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Bringing.Africa South Wednesday May 17 ROSSI G STRI

BY CHRIS SHIPANGA

ALMOST THE ENTIRE work force at the Rossing Uranium Mine of Arandis is to start an indefinite strike as from Thursday, following a "negative response," from management as regard the recent dismissal of a union shop steward. Out of a total work: force of 2 500 further feel that even if it was the the circumstances, MUN feels that it workers. about I 600 members of the case, then management erred to use is its "right to protect its members Minework:ers Union of Namibia the disciplinary code against the against-victimisation.' , (MUN), have decided on the strike worker. The correct procedure would However, Rossing Public Relations action as a means of demonstrating Officer, Mr Chari Bester, said that their total dissatisfaction at what they the employment contract of Mr termed management's refusal to re­ Lawrence was terminated in accor­ consider the termination . of shop BOYCOTT dance with his conditions of employ­ steward, Mr Johan Lawrence's em­ ment by giving due notice, after fol­ ployment at the mine: STUDENTS at Okakarara lowing the normal disciplinary pro­ MUN President,Mr Asser Kapere, Secondary School have boycotted cedures adopted by Rossing. told The Namibian . last night that classes In support of a teacher "His dismissal was in no way re­ workers gave management five days who was dismissed, supposedly lated to his activities as a shop stew­ in which to re-consider the matter, for not speaking fluent AfrIkaans. ard. and that workers' next step would Sources at the school say two "Rossing views the relationship solely depend on the outcome of black teachers were sacked by with the MUN as important to sound such re-consideration. the white principal. One has since industrial relations and confirms that He confirmed that a meetmg held been reinstated. there has not been, and will be, no by MUN representatives and man­ Students and parents are due to victirnisation of shop stewards or agement ended in deadlock, and that meet today to discuss the Issue. union officials for performing their workers were therefore left with no The sources say the Engllsh­ role as defmed by our recognition other option than to take strike ac­ speaking teachers were d~mlssed agreement. ' , tion. because they found It hard to ~ Tne '§pokesman conciuaed: 'The Explaining the background to the understand the principal's union has declared a dispute with matter, Mr Kapere saidMr Lawrence assembly addresses, which were Rossing demanding the re-instate­ was dissmissed for carrying out his given In Afrikaans. ment of Mr Lawrence, and the com­ duties as a MUN shop steward. It Is said that previously, a white pany will observe the requirements "We feel that if management starts teacher at the school had a similar of the dispute procedure determi.'1ed with victimisation of oUr shop stew­ language problem but she was by its agreement with the MUN. " ards, and terminates the employment not dismissed. The planned industrial action by of one, then this could only lead to Rossing workers will be the firts in thedissmissalofothers," Mr Kapere have been to raise the issue with the about ten years. Last year, the entire NOT A COMMON sight In Windhoek streets -police pictured by Dave said. MUN." MUN work force at the mine joined Salmon bundling a middle-aged German resident Into the back of a "Management claims' that the He added that it appeared as if it into the country-wide stay away called van, while she struggles to free herself. Onlookers were told she was worker insulted the mine manage­ was the company's attitude to claim by the National Union of Namibian behaving 'strangely' and that ambulance driverS tried simultaneously ment, but we feel he was merely the "right to terminate the employ­ Workers (NUNW) in solidarity with to give her an Injection for' Aids'. Full story on page 3. acting on behalf of the MUN. We ment of any worker' , but then, under Namibian students. After security forces confined to base FEARS FOR 'TEENAGER SHOT DEAD'

SOUTH AFRICAN security force members - supposedly confined to base under the re-vamped independence plan - have allegedly RETURNEES'SAFETY shot dead a teenager in northern Namibia. Members of the South African Casspirs opened fire at the two boys BY PIUS DUNAISKI security forces were, in terms of the without any warning and Joseph was agreement, suppossed to have been is the safety of returnees, fearing fatally wounded," reported Mr And- THE ADMINISTRATOR GENERAL, Mr Louis Pienaar, has been confmed to their bases at 06hOO on jamba. . intimidation by certain groups. snubbed by the Swapo committee for returnees which has turned Saturday, but to the shock of resi­ They will especially point out the He said the police later removed down an invitation to meet with the South African governor. dents in northern N aniibia, several the body of the dead boy from the presence of Koevoet and alleged This was yesterday confirmed by the AG to accompany the returnees members of the South African armed scene and the parents, Mr Leonardo fanatical DTA supporters which will spokesman for the UN Special Rep­ group on their fact-finding tour of forces were s.till seen freely "roam­ be identified by the advance group at Nenghama and wife Lucretia Kambo,. resentative for Namibia, Mr Cedric the country. ing around" later. were still unaware of the whereabouts their meeting with Mr Ahtisaari to­ Thornberry, who added that the group According to reports, the advance Ombalantu senior headman, Mr of their child's body. day, The Namibian has been reliably was due to meet with Mr Martti group met with representatives of the Johannes Andjamba, yesterday con­ informed. When approached for confrrma­ Ahtisaari at lOhOO at Untag head­ church who will assist them with the firmed that 16-year-old Joseph Le­ tion, a police spokesman in Wind­ The presence of the curfew and the quarter today. repatriation of 50000 returnees. The onardo Nenghama was fatally hoek said his office could no longer movements at night by the returnees "They don't want to see him (Mr first refugees were due to return next . wounded whenmembersofthesecu­ will also be discussed. comment on reports from northern Pienaar), " said senior UN spokes­ Monday but no one is sure whether rity forces -'believed to be Koevoet­ Namibia. It is understood that the returnees man, Mr Cedric Thornberry. this will still apply because the Joint opened fire on the boy on Sunday. Warrant Officer Leon Rust, from want Untag to guarantee their safety This comes after Mr Pienaar per­ Military Monitoring Commission Mr Andjamba said the incident the SWAPOL's Public .Relations at night. sonally invited the group for a cour­ (JMMC) has not yet come toa deci­ ocurred when the boy and his younger . Office, said only the office of the According to information, mem­ tessy visit. According to Mr sionas to whether Resolution 435 is brother, Petrus, were cycling on a South African governor, Mr Louis bers of the RRR Committee of the Thornberry, the group, which returned set to continue. road near Omahenene towards Rua­ Pienaar, could comment on a matter Council of Churches will also be to Windhoek having visited the north The meeting was adjorned early cana. like this. present at today's discussions when of the country, asked an official from yesterday morning after a marathon The headman said the incident took AG spokesman, Mr Gerhard Roux, problems of the repatriation process the Department of Civic Affairs and session on Monday to give all parties place at around 15hOO, adding that it will be discussed. who sounded baffled at the report, Manpower, Mr Allan Hattle, to come a chance to report back to their re­ was .. surely a miracle" that the Sources in the north say the ad­ wanted to know why' 'security force to the meeting with Mr Ahtisaari spective governments. younger boy was not hit during the vance group visited SADF bases and members in eight Casspirs would instead of the Administrator Oen­ According to an Untag spokeman, attack. expressed a belief that the South open fire on two teenagers". eral. the returnees group wants to discuss "There were a total of eight Koevoet African forces were in fact with­ He, however, promissed to look Mr HattIe is well mown in govern­ problems they came across during Casspirs driving towards Ruacana. into the matter, but had come back at drawing. ment circles and was appointed by their fact fmding mission. One issue Several Koevoet members from the the time of our going to press. co - - 2 Wednesday May 17 1989 THE NAMIBIAN

