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BRINGING AFRICA SOUTH 50c (incI.GST) other prices on page 2 OSES JUDGE TO GO BY GWEN LISTER / INTERIM GOVERNMENT Health Minister, Mr Moses Kat- . jiuongua, is taking a defiant stance in what appears to be a major rift in the Cabinet over the appointment of Constitu­ tional Council Chairman, Mr Justice Piet van ~r Byl to the SWA Supreme Court. The latest move in the stalled Constitutional Council con­ troversy was the serving of legal documents on Judge Van der Byl, the Administrator General, Mr Louis Pienaar, and three interim government Cabinet Ministers. Attorneys for Mr Katjiuongua, confirmed that he would bring an urgent application to the Supreme Court on Monday for the setting aside of the appointment of Judge Van der Byl. The other respondents cited in and Cabinet Chairman, Mr the application are interim Hans Diergaardt. government Finance Minister, The five respondents will be Mr Dirk Mudge, Justice asked to show cause why the ap- Minister, Mr Fanuel Kozonguizi, Continued on page 3 :,' . .~ ~ : '. :. :. THE WINDHOEK SHOW is characterised by a predominant military presence. Seen here . :. :;. ", : .. .': :: is a young child, quite content among the toys of war. Mystery bodie's: Probe urged BY GWEN LISTER ATTORNEYS HAVE con­ tbose of tbree Swapo insurgents. firmed tbat tbey bave written to Tbe discovery of tbe corpses tbe Attorney General of the by residents at tbe time, drew in­ Windboek Supreme Court, Mr ternational criticism. Tielman Louw, about a possible Tbe Officer Commanding tbe furtber investigation into tbe notorious counter-insurgency mystery bodies discovered at an unit codenamed Koevoet (Crow­ abandoned military base in April bar), Brigadier Hans Dreyer, ac­ of tbis year. knowledged afterwards tbat bis Papers before an Ondangua men bad killed a nu,"ber of Swa­ Inquest Court in August sbed po insurgents in a skirmisb, and more Iigbt on tbe mystery bodies tbat be bad ordered tbat tbe bod­ buried at Osbikuku in nortbern ies be buried. Namibia, but failed to say bow In a sworn statement, Sergeant tbey were killed or wbo they were. Hendrik Willem Bezuidenbout Tbe partly-uncovered bodies of Koevoet, said tbat on Marcb were found in April of this year 30 tbis year, be and otber police­ in a shallow grave at an aban­ men were following tbe tracks of doned military base by local AN INCIDENT that shocked the country. An abandoned base near Oshikuku, northern Namibia, tbree insurgents wbo had at­ where several bodies were discovered in April this year. The Attorney General has been asked residents. tacked a police base at Okanjera, Documents before the Inquest to further investigate the incident, which was the subject of an Inquest hearing in August. Court described tbe remains as Continued on page 3 COME AND SEE US at our stall, Hall B, at the show! For the latest display of lawn mowers, tools, welding equipment, camping accessories and many more. PO BOX 86 SOMETHING FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY TEL. 26232 2 THE NAMIBIAN FRIDAY October 11 1985 SOUTH AFRICA IN BRIEF FAST ENDS STAYAWAY SETBACK CINEMAS OPENED A large crowd packed the Cape Town S~er- Kinekor Cinemas in Johan­ city hall on Monday night for a rally The call for a national stayaway from nesburg, and several cinemas in Cape to mark the end of a 21 day fast by work on Wednesday received a set­ Town, were this week opened to all Cape Town doctor, I van Thoms. back when major trade union and races. the Deputy Minister of Con­ Among the speakers was MPC Mrs community organisations criticised stitutional Development, Mr Piet Molly Blackburn who gave details of the way it had been planned by Badenhorst, announced that in alleged abuses of power by the securi­ church leaders. The 150000-member terms of representations made to the ty forces in the Eastern Cape, and Federation of South African Trade government earlier this week by Ster­ called for the removal of troops from Unions said it was sympathetic to the Kinekor and UIP-Warner, cinemas in the townships. Other speakers were call, but would not ask its members Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban the UDF representative in the to stay away and observe Wednesday and Pietermaritzburg would now be Western Cape, Christmas Tinto, and as a day of prayer. The unionists open to all races. However, theatre the head of the Anglican church in criticised church leaders for going to companies would have to submit in­ South Africa, Archbishop Phillip employers first, saying they believed dividual applications, he said. Russell. A taped message of support a stayaway should be called by from Anti-Apartheid Movement workers in consultation with other DOCTOR BARRED leader, Bishop nevor Huddleston, organisations. The UDF and was also played. Dr Thoms said his fast had had the ~ZAPO have also said they were Dr Wendy Orr, whose evidence led to sympathetic to the call, but would effect of bringing many sections of an order restraining police from not be asking their members to the community