. . '" " . HEROES DAY COMMElYIORArrED IN GIBEON - INSIDE

LEGAL ACCESS THWARTED Transfer of detainee~ from AG 9 to ~-' --~~-~-- Section 6 to prohibit lawyers? LEGAL SOURCES this week accused the police of "acting in bad faith" following what now seems to be a precedent of making ar­ rests under Pr()clamationAG9, and then switching the detention . order to Section 6 of the Terrorism Act before 30 days are up -the period of time after which a detainee being held under AG9 may see alawye~ One such example is the detention ofSwapo Secretary for Labour, Mr Jason Angula, who was held under AG9 for almost a month.

WALVIS BAY BOMB BLAST - INSIDE We had no choice. We had to sign · says K6zonguizi on 103 ter 'ban' ---...... ---BY CHRIS SHIPANGA------DESPITE court documents Reactingto an inquiry by The Nami­ served on the Cabinet ofthe in­ bian as to whether the Cabinet would terim government challenging oppose an application by Mrs Victoria the issue ()f a certificate ter­ Mweuhanga, asking for the "unban­ minating the murder trial of ning" of the case, Mr Kozonguizi four SADF soldiers, Justice . stressed that: "the matter is not for the Cabinet of the transitional govern­ Minister M r Fanuel ment, but for the South Afri!:an Kozonguizi this week claimed STRANGE SIGHT OF CASSPIRS.A ·T ST~ GEORGE'S Government:' ,- • J_ that the Cabinet has "nothing to do with the matter:' . SEVERAL people were astonished to see police CasSpir vehicles emer ging from the grounds of St George's Diocesan School this week, after offloading their Clirgo of Sub B's who were describ­ ed as having been on an "outing" with police. Full story in this edition. THE BORDERS ARE STILLBLlJRRED DUE TO the fact that neither ment did not envisage any major ment project". the interim government nor the projects. Mrde WetandMr Ko1@will perform South African Government He mentioned a project at Noor­ the signing ceremony at SWA,House in had ever decided where the doewer, "which can be seen as a govern- Windhoek today. border on the Orange River should quite be, the South African Minister of Water M­ fairs, Mr GJ Kotze, is in Win­ • Yotaka dhoek today to participate in a signing ceremony concerning FM radio/tape the use of water trom the Orange. . combination 'Mr Jannie de Wet, current Chair­ man ofthe Cabinet, will also bepresent 8 watts guarantted to sign on behalf of his government. According to the Secretary of Water Affairs, Mr Pedro Maritz, the signing R99,OO ceremony will serve to strike an agree­ ment between the two governments iii. order to establish a technical committee. ' "This committee is to make recom­ Girls' cotton dresses R15,75 mendations to both governments for the future combined utilisation ofthe Orange River, which forms a natural border between the two countries:' he said. Regarding the matter ofthe border, Mr Maritz said that this was a "very difficult issue" which goes back to the last century. Men's short-sleeved "There is no agreement between the Transitional Government and South shirts Africa about the precise line of the border: ' he said. Mr Maritz said that the two govern­ ments had "decided not to take the R1 4,99 "" issue further at this stage, but rather to talk about the utilisation of the ~ho ever though~ police water from the Orange". He said that although Namibia had been using water from the Orange . were·impartial? River for a longtime already, the agree­ ment was more for the long-term PICTURED by John Liebenberg at the DTA congress last utilisation. Saturday, a member of the police force shows his true colours. "We must start talking long-term ~ The authorities have cracked down on 'Swapo police' in recent rights:' he said. \ WOERMANN,BROCK months. Will they do the same with the 'DTA police', ' we Regarding any future plans for the WHOLESALE wonder? water, Mr Maritz said that his Depart- .. Tel: 32391 2 Friday November 13 1.987 THE NAMIBIAN 3000 Hereros want ~ to BLOODY ANGOLA CLASH Kozobooted THREE YOUNG teenage "Those who died were not soldiers on out of Nudo soldiers of the South African a foreign continent, as are the Cubans return to Namibia Defence Force (SAD F), were and the Rl.I,ssians. They died on the m.eeting _ killed in a clash between Rus­ frontline of peace and freedom;' he A RELIABLE source in Win­ munity~welllis representatives from sian and Cuban troops in said. TO HIS disappointment, in­ dhoek has disclosed that the the 'Herer~Administrl!-tion to look in­ Official mention was made for the to the matiter. south-east Angola on Monday first time of an unquantified number terim government Minister of issue of the repatriation of the this week. Justice Mr Fanuel Kozonguizi Herero-speaking people from One important point that the com­ of South African soldiers wounded in mittee would look into was whether the fighting, when General Malan also was kicked out of a Nudo Ex­ Botswana has not yet reached there was enough land for their reset­ The deaths ofthe three soldiers, plus expressed his sympathy "to the wound­ ecutive Committee meeting on finality and that the interim tlement. Mr Kozonguizi estimated the a fourth aged 25 years, was announc­ ed and those closest to them". Wednesday night, and the man government would make number of those who wanted to come ed in Pretoria yesterday by Defence He also said yesterday that South responsible for passing the representation to Pretoria to to be about 2 000. Headquarters. - Africa had had to halt Russian aggres­ "All four soldiers died after elements word to him was his deputy, Mr . take up the matter with the In his opinion Hereros in Botswana sion in southern Angola or face the Katuutire Kaura. Botswana government in were citizens of that country just as of the Defence Force, involved in defeat of Dr Jonas Savimbi's Unita about two weeks. there were Tswanas who were citizens limited 'support to Unita, acted in forces. _ Mr Kozonguizi said he was invited to of Namibia. operations against Cuban and other brief the Nudo Executive on the ' The source said an estimated 3 000 He said that Unita had the Angolan An official of the Botswana Ministry communist surrogate forces in the forces "on the run" in the current offen­ repatriation of Hereros from Herero-speakingpeople ~re said to be of External Affairs who declined to Cuando Cubango province on Mon­ sive, placing Moscow in a dilemma. Botswana. Other matters came up -. wanting to come to Namibia and that give his name, confirmed this week day;' the SADF said. "It either had to stand by and later and when the issue ofthe position their repatriation would cost about that Pretoria had made contact with "During the battle, a brigade sup­ witness the defeat ofthe MPLAforces, of Headman Elifas 'l)ingaete came up, R300 million. his government on the issue. ported by Cubans with tanks, artillery, using ~ussian weapons, or it had ip he was told to leave. The interim government is The official disclosed that some anti-aircraft weapons, ground to air desperation, to become actively Headman 'l)ingaete recently suc­ understood to be drawing up an official Herero-speaking people who reside in missiles and aircraft, was successful­ involved." cessfully applied for a Court order proposal to be handed to the South north-western Botswana have also ly forced to withdraw from its position;' "ThepresentCuban-Russianoffen­ declaring a N udo Congeress this year African Department ofForeign Affairs made representation through their said the army statement. sive indicates it opted for the latter null and void. who will in turn pass it on to the Chiefs to the Botswana government course. This, in turn, forced South The Gourt granted the application Botswana Government asking "A number of enemy tanks, ar­ about migrating to Namibia. Africa into a clear-cut decision: accept and another congress is due next week. Gaborone to help with the funding of moured cars, anti-aircraft weapons the defeat of Dr Savimbi or halt Rus­ the repatriation process. He said that his government had and logistics vehicles were destroyed sian aggression;' said General Malan. The source said the interim govern­ made it clear to the Herero communi­ during the action. He said that South Africa's action Trade union ment agrees in principle about the ty there that while they were welcome "Exact quantities will be determin­ had been directed at its own national repatriation ofthe Herero population to remain in Botswana, his govern­ ed later." interests and security. travels to r in Botswana and was prepared to take ment would not stand in their way if The SADF said that ."indications Dr Savimbi cherished the same them back but that the main problem they. wanted to leave. . were that the Cubans were instructed Geneva The Botswana government has values as those held by South Africa, was funds to institute the rep'atriation to be evacuated by helicopter as soon and ifhe fell, the door would be open­ given the Hereros all information on as their personal safety was threaten­ and their resettlement in Namibia. ed to further impoverishment and A POWERFUL delegation of Hereroland is overpopulated with cat­ the situation in Namibia but has told ed, leaving the rest (Angolan Fapla enslavement as a result of Russian the three sister trade unions­ tle and the Hereros in Botswana are them it has nothing against their go- / troops) to carryon". N afau, MUN and Manwu, mainly cattle farmers with large herds ing ifthey chose to, he emphasised. penetration. The SA Minister of Defence, General of cattle. Asked how many Hereros there were "The suffering of Africa would be in­ leaves for the ILO in Geneva Magnus Malan, said yesterday that tensified and southern Africa could this week, to do research on The issue of the repatriation of in Botswana and the number ofthose this was a time for South Africans to Hereros from Botswana was one of the who wanted to come back, the official then well be brought to the brink ofthe labour legislation applicable stand together. topics on the agenda during last week's broke into iaughter, and retorted "we abyss." to Third World countries, in­ "We must show moral strength, meeting between the cabinetofthe in­ dont register people in terms of General Malan said "South Africa's together, as was the case during the cluding South America and terim government and a South African Hereros and as such we don't keep decision to act against the Russian and Natal flood disaster;' he said. Africa. delegation headed by Foreign Minister records of people on the basis of their Cuban-controlled offensive against General Malan said the South The delegation consists ofMr John Pik Botha, and which included ethnic origin. Unita was taken in the full know ledge African troops "serve the country with Pandeni, General Secretary ofN afau, Defence Minister General Magnus "They dont exist in our books as of, and with recognition of the respon­ great distinction and deserve the Anton Lubowski, Finance Secretary of Malan in Pretoria. Hereros but Bctswanas". sibility involved in respect of the thanks and gratitude of the nation". the Joint Union Committee. The official said those who wanted to sacrifices tbat would be required." Interim Government Minister of The delegation will be accompanied migrate with their cattle were free to Justice Mr Fanuel Kozonguizi said the by Mr Halton Cheadle and Clive matter had been discussed for long do so as long as the animals were Continued from page 1 Thompson, well known labour law ex­ now, adding that what remained to be cleared with the Veterinary Depart­ When his attorney asked for permission to visit his client last week, he was in­ perts from South Africa and authors of decided was when the Hereros from ment in Botswana as well as following formed that General DolfGous, headofSWAPOL, had signed a newwarrl!-nt under various labour publications in South Botswana were coming, and whether legal channels. Section 6 on October 28, thereby preventing him from seeing Mr Angula. Africa. No one was forbidden from taking there were funds for their repatriation A detainee reId under Section 6 has no rights to a lawyer and may not see his The trade unionists plan to go and do or not. along his assets including cattle from ... - or her family: 1 research on labour laws applicable to Botswana, as long as the right chan­ He said that a committee was being Legal sources described this practice of "tranferring" a detainee to Section 6 third world countries before submit­ set up by the Department of Govern­ nels were followed and this applied to before the 30 day period had expIred, as an act of "virtual bad faitli" . ting evidence and written memoran­ mental Affairs to be composed of those Hereros who wanted to leave or "The police are arresting people under AG9 and then switching to another pro­ da as well as a draft legislation before representatives from the Herero com- anyone else he stressed. vision with the sole intention of preventing access by lawyers;' he said. the Wiehahn Commission on'labour in The source said he had no idea of how many people were currently being held Namibia. under Section 6 oftne Terrorism Act in Namibia. Commenting on this, Mr John Pandeni said the departure will de­ Black only "In some cases people are detained in the north, but no record is kept by the police MUSCLE TOP Rl3.00 oftheir arrest;' he said. Q)W0 T-BAG Black only RlS.OO pend on whether the necessary travel VEST Black only Rl3.00 Another case where the detention order was "swit.ched" is that ofMr Thomas documents are issued. T-SHIRT Black. Blue. R12.00 'Haipito' J afet, Who was originally arrested towards the end oflast month under Mr Pandeni and Lubowski have been 0QWJaOa~\Q~ + Whi te Proclamation AG9. denied travel facilities in the past. He is now being held under Section 6, before he p.ad spent 30 days in detention. Mr Jafet is a messenger with the Standard Bank in Windhoek. Continued from page 1 No charges have been laid against Mr Angula or Mr Jafet. "We have done our part in that we It was not possible to reach interim government Justice Minister Fanuel signed when the State President Kozonguizi, for comment as to whether the use of Section 6 carries the ap­ authorised us to issue the certificate. proval of the Cabinet. In terms of Proclamation AG 9 a lawyer can request We do not deny anthing. It is just that access to a client within the first 30 days of his detention, and has access to we had no choice, and we had to sign it. him thereafter. In terms of Section 6, access is not permitted. Our actiof then was made abundant- Police were approached for comment, but informed reporters to put the r~­ ly clear to the public." - quest in writing_ The newspaper was on the point of going to press, and thlS Asked whether there was, under the request was impossible to comply with. t\t1f{\\B\c1 circumstances, any way in which the r,t S"I~" Cabinet could be of any assistance to 011 r",E the widow, Mr Kozonguizi remarked · ~---I2 1 ~Cl' or 3 One injured in Walvis blast that: "unfortunately there is nothing 4 .fFR\C"- we can do, we are on the other side." ONE PERSON was slightly in­ Available from SPOT-ON. 2nd Floor. City Centre. WIlK. his injuries were described as "very Mrs Mweuhanga recently brought jured when a powerful bomb slight:' . an urgent application after an action ADD Rl.OO for postage if cash with order rocked the Post Office at Damages were described as "fairly R3.00 for COD by the government during which a cer­ Walvis Bay yesterday morning, serious." tificate (in terms of 103 ter of the SPOT-ON . P _O. BOX 22541 . WINDHOEK 9000 causing considerable damage Meanwhile residents at the town Defence Act) "banned" the trial of to sections of the building. said the Post Office had been cordon­ SADF members C.J. Harmse, F.J. ed off while police investigations and Herps, D.F. Esselen and J. Fernando, According to the Police Public rela­ cleaning up operations were tions division in Pretoria, the injured was issued. underway. The four soldiers originally faced a p.erson is a Post Office employee, and charge of murder following an incident Lecturer Domestic Science' about two years ago in northern Namibia when a civilian, Mr Frans and Needlework (Contract -KLEIN AUBCOPPER CO. LTD. Uapota was badly assaulted and appointment) killed. Further to the closure of the Klein Aub Mine in March this year, the The late man was married to Mrs Mweuhanga and was father of five Requirements: Appropriate degree and teaching qualifications. Board of Directors wish to inform that a gratuity will be paid to all Teaching experience of Domestic Science and Needlework up children. labour cateogry workers who were affected by.the mine closure. The widow is bringing an action to Std. 10 level. . Only those workers who were in the Company's employ or:' Marth against the Cabinet of the interim Date of commencement: January 1988 10, 1987 will qualify for the gratuity, which will be based on con­ government, the SA State President, Closing date: 27 November 1987 tinuous service prior to that date, and will equate to 6 per cent of the Attorney General ofSWA, and the basic pay. Minister of Defence, challenging the Contact person: Mrs D Jonach, tel 307 3599 issue of the certificate. 10 cards must be presented. She argues that the issuing of the Gratuity not claimed by December 31, 1987 will be forfeited. certificate is "null and void and College for Payout by cheque will take place at the following places: without any effect in law;' and asks Out of School Training Monday . Nov 23 Oluno Community Centre • 09hOO-15hOO that it be set aside by the Court. Windhoek . - .- Tuesd",y Nov 24 Oluno Community Centre 09hOO-12hOO Mrs Mweuhanga added that the Wednesday Nov 25 Tsumeb 09hOO-15hOO matter is of great concern to her and INCORPORATED IN THE ACADEM Y Thursday Nov 26 Windhoek 4 Schinz St. 13hOO-15hOO that she wanted to see those implicated rf in her husband's death brought to ~r:lt"I!"i!"f".\~j!"ljlll!iri"q!llillll:";1"jillllllrM""I"ijllliW- ALL INQUIRIES MR D NOELLE TELEPHONE KLEIN AUB NO 1 justice. . ADF STAFF OF The Namibian were amazed to se~two police Casspirs rUled with small children driving past the newspaper offices on Wednesday morning enroute to St George's Diocesan School. A reporter and photographer arriv­ "These Casspirs are killing­ ed at the school seconds after the young machines. An eight-year-old child has ~~ pupils had alighted from the armoured an extremely impressionable mind, vehicles. and to travel in something which is The headmaster of St George's, Mr associated with death and destruction Piet Nel, said that the pupils who had can well prove to be harmful to that ~Ir . gone on,the "outing" were all in Sub B. child in the long run:' she said. a, The 'excursion' to Police Head­ "My child told me that they had been JUDGING by appearances, some of the supporters attending the DTA congress last weekend felt that Windhoek quarters involved 48 children between taken to see prisoners in the cells and w~sn't a very safe place to be in. One such person was the man in the photograph, who was listening to the speakers the ages of seven and nine-years-old, as ' were allowed to look down gun-sights. With what seemed to be an 'army-issue rifle wedged between his legs. The man wasn't arrested, so presumably well as two staff members. They were also apparently given a the police didn't consider the rifle to be a dangerous weapon. AccordingtoMr Nel, the trip is an an­ display ofsmoke grenades:' she added. nual excursion and is "part of the The Director of National Education, education syllabus at that level". Dr Daan Gresse, was contacted in an Reacting to queries regarding the effort to find out ifthe Casspirs would Mini-hus driver elaims assault somewhat unusual method of be collecting pupils from schools fall­ transporting the children, Mr Nel said ing under his department. A POLICE spokesman in Win­ Mr Antonio in his statement said he David Kandjimbi, was also assaulted that the pupils were "collected in the He said the department knew dhoekthis week claimed that a was going about his business of as he wanted to intervene on his same way last year". nothing about it. civilian who was allegedly transporting passengers to and from behalf. One of the reasons for the children Dr Gresse also expressed surprise at Ohangwena in his minibus when assaulted recently by members Mr Antonio stated further that he travelling in Casspirs to police HQ was the news, saying that although The members of the Security Forces of the Security Forces in ~or­ underwent medical treatment at that the school bus is'too small to ac­ Namibian was a good news medium, ordered him to stop. them Namibia did not report He said they asked him for his driv­ Oshakati Hospital as a result of the commodate both Sub B classes. "are you sure that Casspirs were at St the matter at either of the two The other reason was that "from the George's?" ing licence, but he was assaulted by assault. He appealed to the Police to in.­ teachers point of view, travelling in the He said, however, that he was police stations in the area. several ofthe men before he could pro­ vestigate the matter, and also demand­ official vehicle gives the pupils a more thankful for this sort of initiative The civilian, Mi: Manuel Antonio, a duce it. He said one passenger, Mr ed compensation for damages. real feeling". which exposed the children to the en­ minibus driver from Omashaka , "We have outings to places like the vironment in which they lived. village near Ondangwa, said in a Defiant Kosie says elections are on fire station, the hospital, Ehafo and the sworn statement that several Securi­ The Sf George's Diocesan School is THE WHITE Administration was SPCA, and wherever possible the ty Force members based at request for elections to be held among owned by the Anglican Church, and going ahead with arrangements to transport of that particular institution. OhangwenaassaultedhimonOctober the whites. yesterday comment on the "outing" hold ethnic elections early next is used. This brings the trip to life for 30, and that he later reported the mat­ He said the Executive Committee was obtained from the Deputy Chair­ year in defiance of an interim could not accept such autocratic action the children:' said Mr Nel. man of the School Council. ter at the base. government Cabinet decision, ac­ and would go ahead with ar­ He said that he had only been Father Roger Key said: "The ap­ The Police spokesman said however that it was possible that the matter cording to a statement by the rangements for an election. The SWA notified ofthe excursion on Wednesday pearance of two armoured vehicles of Chairman, Mr Kosie Pretorius. morning. was reported at the base, but that he National Party had voted against a the SWA Police on the premises of the He said his Administration had "The teachers don't come and ask my St George's Diocesan School occurred ' was "positive" that no such case was decision to extend the term of office of learned 'with dismay' that the interim permission, as these sort of trips are without the prior knowledge or con­ reported with Police at Oshakati or at the white Legislative Assembly, in a government Cabinet had ignored his part of the syllabus!' sent of the governing body of the Ondangwa. Cabjnet meeting. He said that excursions of this school". nature were intended to teach the "The incident is regretted and children "all the things that they parents should be assured that steps should know about". will be implemen~d to prevent similar A spokesman for the police public ' occurrences in the future;' said Father relations division confirmed the visit, 'Key. saying that one ofthe Sub B teachers, Miss Benson, had organised the visit In motion or at rest last week already. Wrong death rate He said that the children were shown the police dogs, and were given dolls AN ERROR crept into the lead With every muscle with police uniforms and "crime story oflast week's edition, under prevention colouring-in books". the headline 'Mystery Angola Regarding the use of Casspirs as Raid'. transport, he said that "it is easier if Quoting a spokesman of the In­ we come out and pick them up at the stitute for Strategic Studies, the school". report read that"... the death rate One angry parent telephoned The of Swapo fighters as opposed to Namibian to protest against her child SADF losses was generally in the a man's resped. having to travel in what she described viCinity of 70 to 1". This should in as an "instrument of war", fact have read, 17 to one. The same resped men have for Windhoek most expensive place WHITE HORSE WHISKY. THE HOUSEHOLD Subsistence Level (HSL), for black Windhoek The true taste families increased by 20 per cent during the six-month period to September, according to the Institute for Planning Research at the of greatness. University of Port Elizabeth, while the HSL for Coloured families "in the same period increased to 26,5 per cent. Sapa reports that according to the Institute's latest survey, the HSL of black Johannesburg families increased by 15,4 per cent during the six­ month period, bringing the annual increase for a six-member family to 21,6 per cent - or R474,00. Coloured five-member families in Johannesburg experienced an an­ ilUal HSL increase of 15 per cent, to R517,OO. Of the areas surveyed, Johannesburg was among the more expensive cities, but not quite as dear as Windhoek, with a subsistence level of R480,00 for blacks (a 20 per cent annual increase), and R634,00 for Col­ oureds, representing a 26,5 per cent rise. For Cape Town, the figures wereR460,00 (20,9 percent), and R471,00 (19,6 per cent), respectively. In East London they were R432,00 or 20,7 per cent, and R439 or 16,9 per cent. . The Institute calculated that the HSL for blacks would reach R529 by the year 1990. .

