Return of Swapo Leaders Heralds End to War and Start of Election

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Return of Swapo leaders heralds end to war and start of election

OVERJOYED Swapo supporters thronged the vehicle carrying Mr Hage Geingob, Swapo's election director, shortly after the arrival of the Swapo election team at Windhoek Airport yesterday evening. Picture by Adil Bradlow. "WE PROMISE a clean fight, but a helluva fight", said Mr Hage Geingob, who will direct the Swapo Hage Geingob kissed the ground As the group, which included Hidipo machinery from the official starting date of the election campaign on July 1. Speaking at a press in a symbolic gesture when he dis­ Hamutenya, who will head the mo­ conference in Windhoek after the somewhat belated arrival on Namibian soil of Swapo's electoral embarked from the plane; and asked bilisation division of Swapo 's elec­ hierarchy, Mr Geingob committed the Swapo movement to a "clean election campaign". how he felt about being home at last, toral machinery; Lukas Pohamba, who . Swapo's head of foreign liaison and heads administration; Nahas Angula, An estimated 10 000 strong crowd own safety. There had been an inci­ left when the Zambia Airways plane public relations, Theo-Ben Gurirab, registration; Earnest Tjiriange, legal of en thusiastic supporters and dent of shooting earlicr in the day, finally landed, several hours later could only say "great ... it's great". affairs; Festus Naholo,'logistics and wellwishers at Windhoek Airport, and pockets of what appeared to be than scheduled, bringing into the The arrival of the leadership drew Dr Libertine Amadhila, health; en­ most of whom unfortunately missed white vigilantes, were spolled along country top Swapo leaders, many of thousands of people to the Windhoek tered a Windhoe~hoteJ for the press the eventual arrival of the leadership, the main highway from Windhoek's whom were setting foot on Namibian Airport, where an orderly raJJy was conference, mem1'>ers of the staff of airport into town . soil for the first time in 27 to 30 held, marred only by a few minor were at dusk asked to proceed back to continued on page 2 Windhoek in the interests of their Only a fraction of the crowd were years. incidents (see story elsewhere). 2 Monday June 19 1989 THE NAMIBIAN VIGILANTE OPENS FIRE ON SWAPO CONVOY A GUNMAN opened fire on a bus packed with Swapo su pporters on the way to Windhoek airport yesterday. . A bullet pierced the front windscreen, missing the driver of the bus by inches. The United Nations Transition Assistance Group (Untag) are investigating the shooting which took place about 10km from the airport. Bus driver Abraham Hofeni, 35, said the shot was fired from a blue Volkswagen Golf travelling in the oposite direction to the Bailey's Transport bus. "Someone in the bus was shouting at me, so all I saw was that the person who shot was in the back seat. I saw the person's arm. He was holding a revolver," said Mr Hofeni. The bullet shattered the glass, making a hole of about three centimetres wide. It was also reported th.at another bus carrying cheering crowds to the airport to welcome home prominent members of the Swapo leadership was shot at. The incident was not confirmed at the time of going to press. Untag and the chief of Swapol cm, Colonel Jumbo Smit, were also asked to investigate a group of about 12 suspicious-looking whites who were spotted ABRAHAM HOFENI, the driver or the bus pictured above, had a very narrow escape when an just outside Windhoek on the road to the airport. Eye witnesses said the group unidentified white man fired at the vehicle which was taking Swapo supporters to the Windhoek were standing next to cars, whose numberplates were not clearly visible, and Airport for the arrival of Swapo leaders yesterday. The bullet hole can clearly be seen on the some may not have had registration plates at all. photograph above.