togeti:er. assaulting detainees, was this week Meanwhile, a CatholiC priest in Cape observe a stayaway. prohibited from further visits to Port Town announced that'he would be However, early indications on Elizabeth prisons, However, the extending a fast, which he has kept Wedm:sday were that a large number regional director of the Department secretly for 22 days, living only on of people in Johannesburg and Dur­ of Health and Welfare, Dr JD water. Father Basil van Rensburg of ban were staying away from work or::. Krynauw, said Dr Orr was not 'bann­ the Holy Cross Catholic Church in school, although reports from Cape ed' from seeing prisoners, but she District Six, is fasting to pressure Town said the number of commuters had been urged to stop visiting de­ Catholic Bishops into taking action travelling to work appeared to be tainees because relations with .the on the issue of military chaplains. normal. prisons department were 'somewhat strained'. COMPLAINTS HOME ATTACKED AGAINST POLICE STUDENTS MARCH ON TREURNICHT Ateargas cannister was thrown at the Cape Town home of Mr Brian Breaking of the peace fast, which was part of the ECC's 'troops A 13-year-old Cape Town boy has had his gall bladder removed after an About 200 students from the Univer­ Bishop, Chairman of the Civil out' campaign. Picture: Paul Weinberg Afrapix. alleged police assault eight days ago. sity of Bophuthatswana were' Rights League, and his wife Mrs Oi Andrew Ngoma of Guguletu was dispersed by police using teargas Bishop, early on Thesday morning. Mr Bishop said that he went to bed would completely halt Finland­ one of several people who have given when they marched on a meeting NATIONAL DAY at midnight and heard a crash against South Africa trade, which last year details of alleged police brutality held by Conservative Party leader, Dr OF PRAYER the wall, followed by another next to totalled about R140 million. against civilians to an 'unrest Andries Treurnicht, in Mafikeng. monitoring committee' set up by the Pandemonium nearly stopped the the bedroom wall. On investigation, Thousands of pupils are reported to The United States has also announc­ Progressive Federal party in Cape meetingassomemembersoftheau­ another teargas cannister struck him. have stayed away from Cape Town ed that itplans to impose restrictions Town. A member of the committee, dience booed and interjected Dr Mr Bishop had just attended a schools today in sUPRort of the call on textile exports from South Africa MPC Mr Jan Van Eck, said the 'in­ 1reurnicht's speech. Several students meeting of the End Conscription by church leaders for aday of prayer. to the US. discriminate beating up of ordinary were reported to have been taken in­ Campaign in the City Hall. He said Early reports from around the coun­ people is continuing, with more cases to custody, and it is believed that he had not reported the incident to try suggested that the call had been being brought to the committee's at­ students intend boycotting classes the police, as he felt 'they could tell until those arrested are released. me more than I can tell them'. supported by pupils and students, NKOMATI DEFENDED tention daily'. but the extent of worker support for Meanwhile, fatalities resulting from a stayaway was not yet clear. police action against rioters are con­ Prayer services are being held na­ tinuing, with a number of deaths ANOTHERANC STOP PRESS tionally in response to a call by the The Chief of the South African reported this week. 'TWo of the deaths National Initiative for Reconcilia­ Defence Force, General Constand occurred at Crossroads squatter MEETING? Nobel peace prize winner Bishop tion for a day of prayer to be Viljoen, has said that SADF support camp when police opened fire on a Desmond Tutu was forced to leave a observed. of and contact with Mozambican crowd allegedly throwing petrol South African businessmen are plan­ prayer meeting in Johannesburg to­ rebels, had been aimed at bringing bombs at a private vehicle. ning a second meeting with the AN C day when an anonymous telephone SANCTIONS that country's two warring factions 45 people have died in unrest in the in a few weeks' time, according to a caller said a bomb had been planted together for secret "Camp David" Cape since August 28. British writer and political analyst, in the Cathedral. Columbia University, the scene of style peace talks in a remote part of Incidents o f political violence are Anthony Sampson. In a briefing Clergy outside St Mary's Anglican fierce anti-apartheid demonstra­ South Africa. said to be continuing in black and report on international affairs Cathedral, which was being check­ tions recently, has announced it will coloured residential areas of Cape published in London, Mr Sampson ed by police with sniffer dogs, said pull out its investments in US com­ General Viljoen was responding to Town, and at leas.t two main arterial says that 'after initial talks with the Bishop Tutu and the congregation panies operating in South Africa.
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