Swapo Leader Acts on Death Attempt
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Friday June 13 1986 SOc Swapo leader acts on death attempt STAFF REPORTER IN AN URGENT COURT application yesterday afternoon, Swapo's Education Secretary, Mr Joshua Hoebeb, called for a Nudo member, Mr Unotjari Katjimune, to hand in his firearms and ammunition, and to stop Mr Katjimune from assaulting, molesting, or threatening to physically harm his fundamental human rights. The.application arises from an. alleged attempt on the life of Mr Hoebeb last Sunday evening, in which shots were fired into his car and windows smashed with sticks and metal rods. Mr Katjimune is cited as the First Respondent, and the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), of NATIONAL STATE which Nudo is a member party, as · the second. The notice of motion called upon OF EMERGENCY the Supreme Court in Windhoek to declare that Mr Katjimune was un fit to legally possess a firearm, and IN SOUTH AFRICA ·~ that he immediately surrender such firearm and ammunition to the Police, pending the outcome of - INSIDE criminal charges laid by Mr Hoe.beb, at the Katutura Police station. Affidavits by several people were filed in support of Mr Hoebeb's Specialists for hearing aids application. Included among them are affidavits by ' Mr Vezera Kandetu, Mr Daniel Tjongarero, Mr Otniel Kazombiaze, Ms Nora Windhoek PORTUS BLASIUS, a 15·year~0Id schoolboy Chase and two Windhoek jour nalists, Mr John Liebenberg and Hearing Aids from northern. Nainibia, whose face was Mr David Pieters. badly burned when soldiers put his head ¥r Hoeb~b broullh!. the applica Continental Building PO Box 3552 against the exhaust sys.em of an Idling tipn in his capacity as member of 1st Floor, Room 48 Kaiser Street. Buffel. Continued on page 3 TEL: 34242 Full story inside today. DUE 'TO THE HUGE SUCCESS OF THE IGcalls on interim. cabinet. to suspend railway closure _All . We are proud to announce the extension of our range of THE Interessengemeinschaft (IG) are uneconomical having allegedly quirements may arise, and the in 'in the ear' lenses and the extremely powerful have written an open letter to Mr incurred 'an operating . loss . of terim government 'should not pre 'behind the ear' hearing aids Fanuel Kozonguizi, interim govern around R4,8 million during empt decisions which should be left ment Cabinet Chairman, in which 1984/ 5'. to a ' properly constituted and they have 'noted with alarm' the However, the IG feels the deci elected government'. WIDEX M1 Near invisible recommendation for the closure of sion to close all three branch lines They added the strategic value of 'in the ear' hearing lens. three railway branch lines. was taken. too hastily. the lines had not been considered, The IG said in tile open letter They wished to register their op and there might be legal implica / Hearing aid with Hi-Fi that the three lines, Otjlwarongo position in the strongest terms and tions where the dismantling of in WIDEX 1ST . amplifier for best possible Outjo; J G Strijdom-Gobabis, and requested the Minister of Transport frastructure may be contrary to the sound transmission. Aus-Luderitz, would be closed and Cabinet of the interim govern provisions of the mandate. from July 1 following a recommen ment to defer the closure and . They requested the Cabinet to PHONAK SUPER-FRONT dation of an advisory committee dismantling of the lines for an in 'most urgently' consider the mat for transport. definite period. ter and reply to the IG by June 20 Hearing aids of traditional Swiss quality 'It is acCepted that all three They said that after the in-:. of this· year. for severe loss of hearing. branch J.ines are at present dependence of Namibia different The statement was signed by Mr drltsttcally underutilised and hence priorities for. transport re- I Weitzel and Mr U Eins. · Our on-premises laboratory enables us to offer fast and 1 Inte.rim goyernment succeeds, in precise fitting and production of individual ear '!I0ulds. .uniting country against t!1em - Inside One week's trial without obligation .,. ..'4.t;. •• ~F--------~~~--~----~~~------- r--~--r~. ----~-------- ~-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~-. 