of those who had been in exile for so said, so that the Namibians could human rights related issues to que­ He answered curtly to questions continued from page I many years. It was an emotional deliver their verdict on the future ries about a one-party state. Refer­ about the 200 Swapo detainees, say­ homecoming, for all those who re­ they would like to have. The bullet ring to South Africa as a 'multi-party ing they they had been released and the hotel had lined the entrance shout­ turned, as well as for those who have had given way to the ballot box in a dictatorship', Mr Geingob empha­ that June 18 heralded a "new dawn". ing 'viva Swapo'. Also present in the been waiting for so many years - verdict "which we hope will be clear sised that NlI!Ilibia was the last col­ In reply to further questions he said delegation were Johnny ya Otto, who friends, family, supporters and and unequivocal". ony in Africa, and Swapo had learned Swapo would have a 'pragmatic' will head the Windhoek district; well wishers. He could hardly believed The elections, Geingob continued, a lot from other countries. It would economic policy; and that English Richard Kapelwa, who will be in he had arrived in Namibia, Mr Gein­ offered the oppornmity to end the . be up to the people to decide, he would probably be the official lan­ Katima Mulilo; M Kaakungua, who gob said, adding to laughter from the war and open up the way for a peace­ answered. guage initially, but' 'not to the exclu­ will be based in Oshakati with Timo­ press and supporters present that he ful contest to "chart our direction in In answer to further questions he sion of others". Replying to a ques­ thy Hishongwa; and Moses Tjiten­ knew he was back when the saw the the next phase of national recon­ said that Swapo was fighting against tion as to whether Swapo was 'Marx­ dero, who will head the Otjiwarongo South African Police. In the many struction". bantustans, what he referred to as the ist', he said that Swapo was a nation­ division. years of exile, Geingob continued, He reiterated that the struggle was 'grand apartheid', and not against alist movement advocating democ­ The leadership arrival to an abso­ "our love for this great land never not against the DT A, Swanu, or any individual ethnic groups. Civil war racy. lutely packed hotel function room dampened". "The years in exile have other Namibian group, but the sys­ was deadly, tribal wars were ugly, He agreed that the removal of and were soon bombarded with ques­ quadrupled our love and devotion for tem that had oppressed the Namibian and division along tribal lines could Koevoet was an 'absolute prerequi­ tions from the press; some challeng­ our motherland" he said, adding that people for so many years. not be allowed, he said, adding that site' for free and fair elections in ing, others sympathetic. the 'candle of hope' had been burn­ In what he called the 'historic Swapo would fight against the par­ Namibia. Hage Geingob, as the Director of ing in all of them in the long years contest' which lay ahead, Mr Gein­ ties that stood for them. Swapo's election machinery, ad­ away from home. . gob said he hoped that the parties dressed the meeting, and,introduced Mentioning Maharero, Ipumbu and would concentrate on 'fundamental the press to the rest of his directorate. Mandume, Geingob said that~Swapo issues' rather than character assassi­ Takirig a back seat, for the time being, remembered its fallen heroes, and nation and petty in-fighting. If the were Thco-Ben Gurirab, Swapo'smost those who had died fighting with . latter happened then it would' 'mock seasoned diplQmat, and Hidipo guns in their hands. "They wouldn't the sacrifices which had made the Hamulfnya, the well-known and often­ have wanted us to mourn them on a current campaign possible". quoted publicity and information day like today", he said, adding that In conclusion he hoped that the secretary of the movement. their arrival back in Namibia her­ "gains of the lait twenty years will Reaaing a statement to the press, alded a "new dawn of reconciliation, . be crowned with victory". after which he was peppered with peace and independence". At question time, Mr Geingob questions, Geingob spoke on behalf "We have come back in peace" he answered an array of questions from

AS he disembarked from the Zambia Airways plane which brought him home for the first time in almost thirty years of exile, it was an emotionally-charged moment for Sw\po's Director of the election PICTURED above in a contemplative moment shortly after his arrival in Namibia, Swapo's election campaign, Mr Hage Geingob, who knelt down and kissed the director, Hage Geingob. With him, his deputy, Mr Anton Lubowski. ground. THE NAMI.BIAN Monday June 19 1989 3

THOUSANDS ofSwapo supporters turned up at the rally outside the Windhoek Airport yesterday. The crowd was enthusiastic and disciplined, and there was evident disappointment when theY' were asked to return back to Windhoek at dusk for reasons of safety before the plane had landed. EMOTIONAL HOM ING Thousands throng to Windhoek airport to welcome their leaders

POSTERS of Swapo President, Sam Nujoma, were held aloft by BY MARK VERBAAN supporters at the rally yesterday.

POLITICAL affiliations fell by the wayside in the sheer emotion of the return last night of Swapo officials designated to lead the organisation's election campaign. From lOam yesterday morning stood, under orders not to attack, and The presence of another group of people began arriving at 10 Strijdom tolerated the frequent sounds of whites parked on the side of the road 10 SUSPENSION Airport, now known as Windhoek "Down Koevoet Down!" ricochet­ some two kilometres outside Wind­ International Airport. ·ting all around them. hoek on the airport road were re­ THE Administrator General has as a "security measure" suspended By 2pm the crowd had swelled to The Heroes, a Swapo band, broke ported to police officers and UN­ the Issue of identity cards from July 3 up until November 1. This was more than 10000. out into" Sem ou Ii peni yelula epan­ TAG perwnnel. By the time the Swapo announced by a spokesman for the AG, Mr Gerhard Roux, on Friday.· Hundreds of cars lined the road dela, yelula epandala. olya Namibia". leaders drove into the capital, these The Department of Civic Affairs and Manpower would however con­ from The crowd took up the chorus, and whites had left. the alrport tum-<>fI on the Gobabis tinue to Issue identity In cases were these were needed for pension Road to the gate leading to the termi­ Africa came home again. With no security and no protec­ purposes when being employed In the government service, or when nal buildings. While everyone waited, someone tion, the Swapo officials walked into applying for a firearm licence. Thousands of people, dressed in got stabbed in the leg and somebody the Kalahari Sands Hotel to conduct Furthermore Civic Affairs and Manpower would continue to issue du- the blue, red and green colours of else got a revolver taken off him ... their first press conference (see re­ plicates of lost or damaged identity cards. . Swapo, formed a •guard of honour' but the incidents failed to detract port elsewhere in this edition). South African citizens travelling between Namibia and South Africa along this road. from the reason of gathering. would stili be able to use their Identity cards as travel documents but The portrait of President Sam Many whites came out of the closet aliens would have"to use a valid passport, he said . Nujoma was held high. and openly expressed their support ...... The citizenship status of Namiblans would however remain the same The' only people allowed onto the for Swapo, while the groundswell of until after Independence and there would be no Namibian passports " airport premises were diplomats, support was expressed in thousands BELOW: HAGE Geingob until then. journalists with South African-ap­ of faces who had spent six hours and Turning to another subject Mr Roux said that the head of the AG's proved accreditation and passengers 20 years waiting for their people to embraces Mr Dan Tjongarero, office Mr Kobus Bauemelster, Mr Carl von Hirschberg of the SA who could prove they were on a come home. Swapo Vice Chairman, on his Foreign Affairs Department and other senior officials would be leaving flight yesterday afternoon. Among the crowd was Lucas arrival at Windhoek airport for the north today. The presence of the SWA Police Pohamba's son, who was born three yesterday evening. The Swapo The purpose of their visit was to investigate the schools boycott, the was surprisingly low-key, but the months after his father went into execGtive committee were out question of the Angolan refugees who are pouring across the Namibian dozen or so policemen manning the exile. The only time he had seen his in fuU force to greet the returning border and to also visit the reception centres. gate to the airport did so with a fierce father was in a photograph. And now leadership. determination. Local reporters who he was coming home. had forgotten their press cards were Also waiting in the crowd was refused entrance. Prominent human Hidipo Hamutenya's mother, who rights lawyers and activists close to hadn't seen her son in 19 years. those who were returning were not During the wait the crowd were allowed in. kept informed by several speakers of Yesterday w~ a very different scene their role in the elections, and Swapo to April I, when the UN's Marui activist Pierre Roux, a white lawyer, Ahtisaari arrived to a DT A-organi­ told supporters in no uncertain terms sed welcome at the same airport. that intimidation of other political When Mr Ahtisaari arrived there groups would not be tolerated. Mr were ten times as many policemen, Roux also instructed the crowd that all arme~ with batons, quirts and drinking in public, and public drunk­ firearms . eness, would be regarded in a very Yesterday, the only police pres­ poor light by the leadership. ence was a handful guarding the Tension mounted during the rally entrance to the airport - each with a when one of the speakers pointed out revolver on the hip, but nothing else. that a bus had been shot at on its way Their duty was to check the names of to the airport. occupants of incoming cars against The bullet hole in the bus window flight passenger lists. They also had was a frightening testimony to the to keep dozens of story-hungry jour­ fact that the driver missed death by nalists at bay. One has to commend six inches. Those responsible, ac­ the policemen on duty at Windhoek cording to several witnesses, were airport yesterday for their rarely~ seen four white men in a blue Citi Golf capacity for self restraint. There they with no registration plates. 4 Monday June 19 1989 THE NAMIBIAN