______SWAPAC DRAMA 1 "KI"DER DES SCHflTTE"S"

by Karl Wittlinger - and directed by Freddie Frewer scheduled to start "ovember 17. has been postponed to March 8. 1988. , ~ . , 4 Frrday NQv.embe~ ~13 " 987 .;. THE NAMIBIAN A -TRIBlITE TO FALLEN HEROES

BY MBATJIUA NGAVIRUE THE COLOURFUL Heroes Day comm~oration held in Gibeon but which they have made uniquely has to be written by the people The highlight of the weekend was at the weekend provided spectators entertaining as well as their own with their colourful pat­ themselves. Therefore we have started without doubt the re-enactment on ~th chwork design. by asking old people about the real Saturday afterI)oonof a battle between solemn moments, during which they could look back to their own The crowd participated so en­ history." the Germans and the Witboois, com­ roots ~d also reflect on tbe tragic history of colonialism in thusiastically in the various events He said that his father had been very plete with gunfire and the thundering Namibia. that it was often difficult to find a spot interested in the history of his people hooves of horses in a fullscale cavalry The event, which is held annually, is for the occasion. from which one could get a clear view. and that this was why he had started charge. in remembrance of those killed while Prayers were read and a brass band Despite the scorching heat on Satur­ the commemoration of October 29 The highly-skilled horsemen thriIl­ resisting German colonialism, and the played a selection of songs while ac­ day and the blinding sandstorm on while he himself was still a child. ed the crowd with their disciplined legendary leader who led them, the companying the choir. Sunday this enthusiasm never faded, When he grew up and had to take riding and cQ-ordinated battle first &aptein Hendrik Witbooi. The mood ofthe large crowd was one and the crowd seemed quite happy to over he had realised that it wasimpor­ formations. The theme of this year's com­ of expectation and excitement, and walk the long distances separating tant that this day be commemorated A group of women and children also memoration was "Fellow Countrymen they were not to be disappointed as the some of the events. because "our great grandfather who 'took part in a scene that showed the Unite For Your Heritage", and the cen­ Witbooi Commando freeing prisoners tral figure at the event, Kaptein Hen­ taken by the Germans. drik Witbooi, explained that this The war, of course, ended with the slogan had been chosen to emphasise defeat of the Witboois despite their the fact that Heroes Day was not a fierce resistance, and to symbolise this tribal or ethnic event. the return of the spectators to the main The theme of the commemoration, ground of the commemoration was he said, was that "the people of this represented asthe people fleeing from country, irrespective of their tribal or the German.conquerors. ethnic backround, should unite to save The present Kaptein said that the their common heritage". purpose ofthis demonstration was to The commemoration usually takes show how the Witbooistried to survive place on the weekend nearest to Oc­ the war and the cunning that the late tober 29, the date on which Hendrik Hendrik Witbooi had to adopt against Witbooi died in 1905 after haviIig been the Germans. wounded in battle by the Germans at He added that "if we go back in Vaalgras. history, the Germans were the first col­ However, the event had to be postpon­ anisers and now the South Africans are ed this year because several churches the second. And while the Germans had other celebrations during that were cheating our people like that, weekend. when they were supposed to protect Preparations began on November 5, them, what more can we expect from when members ofthe Horse Comman­ the South Africans? do who were to take part in the "What we were trying to ceremonies gathered outside Gibeon. demonstrate there was that The following day, the riders made a sometimes people think that they can­ symbolic arrival at the !Goregura-abes not resist. As far as ammunition and fountain where a church service was weapons were concerned, the Germans held. were stronger than the Witboois. But This fountain has an important the will, the spirit and the strength you historical significance for the Witbooi have when you have the people behind clan as it was here that the very first you, I think is more powerful than any Kaptein, Cupido Witbooi, made his weapon." headquarters. In the late afternoon, the mood It was also to form the centre around became festive with the announce­ which the settlement of Gibeon ment that there would be competitions developed. in 'Namastap' and traditional music. From here the horsemen rode in pro­ These festivities continued late in­ cession to the present Kaptein's house, to the night. where they were received by him and The main events on Sunday were the registered their names for preserva­ unveiling of tombstones at the graves tion in historical records. of the first and second Witbooi Kap· The official opening took place on teins, Cupido Witbooi and Moses Saturday, when the Kaptein mounted Dawid Witbooi, and a memorial ser­ vice held in one of the churches. the podium with his entourage of WEARY HEROES return from battle. This poi~nant photo~raph was taken by Mbatjiua visiting headmen, pastors and impor­ At the unveiling of the tombstones, tant visitors from towns all over the Ngavlrue at the annual commemoration of Heroes Day In Glbeon last weekend speeches were delivered by Pastor country. where the battle With the Germans was re-enacted. Stephanus Tiboth, Dr Paul Isaacs, Rev The wife ofthe leader ofthe Damara Petrus SchmidtofMaltahohe and Kap­ Council, Mrs Irmgardt Garoeb, was programme for the weekend unfolded. The programme on Saturday morn­ resisted colonial powers died in the war tein Witbooi. given the honour ofunfurling the com­ ing included a demonstration oftradi­ struggling for freedom and In his address, Dr Isaacs said "we memoration banner with its slogan Many of the men wore the white tional practices and the lifestyle ofthe independence." must identify the enemy and give him "Fellow Countrymen Unite for Your scarves around their hats which have Namas in the old days. As part ofthis demonstration there a name. After that we will have to Heritage". for long been the distinguishing mark Kaptein Witbooi said that the reason was a moving re-enactment of the strategise on how to achieve a just A group from Berseba, led by head­ ofthe Witbooi clan, and a symbol ofits for including this in the programme events surrounding the death of the society which will guarantee genuine \ man Stephanus Goliath, presented traditional 'Witkamskap' or White was that "in history our forefathers elder Witbooi as they probably freedom. Kaptein Witbooi with a traditional Comb Society. were always refered to as thieves and happened. "The task of this generation is to Nama hut. The women wore the dresses that the murderers. And this is what we are The Horse Commando, which played fight to ensure that the next genera­ He in turn gave all the guests from Nama women adopted from the forced to teach children in the schools:' a leading role throughout the tion does not suffer the oppression and outside Gibeon a special poster printed women ofthe early German settlers, "We however think that the history weekend, rode out to battle just as the injustice of the present one:' commando might have done during Reverend Schmidt drew a parallel the historic war. between the betrayal by one of their However, only one lone rider return­ own people which lead to the death of ed from the battle to deliver to his grief­ Moses Dawid Witbooi and his Chief stricken people the tragic news ofthe Counsellor, Adam Klaasen, and N ami­ courageous and wise kaptein's death. bians who currently serve in the South The demonstration ended with the African army and its bureaucracy. Tel.: 37111 slow raising of the black and white The Kaptein, when he spoke, was fill­ Till: 0108-3224 . I -~~P.O. Boll 1153 1':1 Witbooi standard in front ofa guard of ed with emotion as were many other .Indhoek - ••A/ ....I .... honour formed by the Horse Comman­ participants. He said that sometimes do, while the choir sang the hymn 'Sida Elo sa ais ai!a' to the accompaniment Continued on next page of the brass band.

The Biggest Selection of Just Unpacked!!! Light Fittings ever!! PASTOR Hendri~ Witbooi than'ks Onder-Kaptein Christiaan Rooi for his con­ tribution in restoring the graves of the fi.rst and sec;ond Witbo.oi Kapteins. ',' THE NAMIBIAN '. Friday November 13 1987 5

that a Chief, who is.an independent Chief and is a Chief over his own peo­ ple and country, will not give protec­ tion against every danger or despair which will come about to damage his nation and country. "That's why countries are divided, and every Chiefhas his own nation and country to rule. Because it is so that when one Chiefis under another, the one under the other is not indepen­ dent, he is not his own boss. . "Not the boss of his nation or coun­ try because he is under another and the one who is under is a knight of those who protect him because that one is superior, and the superior is the boss, Chief of everything. "That is why I cannot see that a boss who has asked the other for protection can stay boss and can still do what he wants. And this Africa is the country ofour Chiefs, and when danger comes over one of our Chiefs and he feels not able to counteract the danger he can AFTER re-enactment of the events call upon his brethren or other Chiefs surrounding the death of Kaptein and say ... let us stand togethel' for our Hendrik Witbooi, a flag is raised in his country, Africa, and resist the danger honour. that wants to infiltrate by force ofarms. "This is because he is of the same col­ Continued from page 4 "our and follows the same traditions, he would rather die when he saw the and in this Africa we are the Chiefs in DURING THE pageant re-enacting the Nama/German war, participllnts show (above) how prisoners captured by the Ger­ general, and the fact that there are disunity in this country, and that he mans were freed by Nama fighterS. Below, a scene depicting a mounted charge with cavalry during the battle. "L would like people to' come' together various kingdoms and lands, is only , ~ whatever ethnic group they belonged one small division within one Africa:' to. Momentarily changing his role from The theme ofthe 82~d anniversary, that of a traditional leader to that ofhis "Fellow Countrymen Unite For Your role as Swapo Vice-president, Mr Wit­ Heritage", was inspired by extracts booi said "the struggle in which we are from the diary ofthe first Hendrik Wit­ engaged is just a continuation of the booi which revealed his opposition to struggle of our forefathers. the so-called "protection" given by a "Swapo literature refers to the strug­ foreign power, and also his desire to see gle of- our forefathers so it is not African leaders stand together in op- ' something new. position to German colonialism. "As far as we are concerned we are not murderers, we don't want war but The German Commissioner at the we have to resist. Sometimes Swapo is time, a man named Hoffmann, made accused of being a violent organisa­ the following appeal to Witbooi ... "I tion, but we feel that Swapo tried for ask you whether you could not do what years to start negotiations for a all the other Chiefs have done and peaceful solution. place yourself under German protec­ "As I see it the struggle that we are tion as the other,Chiefs have done? waging is not only military. We know "With the next ship many Euro­ that the people are behind us. We have peans will arrive and those people will got their support, they see us as their have to be protected, and the German leaders. We don't transport them, they government will be forced to protect come on their own. those who have asked for protection. "So we believe that the struggle we The government cannot protect some . are waging is only a continuation ofthe and leave others out." struggle our forefathers were w!iging. After the exchange of several ques­ tions and answers between the two, Hendrik Witbooi's diaries Kaptein Witbooi made the followin,g translated from early Afrikaans with observation ... "I cannot understand the assistance of Mr Cees Strijbis.

SWATF ACKNOWLEDGES REPORTER WAS HOSTED BY THEM IN NORTH

ON INQUIRY the SWA Territory Force has acknowledged that a reporter of the British London Sunday Telegraph, was hosted by them Senior .Computer while on a trip to the far north of the country. Earlier this week the SADF came out in strong condemnation of both the reporter and the report in question, denying claims made in last Sunday's Telegraph, among them that two South African Mirages had been shot down in Operator Angola recently. The SADF said this week that they had "no knowledge" of the reporter. But the SWATF admitted, on inquiry, that the reporter Simon O'Dwyer CDM (Pty) Ltd operates The job involves general Russell, had visited the far north as a guest of the Department of Govern­ opencast diamond mines just operating, monitoring machine mental Affairs, and while there, he had received briefings from Sector 10 head­ north of the Orange River. jobs, despatching of reports and quarters at Oshakati, and visited bases at Ogongo and Ruacana. Oranjemund, where most of our training juniors. The SWA TF also admitted that the reporter was taken on a helicopter trip employees live, is a pleasant Computer based training will to Ruacana, but that "at no stage did he accompany SADF or SW ATF forces town with a modern shopping be given to keep abreast with on operations of any kind". They added that his report seemed to be "based complex, hospital and excellent operational/software on speculation and wild hearsay stories". Mr O'Dwyer Russel had not verified sporting and recreational developments . . his information with either the SW A TF or Media Liaison of the SADF in facilities. Benefits include: • generous Pretoria. Meanwhile, from London, O'Dwyer Russell said that he had never stated The Information Services leave • suitable unfurnished he had been on an SADF "operation". He said that his trip to Namibia had Department at CDM provides a accommodation • subsidised been organised through Mr Sean Cleary's Namibia Information Service in wide ranging selection of single board • annual bonus London. He had been briefed by the SADF at Oshakati (Sector 10), he had Information Systems Services equivalent to 1 months salary visited Ruacana travelling by Alouette helicopter, he had been to the base essential in operating a large • membership of pension and of the Cape Corps at Ogongo, as well as other north-based battalions. diamond mine and in the medical societies • primary Much of the information at his disposal had not been used in the article running pf a town of over 7000 schooling in Oranjemund and (reproduced on page 8 of this edition) which he felt was in any case, favourable inhabitants. subsidised secondary schooling to the SADF. He could not understand, Mr O'Dwyer Russell said, how the The successful candidate for • assistance with relocation SADF could deny the shooting down of two Mirages, and the cluster bomb which was dropped on four soldiers in Angola. He said the SADF could not this position will have at least expenses. . expect to claim that Fapla had sustained losses of 3000 men, without the SADF 2 years operating experience on Interested persons should write in turn, sustaining some loss of men and aircraft. . IBM Hardware and giving full details to: The Senior will be expected Personnel Manager, CDM (Pty) to work Limited, P.O. Box 35, BANTUSTANS EXTENDED shifts . . Oranjemund 9000. FOR ANOTHER YEAR THE INTERIM government Cabinet has extended the term of office of ethnic governments by a period of one year. CDM In a press release this week, Mr Dirk Mudge said that, the decision did not affect the legislative assemblies of the Damara or Owamj:lo groups, since (Proprietary) Limited the term of office of the former lapsed only on March 28 1989, and the latter , had not yet held an election. . The Cabinet said it had taken the decision with the knowledge that they had the legislative capability to disband the ethnic authorities if, during the extended term of office, an understanding was reached concerned another constitutional dispensation for the country. 6 Friday November 13 1987 THE NAMIBIAN 'Misunderstanding' leads to violenee ------BYRAJAHMUNAMAVA------

A SWAPO Namibian police would be punished. braai in Swakopmund was Coincidentally, Mr Matsi said, a broken up when a group of man was found beaten up at the single unruly people, armed with quarters on the same day of the Swapo pangas, kerries and other ob­ braai and the group accused the Nami­ bian police of the deed. jects, attacked the Swapo The group, apparently in retaliation members, injuring several pea- . and armed with pangas, kerries and pIe, three of them seriously. other objects marched to the Swapo Two members of the Swapo Nami­ braai on Saturday evening where they bian police, Ismael Kashonga and launched an attack on the Namibian Petrus Matheus and another uniden­ police. tified man, were hospitalised with . The braai was abandoned after serious wounds after the attack. everyone fled and were too fearful to According to a Swapo official in return. Swakopmund, Mr Willie Matsi, the in­ Peace talks were held on Tuesday . cident was prompted by an apparent night this week between Swapo of­ misunderstanding between the group ficials in Swakopmund and leaders of and the Swapo Namibian police. the group. Mr Matsi said that at one point last The two sides agreed to co-operate in THE "GUINEA FOWU' fountain in the Hepworth's arcade was put to good use last week by these week, members ofthe Namibian police the future and resolved not to turn on two children. With the typical uninhibited attitude of the very young, they undressed and proceed­ visited the single quarters where they each other as they were all part ofthe ed to splash and cool offin the wateJ: The playful, bare-bottomed pair caused many an amused smile, held discussions with residents on oppressed Namibians. and there must have been more than one passer-by who sighed to be young again. Picture by John health conditions and other issues at A general meeting for all single Liebenberg. the quarters. quarter residents is scheduled for The Namibian police told the tomorrow (Saturday), when last week's . residents that littering and urinating incident will feature at the top ofthe in the open would not be permitted in agenda, to be followed by other issues the future and that those responsible affecting the residents. Bad customer relations ARESIDENTofSwakopmund entered· the garage toilet without He added that he had asked for per­ Street festival Mr. Willie Matsi, this week com­ permission. mission from the black staff. At the police station Mr Matsi was Such behaviour was not conducive to ------BY RAJAH MUNAMAVA------plained bitterly about aninci­ dent at a local garage on Mon­ told that he could go as there was no good business and good customer rela­ (Saturday), starting at 16hOO, day and said such behaviour case against him. tions he said, and requested the RESIDENTS of Breiting Street Mr Matsi said he was a regular manager to refrain from such conduct in Klein Windhoek will hold a with the theme being "Get to by its white manager was unac­ customer and often took his car at in the future. . closed street festival tomorrow Know Your Neighbours ceptable, particularly because . Steckel Motors. He said that he was The Namibian tried to contact the Better". the garage had a strong black surprised that the manager had to call manager of Steckel Garage for com­ Windhoek Mayor, Dr Eugene customer base. . in the police when the garage toilet ment. Unfortunately he was not Joubert, has also been iI\,vited to Mr Matsi related that he called at was open for use to the public. available. attend. Steckel Motorsthis week and asked for Organiser Mr Peter Schaaby, said the black staff members whether he the residents hoped to set an example could make use of a toilet. A Cahinet Committee for for other residents and neighbours, When he got into the toilet, a piece and emphasised that in the "Year of of iron bar landed at his feet, and he the Family", Breiting Street residents heard someone shout "Kom daar uit!" 'eonstitutionai proeess' wished to promote good neighbourly He recognised the voice to be that of THE INTERIM government Cabinet has appointed a Cabinet Com­ relations as they.(the residents), could the garage manager, Mr Kudus. mittee to "attend further to the constitutional process". be rightly called one big family. Upon coming out of the toilet, In a press release this week, it was said that the six-member Committee There will be get-together games for another white man was waiting out­ will consist ofMr Dawid Bezuidenhout, Mr Hans Diergaardt, Mr Moses Kat­ kids and adults and food and drinks side, and ordered him to wait until the jiuongua; Mr Dirk Mudge, Mr Andreas Shipanga and Mr Jannie de Wet. will be served. police arrived. The Cabinet has also commissioned the Committee to co-opt former The organisers are. Messers Peter. The police arrived soon afterwards, members of the Constitutional Council as well as experts. The Committee Schaaby and Wolfgang Raith. and they were told that Mr Matsi had convened this week for its first session to draft and agenda.

