* TODAY: THE GREAT TOXIC WASTE O'EBATE * WALES VERSUS NAMIBIA RUGBY Pies *

* Nujoma spells it out HONEYMOON OVER 'Action will be taken'

------JEANSUTHERLAN D------THE honeymoon period of freedom and independence was over, and any abuse of the government's policy of national reconciliation - no matter from which side - would not be tolerated. This was spelled out in no uncer­ particularly concerned by the news tain tenus by Namibian President coming out of Katutura "especially Sam Nujoma when he opened the when those workers who wake up Children's W orId Creche and Devel­ early every morning are disturbed by opment Centre in Katutura on Satur­ reckless elements ~ ' and were robbed day. and attacked. President Nujoma said the true "This government will not toler­ meaning of national reconcilation was ate any further intimidation or at­ being misconstrued by people who tacks on citizens in Katutura or any­ only concentrated 00. what suited them. where else. If you want trouble you He particularly singled out those who will get it," he warned. fired workers and told them to 'go The President said the government and ask Sam Nujoma for employ­ regarded national reconciliation as ment', and those who were intimi­ "first and foremost" the redressing dating and attacking law-abiding of the socio-econornic injustices of citizens. the past. " There are those who regard this " There cannot be genuine national OFFICIAL openings are a serious business! These youngsters were pictured during the formalities policy (of national reconciliation) as reconciliation while the riches of our at Saturday's opening of the Children's World Creche in Katutura on Saturday. Photograph by Jean a means to enrich themselves or (on country remain in the hands of a Sutherland. the other hand) as a condition of privileged few, leaving the vast lawlessness in which to intimidate majority of Namibian people in ab­ law-abiding citizens, ' , he elaborated. ject poverty and destitute," he under­ "I would like to warn them: the lined. honeymoon of freedom and inde­ Appointments and job allocations Toxic waste: pendence is over," the President had to be done on the basis of merit, emphasized. and not 00. the basis of c"lour, Nujoma To dump. or "Ifthey want trouble, they will get said. But, he pointed out, in the past it from my government. Action will the majority of Namibian citizens, not to dump be taken," he said to deafening ap­ including women, had been excluded plause from the large crowd. President Nujoma said he was CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 DAVID LUSH

SHORT-TERM cash benefits from storing imported toxic waste would be reduced to next to nothing by For the best in quality and the " astronomical" cost of clean­ ing up the waste in years to come, service let us Namibian television viewers were told last night. develop and print your colour The two sides in the toxic waste dispute came face to face in an at film and you can have a times heated debate broadcast by the NBC. Noticeable by its absence A MOTHER and Legal Assistance Centre lawyer Bience Gawanas FREE: from the debate was the govern­ (left) who welcomed and introduced guest speaker, Namibian ment which has already held dis­ President Sam Nujoina, who officially opened the creche. See !!Film cussions with Swiss expert in, and also page 6. potential Importer of, toxic waste to Namibia, Horst BOdecker. !!Foto File During the half-hour debate, Dodecker played down the extent and Photo Album which discussions with the govern­ Rukoro in legal bid ment had reached. "I have intro­ duced the scheme to several mem­ ONLY at: bers (of the government) just to t o stop DTA Dlove discuss the technical possibilities gernard botha and geological conditions neces­ LA WYERS representing NNF National Independenc-:" Party. photography sary," he said. president Vekuii Rukoro served an The injunction seeks to prevent the "That is as far as it went. The injunction on three NNF member three parties, either individually or 44 KAISER STREET idea has not been rejected and has parties on Friday in a bid to prevent the NNF as an organization, from P.O. BOX 21907 not been taken on." them from attending a congress called attending the congress, due to be WINDHOEK Dodecker said there was avail­ by the DTA at which a new party will held this week. ~ able the "technical k now-how" for be founded. The parties ha ve until noon today the " safe stf)ring" of toxic waste. The papers were served on the to show why the decision should not Tel. (061) 35551 Namibia Independence Party, the CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Mmabatho Party and the United CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 2 MOF'lday June 11 ·1990 . THE. ! \ ~AMIBIAN Americans evacuated as Liberia war intensifies MONROVIA, Liberia - An air evacuation of US citizens from ·this war-shattered nation began on no Sunday morning with the departure of a jet carrying 120 people. Two other evacuation flights were scheduled. "We'll probably lose everything, More than 1 000 Americans were her three-year-old daughter, Zanwhea, everything, to looters," said Caro­ expected to remin in the West Afri­ on the plane. line Jackson. She was returning to can country. An estimated 6 000 lived Neither side in the war has threat­ Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband, in Liberia before it was engulfed in a ened Americans, and many who live a diamond miner who was still wear­ tribal war. Several thousand left as in rural areas have decided to stay. ing his blue hard hat. the five-month-old war intensified. Liberia, founded by freed American The United States chartered an Air The United States sent four war­ slaves, has very close relations with Guinea Boeing 737 to carry evacuat­ ships, carrying 2 100 marines, to the the United States. ing Americans from Monrovia to Liberian coast in case an emergency The first negotiations between Abidjan, capital of the neighbouring evaucation was necessary. Britain President Samuel Doe's government Ivory Coast. There the Americans also sent two frigates. and rebels led by Charles Taylor were to board a jumbo jet chartered Tears mingled with tropical show­ were to begin this week at the US to fly them to Charleston, South ers as the Americans boarded the jet embassy in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Carolina. at Monrovia's small city airport. The Liberia's western neighbour. Most of the more than 300 Ameri­ international airport has been closed Though the rebels have refused to cans likely to take one of the three for more than a week because of accept a church call for a cease-fire, flights were women or children. Many fighting between rebels and govern­ their decision to send a delegation to were Liberians holding US passports, ment forces. Freetown marks a major change in and roughly a third of those leaving "It is betterif she leaves. If I have their position. They had been de­ were escorts assigned to aid children to run for my life 1 can't run with manding Doe leave Liberia before on the flights. her," said Rosalind Towe as she put they would begin talks. Meeting brings new hope ___ V\{ar-torn Ethiopia's leader in peace talks ---

NAIROBI - Ethiopian President ernment had taken steps to revive the rebels in Tigray, adjacent to Eritrea, Mengistu Haile Mariam arrived negotiations with the EPLF. who want to oust Mengistu' s govern­ JOHANNESBURG - South African singer Miriam Makeba, who in Nairobi on Sunday for talks Ethiopia is also fightiIig against ment. received international acclaim during her 31 years in exile, made with President Daniel arap Moi an emotional return home on Sunday for a brief visit with family expected to focus on a new peace Her popularity at home is waning, but and friends. initiative to try to end Ethio­ Makeba, often called' 'Mama Africa" and "the Empress of African Song", left South Africa in 1959 after touring abroad. She has lived in the United pia's long-running civil wars. States, France, Guinea in West Africa and most recently in Belgium. Kenyan officials gave no details "I'm very happy to be home," Makeba told an airport news conference. but the talks follow a call earlier this Thatcher now an "But I think I'll be even happier when I can come back to sing before my month for an international peace people, where I'll not have to explain my songs because they will understand." conference on Ethiopia by Soviet She was greeted by relatives, friends and leading South African musicians leader Mikhail Gorbachev and US who joined her in singing Nkosi Sikelel i ' Afrika, the anthem of the anti -apart­ President George Bush. Armenian heroine heid movement. Western diplomats in Nairobi said Makeba is best known for songs that emphasize traditional African rhythms. Moi's readiness to receive Mengistu LENINAKAN, USSR - Tens of thousands of happy Armenians Entertainer Steve Allen helped launch Makeba' s career in the United States for their one-day meeting indicated mobbed British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as she arrived and she often toured with US singer Harry Belafonte during the 1960s. In 1987 Kenya's support for a fresh effort to she performed with US singer Paul Simon on his "Graceland" concert tour. halt '. ;vil wars raging in Ethiopia's on Sunday to open a new British-built school in this earthquake­ devastated city. While a resident of Guinea, she represented the country at the United Nations northern provinces of Tigray and and spoke out against South Africa's apartheid policies of racial segregation. Eritrea. Crowds broke through police lines world ... Television brought into our After she denounced apartheid in a UN speech in 1976, government-run Mengistu, who has welcomed the as Thatcher, on a four-day visit to the homes pictures of devastation and radio and television in South Africa refused to broadcast her songs until last Bush-Gorbachev statement made Soviet Union, arrived to open the suffering almost beyond comprehen­ year. during their summit in Washington, Lord Byron school. 'The metal-frame, sion, " she said. One of her several marriages was to US political activist Stokely Carmichael. visited the Red Sea republic of Djibouti single-story school is in a section of Thatcher got out of her limousine Makeba tried to return to South Africa in 1960 for the funeral of her mother. last Thursday to brief Djibouti Presi­ Leninakan that was wiped out in the as she arrived at the school, but was But her passport was revoked and she was not allowed to enter the country. dent Hassan Gouled Aptidon on his December 1988 earthquake. 1k quake forced back into it as the crowd surged "I never understood why I couldn't come home," Makeba said. "I never efforts to end the fighting. killed an estimated 25 000 people in around her. 'The limousine then edged committed any crime." Earlier last week Mengistu an­ northern Armenia and demolished around to the deserted rear of the Makeba said she would spend one to two weeks visiting family and friends, nounced he would allow UN observ­ 31 of Leninakan's 37 schools. US$7 million school, named after but would not perform during her stay. ers to join planned peace talks with Armenians, some standing atop the 18th century English poet. the Eritrean People's Liberation Front piles of rubble to get a better view, Inside the school, Thatcher talked (EPLF), which has been fighting for lined the route of Thatcher's motor­ to a group of four and five-year-oids the independence of Eritrea for the cade as it headed to the new school, who were orphaned by the quake. AROUND THE WORLD past 29 years. built on the site where the earthquake "Never forget what you leamhere, it The move met an EPLF demand virtually flattened a previous school. will last you all your life," she told PRAGUE - As an election ends 40 years of communist rule, the Civic which led to deadlock in the talks, "People all over the world joined them. Forum movement looks set to dominate Czechoslovak politics for at staged last year by Kenya and chaired in relief work, moved by the belief Children gathered outside the ~hool least the next two years but said it preferred to continue tackling the by former US president Jimmy Car­ that what you were suffering was tossed red, orange and white carna­ country's problems by consensus. ter. more than you could bear," Thatcher tions at her and shouted: "We love SOFIA - Bulgaria took a major step in the transition to democracy with The Ethiopian embassy in Nairobi said, in opening the school. you! ' , The new school will hold 800 its first free, multi-party election after 40 years of unchallenged com­ placed large advertisements in local "The horror has made a very deep children studying in two shifts. munist rule. Sunday newspapers, saying the gov- impression on people through the MOSCOW - A mass rally planned In the capital of Soviet Kirghizia, .. BLOOM COUNTY swept by a week of bloody ethnic violence, has been cancelled, a local ...... ----r--..., television journalist said• LONDON - A British anti-terrorist police chief said he believed Irish guerrillas planted a bomb which exploded at a British army unit on Saturday night injuring 17 young people. SEOUL - Thousands of South Korean radicals, hurling petrol bombs and stones, battled riot police on the second day of violent protests against President Roh Tae-woo's government. WARSAW - Polish President Wojciech Jaruzelski says he believes a majority of Poles back his presidency and his term in office will depend on the outcome of parliamentary elections planned for next year. Jaruzelski begins a four-day trip to Spain on Monday, his first state B visit to the West since he took the office last July. A BASLE, Switzerland -Western central bankers, alarmed that the Soviet T economy may be sliding into chaos, are seeking assurances that M Moscow's state bank will tackle a mounting volume of unpaid debts to A N Western companies. US Federal Reserve Board member Martha Seger said there were dangers in the present weakness of the US economy and A N urged a relaxation of the central bank's monetary policy before the end D of the year. R o PARIS - President Francois Mitterrand will carry a message of contin­ B ued French support for countries of the intpoverished underdeveloped I world during a four-nation Indian Ocean tour this week, his aides said. N THE NAMIBIAN Monday June 11 1990 3 TOXIC'WASTE DEBATE -----CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1-----