SW APO's often-quoted and popular secretary of publicity and Information, Mr Hldlpo Hamutenya, who will head Swapo's mobilisation campaign for the elections. With hat, Nahas Angula, for education, and Festus Naholo, logistics.

Hamushanga gomauyelele nomlshangwa dho Swapo ngoka atseylka nawa Omusamane Hldlpo Hamutenya ngoka ta kala ta wlilke okutaandelltha ewllyoSwapo pethlmbo lye hogololo. A zala egala Omusamane Nahas Angula ngoka e nasha nelongo naFestus Nabolo ngoka enasha nuuloglstlcs.

ABOUT 10000 Swapo supporters attended the rally at Windhoek Airport yesterday to greet the Swapo leadership returning home from many years In exile. Most of those who arrived Included Swapo's electoral machinery, headed by Hage Gelngob. -

Konyala aantu 10000 IIlyo yoSwapo oya II ya gongala pOkapale koondhila ka Venduka okutsakaneka aawillkl ya wo mboka yam we yomuyo ya nlnga nokull oomvula konyala omilongo ndatu mokatl kawo omo mu na ngoka oye ta kala omuwlllki gwehogololo lyoSwapo omusamane Hage Gelngob.

MS Pendukenl Ithana of Swapo Women's Council, pictured with Hldlpo Hamutenya.

Omukplukadhl Pendukenl Ithana amushanga gongundu Yll8kilntu pamwe nom usa mane Hldlpo Hamutenya.

PICTURED at the press conference shortly after their arrival on a Zambia Airways flight yesterday. the plane ,,!as delayed en route· are from left, Dr Libertine Amathila, Dr Ernest Tjlrlange and Mr Timothy Hlshongwa.

Okuza kolumoho Omundohotola Libertine Amathlla ,Omundohotola Ernest Tjlrlange nOmusamane Timothy .J;> •• vu", .. a konlma sho ya II ya heluka mondhlla yoZambla Airways. LEFT: MANY said they would never return but they did • Pictured above Mr Theo Ben Gurlrab, foreign liaison for Swapo, at his arrival for the press conference.

Oyendjl.oya II taya tI Itaya galuka we ndele ngashlngeyl oye ya mpaka omusamane Theo Ben Gurirab ngoka enasha nllnlma ypondje yoSwapo.

PUT YOUR MONEY WERE YOUR MOUTH Dr E Tjirlange, who will be In charge SWAPO Elders Council member, IS:READTHE of legal Issues pertaining to the Mr M Kaakungua, who also arrived NAMIBIAN THE elections. yesterday. COUNTRY'S Ngaashl ethano ta II mu ulike nawa Oshl"o shongundu yaakokele BIGGEST DAILY Omundohotola E Tjlrhinge ngoka yoSwapo Omusamane M ta kala elilepo uuthemba wehogololo. Kaakungua ngoka na ye athlkl ohela. THE NAMIBIAN Monday June 19 1989 5 leis vir'ahnal in The NalBihian Foeus

