first the . ·ha:ve not yet attained their ob­ shatters, and when inhuman prac­ individuals...... ~.' -"~.~ .~~. ; police vehicle was empty and was '., <,'~'r •. ·"'T

HOW THE ZEBRA . He is no man: Behold! he is an arm and GOT ITS STRIPES a leg, therefore lie needs many wives to Long~ago , wh~ n animals were still sucl;qur him":,~' . new Qn eartli, the weather was very , Then the womanllaid "A woman iny hot, and what little water there was re­ marry a man, but not a portion thereof. mained in pools and pans. One ofthese 'Ibday we will seek a whole man, for the was guarded by a boisterous baboon, comfort ofthe whole man:s love." And who claimed that he was the "lord of they all packed up and.left . the water", arid forbade anyone from As ~hey went, they passed the word drinking at his pool. around " If some day you should hear When a zebra and his son came down tell of a man who is made up of to have a drink, the baboon, who was manliness alone, and worthy of a 'sitting by his frre,jumped up. "Go away woman's love, go not to himJ for he is no intruders", he barked: "This is my pool man, but only a portion thereof. and I am the lord of the water:' Behold! It is but an arm and a leg!" "The water is for everyone, not just Next week "The Hottentots". for you, molikeyface," shouted back the zebra's son. " Ifyou want it, you must fight for it;' returned the baboon in a fine fury, and in a moment, the two THE BUSHMEN PART V were locked in combat. Back and forth they went, until with a mighty kick the zebra sent the ba­ A GREAT MANY of the tales related by the Bushmen are boon flying high up amng the rocks of told ofthe animals, which the little people know sowell. For the kranz behind them. The baboon landed with a smack on his seat, and example, the Bushmen say that the awe-inspiring Fish River to this day he carries the bare patch Canyon inthe south ofNamibia, owes its many ragged twists where he landed. and convolutions to the violent rage ofKouteign Koorou the The zebra staggered back through serpent, which, in the .distant past·made the place its lafr. the baboon's fire, which scorched him, leaving stripes across his white fur. Desperate to escape the hunters who relentlessly pursued The shock sent the zebra galloping it, th~ monster retreated intothe desert, gouging deep scars across the plains, where he has stayed in the land in its efforts to ~ade its tormentOrs, and.the ever since. results of its agony remain to this day! . The baboon arid his family however, remain high up in·the rocks, where The lazy snake In the desert feels his legs shrink away they bark in defiance at all strangers, and hold up their tails to easethe smar­ ting of their bald patches_ THECROW'S PATCH The white patch or cOllar around the .QUOTt5 nect of the. ibiquitous crow is said to. have Qeen made by a lumpoffat tied on by Bushmenwives. The women attach­ ed the fat liefore sending the bird to fflOM look for t heir husbands if they were . late returning after a long day's hun­ :ting. Whether the fat was to sustain HIS1d(Y the crow on his longflight, or to restore the husbands upon being found is not quite clear: but it has certainly left the EUGENE DEBS; Am.rlcan crow with an indelible stain on his tr.~., . linlonlst .nd . co­ shirt front! . founder of the Socl.llst P ..... HOW THE SNAKE WST ty. of the US (1855 - 1828): HIS LEGS 'While there Is a lower class, I In the story ofhow the snake lost his am In·lt; while there Is a criminal legs, the moon is portrayed as a sym­ element, I am of It; and while pathetic deity, who looked into the there is a soul in prison, I am future and saw what a terrible drought !not f·ree· ... tH •. .I.d :".l1.•. hd._ .!li1.!-_ was impending. She called to Mantis. r- y{' -1 "*t<}1 ~f) ',,~..q,.r- IT I • VrJf' .... o.--+ ! f "You must take your wives ' and JOSEPH PIERRE FAYAU, children and all the birds and animals and move from this area, for soon there Fr.nch r.volutlonary I ...... will be nothing here but a desert;' she (1788 • 1788): 'As for me, I warned him. think anyone, whoever he may So Mantis told everybody, and all the be, who has done nothing for animals packed up and trekked away liberty, or who has not done all to safer places. All but the snake, which' he could, deserves to be in those days had four legs, like other counted an enemy to It'. animals. He was lazy, and did not believe Mantis. GEORGES CLEMENCEAU, "No, I will stay here. Your drought French radical pOlitician and will not worry me;' he said: But soon, Prime Minister (1841- 1828): when no rains fell and the grass shrivelled and all the little fat frogs 'My home policy? I wage war. hopped away, the snake grew thin and My foreign policy? I wage war. and hungry and decided to follow the Always, everywhere, I wage others. war'. . By then however, the land had become a desert, and each weary foot JOHN CLYNES,English the snake put before him salik into the Labour politician (1888 • hot sand. At last, in desperation, he 1848): 'A Communist is no cried "Oh Moon, I am ashamed of more a left-wing member of the myself. Save me from the sun andI will Labour Party than an atheist is change my ways". a left-wing member of the Chris­ The Moon to.ok pity on the creature tian Church' . .and in a moment the snake found that his legs had shrunk away and on his CONFUCIUS (551 BC gleaming skin he could glide easily 478BC): 'When law and order across the hot sand without into it as prevail In the land, a man may before. Whether the snake really did be bold in speech and bold in change his ways when he had found his way out of the desert we are not told, action, but when the land lacks but in view of the general feelings law and order, though he make about these reptiles, I think it is take bold action, he should lay doubtful! . restraint on his speech'.

OUVER CROMWELL, (1588· 1858): 'You havttstayed in this place too long, and there is no The husband in the sack. only an arm and a legl health in you. In the name of God, go'.

worthyofa woman's love. Blessed is she would be back in the bag, and his put be back quickly!" he said, knowing CAMILLE DESMOULINS, who would marry.him". mother would say that he had gone out that he had been discovered. French revolutionary leader Kouteign Koorou, the serpent. Soon many girls, who were attracted hunting, and was such a mighty The young women then came in, (1760 - 1794): 'The great ap­ by this fine proposition were married hunter he would soon be home bearing pretending she had forgotten to take pear great to us only because a gemsbok on his back. One morning her pipe along with her. She said to the to him, but they were still never allow­ we are on our knees. Let us THE HIDDEN HUSBAND ed 0 see him. Each day when the wives however, one of the cleverest wives did mother "'lbday I have seen your son, went to gather roots and work in the not go to the fields, but hid behind the our husband. Is this the man you said rise'. There was once a woman who kept fields, his mother would open the bag hut. was made of manliness alone and wor­ her son in a sack. No one had ever seen and let him out, and he would sing: She saw the.mothertake out the bag. thy of a woman's 10ve'!Behold, it is'on- FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY, this son, but he was supposed to be a ly an arm and a leg: ' . paragon of virtue. One day, his mother "I am but half a man From it came just an arm and a legjoin­ Russi an novelist (1821 • decided that he should be married and Yet I have. many wives ed together, and this thing hopped Then she called all the others. "Ah 1881): 'Tyranny is a habit; it made the following proclamation: "I Wherefore being no man about. She also heard it sing its song. foolish young wives of nothing! Is not may develop, and it does am looking for a wife for my wonderful I am yet a great man." Then the strange creature saw the wife a man made up of two arms and two develop at last, into a disease'. son. He is made of manliness alone and When the wives came home, he peeping around the door. "Oh mother, legs? 'lbday I have seen our husband. ---~-

16 Friday April 10 .1987 THE NAMIBIAN TIE ALEITNESS OF A TOWN 1T WAI MR VEZERA KANDETU, head of the Social Services Unit of the Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN) and a fellow worker, visited the northern Namibian' areas of Kavango and Caprivi between March 26 and March 30, in order to assess the needs of the people there. The following are Mr Kandetu's observations on the trip.

TEACHERS houses at a village school in Caprivi. Only the principal lives in a 'modern' house.

IN RUNDU (Kavango) the CCN dustrial character: several petrol sta- took us through villages along the team was recelved by Reverend tions, supermarkets, pharmacy and Zambezi River (which forms part of the Ludwig Haushiku ofthe Methodist several schools, of which two are secon- natural boundary between Caprivi Church, who accompanied them dary schools. It also has a strong and Zambia) east towards the border during their travels in Kavango military presence. with Botswana. and Caprivi. . After some time in the Kavango the In these areas people have been hard- Sanyemwais a small town just out- team proceeded towards Caprivi along' hit by drought. With thefrrstrainspeo- side Rundu. It is estimatE;ld that 10 to the Kavango River -natural boundary pIe have cultivated some corn and 15 000 people most of them of Angolan with Angola. maize, but because the rains never .origin, live there, under the worst of We drove through villages, towns returned the son has burned the land conditions: no proper housing, no run- and farming communities -a sad sight. and communities forced to survive on ning water, no toiletsr Water is provid- People trying to make a living out of nothing at all. -Worst of all, were the ed through several taps planted in cer- nothing. Those who have a piece ofland flood disaster areas. tain central areas. Atall these places . trytocultivateit, but since they do not It must have rained heavily in · ~~was .noproper<: ~1i'tr

tOwn, with three qualified technicians. < • Almost every vehicle is an army ' and it is incumbent upon the CCN to below, right, a community market in central Katima­ The workshop has 15 enrolled students vehicle, and everyone is alert and move fast and try to save lives in this even off-duty soldiers come for their share. of Angola origin, but unfortunately overtly aware of strange cars and in- region. facili'ties for the workshop are lacking, quisitive about strangers. It illso ap- with no proper tools or even workshop, pears that ifyou move around with cer- so it is difficultfol' the people to do any tain people your movements are wat- serious work. The biggest problm at ched very closely. the workshop is a lack offunds. We leftto inspect drought and flood· Rundu itselfis a town with some in- stricken disaster areas, and our visit THE NAMIBIAN Friday April 10 1987 17

