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MEET"ON tESOTHO *. Wite ve leaked sea report. • GRAHAM HOPWOOD tion that receivpd the leaked report then handed it to the Ministry in a bid THE Ministry of Fisher to reveal the source of the leak. ies has instituted a crimi Acting permanent secretary in Fish eries, Dr Jan Jurgens, alleged yester nal charge after a contro day that the report had been leaked to versial internal report on the media "with the wilful intention to damage and belittle people" in the this year's seal harvest Ministry. came into the possession The report, written by the Minis of the media . try's seal expert at Luderitz supported no seal harvest this year. The Minis Yesterday the Ministry laid a charge try's senior staff ignored this recom ADROP IN THE OCEAN ... Guantanamo Bay, of theft with the Swakopmund Police. mendation and went on to announce Cuba - Senior US airman Marvin Lewis of The Police were called in to investi the largest harvest ever of 55 000 Panama City, Florida, gives a drink of water to gate the leak at the end oflast week by seals. Roberto Santorez (left) and Javier Gonzalez, Minister of Fisheries Helmut Angula. The Police investigation has focused two young Cuban refugees at the Guantanamo In a breach of the journalist's com on members of the Wildlife Society at Bay Naval Station yesterday. The two boys, both mitment to protect his or her sources, Swakopmund. aged 5, were part of an expected 2 630 refugees a basic principle of the free press Wildlife Society chairman, Rob which Joint Task Force 140 were providing with accepted the world over, it appears temporary housing. Photo: Reuters via Nampa that somebody in a media organisa- Continued on page 2 .Nyae Nyae group struggles for a future • TOMMINNEY Nyae Farmers' Cooperative, now reforming into a - • TYAPPA NAMUTEWA AND JOSEF MOTINGA of Koevoet have spent Residents' Council. more than two weeks at LEADING non-governmental organisation The NNDFN has become a big operation, 'bring TWENTY -NINE former members of Nakop in South Africa, the Nyae Nyae Development Foundation of ing together education, water, gardening and fann Koevoet and their families returned to Na 15km from the Namibia (NNDFN) is struggling to rescue ing projects and building schools, drilling weIls mibia yesterday afternoon'and were expected Namibian border. They itself from a split which saw three board and doing considerable training. to arrive at Marinetal either very late last were returned to Nakop members including its top staff resign. Part of the conflict is a wildlife management night or early this morning. · . after the group crossed scheme, with varying views on ho,w far the people into Namibia at This came after discontent among the beneficiar should rely on farming and how far on wildlife in This followed an out pear before court on Ariamsvleion August I ies, the JuJ'hoansi people of Tsumkwe region, a project backed by their main US donors. However of-court agreement be August 23 to show cause without following the reac d boiling point. 'several JuJ'hoansi seem unhappy about the effects tween lawyers represent why a final order was proper procedures. Th was a key board meeting yesterday and . lion and other wild animals have on their cattle and ing the Government and not to be granted order The group, consisting another is scheduled for tonight, according to act personal safety. the ex -Koevoets that the ing Governmept to al of more than 90 people, ing chair ofthe NNDFN board John Ford. Two new In a press statement on Monday, theformer chair final order from the low the Koevoets to re arrived at the Ariamsv lei board members, Clement Daniels of the Legal Beatrice Sandelowsky, who is also directorofTucsin1 Windhoek High Court turn, despite the fact that border post at about Assistance Centre and Bernard / Aice, have been put the blame for the split on "repeated interfer for their return be post Government had lodged 15hl5 yesterday. They appointed and more are to join. ence" by founder NNDFN member John Marshall. poned until today. an appeal against the left the border post at The NNDFN has, over the years, channelled She, co-ordinator Axel Thoma and manager Mark On August 19theHigh interim order on August about 18hOO. millions of dollars from donors to help JuJ'hoansi Spoelstra - a recent recruit - all resigned a week ago Court had ruled that 18. adapt to new circumstances, including losing most Continued on page 2 Government must ap- The former members Continued on page 2 of their hunting grounds. It works with, th,e Nyae . I. THE NAMIBIAN .~ ? Wednesd~y August ?4 1994 1 r. • - .••:;- .... ,e '\"- .: -.. :::::- ..;~... c~ ---.._ ~;"""' ~~"""" ~""" v - -:"''''''''''' ;_''''''' '''_ ..!II!'