" DIT is 'n droom wat bewaarheid word. Die stryd was die moeite werd!" . S6 het die Swapose Direkteur van Verkiesings, mnr. Hage Geingob, gistermiddag laat omstreeks 18h20 op die lughawe Windhoek uitgeroep voordat hy neergebuig en die grond van die Namibiese bodem gesoen het. Die fors mm. Geingob was duide­ Swapo-leiers gewag, maar weens die lik diep getref deur die groot histo­ vertraging het meer as driekwart van riese oomblikke toe hy en ander top die skare huiswaarts gekeer. Swapo-leiers in Windhoek gel and Trane van blydskap en soete weer­ heL siens het gisteraand gevloei met die Sommige van hulle, wat die Sekre­ herontrnoeting ns. dekades van tans van Publisiteit en Inligting, mnr. verwydering. Hidipo Hamutanya, en die Sekretaris Gemoedere van Swapo-onder­ van Buitelandse Sake, mnr. Theo­ steuners het vol geskiet toe die pas Ben Gurirab, insluit, was meer as 29 gelande leiers en party-werkers eer­ jaar in ballingskap waar hulle teen biedig op die vliegbaan gaan staan Suid-Afrikaanse kolonialisme 'n het en die vryheidslied "Alert Na­ helde-stryd gevoer het. mibia to Freedom" in die Afrika­ Saam met mnr. Geingob, wat kalklig tradisie gesing heL deurentyd gesteel het, was 190 ander "Ons leiers het geland. yryheid opgewonde Swapo-leiers en werkers kom na OTIS land! " was van die uitroepe DAAR was gisteraand op die lughawe Windhoek geen keer aan geesdrif onder Swapo-ondersteuners toe die agt wat van vandag reeds sal begin om van omstaanders op die balkon van van die top leiers van die Politburo van die bevrydingsbeweging tesame met 190 ander top verkleslngsbeamptes hulle gereed te kry vir die belangrike die ou eindgebou van die lughawe op Namiblese bodem geland het. Op die foto's Is die heilige moment op film vasgele waar die Direkteur van 435-verkiesingsveldtog, wat form­ wat die drama voor huJ oe sien afspeel Verkieslngs van Swapo, mnr. Hage Gelngob, wat die verkiesingsspan sal lei, die gelifde Namible se bodem soen eel op I Julie begin. heL kort nadat hy van die gehuurde vllegtulg van die Zamblese lugdiens afgeklim het. Groot drama het die koms van Buite ver van die menslike drama " Swapo sal die verkiesings wen. die Swapo-Ieiers op die lughawe gekenmerk. Nog berigte more. (Foto: Adit Bradlow). wat hom voor 'n horde verslaggew­ Namibie sal bevry word," het mnr. ers en kamara-manne op die vliegbaan Geingob op die lughawe aan ver­ Volgens hom was Swapo se ge­ Mnr. Nujoma het gese hy is oor­ Namibie sal terugkeer, het mnr. afgespeel het, het honderde Swapo­ slaggewers veTte!. wapende stryd nie tot individuele tuig daarvan dat die mense van Nujoma gese: "Ek is gereed om na ondersteuners in ekstase en groot Die Swapo-leiers het gister van blankes gemik nie, maar teen Preto­ Namibie vir Swapo sal stem in die Namibie terug te gaan sodra my opgewondenheid oorwinnend gesing Luanda ingevlieg na Windhoek. . riase regime se beleid wat swart­ komende verkiesings en dat die or­ kollegas my die teken gee. Dit kan in afwagting van hul leiers. Methul wegtrek op Luanda hetdie mense hul basiese menseregte ont­ ganisasie wye gewildheid geniet. Maar more of aanstaande week wees." Heelwat vasbytcrs het die erge koue President van Swapo, mnr. Sam neem heL Swapo het nodig om twee-derdes Volgens verslaggcwers wat met en donkerte trotseer en het geweier Nujoma, hul afgesien en hul 'n nuwe "Ons doen 'n beroep op die van die stemme op hom te verenig hulle gereis het, het die opgewonde om huiswaarts te keer nadal die vlug Swapo-vlag van blou, rooi en groen Namibiese blankes om in die land te om volle beheer oar die skrywe van Swapo-leiers sjampanje-proppe laat vir meer as drie uur lank vertraag is. oorhandig, asook 'n boodskap van bly en met ons in 'n vrye en onafhan­ 'n konstitusie vir onafhanklikheid te skiel toe die vlienier hulle meedeel Dit was ree~s donker in die omge­ vriendskap aan veral die wittes van klike Namibie te lewe," het mnr. he . dal hulle in die Namibiese lugruim wing van agt uur toe .die Swapo­ Namibie. Nujoma gese. Op 'n vraag of Swapo 'n Marx­ bewceg. onedrsleuner~ hulleiers kon sien en "Swapo van Namibie steck 'n hand Hy het bygevoeg dat die verkies­ isliese organisasie is, het mnr. Nujoma "Dit is wonderlik om terug te wees. toe was daar geen keer aan hul opge­ van vriendskap uit na almal ... Ons ingspan onder mm. Geingob 'n gese Swapo is 'n Namibiese nasion­ Ek voel klein," het 'n opgewonde wondenheid nie. glo daaris plek vir almal van ons, boodskap van vrede, geregtigheid, ale bevrydings- en 'n progressiewe mnr. Hanno Rumpf, gese wat in 1984 Sowat tienduisl!nd Swapo-onder­ ook vir die blankes," het mnr. Nujoma vryheid en gelyke regte vir aile beweging. " Ons is mense van Afrika die land uit is om mililere diensplig steuners het reeds van vroegmiddag aan verslaggewers gese op die lughawe Namibiers, ongeag kleur, ras, status in die eerSle en belangrike plek." te ontduik. Hy was ook op die vlug op die lughawe Windhoek op die van Luanda. of oorsprong, saamgebring hel. Op 'n vraag wannee( hyself na gisler.