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TEL 369701112 THE NAMIBIAN Friday November 13 1987 7, It takes many cuts to fell a tree Child devoured hy crocodlle CAPE TOWN: The President of The suffering of inhabitants of some The delegation consisted of three MBABANE: Parents of an ll-year-old Swazi girl, watched in horror as a the World Methodist Council, neighbouring states had also been Americans, a Briton and a Bishop from crocodile killed and ate their daughter in the Nkomati River, in north­ Kenyan Bishop Lawi Imathiu, brought to the attention ofthe deJega­ Lesotho. - _ western Swaziland last week. tion, and Mr Botha had told th~ that Three South Africans, including emerged from a two-and-a-half these conditions could be attributed Reverend STanley Magoba, who was The shocked parents - whose names have not yet been released.- and other hour meeting with the State partly to the fact that the region was detained for 24 hours last week, prior villagers rushed to the river bank after hearing screanis from their children swim­ President, Mr PW Botha on paying the price for interference in the to the arrival of the delegation, form­ ming in the river_ Tuesday, and declared that he area by the superpowers. ed part of the group. They watched helplessly as the crocodile first dragged the child under the water, had never been in such a tough Freedom ofreligion and worship was The delegation. which represents 54 and then reappeared on the opposite bank, where it began devouring her_ and depressing meeting. protected in South Mrica, the delega­ million Methodists in 90 countries, ar­ The girl is the eighth child killed by crocodiles in the same area in NkambenL However, he added that he and tion was told. rived in South Africa on Friday, and Villagers are reported to have begun a witchhunt to identify a member oftheir The spokesman said the meeting met Govan Mbeki, recently released community they believe is keeping crocodiles in his house for use in witchcraft. his delegation had left with "hope." He added "It takes was "held "in a good spirit" and had . after 25 years on Robben Island for Reservations ahout investDlents many cuts to fell a tree." been concluded on "a friendly note." African National Congress (ANC), The meeting followed a year of com­ activities. HARARE: Most American businessmen have reservations about investing The delegation of nine delivered a re­ munications between the South They also met Mrs Winnie Mandela in Zimbabwe, because there is no signed accord with America ensuring quest to President Botha which African Government and the· World and Mrs Albertina Sisulu - wives of the businessmen of a positive future in that country. emanated from a resolution taken at Methodist Council. ANC leaders imprisoned for life. Ziana, the official news agency, reported that the American Ambassador to Zim­ the World Methodist conference in babwe, Mr James Rawlings, told newsmen here that Zimbabwe should make Nairobi in 1986. "some" statement about its future which would include signing an accord with The request was that the America. "There are still reservations on the part ofUnited States businessmen government: AFRICA MORE WIllING TO DISCUSS to invest in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe should make some positive statement about its - Unconditionally release Nelson future which would include the signing of an accord to ensure businessmen there Mandela and other prisoners and de­ is a positive future in investing here:' he said. tainees, and allow political exiles tQ HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES return to the country; . Defence aid to he provided - Lift the state ofemergency, withdraw LUSAKA: African governments were now more willing to discqss MAPUTO: The European Community will contribute towards Mozambi­ troops from the townships, and bring to human rights issues, although lack of information makes it dlf­ que's defence needs, a senior official ofthe 12-nation organisation said this an end South African occupation of ficultto say whether respect for hurilan rights in the region is grow­ week. neighbouring countries; and ing, a leading specialist on the issue said this week. - Put an end to apartheid and start The European Commission's Deputy Director-General for Development, An­ negotiations with representatives for all Theo van Boven, a former head ofthe one-party political systems, ethnic ten­ dre Auclert, ended an eight-day visit by signing an agreement covering the defence South Africans. United Nations Centre for Human sions and the deteriorating economic of rural projects funded by the Community under the Lome Invention. Bishop Imathiu said Mr Botha had Rights, said in an interview that ten situations in many countries, which, The projects involved are irrigation schemes and integrated rural development. not accepted any ofthese proposals and years ago, African gover'nments would he said, badly affected services such as He said under the agreement, the government would ensure the safety ofthe pro- - had made it clear that he did not wish · not send representatives to interna­ health, education and the judicial and jects, while the Community "will contribute to the security expenses of a civil to be pressured - particularly by tional meetings on human rights. prisons systems. nature:' Americans and British. "Now they are prepared to enter in­ Governments, he said, were sen­ He added the agreement would cover items such as food; transport, fuel and The President of the Methodist to a dialogue;' he said. sitive about human rights because the uniforms for the country's forces defending Community-financed projects against Church of Southern Africa, Dr Khozo "They have come up with their own issue was always raised in a negative attacks by Mozambican National Resistance (MNR), rebels. The right-wing MNR Ngojo, said Mr Botha kept on return­ human rights instrument:' he added, context. has paralysed economic life in wide areas ofMarxist Mozambique, and disrupted ing to points of the past, such as referring to the Organisation of "You need a lot of confidence aid projects. colonialism and imperialism. African Unity (OAU), African Charter building before you canhave somebody Nationwide eigarette shortage Bishop Imathiua said although he on Human and People's Rights. criticising somebody else, and before still had hope for change in South The Charter came into force in 1986, the other can accept it:' he said. HARARE: The world's third biggest tobacco exporter, Zimbabwe, has a Africa, the talks "had not gone f\ir." and had so far been ratified by some 30 He added that official government nationwide cigerette shortage, manufacturers said this week. While the "I have never been to such a tough African nations, he said. human rights reports should be "a former British colony produces 100 million kilos yearly excess for sale meeting - such a difficult depressing Van Boven, who lectures in interna­ basis for dialogue and not a abroad, it is not making enough cigerettes for the domestic market. meeting - in my life, not knowing tionallaw at the University of Lim­ smokescreen:' Manufacturers cite shortages offoreign currency to import packaging materials whether I achieved anything or not:' burg, in the Netherlands, said a conti­ These could be balanced by informa­ and filters. "We just don't have the imported items we need to produce the number he said. nuing lack of information made it dif­ tion provided by non-governmental of packets of cigerettes Zimbabwean smokers need:' one said. Members of the delegation said the ficult to assess the situation in Mrica. organisations like the human rights Strict import controls.bar merchants from buying cigerettes from other coun­ subject of Mr Mandela's release had "It's a long way from ratification to group, Amnesty International, he tries to end the shortage. Some manufacturers said domestic sales in the last month been mentioned, but Mr Bothahad not implementation;' he said, while atten- - said. had plunged by 30 per cent. responded to it. ding a United Nations-sponsored Asked about governments which in­ The delegation had been treated seminar on training government of­ voked public and national security to Plane wreek. and eorpses found with courtesy and frankness, but the ficials from English-speaking African justify tough security measures; he countries to prepare reports on human said "there we are on a very dangerous MAPUTO: The bodies of four whites who died when their plane was shot State President had made it plain that he had his own timetable and did not rights. track ... when immediate public and down by the Mozambican armed forces last Friday had been found, a Mr van Boven said the main threats national security become dominant to military source in this city has said. . intend to revise it. In a statement after the conference, to human rights in Africa were wars, the detriment of individual rights:' The source said the twin-engine plane was shot down while flying at low altitude a spokesman for Mr Botha said the­ over the army barracks at Ulongue, about 20km from the Malawian border. He President had informed the delegation gave no other details. THE NAMIBIAN is published by the proprietors, the Free Press There has still been no public confirmation by the Mozambican government that about the treatment of offenders and of Namibia (Pty) Ltd, with offices at 104 Leutwein Street Windhoek, prisoners under the South African the downed plane was the Air Malawi Skyvan on a business charter, which vanish­ and printed by John Meinert (Pty) Ltd, Stuebel Street Windhoek. legal system, and the method used in ed in the same area on Friday. Malawi said the plane had ten passengers, including The copyright on all material in this edition, unless otherwise considering the release of prisoners. specified, rests with the Free Press of Namibia (Pty) Ltd. three Britons and a South African. The other six were Malawians, including the He had also given an "exposition" of pilot and a hostess. the reforms taking place in the Maputo eelehrates eentenary economic, social and constitutional' fields. J OHANNESBURG: Tuesday this week marked the first centenary of the He had emphasised that South city of Maputo, and the local authorities in the Mozambican capital have Africa would oppose "with everything declared a public holiday for the city's residents, according to Sapa. in its power" all forms ofCommunism . It was on November 10, 1887, that King Luis I of Portugal signed the decree elevating what was then known as Lourenco Marques from the status of a town to that of a city. At the time, a grand total of 1 413 people lived there. Conscientious The name ofthe city was changed to Maputo shortly after independence in 1975, and its population today is approximately a million people. objectors Anthrax deeiDlating hippos PRETORIA: One of the "Cape ~ LUSAKA: More than 2 000 hippos have been killed by an outbreak of an­ Town 23" - a group of cons­ thrax in Zambia's Luangwa Valley wildlife sanctuary during the last fort­ cientious objectors who have night, the government reported this week. refused to serve in the South The banks of the Luangwa River in eastern Zambia, are littered with the car­ African Defence Force, faced casses of the hippos, the wildlife department said. call-up yesterday (Thursday), The government has urged villagers li vingnear the game reserve not to eat any and may be sent to prison for meat from the dead animals, amid reports that p01ichers are butchering the car­ refusing to do military service. casses and selling cuts to local people. Anthrax is an infectious disease that strikes at both domestic and wild animals, In August, Dr Ivan Toms and 22 especially cattle and sheep, and is caused by a bacillus which can be transmitted others publicly stated they refused to to people. The Luangwa Valley, a major tourist attraction, is home for thousands serve in the South African Defence of hippos. Force. In a statement this week, Bishop Rehels heeoDle holder Reginald Orsmond, Vice-President of LUSAKA: Right-wing Mozambican rebels killed one person, abducted the Southern African Catholic several others, and stole more than 100 head of cattle in a raid on Zambia Bishop's Conference (SACBC), ad­ a few days ago. ministrative board, said "We repeat Dr Kaunda said troops had been deployedon the border, but didilOt specify where our call to the authorities to alter the the incident had occurred. Zambia's eastern border is with Mozambique's Tete law concerning compulsory military province, where the rebels are active. service, to allow conscripts to object to Zambia has accused both the MNR rebels from Mozambique, and U nita rebels doing military service not only on Available from from Angola to the west, ofcross-border raids, and has warned that it will retaliate. religious grounds, but also onconscien­ The latest raid by the MNR rebels, was one of the biggest reported. The rebels tious grounds." The Hamibian. The SACBC has also called for an have been accused of sporadic small-scale raids on border villages in recent months. alternative to the law, which would 104 Leutwein St Penalty for defrauding the state allow conscientious objectors to do alternative community service for a or from selected HARARE: A local businessman, Tito Tawengwa, was this week f'med period equivalent to the period of almost half a million Zimbabwe dollars (about R600 000) andjailed for six military service. stores around the years for defrauding the State and bribing an official to get a foreign cur­ "Such an alternation to the law rency import licence. would allow the medical work which country. In passing sentence, the Judge warned ofthe "grasping, greedy and corrupt tenden­ Dr Toms is presently doing in the Price: R10,OO cies that seem to be creeping into the lifestyle of a large number ofthe people" poorest squatter areas in CapeTown to in Zimbabwe. qualify as national service:' he said. 8 Friday November 131987 THE NAMIBIAN

THE FOLLOWING article, reproduced verbatim on this page, MOMENTITM ON t30 is by Sinion O'Dwyer Russell of the conservative London Sun­ day Telegraph. The article has caused a stir in military circles, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT appearing in a 'conservative' publication and written by a per­ AT THE United Nations the son no-one seems to have heard of. The claims in the article, momentum of activity towards that the journalist flew With the SADF on an operation, that by Gwen Lister securing Namibia's independence the SADF lost two Mirages in fighting in Angola, and others, was maintained on Friday October have been dismissed as "absurd" by an SADF spokesman in 30, when the Security Council, by Pretoria. He said when approached that no journalist had ac­ 14 votes to none with only one companied the SADF in the recent attack, on a Swapo base, . abstention, authorised the nor on any other socalled operations. Describing the report Secretary General, Mr Javier as a "hodge-podge" of official reports, discredited Angolan PERSPECTIVE Peres de Cuellar, to commence ar­ allegations, speculation and other inaccuracies, the SADF said ranging "a ceasellre" between THE INTERIM government Cab­ the report was "so far-fetched, it is surprising that the SADF inet, in a statement released after South Africa and Swapo in order to enable the emplacement ofthe UN is given any credibility at all". their bilateral talks in Pretoria with Transitional Assistance Group the South African Government, (Untag) in Namibia. have now profusely thanked the This was the first time that the South African Government for its Security Council had affirmed that all SADF REBUKES support on the "security situation" outstanding issues relating to the im­ and have expressed their sympathy plementation of Resolution 435 (1978) for recent losses in the "operational had been resolved. A situation once area". Are the Cabinet so uninform­ again made clear by the Secretary "ABSURD" REPORT ed that they truly believe the losses General in his latest report on the im­ plementation of 435, producedjust two were sustained in what the army days before the Security Council deci­ refer to as the "operational al'ea" sion on October 27. IN RIGHT·WING PAPER (the far north) rather than inside Resolution 601, adopted by the the sovereign state of Angola? _ Security Council in a business-like "SA was yesterday counting the cost of many future strikes into Angola after meeting saw, however, the United last week's bloody clash when a raiding force was stung by a suddenly THE STATEMENT aptly illustrates just how far members of the interim States alone abstaining, while the two government Cabinet have gone in their collaboration with the occupying sophisticated foe. other Western permanent members, An unprecedented 11 SA soldiers were killed and at least four critically South African Government. It also serves to show the increasing dependen­ the UK and France, as well as the cy of this unelected government on their Pretoria mentors. injured - one lost both legs - when Angolan government troops with fighter Federal Republic of Germany, voting support attacked the withdrawing strike force which had raided a Swapo for the Secretary General to move for­ guerrilla training base deep in Angola. WHERE ARE THE FREE-THINKERS? ward on the much delayed implemen­ And chastened SA commanders realised that in any future across-the-border tation of Resolution 435. action, they risk heavy casualties and the loss of irreplaceable equipment, There are supposedly six constituent political parties represented in the The US representative stated that Cabinet, some of whom were independent and free-thinking people in their facing fighters flown by Angola's "top gun" pilots, combat trained by Soviet while South Africa was illegally occu­ instructors and spoiling for a fight. time. But from the white National Party on the right to whichever of the pying Namibia and had no right to be sellout groups could be described as the' most 'left' in the interim govern­ "Gone are the days when we could intervene in Angola without cost in in the territory, and "no right to use it terms of men and equipment", I was told. ment, they concur on matters such as the defence of the country, the cons­ as a staging area from which to violate Two Mirage fighters have been lost by SA in recent clashes, one in air com­ tant invasions into Angola, and swallow the same old "operational area" the borders of neighbouring states", bat over Cuito Cuanevale three weeks ago, and the other hit by ground fire propaganda concerning the socalled communist threat poised on the border. nevertheless it considered these were over Mavinga. The pilot was killed when he crashlanded in Namibia. . The interim government Cabinet are not prepared to 'rebuke the South "international preconditions" that Last week's raid led to a bitter fight with Angolan government troops who­ African Defenc~ Force: they are not prepared to call on them to cease using had to be achieved before implementa­ intervened to support Swapo: The four wounded soldiers were caught by a ·1 . Namibia as a springboard, thereby perhaps jeopardising future relations of tion of 435 could be achieved. Without cluster bOmb dropped by an Angolan MiG 23, as the intruding force withdrew an independent Namibia government with Angola; they are not prepared a settlement that addresses the securi­ south to the Namibia border. to tell the SADF that 'Unita's fight is not our fight', they are not prepared ty concerns ofboth Angola and South Angola's reaction to the raid has alarmed senior SA officers in Namibia

to admonish them on the actions of security forces against people they claim Africa, the implementation of 435 > who see Angolan willingness to intervene with air strikes as an ominous to represent. Perhaps some of these 'ministers' should visit the far north of (19.78) will not in fact be achieved, the sign for the future of their war against Swapo in the drought-hit north of Namibia, not on an army-sponsored trip with accompanying 'protection', but US repre~ntative said. _ the country. oftheir own accord to travel round the war-torn north. Then perhaps they He continued: "Th:e South Africans, They see last week's Angolan action as directly linked with the MPLA would see the coffins of members of 101 Battalion and other components of in particular, have made clear that Government defeat in its dry season offensive against Jonas Savimbi's Unita the SADF, being carried to the homesteads of their families, killed in a they will not relinquish their hold over forces around\the southern town of Mavinga. senseless war, fighting their own people and those of a sovereign neighbouring Namibia until the presence of Cuban Unita say 3000 MPLA troops killed in the Mavinga battle and that the troops in Angola is addressed. The state. Then perhaps they would see the burials of unknown Swapo guerrillas, MPLA 47th brigade has been completely destroyed. The three other Angolan Angolans, in this, have made it clear brigades were understood to be holding a line 20 miles south east of Cuito whose families may never know they are even dead, laid to rest in the soil that they will not consider their Cuanvale. . which has not known peace for over two decades. borders secure until the South African SA involvement in supporting Unita, anno\lDced publicly only last month presence in N arnibia is a thing of the for the first time by Magnus Malan, is thought to be behind Angola's new TAKE A LOOK AT SA MOTIVES past", he stated. found resolve to oppose SA attacks on Swapo bases in the south. In his statement, Mr Theo Ben Sources here say SA may have two infantry battalions and supporting ar­ Instead of praising the SADF, why do they not stop, convene an urgent Gurirab, Swapo Secretary for Foreign tillery facing MPLA forces north west of Mavinga. No casulaty figures have Cabinet meeting and question what it's all about. If they were not so intent Affairs, stated that the time for action been released, but military sources confirmed SA lost two Mirage jets in re­ on retaining their political positions, they might allow themselves to stop on the implementation ofthe UN set­ cent clashes. Last week's Angolan reaction to SA's raid has already had an paying homage to the SADF and wonder when it's going to end. tlement plan was long overdue. ·"There affect in the way Pretoria's forces operate on the ground against Swapo along They may then sit back and ponder a number ofissues: why does the South can be no more excuses for prevarica­ the Angolan bor_der. African Government, backed by the Reagan Administration, continue to make tion. The truth is self-evident and the Flying in 'a SA helicopter gunship, north of the Angolan border last week, an issue of the Cuban presence in Angola? why does tlie South African case is well made", he said. I could clearly see the anxiety of the crew. As we skimmed across the dry Government take such an active interest in the power struggle in Angola? However, he made clear that should bushland, banking to follow the path of a dry riverbed, the pilot continually Why does South Africa continue to refuse to implement the United Nations those "in the usual quarters, which searched the horizon for Angolan aircraft and helicopters. settlement plan? All this intransigence - is it for the sake of Namibia? We have always shielded Pretoria", once The gunner, hunched over the machinegun mounted in the open door, scann­ all know it is not. South Africa has made it clear, on many occasions, that again refuse to go forward, "let them ed the bush for Swapo guerrillas, thought to be withdrawing north into Angola its interests come first. Why then does the Cabinet continue to serve the in­ spare us the pain of meaningless ver­ before the start of the rainy season. Even above the crash of the rotor blades, terests of a foreign occupying power rather than the interests of the Nami­ biage and political obfuscation, speak­ the hammering of his machinegun could be clearly heard as he fired test bian people? ing from both sides oftheir mouths as rounds into the bush. In what appeared to be a forced show of nonchalance, allies and apologists of Pretoria". While the SADF are free with their statistics on PLAN losses; PLAN in­ the SA pilot reached into his pocket, produced a cigarette and lit it, before Swapo and the international com­ juries; PLAN manpower; PLAN-initiated incidents; when they are so cagey shouting over the intercom, "I need a cigarette, I think its going to be a long munity impatiently awaited the and dangerous day". about their own. Can any army in the world claim to have killed thousands Security Council's verdict on the com­ of troops and fighters in a neighbouring country, not to simultaneously lose Last week's casualties have concentrated the minds of senior officers run­ pelling options, Mr Gurirab stated. ning t,he border war with Swapo. "We have a conscript army here on the any of their own? If an average of three injured to one dead can be used as The first was to authorise the border - there is a limit to casualties we can take before we face opposition a yardstick, then apart from the acknowledged 14 dead (combined Secretary General to start implemen­ from people in SA to our continuing the war" commented Commandant Leon SWATF/SADF losses) since the raid recently; then there must be at least ting Resolution435 (1978) on the basis Lambrecht, commander of 51 Battalion responsible for a 120km sector of 42 members of the SADF/SWATF injured, some critically. of his own conclusions "with im­ the border with Angola. And while the losses for PLAN and Fapla might be substantially higher mediate effect". "We are winning this war without doubt - but we need domestic support than those of the SADF, the combined death and casualty figures must be The adoption by the Security Coun­ to finish it". astronomical. To what purpose are these lives (on either side) lost? The SADF cil of its October 30 resolution, is the The Angolan air forces' 55 MiG 23 and 73 MiG 21's combined with what has said on many occasions that SwapolPLAN is not longer a factor. And latest step in a renewed level of acti vi­ a SA intelligence officer described as "one of the most sophnisticated air it seems they're not prepared to acknowledge fighting Fapla and the Cubans. ty by the United Nations in pursuing defence systems anywhere outside the Soviet Union"', have made SA pilots In the view of many, South Africa is trying to perpetuate the myth of two its direct responsibility for Namibia. realise they face a price for any future military intervention in Angola - be wars: Fapla versus Unita and the SADF versus Swapo. In truth, they say, As reported by The Namibian, this ac­ it against Swapo or in operations againsLAngolan government troops. there is only one: the SADF versus Angola with U~ita as proxies. tivity was initiated by the UN Coun­ "Make no mistake, man", insisted one SA infantryman, "we are doing the cil for N~ibia at his historic meeting West's dirty work in opposing Soviet influence in Angola. Because of the REPORTER'S VERSION DENIED of Foreign Ministers on October 2. arms embargo, we have to beg, steal or borrow spares and equipment to keep The communique adopted at that our guns firing and our aircraft flying. Against this Angola enjoys virtually A reporter of the right wing Sunday Telegraph in London was recently session set out time frames and series unlimited Soviet support". taken on a military jaunt up north. The conclusions drawn by his visit have of actions to be taken in securing the During air battles over Mavinga in recent weeks, the SA air force has found been condemned and denied by the SADF. They deny the shooting down of implementation ofthe UN settlement Angolan aircraft operating in packs of six, carrying out bombing missions two Mirages (the journalist in question claims he was told this in a briefing: plan. Paragraph 16 requested the with sophisticated "top cover" provided by modern MiG 23 fighters, "some one shot down by a MiG-23 over Cuito Cuanevale and the other in ground Security Council to set an early date of which stay under our radar cover and others remain very high", explain­ fire over Mavinga. The latter pilot, he told me, had limped back to Namibia for the commencement of the im­ ed an SA air force pilot. and tried to eject as he hit the runway, but too late). While the Angolan claims plementation of Resolution 435 "not "If we to try to attack any of the formation we are bounced by one element may be somewhat far-fetched, it is equally faz:-fetched for the SADF to claim laterthanDecember311987" which, of the top cover. Two years ago, the Angolans would try to avoid us in a that they have had no losses as far as air support is concerned. The SADF with the adoption of Resolution 601 dogfight. Now they are spoiling for a fight and even laying ambushes for also deny the journalist's contention of four being injured when a cluster recently, has been commenced. our pilots". . bomb was dropped on them on the recent raid (believed to be at Cuvelai, Paragraph 20 in the communique set SA intelligence have positively identified several Soviet pilots flying MiG some 230km into Angolan territory). There were other points which the jour­ the date of September 291988 for the 23 escorts for transport aircraft on the route from Luanda to Cuito Cuanevale, nalist in question did not publish, possibly because he is (or was) partial to Security Council to adopt "concrete supplying MPLA brigades fighting around Mavinga. One of these pilots, narn­ the SADF. measures" to compel South Africa to ed as Lieutenant Colonel Slava of the Soviet Air Force is known to have cooperate in the implementation of But the SADF t;lenied knowledge of the man, and when approached, the taught Angolan pilots advanced air combat techniques at Angola's "top gun" SW ATF finally acknowledged that the journalist had indeed been hosted in 435, should it not have commenced to flying school at Lubango. the north by the SWATf, where he had received briefings, and was taken do so by that date. Should the Council One senior SA army commander told me: "Leaving aside the international not adopt such measures, the General community's feelings about apartheid in SA, they must realise, and hopefully on a helicopter trip. They too, have described his report as based on "specula­ Assembly will then consider action soon, that we are serving their cause by opposing Soviet military expan­ tion and wild hearSay stories". Time the Cabinet and others learned to think that is open to it under the Charter, at sionism in Angola. This is total war, 80 percent political and 20 percent for themselves. his session in Septem~r 1988. military - is that klaarman?"