"The whole thing has become an can we contemplate contaminating emotionalissue. If we just do it right our people with air which, every time and use the teclmical expertise they breathe in, they breathe in can­ available ... it will be absolutely safe." cer. " But Wildlife Society spokesper­ Nanubia's poverty should be solved son Dr Chris Brown warned that by a redistribution of wealth and not Namibia would be committing itself through importing' 'poison", Abra­ to storing - among other things - hams added. nuclear waste which would remain ACN leader Jan de Wet - recently radioactive for 200 ()()() years. "How linked with the pro-toxic waste lobby on earth can we take that responsib­ .- last night made the distinction be-. lity?" he asked. tween chemical and nuclear waste. And there was no way of telling While questioning the safety of whether current stable geqlogical and chemical waste, he said nuclear waste climatic conditions, which apparently could lwstored without harming life make parts of Namibia suitable for or the environment. As a producer of the storing of toxic waste in Na­ uranium (a major raw material in the mibia, would last during such a huge production of nuclear power), Na­ time span. mibia could enter into a favourable Turning to the much di~cussed deal by agreeing to take back the by­ financial benefits of storing toxic products. waste, Dr Brown said the experience Asked whether there was a danger of the United States (US) showed· - with such large sums of money TEA and sympathy? Housing and Local Government Minister Dr Libertine Amathila and Keetmanshoop these gains would be "minimal" in involved - of top level corruption in mayor Hampie Plichta continue discussions over tea-break at the three-day restructuring seminar in the long run. waste storage deals, De Wet seemed Swakopmund. See reports page 5. By today's prices, it cost the US to have complete faith in the integ­ R20-25 billion to clear up just one rity of Namibia's rulers. "relatively small" toxic waste "The income (from a toxic waste dump. deal) must come to the government SADCC countries If the government gives the go and the government must spend it for Soldiers in a stew ahead to Bodecker's proposal, Na­ the benefit of the people," he said. could also use mibia will import 50 milliOft tonnes The least the government could do of toxic waste over 20 years. Brown was to appoint a scientific commis­ LOderitz boatyard said the storage of this amount of sion to investigate Bodecker's pro­ waste would require between 625 posals, concluded De Wet. IF more publicity was given to the over poor rations and 650 square kilometres of land However, Dr Brown remained Luderitz boatyard, the .SADCC (an area more than six times the size adamant that those who produced countries, Angola and Mozambique, A SPOKESPERSON for the Ministry of Defence on Friday denied ofWindhoek and its adjoining town­ toxic waste should be the ones re­ could soon place orders for repairs, that soldiers in the new Namibian army were suffering from hunger ships), not to mention areas set aside sponsible for disposing of it. maintenance and new vessels, with because of inadequate rations. for the potentially hazardous unload­ "The government of Namibia has far-reaching effects on employment ing and transportation of waste to the made it known in the past that it Sources among soldiers at the used as an induction centre, which and the development of coastal com­ storage site. wants no part in waste dumping," Luiperdsvallei base outside Wind­ clearly means they stay there for a munities. Conservation activist .and NNF said Dr Brown. hoek have, howevef, complained short period at least. TIlls was the opinion of Walter secretary-general Ottilie Abrahams "This is also the view of many bitterly about the lack of food at the He further said soldiers in the new Lewis, executive chairperson of said it was unthinkable for Namibi­ international organisations, the United base. army received a balanced and ade­ Namibian Sea Products (Namsea), at ans, having just won the fight for Nations, the OAU (Organisation for To add to the problem they allege quate diet. the launch of a new fishing vessel at independence, to give up land for the African Unity) and many of the in­ discrimination. against former Plan The defence spokesperson offered Uideritz. storage of toxic waste. dustrial countries themselves who combatants when food is being served. to provide a standard menu for a He appealed to the government to "The only thing which poor men are also strongly opposed to the Soldiers at the base say that the week's food supply, but by the time give the yard exposure in neighbour­ and poor women have access to in exporting of toxic waste to the Third cooks inherited from the former South of going to press it had not been ing Afric an countries, "especially as this land is clean air, " she said. "How World." certain donor countries could be West Africa Territory force give ex­ possible to obtain the menu. prepared to assist or underwrite the SWA TF soldiers food through the financing". back door while denying them their Greater use of the maintenance full rativns. . CONT. FROM PAGE 1 and repair facilities could also be The unhappy soldiers also say the HONEYMOON IS OVER made from ~ tideritz and Walvis Bay food that is cooked is simply not from participating in economic Turning to accusations made by complexes and accept the realities of if more exposure was given to the enough to feed all of them. activities. certain sections of the media that the the new situation." yard in Namibia, he added. Witnesses from outside have re­ "(Now) those who qualify must government was insensitive to the It was up to everyone to work "To help build up further techno­ ported seeing the former Plan com­ be brought into the new sy;.tem." needs of the people and had not done together towards creating an atmos­ logical and engineering skills, the batants literally storming the dishes . The President continued that na­ anything to alleviate the wrongs in­ phere of peace and mutual trust and state's educational and training de­ when food is being served. tional reconciliation was a process of flicted on Namibians in the past, understanding with a clear vision of partments could facilitate the trans­ Relatives of some soldiers also give and take. Nujoma said the new government reaching the ultimate goal of social fer of expertise from friendly coun­ report having being forced to take "It is not the spiteful act of firing had barely been in existence for two­ justice for all Namibians, President tries through inter-governmental food to family members at the base to workers and telling them to ask for and-a-half months. Nujoma said. contact," he said. supplement the meager rations sup­ employment from Sam Nuj oma, "he Was this criticism genuine "or is It was in the interest of all Namibi­ Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, plied to the soldiers. said. their aim simply to undermine the ans that national reconciliation should In a highly evasive answer, Minis­ Water and Rural development Gert "Yes, we have brought freedom, welfare of the NariUbian people", he succeed, "otherwise the consequences Hanekom earlier said the govern­ try of Defence spokesperson Hank and while we are prepared to accept asked. will be too ghastly to contemplate", ment would look jealously after the Rheeder on Friday claimed there was and welcome everyone in oUf coun­ "If national reconciliation is to he concluded. fishing industry since it could be- no soldiers living at the Luiperdsval­ try, others should also accept the succeed, we must all undergo cul­ • Full report on creche opening lei base. reality of the new Namibia, of a free tural change. We must learn to over­ tomorrow. See also photographs, page Rheeder said the base was only CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 Namibia. Change must be accepted ... come our superiority and inferiority 6. PEOPLE'S PRIMARY SCHOOL WOONERF - WINSKOOP I----KATUTURA----II EROS PARK All parents who have WOONERF +/- 1 300 VIERKANTE METER GROOT MET recently made an PRAGTIGE UITSIG TE KOOP. application for their INGESLUIT IS 'N KONTOERPLAN AS OOK 'N ONTWERPPLAN VIR 'N 4-SLAAPKAMERHUIS OP HIERDIE children to attend our ERF. school next term are required to attend an· PRYS: R20800 important meeting at the KONTAK: school on Saturday 16 June MEV ALiNDA BYLEVELD TEL: 3-500sn (KANTOORURE) 1990 at 15hOO 4 Monday June 11 1990 THE NAMIBIAN

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17h58: Programme Schedule Ming into his own image - and learns 18hOO: WeetJy Nie an unforgettable lesson when he breaks 18h05: Baby Animal Fun a c~cial promise to the adoring child. New series for children. 20hOO: News 18h25: Educational 20h25: In the Heat of the Night Programmes "Hot Nights" "Sesame Street" Baba fall in love with a beautiful " Families of th e World - woman, but when she kills and FBI Spain" agent he finds out she is not what she 18h50: Niklaas pretends to be. '''n Vriendelike Dame" 21hl0: Tycoon - The Story of a 19h13: My Secret Identity Woman (Final) In episode 10, Davinia, deeply "Give the guy a chance" wounded in her personal and busi­ ness life, finds a protector in another. In this final episode Andrew encour­ man. ages an insecure and klutzy school­ mate to audition for the local play. 21h56: Vuller 19h36: Family Ties 22hOO: News "I gotta be Ming" 22h20: Sport As big brother to a 10-year-old Viet­ 23h20: Dagsluiting namese boy, Alex tries to mould

THE Weather Bureau's detailed forecast for Namibia for today: • Fine and warm but partly cloudy over the central parts. It will be hot in the Namib. Coast fine and mild. Fog patches are expected over the northem part. BERT Hackl (left) of the Engineering Professions Association, explains the plan of a model bridge to Wind moderate southerly to south-westerly but fresh south-easterly in the high school pupils at the launch of the Young Engineers Project. John Byrns, vice-president of the EPA, south. is holding up the plan. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 be binding. Calling aspiring engineers The papers served on the three parties regard a decision to·link up with the DTA in forming a neW party as invalid, and emphasize that decisions in terms of the NNF constitution have to be taken by a two-thirds majority vote. TWELVE schools from Windhoek pupils in groups of four, and the to schools from the central region for The matter is sequel to a move by the three parties on June 2 to team up with and Rehoboth have so far entered entries will be judged at the Rossing logistical reasons, but the EPA plans the DTA in forming a new party. At the time, two of the five NNF member teams for the Young Engineers Young Scientist Exhibition in Sep­ to extend the competition to other parties, including Rukoro' sSwanu, withdrew from the meeting in opposition Construction Project launched by the tember. parts of the country. to the move. Engineering Profession Association The EPA initiated the project be­ Attractive cash prizes will be pre­ Since then, the NNF has been split between those who support the move and and Rossing Uranium. cause of what they described as the sented to the winning school and those who stand by a previous decision to be represented in the Swapo Participants are required to design "aIanningly small proportioo. of pupils individual team members, and a float­ govemment. and build a model bridge to specifi­ entering the engineering profession ing trophy will be given to the win­ Some controversy surrounds the voting on the June 2 decision. cations determined by the Engineer­ in Namibia" . ning school. Twenty-three voted in favour of teaming up with the DTA , one was absent ing Association. Schools must enter This year's competition is limited and 16 abstentions were recorded. The NNFhas 40 central committee members, eight from each member party . Rukoro argued that the June 2 decisionhad been unconstitutional and illegal as the constitution required decisions to be taken by a two-thirds majority. In a reply to Rukoro' s statement, the front's publicity secretary, Dr Kenneth Red Scorpion in town Abrahams, said the initial decision to link up with Swapo had not been taken by a two-thirds vote, but by simple majority (21-16) and that the latest move BOYCOTTED the world over, the was a revision of that decisio~ . controversial movie Red Scorpion is Abrahams said yesterday his group would oppose the injunction and would to retum to the land of its making ... ooe file opposing papers today. . of the few countries prepared to screen Neither Rukoro nor his lawyers could be contacted late yesterday. the film. Hearing on the matter may be scheduled for Thursday moming this week Red Scorpion, considered to have once all the parties to the dispute bav" filed their papers. beenpro-Unita, was shot in Namibia during 1987 in contravention of the United Nations cultural boycott. Among other things, the boycott forbade the making of movies in then The Rossing Foundation South African-occupied Namibia. As a result, film promoters through­ VEGETABLE PROJECT INITIATOR out the world refused to distribute the movie and made Red Scorpion a R40 million white elephant for its The Rossing Foundation requires the services of a person to makers. help in establishing small vegetable projects in the southern Now South African company Ster­ part of Namibia. Kinekor, one of the few cinema chains to have accepted Red Scorpion, is The requirements for the post are: due to show the movie at the Wind­ - matriCulation hoek Drive-In as from Friday. - bilingual with English as one of the languages - 5 years practical horticultural experience - be prepared to work away from home Right: STAR of Red Scorpion . - be able to motivate, communicate and train people Dolph Lundgren whacks "a • in possession of an 08 driver's licence Commy" in the Namibian desert. The Rossing Foundation otTers a competitive r enumeration package, which includes pension, medical aid an.d bonus. The salary is negotiable. Golden first Damming of Omaruru river Applications should be addressed to: The Assistant Director; Finance and Administr ation THE FEASIBILITY of damming the Omaruru river 30 km from PO Box 20746 for Namibia Henties Bay is being investigated by the Department of Water WINDHOEK Affairs. Hbuilt, the dam would become an added water Supply source for 9000 THE newly-established Navachab gold mine will be offic ially opened · by the west coast region, said a Water Affairs spokesperson. The department is currently testing the suitability of the area to or telephone: President Sam Nujoma at a cere­ mony at the mine today. . building a dam and the likely impact the structure would have on M r N Louis or Mr S Webster Navachab is Namibia's first gold the environment. A team drawn from the Ministries of Agriculture, (061) 21-1721 min.e and it was brought into produc­ Fisheries and Water, Wildlife and Conservation, and Education, tion in December last year. the "private sector" and environmental experts from the University CLOSING DATE: 15 JUN E 1990 t The gold mine is a joint venture of Cape Town is carrying out the impact assessment study. between Erongo Mining and Explo­ Anyone with information or concern about the environment in ration Company Limited, Metal the area of the proposed dam shoul4. contact the Permanent fM;ht Mining Corporation of Canada and Secretary for the Department of Fisheries and Water at Private Rand Mines Windhoek Exploration Bag 13193, Windhoek, The Rossing Foundati