SWAPO'het vee I geleer uit die Tobias Hainyeko, Linekela Kalenga ondervinding van ander Afrika­ * Afrika-Iesse goed bekyk en die honderde van ons kamerade, kolonies wat bevry is en sal nie war by Cassinga gesterf hel, beloof weer dieselfde foute begaan nie. ons dat ons ons mense, hul mense, na onafhanklikheid sal lei," hel mnr. Die mense van die land sal Geingob gese. geieentheid gegee word om Hy het bygevoeg dar die terugkeer genoegsame inspraak te he. SWAPO SAL NIE van Swapo-leiers 'n nuwc dagbreek S6 het Swapo se Direkteur van aangekondig het, 'n dagbreek van Verkiesings, mnr. Hage Geingob, versoening, vrede en onafhanklikheid. gisteraand indie hotel Kalahari Sands "Ons het nie gekom om vir vrcde in Windhoek gese toe hy sy eerste van enige een le soebat nie, maar om intemasionale media-konferensie FOUTE HERHAAL ons dee! te doen om 'n einde te bring gehou het. Tientalle verslaggewers aan oorlog en Iyding," hel mnr. en kamera-manne het in die media­ DEUR PIUS DUNAISKI Geingob genoem en beklemtoon dat vertrek van die hOLe! saamgedrom gcwe!d uit macr wees en dar vrye en waar die Swapo-leiers oak een vir afge!ope tyd baie afgevra: 'Gaan ek "Mede-Namibiers, ons liefde vir gevalle helde en he!dinne van ons regverdige verkiesings nie kan pla­ een voorgestel is. • werklik huisloe? Eers toe ek die SA hierdie groot land van ons het nooit rewolusie. HulIc was van die beste asvind in 'n atmosfeer wat gevul is Die atrnosfeer was gisteraand ge­ Polisie sien, het ek vir muyself gese: 'Ja , oor al hicrdie lang en moeisame jare van ons kamerade wat Namibie die met intimidasie nie. laai met blydskap en 'n gevoel van ek is terug tuis!" het 'n opgewonde van balJingskap verflou nie. Inteen­ lig laatsien het. Hullehet al vegtende Volgens hom sal Swapo skoon oorwinning het bruisend onder die en bruisende mnr. Geingob gisteraand deel, soos di e tyd aangestap het, het gesterwe, terwyl hul gewere in hul baklei indie verkiesings, maardit sal leiers van Swapo geheers. veTtel op 'n vraag hoe hy voe! oor sy die afwesigheid ons harte voller laat hande was. 'n "helse geveg wees." Mnr. Geingob het op 'n vraag gese terugkoms. word. Die jare in ballingskap het ons "Hulle het dapper geveg teen 'n Op 'n vraag het hy gese dal geen dit is nie Swapo se bedoeling om Hy het gese die tweede span van liefde en toewyding aan hierdie mooi magtige teenstaander en het groot­ vrye en regverdige verkiesings vol­ mense hul basiese menseregte te Swapo se tuiskoms gister is 'n voor­ land vermenigvuldig. Dis 'n liefde liks oorwin.Dit maak seer om te dink gens Swapo sal kan plaasvind indien ontneem nie. Vogens hom was dit loper van die doodskoot vir die 1()() vir ons vader land en oortuiging in die hoe gelukkig hulle sou wees om ons Koevoet, die gevreesde en omstrede juis die rede waarom hy en ander jaar van kolonialisme wat onderwer­ vermoe van ons mense dat hulle hul vandag hier te sien. Ek is seker hulle polisie-eenheid, nie uit die SWA Swapo-Ieiers uit die land gevlug het ping teweeg gebring het. tx:ndag van koloniale verknegting sou sou ons nie by hierdie ge!eentheid Polisie verwyder word nie. omdat Suid-Afrika hulle van hierdie Mnr. Geingob het gese mense wat bevry, watons lewendigen brandend wou sien treur nie, maar om plegtig Mnr. Geingob het voorts 'n beroep regte beroof het.' 'Dis hoekom ek 27 die aandag wil aftrek, sal graag die gehou het gedurende die lang jare te bel owe dat ons sal toesien dat op alleNamibiers gedoenom saam te jaar gelede die land verlaat het...Ons Namibiese mense wil verte! dat die van ballingskap. bereik word waarvoor hulle gesterf staan en dat aile gevoelens van vyan­ sal deur die mense gelei word." lang afwesigheid (sommige Swapo­ "Vandag het ons teruggekeer op hel. digheid vemietig\ moet word. Die "Dit is goed om tuis te wees ... Ons leiers is tot 30 jaar land uit) hulle die bodem van ons voorvaders, die "Aan sommige beste en mees oorlog met koeels moet vir altyd is gelukkig ... Niemand wil 'n ban­ afgestomp het van hul Namibiese land van Maharero, Ipumbu, Man­ briljante militere bevelvoerders en verruil word vir die stem bus. ne!ing wees nie ... Ek het myself die identite it. dume en Witbooi. Ons onthou die leicrs, soos Greenwell Matongo, 6 Monday June 19 1989 THE NAMIBIAN

FOREIGN NEWS FLASHES

SOWETO: More than a million South African blacks stayed away from work to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the 1976 Soweto uprising in which police shot dead more than 600 people.

