* TODAY: 'THE MANGO Bringing Africa South Vol.2 No.4n R1.00 (GST Inc.) Wednesday December 181991 -Net arrives Could be on line from tomorrow Substantial damages The temporary licence was MBATJIUA NGAVIRUE Windhoek will be fully cov- TORRENTIAL rains lashed the capital late yester- approved by the Minister of ered by M-Net transmissions day afternoon, with more than SOmm of rain re- Information and Broadcasting TOP CLASS, television entertainment could hit when broadcasting starts. corded in some areas of Wind...... k. under Section 7 of the Radio The only areas that will not ~ Windhoek as early as the end of this week following Act (No 3 1952) as amended receive the signal are suburbs Damage from the downpour, which saw Windhoek the announcement yesterday that M-Net has been by the Nanubian Broadcasting in the southwest and southeast cloaked in darkness as the rains pelted down, is ex- granted a temporary broadcast licence in Namibia. Act of 1991. M-Net's licence such as Pioneerspark, Acade- pected to run into thousands ofRands although there was issued by the Postmaster mia, Olympia and SuideIhof. was no exact estimate at the time of going to press. Rwnours that the pay-tele­ that it could be as soon as this General following consultation Edwards added that M-Net According to the Fire Brigade and the NBC damage vision bad been granted a li­ Thursday - tomorrow. between the Minister and the is only waiting for additional to property was substantial. cence started circulating early The Minister stated, how­ NBC. parts needed to upgrade the At least one car was swept away as the Gammans yesterday but were only con­ ever, that no subscription will , While the licence will be transmission antannae before River came down in a flood. finned later in the day by be payable for the service be­ valid for six months it can be it can widen the service. Pionierspark was especially hard hit by the down- Minister of Information and fore January 11992. renewed subject to the provi­ These could arrive as early Broadcasting Hidipo Ha­ An M-Net spokesperson later sions of the Namibian Com­ as March or April and the pay- Continued on page 2 mutenya. explained that no subscriptions munication Act which is cur­ TV channel hopes to be broad- ~~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~ Hamutenya told Nampa, in would be charged for Decem­ rently before the National casting to 90 per cent of Wind- an exclusive interview, that M­ ber as M-Net regards this as a Assembly as a bill. hoek residents in the first half Net bad been granted a tempo­ preliminary test phase during The General Manager Sub­ of next year. rary six month licence to broad­ which they will be fine-tuning scription Services, Paul Ed­ TV fans in other parts of the cast a paid TV Service cover­ their transmission. wards, yesterday told The country willbave to wait much ing the Windhoek area. Hamutenya added that view­ Namibian that M-Net's trans­ longer. Edwards said they wwld " Working in co-operation ers wi!hout decoders wouldnev­ mitter will initially only cover only be able to cons~der brc:;ad­ with the NBC and the Post ertheless be able to view M­ 60 per cent of Windhoek. casting to other parts of the Office, M-Net has established Net during open time which The reason is that M-Net country -once this has been the infrastructure to carry out will fall between 17hOO and will initially be sharing a lim­ approved by the new Commu­ the broadcasting of the serv­ 19hOO. ited coverage directional an­ nications Commission to be ice, " Hamutenya said. "M-Net hopes to provide tennae with the NBC. set up under the new Act. Although neither Hamutenya, good ,Christmas cheer for as Contrary to earlier reports, M-Net transmissions in nor M-Net, has so far indi­ many viewers as possible dur­ Katutura and Khomasdal, as Windhoek will show exactly cated when the service will ing the festive season," Ha­ well as Eros WindhoekNorth. Continued on page 2 start, it is reliably understood mutenya said. Windhoek West and Klein The MANGO connection ZAMBIANS at the Kazoo­ gula border post on the Zambezi River with Na­ mibia have struck 'gold' by smuggting mangoes into Namibia in exchange for the rand. The Government-owned Times of Zambia reported on Thesday that smugglers from Zambia's tourist capital, Liv­ ingstone, are making a lucra­ tive business by ferrying man­ goes to Namibia where each BEFORE THE RAINS! .;. Youngsters enjoy some holi­ mango fetches Rl. UP IN ARMS ... Horse Shoe Market Action Committee members in the thick of a rent The Zambians, most of them day 'fun in the sun', before heavy rains struck in dispute, in front,from left: Simon Haupumbu, Fox Malulu and JosephShilikomuenjo, Windhoek yesterday. Christmas