, , •· ....> .", " •'~ r THE NAMIBIAN Friday November 13 1987 9 CDM ON 'GIFTS' None have been given to interim government leaders, says CDM public relations man November 13 1987 ------By GWEN LISTER------The mounting 'ethnic' catastrophe AT LEAST one of South Africa's top government officials ministrator at a farewell dinner in his responsible for Namibia's diamond industry accepted a gift honour at the Grand Hotel Windhoek, staged by the Diamond Board. The din· ETHNICITY in Namibia is a cancer and should be rooted out. of diamonds from de Beers, the SA mining giant, and its local ner took place on September 5 1968. affiliate, Consolidated Diamond Mines of SWA. Meanwhile Mr Cowley said that "we are aware These were the words of a prominent member of the interim CDM has also stated what is policy is regarding 'gifts' to im­ that a Diamond Board emblem was government either shortly before, or shortly after, that govern­ portant officials. given to Administrator W C du Plessis ment was inaugurated. Another said that if Proclamation AG . in 1968. Inquiries should be address· 8 was not scrapped in Namibia within a period of six months, The Namibian has established that . Our sources report that Anglo ed to the Chairman of the Diamond he would resign. the Administrator of South West . American in Johannesburg actually Board". Africa in 1959 accepted a rough dia· authorised the gift but the local com· It's now two years later; ethnicity hasn't been "rooted out" The Chairman of the Diamond mond from CDM, and the Ad· pany CDM was debited with the cost. (quite the contrary in fact) and neither has the minister is ques­ The second gift made in September Board, the Secretary for EconomicAf· tion resigned. In fact the 'ethnic' catastrophe is mounting. ministrator in 1968, Mr W C du . fairs, Mr Gous, confirmed that the Dia· Plessis, was given an emblem by the mond Board had given the emblem to Now we are faced with a situation where the interim govern­ Diamond Board. Mr du Plessis in 1968. But he added, ment Cabinet (which had the power to summarily scrap AG 8, The first gift, in 1959, was of a three· the diamond in the emblem had been but chose not to do so) has referred that law to the courts for carat diamond from de Beers donatedbyCDM.Hecouldgivenofur· a decision. Because their own ranks are riddled with dissen­ Kifuberley stockpile. Embedded in ther details. conglomerate and lifted out parcel no sion on this issue, resorting to the courts probably seemed like The acceptance of gifts by govern· 2395, it was given a book value at the a good idea to get the controversial matter out of the way for ment ministers and officials is usual· time of 62 pound 14 shillings and a time. We also have the situation now where the Cabinet has ly either prohibited or fiercely frown· sevenpence. Reportedly, the idea was . ed upon by modern democratic govern· extended the terms of office of the various ethnic governments initially to sell the diamond to the Ad· ments for obvious reasons. by another year. This decision apparently excludes the Damara ministrator at this deflated price. But group (which only recently held an election), and the Owambo in the end, after discussions with'Ibny Namibia's successive ad· group (which apparently has still to hold one). Wilson, Harry Oppenheimer's closest ministrators had ultimate respon· associate in de Beers at the time, it was sibility for the diamond industry and And now the leader of the white National Party is enraged agreed that the three carat diamond Diamond Board. Critics say that their by the Cabinet decision, and is going ahead with preparing for should be a present from de Beers. failure to establish proper controls over a 'white' election ·early next year. Approached for comment on this gift, the industry have cost Namibia hun· This country is on the verge of the year 1988: it faces a fullscale Mr Clive Cowley, Public Relations dreds ofmillions of pounds since 1966 and total war on its northern borders; it faces continued South Manager for CDM said the following: and mean what might have been one African occupation within; a continuation of the status quo "CDM did not give a diamond to an of Africa's richest countries, is still one regarding racial discrimination; and almost no prospect of an Administrator of South West Africa in of its poorest. . ' internationally acceptable solution. There are not many good 1959. Wliatitdid, with the approval of Approached on the question pfgtl'ts, the Executive Committee of South Mr Cowley had theJollowing to say: signs, not much to be optimistic about as far as most Namibians West Africa, and the Diamond Board, "On very rare occasions a gift may be are concerned, and the interim government Cabinet itself is was to present arough diamond to the Mr Clive Cowley given to an important dignitary or largely the cause of the negativism. .~ . SWA Administration for inclusion in head of state. Any such gift would have Ins time that there be clarity on a number of issues, one of the mineral collection at South West 1968. Mr W C du Plessis, the then Ad· to be approved by the Board of Direc, which is the continuation of a system dominated by ethnicity. Africa HouSe. The diamond, which was ministrator, got a special diamond tors". Respondingto an inquiry,he add· In this regard, the media should playa major role in trying embedded in conglomerate, had an emblem or badge containing a dia· ed that "no gifts have been given to of· to unravel the confusion. There is no reason why the SWABC estimated weight of 3 carats. Its mond. The diamond was provided as a ficials oftfie transitional government estimated value was sixty two pounds, gift by the de Beers company CDM. by CDM, de Beers, or Anglo should not allow'a televised debate, for instance, with Mr Dirk fourteen shillings and sevenpence". This was to be was presented to the Ad· American". Mudge of the Republican Party, and Mr Kosie Pretorius of the white National Party. Such debate should be encouraged, not only between these two men, but between other parties and per­ suasions, on a variety of issues, including the war. The interim government shoUld also desist from its strategy GOLDFIELDS UNDER PRESSURE of the past in collaborating with the South Africans to draw a veil of secrecy and ~ curtain of propaganda over what is really happening in this country. Until the time comes when secrecy OF SHAREHOLDER CRITICS and propaganda is a thing of the past, little progress will be made in Namibia towards a free, just and equitable society, with ------SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT---­ give any assurance of that kind", but the elimination of racism and discrimination, and an end to the that he would discuss the matter. THE CHAIRMAN of Consolidated Gold Fields, Rudolph In the course ofthe year Cons Gold era of war. Agnew, came under strong pressure on November 4 from reduced its shareholding in Gold shareholder critics of the Gold Fields group operations in Fields South Africa from 48 percent Namibia and South Africa. In particular, the Chairman was down to 38 percent. Chairman Agnew closely questioned over the recent mineworkers' strike at the confirmed that it was Cons Gold's in· Tsumeb Corporation's base metal mines, and the attitude of tention to gradually reduce its ex· both Tsumeb and Gold Fields group over the migrant labour posure in South Africa, it would look system and working conditions in Namibia. at its investments there on their merits and would not withdraw. Gold mining Responding to one shareholder who ventilation was given of housing is at the centre of Cons Gold's in· ~------\ asked what the position of the quarters from the affidavit of "one of vestments and in recent weeks it has ----_./ Mineworkers Union of Namibia the highest skilled operators" at increased its holdings in Newmont ••••••• 2Sweeks 52 weeks ••• (MUN) was regarding official recogni· Tsumeb. Mining Corporation from 26 to 49 per· tion by the Tsumeb management, the Asked whether he would press Mr cent, taking advantage of New mont's Namibia R30,OO RSO,OO Chairman stated that MUN "has Plumbridge, Chairman of GFSA and range of gold mining operations in SA & homelands R33,OO RSS,OO negotiating procedures and rights, Tsumeb's largest shareholder with a North America and reducing its yes". 47 percent interest, to talk with MUN dependence on the economic and Botswana~ Lesotho, Malawi, ...... As Chairman of Consolidated Gold officials and "not to victimise the political uncertainties of South Africa. Fields, the principal company of the workers" Chairman Agnew respond· Talking to a correspondent at the end Gold Fields group (Gold Fields South ed that the Tsumeb management of the Cons Gold meeting several Africa and the N ewmont Mining Cor· should talk with those those shareholders who had raised questions poration ofthe United States are the represented the workforce. "There is amidst protests from the majority of two largest shareholders of Tsumeb no question about that". Ifthe condi· shareholders, commented on a distinct .. Corporation with a combined 77 per· tions described at Tsumeb were true, shift in the style ofMr Agnew at this i~i~i~i~i~i~i~i~::~· -.::;:.::.::l:.;;.:.i.:..;-;-::;-:-;-.~-E~-~-f-;-:o.;..:-:-i liill cent interest) it is not fully apparent then "we are falling below the stan· year's AGM. "Two years ago we were how authoritative the Chairman's con· dards ofthe programme of excellence prevented by the Chairman from rais· North America firmation was. that we are putting our name to", he ing any questions regarding its in· R219.00 As Chairman of Cons Gold his posi· said. , direct investments in Namibia" said Send To: . Australia and New Zealand tion, however, was that "companies 'Ib another question, the Chairman one. Another felt that the Cons Gold The Namibian must talk to those unions and those appeared in some difficulty when he board were far more sensitive than R281,OO PO Box 20783, bodies which represent the workers". was asked whether he would seek an previously. "Agnew knows there has to Nordic countries WINDHOEK 9000 He said there was "no question about agreement with Mr Plumbridge to be change and Cons Gold's image is not R192,OO NAMIBIA that, its not an issue" as far as Cons allow an independent delegation of enhanced by dismissing unpleasant Tel: 36970/1 Gold or its associate' companies were journalists from the United Kingdom facts on their operations", he said. Telex: 3032 concerned. to go to Namibia and visit the Tsumeb Previously the Gold Fields group The grim reality of working life at Mine. The purpose of such a visit, the have been criticised as the worst the Tsumeb mines was spelled out to shareholder proposed, would be for employer oflabour in South Africa and the Chairman and Directors· which in· them to have "unrestricted access and in Namibia. Recently, however, the cluded Robin Plumbridge, Chairman to report what they see and hear in Group have fought back through a Name: ...... of GFSA and Gordon Hill, Chairman British newspapers". specially commissioned film on its of New mont . by one shareholder who Making clear that he was not an operations in South Africa, which was Address: ...... quoted from the affidavit of a Tsumeb employer ofthe Tsumeb Management, shown twice before and after the Cons Mr Agnew replied that he would "be GoldAGM. Also through a glossy hard· employee to the Windhoek Supreme ...... , ...... Code: ...... Court hearing in August which very happy to put that to the'Tsumeb bound publications 'Gold Fields: A resulted in an order to evict the strik: Corporation" on tl}e shareholders' Centenary Portrait', written by Paul I enclose a cheque/postal order of ...... ing workforce. behalf. Johnson, the former New Statesman Chairman Agnew, amidst heckling Asked whether the Group would not editor, but now columnist for the rival for ...... weeks subscription to The Namibian from the large majority of unsym· give a lead in Namibia by abolishing ' conservative Spectator weekly. The pathetic shareholders more interested the migrant labour system from London Observer reported last year (Please ensure exact amount in Rands or equivalent in their share returnds and dividends, Tsumeb's mining operations before the that Johnson's apparently commission currency.) As from 117/87 until further notice. listened as the description of concrete next AGM of Cons Gold in 1988, Mr for writing the publication was in the beds, no wardroves, no water and no Agnew replied that he was "unable to region 'of £100000...... , ,( ;~ •• -1"':

10 Friday November 13 1987 THE NAMIBIAN

THE EVENTS surrounding the Russian Revolution have been the subject of countless books, films and plays: the murder of Rasputin, the overthrow of the Czar, Lenin's return from exile in a sealed train, the stor min g of the Winter Palace. But how was it viewed at the time b y outsiders? William F{)rrest had just started work as a journalist in 1917 and in this personal recollection for Gemini News Service he describes the reactions in Britain, then allied with Russia in the Great War which was still being fought. -BY WILLIAM FORREST

IN 1917 I started work as a jour-. ears as, I imagine, are those ofthe top yich Ulyanov, alias Lenin: born 1870, nalist in Glasgow. I was only 15, but tycoons to the budding yuppies of upper middle-class, doctor oflaw,jour­ my upbringing had been highly today. nalist, leader of the extremist weary citizens ofPetro grad forced the iron grasp of the Bolshevik leaders, political, and socialist at that. But missing from my galaxy of Bolshevik faction ofthe Russian Social Czar to abdicate. with Lenin at their head. The 'Red Flag' was always number socialist greats was one till then Democratic Party. In his place a sort of dual power (Shortly after the Revolution 'a Rus­ one in the family charts; for Sunday known only to little groups ofMarxist Along with other Russian exiles, emerged: a committee of politicians sian correspondent' of the 'Morning reading we had 'Forward' and 'Labour zealots but destined one day to take his Lenin was marooned in neutral which called itself the Provisional Post' informed us that Lenin, "a lan­ Leader'; and the names ofthe world's place in the select company ofimmor­ Switzerland by the Great War, and, out Government, flanked by a Petrograd downer, idealist and dreamer", was leading leftists -Keir Hardie, Jaures, tals who, whether for good or ill, have oftouch with developments in Russia, Soviet (that is Council) of factory and known to be long dead. "It remains to Turati, Vandervelde, Kautsky and changed the course of world history. was taken by surprise when in March army delegates. discover who has adopted his name others -were as familiar to my juvenile The new superman was Vladimir 11- 1917 mass demonstrations by war- Eager to make the most ofsuch a pro­ and taken advantage of his mising situation, Lenin and other ex­ popularity"l. iles discovered that Germany was How different this November equally eager to help them on their Revolution was from that gentleman­ way back to Russia by providing them ly affair back in March. This was the with a sealed train for their journey real thing. fromBerntotheBaltic. The Germans Perhaps because it was the real

Lenin in a sealed train from Berne to the Baltic

obviously counted on Lenin taking thing, the reaction from abroad was Russia out of the war; and how right altogether different. In March it was they were. all joy; now it was dismay and for­ It was the Case of the Sealed Train boding. My socialist father, so jubilant that first brought Lenin to the notice before, was now gloomily quiet. of the world at large. The 'Call', a Marxist weekly, took In Britain the downfall ofthe Czar note of the British workers' reserve, had been hailed with joy. The murder and wondered why. "In Russia", it in December 1916 of the Czarina's wrote, "socialists -genuine and make­ disreputable favourite, the monk believe socialists -have seized the reins Rasputin, had laid bare the seamy side of power. For the first time we have the of Czarist high society. In March 1917 dictatorship of the proletar iat we could say "good riddance"; and so established under our eyes". clearly did we say it that when The British workers remained deaf Nicholas wanted to come to Britain to the 'Call', and James Welsh, the with his family, his cousin, King Scottish miner-poet, was fooling the George the Fifth, would not hear of it Russian comrades when, in an ode ad­ because, he said, the British people dressed "Ib the Russian Revolution', he would not have it. cried:, "We are coming, oh my com­ My father was delighted with the rades, do you hear our footsteps ring?" change in Russia. Agreed, the new lot weren't perfect, but wasn't there a At other times the British workers socialist among them - that young may have shown some enthusiasm, " lawyer Kerensky, promising chap? but not in November 1917. For it was Why, even the 'Red Flag' with its then that our appalling losses in the 70 years of the Great October Revolution ,;' reference to clandestine meetings in Passchendaele offensive were coming Moscow's 'vaults', could now be revis­ to light. It was then too thatItaly look­ ed. Henceforth it would be Moscow's ed like being knocked outofthe war by 'halls'. the crushing defeat at Caporetto. In 1917 a group of plotters launched the Great October Revolution in Russia, from which emerged the world's first communist state. Great October Revolution was over It was an event which changed the course of history. Gemini News Service marks in forty-eight hours the 70th anniversary of the coup with two news features: For the British people as a whole the .Wh at hopefor BritainandFrance, if, o A look b ack at how one of Russia's wartime allies received the news· by a man really good thing was that Russia was on top ofthese calamities, Red Russia who was a journalist at the time going to stay in the war, an ally we gave up the struggle and allowed the need no longer be ashamed of. And Germans to reinforce their army on the o A look forward at the d anger to Mikhail Gorbachev of attempting the politically when a few weeks later the Amer­ Western Front with massive transfers delicate task of changing the Soviet system of prices icans carn,e in, our joy was unconfin­ from the East? ed. Everything was going our way. Oh yes, the Yanks were coming, as But then, growing doubts. Here's their song said. But when? that sinister fellow, Lenin the Those were the doubts and fears that Bolshevik -"a traitor in German pay" assailed us in that bleak November 70 the papers call him -here he is back in years ago. Russia bawling: "Down with the war. Lord Northcliffe's Daily Mail did its Down with the government. All power best to cheer us up by describing the. to the Soviets". Great October . Revolution as just What did we make of that? Dis­ "another upset in Russia". quieting to say the least. The world would never be the same Well, maybe it was. But leave it to again. The old order was collapsing all Kerensky. He'll take care of Lenin. By around us, leaving the new order to midsummer Kerensky, now head ofthe wallow in its heritage ofblood, misery government, looked like doing just and chaos. But not to worry. It's just that. A Bolshevik attempt at a coup another Russian upset. came to nothing, and Lenin, with a price on his head, disguised as a locomotive fireman, fled by footplate , to a hide-out in Finland. There he remained until early November when, still heavily disguis­ ed, he reappeared in Petrograd. Russia was now ripe for revolution. Transport was a shambles, the war front had collapsed, the Bolsheviks were on top in the Petrograd and other Soviets. This was the real thing