PEKING: Hardline Qiao Shi, who is said to be chief of China's security apparatus, emerged as a front-runner to succeed ousted re­ formistZhao Ziyang as Communist Party Leader. The party newspaper People's Daily featured Qiao in its main report and gave prominence to his picture. '

JOHANNESBURG: A United Democratic Front delegation is to meet US President George Bush on June 29-30 to brief him on the South African situation. The team includes UDF officebearers Mrs Albertina Sisulu, Curnick Ndlovu, Azhar Catchalia, Titus Mofolo and Sister Bernard Ncube.

HONG KONG: Defiant political activists in Hong Kong unveiled a •' Goddess of Democracy" statue, a replica of the one crushed by tanks in Peking during the bloody suppression of student-led protests. Lead­ ers of the colony's vocal pro-democracy movement, the Hong Kong Alliance, shrugged of suggestions that they risked antagonising China's LONRHO Zimbabwe's executive director, Herbert Munangatire, Samora Machel before his death. hardline leaders. is visiting Windhoek for a "purely exploratory" look at investment Asked if Lomho has its eyes on prospects in Namibia. any specific mining operations here, Mr Munangatire responded: "We are HONOLULU: FonnerPhillipinespresidentFerdinand Marcos under­ Lomho, a controversial British had been unwilling to make before. mainly gold miners, withsomeplati­ went an emergency operation to stop bleeding from a gastric ulcer and multinational with deep roots in Candidly, he said, most potential num interests, and we've never worked is in a critical condition. Marcos, 71, already suffering from kidney, Southern Africa, has subsidiaries investors would wait to see what in diamonds. We're looking more at lung and heart failure, was said to be conscious but not fully alert. operating in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Zaire, economic policy will be adopted in agriculture, ranching and secondary Malawi, Mauritius, Tanzania, Kenya ,Namibia, so clarity in this area would industry. " JERUSALEM: Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian youth during and Botswana - among other coun­ be vital early on. He is aware that most Namibian clashes in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. Merchants closed "Namibia's friends hope that its tries. parties want a future government to their shops after the shooting and residents said Nablus was very tense. Asked whether he had talked to leaders of tomorrow will look closely develop the industrial sector. "If our at the early post-independelJce expe­ Swapo's leadership or that of any of people felt it is an area to go into, we LIMA: Peru's powerful mineworkers' federation called an indefinite the other parties about investing here, riences of countries like Zimbabwe will do a through feasibility study. Mr Munangatire said, "Not yet. I in order to avoid making the same My presence now is the first step." national strike. Leaders of the 70 ODD-member federation said the have become acquainted with sev­ mistakes as we did," Mr Munan­ strike, aimed mainly to support wider collective wage bargaining eral Swapo leaden; who visited Harare, gatire said. LOOKING AT CAPRIVI rights, would probably start on August 14, but could be moved forward. and will try to see them in the coming ! week." MINING, INDUSTRY, Asked whether Lonrho's interest MANAGUA: Nicaragua is making visas obligatory for American visi­ '- He was active in opposition to Ian FARMING in sugar plantations in Caprivi had tors from July 1 to "prevent US officials from abusing the country's Smith's regime and spent three years not gone beyond the merely explora­ hospitality," President Daniel Ortega said. in detention in the old Rhodesia, he He rejected the assumption that tory, the Lomho executive said, "No. said. Lomho's main field of investment is We are still finding out about pros­ BUDAPEST: Thousands of Hungarians packed into black-draped He­ Mr Munangatire asserted that he in the primary sectors of mining and pects before committing ourselves. roes' Square in Hungary's capital city to pay an emotional tribute to was very impressed with Namibia's agriculture: "Lomho is a major tex­ We already have sugarplantarions in Imre Nagy, who led the country during the 1956 uprising and was infrastructure, which he described as tile producer in Zimbabwe, Botswana Malawi, Mauritius and Swaziland." executed for treason two years later. "one of the finest in Africa." and Malawi. Major corporate investment in "We also invest in vehicle assem­ plantation-type agriculture has in CALL FOR A CODE bly - 80% of Zimbabwe's buses are Southern Africa notoriously led to LONDON: Britain's annual inflation rate rose to 8,3% last month, Lomho products, with up to 70% local peasant farmers being dispos­ almost double what it was a year ago and higher than in the past seven "I have faith in Swapo and the local content - and we hold fran­ sessed and reduced to labourers on years, according to official figures issued on Friday. ' other parties," he declared. chises for motor vehicles and trac­ their own land. Is this not a danger if "I believe that after the elections tors in Zambia, Malawi, Kenya, Lomho goes ahead in the Caprivi? ' Namibia's new rulers will rapidly Uganda and Nigeria," he enumer­ "No, we try to support an econ­ evolve an investors' code like the ated. omy which increases opportunity for one recently announced by Zim­ In Zimbabwe the group's major small producers," Mr Munangatire babwe." concern is mining, but it also runs said, "as we have in Mauritius and If independent Namibia's govern­ huge beef ranches with between 60 Malawi, where certain land is set ment publishes such a code, Mr ()()() and 70 ()()() head of cattle, of aside for small producers and the Munangatire considers, "the climate which more than 10 ()()() are slaugh­ schemes are run jointly with the of investment here will immediately tered each year. Its estates also pro­ government.' • be favourable." . duce pork, eggs and chicken, wheat, He outlined a system whereby small The Zimbabwe code he referred to seed and dairy products. producers' cane is collected and was announced recently by President It is the only foreign investor in processed by the corporation at its Mugabe's government. It provides large-scale agriculture in Mozam­ mill, with a percentage of the crop guarantees - against nationalisation, bique, where it became involved in taken in payment. certain types of regulation and other wheat, citrus and vegetable produc­ . The sugar so produced is marketed s'tate intervention - to foreign inves­ tion in partnership with government together with Lomho's product, he tors in Zimbawe that the government on the invitation of Frelimo leader said. Joe Clark on SA and Swapo detainees THE Secretary of State for External Affairs in Canada, Mr Joe Clark, has welcomed the long awaited start on June 12 in repatriating thousands of Namibian refugees. He also called for further progress on the related issue of freedom for hundreds of Namibian political detainees. Both questions were discussed by enable these longstanding victims of release all detainees. his officials with the Swapo Infor­ the SA occupation of Namibia to So far, the statement added, Swapo mation Secretl\fY, Mr Hidipo Ha­ return home, some after an absence had publicly presented about 200 mutenya, who also met with Mr Walter of up to 30 years. It will be important persons, "some of whom have been McLean, MP, the Government's to ensure that the concerns about positively identified as released de­ Special Representative for Southern intimidation held by the returnees tainees". South Africa has granted THE CAST of the popular TV series, L A Law. Africa and Commonwealth Affairs. and other Namibians be effectively international access to - but not yet "All friends of Namibia are en­ addressed, Mr Clark said . released - its detainees, and others couraged by recent progress towards The statement added that about still remain unaccounted for. TV TONIGHT! conditions in which free and fair 280 political detainees believed to be Can'ada added that it "calls on elections can be held. But we cannot held by the SA Administration in both South Africa and Swapo to build 17hS8: Programme schedule 19h30: CuI de Sac rest until all Namibians are able to Namibia and by Swapo in Angola upon the steps already taken and see 18hOO: Weet jy nie 20hOO: Suidwes-Nuus exercise their democratic ' rights, and Zambia were to be released in the process through, considering that 18hOS: Fraidy cat 20h20: Ford: M~n and Machine including those who suffered exile or early June under the UN Plan. Can­ complete settlement of this issue to 18hlS: Educatioanl 21h09: L A Law imprisonment for their beliefs" said ada - joined by Australia, New Zeal­ the satisfaction of the United Nations programmes 22hOO: N~ws/Weather L Mr Clark. and and Norway - initiated a series of would substantially strengthen 18h40: The Famous Five 22h20: Sport Canada has provided $2 million of diplomatic representations in late May Namibia's transition to independ­ 19hOS: Alf 22hSO: Dagsluiting the over $40 million global budget to urging South Africa and Swapo to ence". THE NAMIBIAN Monday June 19 1989 7