SOME fundamental principles of that nothing would be allowed to stressed. person older than 18 who had been local government were spelled out divorce local government from its KATE BURLING A case in point was that of voting resident in a local government 'con­ this weekend when South West M­ grassroots, and that a future system qualifications for local government stituency' for at least a year, had the r ica's old guard and new-look Na­ would work towards the same gen­ be committed to principles set down elections. It had emerged during right to vote. Nothing, said the Min­ mibia came face to face for a three­ eral aims as central government. in the constitution and so should seminar workshops that some par­ ister, would take that right away. day restructuring conference at Much had been heard during the operate in harmony,' said the Minis­ ticipants wanted to see a property­ "Are you going to try and tell an Swakopmund. Although there were previous three days of Namibia's ter. owning clause worked into voting amputee who has no job and no house moments of anger, frustration, constitution and its implications for Ifi deas of 'local government auto­ rights. But Amathila was quick to that he can't vote, after he lost his leg gloom and pretence, not only did a local government system. Both mony' ever undermined those prin­ squash any such idea. fighting for his country?" she de­ all parties survive to tell the tale - central and local government would ciples, they would not last long, she According to the constitution, ev.ery manded.· they seemed positively enthusias­ Throughout the conference, Amath­ tic about the experience. ila performed the kind of balancing Summing up the seminar, which act to which she has become accus­ brought together representatives of tomed during her months as Minis­ all municipal authorities, members ter. She was careful to nurture the of the government, community lead­ confidence of the counciliors, while ers, and high-powered foreign dele­ leaving them under no misapprehen­ gates, Local Government Minister sion about who was in charge from Dr Libertine Amathila admitted the now on. meeting had raised a few hackles, From the opening moments of the including her own. seminar, the Minister had roundly "I was very upset by some of the condemned the previous apartheid talk I heard here, wbich literally. system which dictated that only white, divorced government from the male citizens of South African stock people," she said, laying down cer­ could become councillors, and blasted tain 'golden rules' upon which the the legal framework which had sus­ future system would be built. tained them in their roles. First and foremost, aU kinds of This framework of 'ordinances' government in Namibia would be for would be the first thing to go, she the people, she said. said at Thursday's opening session. "I didn't spend 23 years in exile It had created travesties of justice fighting for improvements to Kaiser which had no place in the new Narmbia Street. I'll be honest and say I was - a nation which had to be built with fighting for the people of Katuturlj the good of all in mind. and those sitting in the so-called It was an ideal well worth strug­ communal territories." But now a gling for she told her audience, be­ better option of cooperative effort by fore firing the mischievous parting all Namibians for all Namibians was INT~KNATlONAL delegates at the local government restructuring senunar. Janzanian representative shot: "There should be no more talk possible, she said. Dr Mohamed Halfani (centre); constitution expert Dr Tesfatsion Medhanie Oeft}; and Professor Allan of packing suitcases - in any case, Amathila made it absolutely clear O'Brien from Canada. you've got nowhere to go these days!" Green light for training videos Baby boom can bust THE government has endorsed a new range of educational videos for use in all areas of trade, industry as weD as in schools. At the launch of Gallo Visions's new video training unit in Windhoek last week, Education Department spokesperson Dr Robert West said there was a great need for training in the new Namibia and praised Paul best-laid.plans Joubert Music (Gallo Vision's Namibian outlet) for taking steps to meet this need. A spokesperson for Paul Joubert Music said educational videos were a cheap but equally effective alternative to sending personnel on costly, often time-consuming training courses. warns Zim official Amongst the training videos available at Gallo Vision are the much­ acclaimed BBC series on managerial skills, as well as a new English­ THE local government system in Zimbabwe was reaching a breaking sive programmes of family planning language course for the speakers of Oshivambo, Otj iherero and Nama! point in terms of human, financial and fiscal resources and there should only be ignored at a country's Damara. was very little to suggest things would improve. peril. Paul Joubert Music can be contacted on tel. Windhoek 226948, fax. But for the fundamental problem 36533, PO Box 1518. TIlls bleak picture of an unwork­ aren't sustainable and an alternative of providing services to low-income able system served as a sobering will have to be found," said Mapfunde. communities, Mapfunde could sug­ reminder to :"''1i.s week's local gov- . Urbanization was a further prob­ gest little more than a strong sense of CONT. FROM PAGE 3 ernment restructuring seminar that lem. Migration to the cities had esca­ humour. the best-laid plans can end in disas­ lated during the war and squatting Future local government represen­ come one of the major sources of for­ ter. had become a permanent headache. tatives would face situations from eign currency, It was painted by former deputy Young, dynamic, educated people which there would be no acceptable Hanekom stressed the importance of secretary in Zimbabwe's Ministry of were leaving the rural areas, render­ exit, he warned. the industry. " It is approximately 10 Local Government, Rural and Urban ing them even less reCeptive to change "You'll end up budgeting for a times more valuable than cattle produc­ Development, Michael Mapfunde, one than ever; while unemployment was deficit when you know it's not vi­ tion in the country," he said. of the host of international visitors to having backlash effects on educa­ able. You '11 get limited help from the He asked the people of the industry the three-day conference which ended tion. 'What was the point of study if Treasury and be told to 'try and look to trust the government's efforts to on Saturday. there could be no job at the end of it?' after yourselves'. And when you're restore and preserve the resources, He outlined some of the reasons people were asking. driven to a solution - such as closing even ifmeasures were unpopular. " We • On the 12th of June Ka­ for his COWltry'S local government The growing expressions of con­ down a school - you'll be forbidden would do it only to the benefit of the tutura Tailoring will have country and its people." failure, drawing useful parallels with cern on Namibian delegates' faces by central government to do it." it's official opening at 11 00. Namibia which the government would were clear indication that they recog­ There were many other valuable The Oceana Pegasus was built at the do well to heed. nized many of the problems pre­ contributions to the seminar from Seaflower shipyard, which is the only • From Wednesday the A soaring population growth rate sented by Manfunde. The Nasboukor foreign delegates, but most left the one in southern Africa with the exper­ 13th we will start selling tise to build timber fishing vessels. was the single most important factor delegates blanched at his description impression that a model system !>f dresses, shirts, and trou­ According to Paul Schwieger, gen­ guHosea Kutako Another major miscalculation had Large-scale resettlement, land than shining examples presented for he said. Str., Tlf.: 61185. been made 'with reference to present reform, environmental education, admiration, would have been useful. The timber vessel is fully equipped land use practices. "They simply development of rural areas and mas- for catching pelagic fish, mainly an­ chovy, red-eye and pilchards. It is 23 ~ FILLING metres long, has a carrying capacity of STATION THE NAMIBIAN is published by The Free Press of Namibia (pty) Limited with offices up to 130 tonnes and has been specifi­ at 42 John Meinert Street. It is printed by John Meinert (Pty) Limited of Srubel cally designed for shallow draft har­ bours. WINDHOEK ~ Street and is edited by Gwen Lister. Staff can be contacted during office hours at The total cost of the Oceana Pegasus telephone 36970/2/3/4, telex 3032, faX 33980 or P.O.Box 20783, Win~oek 9000. will be about R2,1 million of which RI folitical commentary by Gwen Lister, Pius Dunaiski and Kaptein Handuba. million was spent on the huH alone. 6 Monday June 11 1990 THE NAMIBIAN

Above: THE SPACIOUS premises of the Children's World Credle and Development Centre in Katutura which was officially opened on Saturday by Namibian President Sam Nujoma. Left: IN THE MOOD. Some of the creche youngsters delighted guests with their spontaneous dancing while the Garere special music group provided the beat.

DESPITE his stern words of warning to those who were abusing the government's policy of national IDA Hoffmann, founder of the creche, told the guests how the idea reconciliation, President Sam Nujoma was obviously delighted to take part in the occasion. Here he is of the creche had been born in 1984 when she was detained for 12 pictured shortly after unveiling the founding plaque. In the background Oeft) is Marietjie Pottas, who days (in solitary conrmement) by the security police for selling also spoke at the occasion. . tickets for a Swapo braai.

THERE were children everywhere on Saturday, and NamiWan First Woman Kovambo WORKERS who helped build the creche were among the guests on Saturday. Nujoma didn't know which way to turn as the excited youngsters crowded around, Pictured here are some of the building crew. waving. Photographs by Jean Sutherland. . tHE NAMIBU~N Monday June l' r " 1990 ·7 * One year on· 'Returnees' out to shake off the label

TOMORROW sees the first independent business. anniversary of the repatriation KATE BURLING "It's doing very well", says of 44 000 Namibian exiles. Dumeni, " and the skills of those A year ago the first returnees saw end this month, while a programme involved are improving all the time. " Namibian soil again and the Repa­ of schools and clinics set,up specifi­ Other projects include a poultry triation Resettlement Reconstruction cally to cater for returnees will draw business at Rietfontein, an auto­ (RRR) Committee of the Council of to a close in December. mechanic project and auto-welding Churches in Namibia embarked on In their place, the RRR Committee and repair cooperative, which can its task of caring for their welfare in is helping to promote a number of begin operation as soon as it gets partnership with the United Nations projects aimed at benefiting all municipal permission to build prem­ High Commission for Refugees members of a given community ises at Brakwater. (UNHCR). economically and socially.· It hadn't always been plain-sailing Today, with only 200 returnees Progress is being made, says to get people involved in the society remaining in secondary centres, the Dumeni, but it is slow and on a small to which they have returned, Dumeni RRR Committee is still working with scale. admits. a variety of UN agencies to help "There are many agencies and , 'Sometimes our results have been these people build a life in their countIy community groups in this country. If disappointing, and we've come across of birth. It is hastily trying to get rid each one took responsibility for instances of people being quite un­ of the term 'returnee'. developing a community project, prepared to work. But generally that According to the Committee's aimed at bettering the lot of all is not the case and this country has director, Immanuel Dumeni, the Namibians, things could move a lot recently regained many skills and division between 'returnees' and other faster. " talents." Namibians is wholly ~rtificial and Judging by the success of some of The committee tries to register potentially divisive. In an age of the small-scale projects to date, hard these skills and then to group people national reconciliation, one of the work, basic skills, determination and with compatible skills together to most urgent things to be reconciled, an eye for a gap in the market are all form a cooperative. People involved it seems, is the place. d these N amib­ that are required. in the resulting projects receive ini­ ian citizens in their newly independ­ In Katutura a tailoring project has tial financial support of R400 a month ent nation. been running for almost a year and is for a period of six months, after The year of food assistan<:; e pro­ gradually reaching the stage where it which they should have proved their THE CCN'S Immanuel Dumeni vided to returnees by UNHCR will will be able to function as an entirely economic viability.