- , ..- LAC PLANS FOR AN 'IDEAL' VOTERS, LAW

Published today is Part U of a legal counsel if they wish. for objection to the registration in helping to produce a more fair and destroyed or somehow rendered il­ 28-page document of "It should be explicitly stated that full. It must include the objector's accurate register of voters. legible. The registration officer has submissions made by the Legal applicants may engage the· assistance .name, residential address, employ­ "The objector should not be held the discretion to consider the appli­ Assistance Centre to the UN's of legal counsel in preparing and ment or postal address, and the number responsible for this burdensome catioo for a replacement card to enable Martti Ahtisaari and governor ,presenting evidence on appeal, while of his own voter registration card. procedure which might discourage him to arrive at a decision in the making it clear that this is not re­ The notice of objection must also be persons from filing objections," the matter. Louis Pienaar concerning the quired." accompanied by sworn statements, Centre said. There is no provision for appeal if Draft Proclamation of Voters. or certified copies of documents which The LAC was of the opinion that a registration officer denies an appli­ REGISTER OF support the grounds for objection. the magistrate's office should take cation for a replacement registration After submitting the notice to the responsibility for serving the notice card. VOTERS AND district officer in person, the district of objection on the 'respondent'. The LAC said: "Since this is tan- . APPEAL PROCEDURE INSPECTION OF officer then forwards it to the magis­ " All objection hearings should be tamount to a denial of the right of that FOR REFUSAL TO trate of that distrIct. The magistrate open to the public. Also, as in the person to register, it should be treated APPLICATION FORMS then sets a date for hearing the objec­ case of appeal proceedings, a roll of as a refusal to register with the pOs­ REGISTER tion, which must take place within the objections to be heard should be sibility of an appeal." APPLICANT Sections 15 and 16 of the Draft seven days of receipt. made available to the public at least Proclamation provide that all appli­ It is then the objector's responsi­ one day before proceedings." OFFENCES AND cation forms of registered voters are . bility to serve a copy of the notice of In addition, "all the usual sub­ SECTION 11 provides that a reg­ to be forwarded as soon as possible. objection on the perSon whose regis­ poena powers of a court should be PENALTIES istration·officer can refuse to register . The district officer will keep all fonns tration is being questioned. The ob­ available to the magistrate in ... ob­ an applicant on two grounds: received available for inspection at jector is also responsible for inform­ jection hearings" . Section 29 of the Draft Proclama­ a) On the basis of the application hisofficefor21 days from the date of ing the 'respondent' of the date, time Section 20 of the Proclamation tion concerns a number of .offences form, the applicant does not appear receipt. During this period, any reg­ and place of the hearing. The objec­ authorizes the 'magistrate to allow ranging from violent threats against to be qualified to register. istered voter may inspect any of these tor must then bring back to the mag­ the objection in the absence of the people relating to registration. to failure b) The registration officer is of the application fOrms during office hours. istrate or the district officer a' 'return 'respondent' if he is satisfied with to surrender the registration card of a opinion that the application form At the end of the 21-day period, the of service", which is a sworn state­ certain conditions. person who as died. contains false information and that forms are to removed and stored in a ment concerning what steps were However;he may not make a deci­ The penalty for the offences in­ the applicant is not in fact qualified safe place. taken to serve the notice of objection. sion in the absence of the 'respon­ volving intimidation is a fme of up to to register. The chief registration officer may, The objector and the 'respondent' dent' if there is reason to suspect that RIO 000, or imprisonment for up to In either case, the registration offi­ "ifhe deems itnecessary", compile must both appear before the magis­ the failure to appear is due to circum­ five years, or both. cer is to record the reasons for the a list of all registered voters from trate on the date of hearing to present stances beyond the control of the The penalty for all other offences refusal on the application fonn and time to time and make this list avail­ evidence. If the 'respondent' does 'respondent' , is afme of up to R6000, or imprison­ return the form to the applicant. The able to any person at a charge which not show up, and tl:te magistrate be­ The LAC felt this provision needed ment for up to three years, or both. applicant then has 21 days to appeal he may detennine. lieves the objection is well-founded, to be expanded "to provide for the The LAC pointed out that the of­ the decision to the magistrate of the The LAC said the compiling of a he can postpone the hearing indefi- situation where the respondent does fences which involve intimidation district where the application took comprehensive voter roll should be nitely. . not appear because he is a fictitious include only intimidating any person p1ace. mandatory rather than discretionary. "Alternatively, if the magistrate person". not to register. The LAC said: "Generally speak­ "As the Draft Proclamation stands, is satisfied that the 'respondent' does "If t!J,.e magistrate is reasonably "Forcing someone to ... register ing, the appeal procedure described there is only one way for political not wish to oppose proceedings, or satisfied that the respondent does not should be just as illegal as forcibly in the Draft Proclamation seems to parties and election monitors from that there is no satisfactory reason in fact exist, he should be authorized depriving someone of that right," be much more informal than usual the United Nations, or other organ­ for the 'respondent's' failure to ap­ to allow the objection in the absence the Centre said. magistrate's court proceedings. The isations, to monitor registration - by pear, he may allow the objection in of the respondent," said the Centre. "There is nothing in the Procla­ informal aspect ... seems to be a good periodically examining the registra­ the 'respondent's' absence. The The Draft Proclamation places no mation to prevent persons from being way to avoid unnecessary delays and tion application fonns available for magistrate can also dismiss the ob­ limit on how many times a particular 'punished' for registering after reg­ expense, so long as there are suffi­ inspection at each district office," jection if the objector fails to back up person's registration can be chal­ istration has taken place. This is cient safeguards to ensure that appli­ the Centre said. his reasons for objecting. lenged. important, since a person who is cants receive fair hearings." " A list of the names and addresses After hearing the evidence, the "A limit of One challenge should victimised for registering to vote will However, one of the problems with of all registered voters should be magistrate will make a decision about be imposed so that the objection very likely be reluctant to vote in the the procedure is that the Draft Proc­ compiled by the chief registration the registration of the person in ques­ procedure cannot be abuSed to harass election," the LAC pointed out lamation places the burden of appeal officer, and made available to UN tion. If the magistrate decides that particular voters," the LAC ' said. The Centre said the relevent sec­ on the applicant who waS refused monitors and the public completely the person should not have been al­ There should, however, be a proviso tion should be amended so that it is registration. free of charge. " lowed to register, that person' s regis­ that if new evidence is presented also an offence to commit the listed The LAC said this would be a The Centre also suggested that the tration card is to be confiscated and which states a prima facie case for acts with the intention of victimizing problem for people in rural areas, as names be listed in alphabetical order cancelled. cancelling a registration, the magis­ any person for having registered to well as for applicants who are illiter­ by district, in order to facilitate the The LAC said: "This procedure is trate should have the discretion to vote. ate or have a low standard of educa­ monitoring. probably the most problematic one allow a subsequent challenge. The list of offences does not in- . tion. This comprehensive list should be in the Proclamation. clude bribery of any person to regis­ The Centre felt it would be better updated on a weekly basis. "It is unneCessarily complicated ter or not to register, and a section to have a procedure whereby the APPEAL TO SUPREME The official voters' roll should be and would make effective challenges dealing with this should be included registration officer has the purden of the only authority for detennining to registrations all but impossible. It COURT JUDGE in the Proclamation. presenting, to an appropriate deci­ whether a person has the right to vote is essential that a more even-handed The Centre said a section should sion-making boJy, his or her reasons at the time of the election. - approach be established. " If a magistrate dismisses an appeal also be included which deals with for believing that the registration The LAC said the importance of As the Proclamation stands, only a against a refusal of registration, or "any person who applies for a regis­ should be cancelled. comprehensive, alphabetized 'voter registered voter can challenge the allows an objection to such registra­ tration card in the name of some As the Proclamation stands, the rolls could not be over-emphasized. registration of another. tion, the person whose registration is other person, living or dead, or in the appeal proceedings are not necessar­ "In the 1978 elections, the ab­ "Election monitors from the United in question may request a decision name of a fictitious perSon, shall be ily open to the public. sence of alphabetized voter rolls Nations, or from any political party. from a Supreme Court judge on the guilty of an offence" . "The proceedings should be com­ published by district prevented the or other organisation, or persons who matter. However, if a magistrate The list of offences does not in­ pletely open to the UN, the public effective identification and challenge are residents of Namibia but not dismisses an objection to the regis­ clude failure to give employees rea­ and the press in all cases. This is an of unqualified voters, resulting in registered voters, should be able to tration of any person, the objector sonabktime off work to register. important means for guarding against numerous instances of fraudulent challenge the registration of a voter," does not have the same right to ap­ The LAC recommended a section abuses, and for increasing public registration," the Centre pointed out. the Centre said. peal to a judge. .only a denial of the be included to read: "Any person confidence in the process," the LAC " It is in the interests of a free ~d right to register is deemed to warrant who refuses .to give any employee, said. OBJECTIONS TO fair election to allow any person, a further appeal. including farmworkers and domestic "It is unlikely that information who has information that a registra­ The LAC said: "The wrongful workers, a reasonable amount of time affecting state security or the per­ REGISTRATION OF tion should not have been allowed, to registration of a person as a voter w.ill off work to register, taking into ac­ sonal safety of any witness would be mount a challenge to that registra­ have the same effect on the outcome count the hours for registration and elicited," it added. . CERTAIN tion. In any event, if the Proclama­ of the election' as the wrongful denial the location of the nearest registra­ Closed proceedings would only APPLICANTS tion is not broadened, such persons of a person's right to vote." tion officer, shall be guilty of an serve to create suspicion. will simply fmd a registered voter to "Therefore, the objector should offence." " The Proclamation should also The LAC stressed that the objec­ present the evidence for them." have the same right of appeal as the require that each magistrate prepare tion procedure is "clearly weighted" The Centre felt that the words "any respondent against the outcome of an GENERAL a roll of appeal proceedings which registered voter" should be changed objection hearing. " will be made available to the public against the making of objections. , 'The person wishing to object to a to read "any person". The entire record of the earlier at least one day in advance of those "It is absolutely essential that the particular registration is burdened The LAC was also of the opinion proceedings before the magistrate proceedings.' , that the 21-day period for filing ob­ United Nations have a right of access with unnecessary procedural require­ should be forwarded to the judge for to all documents relating to registra­ The Draft Proclamation provides jections should be extended to at ments that can only have the effect of consideration, said the Centre. tion at all times, and a clear right to no time limit within which a magis­ Jeast 30 days. discouraging objections altogether," "Thepersonrequesting the appeal be present at any stage of any pro­ trate must make a decision regarding It felt that an objector should be should also be able to make addi­ an appeal, but the LAC believes that the Centre said. ceedings relating to registration," In terms of the Draft Proclama­ able to lodge his or her objection tional written representations to the such a decision'must be taken within the Centre said. tion, any registered voter can chal­ through legal or other representa­ judge, even if these are not requested." 21 days, or at least 21 days prior to "This accessibility is vital if the lenge the registration of anyone else tives, or by post, instead of only in the beginning of the election. . person. UN is to be in a position to fulfill the during the 21-day period when the "The Proclamation should also REPLACEMENT OF supervisory role mandated by Reso­ application fonns are available for In the Draft Proclamation, the . specify that persons who are granted burden and expense of filing an ob­ REGISTRATION lution 435. "This right of access is the right to register on appeal shall be inspection. too important to the fairness and the In order to do so, the registered jection falls on the objector. issued registration cards, even if the CARDS credibility of the registration process vOter who objects to another's regis­ The LAC said the objector did not official registration. period has' al­ to be left implicit," said the LAC. tration must me a notice of objection stand to gain anything personally ready closed." Section 24. of the Proclamation "It should be clearly arid explic­ with the appropriate district officer. from a successful objection, as in a The LAC submitted that applicants provides for the replacement of reg­ itly set forth in the Proclamation," it The notice must be filled out in civilcourtcase, and instead the bene­ should be free to enlist the aid of istration cards which have been lost, concluded. duplicate, and it must state the grounds fit accrues to the entire electorate by