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FORMER NNSL Super League champs, Chelsea, were held to a 2- sparkle from both sides, as they started Paceman's 2 draw by newly-founded Tsumeb outfit Monaco during a poorly to launch missiles at each other's attended NNSL First Division league clash at the Nomtsoub Sta­ woodwork. dium at Tsumeb yesterday. Monaco, spearheaded by Safari Naibeb. played with more compo­ The teams were one all at half sure than their more experienced time. BY CONRAD ANGULA opponents, but over-hastiness and baptism Chelsea, looking for a come-back poor finishing nearly cost them the to the Super League next season, game. never looked like former champions placed shot in the 25th minute of an The second stanza, however, saw a during the ftrst period and were to­ exciting first half. resurgent Chelsea as the two-times of fire tally outclassed by their inexperi­ Chelsea, inspired by Pepsi African Mainstay Cup fmalists (both times enced but tallented opponents. Stars' top scorer oflast season Boeta runners-up to Black Africa) started . Monaco, a newly-founded team 'Top Score' Mungunda, started to to play with more flair and method. MIDDLESEX fast bowler Angus Fraser was yesterday named in managed by former Chief Santos and play with more confidence and Festus 'Zulu' Kashala, another England's squad for next week's second test against Australia at national centre forward, Lazarus composure and equalised in the 35th youngster with a very bright future if Lords. Augumeb (known as Selle to the minute through Stars' Bernhard groomed in the right way, put Mon­ The Wltried 23-year-old joins fellow pacemen Graham Dilley and Paul Namibian soccer public) were the Newman's younger brother, Cecil aco ahead for the second time with an Jarvis in a 13 man squad shaken-up by selectors after England's 21 O-run first first to score through their devastat­ Newman, with a thunderous bullet well-taken, opportunistic goal in the test defeat at Headingly. ing left winger, China Uutoni, who that gave Monaco's keeper Dennis 72th minute, as he capitalised from a Selectors' chairman Ted Dexter said: "Fraser's knowledge of conditions on gave the Chelsea's goalie Tsan-Tsan Rheuter no chance at all. defensive blunder by Chelsea right his home groWld was a factor in his selection." Tsandib no chance with a lowly- The goal resulted in an increase in back Bakasi Francis, the latter mis­ First test failures Phillip De Freitas, Derek Pringle and Phil Newport are all calculating a defense-beating cross missing from the party which is without a recognised all-roWlder. from right-winger David, allowing David Capel was widely tipped to return but he had to pull out of Northamp ­ the Monaco striker to I1lSh in and slot tonshire's match against Australia yesterday with a rib problem. home from close range. Of the four-pronged pace attack hit for 830 runs in the first test, only Neil TSEBE BROTHERS Chelsea, realising that their dream Foster remains, although Newport had already withdrawn from contention of a come-back to the Super League with Achilles tendon trouble. Fraser, 1,95 metres tall and powerfully built, was at stake, make a very wise sub­ sprang to prominence last season by capturing 80 first class wickets at less than RUNAWAY stitution when they put on Manfred 20 runs apiece. for Richard. He has continued in the same vein this summer, four of this 37 wickets Manfred added the needed spark coming during a long and sustained spell of hostile bowling for Middlesex VICTORY to Chelsea's attack and set up the against the Australians three weeks ago. equaliser for Boeta, who had no dif­ England's hopes of squaring the six-test series will have been boosted by the DA VID and Rammy Tsebe or the Impala club in Rustenberg have ficulty in cooly tipping the ball into return of Dilley, their premier strike bowler who missed the one-day series and the empty net at the closing stages of the first test after a knee operation. become South Africa's most famous running brothers. the second half. On Saturday they finished first and second In the Phosphate Maize Chelsea, inspired by Boeta's late Power Half Marathon at Phalaborwa from a record, elite field of nearly goal, pinned the exhausted Monaco 1000 runners. . lads down in their half. Boeta. who Gower ready David, the younger brother, won in 1 hour 2 minutes and 6 seconds after had a good game for Chelsea, missed breaking away at the halfway stage, with Rammy 24 seconds behind, a possible winner only two minutes followed by Solomon Namanyane of President Brand In 1:02:,31. from time as his thunderous shot The pace was a fierce one throughout with the first five finishing in went too high. to play under 63 minutes.