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Women offering a new service to women Counselling for women will start on June 25

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WOMEN'S S.olidarity is a newly against them and discriminati.on surviv.or) is als.o put .on trial, and death by her b.oyfriend, wh.o was S.olidarity sh.ould be included in f.ormed Namibian .organizati.on against them. n.ot .only the accused. subsequently granted bail .of Rl the team t.o give inf.ormati.on and which is based .on Rape Crisis in Alth.ough pe.ople felt that educa­ Namibian marriage and div.orce 000. Given these very seri.ous pr.ob­ h.old w.orksh.ops. This team sh.ould S.outh Africa, the latter an .organi­ ti.on ar.ound these issues were im­ laws are antiquated and discrimi­ lems in .our legal system, .one sug­ act as a netw.ork t.o try and give the zati.on which has been active in p.ortant, the f.ocus was .on p.ossible natory against w.omen. F.or example, gesti.on that came fr.om the c.onfer­ c.ommunity m.ore c.ontr.ol .over s.o­ that c.ountry f.or ab.out 12 years. changes in the legal system as well a w.oman wh.o gets married under ence was that' a special w.omen's cial and health services. W.omen's S.olidarity is an .organi­ as .on health and s.ocial services. the Namibian statutes and d.oes n.ot pr.otecti.on unit sh.ould be created It is imp.ortant t.o n.ot .only .offer zati.on which has been f.ounded t.o write a special ante nuptial c.on­ by the p.olice. curative services, but preventative pr.ovide the necessary assistance t.o • Dianne Hubbard rep.orted .on tract, aut.omatically gets married This unit sh.ould c.onsist .of p.o­ meth.ods sh.ould als.o be taught t.o the surviv.ors .of rape, sexual at­ the legal issues discussed at the in c.ommunity .ofpr.operty. licemen and w.omen wh.o sh.ould the communities t.o make them m.ore tacks and battering, and t.o pr.ovide c.onference. This means that the w.oman can­ receive special training t.o deal with self-reliant. W.omen's Solidarity can the c.ommunity with inf.ormati.on In the legal area, much c.oncern n.ot sign any contract - f.or example, this aspect .of vi.olence against make w.omen aware.of and give in­ . .on rape and related matters. F.our was prevalent regarding the exist­ .open an account .or purchase a house w.omen. f.ormati.on .on issues such as rape members .of W.omen's S.olidarity ing laws relating t.o rape, batter­ - with.out the written c.onsent .of her This unit sh.ould then be able t.o and battering. This will h.opefully attended a Rape Crisis c.onference ing, marriage and div.orce. husband. In essence she is c.onsid­ de~l effectively with rape survi­ reduce the incidence .of these acts, held in Cape T.own fr.om 24-27 May It was felt that the maj.ority .of ered a min.or needing her husband's v.ors, and all .other vi.olent crimes and will als.o make w.omen aware 1990. The c.onference was attended these laws at present, b.oth in Na­ appr.oval. against women. .of their rights. Inf.ormati.on sh.ould by delegates fr.om Rape Crisis mibia and S.outh Africa, .offered In .our laws there is n.o such thing The c.onference n.oted that at this be made available t.o w.omen as this branches in Cape T.own, Graham­ w.omen very little pr.otecti.on and as rape within the marriage rela­ stage in S.outh Africa it w.ould cre­ will ensure that it als.o reaches the st.own, Pietermaritzburg; fr.om the were inadequate b.oth in the sub­ ti.onship. The justificati.on most fre­ ate a pr.oblem f.or Rape Crisis t.o .other members .of a family. .organizati.on Pe.ople Opp.osing stantive and pr.ocedural aspects. quently used f.or this is that up.on deal with the p.olice, due t.o the fact A c.ommunity must be aware and W.omen's Abuse (POWA) and F.or example, in Namibia there is entering the marriage relati.onship, that the p.olice still playa signifi­ must take c.ontr.ol .of the social c.on­ W.o men's S.olidarity. Tw.o .of the legally n.o pr.otecti.on f.or a rape a w.omen gives her irrevocable cant r.ole in supp.orting the status diti.ons prevailing in ~hat c.ommu­ Women's S.olidarity members wh.o surviv.or's name, and it can be pub­ c.onsent t.o sexual interc.ourse with qu.o and the racistg.overnment. nlty. The c.ommunity inust demand went t.o the c.onference, Dianne lished in any newspaper. This makes her husband. W.omen's Solidarity felt that with impr.oved living and h.ousing c.on­ Hubbard and R.osalinda Namises, an already traumatic experience ' There is ais.o n.ot sumcient pr.o­ Namibia's independence they would diti.ons - children need their .own rep.orted back .on the c.onference. even m.ore traumatic when a rape tecti.on f.or w.omen SHking help fr.om be eager t.o assist the p.olice in any r.o.oms, and it is n.ot g.o.od en.ough victim's name is published together the p.olice .or c.ourts f.or vi.olence way p.ossible in dealing with vi.o­ f.or them t.o share their parents' A large part .of the c.onference with the circumstances .of the rape, against them at h.ome, f.or example, lence against w.omen. r.o.om where they are exp.osed t.o was dev.oted t.o discpssing h.ow .or­ .often increasing the ridicule the battering. It was als.o suggested that differ­ everything their parents d.o • ganizati.ons dealing with the issues w.oman has t.o endure. The p.olice are very reluctant t.o ent .organizati.ons d.o general legal There need t.o be m.ore health .of rape and vi.olence against w.omen In Namibia's c.ourts there is als.o deal with d.omestic vi.olence, and if research int.o all disaiminat.ory laws clhiics in the c.ommunity. The wh.ole c.ould act and .operate m.ost effec­ an inadequate limitati.on placed .on they d.o intervene, it is usually n.ot against w.omen. It was felt that it is system needs t.o be restructured s.o tively. Ideas and acti.ons were dis­ the questi.ons a rape victim has t.o very effective as they wiD n.ot re­ imp.ortant t.o enc.ourage .other .or­ that it reaches every.one. TraIning cussed with-the idea .of trying t.o answer in c.ourt ab.out her past sex­ m.ove the man fr.om the premises ganizati.ons t.o participate in this needs t.o be given t.o .old and new impr.ove the situati.on and p.ositi.on ual hist.ory. This, in effect, means and thus cann.ot make the w.oman's research, and that it sh.ould n.ot empl.oyees, d.oct.ors and nurses, as which many w.omen fInd themselves that the sexual hist.ory and pers.on­ p.ositi.on any safer. Recently, a .only be Rape Crisis's and W.omen's regards dealing with surviv.ors .of in - that .of vi.olence perpetrated ality .of the c.omplainant (the rape Katutura w.oman was butchered t.o S.olidarity's resp.onsibllity. Other rape and batterings. w.omen's gr.oups sh.ould participate Child abuse is regarded as very in the exercise as well. prevalent and this issue needs t.o be Rape Crisis gr.oups feel that they urgently addressed by the c.ommu­ . , .. ,11- can play an imp.ortant r.ole in giv­ nity. Firstly, it is very imp.ortant ing input int.o the legal issues be­ f.or adults, especially m.others, t.o ( NAMIBIA NATIONAL cause the practical experience they believe their children when they have had when c.ounselling survi­ tell them .of s.ome f.orm .of sexual v.ors .of rape and batterings have abuse. Children sh.ould be trained TEACHER'S UNION made them especially equipped t.o and taught t.o say n.o when they feel d.o SQ. they d.o n.ot want s.ome.one t.o t.ouch In Namibia, W.omen's S.olidar­ them. ity already has a research gr.oup l.o.oking int.o the existing laws and It was felt that the c.onference 1ST ANNUAL CONGRESS 1990 w.ould like .other w.omen's .organi­ was a great success. It was .organ­ zations t.o particpate and help where ized by w.omen f.or w.omen t.o create they can. a situati.on where w.omen c.ould talk The ide,. is t.o prepare sugges­ p.ositively and educate and supp.ort ALL members and interested teachers ti.ons f.or changes in the law f.or .one an.other. discussi.on with .other w.omen's It was seen as very imp.ortant for gr.oups with the ultimate aim .of gr.oups t.o w.ork t.ogether ins.outh­ are warmly invited to the historic first submitting these rec.ommendati.ons ern Africa t.o .organize agahist rape t.o the Namibian g.overnment. and discriminati.on against w.omen. The c.onference als.o ackn.owledged congress of N ANTU • R.osalinda Namises rep.orted the imp.ortance of counselling, where .on health and s.oclal services issues w.omen have a chance t.o be c.oun­ discussed at the c.onference. selled and supp.orted by .other It was felt that it was imp.ortant w.omen. It is imp.ortant t.o talk t.o DATE: 29 - 30 June 1990 t.o decentralize health and s.ocial s.ome.one when y.ou have experi­ services, and t.o give the c.ommu­ enced a traumatic event. VENUE: Khomasdal Teachers College, nity m.ore c.ontr.ol .over these serv­ W.omen's S.olidarity is a n.on­ ices. pr.ofit-making .organizati.on which It is imp.ortant t.o m.ove .out .of .of­ plans t.o serve the c.ommunity. The Windhoek fices, where a l.ot .of irreievant plan­ aims .of the .organlzati.on are: ning takes place, t.o the c.ommunity • t.o pr.ovide c.ounselling services TIME: 08h30 where the services can reach ev­ and supp.ort f.or surviv.ors .of rape, ery.one, including people in the rural sexual attacks and battering, and areas. The gr.oup suggested that a • t.o pr.om.ote educati.on in the health team, c.onslsting .of d.oct.ors, c.ommunity relating t.o rape and Join hands with the world by meeting Dr nurses, s.ocial w.orkers and .other battering. relevant pe.ople, sh.ould be made W.omen's S.olidarity will begin Itoto, President of World Confederation of avaIlable t.o travel t.o all areas where their c.ounselling service .on 25 June it sh.ould serve as a clinic. 1990. Watch the press f.or m.ore the Teachers profession, Mr Thorn Bediako, W.omen bel.onging t.o-- W.omen'------s inf.ormati.on.------General Secretary of the All African Teachers Organisation (AATO) and .:·];,.141. LUDWIGSDORF Regional Representative of the WCOTP GLOUDINA STREET, ERF 2051 from Ghana. Plus other honourable guests 1 660 SQM from Zimbabwe and South Africa. R55 000 NEG. TE (0641) 2081 OR (061)" 22-7873 THE NAMIBIAN · Monday June 111990 9