., ...... THE NAMIBIAN Wednesday May 17 1989 3

UNUSUAL scenes in Kaiser Street on Monday - the woman was acting 'strangely' and was unceremoniously bundled into a police van, suspected of having 'Aids'. Pictures and story by Dave Salmon. BUNDLED IN THE- BACK OF A POLICE VAN German woman intercepted on grounds of '~trange behaviour'

BY DAVE SALMON

A MIDDLE-AGED radiologist from Hanover In Germany, a certain Dr Lorentz, discovered started-to walk at a brisk pace in a northerly direction down Kaiser Street. the grim realities of life in Namibia when she was unceremonio~sly bundled into the back This prompted the police into action. Two policewomen, Constables Dippenaar and Van der of a police van after a complaint against her was lcxlged by the Kalahari Sands Hotel. Merwe, rushed to apprehend the hapless doctor. The incident happened on Monday in front of dozens of shoppers. She resisted and it required the help of some male muscle to force the bewildered tourist into Although staff at the hotel refused to divulge details of the complaint, one employee was the back of the waiting police van. under the impression that the tourist had done nothing wrong. On enquiry at the Windhoek State hospital, superintendent Dr Oberholzer confirmed that Shortly after hotel management 'reported' the woman, at least a score of uniformed and Dr Lorentz had been brought to the casualty section of the hospital and was now being kept plain-clothed policemen swarmed into the entrance to the Gustav Voigts centre where a in the psychiatric ward for observation. visibly petrifled Dr Lorentz was trying to make her way down Kaiser Street. Dr Oberholzer said that although the woman had "more than enough money" and was in An ambulance stood at the ready and, for reasons which aren't quite clear, bystanders good health physically, she was "definitely mentally unstable" and would probably be sent began whispering about" AIDS". back to Germany as she could not protect herself. Policemen at the scene at first seemed unsure of what procedure to follow when Dr Lorentz TALKS CONTINUE Rundu residents concerned ON REPEAL. OF about legal action