is coming up fast with while a colleague looks on. Continued on page 2 only one weel{ to go. Rent 'war' at Katutura market LEASEHOLDERS at as they seemed to want to take any more. We voted this gov­ GROOTFONTEIN - The atmosphere at Tsumeb is said to be WILLIAM HEUVA Katutura's Horse Shoe away the bread of those who ernment in power in order to tense and Suspicions are running high following the death of seven people admitted to hospital on Sunday after drinking Market are up in arms with are trying to make ends meet. alleviate our deplorable situ­ Malulu said the Ministry had - , She said the present situ­ ation," she stressed. •tombo' (home brew) at a farm, Brisbane, a few kilometres from the Ministry of Local Tsumeb. The Superintendent of the Tsumeb State Hospital, Government and Housing now rented the place to some­ ation was creating "war" be­ The Horse Shoe Market was body else - without giving them tween them and those charg­ built by the Ministry of Local Peter De Koning, said that a further three patients who were in over an alleged breach of proper notice - and that they ing them an amount they could Government and Housing with a critical condition had been transferred to the Windhoek State contract and unfair treat­ were going to be charged R75 not afford. financial assistance from the Hospital. The Superintendent said that although the cause of the ment. a month from December. Malulu appealed to the FNDC. People using the fa­ deaths was not yet known it was suspected that the home brew Spokesperson for the Mar­ Malulu, on behalf of the Ministry of Local Government cilities to sell their articles and was poisoned. ket Committee, Fox Malulu, committee, wanted to hear from and Housing to intervene be­ food are required to pay a deposit He added that postmortems were being carried out to help with told The Namibian they were the Government and the First fore the situation became ofR42, plus R25 a month extra investigations. A police spok7sperson said a team of police being charged a higher amount National Development Corpo­ •• explosive' '. for those using water-and elec- officers was already in the area investigating the incident. than that agreed on when the ration (FNDC) whetherunem­ "We have suffered enough He said the names of the deceased would not be made known the contract was signed. ployment was not high enough, and are not prepared to suffer Continued on page 2 until their next of kin had been informed. .. 2 Wed~e~day D<9CerT}ber 18 1991 • THE tlAMIBIAN . ... , Jpour• 'Reports from President defends HerrigeJ are~ i spoke of flood t nidtions . Damagenpm-tr induded PRESIDENT Sam Nujoma even a member of Swapo. L--.. _.- yesterday sprang to the defence STAFF REPORTER Comrades Kukuri, VVentworth a roof blowing off a house and Shivute held important THE PRESIDENT'S Christ­ of Finance Minister, Or Otto in Hochland Park, several Herrigel, in the wake of nega­ national but also international He wished also to make it portfolios but were also not mas visit to Terrace and Torra vehicles being damaged, business community interested clear that Herrigel did not lack members of the Central Com­ Bay will not mean that other tive reports in certain sections and numerous trees and of the media. in investing in Namibia, " the support in Swapo. Representa­ mittee. holidaymakers are banned from President .said in a press re­ tives from two constituencies •'The critics should recog­ billboards being blown the coastal resorts, Referring to speculation as lease. had put forward Henigel's name nise that Swapo is broad-· down. Permanent Secretary for to why Dr Herrigel had not contested a seat on Swapo's Much of the Minister's suc­ for elections, and "any rumours ·minded,. and committed to Telephone services in VVildlife, Conservation and cess in the past 21 monIbs could that he was rejected are there­ national reconstruction - we Olympia and elsewhere in Tourism Hanno Rumpf stressed Central Committee, the Presi­ dent said it was in the interests be attributed to him being see fore completely without any don't reject people just because the capital were disrupted, yesterday that a report in a as a "professional, apolitical basis". German daily claiming that the of the country that the Minis­ they are not members or elected and electric power cuts ter of Finance should be seen appointee", the President said, Swapo, he added, was com­ Central Committee members popular resorts would be no­ were experienced around adding that he felt that Herrigel's mitted to excellence and would go for the public for the dura­ as apolitical. of Swapo, " he said. the country. position as Minister of Finance, appoint people on the basis of tion of President Nujoma's visit ".