he thinking Blan's portable padded eell dgrenades in my boot before quickly ween the front seats." I SAW an old friend of mine not so long ago. He was walking down covering them with a handful of He said by the time they had finish· the mmn street with a broad grin plastered across his somewhat marijuana;' ed, his car looked like some insane ravage(I face and asked him what the secret ofhis eternaljoy was. At this point in the story my friend pharmaceutical dispensary on wheels. had to stop. He was breathing heavily "Then the cry went up. They all He immediately pushed his fringe nowhere. I came over a rise and there and his lobotomy scar had turned a began shouting at once. Stand back! .. . aside and proudly pointed out a six· they were waiting for me - a sea of livid purple colour. , Purple hearts! ... Coke! __. Smack! .. . inch·long lobotomy scar. camouflage uniforms and gun barrels After a few minutes he continued to Dagga! Acid! ... Stand back!". He said the operation was the best glinting in the afternoon sun;' tell how seven people manning the He said all the non--commissioned of· thing he had ever done ... describing it The moment the car stopped he was roadblock began throwing pills ficers leaped back and stared at him as as being the thinking man's portable surrounded by a horde of policemen, through his open windows. if he was a psychotic drug·fiend on a padded celL- soldiers, medics, parabats and govern· "By the time I made it back to the car, mission to subvert the consciousness A simple thing, he said, which was ment agents who swarmed over his my backseat was six inches deep in up-­ of an entire nation. periOrmed by a guard ina small prison small Japanese car. pers, downers, hallucinogenics, dexies, "Someone grabbed me and I started cell somewhere in Africa. "While I was desperately watching ephedrine, LSD, slimming tablets arid screaining. A police Captain yelled He told me that he had only just been to see what they were doing, a corporal vitiinin capsules of all shapes and something about Cold Turkey, but by released after serving a five·year jumped in front of me and tried to sell colours. that stage I certainly wasn't interested sentence for possessing and dealing in me one ofthe seven watches that were in food:' some ofthe most vicious drugs known strapped to his wrist. "There was even a small pile of He described how he was taken to a to mankind. I told him I already had one, and look· peyote seeds, wh~ch are only foundin nearby tent where a rat·faced corporal This came as something of a shock to ed anxiously over his shoulder;' the Mexican desert." spent four hours taking down the me, asl knew he was a devout Catholic What he saw was the beginnings of -He said that he stood speechless with names and descriptions of each drug and a staunch disbeliever in narcotics a five year jail sentence staring him in horror as a man with the rank of found in his car. of any kind. the face. General lashed a block of hashish to "The magistrate didn't even want We found a quiet spot in a side street, A man dressed in alight.blue safari the luggage·rack on his roof. me in his courtroom. He put me in a and lie recounted the story of how he suit was studiously pouring a packet "At that stage nobody was even dark hole for five years and this is why had been travelling through one of of cocaine into the airfilter of his pretending to plant the shit. Two men -today I walk around with a well· Africa's last colonies when he was stop-- engine. wearing green berets emerged from padded psyche as my sanctuary for ped at a roadblock. "While this was goingonl saw an are the bushes dragging a sack filled with sanity:' said my friend and his face "They suddenly appeared out of my corpOral stacking five or six han· pure heroin. This they wedged bet· broke into a wide smile. TOURIST INVASION THE LARGEST "concentrated Opening the AGM officially will be tourist invasion the city has ever ex· the Judge President of Namibia, Mr perienced", will start on April 16, Justice Hans Berker, himselfa former with the 36th annual general Tabler. meeting of the Association of Round Tables of Southern Africa (ARTSA), and over 1300 visitors are expected from 19 countries; According to a press release by Round Table, the'1300 visitors are ex· pected to glve aR1.million.plus shot in the arm for the local economy. ,_ In addition " the opportunities for :-<' generating good international rela· tions exist with-over 60 visitors eJ!:· - pected from 19 countries". ' According to the-press releaservir· -' tually ~'{ery av~ilab!~ p~d}ntown hl,l.d , , . ~n f>OO.k~~for a),vee!t;lt'he c?nference 1 , "1S from'Aprl120 to 25Yana Wmdhoek's . . " hospi tali tll" ahii c at&in'gitacilili~ willi) , • be 'stietch~.d to t,h.!l limit~,i'_.; -,. ; ,r.• , , ~!.. --' Round l'i\blesll,Jd~hatov.t:r 8.Ilda~~~_ .l"" the AGM proceedings, pre.conference . " tours over the Easter weekend ,had - been arranged to the, Namib Desert, coast and Etosha. • : .' Many vi!\itors we re,el'pec~d >to_ st a~ on for ,the ,Carnival and the air y.rays had had to make special flight arrangements. . , . ~ - A feature of the AGM would be-the election of a local man, Mr Udo Kan· negiesser, as National ]'resident of Artsa for the 1987/8 year. This is the third time in the Round Table's 39-year history that a Namibian has held the top office in the Association.

WINDHOEK came alive last Satur- day at the Music Festival staged at the Showgrounds. Approximately 8000 fans let their hair down for once to the beat of lia, The Rocketts, CJB and Hotline. Top left: Cindy Alter of the group lia who many felt should have topped the bill ahead of Hotline; left: PJ Powers of Hotline belts it out - sadly their "act came to an abrupt end, and top: one of the members of lia, who brought a touch of class to the show. 18 -Friday April 10 1987 THE NAMIBIAN ------~~~----~------,. The 1Iltimate lillll--POWERFUL-DRAMA THE POWERFUL new drama "The Mission", marks director Roland Joff~s , first film since tb~ multi-award winner, ''The Kill­ ing Fields", and stars Robert de Niro andyeremy II'c)ns as two men tlieOsear - .one of the swor.d 8l).d one of 'the cl()th' .:.:. foho Unite to risk A*ard with three ofthe lessor awards. everything against the t:orces of t;wo mighty empires in order to "PLATOON" A FILM ofthe Vietnam War, that no Hollywood , The Iilm won for Best SCreenplay save the lives of an endangered Indian tribe in mid-18th century studio would make, sentimentalfavouritePaul Newman~ ' and Adaptation - from EM Forster's novel - by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, for Best South America, set against the background of the Iquaza Falls, a deaf actress named Marlee Matlin, were' the big Hollywood amidst the Guarani Indians. ' Oscar winners on Monday night this ,week at the 59th annual Art Direction, and for Best Costume Design, by Britons Jenny Beavan and Academy Awards, when the glittering event, held -in Los As Rodrigo Mendoza, D~ Nirb por­ instrument. John Bright. Angeles, was hosted by Paul Hogan, Goldie ~awn and Chevy ' trays a man who has found God - and ,Accepted by the Guarani Indians, Chase. ' , Britons Maggie Smith and Denholm humility - at tremendous cost. He has Gabriel creates the Mission' of San Elliott had been nominated for Best 'climbedhis own Calvary, served those Carlos, with Mendoza, the former "Platoon", an infantryman's view of Supporting Actress and Actor for the he once held enslaved, and humbled slaver, mercenary and murderer, who the Vietnam War, won four awards, the film, and Londoner Bob Hoskins had himself before an enemy. finds redemption among his former largest numoer for a film, including been nominated for Best Supporting But the fires of the. past still victims and in time also become8 a Actor for his role ofa former convict in one for Best Picture and one for Oliver smoulder in those eloquent eyes, and Jesuit, and one ofGabriel's accolytes. "Mona Lisa". Stone, the Vietnam infantryman who when his newfound sanctuary is Several years later, as a result ofthe peddled his scriptfor ten years, for Best The stubby Hoskins, attending his threatened, Mendoza comes face to Treaty ofMadrid , the Jesuits are sum­ Director. first Oscar night, declared "I'm here face with a moral dilemma - to break moned before Altamirano, who has "I think you are finaliy saying you for the party". . the sacred vow of non-violence, or been appointed by the Pope to deter­ understand what happened over there. Hollywood also tried to make silently sanction the slaughter of his mine the fate ofthe missions. And I think you are saying it should amends to Stephen Spielberg, whose friends. When he orders the Guarani Indians never happen again", a deeply-moved film "The Colour Purple", ran through Jeremy Irons, who portrays Father to leave San Carlos, the Indians decide Stone said in accepting his Oscar. 11 nominations last year without pick­ Gabriel, was attracted to "THE MIS­ to fight, and Gabriel and Mendoza are The star-packed audience of 5 000 ing up a single Oscar. SION" by both the "literate script" faced with an agonising choice - aban­ and the opportunity to work with Joffe. don their charges, or to violate the gave Stone, who was wounded twice in Spielberg, 37, whose films include He also sensed that the film would be sacred vows of obedience and non­ Vietnam, a rousing such box office blockbusters as "Jaws", "enlightening", a prediction which has violence. acknow ledgement. "E.T:' and "Raiders of the Lost Ark", corne to pass for him. With the approach ofthe European Unable to sell the script in was given a standing ovation when he "Out of what I have experienced in muskets and cannon, the one man Hollywood, Stone persuaded the . received the Irvling G Thalberg the jungle as Father Gabriel, question­ raises his voice in prayer, while the British company Hemdale to produce Memorial Award for his work as ed and strengthened my own values:' other, his abandoned sword. the film on a low budget of six million producer. dollars. he says. The supporting cast includes Ray Newman, now aged 62, and GOLDIE HAWN - sparkling Oscar Spielberg, who has never considered As Father Gabriel, he follows the McAnally in the pivotal role of nominated for Best Actor six.times in .Awards hostess. himself a member of the Hollywood path of a crucified priest, armed only Altamirano, Aidan Quinn, Cheri . the past, was not in the audience to establishment, said "Most of my life with his faith and a single wood-wind Lunghi and Daniel Berrigan. receive his golden statuette for Best Britain's "A Room with a View", with has been spent in the drak watching Actor, in the fiim "The Colour of three Oscars each. movies. Movies have been the Money". "I have been there every time A popular choice was British actor before and lost. Maybe ifI stay away I'll Michael Caine, who had been win", he had said. nominatted on three previous occa- . And he did. Finally he won after 40 sions for Best Actor, and who won on years of film-making, recreating a Monday night for Best Supporting Ac­ middle-aged fast Eddie Felson, a pool­ tor for his role of a philandering hus­ shark hustler, he first played 26 years band in "Hannah and her Sisters". ago, in "The Hustler". Cane, 54, who has kept his cockney At that time he was nominated for accent and is one of the few actors to Best Actor, and lost. wear spectacles on screen, was not An emotional favourite was 21-year­ there to accept his award, being in the old Matlin, who thanked the audience Bahamas filming "Jaws IV". o eventw~J\¥li ip: ltI !l-~_~tElJe;vision .• Iii~;nll~ Wiest, a ,egular m.ember of viewers in 86 countries in sign Allen's stable of actors and actresses, language, for giving her an Oscar for was named Best Supporting Actress, playing a deaf student who falls in love for·her role of one of the sisters, Holly, in ' ~Children of a Lessor God", her first a depressed actress who fails all her film. auditions. "This Oscar is not only for white, "Gee, this is not as I imagined it Anglo-Saxon hearing people", she said would be in the bathtub", she said, her through an interpreter, "but for hair dyed red for her next Allen film. everyone!" Allen, who has been nominated 11 Following on "Platoon", was Woody . times for an Oscar and who won for \ Allen's "Hannah and her Sisters", and directing and writing the screenplay MICHAEL CAINE not present to ac­ of "Annie Hall", was playing his cept Award for Best Supporting clarinet in Michael's pub in New York Actor. when he won his third Oscar for the "Hannah" screenplay. literature of my life. I want to thankthe Allen, who stays away from audiences out there in the dark:' Hollywood, has said Oscars are mean­ There was also a standing ovation for ingless and refused to allow his 82-year-old Ralph Bellamy, who made , distributors even to promote·the film a career out of being turned down by for the Oscar Awards, which are hand­ leading ladies in the second reel and ed out by the 4 355 film industry recently appeared in the 'film "Trading members who make up the Academy Places", of Motin Picture Arts and Sciences. Bellamy, after a 56-year film career Shirley MacLaine, who believes in covering more than 100 films, said he reincarnation, accepted the Award for still had an ambition - "I would like Allen. "I'll accept for him twice - once to say I have acted with everybody!" he for his body, which is playing clarinet , declared. and once for his spirit, which is here", Awards for Best Sound Effects she said. Editing went to the film "Aliens", as "A Room with a View", an elegantly­ well as Best Visual Effects, while the filmed romantic story of an Edwardian award for Best Original Song went to JEREMY IRONS portrays a Jesuit miSSionary whose work with a PAUL NEWMAN wins after 40 years of the film "'Ibp Gun", for "Take My girl who chooses love for convenience, South American Indian tribe ultimately pits him against two mighty film-making and six nominations. had tied with "Platoon", with eight Breath Away". An award for Best nominations, but had to be content Make-up went to the movie "The Fly". , empires in the powerful drama "The MiSSion".