REPRESSIVE LAWS TWO Rundu residents expressed their concern about a possible March 22, 1989, Mr Burutta met mr DISCUSSIONS between United Nations personnel and the South legal action to be instituted against them for allegedly having Thikundeko at a shopping centre in interferred with the fundamentaI'.rights of other residents. town and questioned the mail as to African authority in Namibia, Mr Louis Pienaar, were continuing his behaviour on Sunday. on the repeal of restrictive and diScriminatory laws to allow exiles The men, Mr John K. Thimbunga Mr Muyovu then requested all adults The latter allegedly simply ignored and refugees to return, a UN spokesman, Mr Cedric Thornberry, and Mr Karel Mukupi Burutta in a to remain after the service, so as to the man and entered another shop, said yesterday. short statement explaining the back­ enable their visitors to go ahead with remarking that he was not" a Swapo. " Conditions of calm and security had to be restored in Namibia and a general ground of the matter, said that on . the said meeting. Mr Murutta stated that he warned amnesty declared before the refugees could be repatriated by the UN, he told March 18, 1989, they both went to Another resident, Mr Marbod the man to be careful, and riot to a media briefmg. the home of Diyogha headman, Mr Mupangwa Thikundeko, who also interferwith the business ofDiyogha Restrictive laws included legislation for detention without trial and meas­ Shakadya Alfons, to give notice about led the prayers during the church villagers, as these were his (Mr ures aimed at dealing with political turmoil. a planned information meeting for service, reportedly started to attack Murutta's) own people. Mr Thornberry added' 'it is not possible to make any assumptions" whether residents regarding UN resolution the two visitors by criticising them He added that he would at all times, the postponed Ruacana talks of the South African, Cuban and Angolan joint 435. for their Swapo links. when ever the villagers requested his commission would affect the timetable for the return of refugees. They stated that after several ·un­ Mr Thikundeko allegedly accused .assistance, be available to inform "I have nothing whatsoever to say about the Ruacana talks' '. successful visits to the headman's the two men of being traitors, and them about latest developmen\S in Mr Thornberry said the Legal Assistance Centre had submitted the names of home and at a homestead of a local that they wanted to mislead residents the country. 28 people said to be held as political prisoners in the city. The U~ would go cathechist, the men decided to return to join Swapo. He told the men that Mr Thimbunga and Mr Burutta into the information in conjunction with the authorities and if the issue could on the following day, a Sunday, when they were not wellcome in the vil­ cOOcluded that they were quite shocked not be settled, it would be referred to an international independent jurist, they found the community busy with lage, and demanded that they imme­ to learn that in the mean time, Mr Professor Carl Norgaard, who was appointed to deal with legal disputes . . a church service. diately vacate the area. Thikundeko had taken the matter Mr Thornberry said the UN's pOlice monitors had reported that the last 24 After the service, one man, Mr An altercation developed between further, to the effect that a court case hours in Namibia had been calm. Karel Muyovu announced that he the two visitors and Mr Thikundeko, was now pending against them. On May Day, UN police monitors had removed a Defence Force member had received word that the two men whereafter the latter disappeared They stated that they could not from a crowd of workers after he had driven his motorcycle among them. The visited the home of the village head­ leaving service goers and the two understand that the latter could in the workers were carrying various tools of their trades and had adopted a hostile man on the previous day, to give visitors behind. . circumstances claim that they had attitude. The SADF member was restored to his motorcycle a safe distance notice about an informatiuon meet­ The information meeting went ahead interfered with the "fundamental away, he said. ing on resolution 435. without any further incidents. On human nghts of other residents." ,.("- . .. * I • l 4 W~ensdag Mei 17 1989

OVANAFIKOLA. . . MOWAMBO. VA MONENWA EEBESA KODTA

OMUKALELIPO woshifo koNooli yoshilongo okwa shivifi.la ombelewa yoThe Namibian onghela tati omandaha ova kala ve udite ewelelo 010 la kala ta Ii ningwa koiIyo yoDTA iIi meebesa davo. Ewelelo eli ola kala ta li ningwa Omupopi urn we okwe Ii popila tati koilyo yoDTA oyo ya kala ta i ningi paife eebesa edi ta di londo ounona, omashivifo kutya ovanafikola ovo opo va kale va twala keefikola ngeenge veli kokule neefikola moNooli yohsi­ odo DTA nena ounona ovo ve hefi longo ovamonenwa eebesa odo ta.di oilyo yoDTA noveli ovanafikola ota kala ha di va twala keefikola. vakaningwangahelipi mbela? Vahapu Ewelelo la tya ngaha <;>la kala yo vomounona vokoNooli yoshilongo nokuli tada tali ti "omaindilo e na oha va kala va djala omidjalo davo sha neebesa 00 a ningilwe kovakulunhu doSwapo noveli oilyo yoSwapo, mo veni oDTA oye a tambulako ile oye a meebusa omu ohamu kala _uda, " oshinima shatya ngaha osha omakakunya efunbo nefunbo a djala eta omalimbililo mahapu moshiwana. oikutu yoDTA elalakario ola shike OmupqJi. ou kWa li ta ningi anashiv­ mbela. ifo shi na sha neebesa okwa tumbula Ounona ovo va djala omidjalo yo eenhele opo ta pa ka londela ounona doSwapo ota va ningwa ngahelipi ongaashi- Ongwediva, Ongalashe mbela? "Osho omukwashiwana urnwe Okulya kolumosho Omushamane T Geldenhuys, 00 eli omuwiIiki womatanga a SA I SADF, Derek 00 yaNunes, Pelican, Oneshila, Okatana a pula epulo eli pangodi, nokwa lond­ enasha niinima yopondje Loius Pienaar, omushiivi veta, naGerhard Roux. Ovo vaIi meenghundafana nopoMpumbu. wela ounona ile ovanaflkola aveshe ondo tali pokati ka South Africa, Cuba na Angola, otava ka twikila vali meti tano. Ovakwashiwana vahapu moNooli' moNooli yoshilongo kutyanavakale yoshilongo ove li va limbililwa kutya va kotoka. Okwa wedako tati fiyo eindilo latya ngaha ola dja kovadali onghela okwa mona ashike .ounona . ve lipipo mbela nola ningwa naini ta va 4 ovo va londa meerusa edi. doDTA. li nyamukulwa pefimbo eli nili.. "Hano Shiwana talanawa, omolwashike SHIWANA KOTOKELA shiwana kotokela oinima yoludi eli ovanafikola 0 po ta va kongelwa eebusa pefunbo eli tulimo, omukulu wonale pefimbo eli lopaife, omolwashike ina' okwa tile ohaka hekwa naashi ha ka shi ningwa nale opo ta shi ningwa OININGWANIMA Ii" . paife. Staatmoedig YOPEFIMBO ELI ••• KU SARAH JOHANNES uitvoere OMUKALIMO womoKatutura omushamane Andreas Hosea okwa hokololela oshiro sho"The Namibian" okwa hangika keebotSotso 000 de Ii luka doovene kutya opolifi, okwa hokolola tati okwa ile kOOolopa . 'n SKEMA wat daarop gerig is om handel te bevorder deur ongula yetitano po~undi onhihetatu yongula. Okudja kOOolopa okwa ya koshipangelo shoilumbu uitvoere te stimuleer, is deur die tussentydse owerhede goedgekeur, potundi llhOO yongula. volgens 'n verklaring deur die Departement van Ekonomiese Sake. Molweendo laye loku ya koKatu­ fila omushamane Hosea kutya vo veebotsotso tati" omolwashike ina ' Die skema behels onder meer: dukte, wat besondere prestasies be­ tura, okwe Ii twa movalurnenhu va opolifi, oko ye anyamukula ta ti mu mu yasha ndele ta mu fiye po. *'n Nasionale stalletjie op skoue haal, kan kontantpryse of subsidies vali va djala oikutu yopaurnwene omolwashike muva polifi ndele ina Omushamane Hosea okwa nyamukula in Suid-Afrika: waar produkte uit ontvang; en urnwe okwa homata· ondjembo, mu djala oikutu yopolifi? omupolifi ou tati "ove ou wa hala N amibie tentoongestel sal word; *Vir die uitvoer van produkte sal mukwao okuna oka radio kopeke. Molwoodi eli lovanhu veli luka nda yahswa ove ngo to yashe nge. *In verdienstelike gevalle sal gelde­ daar ook fmansiele hulp van ower­ Ovalurnenhu ava ova hetekela oku voovene opolifi, okwa kanifila mo Omushamane Hosea okuna om­ like bystand aan uitvoerders van heidswee wees in vadienstelik gevalle. ehena popepi nomushamane Hosea ovili, nokalyenge kongeleka oko kwa bole momUlWe, oshipute shili mokuulu Namibie gebied word vir tentoon­ Die nuwe skema is van Februarie 00 ahangika a urnbata okadjato (Tas) Ii a djala mofmgo. keshi okwa Ii. keshi kutya okwa yashwa stellings in die buiteland; vanjaar van stapel gestuur en die De­ kopeke. Opolifi oyo ye uya puye oya flkila ile ongehelipi pefimbo lolwoodi lavo *Kantore van die Direktoraat van partementvanEkonomiese Sake wil Omulumenhu ou a hom at a . ta i mu pula kutya "omolwashike to neebotsotso dovapolifi. Handel en Toerisme buite Namibie dit 'n taamlike stoot gee. ondjembo okwe i ulika omushamane lwifa opolifi, oko ye a nyamukula ta Opolifi oyo ye yapo nomatuwa sal gratis beskikbaar gestel word aan Belangstellende ondememings, wat Hosea tati • 'patulula ko kondjato ti ame ina ndi lwifa opolifi nande avali oya tokola opo i twale omusha­ uitvoerders as uitstalruimte vir in­ van die aansporingsmaatreels gebruik yoye". Omulurnenhu ou a homata ashike onda lwa nomabotsotso, mane Hoseakeurnbo laye, eshi okwe ligtingstukke oor hul produkte. Die wil maak, kan mnre. H. Fourle en okwa kala te mu fminike opo a pat­ omolwashike opolifi ei ta i longo shi anya filu-fllu. Okwa lombwela personeel van die direktoraat sal ook P.A.J.Dreyer by Ekonomiese Sake ulule ko kondjato yaye nokwa kala te moumbudi? Osho omushamane Hosea opolifi tati "funbo inamu twalange opleiding kry om behulpsaam te wees by telefoonnonuner Wmdhodc 226571 mu udanekele kutya ngeenge ite shi a pula. keurnbo omuna oku twala nge ko­ met handelsnavrae; skakel vir verdere besonderhede en ningi diva ote mu yashe. N atango okwa hetekela oku va pula shipangelo ile kopolifi ndele hatu *Uitvoerders van Namibiese pro- registrasie. Omulurnenhu ou. ena oka radio ournutwe vavo, oko omupolifi urnwe ningi oshibofa. okwa kala ta kondjifa oku kufako a nyamukula ta ti ye (Hosea) kena Omushamane Hosea okwa kala okandjato aka: keenghono. Osho" oufemba wo kupula opolifi ournutwe. noku fminika opolifi opo a ninge Afro-Asiate ook na Namibie omushamane Hosea a ti. Okwa wedako tati ngeno okwa li vo oshibofa, ashike opolifi oya kala ta i Omushamane Hosea okwa ti ovapolifi ngeno ova djala oikutu mu henuka. Umwe w,omovapolifi DIE Solldariteltsorganls8sle tussen . Afrika en Asle gaan ook 'n ovalurnenhu ava va homata ova hovela yopolifi .. okwe mu londeka moutuwa ndele te waarnemlngsendlng na Namlble stuur om die land se oorgang na okulwa naye, funbo veli pyakidila Omushamane Hosea okwa wedako mu helulile poshivelo shoshipangelo. onaOtankllkheld te monitor. Volgens die 21mbabwlese nuusagentskap, nokulwa oku wete ashike oolUlwrienhu tati "ngeenge ota mu Ii. ovalurnenhu Omupolifi 00 emu eta koshipangelo Ziana, het mnr. Trarios Makombe, onder-president van die organlsasle In ou wo ka radio ta denge ongodi. Puye ovo va lwifa nge ovapolifi, nena okwe mu pa oimaliwa yeeR2 00, opo Gweru, ge~ hy Is gevra om dee I te wees van die waarnemlngspan. Volgens ope uya outuwa vatatu vopolifi. amushe eebotsotso mboli". Oko aka hakulwe nayo. hom Is die organisasle, wat bekend Is vir sy standpunt teen apartheid, Nokonimaovalurnenhunee vashivi- omupolifi urn we a pula ovapolifi ovo gretlg om te slen dat Res. 435 met welslae In Namlble toegepas word. ; • ¥ - ... ;a;