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'Super Brat' IV.AN LENDL won the rast grass-court title of his illustrious career when he overcame South African Christo Van Rensburg 4-66-36-4 in a tough final at Queens Club, London yesterday. The world number one picked up J. cheque for 54 ()()() dollars for winning the London grass court event, tipping his beats Connors career earnings to more than 14 million :iollars - the most earned by a male tennis player ever. But the Czech, using Queens as a warm up for Wimbledon which starts on June 26, had to work hard for his prize on a sun-baked afternoon. JOHN McEnroe beat his old adversary, Jimmy Connors, towin the "I felt it was an uphill battle today," Lendle said after one hour 55 minutes on court. "When it was looking like I Scottish Grasscourt Tennis Championship on Sunday after almost could run away with it, he hit some unbelievable shots again, but his serve let him down in the end." being thrown out of the final for unleashing one of his famous Eighth seeded van Rensburg, a grass court specialist who is ranked 35th in the world, saved one matchpoint at 5-3 tantrums. . . in the third set but Lendl, helped by an ace, reached 40-15 in the nex t game and the South African then put a backhand TIle volatile, but supposedly reformed American forfeited a game in the out. second set for hurling a four-letter obscenity at Scottish umpire John Frame Lendl, who accepted a wild card for Queens after unexpectedly going out in the fourth round at the French open,. has after being deducted a point for racket abuse. won seven grand slam titles but never Wimbledon, and said the victory had raised his hopes for next week. Under tournament rules, one more indiscretion would have resulted in "I never had any reason to be as confident as this year, in terms of play," he said. "The whole week has been a great McEnroe's disqualification. confidence boost." But he recovered his composure to compile a 7-6 7-6 win over his fellow­ Van Rensburg started in superb fashion, breaking Lendl's openeing serve and holding his own first service to love Amencan in a hard fought battle between two former Wimbledon champions. before his opponent could settle into his stride. The flare-up occurred in the fifth game of the second set when McEnroe was Though Lendl broke him to level at 4-4, van Rensburg used his accurate serice returns and passing shots to break warned for tossing his racket in the air after Connors had gone 30-0 ahead. straight back and then held serve to take the set The three times Wimbledon champion uttered a profanity and had a point Lend}, who has now won 79 singles titles, fended off three breakpoints at the start of the second sel. deducted by Frame. McEnroe then directed a remark to the umpire who The set continued with serve until the eighth game when Lendl raced across court to pick up a heavily angled ball and immediately awarded the game to Connors. hit a forehand winner to break-van Rensburg and go 5-3 up. With the threat of disqualification looming over him, McEnroe returned to After holding serve to level at one set all, Lendl won the crucial break of the deciding set when van Rensburg, clearly let his tennis do the talking. tiring, hit two double faults on his way to being broken in the seventh game. Having won the first set tie breaker 7-2, he clinched the match 7-4 in thc As van Rensburg' s serve - usually one of his best weapons - continued to let him dow~Lendl sharpened up his own second set after deciding to maintain hi s impressive recent record of not service, reaching his second match point with an ace, one of three he struck in the final set. dropping a set in nine successive victories on British grass in the last two " He was volleying well on the big points today and if he can do that at Wimbledon he is going to be a big danger," weeks. said van Rensburg who had lost to Lendl twice before, both time~ on hard courts.