On the night of November 5 (October 23 by the old Russian calendarl 11 members of the Bolshevik Central Committee, among them Trotsky and Stalin, met Lenin in the flat where he was hiding from the police, and after an all-night debate the decision was taken to launch what history calls the Great October Revolution. " DOWN with the Ministers· Capitalists! Down with the State Duma!"· banners at a meeting of workers, soldiers Within 48 hours it was all over, and and sailors in Russia in 1917. power had passed from the weak hands of the Provisional Government to the THE NAMIBIAN Friday November 13 1987 11

The rising price of Soviet success

Soviet statistics show consumers benefit from steady prices:

AS THE SOVIET UNION celebrates its 70th anniversary, leader food and other bills not much more. Mikhail Gorbachev has' signalled that his reform programme The severe housing shortage is continuing and "might be unpleasant". While Western con­ means two or three families may cern has often centred on political threats to the package of split the costs for a single apart­ ment, whittling down the expense changes, Gemini News Service points out that the reaction of for each to near nothing. In addi­ the Soviet people will be the greatest test. Accustomed to cradle­ tion, grown children have parents to-grave welfare protection, will they accept less in return for and grandparents with few ex­ the leadership's promise of a better tomorrow? penses and a ready supply of roubles to help out. assurances of cradle-to-grave IN A booklet handed out in the The result is that the Russians Soviet Union the head of the State security - a guaranteed job, a pro­ keep a lot of their salaries in sav­ Committee for Prices explains why tected income, no need to worry about the plant closing down_ ings. Av.erage savings deposits at itis necessary for the country's con­ the state bank have almost tripled They are not eager to surrender voluted pricing system to be since 1970, and are seven times overhauled. those guarantees. Like most people greater than in 1960. There are few Price index (1940 =100) In reply to such questions as they are more concerned aboutthe extravagances to spend the money 1960 1986 'Whyisitsoimportantforpricesto price of groceries than with na­ on, although clothing is expensive reflect reality ... we used to manage. tional economic strategies, and with a pair of running shoes Fabrics: -- without this?' and 'Who deter­ putting jobs in danger looks an costing a week's salary and jeans cotton 176 170 mines whether a given item is unlikely way to make life easier. priced at half an average monthly wool 173 160 fashionable or not?' (Answer: 'Art One effect of a political system wage. silk 161 120 that controls most aspects of a per­ and technical councils of Co-operative apartments can be Clothes, linen 166 149 ministries or enterprises do'), son's life is that Russians have lit- bought at several times the mon­ Leather, footwear 163 163 thly expense ofrentals, and the de­ Haberdashery 123 118 A reform programme which Gorbachev mand for cars is so high, although they cost the equivalent of four Watches 51 35 says 'might be unpleasant' years' salary,-thatthe government TV sets 61 says it sees no need to lower the Cameras 81 Valentin Pavlov does his best to ex­ tIe experience in managing per­ price. plain how a system which "for a sonal finances. Cheques are still in Long queues form at Moscow certain period in the past ... was the experimental stage, and credit stores for almost any available perfect", got out of kilter, and how cards are unheard of. commodity. There is a saying System works by subsidising inputs, fixing prices, it should be changed. Russians are paid in cash, and among shoppers: 'If you see controlling output. . - He has a tough task. To make make purchases the same way. something worth having, buy it Problems: environmental damage,' because abundant sense of the Soviet price system is Everything important is subsidis­ now because it won't be there later'. land, natural resources were given no value; waste­ to find order in chaos. To justify ed, and the only major purchases Women shove to get at pantyhose Gorbachev cites "children using a loaf of bread as a changing it to a sceptical populace to save for are the luxuries - a car, sold directly from the packing case ball"; inertia: state enterprises unresponsive to is even tougher. aflat, afur coat. Other major costs at the equivalentof$8.20 a piece. At are deducted directly from their · demand so queues, blackmarket develop. !~ Until recently the debate in the the same time, Muscovites insist 1908 I\tJ West has been whether Mikhail pay by the state - when Russians that crowds in the department Gorbachev's generals and political say their flats have central heating, opponents will allow him to sur­ they are referring to a heating plant consumer-oriented West: more cars, vive long enough to complete the somewhere in the city, which is Russians are proud of the progress more TVs, more fashionable clothing. reform he refers to as "a revolution turned on in September and turn­ made since the Revolution The problem Gorbachev faces is that without shots". The Soviet leader ed off again the next spring, and the expectations these advances have may prove his salesmanship will which heats an entire sector ofthe fuelled conflict directly with the come in his ability to sell them to city. Even the temperature of the ' stores are mainly village people on such market influences can send a sacrifices he is now asking Soviet the Soviet people. family home is at the behest of the buying sprees, since even the shiver up the Soviet spine can be citizens to make. Western visitors wander through state. capital's limited supplies are in­ measured by the fact that the Graduates emerging from Soviet Moscow stoi"es astounded by the Russians often have a lot of finitely richer than what is recently refurbished Museum of schools and training institutes want lack of creature comforts-barely a roubles to get rid of. The average available outside the city. the Revolution in Moscow includes more than their parents grew up video machine, dishwasher, gas salary is le'ss than 200 roubles a The system is out of whack and an exhibit picturing the last of­ with: the Soviet leader is telling barbecue or microwave oven to be month but they are quick to point Russians recognise it, but want ficially unemployed person in the them that for an uncertain period seen. A Russian in Harrods, they out that there is very little to spend reform that does not abandon the country-who found ajob in March they may have to make do with less. murmur to each other, would real­ it on. Rents have not been revised comforts of the system they are us­ 1931. It is not a formula likely to win ly discover what the glories of since 1928; utility rates since 1946; ed to - creaking though it may be. On their 70th birthday, Russians hearts in any community. -~- capitalism are all about. bread, eggs and sugar since 1954; A Russian student related with are proud of the progress made since What is overlooked is that the and meat and dairy products since alarm recently how workers atone the revolution. Particularly in the Soviets have something else to pro­ 1962. A two-bedroom apartment operation had received no pay for last 20 years, they have narrowed the tect: Soviet citizens are raised on costs_about 12 roubles a month, two months. The extent to which gap in many areas with the

BLOOM COUNTY by Berke Breathed --~----..,;.,. WRflP11JREP WrrH flU EXCIIJE ME. 15 'THIS &OIN& IIWRI&trr. .. 6eT (JP 7HIIT'5 NEW, fiH ? W~ 'rtfK IN 10 OE II PICKENS -€SIJIJ€ MISTY< Ot.IVER FOR&(J(~N THE Nt.OVU? FOf( II HeCK OF WI&HTMflI?E WfT1f II MeS5II6€ " "MOPERN 1TMES " 7HIN&5 Of Y(J(Jf{ Pl!ST, EH ?,,, II NI6HT, lJ(jWY Of( RflTHEK II fWlt.lGIfT JONE'] ." wUKE Me, Y(J(JR Ot. ' . fJOY / "EN/?-UP-/N-Hat.- "­ Associate Professor I Professor ffflflY, EH ? / . SOM OF 'TH/N& ? \ / Department of History

Requirements: The Department of History at the University of Namibia welcomes applications for the post of Associate Professor/Professor. Any suitably qualified person with understanding of and a genuine concern of the tasks facing history in SWAlNamibia is welcome to apply. The successful applicant must be willing to actively undertake the development of the subject through relevant research to a SOME Cf.I}SITl I HIIVE ONe 'THEREi position where it can contribute to the establishement of a COMPIITfR GflME5 . RI&1fT 'THERf- l ­ national, historical tradition in SWAlNamibia. "t.MER Tf/&-/ (fNflER /HE "f{f/Mf30 GERM "OFFIC/f/t. . , WflRfflRE GRENflflf M/CHlifU Jl/CKSON Job description: The successful applicant will be required to: LIiIJNCHER ':'. HII .II CliI/Cfl5111N KIT"/ .pave the way for implementation of post graduate study I courses in History in 1989 .lecture in the History of Africa and .especially SWAlNamibia .manage the affairs of the department and oversee the compilation and revision of study materials. Date of commencement: 1 March 1988 Closing date: 27 November 1987 Contact person: Mr CB Botha,. tel 307 2030

University of Namibia INCORPORATED IN THE ACADEMY Education for your future ADF 12 Friday November 13 1987 THE NAMIBIAN seeing the full report of The Namibian Mortality forntula when BA had to clash with Stars I on the allegations". honestly became nervous. I am sorry Nowhere was it mentiop.ed that the IN THE wake of the latest SADF incur­ to have to repudiate my respect for PA report had to appear in The Namibian. sions into Angola and the claims by Stars. This serves as a perfect example ofthe Magnus Malan about Swapo's loss of During the match certain PA Stars way in which our words are twisted to 150 men to their 12, one could pose the players tackled some BA players very serve your own ends and aims. following questions: dangerously. We, the crowd, expected By previous experience we've learnt o Did Magnus Malan get his mortali­ that the referee . should send the not to answer questions which can lead ty formula from the now inf!J.mous players off the field who lacked the VoortrekkerlZulu war at BlooqRiver? spirit of sportsmen. He did not react. Another evil still prevailing in some to misinterpretation, therefore the re­ EvUs of liquor quest to The Namibian to supply us o Ifthey (SADF) claim such a high suc: Just a special plea to the NNSL shops is the apartheid system. This has cess rate, why then had Swapo not sur­ refereee's committee: will you be so PLEASE allow me an opportunity to with the full report and questions tended to lowser the standard of the rEindered during .its first year of arm­ kind as to reconsider referees you air my views on certain abnormalities before commenting. This also serves as shops and businesses concerned. Peo­ ed struggle (1966)? choose for important matches like in the world of business, particularly a measure in which there is no chance ple working on cash registers are the for us to misinterpret your inquiries. o Is Mr Malan's cheap propaganda these, because it will be to the benefit here in northern Namibia. main culprits, and the practice in some We are not hesitant to answer your aimed at those who still mightjoin the ofthe crowd too. My first observation concerns the ab­ places of serving the baas and miesies queries, but in future it will be ap­ armed struggle? normally high sales ofintoxicating li­ first should be stopped. The principle CASSIUS T MOETIE preciated ifyou stick to the rules you've o Has he read the recent copies ofThe quor. One could easily suspect foul play of 'first come, first served', should be POBOX2750 set yourselves. Namibian which indicate a rise in ter­ WINDHOEK from certain quarters. The shipment enforced. rorist activities by· SADF and their ofhundreds oftons ofliquorto this part I also wish to make some remarks offspring? On Otavi woes of the world appears to be an organis­ about the method of searching women, COMMANDANT G R C BESTER We certainly don't need your "protec­ ed plan. One cannot refrain from poin­ employed by certain male security PP: Officer Commanding SWATF tion". Protection against whom? ALLOW me to express my views in your newspaper because it is the only ting a finger at the enemy ofthe Nami­ guards at the ENOK Wholesalers in Private Bag 13220 Mr Malan, you might fool the pup­ one which prints the truth about the bian people. Ondangua. I condemn what is done WINDHOEK pets you have installed here in Win­ situation in Namibia, although it is ac­ Itiscommonknowledgethatherein . there strongly, and on behalfofmost of dhoek, but certainly not the people of cused of being one-sided. northern Namibia almost every sales the women in the area I suggest that NOTE: Before replying to your letter, Namibia who seek peace and freedom. outlet has a bar or a cuca shop. It is a woman security guard be placed at may we point out that in Windhoek I want to bring the following ignored shocking to observe that even at the entrance gate ofthe wholesaler to postal deliveries are not made to street JOHN H DAMON facts to the attention ofthe authorities: garages, the adjoining room is a bar. concentrate on the searching offellow addresses but to postal addresses. Ours POBOX6740 o old-type toilets are still in use and This also applies to bakeries, dry­ women. is POBox 20783 in case the army don't AUSSPANNPLATZ municipal workers face health hazards know that already! Compliance with due to the conditions under which they cleaners and other businesses. My last observation shows the un- this would facilitate the role of the There is a fast-growing number of ; controlled prices in this part of the postal authorities as welL On Mainstay Final work. They have to carry 'toilet pots' bottle stores and an abnormal abuse of world. Prices are skyrocketing on a dai­ Perhaps I can refresh your memory, but are not provides with gloves, boots liquor. Students and many other peo­ ly basis, and in this way many and that of the police at the same time, I WOULD like to air my view concern- or special clothing for this purpose; ple have fallen victim to the trap of customers have fallen victim to rob­ on how a newspaper operates: often a ingthe Mainstay Final (BA versus PA o there is a socalled park in the town 'drowning' in liquor. Liquor is harmful bery by retailers. We are at the mercy reporter acts on a news tip. Ifareporter Stars) on Sunday, November l. but it is only for use by whites; and destructive, and the free flow ofli­ of shopowners. My question is whether hears that X and Y were detained by the As far as I am concerned, a referee is o the roads in the township are untar­ quor to this part of the country appears there is no price controlling board or army, then he hasn't got much of a story the person who is supposed to handle red, and in a bad condition with holes, to be a calculated act. council. If there is, why are they so unless the army confirms it. Your de- a match and not his linesman. It is ex: which makes it difficult for vehicles to Fellow Namibians let us try and silent? mand therefore, that the full report be pected from him to be quite impartial sent with accompanying questions to towardsbothteams,duetothefactthat drive safely; avoid this self-destruction. Let us open I appeal to those affected by my you for perusal, was done by the o single quarters are still in an ex­ our eyes and say 'no' to liquor. observations to shake up and rectify reporter: he gave you names, places and it might cause'some problems. tremely bad condition; I would alsolike to mentio.n the poor the situation. dates, all the informat~on he had and I wan~ to refer to the JPS semi-final o the houses in socalled Matutura do service offered by some shopping cen­ which was contained in the story, infact, of Black Africa against Pepsi African . not have electricity, and neither is WORRIED RESIDENT . tres. At a shopping centre in Ondangua . which should have been more than suf- Stars which was handled by Mr Dios there a public telephone; , PRIVATE BAG 2030 customers are instructed to leave their ficient for you to make your own in- Engelbrecht. Mr Engelbrecht is the tHe hotel in the town is a'place for ONDANGuA o parcels outside while shopping. It has quiries, and answer with a simple 'yes' Orlando Pirates coach and we .know whites-only. We want an explanation 'or 'no'.' the OPIBA attitude : its like cat and been made . clear that the disap- On 'no eODlntent' The reporter ip. question could hard- dog. . from the owner of the hotel whether it .. pearance of one:s pr.operty is not the Iyhave 'writteri.',:a report until he receiv- . "I like to think there was enough is open to all races or whether it is an responsibility of the shopowners, so no • IN THE Namibian; October 30 1987, ~' ed your confirmation ofthe detentions. entertainment place for whites only. .. "compensation can be expected:.Thefts it was reported that "a spokesman for I hardly think such a simple request reasontoseethathewasreallyimpar- - FinallyI want to forward the follow­ 'have been reported, and this situation the SWATF said that he could not com­ could lead to "misinterpretation" as you: ' ' tiaHn the PA Stars versus BA JPS semi' . ing message to whites of Otavi who should not be allowed to continue. I ment on the alleged detention oftwo - allege. Either the men in question were, final. People still talk about him as a still believe in oppression and colour . . suggest that shelves be.erected to keep residents ofthe Caprivi, before seeing-. or were not detained. Its as simple as .referee in a thousand. Mr Engelbrecht prejudice that: "The equal right9f all the property of customers safe while a full'reportofthe allegations in The­ thlit. .' furnished evidence of his ability to men to the use of.land is as clear as they are shopping. . Namibian. 'Torequestthereporteris"fullreport handle finals of great tournaments .. on the 'aIIegations" is lis good as re- . like the JPS, Mainstay, Metropolitan, their equal right to breathe the air". Another disturbing fact is that in However, the answer to Mr M questing to see "a full report in The etc. SAMYUNIOR some shops customers are forced to buy Ngavirue's inquiry of October 271987, Namibian". Sometimes you just have to plastic (carrier) bags. This is unfair and. readas follows: "A, spokesman for the wait until the newspaper appears onthe PA Stars was one of the teams fn POBOX153 streets! _Gwen Lister. which I had great respect. In the past ARANDIS should be stopped. 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ADMINISTRATION FOR OWAMBOS ADMINISTRATION FOR OWAMBOS ADMINISTRATION FOR OWAMBOS ADMINISTRATION FOR OWAMBOS TENDER AVO 6/88·90J TENDER AVO 8/8B-90J TENDER AVO i7/88·90J TENDER AVO 3i/8B-90J Tenders are invited forthe supply of kitchen Tenders are invited for the supply of carton Tenders are invited for the supply of fibre­ Tenders are invitedforthe rendering of cater­ and dininghall equipment for the peri od boxes and rope for the period re inforced cement pipes and fittingsfor the ing services at schools in Owambo for the 1/4/88-31/311990. 1/4/88-31/3/1990. period 1/4/88-31/3/1990. period 1/4/88-31/3/1 990. Tender documents against payment of a Tender documents against payment of a Tender documents against payment of a Tender documents against payment of a non-refundable fee of R10,00 are available non-refundable fee of R10,00 are available non-refundable fee of R10,00 are available non-refundable fee of R10,00 are available from: The Secretary, Owambo Tender trom: The Secretary, Owambo Tender from: The Secretary, Owambo Tender from: The Secretary, Owambo Tender Board, Private Bag X2032, Ondangwa, Tel: Board, Private Bag X2032 Ondangwa, Tel: Board, Private Bag X2032, Ondangwa, Tel: Board, Private Bag X2032, Ondangwa, Tel: (06762) 1x189, Telex: 3452WK(Mrs van der . (06762) 1x1 89, Telex: 3452WK (Mrs van der (06762) 1x189, Telex: 3452WK (M rs van der (06762) 1x189, Telex: 3452WK (M rs van der Merwe), and sealed envelopes, clearly Merwe), and sealed envelopes clearly mark­ Merwe), and sealed envelopes, clearly Merwe), and sealed envelopes, clearly marked with the relevant tender number ond ed with the relevant tender number 1;ind clos­ marked with the relevant tender number and marked with the relevant tender number and closing date, must also be directed to the ing date must also be directed to the closing date must also be directed to the closing date must also be directed to the Secretary atthe abovementioned address. Secretary at the abovementioned address . . Secretary at the abovementioned add ress. Secretary at the abovementioned address, Closing date: November 30, 1987 at Closing date: November 30, 1987 at Closing date: December 2, 1987 at 11 hOO. Closing date: December 4, 1987 at 11 hOO. 11hOO. 11hOO.