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SOO-KYOUNG JQ

- ...... - The South-Korean col,..- ~ 0 '"ano, winner of ~he SI-~~~. national Sl"'''~ ~.:utlon. At +~...~V _' I eatr~ April 10 - 20h30 Bool" ~_ "'~..Jr club members and . ' V 8/4 for the public Tel: 34633 *:::::::::::::=: ----e THE ~NAMIBIAN Friday April 10 1987 1'9_ Aimed at the 12. to 14·years age · group, this series is presented by Pro­ ",~ ((2 ,' • . Out witli favourites fessOr Kristo Pienaar, based on his own­ .I-¥ fiuUk 'experience in the presentation ofthe radio programme "Waarom is die - ...... ,'" Hemel Blou?" . - -: APR9-APR16

ri Professor Pienaa'r will be handling iIi with.documentaries FRIDAY subjects such as the origin and manufactur~of chocolate, coffee, tea, THE LATEST television schedules reflect the unwelcome fact that There will be a general sigh,ofdisl!P­ pointmenl(.nQm the kids (aI)d ,a great cheese and. ;~ogliurt; what cork. is; ,:, J 8h27 Prog_ Schedule_·,. . a number offavo\lrite prograDim~s are d4e'w end, and the ilijerar ma.nY'~'pat€fitS), t ohlght , ~h~jl~ tlj.e .. ,-bte:aa m(lutd aniYruIigus diseases_ . ~ 1'Sh305dIand4n.HanTeddy~Drop'Ear '''' '' . "'~ ing goes, with very little to eJCItice. And,-MtfApHl1 past, it would: At this stage;-itiis not.PQssibletQ give d 9hE 'i Th~~i~ Nl! lley -"" .,.' ;., 20hOO . Suidwes NuW!, seem that the promised (threaiE!ned?)i~~reasedinp.ut'ofsocall~!i · the )~ame . of the; x:eplacemep,t-pro,.. gramme, becausenext Friday y; Geod : ' 20hi5'-;Panger Bay ': ' "documentaries;' has been implemented, wiU~ thl{firs(<,ln~ ' ~it , 201i4'a 'Debuut c·, .>. -'- Friday ,and theSWA,BC hall inserte.~ would se~em!) being "Uit OnsA8;r4.~'~.. oIi. Tuesqay-:evening.~ " '.,-: .l;.2 fhts " Ne~SfWeatlfet N~us/Weer ' .~ special easter enterya.inII¥lnt. . 21h35 'Patis· ,'. . ,., ",,-,,,:,,' With "Kooperasiestories~' finished;. the replacement tomorr9~ eveniJ'lg is ; , ; 122h22- Big-lieag'uff Soccer ',_ -~. , • !tOOS ''({,Luri'JIES, ~ series' of 'six. 23h15 Dagsluiting . . " •. : epfsl?de~ ' abo1,!t this_lnlh.e'sti'ng character, st~rx:ing 'Alex ~e)1J:li?, . SATURDAY Isabella Bosmal,lJ Zap}{ dil Ple1isis anq' others. :: .w.'., , . ". 18h27. Programrooster The fip,al episode of ' ~ WhO's .. The i8h30' Kompas ' Boss" follows, and this will be replac­ 18h35 Bozo Cartoons .'j edby THE ELLEN BURSTYNSHOW, 18h4S "Koos Kluitjies (riew) described as a family comedy, 19h09Filler material Ellen Brewer, Megan Mullally, Jesse 19h14 Remington Steele Tendler, Jack ·. Gilford and Elaine Terence Knox in "Allis Forgiven". 20hOO WhO's the Boss (final) Stritch portray varioq,s characters in 20h24 Feature Film: "Henk, this series. Other interest ing aspects to be Henry en Vriend" Another documentary has been slip­ highlighted include how chewing 21h54 NuuslWeer News/weather ped into Sunday's programme. VOOR­ gum, golden syrup and macaroni are 22h14 Hill Stre'et Blues POSVAN 'N OUER ORDE is a local­ made. 23h09 Wir Bleiben in Stimmung ly produced documentary by Gene An aspect sure to interest the young 23h34 Epilogue Carstens, Hennie Mulder and Uwe viewers is a question posed at the end Rabe, who accompany a group touring ofeach episode. The first 20 correct en­ Kaokoland. Places of interest are dealt tries each receive a "Pound Puppy". SUNDAY with, as for example in Episode One, And, if you'-re a glutton for punish­ places such as Warm Quelle and ment' watch out for a a documentary 17h27 Programrooster Sesfontein are visited. Tl;te trip pro­ on Thursday at 22h10, titled PRO­ 17h30 Secret Place (new) ceeds further north, across the cattle DUKTIWITEIT IN SUIDWES 17h59 Mannemarak plains to Opuwa, where the daily life AFRIKA, 18h12 . Die Blye Boodskap- of the inhabitants, the Ovahimba is A National Productivity Committee 18h34 Life Style captured on camera. After this the was brought into being for .Namibia 19h12 Filler material Kunene River and the Epupa Falls this year with the aim of investigating, 19h20 Voorpos van 'n Ouer Order take a bow. In the second episode, the propagating and promoting (Part'l)(new) rites and traditions of the Ovahimba productivity. 20hOO News Review/Nuusoorsig will be under the spotlight, and even­ As a result, this programme dealing 20h20 Another Life tually places such as Sanitats, with productivity in the country in 21h03 The Classic 'lbuch Orupembe, Purros and the Hoanib general was .produced. Dr Andre 21h27 NewslWeather NuuslWeer River will be visited. This programme Potgieter discusses for example, how 21h47. Oordenking consists oftwo episodes of 50 minutes much knowledge there is on the sub­ each. ject, what is the general attitude MONDAY "Rieksie Rautenbach" also comes to towards productivity, and what must .an end on Monday, as well .as "Mr be done to promote it -, in short 'Where 18h27 Prog. Schedule Belvedere", but at least there are still do we stand in respect to productivity 18h30 Lewende Water a number of episodes left of "Peter the in the country?' 18h35 Rieksie Rautenbach- Great!.!. to bl'ighten' that· night's Apparently this-programnre will lie (...... "B'ltassp'el1rdet (fiiia'!. ''!'''''''> viewing. followed as from April 23 by one of13 19hOO Filler materiai Stephanie Zimbalest in "Remington Steele." On Tuesday, the new educational episodes, titled "Produktiviteit, 'n 19h1l Gesprek en Profiel series UIT ONS AARDE takes to the Sleutel tot Welvaart;' in which the sub­ 19h36 Mr Belvedere (final) screen .. ject is dealt with in detail. 20hOO Suidwes-Nuus ______~....= ...... _ - =-=-=.....=...... =-=_=-=.=...... =...... = .. o;= .... ===-= ....= ... __ ~~ ..= ..... ______20h15 Peter The Great 21h05 The Equalizer ------WUlNERHOME VlDEO------21h51 NewslWeather NuuslWeer 22hll Persoonlike Geldbestuur ._ .... __...... ------tasted and savoured thoroughly - thus confronted with a suspect in a child­ secret identities and guilty, hidden 22h25 Waar Waters Rus the second screening is almost a molesting case. sins. But one of them is a killer, and necessity. When the suspect dies under his suddenly, when the game turns There is the aspiring young artist ruthless interrogation the whole scene vicious, this person will kill again! TUESDAY (Cusack, star of "The Sure Thing" and changes to the disconcerting self­ Clinton Greene (James Coburn), is "Better Off Dead"; there is the aspir­ examination of a policeman suddenly the millionaire, whose rich wife Sheila, 18h27 Programrooster ing young singer he falls in love with under fire. was killed by a hit-and-run driver one 18h30 Living Water (Moore, star of "St Elmo's ,Fire" and year before this shipboard gathering 18h36 Wielie Walie "About Last Night", and a bunch of * - THE LAST OF SHEILA - * of half a dozen people. And strangely 18h51 Uit ons Aarde beserk sun-funners,join them in a real­ S11\RRINGJames Coburn,James enough, all six the guests were also 19h06 Filler Material ly screwball summer on Nantucket Mason, Dyan Cannon, Raquel present the night of Sheila's death. 19h14 M,urder She Wrote Island, courtesy of writer/director Welsh, Richard Benjamin, Joan But by the time the guests realise 20hOO South West News Savage Steve Holland, whose Hackett, Ian McShane and this, the game is well in progress and 20h15 Dynasty uninhibited style of blending directed by Herbet Ross. Age it is too late to run for the sidelines. 