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*'TODAY: KUiTO IN FLAMES * NAKED MAN R·EFUSED BEEF BURGER * GAME AUCTION,NEXT WEEK * N$1.50 (GST Inc.) Thursday June 16 1994 , ,. ----- orgam • STAFF REPORTER GAMBLING is to be legalised in Namibia, if Parliament agrees on a draft law which Cabinet approved this week. This could fuel a gambling spree nationwide, from small arcades, through casinos to a national TWO Namibians faced harassment and extortion state lottery and charity lotteries. Already several from the Angolan police after crossing into Angola small casinos have opened nationwide, including late last week. On Tuesday the Angolan and in Windhoek and Walvis Bay and, while waiting Namibian police held an urgent joint meeting over for new laws, they have advertised openly. the incident - the second of its kind in recent weeks. Minister of Information and Broadcasting Ben Gotlieb Anguku from Oshakati and Levi Amathila only gave scant details of the new law at Hauwanga from Olupandu were arrested by the yesterday's briefing on-the Cabinet decision. Angolan Police at the Okapalelona border post near Amathila said "the draft bill seeks to legalize and Ombalantu last Friday. They were forced to pay the control casinos, the establishment of a State Lot­ policemen N$l 500 each to regain their freedom. tery, the regulation of other lotteries and the licens­ Anguku and Hauwanga were planning to visit an ing and control of betting in principle." Angolan village a few kilometres from the border Gambling was illegal in Namibia before inde­ to buy good~ as is common practice in the border pendence, and since then it has been gradually area. drawing in with several giant casino projects pro­ They found two policeman at the border post posed including tentative approaches for the empty known only as Joaqu i and Jeremia. Anguku and site in Windhoek city centre opposite Sun Interna­ Hauwanga were then arrested, apparently for pos­ tional's Kalahari Sands Hotel. sessing the guns, and were told they each had to pay Some casinos are' planned for hotels such as for OUR CHILDREN, OUR FUTURE ... Young Christie Victor (5) from the N$2 000 before being released. Hotel Safari and Safari _Court and for a Stocks & Greenwell Matongo Pre.Primary school searches for inspiration for her As the two Namibians did not have enough Stocks NamibialTransNamib at Swakopmund. Both drawing at a special fun morning organised by the Council of Churches money they were taken to Xangongo on the pretext had said gambling would boost their business, but in Namibia yesterday. Pre.Primary Schools from Windhoek gathered that they had to appear before the Chief of Police in the hotels would go ahead whether or not the law is ahead of the Day of The African Child today. See also page 6. Photo: Contlnueed on page 2 Christof Maletsky Contlnueed on page 2 Would-be millionaire lands in jail -" A FORMER security guard, Samuel Nandago, tified that the John Meinert Branch of First Na­ yesterday saw his chances of becoming a million­ tional Bank of Namibia had sent the cheque back to aire dashed when he was sentenced to N$l 000 or the firm on March 7 and had informed them that 12 months' imprisonment, and an additional 12 Nandago had been arrested. The bank noted that months conditionally suspended for five years. tM cheque had 1:?een ' irregularly witdrawn'. The Windhoek Magistrates Court found Nandago Later the police had arrived with the man, ques­ guilty of attempting to forge his own pay cheque, tioned her about the cheque and asked her for a . changing the amount from N$428,87 to N$3 000 written statement, Davids said. She added that it 987. looked as if her handwriting on the cheque had been Nandago's deceit was noticed because the amount erased and replaced by someone else's. indicated in words was 'three thousand nine hun­ Bank teller Franscisca Itempu told the court dred dollars and eighty-seven cents'. However, in Nandago had tried to cash the cheque with her, but figures he made it millions - N$3 000987. that she had found that the amount indicated ex­ Magistrate George Mbundu said that had N and ago ceeded the limit authorised. succeeded it could have cost his employer, Security Itempu said she had also noted that the cheque Force Services, "millions". SFS AdministratorChan Yen Heng Davids tes- Contlnueed on page 2 Water crisis on horizon • CHRISTOF MALETSKY water consumption could exceed resources by the beginning of 1996. THE central areas of Namibia face a water He said last year's saving had been possible Buy it with crisis if the current high rate of consumption because of the co-operation of h.ome-owners and your continues over the next two