. employment seems only to have rele­ even if it is against one's leaders on of it may affect the whole country. vance to the returnees and a chosen occasion. It is a fact that certain Swapo was not the only party that view. drivers of our President behave irre­ made mistakes. People in this coun­ In recent advertisements for va­ sponsibly.There are certain rules try are well aware that the elements cancies in the Finance and Foreign which one has to respect and just under the command of Mr Katjiuongua Affairs Ministries, we note that quali­ because you drive for the President and co committed many atrocities fications are no longer the passport does not exclude you from that. I am against the people of this country. to appointment but rather the de­ referring to traffic rules. Imagine Barney Barnes demand­ scription 'returnee'. We know that the interim govern­ ing that those responsible for the No to hypocrites being of our leader. But the way Whereas no one can object to the ment never questioned South Africa, detainees be prosecuted. He shOUld hypocrites rub it in smacks of a cal­ inclusion of returnees in the new but we are in a new era now, Mr remember how he insulted the Presi­ culated and sinister attempt to por­ dent last year, and it is still fresh in I AM fed up with hypocrites who government service or private sec­ Mwiya, and we have to put our minds tray our Presidential security team as to present-day problems. Don't bring our memories. never raised a voice or finger during tor, I am totally against a policy of , an uncoordinated gang oftsotsis, and We want the Parliament to debate the'long years of bitter armed struggle excluding those who were similarly up the ugly past to try and justify the to this I take strongest exception. on issues of national interest, such as to protest against the militarisation excluded by the interim government present-day problems and mistakes. Equally scathing criticism is tar~ With this sort of sentiment we will housing, or does Mr Katjiuongua think and brutalisation of our country by for political reasons. It should be geted at those civil servants who are the Hakahana system is good? foreign occupiers. Nowadays. they noted that although we did not take not go very far. It d~s not mean thai: hijacking the well-meaning policy of We are well aware of the sophisti­ are the first to denounce the creation part in a physical guerrilla warfare, because the SA regime was never national reconciliation to abuse it for cated campaign strategy to discredit of a defensive army to safeguard we contributed equally to Swapo's questioned by the interim govern­ their own self-aggrandisement. On . against the violation of our territorial victory. Have we become outdated? ment that we have to do the same the government. the one hanc;l they talk about their integrity. Their kind is epitomised by . We had an unemployment prob­ now. fear of being discharged, despite MSHAANIKA Mr Moses Katjiuongua who seems to lem before the returnees came back, Article 3 of the Universal Declara­ assurances from the President, and be gripped by a revival of knowing it and these peopl¢ must be catered for tionofHumanRights states: 'Every­ KATUTURA on the other, they deprive black all since independence, irrespective as well. Ifan attempt is being made to one has the right to life, liberty and Namibians with legitimate qualifi­ ofhis avowed loyalty to South Africa alleviate the crisis, then it must be security of person'. And I believe Gobabis complaint cations of employment. Vacancies and his unchecked history of shame­ done on an equal opportunity for all that reckless driving has an effect on are apparently simply created so that MANY of us in Gobabis who do not less service to the colonial regime basis. We note that some of the people the security of individuals. their cronies may be promoted to speak English are disregarded as against the nation he professes today employed are those whose names these positions. This nepotism is human beings. to love so much. were submitted by the Swapo district REALIST practised under the eye of our new When we present problems (to the He despises those who remind him offices as recommendations for the OMBALANTU government. local Swapo office) using different of this record. According to the pol­ various ministries. Why then waste I urge thel!,.e hypocrites to cut out mother tongues, we are not paid any icy of national reconciliation, a cul­ people's time to encourage them to their blatant political demagoguery. No Tower of Babel attention. It must be remembered it prit is to be forgiven, but his deeds apply for posts already occupied? In the words of Hidi.po Hamutenya, was not only English speakers who cannot be forgotten. Until such time Swapo must not leave us (who I WOULD like to remind some poli­ Information Minister: "If allowed to voted for Swapo. . as a culprit confesses to the mischief stayed) in the wildnerness of unem­ ticians in the National Assembly that go on, we can be very sure that this The situation was nruch better during he or she has been involved in and ployment. We too have gained expe­ they are in Parliament to debate is­ will bring revolt very soon from the the time of Dr Kaire Mbuende,be­ promises never to repeat such dread­ rience just like some returnees. sues of national importance and not disadvantaged black majority". Something must be done about this cause there was no favouritism. ful deeds which brought untold havoc just to open their mouths as wide as Sometimes when someone wants upon defenceless Namibans, forgive­ now. the River Congo. PENDA ONITSHA to present his or her problems, they ness cannot be forthcoming. There I refer to the motion on the de­ POBOX856 BENJAMIN MUKOLOLO are told that the people are busy in the can be no forgiveness ~thout repen­ tainees tabled by Mr Moses office. . OSHAKATI WINDHOEK tance. Katjiuongua of the NPF. But if you get inside, they are au There are also those who accuse . There are so many important is­ sitting around and chatting. the Presidential security ensemble of From joy to regret Going by the rules sues to be discussed but some politi­ Comrades, remember that .what you terrorising Windhoek residents at cians are more interested in wasting do today answers for tomorrow. Do random. If such incidents have oc­ WHILE the election of .a Swapo IN RESPONSE to Mr K M Mwiya' s our time with senseless proposals. not spoil the image of Swapo. curred it is regrettable and hopefully government was a joy to us who had letter (President's men, May 21) I Parliament is not a public bar or a the people in charge will heed the suffered for so long under the old would like to say the following: Tower of Babel. It is not a place WORRIED NAMIBIAN advice of fellow Nanubians who share regime, we regret to note that the Reality is reality Mr Mwiya. One where you take revenge against your POBOX317 their concern for,the safety and well- government's efforts to combat un- has to admit to certain irregularities political foe, because the consequence GOBABIS '-...... ~

=.. WHY KILL OUR CHILDREN? =.. = DANGER "Nuclear waste produced today = .. .. = remains a threat to human lives for more than = -= 24 000 years. Toxic waste consists of those products =- =- which are proven to pose an unreasonable risk to =- =- human health and the environment... and is stored =- =.. because it is too .expensive to =- = TOXIC WASTE destroy... " = =.. DON'T LET OTHERS ENRICH THEMSELVES BY SELLING OFF THE HEALTH AND FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN, -= .. CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING: _ :.. Namibia will be on a collision course with disaster if we accept nuclear or toxic material from other countries. The question is not -= = whether or not it will eventually start affecting our health· the question is how long before it happens? = = Storing toxic waste does not prevent its consequences· it only postpones them· making the human catastrophe greater when it does = .. come. _ .. Accepting toxic waste is an irreversible decision that cannot be undone by 435 or any other resolution. .. = Even though industrialists go around this planet as though they own it, which of course they don't, why should they be allowed to = = endanger our children to enrich"themselves? = : How can any company guarantee that any facility will not be subject to a-ccident, carelessness, lack of vigilance or lack of constraint for = .. the next 20 000 years - or even the next 200 years for that matter? ...... Will they even be around in 2 000 years' time when our children have to clean up the heritage left by us? .. = What makes them think that our country can harmlessly abs~rb an ever-increasing stream of toxic wastes to the extent that we can = : even absorb other countries' wastes - (WHERE DO YOU THINK IT ALL GOES?) • or do we just overemphasise economic values as = : long as the consequences do not strike very close to ourselves? = .. . Docs our generation have the right to trade. future environmental quality, and future management options, for the present expedience? .. .. The evidence that we are destroying our planet is overwhelming - but are we. prepared to stop it before it is too late? .. : In the final analysis, the government's treatment of the environment results from the kind of people we are and the kind of society we = : plan to build. = .. DO YOU CARE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN?!!! IF YOU CARE - SPEAK OUT AGAINST SELLING OUR .. :.. COUNTRY AS A RUBBISH DUMP FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD!!! = .. PREPARED BYNAAC (NAMIBIAN ANIMAL ACTION COMMITrEE) AND NSF (NATURE SURVIVAL FUND) IN SUPPORT OF C~GNS TO ... ~ . STOP TOXIC DUMPING IN NAMIBIA J ...... ~ •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••III •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 10 Monday June 11 1990

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OV AKW ASHIW ANA vomOkalongo moBatalliona 101 mOluno, nokwa efiku, meumbo lElenga onghela ova shivifila oshifo eshi kom­ ningwa paife elenga mOkalongo. Walaula."Vakwetu fye mOkalongo binga yeudolonai lavo omolwa Elenga Elenga Walaula oveli tave Ii kwafa ina lu fa twa manguluka ohatu mono 10mOkalongo 010 la kala la holeka oil­ nongangala yakula yaUnita omusha­ oihuna, i dule nale nokuli". Osho wifo meumbo laye, "fye omu mOka­ mane Thimoteus Mundobe Shit­ omukwashiwana umwe ati 00 edina Jongo otwa iulilwa, otuli moudjuu womunhu, 00 adja kUnita ndele tai laye ina hala Ii tumbulwe. wElenga letu laholeka oilwifo me umbo moBatalliona 101. Paife okuli mOka­ Otava indile opo Opolifi yaNamibia laye". Osho ovakwashiwa va ti. longo. iva kufe omukundu wElenga 10mOka­ Elenga Mathias Shikombolo Oufiku keshe open a omatopo longo. Ile ihade 0 oilwifo aishe KU OSWALD SHIVUTE MOSHAKA TI Walaula okwa kala okomanda yakula eendjebo ha kala ta elinyenge keshe meumbo lElengp..