THE NAMIBIAN FOCUS Woensdag Mei 17 1989 5 PIENAAR KRY KLAP IN GESIG

DEUR PIUS DUNAISKI

DIE Administrateur-generaal en Suid-Afrikaanse verteenwoordiger, adv. Louis Pienaar, is gister in 'n diplomatieke verleentheid gedompel toe die verteenwoordigers van die Namibiese vlugtelinge 'n uitnodiging om hom te ontmoet, botweg afgewys het. Die nuus is gisteraand laat deur 'n Mm. Hattle is 'n bekende in reger­ hulle in hul verkenning opgetel het. woordvoerder van die kantoor van ingskringe en is die man wat deur die Hiervan is die veiligheid van die VV se Spesiale Gesant in Namibie, AG beopdrag is om die groep vlugte­ terugkerendes aangesien intimidasie mnr. Martti Ahtisaari, bevestig. linge in hul verkenning van Namibie deur sekere groepe -gevrees word. Hy het terselfdertyd bevestig dat te begelei. Dis veral die teenwoordigheid van die eerste groep van Namibiese vlugte­ Volgens berigte gister het die eer­ Koevoet en beweerde fanatiese DTA­ linge, wat verlede week OIl N arrubiese stelingsgroep gistermiddag 'n ondersteuners wat deur die_ groep bodem geland het en wat as verken­ ontmoeting met verteenwoordigers opgehaal sal word tydens die same­ ningsgroep beskou word, vanoggend van die Namibiese Raad van Kerke sprekinge, is betroubaar verneem. 0flI. 10hOO 'n afspraak met die VV­ gehad, wat grootliks sal meehelp om Die bestaan van die nagklokreel in gesant, mnr. Ahtisaari, sal he by die die grootse repatriasie-program 'n Owambo en bewegings van vlugte­ Untag-hoofkwartier in die stad. sukses te maak wanneer meer as 50 linge in die nag, sal ook geopper , 'Hulle wil hom nie sien nie, '. het 000 Namibiese vlugtelinge na hul word. N a wat vemeem word, wil die mnr. Cedric Thornberry gister aan vaderland terugkom. vlugtelinge sien dat Untag hul veil­ Focus gese met verwysing na die Die voorlopige datum vir die igheid in die nag verseker. MNR. P. Victor, depotbestuurder van Shell op Tsumeb, oorhandig AG, adv. Pienaar. terugkeer is aanstaande Maandag. Volgens inligting tot beskikking hier die elektriese oond aan. mej. Martha Hishono wat vir die Dit volg nadat mnr. Pienaar per­ Die datum -word egter op die me­ van Focus glilln bestuurslede van die kindertuin van die Evangeliese Lutherse Kerk op die dorp geskenk soonlik hulle uitgenooi het om 'n spunt gebalanseer weens die onseker­ RRR-komitee van die CCN vandag welwillendheidsbesoek aan hom te heid aangesien die Gesamentlike teenwoordig wees wanneer die is. Saam op foto is, van links,pastoor S. Windstaan, mejj. M. Vises, bring. Volgens mnr. Thornberry het Milirere Monitorkomrnissie (GMMK) haakplekke van die repatriasie-proses B. Areseb en pastoor J. Nashongo. (Foto: Conrad Angula) die groep, wat gister in Windhoek - nie Maandag uitsluitsel kon bereik mdringend bespieek word. aangekom het na 'n besoek aan die nie. Die vergadering is halfpad daarge­ Volgens bronne na-aan die groep noorde van die land, gevra dat 'n laat totdat daar eers aan die onder­ in die Noorde, het die groep die amptenaar van die Departement van skeie regerings gerapporteer is. afgelope tyd geleentheid gehad om FREDDIE Burgersake en Mannekrag, mnr. Allan Volgens 'n woadvoe:dervan Untag met hul eie 00 in basisse van die Hattle, liefs die ontmoeting vanoggend wil die groep vanoggend indringend SAW te gaan om te sienhoe daarmet met mnr. Ahtisaari moet bywoon pleks met mnr. Ahtisaari as hoof van die die terugtrekking van die SA magte VRYGESPREEK van mnr. Pienaar. - VV-operasie praat oar kwelpunte wat gevorder word. MNR. Fr~ddie Philander, bekende onderwyser van die Nama­ administrasie, is vrygespreek op klagtes van wangedrag wat * Ander 'prioriteite' keer... departementeel teen hom ondersoek is, luidens 'n verklaring deur die Namibie-Professionele Onderwysersvereniging (Napov). Die saak spruit uit 'n verklaring teen mnr. Philander ingebring het, van Napovverledejaarop31 Augus­ voor mnr. Elton Hoff, 'n Keetman­ tus waarin aangeleenthede van die shoopse landdros, gedien. Nama-administrasie aangespreek is, "Mnr. Philander is sedertdien deur AG sloermet veral oor die hantering van die on­ mnr. Hoff ingelig dat hy onskuldig derwys-kwessie. bevind is op die beweerde oortred­ Volgens die verklaring Maandag ings en dat hy sodanig van blaam deur Napov was die sake in welwillend­ onthef is," lui die N apov-verklaring heid geopperom betekenis te gee aan van Maandag. 'n openbare debat. Die verklaring Hoop word voorts uitgespi-eek dat van 31 Augustus is onderteken deur die bevinding mnr. Philander se inte­ apartheidswette mnr. Philander, wat daartoe gemag­ griteiten posisies in ere hers tel en dat tig was deur Napov se bestuurskomitee. opbouende kritiek in belang van die Na heelwat oponthoud het die publiek voortaan in 'n goeie gees DEUR PIUS DUNAISKI klagtes wat die Nama-administrasie ontvang sal word. -