21h02 He's the Mayor outrageous sight gags, make this one restriction of 2-14. Running time As entertainment goes it can just 21h26 NuuslWeer NewslWeather of the most distinctive and enjoyable 115 minutes. pass, although the technicalities ofthe 21h46 Sport . youth comedies of recent years. WARNER HOME VIDEO plot tend to become too intricate at 22h16 Waters Waar Rus is HIt the Cape Cod beaches with the There are echoes of Agatha Christie's times, causing the viewer to lose the gang, 'with Goldthwaight, co-star of Miss Marple and Hercule Poiret in this thread of the tale here and there. WEDNESDAY Police Academy 2 and 3, and Aim­ movie, although without that little strong of "Risky Business" fame, Joe touch of finesse so typical of the 18h27 Prog. Schedule Flaherty of "Stripes" and "Club British. Hut the basic storyline ofthis Foffie says: 18h30 Lewende Water Demi Moore Paradise" fame, and "Prizzi's Honour" story is along similar lines - there are 18h35 Ziki Zikombot Academy award nominee, William six people, all invited to spend a week 18h50 The Kangazoo Club * - ONE CRAZY SUMMER - * Hickey. Its well worth it! on the yacht of a millionaire movie pro­ 19h15 Sport STARRING John Cusack, Demi ducer, whose favourite pasttime is 20hOO Suidwes Nuus Moore, Bobcat Goldthwaight ansi * - THE OFFENCE - * playing games _.. seem familiar? 20h15 How the West Was Won directed by Savage Steve Holland. S11\RRING Sean Connery, Trevor E~ery night, he makes his six guests 21h14 All is Forgiven (new) No age restriction. Classified as a Howard and directed by Sidney play parts in a bizarre murder game of 21h38 NuuslWeer NewslWeather comedy. Run.ningtime 94 minutes. Lumet. Age Restriction of 4-18. 21h58 Pitkos WARNER HOME VIDEO Running time 108 minutes. Dr Murray Jansen 22h14 Waters of Rest . Initial reaction to the first scenes of WARNER HOME VIDEO this film was something along the lines . Not everyone's cup of tea this. As a film of"Whataloadofdrivel ... "But, keep it's good, especially with Lumet's ex­ THURSDAY on,just to the next few frames, and sud­ perienced hand in evidence, and the denly the realisation hits you that here storyline as such is also good. But 18h27 Programrooster is a rip-off, a: mad, hilarious, enjoyable somewhere along. the line, there just 18h30 Lewende Water spoof along the lines of Police Academy, seems to be too much brooding, too 18h36 Robotech especially when comic madman much slow motion, leaving stretches 19hOO Harry's House (repeat prog.) Goldtwaight . shows up, nervous of the movie somehow ... in limbo. 19h10 The Streets of San Francisco screams and all! Sean Connery portrays hard-bitten TRAFFIC police could try and pre­ 20hOO South West News ONE CRAZY SUMMER gave me detective sergeant Johnson, who has vent a few road deaths by checking 20h15 Call to Glory one of the Iflost enjoyable 94 minutes been on the force for more than 20 that army vehicles have the re­ 21hOO Das Riitzel der Sandbank of viewing anyone could wish for in years. In that time, he has seen far too quired lights. Samil R102877, filled 21h50 Nuus/we'er - NewslWeather light weekend entertainment. And it much - too much dying, too much ly­ with troops, was travelling from 22h10 Produktiwiteit in SWA even bears a second-time-round ing and too much maiming. Osona to Windhoek on Monday 22h40 Career Change screening, mainly because there is so . Browned off with life, as well as try­ night and had no rear reflectors and 22h53 Waters Waar Rus Is. much happening that the viewer can­ ing to nurture a dying marriage that almost caused several. accidents. not appreciate it all at once. It must be had gone bad years before, Johnson is James Goburn - --_._------

20 Friday ,April 10 1987 THE NAMIBIAN

. LAST WEEKI described the gross structure ofthe ' kidney. This week I will tell you more about the , Malpighian corpuscle. '.

WHAT H~PP~N~ IN THE l\J,A,LPIGHJAN CORPUSCLE The ch ief way the kidney rids the blood of waste products is tofliter them off in the Malpighian corpuscle. Look at Fig.1. H ere you see the m ass " sp.ace ':( .' of capi1laries (t he glomerulus) iASide I t h e ' double-waned"" ~up ' ;of ' t h e . Bowinaiis capsUle. Waste products I pass from 'the blood inside these I capillaries into the'space between the two walls ofthe capsule. From here the waste prod~cts pass alon g the tubules of the nephron. to th e collect ing duct. And Ci-o-m here .tpey pass into, the ureter. ., ' , . For the waste products to pa ss into the cavity in the wall ofthe Bewm an s cap­ sule, they have to pass through three \ ' barriers. These are the wall ofthe blood m Cl JOY capillary, the inner wall of t h e pedicels p""ocess Bowm ans capsule; and the basement lamina that lies between the other two nucleus of , barriers. Fig.2. shows you a section : ' pGll:-h wOIJ pod oc.yl:-e I through these three barriers. I Ii Illibs of one podo c.yt-e -----=>~I THE WALL OF THE CAPILLARY The capillary wall is one cell thick. Co,F;I\~Yi .nolo~ h eli~) In appearance, this wall is simple Cf.l\ Yl .. de~l squamous epithelium that! described o 0 0 in an earlier article. Each cell is ex­ tremely thin, except in the part ofthe o 0 0 0 0 0 ' 0 ,''3' cell where the nucleus lies. There are 0 ' 0 0 0 \:3J many tiny holes that pass right 00 through the thin cell. You can'see these o 0 tiny holes in Fig.2. They are called o 000 capillary pores or capillary 0 0 fenestrae (singular fenestra). A o 0 o capillary pore is about 80nm in 0 o diameter. 00 Fig.3. is a surface view of part oftwo o . o 0 0 0 __ bounc4G1y;es adjacent capillary cells. We call these 0 cells capillary endothelial cells. You o 0 0 0 of 1:1-.« two can see the many , pores in this o o c.ells diagram. THE BASEMENT LAMINA This is composed mainly of Ii net­ work of ~iIlY filaments. (Fig.2). Fig.4. shows you 'a surface view of 2) .They pass through the basement And if such valuable substances do ofthe substance. Any substance with THE INNER WALL OF part . of two capillaries of the lamina. pass into the Bowmans capsule, what a molecular weightofless than about THE BOWMANS CAPSULE glomerulus with their covering of 3) They pass through the slit mem­ is there to stop them passing along the 68 000 (valuable or not), will pass This is composed ofmost peculiar cells podocytes. You can see nuclei (labell­ branes between adjacent pedicels nephron tubules to the collecting duct through thethree barriers. Sovaluable called podocytes. Each podocyte con­ ed " n"). You can also seethe major pro­ into the spaces (slit pores), between - and thus into the ureter and,therefore substances like glucose and amino sists of a cell body (containing the cesses (some of which are labelled these pedicels. These spaces are being lost from the body? acids which have molecular weights nucleus), from which project several "m"), and their numerous pedicels. I continuous with the space between . The answer to the first question is less than 68 000 do pass through the major processes. Each major process have not shown the basement lamina the two walls of the Bowmans that valuable substances do pass the three barriers. (The slit membranes of bears many small branches called in this drawing. capsule. three barriers into the cavity in the the pedicel slit pores might look like an wall of the Bowmans capsule. effective barrier even to some smaller pedicels (Fig.2). The pedicels are in THE PATH TAKEN BY A SERIOUS PROBLEM contact with the basement lamina. WASTE PRODUCTS " In fact, the main thing that deter­ molecules. But remember that these The spaces between adjacent pedicels Ifyou are a thoughtful student, you mines whether or not a substance membranes are very thin - thinner The pathway ofmost waste products are called slit pores. Close to the base­ will, at this point want to ask two passes through the barriers is not a than a cell membrane). is probably as follows (and shown in ment lamina you can see that each slit questons - (1) [fwaste products can question ofhow valuable the sulistance Fig.2. by the arrow). pore is bridged by a thin membrane (ac­ P!lSs from the capillaries into the is to the body, but rather, how big are And the answer to the second ques­ tually thinner than a cell membrane). 1) The waste products pass through Bowmans capsule, what is there to stop the molecules of the substance. The tion? Well, you must wait until next The membrane is called Ii slit the fenestrae in the capillary en­ valuable substances in the blood also size ofth,e molecules ofa substance de­ week to find out. membrane. dothelial cells. passing into the Bowmans £apsule? (2) .pend roughly on the molecular weight

