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10 October 1990.Pdf • • *. TODAY: 'RED EYE' CASE RESUMES *' JSE CLOSING PRICES * "lJ -~-. '~~. -~ --. .~. Diplomatic row I,ooms oV,er allegatio~~ th~t ANGOLANS ABDU'CTED BYFAPLA NAMIBIAN Pl:esid¢ht Sam Nujoma; flanked by the President of the Namibia. Agriculture Union, Andries Mouton (right), pic­ RAJAH MUNAMAVA tured'arriving,for the opening of the NAU's annual congress last night. In his address, ,the President called for the expansion o( crop production. Photograph: Da'oud Vries. See report below. A DIPLOMATIC row - is , ~ > threatening to break out between Namibia and Angola over allegations that Ango­ B;I"e&itient _urge f? lan Fapla forces .have been ~.:..."!'!!'~ :t and , are ~Uegedly~ct i ng people of Angolan origin. N am farmers to At least 17 men, _all of Angolan origin, were kidnapped from Namibia at gunpoint by men in Angolan mili­ tary unifoffi1s during the early morn­ ing hours of Sunday. The incident consider options took place at Oronditi, near the Epupa Falls. Although the exact identity of the NAMIBIAN farmers should seriously consider diversification of abductors could not be established production, Namibian President Sam Nujoma said yesterday when with certainty at the time of going to opening the Namibia A'gricultural Union (NAU) annual congres~. press, local sources said the men " Diversification ,()fproduction in "The expansion of crop produc­ were members of the Angolan MPLA any given sector is most of the time tien will not cn1y ~Ip to make Nann'bia security forces. a wise policy, " the President said. more self-reliant in terms of food Unita, the bandit movement which While cattle fanners were 'doing supply, but will also reduce the has been battling to topple the MPLA· an excellent job in marketing high imbalance between what is called the government, isnot known for operat­ quality meat, dairy products had , commercial ~d commurial fOffi1s of ing extensively with vehicles in the experienced a significant decline, he farming in this country," he pointed Cunene province of southern An­ noted. out. gola. Nujoma said fanners s}:lould strike Touching on communal famling, There has been speculation that a balance between beef and the dairyo the President said no significant de­ the men could have been fOffi1er sector of cattle farming. , ' velopment could be expected in these Koevoet members who have been Namibia, he continued, was still a,reas without proper planning and crossing into Angola to train with heavily dependent on foodstuffs organisation. Faffi1ers in these areas Unita: However, this has been dis­ imported from South Africa " be­ should be assisted in the "introduc­ counted by at least two survivors of caU.~e the crop side of our agriculture tion of new methods of production, the ordeal who have made statements has been very much neglected". better equipment and implements, SPINNING UP EMPLOYMENT: A little-known project at to the police at Opuwo suggesting The Ministry of Agriculture had improved seeds, provision of exten­ Brakwater, which involves making jerseys out of rabbit fur, is that ,the men were actually Angolan been instructed to assist faffi1ers in sion services and the control of in­ providing much-needed employment for people from the area. Fapla soldiers. the expansion of crop production so sects and plant diseases" . Pictured here is Willibard Festus with one of the huge Angora If it is proved that the alleged as to reduce dependency, the Presi­ rabbits he looks after. See full story, page 2. dent added. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 PHOTO SERVICES I HR HEVELOPI:\(; FRAMING • Portraits & PRI;\ITI:\t; WE OFFER THE LARGEST * Weddings RANGE OF FRAMES IN • Babies NAMIBIA • Fam ilies NEW SERVICE: CIBACHROME PRINTS UALITY PRINTING DIRECT OFF YOUR SLIDES Gerhard Botha Photography '· (961) 3--5551 -. 44 Independence Avenue , ., -about two weeks. ,'It's"stilt'a matter of KA TEBURLING getting used to the work, though," Coma says. "Also the women have , MADE out of what?! other things to attend to during the day. This is the most common reo Th~y usually do thc:ir washing here i, because there's plenty of water. In the sponse ' Coma Langford gets places where they live they have to buy when she explains why the knit· water - some incredil>le cost for just a ~ . wear she sells is so soft. small amount. " Five women and one man presently "It's made out of rabbit fur," she work as spinners in <;:oma's large ga­ repeats. "We keep the rabbits specially rage. On Monday one of them,' Eliza­ to make the jerseys." beth, was just visiting.,she had recently f Out on her smaliholding about 20 had a baby and would