DAAR is tans ander prioriteite en geen kommer is nodig oor die feit dat beperkende en diskriminerende wetgewing in hierdie laat uur nog nie geskrap is nie. S6 het 'n woordvoerder van die en die AG-kantoor oordie skrapping gesprekke oor die wetgewing afge­ Apartheid kantoorvan die Administrateur-gen­ of herroeping van die omstrede wette handel wees," het hy gese. eraal, mnr. Gerhard Roux, gister steeds aan die gang is. Volgens mnr. Thornberry sluit die gereageer op vrae deur Focus en toe Hy het herhaal dat die toestand in beperkende en diskriminerende bepal­ hy daarop gewys is dat die N amibiese die land eers kalm en veiligheid herstel ings wette in soos AG 9, wat aan­ vlugtelinge reeds Maandag na hul moet _ wees voordat vlugtelinge houding sonder verhoor moontlik fyner·bekyk vaderland begin terugkeer. terugkom. _mask, en wat daarop gemik is as Mm. Roux het bevestig dat same­ maatreels om politieke oproer aan Geen diskriminerende of beperk­ RASISME kom onder soeklig in die nuwe publikasie, "Church and ende wette moet dan bestaan nie, sprekinge oor die wette steeds aan bande te Ie. ingevolge die intemasionaal-aan­ die gang is en dat uitsluitsel nog Hy het voorts bygevoeg dat dit nie Racism: Towards a more Fraternal Society," wat deur die vaarde skikplan vir Namibie, Res. vandeesweek bereik kan word. moontlik is om te aanvaar dat die Hoofsekretariaat van die Suid-Afrikaanse Katolieke Biskopsraad, 435. Politieke waamemers was dit gis­ uitgestelde Ruacana-samesprekinge die lig Iaat sien is. Die VV se Hookommissaris vir ter eens dat die sensitiewe kwessie van die Gesamentlike Militare Mo­ Volgens 'n verklaring is die dokumentoor rasisme spesiaal opgestel Vlugtelinge het reeds 'n week gelede van die skrapping van die omstrede nitorkommissie (GMMK) · die nadat Pous Johannes Paulus l10pdrag in die verband gegee het en beklemtoon dat daar nie met die grootse Proklamasie AG 8 verantwoordelik terugkeer van die vlugtelinge kan duidetik uitgespel het dat "aile rasistiese teoriee teenstrydig is met operasie -- om die N amibiese vlugte­ is vir die stryery tussen· Pienaar en terugskuif nie. die Christelike geloof en liefde." linge per lugbrug nahul vaderland te Ahtisaari en gevolglike oponthoud. Mm. Thornberry het ook bekend Spesiale aand-ag word in die pUblikasie geplaas op "geinstitusion.ele bring -- kan voortgaan nie, alvorens Die VV het reeds by monde van gemaak dat die Legal Assistance rasisme (apartheid)" wat beskryfword as die mees afgebakende en die nodige veiligheidsituasie vir hulle mnr. Thornberry pertinent uitgespel Centre in Windhoek reeds aan Untag sistematiese vorm van rasisme in die wereld. geskep is . dat die hele AG 8, wat deur die 'n lys van 28 name van politieke Die hoof van die VVHKV in Win'dhoekse Hooggeregshof as gevangenes in die stad aangestuur Die publikasie kan vir RS van: Die Publikasie-departement, SAKBR, Windhoek, mnr. Nicolas Bakwira, di~inerend afgeskryf is, nie vir het. Khanya-Huis, Posbus 941, Pretoria, 0001. het tydens 'n nuuskonferensie ook hom aanvaarbaar is nie en dat dit Volgens hom sal die hulp van die genoem dat hy minstens vier dae saam met die beperkende en diskrim­ onafhanklike intemasionale juris, dr. kt:nnis moet gee vir die betrokke inerende wetgewing in die snipper­ Carl Norgaard, ingeroep word indien lugvervoer-ondememings, waarmee mandjie moet beland. die wettiese knope nie losgemaak Legwaila vir goot -pos? daar kontrakte gesluit is om die vlugte­ Hierop volhard die administrasie kan word. linge in te vlieg na Namibie. van Pienaar dat AG 8 nie diskrimin­ Focus wil u aanmoedig om GEEN bevestiging kon gisteraand verkry word oor berigte dat Die gesloerdery met die skrapping erend is nie en dai die uitskop van gereeld die pen op te tel en mnr. Joe Legwaila, die VV -ambassadeur van Botswana, deur die van die ongewensde wetgewing is 'n politieke ampsbekleers genoegsaam briewe aan ons te skryf 80dat die VV se Sekretaris-generaal, dr. Javier Perez de Cuellar, as tweede­ / taamlike irritere~de oponthoud vir is om vrye en regverdige verkiesings menings van ons mense wyd in-bevel onder die Spesiale Gesant, mnr. Martti Ahtisaar~ aangestel die repatriasie-program van die te kanhou. bekend kim word. VVHKV, is gister vemeem. Mm. Roux_het gister beklemtoon Moenie,huiwer-nie.Stel u is nie. Mm. Cedric Thornberry, senior dat net diskriminerende wetgewing gedagtes op skrif en lug u Mnr. CedriC Thornberry van die kantoor van mnr. Ahtisaari kon woordvoerder van Untag, het gister wat die onpartydigheidsreel breek, mening. Dit kan situasies red, gisteraand op navraag geen bevestiging hieroor gee nie. tydens die daaglikse mediakonferen­ geskrap sal word wat daarop te verander en die land ten goede Volgens inligting wag die VV OIl die goedkeuriog van die Orgarmasie sie laat val dat die gesprek tussen die neerlcoo1 dat die res in 'n nuwe Namibie wees. Dis Focus se doel om 'n vir Eenheid in Afrika voor die aan.stelling openbaar gemaak sal kantoor van die VV se Spesiale Gesanl ingedra moet word. wye debat oor aangeleenthede word. in Namibie, mnr. Martti Ahtisaari, "Binne 'n dag of twee sal die aan die gang te kry. ------