Case No 380/87 . Standard Bank Chambers Dated at WINDHOEK on this and the goods will be sold to the Kaiser Street, the 18th day of March 1987. highest bidder. MIIISOH KIKO IN THE MAGISTRATE'S COURT PO Box 85 l0RENTZ& BONE, 2. The goods will be sold "Voetstoots". FOR THE DISTRICT OF WINDHOEK Easter Special Offer! WINDHOEK Attorneys for the plaintiff, 3. Payment shall be made in cash or by HELD AT WINDHOEK 0 Ref Mrs OM Tarr TOOl 0.87 . Standard ~,ank Chambers Bank Guaranteed Cheque. from March 20 - April 16 in the matter between Kaiser Street, - Dated at WINDHOEK on this 1) PERMS - R35,OO Radlotron' ,­ , Ca.se No 6165/85 ,,' PO Box 85 the 30th day of March 1987. 2) HIGHLIGHTS - R30,00 Executi6n creditor WINDHOEK LORENTZ & BONE, including everything IN THE MAGISTRATE'S COURT Ref 0 Mrs OM Tarr T0011 and Attorneys for the plaintiff, 3) RELAXER- R30,00 FOR THE DISTRICT OF WINDHOEK Standard Bank Chambers Eltech Electronics ,. HELD AT WINDHOEK Kaiser Street, 4) TINTS- R25,00 Execution Debtor, " Case No 1071/~7 , including everything ' '" .. ·1' .:':_ J~ :i he ~~tt~~ betWe~ n "." _" PO Box 85 ,> "', ,. , NOTICE g F SALE INExE~UlION Mr E SalkoW tla Ellle:s Electronics IN THE MAGISTRATE 'S C,OURT WINDHOEK --:/t... ~>;. - -;' Don ~ t mi$s our special offer! FOR THE DISTRICT OF WINDHOEK IN EXECUTION OF A JUDGEMENT of ' Execution creditor ReF Mrs OM Tarr T0059:87 : Phone for appointment at 227201 ; HELD AT WIND.HOEK ;the MAGISTRATE'S COURT of WIN-' and In tile ,inatter between ~ DHOEK , given on the 12\h F~ br uary • ~ , Telkom ,,1987, in the abovementioned case, a Execution-Debtor oF's B.usiness M~ehines tla , Judicial Sale by PUBLIC Au"g noN will ', . J. Wind~o'ek Xerographies' 'NOTICE OF SALE IN EXECUTION THE PROFESSIONALS , be held oftne following, on Saturday 25th Exe~ution creditor FOR ALL MOTOR CAR of. April, 1987 at 10hOOatt he prerh ises of iN EXEGU1"IC)N O~ A JUDGEMENT of and -Un'part the Messengerofthe Court: Erf 12, oeing the MAGISTRATE'S COURT of WIN ­ S.e RVICES AND 29 Omuramba Road, _J:IilOS , NAM BSO For a pompreherisive range of , DHOEK, given on 5thNovember 1985, in Execuiion Debtor . WIN DHOEK, . the abovementioned case, a Judicial Unipart fi lte!§, i1;} nition parts, ' ~ 1 'x E lectri c ~dr ill Sale by PUBLIGAUCTION will be held 01 NOTI<;:E OF SALE IN EXECUTION spa(k-plug$, bulbs, sealed 1 x Refrigerator/t!.eepfreeze , the fo llowing, on Satu rday 25tb 'Of April, . . IN EXECUT ION OF A JUDGEME NT of . beams etc: , contact: 1987 at 10hOO at'the premises 'of the ; CONDITIONS OF SALE: ,the MAG ISTRATE'S COU RT of WIN­ Ronnie; Dieter or George Messengerofthe Court, Erf 12, being 29 DHOEK, given on 6th March 1987, in the 1. The sale will be held without reserve Omuramba Road, EROS, WINDHOEK, abovementioned case, a JudiCial Sale by at 224541! and the goods will be sold 10 the --.. 1 x Toyota Corolia Sedan PUBLIC AUCTION will be held of the highest bidder, fO llowing, on Saturday 25th of April, 1987 Marina Stoffverders 2. The goods will be sold "Voetstoots", CONDITIONS OF SALE: at 10hOO at the premises of the 3, Paymenl shall be made in'cash or by 1, The sale will be held without r.eserve MessengeroftheCo'urt, Erf 12, being29 We cover fu rniture and motorcar seq,ts. Bank Guaranteed Cheque, and the goods will be sold to the' Omuramba Road , EROS, WINDHOEK We collect and deliver! Dated at WINDHOEK on this highest bidder, Call tel: 62793 or 61565 a.h. 1 x Chevrolet hearse SW13004 the i8th day of March 1987. 2, The goods will be sold "Voelstoots". MrJacobus, LOR ENTZ & BONE, 3. Payment shall be made in cash or by CONDITIONS OF S.l\LE: Katutura Light Industrial Area Atlorneys for the plaintiff, Bank Guaranteed Cheque. i. Thesalewillbeheldwilh<:lulreserve Stail No 12 ..- THE NAMIBIAN Friday April 10 1987 21 POISONING A MATTER OF URGENCY Shock is usually severe and the patient Before sleep comes, the patient may be irritation and a feeling of heat in the THE TREATEMENT of a pOisoned person is a matter of extreme urgen­ will need to be treated for that at once. excitable and talk a lot. His breathing throat. The patient may also vomit and sometimes faint. Later severe ab­ cy. You must act at once - get the poisoned person to hospital im­ Ammonia is often stored in the home or maybe noisy. Thepupilsofhiseyeswill dominal pains will occur and much later mediately. The most common types of poisoning occur when workplace.lffumes from ammo!,)ia get be small, but not as small as pinpoints diarrhoea (passing of loose, watery into the eyes it can cause severe irrita­ (morphine or heroin poisoning). poisonous substances are swallowed (or enter the digestive system). stools). Food poisoning is probably the most common f all. All types of poison- . tion, pain and permanent damage. drowsy and restless. ing - whether it is kerosene being swallowed by a child, who thinks They eyes must be flushed out at once -Lead- - Paraffin and petrol - - the quickest way is to plunge the pa- . (gasoline) it is w8ter,or an overdose of a medicine - can threaten life. Chronic (long-term and coming on tient's whole face into a bowl of tepid graduallY),lead poisoning can happen Paraffin and petrol are sometimes water and tell him to open and close his The extent of the danger depends which induces fits (strychnine). to children who bite or suck railings, cot swallowed aCCidentally by children. The eyes. upon: If you have to treatthe poisoned person bars or paint, etc., which contains lead. immediate effects are restlessness, yourself, in most cases you can try to - Antihistamines - They become irritable, drowsy and con- vomiting and diarrhoea. The child may • theamountandtypeofpoison,drug (medicines given for an allergy) -Iron- become drowsy or have fits, or both. or medicine taken; remove the poison from the patient's body by making him/her vomit it up. Children sometimes mistake these • the age of the person; ' Again, because iron tablets are an at­ - Weed killers - Give a drink oftepid water with mustard brightly-coloured pills for sweets. They • whether the person vomits; tractive colour, children often think they Arsenic is often present in weed killers, or soap in it. Children can be made to should be kept in a cupboard which is • where the accident takes place. are sweets. If a large quantity is eaten some sprays used for agricultural pur­ locked, or at least out of their reach. vomit by giving them syrep of ipecac . itcan be very dangerous. Thechild will poses, the powders used for destroying GENERAL SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS The most common effects of these (15ml). Repeattheprocedureofmaking become pale and vomit (sometimes ant-hills and also in other similar OF SUDDEN POISONING medicines are drowsiness or sleep. the patient vomit until the vomit is clear. blood). If he is not made to vomit them preparations which are used in the There may also be giddiness, all. he will become shocked, very • Nausea DO NOT make the patient vomit if the house. Store and use all these with great headache, dry mouth and sometimes • Vomiting poison is one which burns, or if it is petrol care. vomiting and diarrhoea. If a large - Insecticides - • Belly pains or kerosene (paraffin). Instead give milk amount has been swallowed, breathing Many insecticides when swallowed will Arsenic is tasteless. Symptoms of • Change in degrees of with egg whites, or a mixture of flour and cause aching in the limbs, weakness in poisoning are similar to those of mer­ consciousness may stop and mouth-to-mouth respira­ water. the muscles and sometimes fits. cury poisoning. • Changes in breathing (either an tion will be needed. DO NOT make the patient vomit if he is Poisoning bystrychninecausesvery in­ It is important to be able to tell the dif­ increase or decrease in rate and -Asplrin- unconscious. Cover him if he feels cold, ference bet~een foodpoisoning and strength tense pain and spasms (tightening) of but avoid too much heat. The fatal dose of aspirin varies con­ the muscles. metal pOisoning. Whereas in food • Changes in pupils (either larger siderably. Moderate overdoses cause stipated. They may also have poisoning vomiting stops fairly soon, in or smaller) ANTIDOTES - SUBSTANCES nausea (a feeling of sickness), and tin­ headaches and colic pain (sharp pain mercury and arsenic poisoning it • Convulsions (fits) . WHICH NEUTRALISE THE POISON nitis(ringing intheears). Deafness may for short periods, which comes and continues. If you know the poison is an acid, give MOST USUAL WAYS occur later. Larger doses cause mental goes). In food poisoning diarrhoea begins ear­ the opposite-an alkali -e.g. sodium OF POISONING confusion, drowsiness or un­ ly, but in mercury and arsenic poison­ bicarbonate. If the poison is an alkali, -Lysol- consciousness (coma). The patient wiil ing it may ot happen for as long as 12 • By ingestion (through the mouth), This is a corrosive poison which burns give the opposite - an acid - e.g. sweat profusely and may vomit blood. hours. e.g . infected food or water. vinegar. the tongue and mouth. Although there - Sleeping pills - • By inhalation (breathed in) e.g. The following are a few antidotes which is pain to begin with, this disappears Sodium chlorate is the least harmful (sedatives) fumes from motorcar or gas. may be found in the household: after a time as it has an anaesthetic weed killer for general use. Those con­ • By absorption (through the skin), While there are many sleeping pills, (numbing), effect. taining paraquat are safe ifthe instruc­ e.g . snakebites or insect stings. - For poisoning by metal e.g. iron, give they can be divided very roughly" into tions which are given are carefully The patient collapses and becomes un­ milk and egg whites. those which act quickly and last a short followed . .If accidentally swallowed, Because different poisons result in dif­ conscious. As he is likely to vomit, it is - For poisoning by an irritant e.g. time and those which act slowly and last paraquat causes hea<;1 aches, tight ferent signs and symptoms, it is difficult important to treat him in the recovery iodine, give flour or starch water. for a longer time. Some sedatives con­ chest pains and a strong dislike of light to give precise ones for every poison. position. - For poisoning by an alkaloid, give (photophobia). Again " clues" can be very useful in tain ingredients which do both. When strong tea, or diluted tincture ofiodine. too large a dose has been taken, the first -Mercury - helpi ng you to know which one yo u are (Next week, different ways of being Substances which are meant to poison effects are giddiness, headache and be­ Some seed dressings and insecticides deali ng with. Consequently, in any poisoned, e.g. through the skin, th rough usually have the antidote printed on the ing unable to stand or walk without used on the land contain mercury. The suspected case of poisoning: inhalation, snakebites etc). label. Again, it is emphasised that falling. first symptoms of poisoning will be an • look for physical changes as unless you are far from a hospital, do not described above; waste time in hunting foran antidote­ by Berke Breathed • Look for burns or stains·on the face take the patient to get medical help! BLOOM · COUNTY particularly around the mouth; ...... --.:...... Many swaflowed poisons are excreiea --- • Smell the breath by the kidneys, so it is good practice to • Make a·quick check of the give lots of fluids and to encourage the surroundings for empty pill boxes, person to continueto drink a lot of water bottles, sprays, plants, berries etc. for at least 24 hours after being If you can quickly discover tRe source poisoned. of the poison , take it with the patient to SPECIFIC POISONS hospital. It will help the staff to know AND THEIR EFFECTS which antidote (the opposite substance which will neutralise the poison), to give. - Acids - The steps of treatment are: Battery acid is very poisonous. It is col­ • To remove the poison from the body; ourlessand if kept in an unlabelled bot­ • To give the patient the antidote for tle can easily be mistaken for glycerine. the poison - if you know it, if not, When swallowed it burns the mouth and give a soothing mixture (see further tongue and causes great tongue. The on in this article); victim will collapse and need treating for "1HCGlfT 11 Isoo WHOWIU THIS • To treat symptoms; shock. This should be given on the way IINOTlICf( 0f'CN. WHIIT mIlT KE&f'6 "rKe{l£f(ICK 5 "Kf£F'ON GIVING " 17) ? • To give comfort and confidence to medical aid. C/{KI51MIlS tr 151T? ON 61V/NG ." Of HOUYWOOr &Iff? blFr camrlCHTl'. through.out. - Alkalis - \ \ \ \ \ \ In hospital, the poison is usually remov­ Caustic soda may be mistaken for a lax- . ed from the stomach bywashing it out, ative. It ca.uses swell ing of the lips and but this is not done if the poison is one tongue and burning pain from mouth to which burns (e.g. a corro"sive), or one belly. The victim will retch and vomit.