OS~O shika osha mona uuyelele kaahona yawo mbaka. wushi ku inekelwa tau ti kutya Pauyelele otaku tiwa anuwa Okangundu kaakolonyeki mboka ya nakukutwe aamati aaNamibia mboka li nale mOwambo noye li taya mon­ ya li nale Omakakunya opo ya ka Mayola adimina oilwifo ika miitopolwa yomuushimba ngaash­ longe muAngola ye Ii kombinga ingeyi, oye Ii po ye IlJ!.notaya ningi yaUnita unene anuwa pethimbo omakwatathano omanene niilyo lyEhogololo ndjoka tali ka ningwa MAYO LA Karl Ndjoba oshivike shaya okwa dimina kutya oilwifo oyo ya hangika meumbo lElenga yimwe mbyoka ya li nale metanga muAngola konima yethimbo pokati ekulunhu, nokuli yo omuyambididi wongudu yoDTA omushamane Mathias Walaula oyaye. lyOkoevoetanomo Bataliona 101 noyi ka Unita na MPLA, oshoka anuwa Mayola Ndjoba 00 eli paife met­ inoSector 10 mOshakati omo veli yamatutu ndele tei twala keumbo li ngaashingeyi mEtanga epe lyaN­ osha fa ngaa nee sha yela kutya anga leameno laNamibia, okwa shiv­ ningile omashendjo kutya omolw­ lelenga Mwanyehange. Omushamane amibia, ge nasha nokundaadha kom­ muAngola otannI ka ningwa el?ogololo ifa yo kutya oye a twalele oikondjifo ashike ita ku manapo oilwifo oyo ili Walaula okwa holola yo kutya ova bing a yiinima yi iIi noyi iii yi na sha na opu na okumonika aat\unentu ei keumbo lElen"ga lOkokalongo meumbo laWalaula neengobe". kundafana oule wefimbo lile kom­ unene nOshikondo shOpoIisi noshEt­ yaaNamibia ya ka kwathele mEpon­ omushamane Luc~ Mwanyek.ange, MayolaNdjobaokwakala omuwi­ binga yoikuti oyo ya etwa meumbo anga lyEgameno lya Namibia. gololo lyFhogololo nruAngola ngaashi okwa anya yo kutya oilwifo oyo kaifi tiki wokamba yq>Etale momudo 1985, laye kuMayola Ndjoba. Eshakeno lavo Okwa kundanwa lrutya mokati kiilyo naana ya pongololele 0UI'A pethimbo yaye nande. . okwa shivifa yo ta ti momudo 00 lotete ola muSeptemba oudwaali, mbyoka ya li nale mOkoevoeta noma lyEhogololo muNamibia momumvo Oshifo kundaneki shoNamibia okwa Ii a mona elombwelo komuBri­ nolutivali ova shakenene mOvenduka Batallona 101 noyi Ii ngaashingeyi gwayi. Today Olomakaya laya, osha kun­ gadila Swart wokoSector 10 mOs­ shina sha ngoo natango noilwifo oyo mEWfigaepelyEgamenolyoshilongo Pauyelele mboka wa pewa oshifo daneka kutya okwa Ii shaya meengbun­ hakati opo omalenga aeshe a pewe muApiliIi. Oilwifo oyo kaya 1i omu na yamwe mboka ye na shika otamu popiwa wo nomadhina dana na Mayoia Ndjoba, pamapopyo oilwifo 00 eli mewiliko laMayola yovaameni vElenga, ashike okwa Ii ekwatathano naahona yawo aakulu gaamboka taya longekidha oshinima aye okwa ti okwa Ii a twa la oilwifo Ndjoba. hai longifwa komuutilyane umwe mboka ye li mo Nanubia nenge pondje shik:a naangoka e Ii omutaambi Denge oyo keumbo lelenga ekulunhu omusha­ Paye okwa ti konima yelombwelo Sisante okudeula ongudu imwe ya Namibia na oya pewa nokuli omukwatakanithikumwe miilonga mane Lukas Mwanyehange momudo 010 okwa longekida ongudu yovanhu yovanhu vefike lunga po 20 nhumbi iinakugwanithwa mbyoka ye na mbika, tashi ningwa okuza mokamba 1985. Momudo 1989 muSeptemba vefike lunga 30 mewiliko laye, ndele vena olruumba," osho Mayola Ndjoba okulonga omanga ye Ii metanga lyoshi­ ya UNITA nokutaambathanwa okwa shakena' nelenga Walaula ta kufa eendjebo 20 noilwifo noikuti a yeIifa. ' longo. mOwambo kwaamboka ya pewa oshi­ Iinenenima mbyoka anuwa ye na nakugwanithwa shika. okumona mo manga ye Ii metanga Oshifo shika osha Ii sha kumwa ko ndika noye yipe aahona yawo mbaka unene okuuva kutya aakuluntu yoma­ oyo mbyoka kutya, Oolye ye Ii tanga gonale gOmukolonyeki omo COU.N CIL OF CHURCHES aakuluntu (ofuspectors) yOpolisi/ ye Ii natango mOshilongo na otaya yomatanga mboka ya li nale iilyo lwgekidha iilonga yuufudhime, unene m NAMIBIA yoPlana. Nalru mCf.like omadhina gawo ya tameka nale okulongekidhila nomahala gawo mpoka ye li ano UNITA Aapongololi mboka ye na oondyukithi dhawo. okuka pongolola mehogololo okuza Aalumentu mbaka oya pewa oshi­ moNamibia. nakugwanithwa kutya naya konge ' Oshigwana inamu kotha tamu aamati moshilongo mboka taya vulu mbonyoka tamu ti pamwe olugodhi olrulongithwa ongaagandji yuuyelele olwahula. requires an rniinima ngaashi taye keyi lombwelwa Kaleni mwa kotoka nokulegaalega ELU REGIONAL COORDINATOR kaahona yawo komeho. mooha dheni shoka tashi inyenge Aamati mbaka oya lombwelwa mo. Uumbugantu wa Afrika ou li na­ for the north-eastern region (Kavango/Caprivi) kutyanaya kale haya dhidhilike kehe tango oshihakanwa shAakolonyeki shoka tashi popiwa kOminisleli na oya ha1a okatongotongo ka pangele. He/she will yOpolisi piigongi yayo opo ye yi fale Onkene shigwana kala wa kotoka. a) induct and supervise new teachers b) provide information about English classes to local communities In the region c) try out new materials and report back to the Training Officer d) provide input at ELU Conferences e) visit local teachers or conduct local courses, largely because of logistical problems f) draw-up the final examination papers with the teachers concerned for Elementary, Intermediate and Advance Levels g) give Quarterly reports to the Head Office (ELU) about the regional actlvltes h) maintain the Regional Office as the Resource and Admlnstrative Centre for the region i) employ and/or recommend the employment of new teachers and opening of new centres j) to attend ELUTA Committee meetings k) to act as advisers to ELU Head and Training Office I) to visit all classes at least twice a year (and should draw up their yearly visiting time table) QUALIFICATIONS She/he must 1 have at least a matriculation certificate 2 have teaching experience 3 have experience and/or qualification In teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) 4 have administrative abilities 5 be able to work with people . OUNONA ovo oipala yavo tai ulike ehafo, okwa i va popifwa 6 have a valid driver'S licence komupresidende waNamibia omushamane Sam Nujoma, pefi,:",bo Please apply in writing to leyeululo loKinder oyo ya yeululwa pambelewa Olomakaya ladJako Director English Language Unit mewiliko la hefolo Ida Hoffmann.. CCN PO Box 41 WINDHOEK THE ,NAMIBIAN Monday June 11 1990 11

* Rukoro slaan toe ... OUERS KOM BYEEN Hofsaak oor skeuring 'n OUERVERGADERING word vir Saterdag 16 Junie by die Hoerskool Ella du Plessis se koshuis gehou om die onderwyskrisis, waarin die skool hom bevind, te bespreek. kom. vandeesweek

S6 lui 'n verklaring wat laat ver­ van die skool, waar die koerant-ber­ wees as hul kinders op s6 'n wyse vir lede week deur die Nantu-tak by Ella igte oor die eerste hoerskoolindrin­ 'n eksamen voorberei word?" is·die DEUR PIUS DUNAISKI uitgereik is na aanleidillg van reaksies gend onder lQeP geneem is om te kyk vrae wat Nantu vra. deur die Khomasdal-kantoor van die dit substansie het. Oar dissipline se die verklaring DIE Rukoro-faksie van die Namibia National Front (NNF) het Ministerie van Sport, Opvoeding en "In hierdie vergadering het die dat dit logies is dat 'n skool probleme Kultuur - die ou Kleurling-adminis­ skoolhoofbevestig dat daar 'n tekort in die verband sal ondervind indien Vrydag 'n dagvaarding op die Abrahamse-faksie laat bestel, ingevolge trasie. aan onderwysers was weens die feit dit 1130 het vir die skamele getal van waarvan hulle verbied word om beslag te gee aan die jongste Dit volg nadat die Nantu-tak onlangs dat daar met die bekragtiging van 50 onderwysers. omstrede besluit om by die DT A aan te sluit. 'n ope brief aan die Ministerie gerig . benoemings, deur hom gemaak, Hiertyeenoor word die statistieke Vekuii Rukoro, president van die Rukoro-faksie geen steen onaangeroer het waarin die ernstige onderwys­ gesloer is en geskikte personeel nie van 'n tradisionele wit skool, die NNF, het nie op sy louere laat rus nie sal laat om die jongste besluit, die probleme blootgele is. Hieronder was gevind kon word nie," die verklar­ sa Hoerskool Academia in Windhoek, en die dagvaarding is Vrydag op van 2 Junie, onkonstitusioneel en dat verskeie klasse in drie standerds ingwatdiebenardeposisievanJanu­ gewys wat 'n leerlingtal van 600 het Keetmanshoop op die leier van die ongeldig te laat verklaar. vir die eerste kwartaal geen lesse in arie aandui. terwyl daar 42 onderwysers is. Namibie-Onathanklikheidsparty Die Abrahams-faksie gaan vandag drie vakke ontvanghet nie, dat die Volgens Nantu is dit ironies dat "Ons nuwe Regering sal beslis (NOP), Albert Krohne, bestel. antwoord, waarrui die saak dan Don­ dissipline van die skool swak is en die Khomasdal-kantoor nou-eers onverdeelde aandag aan die person­ Dr. Kenneth Abrahams, sekretaris derdagoggend voor die Windhoekse dat salarisse~tjeks nie betyd aan wakker geskrik het nadat die kritiek eelvoorsiening van sommige skole van inligting en publisiteit en die Hooggeregshof sal verskyn vir bere­ onderwysers uitbetaal is nie. in die pers verskyn het en daar ' 'baie moet skenk.' , man wat agter die DTA-beweging in denering. Die brief, wat in die pers verskyn flink gereageer is opbenoemings Die kwessie dat dissplinere die NNF: sit, het V rydag bevestig dat Abrahams het V rydag in 'n onder­ het, het hewige reaksie van die Kho­ war daarrui gemaak is. ' , probleme ook voortspruit uit die feit die eerste wetlike skote deur Rukoro houd met The Namibian (volledig masdal-kantoor van Bertus van Niek­ Die vergadering tussen die komitee dat lyfstraf afgeskaf is terwyl geen afgevuur is. more op straat) erken dat Rukoro reg erk ontlok en dit blyk uit die jongste en die personeel het toe ook bevind altematiewe straf voorgehou word, Hy het bygevoeg dat die saak be­ is indien hy argumenteer dat 'n besluit Nantu-verklaring dat die hoof, Seth dat die Khomasdal-kantoor 'n wol­ word genoem. Hieroor het die onnies stry sal worden dat hulletot vandag met 'n twee-derde-meerderheid J anu arie , by die skool in 'n moeilike haar-storie verkoop het toe genoem van Ella verskeie vergaderings ge­ kans het om die hof verklarende geneem moet word, ingevolge die toebroodjie-situasie verkeer. is dat die leerlinge by die skool be· hou. Dit word voorts in die Nantu­ pleitstukke te gee en am te dui dat die konstj,tusie. Maar, het hy bygevoeg, Hy ondervind druk van die Nantu­ nadeel is in die opsig en dat die verklaring genoem dat sommige hofsaak bestry sal word. bya aile besluite van die NNF sedert tak aan die eenkant, wat die probleme vinnige deurhardloop met die agter­ onderwysers probleme ondervind het Dit volg nadat die smeulc.tlde onmin sy stigting was volgens 'n gewone van die skool by die horings wil pak, stallige skoolwerk nie die gewenste sedert Januarie dat hul salaris-tjeks in die NNF, wat reeds van Desember meerderheid en 'n presedent is reeds en van die Khomasdal-kantoor aan uitwerking gehad het nie. nie betyds gegee. uNa verskeie klagtes verlede mrt na die verlciesings ootstaan geskep. Selfs die besluit om Rukoro .die anderkant omdat hy mdet poog Dit blyk dat die botsing tussen die oor salarisse, by wyse van persverklar­ het, meer as 'n week gelede by 'n se aanstelling in die Swapo-kabinet om die goeie naam van die skool te Khomasdal-kantoor en Nantu afstuur ings, is dit verblydend om te sien dat sitting van die Sentrale Komitee tot was met 'n gewone meerderheid. bewaar deur dinge te probeer toes­ na 'n situasie, waar een van die twee leerkragte nou betyds hul salarisse uitbarsting gekom het. Die hof sal ook uitspraak moet gee meer. groepe in taamlike verleentheid sal ontvang.' , Die krisis is die regstreekse gevolg oor die regsmening dat die stemme Volgens N antu is die p~obleme by wees. In 'n vorige reaksie deur die N antu noem vDortS dat die verklar­ van 'n mosie wat deur Abrahams van Swanu en die Rehoboth­ Ella die gevolg van die kwaai on­ Khomasdal-kantoor is genoem dat ings, wat die griewe probeer toes­ ingedien is. Daarvolgens is gevra dat Volksparty, wat uitgestap het kort derwyserstekort en die houding van ses onderwysers geskrywe bewyse meerhet,nie van Januarie gekomhet dieNNF moet besluit om 'n skrifte­ voor die stemming oor die omstrede die onderwys-ringkoppe van· ou gebied het dat die agterstallige werk nie, "hoewel dit blyk dat dit deur like uitnodiging, gedateer 8 Mei mosie gedoen is, as buite stemming Kleurling-administrasie, wat nie 'n by die skool suksesvol gedek is en hom gedoen is." vanjaar, deur die DTA van Dirk Mudge gereken kan word. ope beleid volg sodat idees en inisia­ dat leerlinge nie benadeel is nie. Hoe dit ookal sy, die stryd by Ella moet aanvaar om op 15 Junie 'n Die Abrahamse se grootste oor­ tiefuitgebou kan word nie. "Hoe kan soveel agterstallige werk gaan voort en dit lyk dat die ouerver­ enkele opposisie-party te vorm. leun rus op die mening. In die jongste Nantu-verklaring, binne die bestek van s6 'n kort tyd gadering 'n nuwe wending in die In die proses is in die mosie opgesluit Dr. Abrahams het Vrydag erken wat deur die voprsitter G. Jack, suksesvol afgehandel word. Hoe kan situasie kan gee. Die vergadering dat daar 'n einde gebring moet word - dat diehofsaak taamlikuitgewikkeld uitgereik is, het die skoolkomitee leerlinge op hierdie wyse doeltref­ begin om 15hOO in die koshuissaal en van die NNF se alliansie met Swapo, kan wees en dat die werklike stryd van Ella op Dinsdag, 5 Junie, 'n fend voorberei word. Sou die reger­ alle ouers word gevra om dit by te wat sedert 8 Januarie vanjaar geld nOll rondom die NNF-setel in die vergadering gehou met die personeel ingskantore in Khomasdal tevrede woon. nadat die kongres van die NNF besluit Nasionale Vergadering (NY) woed. het om die aanstelling van Rukoro as Die hofsaak kan 'n skaduwee oor Adjunk-minister van Justisie in die die vorming van die DTA werp, wat Naelbyt-stryd teen Wallis Swapo-regering goed te keur. reeds V rydag beplan om weg te spring In daardie stadium was dit reeds met 'n etnies-vrye party, wat ver­ duidelik dat die Abrahamse na die sterk is met die gesoute politici uit DEUR PIUS DUNAJSKI DTAneig, alhoewel dit in 'n verklar­ NNF-geledere. Die verwagting is dat ing in reaksie op 'n berig in The Mudge die stigtingsvergadering kan IN 'n naeioyt en skouspel van rugby het die Wallisers hoi toer Saterdag in Windhoek onoorwonne Namibian ontken is. uitstel tot tyd en wyl duidelikheid afgesluit toe hulle Namibie naelskraap met 34 - 30 gewen het. Gister was dit duidelik dat die oor die posisie van die NNF is. Met die oorwinning in die tweede N amibiese nasionale span gekry het. skopwerk was stukke beter as die van toets, het die Wallis die reeks met 2 Behalwe vir enkele voorvaile van Shaun McCulley, wat 'n swak wed­ - 0 geklink. Maar dit was 'n voos en rasse-wrywing op die pawiljoene, waar stryd gehad het. ontnugterde toerspan wat op padhuis bruin toeskouers deur wittes uiteskel Van Wallis se kant het Paul Thor­ THE LEGAL ASSISTANCE toe is omdat die Namibiers hulle is omdat hulle vir Wallis opgekom burn met puik skoppe bemdruk. Die goed van hul taak gekwyt het. het, het die sowat 9 000 toeskouers in beste agterlyn-speler was egter weer CENTRE Wallis het in die eerste toets met die sogenaamde "Suidwes-stadion' '. Allen Bateman, wat gate deur die 18 - 9 oor die tuisspan getriomfeer en opwinding op opwinding beleef. Namibiers gehardloop het. REQUIRES A-----III met die skorsing van Andre Stoop, Altesame sewe driee is in die * Die onervare Franse toerspan, het kenners gemeen dat die Wailisers wedstryd gedruk. Wallis het vier wat oomeem by Wallis, word groter amok onder die Namibiers sal gedruk. Albei het goed opgeweeg Woensdag in Namibie verwag. Die slaan. Namibie was Saterdag rustyd teenoor mekaar, maar Jaco Coetzee, toetse teen Namibie, op 23 en 30 RECEPTIONIST/ met 18 - 15 agter, wat 'n goeie aan­ die jong Namibiese reus op heelagter, Junie, sal lewendig deur die Suid­ duiding is van die taai stryd en opdr­ het die skare laat skreeu van geesdrif. Afrikaanse M-Net in SA gebeeldsend aend, wat die Wallisers van die H y het goed verdedig, aangeval en sy word. SECRETARY