ADMINISTRATION FOR OWAMBOS ADMINISTRATION FOR OWAMBOS ADMINISTRATION FOR OWAMBOS ADMINISTRATION FOR OWAMBOS TENDER AVO 29/88·90J TENDER AVO 2i/88·90J TENDER AVO i8/88·90J TENDER AVO 2S/88·90J Tenders are invited for the supply of plan Tenders are invited forthe supply of concrete Tenders are invited forthe supply of PVC and Tenders are invited for the supply pf her­ reproducing material for the period and coloured cement face bricks for the polyethene pipes and fittings for the period bicides, insecticides, fungicides and 114/88-31/3/1990. period 1/4/88-31/3/1990. 1/4/88- 31/3/1990. fumigants forthe period 1/4188-311311990. Tender documents against payment of a Tender documents against payment of a Tender documents against payment of a Tender documents against payment of a non-refundable fee of R10,00 are available non-refundable fee of R10,00 are available non-refundable fee of R10,00 are available non-refundable fee of R10,00 are available from: The Secretary, Owambo Tender from: The Secretary, Owambo Tender from: The Secretary, Owambo Tender from : The Secretary,' Owambo Tender Board, Private BagX2032, Ondangwa, Tel : Board, Private Bag X2032, Ondangwa, Tel: Board, Private Bag X2032, Ondangwa, Tel: Board, Private BagX2032, Ondangwa, Tel: (06762) 1x189, Telex: 3452WK(Mrs van der (06762) 1x189, Telex: 3452WK(Mrs van der (06762) 1x189, Telex: 3452WK (Mrs van der (06762) 1x189, Telex: 3452WK(Mrs van der Merwe), and sealed envelopes, clearly Merwe), and sealed envelopes, clearly Merwe), and sealed envelopes, marked with Merwe), and sealed envelopes, clearly marked with the relevanttender number and marked with the relevant tender number ond the relevant tender number and cloSing marked with the relevant tender number and closing date must also be directed to the closing date, must also be directed to the date, must also be directed to the Secretary closing date, must also be directed to the Secretary at the abovementioned address. Secretary at the abovementioned address. at the abovementioned address. Secretary atthe abovementioned add ress. Closing date: December 3, 1987 at 11hOO. Closing date: December 2, 1987at11hOO. Closing Date: December 2, 1987 at 11hOO. Closing date: December 3, 1987 at 11hOO. . ADMINISTRATION FOR OWAMBOS ADMINISTRATION FOR OWAMBOS ADMINISTRATION FOR OWAMBOS ADMINISTRATION FOR OWAMBOS TENDER AVO 28188·90J TENDER AVO 27/88·90J TENDER AVO 32188-90J TENDER AVO is/88·SOJ Tenders are invited forthe supply ottire ex­ Tenders are invited forthe supply of batteries Tenders a~e invited for the supply of toilet Tenders are invited for the supply of fencing tinguishers for the period 1/4188....:...31/3/1990. for the period 1/4/88-31/3/1990. . paper for the period 1/4/88-31/3/1990. material for the period 114/88-31/311990. Tender documents against-payment of a Tender documents against payment of a , Tender documents against payment of a Tender documents against payment of a non-refundable fee of R10,00 are available rion-refundable fee of R10,oO are available non-refundable fee of R10;00 are available non-refundable fee of R10,00 are available from: The Secretary, Owambo Tender from: The Secretary, Owambo Tender from: The Secretary, Owambo Tender from: The Secretary, Owambo Tender Board; Private Bag X2032, Ondangwa, Tel: Board, Private Bag X2032, Ondangwa, Tel: Board, Private Bag X2032, Ondangwa, Tel: Board, Private Bag X2032, Ondangwa; Tel: (06762) 1x189, Telex: 3452WK(Mrs van'der (06762) 1x189, Telex: 3452WK (Mrs van der (06762) 1x189, Telex: 3452WK (Mrs van der (06762) 1x189, Telex: 3452WK (Mrs van der Merwe), and sealed envelopes clearly mark­ Merwe), and sealed envelopes clearly mark­ Merwe), and sealed envelopes, clearly ' Merwe), and sealed envelopes with the rele­ ed with the relevanttender number and clos­ ed with the relevant tender number and clos­ marked with the relevanttender number and vant tender number and closing date, must ing date must also be directed to the ing date, must also be directed to the closing date, must also be directed to the also be directed to the Secretary at the Secretary at the abovementioned address. Secretary at the abovementioned address. Secretary at the abovementioned address. abovementioned address. Closing date: December 3, 1987 at 11hOO. Closing date: December 3, 1987 at 11hOO. Closing date: December 4, 1987 at 11hOO. Closing date: December 1, 1987 at 11hOO.

ADMINISTRATION FOR OWAMBOS. . ADMINISTRATION FOR OWAMBOS ADMINISTRATION FOR OWAMBOS ADMINISTRATION F9R OWAMBOS TENDER AVO 37~88.90J TENDER AVO 26/88·90J TENDER AVO 24/8B-90J TENDER AVO ii/8B-SOJ . Tenders are invited for the supply of reflec­ Tenders are invited for the supply of rain­ Tenders are invited forthe supplyofwindmill Tenders are invited for the supply of paints, tive registration plates for vehicles for the water goods, etc., for the period heads, towers, handpumps, and ac­ paint accessories and enamels for the period 1/4/8_8-31/3/1990. 114/88-31/3/1990. cessories forthe period 1/4/88-:-31/3/1990. period 114/88-31/3/1990. Tender documents against paymenL of a Tender documents against payment of a Tender documents against payment of a Tender documents against payment of a non-refundable fee of'R10,OO are available non-refundable fee of R10,00 are available non-refundable fee of R10,00 are available non-refundable fee of R10,00 are available from: The Secretary, Owambo Tender from: The Secretary, Owambo Tender from: The Secretary, Owambo Tender from: The Secretary, Owambo Tender Board, Private aag X2032, Ondangwa, Tel: Board, Private Bag X2032, Ondangwa, Tel: Board, Private Bag X2032, Ondangwa, Tel: Board, Private Bag X2032, Ondangwa, Tel: (06762) 1x189, Telex: 3452WK (Mrs van der (06762) 1x189, Telex: 3452WK (Mrs van der (06762) 1x189, Telex: 3452WK (Mrs van der (06762) 1x189,Telex: 3452WK (Mrs van der Merwe) , and sealed envelopes, clearly Merwe), and sealed envelopes clearly mark­ Merwe), and sealed envelopes clearly mark­ Merwe), and sealed envelopes, clearly marked with the relevant tender number and ed with the relevanttender number and clos­ ed with the relevant tender number and clos­ marked with the relevant tender number and closing date must also be directed to the ing date, must also be directed to the ihg date must also be directed to the clOSing date, must also be directed to the Secretary atthe abovementioned address. Secretary atthe abovementioned address. Secretary atthe abovementioned address. Secretary at the abovementioned address. Closing date: December 4, 1987 at 11hOO. CloSing date: December 3, 1987 at 11hOO. Closing date: December 3, 1987 at 11hOO. CloSing date: December 1, 1987 at 11hOO.

ADMINISTRATION FOR OWAMBOS ADMINISTRATION FOR OWAMr;jOS ADMINISTRATION FOR·OWAMBOS ADMINISTRATION FOR OWAMBOS ,. TENDER AVO 20/8B-90J TENDER AVO 3/8B-90J TENDER AVO i4/8B-90J TENDER AVO 2/88·90J , Tenders are invited for the supply of baths, Tenders are invited forthe supply of school Tenders are invited for the supply of nails, Tenders are invited foqhe supply of sewing buckets, bins, axes, spades, wheelbarrows desk tables for the period 1/4188-31/311990. woodwork screws, hardware, hinges etc. for machines forthe period 1/4/88-31/3/1990. etc for the period 114/88-311311990. Tender documents against payment of a the period 114/88-31/3/1990. Tender documents against payment of a Tender documents against payment of a non-refundable fee of R10,oO are available Tender documents against payment of a non-refundable fee of R10,00 are available non-refundable fee of R10,00 are available from: The Secretary, Owambo Tender non-refundable fee of R10,00 are available from: The Secretary, Owambo Tender from: The Secretary, Owambo Tender Board, Private Bag X2032, Ondangwa, Tel: from: The Secretary,- Owambo Tender Board, Private Bag X2032, Ondangwa, Tel: Board, Private Bag X2032, Ondangwa, Tel: (06762) 1x189, Telex: 3452WK (Mrs van der Board, Private Bag X20320ndangwa, Tel: (06762) 1x189, Telex: 3452\'VK(Mrsvan der (06762) 1x189, Telex: 3452WK(Mrs van der Merwe) , and sealed envelopes, clearly (06762) 1x189, Telex: 3452WK (Mrs van der Merwe), and sealed envelopes, clearly Merwe), and sealed envelopes, clearly marked with the relevant tender number and Merwe), and sealed envelopes clearly mark­ marked with the relevant tender number and marked with the relevant tender number and closing date, must also be directed to the ed with the relevanttender number and clos­ clOSing date, must also be directed to the closing date, must also be directed to the Secretary at the abovementioned address. ing date must also be directed to the Secretary atthe abovementioned address. Secretary atthe abovementioned address. Closing date: November 30, 1987 at Secretary atthe abovementioned address. Closing date: November 30, 1987 at Closing date: December2, 1987 at 11hOO. 11hOO. . Closing date: December 1, 1987 at 11hOO. 11hOO • . ADMINISTRATION FOR OWAMBOS ADMINISTRATION FOR OWAMBOS ADMINISTRATION FOR OWAMBOS THE ADMINISTRATION FOROWAMBOS TENDER AVO 4/8.8·90J TENDER AVO i/8B-90d TENDER AVO 7/8B-90J TENDER AVO S188·90J Tenders are invited for the supply of double Tenders are invited for the supply of audio­ Tenders are invited for the supply of Tenders are invited ,for the supply of decker bunks, plastic foam mattresses and visual software and equipmentforthe period needlework requirements for schools forthe typewriters for schools for the period pillows for the period 1/4/88-31/3/1990. 1/4/88-31/3/1990. period 1/4/88-31/3/1990. 1/4/88-31/311990. Tender documents agairist payment of a Tender documents against payment of a Tender documents against payment of a Tender documents against payment of a non-refundable fee of R10,00 are available non-refundable fee of R10,oO are available no~-refundable fee of R10,oO are available non-refundable fee of R10,00 are available from: The Secretary, Owambo Tender from: The Secretary, Owambo Tender from: The Secretary, Owambp Tender from: The Secretary, Owambo Tender Board, Private Bag X2032, Ondangwa, Tel: Board, Private Bag X2032, Ondangwa, Tel: Board, Private Bag X2032, Ondangwa, Tel: Board, Private Bag X2032 , Ondangwa, Tel: (06762) 1x189, Telex: 3452WK(Mrs van dar (06762) 1x189, Telex: 3452WK (Mrs van der (06762) 1x189, Telex: 3452WK (Mrs van der (06762) 1x189, Telex: 3452WK(Mr's van der Merwe), and sealed envelopes with the rele­ Merwe), and sealed envelopes, clearly Merwe) , and sealed envelopes, clearly Merwe) , and sealed envelopes,_clearly vant tender number and closing date, must marked with the relevant tender number and marked with the relevant tender number and marked with the relevant tendernumber and also be directed to the Secretary at the cloSing date, must also be directed to the closing date must also be directed to the closing date, must also be direCted to the abovementioned address. 'Secretary at the abovementioned address. Secretary at the abovementioned address. Secretaryattht;labove ' Closing date: November 30, 1981 at Closing date: NO,Vember 30, 1987 at Closing date: November 30, 1987 at Closing date..: .November 11hOO. . 11hOO. 11hOO. , 11hOO. 14 Friday November 13 1987 THE NAMIBIAN

Reading Mein Kampf in braille and sitting side-saddle on von Francois

INSIDUOUS rumours and youth in an institutionoflearning, and In cities like 'Ibkyo, poll ution levels together moaning and sighing and slander are spreading like then comingoutfeeling like a cross bet­ are so high that you can virtually com­ waiting for their turn. wildfire through the less­ ween Albert Einstein and Socrates, on­ mit suicide just by standing at a busy It could also have a pretty bizarre ly to discover that there are actually intersection and inhaling for an hour. effect. perceptive ranks of Windhoek people out there who know some 'Ib avoid having the pavements clut­ Imagine . Casspirs arriving at a society. things that you don't. tered by pedestrians writhing in the Swa,po meeting and offioading dozens I was shocked, devastated and utter­ Dr Gonzo intends to subvert the com­ last throes of carbon monoxide poison­ of giggling Koevoets who would begin ly honoured to hear the other day that munity until it reaches a state ing, the cunning little Japs have pro­ laying into supporters while shrieking nobody likes my column. whereby it can laugh at itself and what vided cubicles throughout the city with laughter. Naturally it couldn't possibly be that it terms reality. where citizens can suck in a few The mind wouldn't be able to take the critics don't understand what the Unfortunately the critics, who have breaths of oxygen to fortify their bat­ such a sight. good Doctor is on about, as these become cogs in a system which keeps tered lungs. Epitaphs could be brightened up con­ righteous citizens claim to be the new a grim society revolving, are too In Windhoekwecouldhave'asimilar siderably with messages like: RIP -He intelligensia of Namibia. steeped in reality to ever see any system, with the oxygen beingreplac­ died laughing, Therefore, who am I to question their humour in it. ed by a substance called nitrous oxide. Civil servants would no longer be the judgement? But, tobesure, they will read Nami­ It sounds lethal, but it's not really. miserable bastards that they usually I mean, after all, the only thing I ever bian Graffiti every weekjust to confirm Nitrous oxide is the scientific term for are, and members of the interim did to earn my doctorate was to try a bit to themselves that they don't like it. laughing-gas. government would at last be able to see ofthis, do a bit of that and observe a lit­ In this respect, I have no objections. They could operate on a similarprin­ the humour of their situation. tle of the other. They can read Mein Kampfin braille ciple to parking metres. My faceless critics would also no 'Ib become the nouveau strain of while sitting side-saddle in the Lotus Slot a 20 cent piece into the machine longer have to sit around in press clubs brain, the others had to sit in stuffy li­ position on KUrt von Francois' iron to get three minutes of happiness. 'Thn and conduct grave-faced pontifical con­ tle rooms listening to stuffy little men horse for all I care. cents for 90 seconds. versations about Dr Gonzo and his for seven years, so one could perhaps A lot of people in this town are Knowing Windhoek, though, the frightful lack of moral sensibilities. understand their bitterness. possessed with the same sense of devices would soon be monopolised by But then, would they have anything Imagine spending most of your humour as God gave to the tortoise. hordes ofmanic depressives huddling else to talk about?

book review .. book review .. SWAVLEIS WORKERS book review .. book review .. HAVE FACTORY FUNCTION .book review .. book review .. ABOUT 400 workers at Swavleisin Swavleis employees to acquire their been made in labour relations at ARCHEIA VOLUMES 8 and 9 Windhoek got together for a staff own homes. Swavleis", he said. function at the factory last The progress could be attributed weekend. Awards were presented A total of62 workers from Swavleis mainly to better internal liaison, said THE NATIONAL Archives is laun­ history, to workers who had been with the factories in Windhoek and Okahand­ Mr Pienaar, and formal channels for ching two publications this week - Presenting the resultsofher original company for ten years or longer. ja qualified for long service awards. Certificates and gold watches were communications between workers and again! The first is an Index to Names archival research, the author's main Workers arranged the function with appearing on the "Kriegskarte 1904", concern is, in her own words: "to the support of management and Mr handed to the workers by Mr Jaques management had been improved, in­ Maree, Joint General Manager and Mr clueling a more active Workers' Coun­ compiled by Gunter von Schumann challenge current orthodoxies which Rheini Rusch, Chairman of the and Walter Rusch. Due to immense (still) insist that Namibian history is SwavleisBoard, told workers that the Manie Grobler, Factory Manager. cil. Matters already discussed by the Council were alternative housing for public demand and interest, the an 'ethnic' one ... or the result ofthe ac­ company would in the future devote Mr Andre Pienaar, Manager Man­ residents of the recently demolished reprint ofthe German 1904 war map tions of Europeans ... Rather I wish to more money, time and effort in the power, who acted as master of Katutura hostel, transport for workers has been available in a second edition show here that the Namibians training and working conditions ofits ceremonies, said that the "excellent at­ to and from the factory, and full pay­ since August this year. themselves were the makers of their employees. The Corporation was also mosphere at the gathering, and the en­ ment for all public holidays. Undoubtedly the map's current history, and that the moving forces planning to implement a housing thusiasm with which the workers significance lies mainly in the still un­ were not ethnic or racial in nature but scheme in the near future which tackled the preparations, are to me pro­ paralleled documentation of social and economic ..." Interesting would make it possible for all of ofthe continued progress that has Namibia's original place names: more reading for anyone who is tired of cur­ than 4000 of these names, mostly rent standard history textbooks. Herero and Nama, have been listed on Available in local bookshops for the map. aboutR12 and at a reduced price at the The index which is now available National Archives. sorts these names alphabetically and refers the user to the relevant section on the map; some 200 translations of names into English have been includ­ ed. The index is thus an indispensable aid not only for users of the "Kriegskarte 1904'; but also for all who are interested in Namibia's own place names. Available in local bookshops for about R2,50 and at a reduced price at the National Archives in Liideritz Street. The second new publication is a history of southern and central Namibia in Jonker Afrikaner's Time written by historian Brigitte Lau. It is a scholarly historical nar­ rative based on B Lau's MA thesis, richly illustrated with almost 100 pic­ MR MWETAKO Nangeni, who has tures. The book is well-documented worked for Swavleis for 15 years, and shows a fresh approach to the was awarded with a certificate and gold watch in recognition for long study of 19th century Namibian service.

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MS MAGDALENA Modisa, seated, won the Woman of the Year title at the Swavleis staff function. Standing with her are her two princesses, Vivien Shivifa omashivifo oye moNamibian Moslane (right) and Rebecca Nanus. Friday November 13 1987 15 ®a~1·'4 NOV 13 - NOV 19 FRIDAY

18h27 Prog. Schedule 18h30 Hand in Hand 18h35 Doffel, Babbel en Bekkie 18h47 Die Swart Cat 19h14 AirwolfIII 20hOO Suidwes Nuus 20h15 Feature film Walt Disney - "Sunday Drive" 21h49 Orpen House 22h12 NewslWeather NuuslWeer 22h32 Big League Soccer (new) 23h24 Dagsluiting

SATURDAY

18h27 Programrooster 18h30 Kompas 18h35 Alice in Wonderland 18h59 The Beverley Hillbillies 19h23 Riptide 20h09 Wolwedans in Die Skemer 20h35 Feature film "Pete 'n Tillie" 22h15 NuuslWeer News/weather 22h35 Miami Vice 23h22 Epilogue

Laughter the best medicine SUNDAY THERE'S A DEFINITE sparkle to this weekend's SWA}JC home Ballade Vir 'n Enkeling and the pace day, a heartwarming drama of six entertainment offer in the shape of Walter Matthau and Carol picks up with Carina and Meisie episodes, tracing the lives and relation- 16hOO Repeat Programme Schedule Burnett, who co-star in Saturday's feature film called "Pete 'n following Alicia to a house that is on- ships ofthe Gardner family from one 16h03 Pitkos Tillie", a light-hearted comedy-drama which affords married ly half completed, unaware that they Christmas to the next. 16h20 Use or Abuse in turn are being shadowed by Gavin This story captures the essence of couples the chance to laugh at marriage and all its pitfalls - and 16h35 Survival Greef. small moments that can have so much let's face it, a bit ofgood, old-fashioned laughter is what the world 17h02 My Wereld The Get Along Gang on Thursdays meaning. A sophisticated drama, it 17h29 Programrooster ' needs most right now. 0 (just after Kompas), is one of my reyolvesaroundafullyearintheli~es 17h31 The Secret Place favourite kid programmes, and no mat- orthese people - afull year in which 18hOO Filler material ter what I'm busy with, the time is . three couples kindle, reaffirm and ex- . 18h12 The Good News taken off to watch. The sketching ofthe . tinguish romantic emotions. 18h30 700 Club characters is of the best, as is the In the first episode, we meet Joe 19h12 Highway to Heaven animation and sound, and I am sure Gardner, the loving head of a suburban' 20hOO Nuus/news review there are other adults who are just as middle-class Amencanfamily, his wife 20h20 Another Life entranced and make sure they're right. Ruth, and their four adult children. It 21h03 "Sissi" there with the kids to watch. 0 is Christmas, and the family is 21h53 Nuus/weer - news/weather The award-winning Young People's together for the first time in many 22h).3 By Still Waters Specials is also popular, and although years. Little do they know that a