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FOI? IW1, I HCl?E8Y f?£5()f.V£ 1lJ 51lJP amN& 5I155&l17f€5 1l?f/f'Ft£s wrm MY FCa IIL.WI1Y:; ON 11£ £5T11If(J,jf( f'l1t£ W!11I &evlL.S WfTH OPRIIH Kellt.l571C WINfKCl l f'l/RIIM€TeR5. ) \ I 10 1987 THE NAMIBIAN TRY AGAIN VICTORIOUS THE TRY AGAINFC ofKeetmanshoopwon their own tournament which carried prize money ofR2 500 last weekend With a narrow NNSL'lJNDER FIRE 2-:-1 victory over city rivals, Young Beauties. Try Ag,ain receiveda sum of Rl 500, while Young Beauties collected R300. WHILE THE NNSL has grown out of all proportion, clubs left in for a SASF club tournament, while giv­ the wings are forming their own associations - on the right, the ing permission to Orlando Pirates and The two semi-finalist teams, Everton Chiefs 0, Young Beauties 1 - Young "white" Amateur Soccer Association has sprung up, aIicl more Mrican Stars to tour Transkei and and Brazilia collected RI00 Thistles 0, Everton 3 ' Black Arrows 0, Bophuthatswana respectively. respectively. Try Again 3 - Brazilia 2, Young rcently to the left, the Central Namibia Football Association has The netball tournament was won by been reformed. Messrs Sissings and Ferreira said Beauties 4 - Everton 1, Try Again 2- that the CNFA stood by the South Young Beauties, who received R350, Young Beauties 1. three main matches against Young Two otticials ofthe CNFA this week African Council on Sport (Sacos), and the defeated Florence Nighting-a'le strongly criticised the NNSL for Ones, an NNSL Invitation XI and a collected R150. Meanwhile it has been announced several decisions taken by that body combined CNFA/Rehoboth XL standpoint that there can be no normal No incidents of fan violence were that the Keetmanshoop Soccer League recently, including a decision not to However, the NNSL at the last minute sport within an abnormal society. This reported and the tournament went off will hold its AGM this Sunday (14hOO), , strive , for affiliation to the South· decided not to sanction the tour which they said also applied to Namibia. without a hitch. at the Advisory Board Hall (Advies African Soccer Federation (SASF) would have raised much needed funds The two officials said that the eNFA Full results 'in the soccer tourna­ Haad Saal), in Tseiblaagte. for the CNFA. had broken all links with the NNSL. which has observer status at the Con­ ment were as follows: All the clubs affiliated to the League "They are not a non-racial body and federation of African States, which in Mr Sissings pointed out that when Black Arrows 3 - Pamo Chiefs 0, Ever­ are requested to delegate two represen­ therefore cannot claim to represent turn is a full member ofthe World con­ the NNSL was in trouble in 1985 with ton 4 - Sundowns 0, Brazilia 2 - Real tatives for the election of new true Namibians' they said. ,- a trolling body FIFA. no available fields, it was the CNFA Fighters 1, Try Again 5 - Namibia executive. The CNFA sent a delegation to Dur­ which made the Khomasdal field The executiveofthe CNFA is: ban on March 28 for the AGM of the available at no cost. ' Chairman - Mr Arthur Stuart, Vice­ SASF and was accepted as a full "Ifit was notforus, the NNSLwouid chairman and PRO - Mr Bobby Siss­ Forest_ saves the day member.;rhis means that the CNFA is not exist today", said Mr Sissings. ings, Secretary - M Cecil Ditha and the only Namibian body with a link to The two officials also attacked the Treasurer - Mr PJ Steenkamp. BUSINESS SERVICES Tigers On Sunday, Tigers and Black Africa other African countries and the out­ NNSL for refusing 'Ibyota Young Ones , There are presently 14 teams af­ had national striker Foresta drew the final two-all after extra-time. side world, despite only catering for a permission to tour Western Province filliated to the CN-FA. Nicodemus to thank for their With no lights at ' the Katutura few clubs from Khomasdal and victory over Black Africa in the Stadium, the final had to be replayed. Rehoboth. The full scores in the tournament Two officials ofthe CNFA, Mr Bob­ replay of the SWA Toyota were:- by Sissings and Mr Derick Ferreira Young Ones R4 000 soccer African Stars A(4) - Young Ones (0), Player suspended tournament final on Wednes­ this week also criticised the NNSL for is . , SWA Thyota Young Ones (2)-ElevenAr­ day night, when with eight going back on their word regarding a ,Jafet Hellao, is also claiming R120 rows (0), Black Africa (1) - Orlando proposed tour ofNamibia"by SASF af­ , SORENTO BUCS FC have dismiss­ minutes remaining, Foresta Pirates (0), Tigers (2)-Blue Waters (0), ed one of their players for general from the player, Edward Roman, in filiated Western Province. produced the sort ofmagic that ' Hungry Lions (0) - Young Ones (0) (8 " "misbehaviour" and for failing to respect of club fees and the return ofhis According to the CNFA officials, the 7), Tigers (2) - African Stars I1) and report at training sessions. club jersey and blazer. he has become known for to NNSL originally gave the go-ahead for score the winner. Black Africa (4) - Hungry Lions (0). The Chairman of Sorento Bucs, Mr Mr Roman is reported to have made the tour which would have included defamatory statements about the club In Grootfontein, Benfica and and allegedly accused the club oftheft. At half-time Black Africa, who Chelsea shared the first prize of the While he was registered with Soren­ dominated the first period, led 1 - 0, Chelsea tournament because of a lack to Bucs, Roman played for Hungry thanksto a goal from midfielder Dawid oftime. Lions in Okahandja, according to Mr Snewe. Chelsea defeated Golden Bees in the one semi-final while Benficaovercame Jaffet. Issy Naruseb equalised for Tigers On two occasions, Mr Roman was in­ early in the second half, as Tigers Indian Pirates. Meanwhile, three nominations have vited to management committee started to gain control before Foresta's been received by The Namibian for the meetings, which he apprently ignored. coup de grace which left the score at 2 In view of the above, Mr Hellao, who -1. Castle Lager 'Player of the Month' expressed his thanks to the player for TigerswonR2500andBlackAfrica competition. 'They are Dawid Snewe of Back services rendered, decided to suspend Rl 000. The two defeated semi­ Mrica, Foresta Nicodemus of Tigers .the player from the club. finalists, Mrican Stars and Hungry Lions each received R250. and Samora of Orlando Pirates.