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NAMIBIAN rugby captain Gerhard Mans on Saturday and almost took his side to an historic win over the touring Welsh national side. After trailing 30-15 at one stage of the match, the Namibians fooght back tenaciously in the last quarter to narrowly lose 34-30. Pictures by Dave Salmon.

THE start of another crisp Welsh back-line movement on Saturday. After calling all the shots in the first international, the visitors were caught somewhat off-guard last Saturday and were a bit lucky to win 34-30.

LINE-OUT possession was shared between Namibia and Wales ENGLISH referee Fred Howard shows the way for the visiting Welsh rugby side duriJ!g the second during the second test in Windhoek on iaturday. Here Wales win international in Windhoek on Saturday. Howard's presence on the field ensured a fantastic game of a good ball ahead of Namibia's Arra van der Merwe with Sarel rugby which th~ visitOi s won 3430. Losper (left) looking on. THE NAMIBIAN Monday June 11 · 1990 15 Oman-Biyik sweeps Diego

ROME - Diego Maradona said on Sunday he'd received a letter from Napoli's Maradona magic aside fan club promising to make "the stadium tremble and Mount Vesuvius vibrate" when Argentina plays the Soviet Union in its second World Cup match. A CAMEROUN side reduced to nine men beat world champions Agentina 1-0 on Friday in one of the Argentina was upset on Friday by Cameroon 1-0 and finds itself in a must­ greatest shocks in soccer history and the most sensational start to the World Cup finals. win situation if it wants to advance to the second round of the monthlong Though the stage was set for Diego North Korea in 1966 and West Ger­ nightmares for the rest of the tourna­ tournament. Maradona to weave his magic against many's fall from grace against Algeria ment. A free-kick from the left was "Diego, rest assured that the city will be with you and your team," said the the supposed African no-hopers, it was eight years ago. mysteriously allowed to reach Omam­ letter from Napoli's fans. the unsung Francois Oman-Biyik who Maradona himself admitted he was Biyik who headed down almost straight Maradona plays for Napoli in the Italian soccer league and led the team to emerged the hero with a 66th minute not in the match after Cameroon at Pumpido. the league title in two of the last three years. He showed the fans' letter to header. Argentine keeper Nery scored. "After their goal Maradona . Somehow the keeper - one of five Argentine reporters on Saturday. Pumpido blundered as he attempted to disappeared," he said. "J wasn't ex­ members of the 1986 winning team -let , 'If the people from northern Italy hate you, those from the south love you, ' , save. pecting it. It's our fault and not the ball bounce off his legs and trickle the letter said. By then Cameroon were already Cameroon's merit." into the net. In Friday's game, played in Milan in northern Italy, Maradona was booed down to 10 men after Andre Kana­ Argentine trainer Cailos Bilardo, Omam-Biyik, who plays in the and jeered nearly every time he touched the ball. Biyik had been shown the red card five struggling to put together a team to French second division, was under­ "The Neapolitans are strong supporters," Maradona said. minutes earlier for tripping Argentine match the one which won the world title standably delighted. "It was my dream substitute Oaudio Caniggia. in Mexico four years ago, suggested he to score in the opening match," he said. Benjamin Massing, booked in the may not have a team of the quality to "When I headed the ball, I managed to MARlNO, Italy - The Italian team held a boisterous birthday party Sunday first half, was· also dismissed shortly play alongside his captain. "Maradona wrong-foot the keeper, but that it for midfielder Carlo Ancelotti, who turned 31 a day after the World Cup before the end for a body check on the is a great player," he said. " But he should slip under his body was luck." -- triumph over Austria. same player by referee Michel Vautrot. needs a good team. We're lacking the Defender Emmanuel Kunde said The players and their wives and women friends, plus assorted children and The Frenchman, strictly applying the sharpness and our old class. But we still Argentina were poorly organised and other relatives, held the impromptu party at the team hotel in this town outside letter of the law as directed by Fifa in have two matches and it's up to us what Maradona not yet fully fit. "We proba­ Rome. their campaign to crack down on vio­ happens.' 'Particularly worrying for bly won't win the world championship, Ancelotti received a congratulatory phone call from Silvio Berlusconi, the lence, also showed the yellow card four Argentinia, however, was the way they but we'll do our best to win more Italian media magnate who owns AS Milan, the club Ancelotti plays for in the times, twice to Cameroon players for were outflanked by the African team, matches," he said. Italian league. early fouls on Maradona. even when it was reduced to 10 men. Argentine sweeper Juan Simon was Ancelotti reinjured his right thigh in Italy's 1-0 victory and will miss the Despite a bright start, the Argentine Cameroon's fast counter-attacks still able to whistle bravely at the end in second first-round match next Thursday against the United States. captain ran out of inspiration as his constantly bothered the Argentine de­ the hope that the world champions will Several players whose families couldn't attend sat together at one table. team slid towards an unenviable place fence and the Africans 1001&d more qualify from Group B, which includes Team masseur Salvatore Carmando jokingly consoled players by dressing up in the record books. threatening than an innocuous South the Soviet Union and Romania. like a woman and sitting with,them. Their defeat ranks alongside some of American side which showed a chronic "Cameroon surprised us. But I'm the great World Cup upsets - such as goalscoring problem since Mexico has sure we'll still reach the last 16," he MARlNO, Italy - A delegation of officials from Irving, Texas, on Sunday England's defeat at the hands of the not been resolved. said. "The great teams prove them­ paid a visit to the Italian team's training camp to press their bid to host the United States in 1950, Italy's loss to The goal will give their defence selves when they are in trouble." Italian team's training camp in the 1994 World Cup. , 'Dallas is in the running as a World Cup venue, and we would like to take advantage of the fact to land the Italian team," said Irving mayor Bob Pierce, whose community enjoys sister-c.ity status with this resort city some 25 km from Rome. , , We think: the Italians are the best team, " said the mayor, who met with Italian team coach Azeglio Vicini after watching the Italian substitutes post a 5-0 training victory over Roman club Lazio's second squad. . "I told him 'Itali~numero uno' ,'.' the mayor added. Dallas is one of 27 US cities bidding for 12 venues at the 1994 World Cup, which was awarded to the United States. The host cities will be announced next year.

