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* Nujoma Spells It out HONEYMOON OVER 'Action Will Be Taken' * 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 ..
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