HEN TIME MEANSMONEY ' ~ "'W'" .CONTACT WOKER -FREIGHT SERVICES WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING SERVICES UNDER ONE ROOF: IMPORTS WORLDWIDE USING: • AIRFREIGHT - DOMESTIC AND T'HEAFRICAN Lions Netball club of Otjiwarongo, pictured taking a breather during their recent match against arch-rivals INTERNATIONAL INCLUSIVE Citizens. OF CARTAGE. • SEAFREIGHT - WORLDWIDE AND BLOOM COUNTY by Berke Breathed COASTAL SERVICE. r------..;;...... , ,.------, YOU'VE, IIH, • SPECIALISED WAREHOUSING YOI/'ve NO fl({)/ff HfI1Rt? I1M1T INCLUSIVE OF PACKING (£(JPI£ 8<161{ liNt? (REFRIGERATED STORAGE ON WfifXJf'1 GOUlfJ€I?G_" DEMAND). • INTERNATIONAL COURIER SERVICE " • CONTAINER HIRE AND SALES. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT AIRFREIGHT OPERATIONS 62141 M'r HH Heitmann '34412/37946 M'A:RKETING DIVISION ' Mr PK Durr WE ALSO OPERATE FROM: WALVISIiA~ SWAKOPMUND AND 'LUDERITZ WOKER" Freight · FREIGHT • Services SERVICES ~ . , , THE NAMIBIAN Friday Apr,il 10 1987 , ~3 'Biltongfarmers'face tough TVL pack Although only a friendly (the Currie ------BYDAVESALMON------__-­ Cup A section teams are obliged to play JUDGING BY Transvaal'sperformance against Currie Cup Cham­ against the B section teams that pions Western Province last Saturday, the local biltong farmers finished in the same position on the , respective logs this year), Transvaal are in for a torrid time at the South West Stadium tomorrow. are unlikely to treat this match as a cake-walk as they attempt to end Flanker Willem Maiitz and winger as it did last season. Western Provinces' strangle-hold of Doug Jeffery return to the team after Thmorrow's clash with Transvaal the Currie Cup, missing the season's first outing due to should give the selectors the ideal op­ ,The local lads will do well to forget suspensions. portunity to see where the pack is lack- their 61-3 victory over the South Jeffrey's recall to the team comes in ing before the frrstLion Cup first round African Transport Services recently, in the wake of Eden Meyer's departure. match against Northern OFS in , fact, they may be on the receiving end Meyer last year was rated as the "find Welkom on April 25, and the first San­ of a similar thrashing, of the season" and his blistering pace tam B section match against Western Two changes have been made to the will be sorely missed by SWA. Transvaal in Windhoek on May 2. orginal teams for the match, Jeffrey is no longer the player that The teams for tomorrow are: Springbok winger and former once played for Eastern Province, but Western Province captain, Carel du his vast experience got him the nod Namibia: - Andre Stoop, Gerhard Plessis, has been ruled, out for this ahead of a younger player. Mans (captain), WimLotter,Danievan match with a slight injury, while local The main area for concern in the der Merwe, Doug Jeffrey, Shaun front-row forward Schalk Oosthtiizen local side is the pack. The backline for McCully, Leon Stoop, Casper Derks, , is also injured, several years has been a marvel to Wally Bredenhann, Manie Grobler, Their places have been taken by An­

A BEAMING Hunter Moore pictured receiving his prize for the best gross score in the C division from Ms Ulla van Holtz of Stanswa, after the Windhoek Coun­ try Club champiQnships held last weekend. The captain of the WCC Mr Denis Golding -( right) looks on.

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PERENNIAL WINNER Daphne Howard , did it again last weekend when she emerged with the best overall gross score during the Stanswa Windhoek Country Club Championships. On the left is Mr Bill Hanstein who represented the spon­ sors, and on the right is Mr Denis Golding, the club captain. Despite windy conditions on Saturday and rain on Sunday, the tournament was a huge success with most of the golfers highly impressed with the condition of the fairways and the greens. Mr Trevor Hayes commented "Its the most I've won since starting golf", when he received a special prize in this respect. Paraplegie s ort ·eODleS I to I n The team manager Mrs Mercia THE CHAIRMAN of the Naniibian Sports Association for the Newman was also awarded a Gold Physically Disabled, Mr Franklin Newman, has appealed to Medal after the championships. The next South African event at people (whatever their physical disabilities), to become involved which Namibia will be represented is ' in paraplegic sport. the SA Wheelchair Marathon (42 kilometres), ... Mr Newman was speaking after The World record was established by Jan Cupido of Windhoek will par­ Namibia'shighy successful participa- Marie van der Watt (cerebral palsy), ticipate in his home-made chair (a tion in the South African Champion- who hurled the discuss 22,66 metres. custom made chair costs between R3 ships in Pretoria recently in which The previous World Record stood at 000 and R6 000). Namibians won 20 gold medals and 19,38 metres and the South African It is hoped that Cupido will established four South African and record at 18,64 metres, sometime ,this year have a chair one World record. The team eventual- Van der Watt joins three otheJ'N ami- specially made for him in Germany in ly finished fifth dut of the fifteen par- bian World Recordholders, The others which he hopes to launch an assault on' ticipating teams. are Anna Shipena, Marianna Hoaes the an, entry in the World Guine,ss Mr Newman said this week that 50- and Maria Titus. Book of Records-for non-stop wheeling __ meonewhocouldonlymoveafingeror '_ The other South African records The AGM of the Namibian Sports, a toe could be accommodated in the " wereestablishedbyseverelyhandicap--~ Association for the Physically Disabl- ' , various divisions provided for 'In 'pedparaplegic, HildaSwartbooi (P1B), " , ed, takes place at the Dawjei' paraplegic sport. who hurred the 81ub 8;54 metres, im- Bezuidenhout school on April 25, star, He added that those involved in proving on the'oldSouthAfr{caftstan- . 'til)g at14h OO. All interested peopl~ a,re paraplegic spor! 'derived ,enor;Uous dard of 8,00 metres; Chris toffel' 'cordially invIted to attend. : .. ' ' pleasure, and satisfaction .' from Theron, .~ho set a new shot.p~t record p ', -' ' , partIcipating. . '. _ , of.7 ,69IJ1:<0Id record 7,301'l'l) a& well as ; Advertise in ' The standard of the SA Champoi( : a new discus recerd of17,00ni{a'rrietre ships this year was extremely high, better than th,e previous record), and The - Namibi an~ with several overseas countries par- ' MariaTituswhoestablishedanewSA ticipating.Includedamongthesewere ' discmss record bf 18;90m {previous It's w orking; - '.' Belgi urn, West Germany and the USA. record - 18,64 metres; World Record - for your future'. :: Swazi land was. also .:epres~~te~. '19.,s8mJ, " - - . =:: _ 0 -