some of the stories only appeal to number of events during 0 the year young viewers, there are nevertheless ahead is destined to change their lives others that hold the same message or forever. MONDAY moral for adults. ~ . Richard Klley"tak'es the part of Joe Next week's is titled "Brother Gardner, while Eva Marie Saint por- . 18h27 Prog. Schedule Tough", and features World trays his wife Ruth. 18h30 Hand In Hand Heavyweight champion JoeFrazier- Wendy Phillips,. Morgan Stevens, 18h35 Sangfees '87 (Part II) portraying himself. This time the Adam' Arkin, Sarah Jessica Parker 19h58 Filler material lesson to be learned is not to run away and Scott Paulin portray other roles. 19h10 Nawa Nawa- '~AUCHE UND LEVKOJEN" - Franziska ~ronnen and Arno Assmann from a fight. Richard Kiley will be remembered 19h35 Alf in the German series on Thursday eve°nings. The Cosby Show follows, and Cliff for his role in the feature film "Look- 20hOO Suidwes-Nuus Huxtable and his family must surely ingfor Mr Goodbar" and more recent- from 19hOO onwards, I prefer to have 20h15 St Elsewhere Matthau and Burnett (with rank with some of the most popular ly, "Endless Love," while Eva Marie 21hl0 The Fifth Missile Geraldine Page, Barry Nelson and no visitors or commitments, because television characters ever created. Saint is a name that should not need 21h36 NewslWeather NuuslWeer Rene Auberjonois), might be con­ it offers one ofthe best viewing even- Have YOl:l ever considered how any introduction. 0 22h56 Spoors of Steel sidered slightly out of date by some, but ings of the week. . wonderful it would be if allofamilies All in all, the week ahead has some 22h22 Dagsluiting they st~ll provide some pretty accurate Take this coming Monday for exam­ ple. Up to 20hOO (the local newscast), could solve their problems the way this good highlights to look forward to- humour in situations that many of us family does? Anyway, if nothing else, depending of course, on whether the there is Sangfees '87, NawaNawa, and encounter daily - especially in mar­ one does learn that laughter can cure rain predicted materialises. !fit does, TUESDAY ried life, and laughter is one of the Alr or solve (almost), all ills and problems. we could be facing those unnerving essential ingredients for successful After the news (usually an ideal time This might sound someWhat facitious, breaks in transmission. 0 to split for the kitchen to get coffee and o 18h27 Programrooster matrimony. but there is definitely a lesson to be On the other hand, we've got television Last week's feature film "The Sting" a snack), comes St Elsewhere, an ex­ 18h30 Kompas cellent hospital drama, followed by learned here. all year round, but we don't have rain 18h35 Wielie Walie was enjoyable, and the Walt Disney A Year In The Life starts on Thurs- all the time! movies on Friday nights are just as The Fifth Missile, a four-part mini 18h50 Educational Shorts much fun, even though some ofthem series. 19h08 Filler Material are dated. Strangely enough, some ofthe best 19h14 Fame Something else to look forward to TV material we've .seen has been 20hOO South West News (only as from the weekend of November scheduled on Mondays. 20h15 Falcon Crest 21 however), is Met Permissie with Jan Tuesday of course, automatically 21h02 Night Court Spies and PGdu Plessis, a programme means Falcon Crest, and the very en­ 21h26 NuuslWeer NewslWeather in which the hosts rip off quite a few joyable Night Court. 21h46 Sport 'holy cows'. It was extremely well Falcon Crest should be nearing the 22h16 Epilogue received in South Africa, and should end of this particular season very soon, do just as well with local viewers. and then we'll be trying to follow the What I cannot understand though, o ins and outs of the Carrington family WEDNESDAY is the reasoning behind the transmis­ in Dynasty again. sion time - 23h12! Although the Channings inoFalcon 18h27 Prog. Sch~dule Viewers here have been lookirig for­ Crest provide some entertaining 18h30 He-nd In Hand ward to this programme for months (a moments of drama (and melodrama), o18h35 Butterfly Island glimpse of the programme on TV at the it really has become quite a task to 19hOO Filler material coast having whet the anticipation keep track of all the plotting and 19h05 Gillette World Sport Special even more), and now that it's here, itis counter-plotting, who's in bed with 20hOO Suidwes Nuus shifted right back to the slot just before who, and who's conning who! 20h15 Gunsmoke the epilogue! Anyway, for most of us it offers a bit 21h03 Ballade vir 'n Enkeling Actually, for all the criticism level of respite from the real world's pro­ 21h50 NuuslWeer NewslWeather led at the Corporation, I guess it is dif­ blems, and isn't that what entertain­ 22hl0 Pitkos ficult to please everyone all the time. ment's all about? I suppose that the SWABC reallons On Wednesdays, the Gillette World along the lines that ifone wants to see Sport Special must surely rank as one THURSDAY it badly enough you'll stay up for it no of the most popular programmes, and matter what! this is followed by the perennial 18h27 Programrooster The claim (by those uninterested favourite Gunsmoke. 18h30 Kompas parties), that television has put paid to This coming week, the conclusion of 18h35 Get Along Gang friendship, visits and sundry other ac­ a two-part episode is due, in which Mar­ 18h47 Our Earth - Discovery tivities is always refuted by me. After shall Dillon defends a key trial OfIt's History

all, iffriends drop in for a visit during witness. 0 19hOl Young People's Specials a favourite TV programme,"1 am cer­ Last week Part I of this suspense­ 19h35 The Cosby Show tainly not going to make them sit down filled episode started offwhen outlaw 20hOO South West News and watch it with me; nor do I believe Indians kill Bear Sanderson's wife and 20h15 A Year In The Life (new) that a person genuinely interested in burn down his homestead, and he sets 21h03 Jauche und Levkojen sports or other activities is going to out to exact his own brand of revenge. 21h30 Nuus/weer - NewslWeather cancel because of a TV programme! Also on Wednesday is another EVA MARIE Saint and Richard Kiley star as Ruth and Joe Gardner in the 21h50 Kwaliteit 'n Vonk vir Prestasie But I have to admit that on episode in the Afrikaans thriller, new six-part series "A Year in the Life." 22hll Epilogue " - 16 Friday'November 13 1987 THE NAMIBJANc '.

War ~ ·- the ultimate in a mockery of morals

STANLEY KUBRICK'S LATEST film, Full Metal Jacket has been described as "strong stuff, viole~t, caustic ironkanc;l cold;' and has also been dubbed as being possibly, "the best war movie ever made." Kubrick, whose last major film was seven years ago ("The Shining, starring Jack Nicolson), also feels itis his best, and main­ tains that it perfectly depicts the fact that there is.no morality in war. Marines, as individual examples of 'what one motivated Marine arid hls ri­ fle can do; he's not joking. Yoti don't blame the machine ifitmalfunctions, you dori't even blame the mechanic; you merely junk the machine and replace it, which from the standpoint of manpower administration, is what war is all about:' The filming of Full Metal Jacket took place with typical Kubrick style. He hates flying, andhas been resident in England for some time. But this presented no great problem to him. There are kindnesses and cruelties, He simply constructed South but because war itself is a moral Carolina and Vietnam right there, in mockery, they exist in an ethical and around London, and for the town NICK NOLTE as Jack Benteen, a modern-day Texas ranger, who finds himself confronting high-tech vacuum. In a nutshell, there is no of Hue he used Beckton, an abandon­ criminals in "Extreme Prejudice. 'opera' in Full Metal Jacket, there are ed gasworks town on the Thames. no good soldiers - and no bad ones in When asked what he thought ofthe 1 this motion picture, starring Matthew other "big" Vietnam movies such as Modine, Adam Baldwin, Lee Ermey, "Apocalypse Now;' "The Deerhunter" Dorian Harewood, Arliss Howard and and more recently "Platoon;' Kubrick Vincent D'Onofrio. said: "I like 'Platoon' quite a lot, EXTREME PREJUDICE Kubrick, known for his work with because I think that's the first war "2001 A Space Odyssey", "Paths of movie where you really believed what IT MIGHT come as a surprise - but are you aware of the fact that regional theatre, joining the Old Log Glory", "Spartacus", and "Clockwork was going on; perhaps not the first, but there are still Texas rangers in the America of today? True, there Theatre in Minneapolis, where he Orange", based his picture on Gustav certainly one of the best. are only 94 at this point in time. Neverth eless, their organisation stayed for three years. Hasford's short novel, "The Short "I liked both 'Apocalypse Now' and And then with 14 years ofstage work Timers." 'The Deerhunter; but I liked 'Platoon' is the oldest law enforcement agency in North America with state­ behind him, Nolte began appearing on "I have always had an interest in more. 'Apocalypse' was probably hurt wide jurisdiction, set up as an assisting agency to work with local television, andhe emerged as a star in Vietnam, and I was attracted to the by the fact that it did not have a story, law enfor cement offices. Nick Nolte's movie role is set against this the wellknown "Rich Man Poor Man" book because it was brilliantly writ­ and 'The Deerhunter' had a story one traditional background in the motion picture Extreme Prejudice, series. His feature film debit came in ten, its insights were sizzling:' did not always believe. I wondered at which is on circuit now in local cinemas. "The Deep". The first three-quarters of an hour of the time how a person could make a liv­ Walter Hill, one of Hollywood's most the picture is confined to Parris Island, ing out of Russian roulette, though I Starring with him in Extreme Pre­ before the filming of Extreme Prejudice highly-regarded filmmakers, made his where virginal Marine recruits are be­ know it was a poetic metaphor for . judice are Powers Boothe, Michael started was thorough and true to form. directorial bow in 1975 with his own ing given a crash course on reality by something or other:' Ironside, Rip'Ibrn and Maria Conchita He made contact with a Texas screen play for "Hard Times", starring their drill instructor Gunnery However, Kubrick is emphatic that Alonso, in a powerful action adventure ranger, Joaquin Jackson, and he Charles Bronson. Then came "The Sergeant Hartman (Lee Ermey). a lot-ofluck has much to do with the thriller about six ex-soldiers classied became the latter's sidekick for some Driver", with Ryan O'Neal, and "The Then follows the shaving of their final outcome of a movie. as having been killed in action, but time, roaming the four Texas counties Long Riders", "Southern Comfort;' hair, and the subsequent symbolic In Full Metal Jacket he feels that who are very much alive and involved and approximately 400 miles of and the mammoth hit "48 Hrs", in defoliation of their spirits, as luck came in the shape of Ermey, an ex­ in a covert mission. Ranger territory. which Nolte and Powers Boothe also co­ everything drops from them, except Marine drill instructor - who plays Nolte (last seen in the comedy Down Along with all the practical starred. "Streets of Fire", "Brewster's the hard gleam oftheir lust to kill. the role of Sergeant Hartman. And Out in Beverley Hills, with Bette knowledge to make his characterisa­ Millions" and "Crossroads" came Sergeant Hartman sets out (with Initially he was hired as a technical Midler), portrays Jack Benteen, a tion of Benteen as genuine as possible, next. shocking results), to totally advisor, butafier listening to the litany modern day Texas ranger, who clashes Nolte also learned about the Rangers. dehumanise them, and slowly, one of insults Ermey was capable of with this special forces unit when they The Rangers date back to 1823, Speaking about Extreme Prejudice, after the other, they become young shouting, Kubrick cast him as the infiltrate his territory and home town. when StephenF Austin was colonising Hill said the picture fitted into his men who are coiled and ready - like abusive drill instructor. Boothe takes the part of Cash Bailey, Texas, and hired ten men to range an favourite genre of action-adventure time Dombs ticking off .. . The "full metal jacket" of the title, one of the ex-soldiers, and Benteen's area and protect settlers from Indians. films. "Jack is a man, who after a time Jay Scott of The Globe and Mail, put refers to a type of bullet, copper­ childhood friend, who controls the Their creed was "No man in the wrong of doubt in early life, has come to accept - - _..-"> the whole essence ofthe film in these jacketed to achieve a truer aim, and is drug1;rade. can stand up against a man in the and believe in traditional values. words "One of his murderous time an apt symbol for the men'made by the Directed by Walter Hill, the story of right, who keeps a-comin." "On the other hand, Cash has taken bombs, a fat kid nicknamed Gomer Marines. these two men unfolds, childhood 'Ibday's rangers are school in all the another road. Neither is a superman, Pyle (Vincent D'Onofrio), goes off too Songs featured in the music score in, friends now diametrically opposed to newest techniques ofcrime control, but but are people with strong soon in a vignette that, for all its clude "The Marines Hymn", perform­ one another. They shared the same am­ their value system remains rooted in psychological profiles. vibrating evil, kisses offwhat happens edbytheGoldmanBand, "These Boots bitions and hopes, and later grew to their legendary tradition. " The story leans towards to him and his victim as no more than are Made for Walking;' by Nancy love the same woman, but their Nick Nolte, born in Omaha, meoldrama, but has a sense of emo­ bad luck, a Marine occupational Sinatra, "Chapel of Love;' by the divergE1nt paths lead to an inevitable Nebraska, was a star athlete in high . tional reality, and the action fast­ hazard. Dixie Cups, "Wooly Bully" by Sam the and deadly confrontation. school,.where he won letters in track, moving and thrilling. "When Sergeant Hartman invokes Sham and the Pharoahs, and "Paint It As Benteen, Nolte has to address the wrestling, football, basketball and "I've taken some strong, interesting Texas sniper Charles Whitman and Black;' by Mick Jagger and the Roll­ difficult situation as a traditional baseball. Then he followed in his characters, put them in a tough !!itua­ assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, both ex- ingStones. lawman, but at the same time has to father's footsteps-Frank Nolte, who tion, and put them ina pressure cooker face an entirely new problem - the was an All American in 1934 at Iowa tosqueezeabit ... to see what happens:' high-tech age as manifested by the State - . Nick Nolte's prowess took him Well,judge for yourself. See Extreme special army unit that invades his to five colleges in four years. But Prejudice, and see what happens when * * IUNE 300 * * Tczl: 34155 * * hometown. paradoxically, he joined the Actors In­ certain people caught up in a situation Nick Nolte has proved before that he ner Circle Theatre, and subsequently are put under tremendous pressure. REMEMBERI - the late night Shows on WedneSdays and Fridays. is a researcher, and his groundwork continued his association with Something has to give, somewhere. Friday 13111/87 - 22h30: KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN AWf(/t.. YOiI {)()N 'T lJIERE'fj SOME­ Of COI//?SE. YOiIN&e'R." Wednesday 18111/87 - 22h30: SO... ellu. YO(/ (J()N'T lWtJY EL5r3 ,.. SEXIER. ." WITH II COI/Pt.E AU. SltICONE. HOW'Vt WRIT£._ WHflT~ A ICIIN!liLt. . Of 51& 6I1ZON&A MflY8e. 1HEYU /36 AGNES OF GOD YI1 DEfN? ~LI{lE R(//.£ WHO 15 IT? MICI?OCHI"o, SHOT 5'1 \ JI/rrl/,C''''v 10 TCXA5 1N5Tf{V- I 8ET... FORTY. Friday-Thursday: 14h30/17h30/20hOO ~NT5 ) WI1TCH. Saturday: 14h30/18hOO/21hOO \. FULL METAL JACKET: From the genius of Stanley Kubrick, a film " considered to be the "best war movie yet," starring Matthew Modine. The words "In Vietnam the wind doesn't blow, it sucks" should say more than enough. It is a movie about the moral mockery of war. Sa~urday: 10hOO FUNNY GIRL: Starring Barbara Streisand.

* * WINDHOEI( DRIVE-IN * * Tczl: 51700 * * t..IFE WI1liOVT fl ''Rf1I1180 f..f1StK f{ff{.f;" 19h30 - WO(/LPN'r !3€ WORTH LIVfN(;. EXTREME PREJUDICE: Nick Nolte comes to the scr&en as Jack Ben­ teen, a modern day Texas ranger, who finds himself in direct opposi­ tion to a c:hildhood friend. The clash makes for an entertaining ac- tion thriller. Also starring are Powers Boothe, Michael Ironside, Maria Conchita Alonso and ,Rip Torn. plus: HALF MOON STREET: Sigourney Weaver takes the lead in this dramatic story about a woman who takes on a second job - becom- ing an escort girl to make ends meet. . 17 THE SOTHO-TSWANA PART V

In the early days, life was cheap and the spilling of blood counted for little. Petty wars and raids were continu~ly brewing, and thiev~ng and rustling of herds were more the rule than the exception, Tliefollowinglegend has overtones of the famous story "All Quiet on the Western Front!'

Various remedies were suggested by THE CRIPPLE AND weU-meaningrelatives, but to no avail. THE BLIND MAN The plight of Masebeli e mafuta CMasebeli the fat one), became known It happened that the human wolves far and wide. who made up Shaka's hordes_came by At last it came to the ears ofa diviner chance upon a party of shepherds. who, 'arriving on the doorstep, told them many other people, and oxen and With their clan settlements broken packs preyed on their fellows as though Crawling silently upon their stomachs Masebeli's husband thatfor a modest dogs. They were all hungry, so the up, the devastation caused some of they were game. Pits were dug and like serpents, and as deadly; they crept fee he and he alone, could cure the grQss woman cut some of the flesh from the them to turn to cannibalism. thongs were stretched across the tor­ up on th~m in the dark. woman. animal's ribs with /ler pieces of iron. Eventually, only two of the once turous mountain paths to trip victims. Several herdsmen, surprised in their The husband told him he might as She then made a good fire with lots numerous Sotho chieftains remained; In the valleys, life became more too'deep sleep were murdered before well try, as all other remedies had of smoke, and cooked the meat and the stoic Mantatise and the wise dangerous than ever; 'cannibal bands they could utter a cry. Others a little failed. gave everyone something to eat. ,Moshesh. . would descend unexpectedly and more fortunate"succeeded in escaping His advice to Masebeli was this: for The monster felt really bad after this Both had mountain strongholds to ravage whole villages, or would lie in to the hills, dragging after them their many, many c;lays, she ml,lSt perform all trea,tment. He tossea this way and which they withdrew with their peo­ wait at the watering pools for unfor­ women and children. the household duties, even if she had that, but smoke came out ofhis mouth, ple; Mantatise to the Yoalobohola tunate woman on their way down to fill Rapacious hands pillaged the huts of , to crawl on hands and knees. and when he closed it, out of his nose. mountain near Ficksburg, and their gourds in the early dawn. all provender, and then burnt them Of ,course, in the ~ginning, her His insides ached and burned, and Moshesh to the great sacred pile of After capturing their victims, t4e -. down. The lowing herds were driven by daughters would put her in the right 'evEm rolling inthe mud did nothing to rocks 'named Thaba Bosiho, near cannibals would tietheir hands behind the attackers to their own country. In pOsition for the worl!:, but after a while, ease the pain. At last helaid down his Maseru in Lesotho. their backs and drive them like cattle the morning, when the sun's rays shone no one was to aid her in any way, or his head and died. From these strongholds they defied to the caves, where their,ownfamilies upon the ~arnage they warmed only , cure for her would fail. Lastly, he said, By this time, the mother had 'suc­ , all comers. The rest of the Sotho peo­ would be hungrily waiting. two souls left alive; one shepherd who he intended returning to see her after ceeded in cutting a hole in the beast's ,pIe, in scattered groups, fled from the Cooking pots would be dragged out haa had his eyes put out, and another ' the sun had risen as many times as side, andshe climbed out. Her children pleasant river lowlands where they and the victims discussed, pinched and who was without legs. there are fingers on the hands of four followed, -then an ox, (coughing from had long led idyllic lives, and wandered prodded with epicurean enthusiasm. The latter, on perceiving a compa· people. Having delivered these injunc­ the smoke), a dog and aIJlan emerged, desolately among the rocks of the While the fires were being lit, the can­ nion in misfortune, said to him "Ah tions, the wise man departed. all saying "Where is she who helped us Maluti (folded ranges). nibals would chant in triumph. One of friend, you have been spared!" True to his word, the diviner reap­ to escape? They all agreed that their in­ In these heights they eked out a these preprandial hymns was record­ "Spared yes, but for what? They have peared after forty days. The woman genious rescuer should become their miserable existence, living in caves ed, and roughly translated goes like taken my sight, I am helpless!" who stood before him was as slender as chief. And so the woman ruled them and faring far worse than the this: "I too am helpless, for I have no legs a reed. "Can this really be MasebeliT' wisely and well for many prosperous Bushmen whom their ancesters had and cannot move." , years. once chased away. he smiled at her. We are cannibals, we eat people "If I had my sight;' said the blind "Indeed itis I;' she answered. "I have In their bitter struggle for life, these We eat thee, we eat people man, "I would follow the way of our done all the works as you told me to, as CANNIBALISM people turned to cannibalism. Savage We eat the brain of a dog companions into the hills;' a good wife should. I have not spent one We eat the fingers of a child "If I had my legs, I would certainly day in idleness since you left;' . About the year 1822-;-when the much We eat the fingers ofpeople do the same!" returned the other. "As ' "That was my medicine; ' explained feared Shaka was at the height of his We eat the fat of mankind. I can see but cannot walk around would the diviner. "Do your work as a good career, the Zulu armies continually it not be a good plan for you to take me wife should, and your body will always plundered the fertile valleys of the The usual method of execution was on your back? Then I would be your stay slender and strong. That will be CaledonRiver. Driven from their fields eyes and you could be my legs, and to put the victims inapotofwater after five goats please!" and homes by these savage Zulu their lips and fingertips had been cut together we would be one whole man." And the grateful husband paid up raiders, the Sotho became hopelessly. off, and leave them to bleed to death The proposal was a good one and ac­ without haggling over the fee. dispersed. ceptable to both, so they started off overnight. Once dead, they were boil­ together, trusting each other. The lame ed and their flesh was divided among the family. The best bits went to the man guided his' comrade - "There is THE RESOURCEFUL WOMAN the drift, let's cross;' and later, "There leasers, and the women and children received the offal and gravy. is a precipice, let us turn aside alittle;' Just as those who did wrong got what , An early French missionary, They stopped to drink at a clear pool they deserved, so a certain astute Thomas Arbousset, calculated that and to let the blind l.Ilan rest awhile. By woman was rewarde.d .-for _her and by they came across a dying buck between 1822 and 1828, approximate­ resourcefulness. ly 7 000 cannibals consumed a stag­ which had been wounded by a hunter. As she had duties to perform away gerin~ 300 000 people in Lesotho. The legless man saw it. "Hereisadead from home, this woman had to leave animal. Put me down so that! can skin it:' He asked his companion for his knife, which the blind man had been carrying. "Whose will it be when you have skinned it?" inquired the blind man. "Mine; ' replied the lame man, "it's mine by right, since it was I who saw it:' "But I carried you to it, you would never have reached it otherwise;' remonstrated the blind one, "surely it belongs to me? And they continued arguing. At last the blind man asked, "Where is the carcass?" The crippled one answered sarcastically, "I don't see it anymore. Why don't you find it and skin it?" Then they realised how foolish they were to fall out with each other and settled their difference, saying "Since together we make but one good body, one must be as good as the other; let us work and live together in peace." And they set to work and cut up the animal for food on the long march to the hiding place of their companions. her children in the care of a hare. The family's hut was close to a path THE FAT LADY which was frequented by wild beasts, 'anc;l soon after the woman left, there The Sotho!fswana enjoy tales about was ·the noise of wild animals their home lives. As a contented, stampeding. The hare and the children domestic people, their interests revolve ran out and saw that the wild animals around the family unit and its affairs. were fleeing from a huge monster, This is a story that some housewives which called to the hare, asking to oftoday should note! whom the children belonged. The hare Masebeli was a fine figure of a told.it their names and to their horror, woman. She had a good husband and th ~ monster opened its mouth and well·mannered children. She should swallowed the children. have been happy, but she was not, When the woman returned, the hare, BLOOM COUNTY ." :" by Berke Breathed because daily she was becoming a lit­ weeping, told her what had happened. ,..------,:r:--...... ;;;...... , tle fatter, and she just could not think Without wasting time in useless grief, I MINT 17J f!£COf,j6 II why. . the woman sharpened two pieces of , r " I WANT TO 6mW &11"16 5HOW H051"655 liNt? UP" fiNO fJRIN& POWN She slept 'all day long and whim .iron, gathered some dry firewoord and 6f1I?N MIUION5./ I WliNT " VI/ (;orm , OUME? MeN IN HIGH W 57f1R IN II ';1111165 BON!? fI CHI/56 awake, did nothing tp.at might harm set off down the path. . Po51T70NB .' MOVIE. / m 11 ROCK V1P60/ /31/>1!?O , VEf( lll?E.I1IV1:], her 'delicate' condition. Insteadofris­ Soon she heard a crashing and roar­ Of< oe 11 f1(Of65510NAL­ ',~fI~Y ingfrom her grass mat under her own ing, and there was the hideous \ CH66fi:t£l1llER / 1- volition, she had-to be li-fted'by four creature. "Monster, monster, have you \.. people. _' j seen my children?"··she called. One of her daughters hadto feed her "I cannot hear you', come closer;' plenty of good, nourishing food with replied the monster. , her fingers, as MasebeWsarms Pecame She came.a little .nearer, and in a so'fat she could not lift,them up. The . trice he had swallowed' her too. This time came when even'six people could,. )Vas exactly wha~ sh~had wanted. not lift her into a sitting position to eat She lOOKed around and saw her' her meals. . '. diirdren, safe ~nd 'sound, and with : -