years. the fact that there had been enough reserve water in Merry-Go­ Revealing this yesterday, deputy City Engineer Von Bach, Omatako and Swakoppoort, the three Round in Windhoek's Water Services department, Ben state-owned dams which suppli~d water to the Purchase van der Merwe, said although Windhoek had shown capital city. Card ... and a net saving of 14 per cent on consumption last year, Van der Merwe said Windhoek might be able to spread the a water crisis could be experienced within the next survive without rain for two seasons but demands cost I two years. from, among others, Karibib's Navachab Mine, Van der Merwe said the high rate of people Otjihase Mine and Okahandja might harm the Contact our flocking into Windhoek posed the biggest threat as Conlinueed on page 2 Credit Office today! ~ 2 Thursday June 16 1994 THE NAMIBIAN Green light for gambling \ Contlnu;;;tfrom page 1\ popular in countries in­ need to work for your cluding the USA and in money. changed to legalise gam­ Britain to a lesser ex­ Other lotteries need to TRAVELLERS for the environment. Yesterday the British Council bid 'bon voyage' to several bling. There have been tent. They are Govern­ be watched carefully, Namibians they are sending to Britain under an aid scheme known as 'exchange of persons some companies set up ment fund-raising ef­ and even among the programme' (EOPP). The travellers are: Andrew du Plessis (second from left), a town planner of to import electronic ar­ forts where many peo­ ranks of charity lotteries Windhoek City Council and Peet Swart (second from right) of the Ministry of Local and Regional cade gaming machines. ple buy numbered tick­ there are some crooks. It Government and Housing. Both are to attend a conference in Manchester, Britain, called Global Other gambling al­ ets and some lucky win­ is easy to take many peo­ Forum '94. Also travelling through the council are Meryn Smith (not in picture) of Namutoni ready popular in ners every month get ple's money without it environmental education centre ofthe Ministry of Environment and Tourism and Peter Tarr ofthe Windhoek and some giant cash prizes. going to the cause or the same ministry (far right). Smith is going to train in environmental education while Tarr is to attend other centres is betting In the USA they have prize being given al­ an intensive two-month course in environmental assessment and management. Jasper Uttley of the on South African and been slammed for un­ though they are also a British Council told them the EOPP aimed to help Namibians acquire expertise they would be able other horse races. dermining people's be­ very good way ofraising to use in their country and to teach others about the lessons and successes in Namibia. Helping bid State lotteries are lief in the ethos that you money for a good cause. them farewell are Annie Symoitds of the British Council (far left), Deputy Minister of Environment ---------------------------11 and Tourism, Ben Ulenga (third from left) and Carin Swart (third from right). Water crisis on cards Would-be millionaire ends up in prison C 11 d f 1 According to both the expressed fears that not I on nuee rom page MUDlclpa.. IItyan' d W ater on Iy Wm' dh oek b u t a Iso I Contlnueed frO~-p~g;q in a document wal1et in that time the teller had someone else, who would situation. Apparently the Affairs, substantial capi- the coast might end up the office where some grabbed itoutofhis hands not benefit from the. three dams also provide tal investment in a new without water by the be- had been rewritten and other guards had been and run off"only to come money, would change the water for these places. water supply infrastruc- ginning of 1996. that some details had been asleep. Nandago said he back and take his ID. cheque, or that he would Van der Merwe main- ture is needed over the The group conducted erased Shehadthentaken normal1y left the wallet However, State Pros­ leave valuable documents tained that the current next 10 years. Van d~r a study in whic~ t~ey the . cheque and there as his pockets were ecutor Lodewyk Adams around without asking state of affairs was only Merwe appealed to resl- found that the flshmg Nandago's ID document tom. put it to him that he was anyone to look after them, a short-term solution. dents to use water spar- industry could suffer the to the supervisor. He had not looked at lying as he had not ob­ Adams said. "The long-term water ingly, to prevent wast- most as they consumed Nandago then handed the cheque again until he jected to anything Itempu After he was sentenced, supply to Windhoek has age and to immediately the most water.

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