_ .. _~~~~~Jt;. • __~,,j~~,,,~ ... r~iinem_. Seal scanoal NNDFN changes gear Koevoet project including chang .Conl. from page 1 I· The Police began their ControllerNitura Kav1ui ~' " Government~ ~ttorney Coni. from page 1 ~ Coni. from page 1 I" . investigations last Friday an internal investigation Chris Brand would only I I ing locks and signatories I Braby, has been singled after they were given a had established that the say that he was looking today. on bank accounts and tak Their vehicles Wil~1 out for the attention of the copy ofafax of the leaked leaked report was not into what statutory provi Marshall and Ford said ing stock of vehicles. He returned and they will ',police along with a report which· indicated it passed back to the Minis- sionscoul-d be used unhappiness with the way added there is some in allowed to proceed to .' _" numberofotherofficials . was distributed to the try by anNBCstaffmem- againsttheperSonrespon the project was run has vestigation after informa~ homes all over Namibi been simmering among 'The Police even want to media from an office at "ber. Until the theft charge sible for the leak. He ad tion mys!eri.ously went. , According'to immig! the people for up to three from computers, Thoma' s inspect ofWild-· Swakopmund. was laid yesterday after- mitted t-hat any case tion officers at the bor~ , ~utes years. Up to six interna offer to resign at the end of ~e ex-Koevoet niem~ life Society meetings. The copy in the Minis- noon it was not clear on mounted as aresliltofthe tional development staff the year was rejected. had expressed joy at ~ However, contrary to' -try'spossessionisappar- what legal grounds the Police investigation could have resigned during the Sandelowsky admitted prospectofbeing re-uni, an NBC report on Mon- . ently marked for the at-Ministry could act against be challenged in tenns of period, apparently after that Thoma was not a day's TV news, no one tention of NBC reporter anyone accused of being the Constitution's com "failing to appreciate" popular manager :but said with their families. ~ has yet been arrested in Linette Smit. However, involved in leaking .the mitment to the freedom. Thoma's. management .good managers could not · On Augl!st 18, Jud . " connectionwith itie leak: "according to NBC News report-to ,the-media. of the press. s.tyle, as I:Qrd pqt it. please everyone. She said . President Strydom Judge Th~o Frank ru -;;;;;;;;;;;~;;;;;;;;;;;;~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; __;;_;;;;; __ ~ Marshall said the im- s9mem~m1:ler&ofthecoJll- , III " . ." . " petus came from' a mass munity may not have sup that the Governmentrn~ /~~.:.. ..··-·,·~·;~8th · ' ~.A""O· ."NAl "·- STUDENT' S': m~eqng ,which .c.ontimied pOrted the ultimatum. She a1l9w the ex-soldiers . -(t,{W.?)~ 1 " ,. I~ I I .'__ for more than a day. The . sai,d she left as the project their families to return was showing "regression" the country and ti OF despite her time and en screened -for Namibit '~~~~~ ~ CONGRESS NANSO~~~~:ti~~~~:~=~tried and Thoma and ergy. citizenship in accordan; Spoelstra had to go. The The Swedish and US with the law. ~ VENUE: OKAHANDJA SECONDARY SCHOOL meeting discussed and 'donors are keen for the It ordered that they voted against disbanding row to be sorted out or brought to Mariental DATES: 26 AUGUST 1994 to the 30 AUGUST 1994 theNNDFN. they may stop funding the where they were Ford said the board was NNDFN's development to South Africa on Registration at 16hOO on 26/08/94 taking over control of the work. gust 4. I PARTICIPANTS Pidico problems eEight delegates from each Secondary School Branch troduced Hassan to the He said it was no eAII Regional Executive Committees . Coni. from page 1 I I Ministry of Trade and In for a would-be foreign' eAII National-Leadership Structures scheme. He added Pidico dustry, pennanent secre vestor to approach ~ e20 delegates from UNAM has recently' finished an tary: Foreign Affairs Ministry of Trade and ~ e15 delegates from other Tertiary institution branches Egyptian Government Andreas Guibeb, said he dustry through Forei .eDelegates from other students unions outside the country contract to build its em had also asked Elsadr for Affairs. bassy in Pretoria. infonnation on Hassan' s Guibeb added he The man who first in- status. also double-checking NB.: All the names of official delegates should be send to the Head Offices before L-._______________ --, contract under whi 20th August 1994. Pidico supplied fumi to Namibia's High Co Associate members wishing to attend should notify the Head Office in writing mission.in Harare. He before the 20/08/94. 'BRAND NEW cancelled a contract w' a Windhoek suppJi All enquiries at Tel: 213091/1 Gellah Makushe S.G. which he said he was FORWARD TO THE HISTORIC 101h ANNIVERSARY CONGRESS \ COMPUTERS happy with and the c tract had then gone I ~o-r sale, at very . Pidico. , Each embassy has l ~~. J ;.' .'" . ~ . ',JeastHia,bl~.