18 Friday November 131987 THE NAMIBIAN No new swimming records - but competition tough - ALTHOUGH NO NATIONAL swimming records were establish­ O'Shann. ed during last weekend's National Age Group Swimming Gala Juanita only turns 13 at the end of held at the Windhoek Municipal pool, events in various age­ January and with a little extra train­ ing, this long-standing record could groups revealed tough competition between various swimmers also be in danger. - competition which in the long run could lead to new records One pleasing aspect of the gala last being set. weekend was the number of swimmers A field of128 swimmers (83 boys and years) who recorded a time of2;32,73 who entered in the lower age-groups. 45 girls) participated in the gala which in the 200m freestyle. The record, set serves to provide the SA Amateur by Olympic glory bound Ricardo Twenty-six swimmers 8 years and Swimming Association with a list of Eerenstein, stands at 2:31,43. under entered, 40 swimmers in the the "lbp 50' swimmers-in the various With an entire season in which to group for ten year olds and under and age-groups throughout SA and train and launch assaults on the 24 swimmers in the 11(12 year group. Namibia. record, the chances are good that The next major aquatic event will be At the end ofthe month, the Associa­ Eerenstein's record will be broken. the SA Junior Gala (Primary Schools tion publishes the 50 list which is done Another swimmer who has time on Inter-provincial gala) in East London for the months of October, November, her side as she attempts a previously on November 14 in which a Namibian December January and February. invincible record is Juanita Delaney. team will compete. Among the local swimmers who Her time of 1:20,30 in the 100m Locally, the next gala which will be came close to establishing new records backstroke (11112 years) is not far off held is the 50m Sprints gala in Win­ was Joachim von Alvensleben (11/12 the standard of 1:19,49 set by Lucy dhoek on November 21. J&B Off-shore Yacht race

J &B WHISKY will this year again contact the Penguin Angling Cluo at The record catches from previous be sponsoringthe annual Off,.shoi'e P a Box 3560 in Swakopmund. Boat years were; Yacht race from the Walvis Bay space, ifrequired, CiIIlalso be arranged. Bronze Shark - 180kg (1982), Large Yacht Club along the coast to the The previous winners of the two WhiteShark-l00kg(1985)andRagg­ 'Mole' in Swakopmund on events mentioned above were: . ed '!both Shark - 194kg (1985). December 26. YACHT RACE: Windsurfer: H Dichtl, This will be the third year that J & Laser: K Schmidt, Fireball: M Seelen­ B sponsor the event and between 60 binderlD Fleiss, Hobie Cat: W and 80 participants are expected to DrayeriSmall, Finn: D Weichmann participate this year and for the first and the Overall Winner: M Seelen­ time Keelboats will be taking part. binderlD Fleiss. LESA J & B will also be sponsoringthe Ski­ boat Angling competition which also ANGLING COMPETITION: ONGORAMAMBO RAMBLERS FC ofWindhoek this year bade asadfairwell to the Mainstay takes place on December from the Heaviest Edible Fish: 17kg cob -Pieter 'Cup after proudly displaying the magnificent trophy in their club house Mole in Swakopmund. Between 25 and Wagener (Warmbaths - Transvaal), JO TJIUANA for the past two years. Pictured above is a scene during Ramblers' first 30 boats carrying approximately 150 Heaviest Inedible Fish: 65kg cow round 1 -3 defeat at the hands of Robber Chanties with defender Egbert anglers will participate in the event. shark - A '!bpf (Germany) and Best Hoff coming to the assistance of goalkeeper Peter Schweitzer. Persons wishing to participate can Skipper: Heinz GOthje.

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" ------BYDAVESALMON------WITH THE METROPOLITAN Life Super Championships looming, committe hearing will decide the out­ several teams in the NNSL Super League last weekend made use of come of the match but at the time Chelsea were leading 1 - O. league encounters to prepare for the end ofNovember tournament. With only four teams with arealistic Ironically, Young Ones meet African The full results from last weekend chance of winning the league cham­ Stars in the first round ofthe tourna­ were; Black Africa 3 -Chief Santos 1, pionships, the other teams in the ment on November 21. Benfica 3 -Blue Waters 0, Chelsea 4- league have only the Metropolitan left Another team that must have Explorer Eleven 0, Eleven Arrows 3 - to gain some glory in the 1987 season. boosted their confidence significantly Life Fighters 1, Hungry 1 - African Apart from Black Africa, who with was Benfica who defeated the JPS Stars 0, Orlando Pirates 1 - Sorento two good victories against Chief San­ finalists Blue Waters 3 - O. Bucs 0, Young Ones 2 - African Stars tos and Orlando Pirates are now the The only blemish on last weekend's 0, Chelsea 1 - Eleven Arrows 0, Life favourites to win the league, some of matches came in Grootfontein where Fighters 2 - Explorer Eleven 2, Blue the teams who have achieved little this Eleven Arrows walked off the field in, Waters 1 - Sorento Bucs 1 and Black season, did their moral the world of protest at a referee's decision. A DC Africa 4 - Orlando Pirates 1. good. None more than Hungry Lions who broke their drought of 24 matches without a league victory, with a well NNSL Super League Log deserved 1-0 victory against a fading African Stars, their only goal coming THE LATEST POSITIONS in the NNSL Super League are as from their skipper Bely Tuahepa. follows under headings "matches played;' "won;' "drawn;' The victory will give the relegation doomed Lions hope for their first­ "lost;' "goals for;' "goals against;' and "points:' round Metropolitan match against Black Africa 23 12 6 5 59 37 30 Benfica. Chelsea 24 12 6 6 44 32 30 Probably the most significant result Eleven Arrows 24 9 10 5 39 31 28 ofthe weekend was Young Ones' con­ Chief Santos 23, 10 8 5 28 21 28 vincing 2 - 0 defeat of the luckl~ss African Stars XI. Two goals from pro­ Tigers 23 8 10 5 37 27 26 lific scorer Harald Olivier showed that Benfica 25 10 6 9 43 35 26 Ones might have been better op­ Explorer Eleven 23 11 4 8 50 54 26 ponents for Black Mrica in the Life Fighters 24 8 8 8 38 38 24 Mainstay Cup, which Stars lost 2 - O. African Stars 22 9 5 8 32 30 23 For the Khomasdal team the victory Orlando' Pirates 29 9 5 11 38 40 23 must have restored some pride after an Young Ones 22 7 8 7 39 37 22 indifferent season and will give the team the needed'boostas they prepare Blue Waters 19 6 6 7 30 30 18 to defend their Metropolitan title they Sorrento Bucs 23 5 5 13 29 38 16 won last year. .~ Hungry Lions 25 1 4 20 28 78 6

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FULL NAME: Isaac Goseb. TEAM: Sorento Bucs. BIRTHPLACE AND DATE: Walvis Bay - 15/9/1959. HEIGHT AND WEIGHT: 1,92m - 65kg. MARRIED: No. EDUCATION: Second year BA at the Academy - matriculated in Khorixas. CAR: None. NICKNAME: Gruzi. PREVIOUS CLUB: Robber Chanties. TEAM SUPPORTED AS A BOY: Orlando Pirates/Stoke City ~-- (England). FOOTBALL HERO OF CHILDHOOD: Gordon Banks/Jaffet Hellao (former Orlando Pirates keeper). _ FAVOURITE CURRENT PLAYER: DawidSnewe ofBlack Africa. MOST MEMORABLE MATCH: 1986 JPS quarter-final against Black Africa. We lost 2 - 1. BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: The defeat against Black Africa in the JPS last year. SUPERSTITIONS: I like to be the nrst on the field. NATIONAL HONOURS: NNSL XI vs Orlando Pirates and Moroka Swallows this season. BLACK AFRICA's energetic striker Lucky Richter rises above Stars' George Gariseb to launch another attack during during CLUB HONOURS: None. the JPS quarter-finals. With three matches left to play in the NNSL Super League, BA are almost certain towin theirthird FAVOURITE OTHER SPORT: Golf and tennis. title of the season with the Metropolitan still to come. FAVOURITE OTHER SPORTS STAR: Ivan Lendl (world number - . one in tennis), and Ian Rush (Juventus and Wales centre-forward). HOBBIES: Reading, music and spending time at the sea. FAVOURITE ACTORS: Pierce Brosnan and Linda Evans. Blaek Afriea in top striking form - FAVOURITE MUSICIANS: Ray Phiri, Jonathan Butler and George Benson. BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER: My younger brother heading for third possihle title Michael. AMBITIONS FOR 1987/88: To help Sorrento Bucs retain their A DEFEAT FOR CHELSEA Even a draw in either match will be ed for First Division football next against either Young Ones or enough to assure BA their third title season. Super league status. ., African Stars in Windhoek this of the season. 'lb date, BA have Bucs have three matches left to play LONG TERM AMBITIONS: Marriage and a happy family. weekend will pav.e the way for dominated the big tournaments win- . but cannot catch third from bottom SUGGESTIONS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF SOCCER IN Black Africa to secure the Grin­ ning both the JPS and Mainstay will Blue Waters who have a backlog of NAMIBIA: I feel phlyers must be educated'so as to have a career drod NNSL Super League relative ease. seven matches or either Young Ones or after their soccer-playing days are over. As far as soccer in Namibia Championship. -. The only other team with a realistic Orlando Pirates whom they trail by is concerned, I feel that the NNSL executive should be more Chelsea, presently second on the log chance of winning the championship four and five points respectively. representative, the standard of coaching should be improved behind BA with an inferior goal is ChiefSantos who like BA have three r The full programrrle for the weekend drastically, as must the standard of refereeing. average, travel to Windhoek for their matches left to play but trail BA by two .. is; last two matches in the campaign and points. However, Santos like Chelsea , SATURDAY: African Stars vs Life ' must win both convincingly to have have a testing time in Windhoek Fighters (13h30 -Katutura), Sorento any chance of pipping BA who have a ahead ofthemthis weekend. ". Bues vs Explorer Eleven (15hOO - match in hand and a far superior goal On Saturday evening -Santos face, Katutura), Black 'Africa vs Benfica average. fifth-placed Tigers at the Windhoek (16h30 - Katutura), Tigers vs Chief With Black Mrica striking form at Stadium and on Sunday will be hard Santos (19h30 - Windhoek Stadiu'in), the right time in the season, they are pressed to take both points from their Young Ones vs Chelsea (21hOO -Win­ Oshiwana oshifimanekwa. Ina mu toola unlikely to let their advantage slip at encounter against Orlando Pirates at dhoek Stadium)'and Blue Waters vs oinima oyo muhe ish oshesh ota shi the Katutura Stadium tomorrow when the Windhoek Stadium. Hungry Lions (16hOO - Kuisebmond they play the unpredictable Benfica. At the bottom of the table, Hungry Stadium Walvis Bay) . , dulika yi kale oyitopifa oyo ya nyika Chelsea play their first match of the Lions travel to Walvis Bay for their last SUNDAY: Young Ones vs Life Fighters weekend against a resurgent Young match of the season against Blue (13h30 - Katutura), African Stars vs oshiponga nedipao. Ones at the Windhoek Stadium tomor­ Waters in the knowledge that even a Chelsea (15hOO - Katutura) B&N row evening and have an even more convincing victory will not keep them Orlando Pirates vs Chief Santos daunting task against African Stars at in the Super League next season while (16h30-Katutura)andBlue Watersvs the Katutura Stadium on Sunday. Sorento Bucs similarly seemed destin- Eleven Arrows (16hOO -Kuisebmond)......

20 Friday November 13 1987 THE NAMIBIAN

THE NNSL Super League is fast draw­ ing to a close with several teams play­ ing their last matches of the season this weekend. Eight league matches will be decided in Windhoek and two in Walvis Bay this weekend but with Black Africa already assured of the tile, most teams will be using the mat­ ches to prepare for the Metropolitan Life Super Championships which kicks-off in Windhoek next weekend.

WHILE lIUNGRY LIONS were recording their first victory in the NNSL Super League last weekend, Black Africa FC of Windhoek all but secured the NNSL Super League title with two.convincingvic­ tories against arch-rivals. Hungry Lions' first victory after 25 take a brave man to bet against BA Walvis Bay, for so long the fore-runners matches, a 1 - 0 defeat of Mainstay winning all three encounters. in the league, a series of drawn mat­ finalists African Stars, has come too For Chelsea to pip BA at the post, ches, ten out of twenty-four, has left late in the season and Lions are still they will have to win their two remain­ them with no chance of taking the doomed to relegation. ing matches against Young Ones and league while ChiefSantos, Tigers and Black Africa on the other hand are Mrican Stars this weekend and hope Benfica have their inconsistency to experiencing their best season ever that BA lose two oftheir last three mat­ blame for their fall down the ladder. and with the JPS Knock-out and ches - an unlikely propect. With the exception ofSorento Bucs, Mainstay Trophies already secure in At the other end of the table, Soren­ the three other newcomers to the their club-house, are well on courSe to to Bucs and Hungry Lions seem set to League at the beginning ofthe season win their first Super League title. make way for two ofthe various First have all fared very well in the top On Saturday they convincingly Division winners, Swapol (CentraD, flight. defeated the then log-leaders Chief Cuca Tops (Far North), Robber Chan- · Explorer Eleven and Life Fighters Santos 3 -1 in Tsumeb and on Sunday ties (North) and Super Stars have nimainedin mid-table for almost trounced Orlando Pirates 4 -1 at the (Westerns). . the entire season while Chief Santos Katutura Stadium. Hungry Lions, with only 6 points for a long period looked like possible .. The four points propelled BA back to from 25 matches, have a solitary match champions. the top ofthe log and with just three left to play, against Blue Waters in matches remaining seem certainto Walvis Bay tomorrow and cannot avoid win the Grindrod League. relegation while Sorento Bucs, with 16 Although level on points with the 1986 points and three matches left, similar.. winners Chelsea, BA have a game in ly seem set for First Division football hand and a far superior goal average. next season. Their three remaining matches are For several other teams in the The ultimate tournament all at home, against Benfica, Blue League, the season has been a case of Waters and Sorento Bucs and it will missed chances. Eleven Arrows of THE ULTIMATE SOCCER tournament ofthe 1987 soccer season, Metropolitan. the Metropolitan Life Super Championships, is scheduled to kick­ The four teams are Swapol (Central - ---"' offin Windhoek on November 21 and22 and the 16teamsin the tour­ - sic), Cuca Tops (Far North), Robber nament will be fighting for the largest purse of the season - Chanties (Northerns) and Super Stars R9000,OO. (Westerns). The draw for the tournament took The sixteen teams in the tourna­ This weekend, the four winners of place at the NNSI;sexecutive meeting ment have been divided into two the various First Division leagues will on Monday, with tournament groups with the two teams that gain be fighting it out on around-robin basis favourites Black Africa receiving a a promotion to the Super League next in Otjiwarongoto determine which two relatively easy first round match season joining the other 14 Super teams gain promotion next season, as against relegation-doomed Sorento League teams in the tournament. well as the right to play in the Bucs. The full first round draw is: Group A: Black Africa us Sorento Bucs, Band N Orlando Pirates us Tigers, Explorer Eleven us qualifier and Life Fighters us qualifier. PLAYER OF THE MONTH Group B: Benfica us Hungry Lions, Chief Santos us Blue Waters, African SOCCER COMPETITION Stars us Young Ones and Eleuen Ar­ rows us Chelsea. With R15 000 in prize money, the Win 5 cases of Castle Lager! tournament .is the richest inNamibia. The winner of the tournament will receive a record R9 000, while the My choice for PLAYER OF THE MONTH is: runners-upwillreceiveR4 OOOandthe two defeated semi-finalists Rl 000 each. The first round matches and the quarter-finals will be played on November 21 and 22 at the Katutura and Windhoek Stadiums with the semi-finals to be played at the Win­ EXCELLED IN (which match): dhoek Stadium on November 28. The final will also be contested at the Windhoek StadiumonNovemhp.r 29. Black Africa will start the tourna­ ment as favourites in view of the· relative ease with which they won the JPS Knock-out and the Mainstay Cup THE WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED ON THE LAST and the fact that they seem almost cer­ tain to win the NNSL Super League. FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH IN THE NAMIBIAN They are the form team at present and should progress to the final from easier A grouping, with a possible NAME: ...... stumbling block in either Tigers or Orlando Pirates. ADDRESS: ...... Group B will undoubtedly be more ...... fiercely contested with Benfica, Chief ...... Santos, African Stars, ElevenArrows and Chelsea all possible finalists. SEND ENTRIES TO: With the Super League now almost completed, the Metropolitan will THE NAMIBIAN herald the end of what has been a long The picture we carried in The NamibIan of tiny Edward Mengeri recently, was and exhausting season. PO BOX 20783 a hit with several readers and showed that the little maestro has a large follow­ WINDHOEK The team with the most staying ing among soccer fans. After his perfect back-heel flick two weeks ago, we this power will therefore in all likelihood 9000 week illustrate the exact way to take a spot kick. Edward is the nephew of Nami­ win the biggest prize in Namibian bian and Black Africa midfielder Dawld Snewe. soccer.