6 Wednesday May 17 1989 THE NAMIBIAN Plan to end Angolan civil war

ANGOLA yesterd~y announced a plan to end its 13 year civil war, help our people and governments to proposing a ban,on further US backing for Unita rebels. see their way to fully reaching the goals of peace, stability, good neigh­ Angolan President Eduardo dos has raged since independence' from bourliness peaceful coexistence and Santos presented the plan to seven Portual in 1975. cooperation" Dos Santos said. African allies and neighbours at a Dos Santos told reporters the He said the Angolan proposals one day swnmit in Luanda. He gave Angolan plan had two parts: _ included the rehabilitation of the war­ no details of how the plan would be - first, to eliminate external inter­ hit Benguela railway, a lifeline which implemented. ference in the Angolan conflict, such could also serve the economies of The meeting, attended by leaders as military aid by the US to Unita; Zambia, Zaire and Zimbabwe. of Zambia, Zimbabwe, Zaire, Congo, - second, to create the conditions The railway, whih links theAngo­ Gabon, Mozambique and Sao Tome for a lasting peace inside the colintry, Ian coast with its interior and Zaire, and Principe, was aimed at ending taking into account emotional and has been paralysed for more than the war between Angola's left wing psychological factors. decade by Unita attacks. government and rebels of Unita, which "We hope that this swnmit will Untag medics to work in . Namibian health services THE Untag Swiss medical unit can and will treat Namibian civilians, Dr Lourens Erasmus confirmed to The Namibian. The secretary of National Health the north, since their official brief and Welfare explained that the issue was only to serve Untag perSonnel. was dealt with in the v;uious agree"' The Swiss presence as part of a UN ments under which the UN contin­ team is a new development: Switz~r­ JOURNALISTS'IN gent came to Namibia. land is not a member of the UN, and The administration here agrees to has tended to defend its neutrality accept as valid the licences issued to strongly. . COURT AGAIN every doctor under Untag's auspices, In terms of a new action-orien­ as long as they are registered and in tated politics for peace, the Swiss NAMmlAN Editor, Gwen Lister, and John Liebenberg, freelance good standing with their professional approved participation in the Untag photographer, appeared briefly in the Windhoek Magistrates Court bodies at home. structure. Both the medical team and yesterday, charged under Section 27 (b) of the Police Act. The A proclamation to this effect will Dr Erasmus's department agree that . c'harges concern a report published in The Namibian some years be issued soon . the team's doctors should be used in ago. Lister also faces another charge under this act. The case was Obviously, said Dr Erasmus, outlying clinics serving rural people, Namibian health service wants to rather than being stationed in urban Dr LErasmus postponed by Magistrate van Pletzen to ...... Pictured above by make use of Untag medics. Equally, hospitals. Dave Salmon, John Liebenberg with his legal representative, Mr said the unit's commander Dr Joerg Both Dr Erasmus and Dr Nagel, medics in a training capacity, or as John Ford of the law firm Lorentz and Bone; behind, Gwen Lister N agel, medics were eager to work in however, are very much opposed to consultants on setting up ongoing with Mr Dirk Conradie ofthe law firm J P Karuaihe and Associates. the Namibian health system, and on creating Namibian dependency on local district-level programmes." top of that were under pressure from experts and treatments which this The overall aim of the Department the Swiss media to'use the team's country health services will not be of National Health and Welfare is to "exPensive doctors" to maximum able to sustain. strengthen its district-based health . SOUTH AFRICA advantage. Said Dr Nagel: "Swiss doctors systems, and work to expand pri­ Immediately after their m:r1valjust must be used so as to fit in with maryhealthcareprogrammes, which ·'WIT WOLF' GUILTY ON 25 CHARGES as the 435 process got under way, Namibi.a's long-term plans for pub­ will involve training to provide health Swiss medics were cautious about lic health." education, preventive methods and 'WIT WOLF' Barend Strydom was convicted yesterday on' all 25 admitting that they had treated Dr Erasmus agreed: "In the first elementary treatment to rural grass­ charges he faced in the Pretoria Supreme Court. Namibian civilians, particularly in instance we plan to use the Swiss roots communities. Strydom, 23, showed no emtotion doubt that he is guilty of all charges" when Mr Justice Louis Harms and the Judge said, adding that psychia­ Art Review two assessors convil;ted him on all trists had agreed that Strydom was 25 charges he faced. not mentally unbalanced. Strydom was convicted of eight Strydom gave one of his habitual charges of murder, 16 of attempted smiles during the judgement. The murder and a charge of pointing a hearing was postponed until today. Art's own mini revolution frrearm, following the Strijdom Square shooting in Pretoria last year, and AFRO-ASIAN IN AN unprecedented crossover of Namibian art and liberation politics, Swapo Secretary of Foreign another shooting at De Deur. Affairs, Nico Bessinger, took time out from a politburo meeting to open the latest exhibition by He removed apparent rightwing insignia from his suit and himded OBSERVER "people's artist" Susan Guerier-Mitchinson. them to his father before being re­ British-born Guerier-MitchinsOn's and express emotions. She has de­ banners and posters for local Swapo turned to the court cells. He coughed work has always been a refreshing cided, becasue of her own devious rallies. "If art is not used then it's and waved as he left the courtroom .• TEAM TO ' alternative to the classical escapism mind I think, to use the human being dead.! get just as much of a kick out The sudden end to the trial caught the which thrives in this country's estab­ as the object through which to ex- of doing flags for Swapo in Swakop, packed courtroom by surprise. NAMIBIA lishment art world, and Bessinger press these emotions." ' seeing the banners being carried by Mr Justice Harms said the facts of THE Afro-Asian Solidarity gave glowing approval of her latest But what of the significance of a the crowd and the excitement of the the case were either cOnUnon cause work during Saturday's opening at prominent Swapo leader opening an people. as having my art hanging or uncontroverted. Organisation is to send an the Arts Association Gallery in art exhibition, something never been here on the gallery wall." Strydom had 'direct intention' to observer team to Namibia to Windhoek. heard of before in this country? In the past, Guerier-Mitchinson commit all the crimes. "There is no nionitor the country's transition "Susan haS done a magnificent Both the artist and the politician has exhibited black and white lino to independence, a vice-president job to express on canvass that aspect were evasive. However, Guerier­ cuts, but these have now been inter­ of the organisation, Mr Tranos of man that we only sense, that we Mitchinson was a "people's" artist mingled with mixed media, the vivid TV TONIGHT! Makombe said in Gweru cannot touch," said Bessinger in his painting people and expressing colours used adding an extra dimen­ yesterday. opening speech. emotions felt by people, said Bessin­ sion to the emotions she is express­ Mr Makombe, who is the Mid­ "I think Susan and 1 fmd ourselves ger. Because of the nature of coloni­ ing in her work -raw reds, passionate 17h58: Programme Schedule lands provincial governor, said he in the same kind of boat. We experi­ alism, precious little of this kind of blues, tranquil turquoise. 18hQO: The Boy and the Book had been asked by the organisation to ence life and try to express it in one art had been able to develq> in Namibia. It is a good sign that such an exhi­ 18h05: Educational programmes be part of the observer group !O way or another, whether in writing, Guerier-Mitchinson was a little bition is being held at such an "es­ 18h30: Young Samson Namibia. painting or living. more forthcoming. Her art, she said, tablishment" establishment as the 18h40: Travellers by night (new) He said the organisation was "very "Through the ages, man has tried had nothing to do with materialsm, it Arts Association Gallery, nextto the 19hOl: Sport keen to see the successful implemen­ . to fmd ways and means of re-creat­ was to do with the spirit of people. Windhoek Theatre. 20hOO: Suidwes-Nuus tation of Resolution 435 for the inde­ ing what he can visibly see and what "This is something we have lost or So People, get down there and 20h20: Bustin Loose pendence of Naniibia, and we would is audible to him. In the case of are losing very quickly here in the make the most of this mini cultural 20h40: Smiley's People like to champion that country's inde­ Susan, she has used man as the tool city and he (Bessinger) stands for revolution. 21h30: Alfred Hitchcock presents pendence". through which emotions are expre­ getting something of that back." The exbibition runs until May 25 . 22hOO: NewslWeather The organisation, which has its sed. Guerier-Mitchinson, who is based and is open from 09hOO-12h30 and 22h20: Pitkos headquarters in Egypt, is an anti­ "This is probably the most diffi­ in Swakopmund, said she puts her 15hOO-18hOO during the week, and 22h35: Educational programme apartheid movement. cult part of art- to fmd a way to fixate skill to practical use by painting 09hOO-12hOO on Saturdays. THE NAMIBIAN Wednesday May 17 1989 7 te'1:.'::.'::. '0 cCOfcourse I got the job/' THANKS TO THE ~ COLLEGE OF. LEARNING i I I was gIVen Itle opportunity 10 q uk:kly • mosier aU Itle skill s I needed. . Because of !herr innovative and nexible • I trolnlng concept I wa s able 10 . I• • Selmyownclas.s limes . P\'oceed at my I ~:: I ~~~~ l ve a ltmO hands-on ~ ~ • SE CRETARIAl. 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8 Wednesday May 17 THE NAMIBIAN