24 April 1Q 1987 THE NAMIBIAN ·To he'ornottobe­ NNSL dilemma on Inter-State games ------BY DAVE SALMON-----__ THE NAMIBIA National Soccer League is presently faced' with a dilemma whether they should send a team to participate in the so-called 'Inter-state' Games which will be held at Mabatho in Bophuthatswana from .April 29 - May 3. S The Games will include tennis, soc­ Bophuthtswana and Orlando' Pirates' cer, boxing, athletics and netball and visit to Transkei) the majority of the Nami bia along with South Africa bigger teams are vehemently against and quasi-independent homelands such,contact. Bophuthatswana, Venda, Transkei They feel that by competing and Ciskei have been invited. against the homelands, Namibia's Several of the NNSL's top clubs , chances of gaining any sort of African have already indicated they will not or world recognition will diminish be prepared, to release their players further. for the Games as it would be giving One club official, who preferred to tacit recognition to South Africa's at­ remain' anonymous, lambasted the tempt to rob black South Africans of NNSL executive for even considering , their national heritage. the invitation. The invitation to the NNSL came 'We all would like to keep politics via the Namibia Soccer Association out of soccer, but this is going too far. (Nasa) which received the initial in­ Our future is of more importance to AFTER LAST weekend's NNSL "crises" meeting in the north, league soccer gets underway in earnest this weekend, vitation 'from the Sports Council. us than going on a fun trip to one.of with no less than 49 matches scl'!eduled country-wide. The Vice-pI;esident of Nasa Mr the homelands for no visible gain' ' Rudolf Jacobs said this week they said the official. had passed on the invitation as the The one area of concern among NNSL had most of Namibifl's top NNSL and Nasa officials alike is how clubs among their numbers. the Sports Council will react should leeord 49 matehes in the Mr Jacobs said that he personally soccer prefer to have nothing to do was not in favour of Namibia par­ with the Games. ticipating in the Games but added Nasa receives an annuai grant that the matter was now totally in from the Sports Council Which will the NNSL's court. also assist in co-ordinating and 'We have little or no authority over three league divisions . orgariising the various tealJls' travel the NNSL. They must decide' said and accommodation arrangements ------.;::;;..' ------and Chief Santos vs Orlando Pirates Mr Jacobs. THE NAMIBIA NATIONAL .Soccer League sees no less than 49 ' (Super - 16h30). for the 'Inter-State' games. Should the NNSL accept the invita­ m atches scheduled-in the Super, First and Reserve Leagues this Grootfontein - Umulunga Stadium: tion, 20 players, two referees, a coach It is unlikely that soccer's non­ weekend. ' Chelsea vs Hungry Lions (Super . and a manager will travel to the attendance ofthe Games will b~ seen 16hOO). homeland for the Games. in a favourable light-by, the Sports Thirteen ofthese matches are Super - 15hOO) and Celtic vs African Otjiwarongo -Mokati Stadium: It is a known fact however that Council which may have a negative League encounters and will for the Wanderers (First - 16h30). Life Fighters vs Black Africa (Super - while some of the NNSL executive (financial) effect at a later stage. first time pit the four newcomers to the Walvis Bay - Narraville Stadium: 16hOO). memoers and teams favour contact , Be that as it may, Namibian soc" Super League against the established Youngst ers VB Blue Boys (First . 15hOO) Rundu . Rundu Stadium: with the South African homelands cer authorities have a duty to uphold giants. and Super Stars vs Sorendo Bu:csAran­ Cuca '!bps vs Dynamos (First -10hOO) (witness African 'St ars' tour of the name of soccer - not to tarnish it.' The full programme for the weekend, dis (First - 16h30). and Rundu Chiefs vs Highland Bucs is; Grootfontein - Umulunga Stadium: (First - 11h30) . • SATURDAY: Chelsea vs Black Africa (Super - Owambo - Oshakati Stadium: Walvis Bay - Kuisebmond Stadium: 16hOO). African United vs Rangers (First - Explorer XI vs Eleven Arrows (Res ~ Otjiwllrongo.- Mokati Stadium: OBh30), Beinfica vs Royals · (First - '12h30), Blue Waters vs Super Stars Life Fighters vs Hungry Lions (Super 10h OO) and Golden Bigs VB Black (Res - 13h30), Explorer XI vs SWA -16hOO). Tigers (First - 11h30). '!byota Young Ones (Super -15hOO) and Outjo - Outjo Stadium: Outjo - Outjo Stadium: Blue Waters vs African Stars. Bentley Chiefs vs Silent Killers (First Pups vs African Lions (First -13h30), Windhoek - Katutura Stadium: -13h30), Golden Bees vs African Lions Bentley Chiefs vs·Barcelona (First - Young Stars vs African Blizzard (First (First - 15hOO) and Pups vs Orlando 15hOO) and Golden Bees vs Orlndo -12hoo), Windhoek Celtic vs Kingston Tigers (First - 16h30). Tigers (First - 16h30). (First - 13h30), Golden Rivers vs Khorixas - Khorixas Stadium: Eastern Jumpers (First - 14h30) and Khorixas - Khorixas Stadium: Robber Chanties vs Citizen (First '- Indian Pirates vs Citizen (First Sorendo Bucs VB Eleven Arrows (Super 15hOO) and Indian Pirates vs Black -16hOO). 15hOO) and Robber Chanties vs BMC Marocca Chiefs (First - 16h30). (First - 16h30). Tsumeb - Nomtsoub Stadium: PLAYER OF THE MONTH Chief Santos vs BS Tigers (Super - • SUNDAY Windhoek - Katutura Stadium: Golden Rivers VB Young Ones (Reserve 15hOO) and Benfica vs Orlando Pirates Walvis Bay - Kuisebmond Stadium: SOCCER COMPETITION (Super - 16h30). -12hOO), African Stars VB Black Africa Blue Waters vs '!byota Young Ones (Reserve - 13h30), Orlando Pirates vs Rundu - Rundu Stlldium: (Super - 15hOO) and Explorer XI vs Tigers (Reserve -15hOO) and Swapol VB African Stars (Super - 16h30). Rundu Chiefs vs' Dynamos (First, - Russup (First - 16h30). 15hOO) and Cuca '!bps vs Highland Swakopmund -Tamariskia Stadium: Win 5 cases_of Castle Lager! The NNSL have announced that they Bucs (First - 16hOO). Blue Boys vs United Stars (First - will be staging a big soccer tourna· 15hOO) and Celtic vs Namib Woestyn Owamboland - Oshakati Stadium: mentin either Swakopmund or Walvis (First · 16h30). My cho,ice for PLAYER OF THE MONTH is: African United vs Royals (First Bay over the Easter weekend and have 13h30), Golden Bigs vs Rangers (First Arandis - Arandis Stadium: asked that all the teams affiliated'to - 15hOO) and Benfica vs Black Tigers - Sorende Bucs vs African Warriors the NNSL enter. (First - 16h30). (First - 16hOO). A complete programme ofleague fix­ Swakopmund· Tamariskia Stadium: Tsumeb - Nomtsoub Stadium: tures for the year wiil be available after Atlanta Chiefs vs United Stars (First Benfica vs BS Tigers (Super - 15hOO) the Easter weekend.

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...... c. ••• • • • • • • • ••••••••••• 3S0km rally takes off round eity --SPORTSREPORTER-­ thonyand KH Pretorius. Moens& RRuffler (SandmdBter 1900); RALLY EN),HUSIASTS will However, R Moens and 'F Stiemert 12) C von Scheliha & T Becker (Chevair be able to view the action on who are participating for the first time 2,3); 14) S Nobrega & B Scholz (Datsun THE WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED ON THE LAST two of the special st;lges along in the rally in Sandmasters, are also 1600); 15)HElsenberg& TBA(Datsun FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH IN THE NAMIBIAN the outskirts of Wind h oek in given a chance to win. 1600); 16) J Porkorny & J Blenkinsop The official starting list in what this weekend's second ''Jan (Nissan S afari 2,8); 17) P Venter & A NAME: .. .. __. . __. _...... shol,lld be a very tough rally is; White (Datsun 1800);18) J Coelho & 0 Kritz Motor Rally" to be run 1) 'KH Pretorius and navigator A · Mendes (Ford Escort 1600); 19) DDewet ADDRESS: ...... : ...... ; ...... from Windhoek tomorrow. Schmidt (Ford Escort 1600); 2) R & TBA (Sandm~ster 1800); and 20) F The rest of the 11 special stages will Pretorius & H Pretorius (Nissan St{e mert & S Hoppe (S andmaster ...... be held east of Windhoek, and those S kyline2,8);3) LAnthony & G D e Be ~r 1800). who would like to see more can travel (Toyota 1940); 4) V Molzahn & B SC:ND ENTRIES TO: just past the airport, where the cars Oosthuizen (Toyota 2,8); 5) P Busen & 'J'he special spectator stages will be can be seen on the left and right of the , R Kr:ing (Nissan Stanza 2,0); 6) U run 3.B kilometres from Jan Kritz THE NAMIBIAN tarred road, Kessler & BEnslin (Toyo ta1600); 7) W Motors on th'e old Okahandja road, PO BOX 20783 The rally covers 350km of which RO$sOUW & B Finkeldeh (Datsun Stan­ The first stage is at09hOO and the se­ 114km are special stages. Favourites za2,0); 8) J Bruwer & J Gouws (Maz­ cond at 16h1B. WINDHOEK to win are R Pretorius and his daPlu1998);9)RNechville& BRover Further enquiries can be directed to 9000 navigator H Pretorius in their super­ (Toyota Hilux2000); 10) W Simon & E Mr ArnulfSchmidtat telephone 32151 fast Nissan Skyline, V Molzafm, L An- Spinola (Toyota Corolla 2000); 11) R in Windhoek.