Cameroon provides biggest upset in World Cup history

ROME - The mighty and the lowly triumphed on the first two days ~f of the World Cup, promising a tournament of stupendous soccer mONSON and surprises. Friday'S opener in Milan, played Italy, considered a top contender, amid inaugural pomp, produced what controlled play throughout and con­ was arguably the greatest upset in stantly attacked. Until Schillaci put World Cup history when defending in the cross from Gianluca Vialli in champion Argentina lost 1-0 to un­ the 78th minute, though, Austrian AERIAL combat:. Monica Seles in full flight during an earlier French Open match against Katia heralded Cameroon. goalie Klaus Lindenberger and some Piccolini of Italy. Inset: The exuberant force of Monica Seles. The three matches on Saturday poor shooting off clear opportunities also featured an upset when, Roma­ kept the match scoreless. nia, perhaps accelerated by post­ The strong showing solidified it­ revolution freedom, stunned ~ Soviet aly's role as a favourite to win its Union 2-0 in Bari. fourth World Cup. Only Italy and Young Seles topples Graf Other results stayed true to pre­ Brazil have won three. tournament predictions when favoured Romania got off to a strong start in YOUTH again conquered Paris on Saturday when Monica Seles toppled Steffi Grafin the women's Italy dominated Austria before a its first World Cup after last Decem­ fmal of the French Open to become the youngest winner of the Grand Slam event this century. howling crowd in Rome to win 1-0, ber's revolution ended more than and Colombia worked hard to pene­ two decades of rigid authoritarian Seles's 7-6 6-4 victory over the for the .future of women's tennis, peppering the lines with her back­ trate the United Arab Emirates' de­ rule under dictator Nicolae Ceaus­ world number one allowed the 16- coming so soon· after her success hand, as she had done at the begin­ fense for a 2-0 victory in Bologna. escu. year-old Yugoslav to better the over Graf in Berlin last month. ning of the match when she led 3-0 The Cameroon triumph sent shock Marius Lacatus scored both goals, achievement of Spain's Arantxa There she ended the West Ger­ before rain stopped play. waves through the soccer world, which one on a penalty, and provided con­ Sanchez Vicario, who 12 months ago man's 66-match unbeaten run, only Seles levelled 1hanks to a rare double had expected Argentine superstar sistent pressure on lumbering Soviet at the age of 17 years and six months two weeks after beating world num­ fault by Graf, the turning point of the Diego Maradona to again lead a strong defenders with his speed and drib­ had also denied Graf a third crown on ber two Martina Navratilova in Rome . . match. Boosted by this unexpected showing by the South American bling flair. the Parisian clay. • "So far I've only lost twice to her blunder, Seles went on to win the tie­ country. Strong first-half goaltending by In cold and rainy weather, the so she's not a nightmare and I hope break 8-6, the set in 50 minutes and But the "Indomitable Lions" of Silviu Lung kept the match score­ Yugoslav, a full 12 months younger she won't become one," Graf said. the next three games as well. Graf, Africa, making their second World less, and after Lacatus' first goal, in than Sanchez, lowered the age record But on the Rolan Garros centre looking wmsually nervous in her 13th Cup appearance, hounded Maradona the 41st minute, Romania seized in Paris for the third time in four court, Seles proved that she was ready Grand Slam final, fought back as with sometimes brutal tackles while control of the match. years as she .clinched the victory in to take over, thanks to her thrashing well as she could and broke back in launching crisp counterattacks that The Soviets and Argentina had one hour 30 minutes. double-handed backhand and, most the fifth gaine of the second set. eventually produced a second-half been pre-tournament favourites to Ironically, Graf started the trend in importantly, her ability to recover in But the West German's forehand - goal by Francois Omam Biyik. advance from Group B. They now 1987 when she won the first of her seemingly desperate situations. usually her strongest stroke - let her The result set off celebrations from face each other in a must-win match nine Grand Slam titles at Rolad Ganos In the first set against Graf, this down once again in the 10th game as Nairobi to Naples, as Africans danced Wednesday in Naples. at 17 years 11 months. fighting spirit allowed her to save she served to level at 5-5. over their continent's greatest soccer Colombia was held scoreless in "It feels great. I've played " 0 well. four set points in a thrilling tie-break At match point she hit yet another victory while Italians and others the first half by the United Arab I was not expecting to win, I just went before she won six points in a row to forehand long to extend her disap­ cheered the defeat of Maradona. Emirates, but came out sharper after out to enjoy it," Seles said, after take the set. pointment at Roland Garros to an­ Italian faxis celebrated again Sat­ the break to score in the 50th minute raising her first Grand Slam trophy • 'If I had won the first set, I proba­ other year. urday after substitute Salvatore Schil­ on a header by Bernardo Redin. in front of a capacity crowd of 17 bly would have won the match. But I "I hope to come back and do bet­ laci's late header culminated an Carlos ValdelTama, sporting a mop 000. did not," said Graf. ter," she saicf' on receiving the run­ evening of missed chances. for the of blonde dreadlocks, blasted in the Seles's hard-earned triumph could The West German was leading 6-2 ner-up trophy, cutting short her speech Azzuris. clincher in the 85th minute. prove more significant than Sanchez's in the tie-break, when Seles started as the rain fell again. . 16 Monday June 11 1990 THE NAMIBIAN

WALES had to stave off a late team tried their luck once too often second half onslaught to beat Na­ and Welsh winger Arthur Emyrwent mibia 34-30 and take the series 2 ~0 in Namibia onslaught just over in the comer ,fot a try which their second rugby union interna­ seemed to have sealed it for them. tional in Windhoek on Saturday. However, they underestimated the The win ensured that the Welsh Nanubians' fighting spirit which came ended their six-match tour of the back through another Swart try, when latest addition to the international too late to beat Wales they ran the ball after a penalty 10 rugby board unbeaten. have been a different kettle of fish. metres from the Welsh tryline. The visitors outscored the home For Wales, who finished bottom of last week, when Namibia's lack of The touring team led only 18-15 at Coetzee again added the conver­ team by (our tries - including a pen­ the Five Nations championships this · international competition clearly the break. sion and with four minutes remain­ alty try - to three, but the Namibians year, the team-building tour was a showed - produced some fine rugby Namibia changed its tactics in this ing they had narrowed the gap to only were by no means disgraced. huge success and augurs well for the and deserved the tag as a true test match and took the ball wide, which four points - with victory once again In fact they showed they will hold chances in next year's Five Nations match. saw the Welsh defence at sixes and within their grasp. their own against most of the other and world cup competitions. . Had Namibian flyhalf Shaun sevens in the second half. It was not to be for the home side IRB countries and even against some The second encounter between the McCulley not missed some crucial The home team's f~rwards sur­ and with no further score added the of the big guns. two sides - unlikeihe first meeting goalkicks in the first half, it could prised by upstaging their more fan­ Welsh ran out narrow 34-30 victors. cied rivals and also showed they had The Namibian locks, Sarel Losper and taken the lessons ~o heart which they Arra van der Merwe, managed to learned a week ago. win the line-out battle, despite the With only about 15 minutes to go Welsh combination of Paul Arnold and the score 30-15 in favour of the ' and Glyn Llewellyn's efforts in the tourists, it looked allover bar the dying moments of the match. shouting. In the loose, number eight, Theo However, the .home team never Oosthuizen, and flanker Joban Bar­ gave up the fight and even played nard, also had a field day. COUNCIL OF better rugby during the final quarter The first try of the match, in the of the game. seventh minute, was scored after a CHURCHES In the 25th minute of the second fine backline move by the visitors, half Namibian captain and right-wing but that was the only good thing the Gerhard Mans joined the line, kicked Welsh backs did all afternoon as they IN NAMIBIA ahead for left-wing Ben Swart to dot faltered badly. down. , For Wales, wing Arthur Emer (two) The 20-year-old Jaco Coetzee, who and number eight Owain Williams made his debut for the home team in scored tries, while they were also VACANCIES place of suspended fullback Andre awarded a penalty try. Stoop, added the conversion and the Fullback Paul Thorburn, who vir­ gap was narrowed to 30-21. tually saved the day with his boot, The Council of Churches has the following vacancies in its English Then the home team realized they scored a personal tally of 15 points - Language Unit to coordinate the Teachers Resource Centre could still pull off victory and threw three conversions and three penal- (TRe) activities) everything into their attack. - ties. Coetzee, who made an impressive For Namibia, winger Swart (two) 1 ASSISTANT COORDINATOR FOR TRAINING debut, were solid on the attack and and captain Mans scored the tries, He/she will: defense and even stood up well under with McCulley scoring a conversion • be responsible for the day-to-day adminlstrationor the TRC; pressure after taking over the goalkick­ and two penalties, while Coettce added • coordinate and supervise the teacher upgrading programme ing from a sadly out of form flyhalf a penalty, a dropgoal and two con­ • supervise the work of the tutors Shaun McCulley. versions. - Sapa ~ . assist, if necessary, with tutoring in between his adminstrative duties Seven minutes from time the home ,., See photographs on page 14. • edit the TRC news bulletin • evaluate the programme from time to time

OUALFICATIONS He/she must - have at least a matriculation certiftcate/diploma or degree Paris Open Gomez's - have teaching experience (preferably a qualiftcation) • have experience and/or qualiflcation in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) . after 12 attempts • have administrative abUities • be able to work with people • have a valid driver's licence PARIS· Andres Gomez of Ecuador won the men's singles title at the French Open tennis tournament on Sunda, beating American 2TUIOBS Andre Agassi 6·3 2-6 6·4 6·4 to claim his first Grand Slam victory They will: at the age of 30. • be responsible for conducting the COTE classes; • run seminars and workshops for teachers "I have been coming here for 12 nent to run more than in the first set, • keep abreast of developments in the fteld ofELT by attending relevant years and I've always dreamed of ' broke once more to square the match. seminars and conferences within Namibia and eisewhere this moment," Gomez said after The Ecuadorean, defying the 10- • be accountable to the Assistant Coordinator for training finishing off Agassi, 10 years his year age gap between him and 20- junior, in 152 minutes. . year-old Agassi, turned Ihe style baCk OUAIJFICATIONS Fourth seed Gomez varied his game on in the third set, again breaking the He/she must to pressure third seed Agassi into American's service in the first game • have a matriculation certificate/diploma or degree mistakes, and showedhis experience before going on to win 6-4 for 2-1 • have teaching experience (preferably a qualiftcation) when he struck back immediately lead. • have experience and/or qualiftcation in TEFL after losing the second set to stamp Agassi appeared bemused by his • have administrative abUities his dominance on the match. opponent's wily game, hurrying • be able to work with people Agassi, who struggled to come to around the court as Gomez patiently • have a valid driver's licence grips with his opponent's varied waited for the moment to unleash a strokeplay, was fuster around the court harder shot. 3SECRETARX than Gomez but the Ecuadorean sur­ With the set poised at 4-4, Agassi He/she will prised him with sudden acceleration went 40-15 up on his serve before the • perform ali secretarial duties and heavily-struck forehands. more experienced Gomez fought back • render necessary assistance to teachers, using TRC The first set was finely balanced to break serve and take the ·third set. until the eighth game when Gomez Gomez, who served nine aces dw:in8 QUALIFICATIONS . broke serve before going on to win 6- the match, broke Agassi 's serve once • secretarial qualifications including shorthand, dictaphone, typing and 3 with his fourth ace. again in the third game of the fourth matriculation certificate Agassi, wearing his familiar fla. set for a decisive lead. • must have a good command of English and knowledge of other mingo-pink leggings under black Although the American tried eve­ languages shorts with a shirt and sweat band to rything to raise his game, Gomez, • must be able to operate the telex and switchboard match, retaliated immediately, win­ who succeeded in eliminating most • must be of a friendly di~position and able to work with people ning 6-2 in the second set to level the ofhis errors, served out to take the set • must be prepared to learn match. 6-4 and win the match. Gomez, who had neverprogressed Gomez; a part-time shrimp farmer The Council offers full fringe benfits, including the following further than the quarter-finals of a and one of the most likeable men in • Pension scheme Grand Slam event, began the second world tennis, danced around centre • Medical scheme set looking as if he meant to wrap it court in delight after finally clinch­ • 13th cheque all up quickly, immediately breaking ing the big victory his talent has long the American's service. demanded. Please apply In writing; or request an appliation form from But Agassi, ranked fifth in the "I would like to dedicate this to Director world, stormed through the next five Ecuador, my country," he told the English Language Unit games to go 5-1 up, rediscovering capacity 17 000 crowd. Council of Churches of Namibia the impressive form that swept him "I'm happy but I don't quite real­ PO Box 41 through to the final of the tourna­ ise it yet. I need a few beers. Maybe WINDHOEK ment which had lost top seeds Stefan tomorrow moming I'll read a news­ Edberg and Boris Becker in the first paper and say 'Ah, it's true'." CLOSING DATE: 15 June 1990 round. A ~sappointed Agassi 'said: "He Gomez broke Agassi's service to deserved it. I've only been coming love to pull back to 5-2 before the here four .years and hopefully I'll American, forcing his slower oppo- nave a few more shots at it."