Top clubs line up for bruising cup finale The ideal

JPS WINNER TO POCKET A WHOOPING R90 000 gift from a THE United Tobacco Company added RSO 000 to the prize fund when they announced a record R425 000 sponsorship for the 1989 John Player Smooth (JPS) Soccer Series at a launch in Johannesburg yesterday. . The winners of this competition will collect R90 000 as opposed to the R80 000 Iwisa Kaizer Chiefs received last year by beating Jomo Midas Cosmos 5- 2 on aggregate over two legs. . This competition is contested by the 18 First Division NSL Castle League sides and kicks off next weekend. The semi -fmals and fmal are played over two gifted star legs. This is the biggest soccer sponsorship in SA soccer. The runners-up receive R45 000. The two losing semi-finalists will each collect R25 000. First round fixtures are: INTERNAZIONALE Milan­ Cup star . to keep the cup in West Gennany and SATURDAY, MAY 27 - Mamelodi Sundowns v Vaal Reefs (HM Pitje bound striker Juergen Klins­ "I've only got one thing to do here match Bayern Leverkusen's victory Stadium), I wisa KaizerChiefs v Amazulu (Orlando Stadium), Wits University mann knows he could give VFB. now," Klinsmann said. "It would be in last year's fmal. v Moroka Swallows (Milpark), Arcadia v Bush Bucks (Berea Park). Stuttgart no better leaving pres­ a dream if I could leave VFB as Coach Arie Haan will play Klins­ ent than their first European UEFA Cup champions. I want the mam up frmi with partner Fritz Walter I'm giving eve­ SUNDAY, MAY 28 - Jomo Midas Cos;nos v Giant Blackpool (Vosloorus), title when they meet Napoli in people here to know and move Maurizio Gaudino, who Magic Curl Celtic v Leeds United (Bloemfontein), Orlando Pirates v PO rything until my last day of work at scored a spectacular long-range goal the UEFA Cup Final second­ Stuttagart. " in Naples, behind them in an attack- . Rangers (Orlando Stadium), Hellenic v Fairway Stars (Hartleyvale) and Super leg tonight. Kurl Aces v Cape Town Spurs (Lynville). Klinsmann, who joins Inter at the ing midfield role. The 24-year-old West German inter­ end of the season for · a fee of two Haan, looking to match the Euro­ national, who missed VFB's 2-1 first­ million dollars, is a key figure in pean success of his fonner Dutch LIVERPOOL GO TOP leg defeat in Italy, wants to steal the VFB's chances of stopping Napoli teamniate Johan Cruyff at Barcelona stage on a night when the spotlight from snatching their first European in last week's Cup Winners' Cup will be firmly fixed on favourites club title. A 1-0win would be enough final, will be without defender Guido GOALS by John Aldridge and Ronnie Whelan led Liverpool to a 2-0 victory Napoli and their Argentine World Buchwald, suspended after his sec­ last night over Queens Park Rangers, putting The Reds into first place in the ond booking of the competition in English soccer league. Naples. Liverpool, seeking their record 18th league championship, now have one His side are certainly capable of an point more than Arsenal - who have led Division One since the day after upset if they can use their talented Christmas. forward line and keep their defence Aldridge, who leads the first division in scoring, collected his 27th goal of tight. the·season in the closing moments of the first half on a pass from John Barnes. Napoli, whose late strike by Bra­ It was his fifth goal in the last four games. zilian Careca earned them their one­ Whelan, the team's captain, put Loverpool ahead 2-0 after 12 minutes of the goal lead in Italy, are plagued with second half with only his fourth goal of the season. injury problems but confident in spirit Maradona, who has made peace AMATEUR SWIMMING - SWAASA AGM with the club after a stonny week of bitter exchanges with officials and veiled threats to leave, has recovered The annual general meetmg of the South West African Amateur Swimming from nagging back pains and a strained Association will take place in the Clubhouse of Marlin Swimming Club thigh. (behind Widhoek municipal swimmingpool), Centaurus-Road, Windhoek, on But trainer Ottavio Bianchi's big­ Saturday, 20th May 1989, commencing at 8.00pm. gest worry is centre-forward Andrea All members of the public interested in acquatic sport, are very welcome to Carnevale who with Maradona and attend the Annual General Meeting of SWAASA. Careca fonns Napoli's strike power. Vamevale, who has a severe bruise on his leg, has difficulty walking and has not been able to train. r------· and : - CWB - & ~ ! defender Tebaldo Bigliardi are among several players who were at the wrong end of rough tackles during Napoli's : ~~I League match against RQma on Sat- I urday .- ' I "Everybody plays hard againstus. So here we are a few days before the I UEFA final with one player with a I swollen knee and others suffering I from kicks." Bianchi said. "B\ltpsychologically the sideis in I good spirits even though moral~ is I always directly linked to phYSical I condition.' , Probable teams: I Napoli (from) - Guiliano Guiliani, I , , I Giancarlo Corradini, Alemao, Ales­ I sandro Renica, , Fernando de Napoli, , Careca, I , Diego Maradona. I I VFB Stuttgart - Eike Immel, Karl I Allgoewer, Nils Schmaeler, Juergen Hartmann, Guenther . Schaefer, I Maurizio Gaudino, Specko Katanec, I Asgeir Sigurvinsson, Michael Schroe­ I der, Fritz Walter, JurgenKlinsmann. I INTERNAZIONALE Milan­ I bound West German I international star Juergen I "Mr NAJA KAJONDO" Klinsmann (left) believes he I could give Stuttgart no better I The International Cabaret Magician who will leaving present than their first I perform 15 miracles European title when they meet When: Thursday May 18 Time: 8pm Maradona's Napoli during the I second-leg tonight. .I ------Adm: R4,OO Adults .. .IR2,OO Kiddies under 12 ...