return to work kilometres along the road to Oka­ when she could. bandja, Coma tells the full story behind ( In the rabbitry, Willibard Festus and her angora knitwear enterprise. I, asking for fluency in Afrikaans or and 200 German angora rabbits. From' "We get between 600 arid 700 grams of Dumu Liveni were busy with the daily !, "It came about because of several, English for domestic work, as well as rabbit-breeding to the finished jersey - good quality hair per year from each routine of cleaning out the' cages. Gen­ things," she says. "Mainly it was an some record of formal education. This everything is done at "Okalin!ba" (the rabbit at this stage, though I'm told we eral care of the animals and the gather­ attempt to generate some income - for , leaves most of the women high and dry. name of the business which means could get more," says Coma. ~ i:iIg of flir also falls on them. me and for as many of the people who Tramed as a social worker, Coma rabbit in Oshivambo). She also hopes for better production t: , Brightly coloured skcrins of wool live around here as possible." felt sHe might be able to start a viable The process of producing a jersey is from the spinning team eventually. "At hanging' on fences all aro~nd Coma's There is Ii lot of unemployment , sin all business which could also benefit ' long,.' involved and expensive. The 'the moment we run things on a pretty house are evidence of the next stage of among people in the area, moilt of them her .1Imediate community. price of the finished product reflects flexible basis and I pay R90 for every the process. After the fur has been spun . ti women who have cO!lle down from the ;'" "Both my husband and I were this and is very defmitely aimed at an kilogram. According to other people into wool, Coma dyes it ready for knit­ north to be with their husbands. The brought up ,on farms so we moved out exclusive market. At R300 each the I've spoken to in the business, spinners ting. men have often picked up casual work of the city as soon as we could. But our jerseys sell slowly, bll! Coma says it's can produce up to four kilograms a When Coma first came up with the " on farms in the region, though employ­ smallholding can't really pay as a farm, hard to knowhow to get the price any month, but I don't want to push. We're angora idea, she S\W the jersey-knitting menUs haphazard and not secure. i so I had the idea of the rabbits. " lower. still getting used to things really." part as a far-off project. She wanted to 'I' An all too familiar pattern emerges 'First the rabbits have to be bred, l' get the.rabbitry really well established ofsubsistence living, lamentable hous­ LONG PROCESS reared and cared for. They have to be ON-SITE TRAINING before trying her hand at full-scale ~ ing conditions and hungry children. kept immaculately clean so that when Ii" production of knitwear. B\lt economic I' For the women there is usually, little Coma began building up herrabbitry their fur is cut or combed out (plucked) The spinners were all trained by forces dictated otherwise .with angora i, hope of an income -employers are even two years ago and now has between 150 it looks good enough to tum into wool. Coma oli site - a process which took wool produced in China flooding the market and keeping prices low. "I got i : pushed into the knitting and selling side of things much more quickly than I'd planned," Coma says. "But I'm glad I did. When you're thrown in at the deep end, you just have to get on with it." In addition, the knitting process of­ fers the chance of an income to more women - about eight altogether - with pay differing according to the diffi­ culty of the pattern. Each is individu­ ally d.esigned and Coma's husband transfers the pattens onto graphic paper so that they can be more easily under­ stood. "At the moment our market is mainly .' German but we'd like to be able to widen it," says Coma, shaking out one . of the luxurious jerseys. There are colours and designs for every taste, classic shapes in quiet pastels and bolder geometric patterns. "~f we just had a guaranteed supply of buyers we . could expand and offer more work. ' , At the moment, Coma sells the jer­ seys at Windhoek street markets and the Namibia Craft Centre. She recently had an exhibition at the Windhoek Show and hopes ~o fmd more outlets for "Okalimba" products. "We're still a very small operation" , she admits, "and I never thought the business would make me rich. But maybe it's filling a demand - not only for the jerseys but also for work in the area .." THE only male spinner, Paulus Nakahimbas, making wool thread from the rabbit hair.
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