2 THE NAMIBIAN FRIDAY June 13 1986 From Lister to List Mr List, member. Could you tell us which party in the interim government Under normal circumstances, I you support? would not have bothered to reply * As Chairman of the Ohlthaver- to your remarks which I think are . List Group of Companies, brewers in very poor taste, if not highly of Windhoek Beer and others, why defamatory. But the fact that you, do you not put a label on your beer the Chairman of SW A Breweries, saying 'not to be bought by Swapo called The Namibian 'the Gaddaf supporters or Marxists or Nami fi of newspapers' cannot be allow bian nationalists'? Or do you not ed to go unchallenged. have the courage of your convic Just a few observations in reply tions when it comes to making to yo'ur 'reader's letter" in a local money? German daily: * Has the SW A Breweries taken a . * We, on the staff of The Nami policy decision not to advertise in . bian, take pride in our professional The Namibian? integrity as journalists, and the in If so, we and our readers would terests of tens of thousands of 'very much like to know where we readers whom we are not ashamed stand, since many of them un to serve. We reject with the con doubtedly would want to know te'mpt it deserves, your allegation wb,ether they should .continue to that the newspaper 'sows terror'. support your product. Where After 40 editions of The Namibian, would your beer sales be then? we have not once been implicated Mr List, we have the courage of through legal action or otherwise in our convictions and write what we 'unprofessional conduct or pro know is the truth. You would do secuted under the host of security well if ·you followed that example laws at the disposal of the by replying to ul; and our readers authorities. We have a gOQd in the columns o·f this newspaper. record, and we. are proud of it. * You, as a self-proclaimed 'staunch supporter' of the interim government, have the audacity to berate the Interessengemeinschaft of which you are not even a Gwen Lister Rebellion in the Tswana Party BY RAJAH MUNAMA VA ,... ! i IN WHAT ·;tppears .. to . be a because of a lack of information on rebellious move against Kaptein where the interim government was I!i ; Kgosimang of the Tswanas, seven leading them to he said. Mr branches of his Seopesengwe Par Mokhatu said the new party was ty, a DT A affiliate, have formed a prepared to work with the DTA . ~ new party called M,mabatho Peo- ple's Party. On 435, he said that the UN Announcing the formation of resolution was obsolete and mean the new party this week, the leader ingless and that he could not speak of the breakaway group Mr Ber about it. nhardt Mokhatu accused Kaptein In the meantime the Ipelegeng :-t Kgosimang of political 'miscon Democratic Party has issued a Unofficial duct' and said that the Tswana peo statement to express 'deep concern' Denial from Diergaardt ple had lost faith in the 'Kaptein's at the fact that a third party has BY RAJAH MUNAMAV A list of names ruling clique' which he added was been formed among the Tswanas. only concerned with its own They said they had been striving THE LEADER of the Rehoboth asked whether it was viable for the interests. for reconciliation among the Liberation Front and Minister of party to stay in 'a government that S African Mr Mokhatu further said that Tswana groups, but without suc Civic Affairs Mr Hans Diergaardt is hostile to our own government'. the Kaptein had failed to call for cess. They once again urged such has' dismissed as 'blatant lies' a crackdown a congress even after persistent re- . round table talks saying that 'uni report in an Afrikaans daily that 'He just questioned whether quests from several branches. He ty among the people is more impor his party planned to withdraw fr~m there was a reason for us to remain The following names are included also said that the party had neither tant than chasi ng money'. the interim government. in the governmet'. in an unofficial list of those peo an office nor a chairman. The statement was issued by Mr . Speaking from Rehoboth yester Mr Diergaardt added that the ple believed to have been detained The Tswana people did not H Mootseng, of the Ipelegeng day, Mr Diergaardt denied the Rehohoth Liberation Front would since midnight on Wednesday: know what the future held for them Party. reports saying that no such decision still remain in theJnterim govern Mr Aubrey Mokoena - Chairman had been taken. He said that a ment and that the party had no in~ of the Release Mandela Campaign member of his party had simply · tention of withdrawing. (Soweto). Mr Saths Cooper - President Aza nian Peoples Organisation (Lenesia). Father Larry Kaufman (PMB). Father Theo Knieffel (PMB). EAST... WEST Miss Leslie Liddle - Western Cape Cpuncil of Churches (Cape Town). Reverend Frank Chikane - UDF HOMe IS ... BEST (not confirmed). Mr Mike Evans - ECC (Cape Town). Mr Joseph Khumal0 - Catholic Dominican Community (Mayfair). .'fi4 Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa - General Secretary of the" sA . .' -Automoth'e, '~ ):Jishops Conference (Pretoria). Sister Bernard Ncube - President General Engineering , MAx/M... WEST Federation of Transvaal Women .. ' and : :: ' FOR HOME.. BEST " .- 'Heat Treatment >. 'Advertise 1fLaxim ;r,upniJbel'J in The P.O.Box 385 Tel. 28480 Business Tel. 31602 Home Telephone 2737 7 Faraday Street Windhoek SWAKOPMUND Namibian THE NAMIBIAN FRIDAY June 13 1986 3 SWATF confirll1s incident and promises• I• nquiry• BY -CHRIS SHIPANGA A FIFTEEN year-old schoolboy, asked me about Swapo fighters.