ICAPTUII Koevoet men found liable for civilian death admit to using Russian-made weapons

------BY CHRIS SHIPANGA ------­ TWO KOEVOET members were this week found criminally liable for the death of a former Marien­ tal detainee and his friend after alleging that the men were "Swapo terrorists and enemies." Ap­ pearing before Inquest Magistrate G.B. V an Pletzen at Ondangwa, Koevoet Sergeants Leon Lotz and Daniel Bouwer gave contradictory evidence as to the exact events concerning the shooting in July, 1985. of two civilians, Nicodemus Fillemon, 28, and Petrus Sakaria, 27, respectively. According to evidence before court, "terrorists:' 47 assault rifles, Makarov pistols and deceased Nicodemus Fillemon was a The court was also told of a reward of others, for use against the "enemy." former Mariental detainee, held for six R50 paid to black Koevoet members as The two Koevoet men told the court years without trial at Kaikanagab "kop geld", or "bos geld:' when suc­ that on or during July 10, 1985, while Military Base. He was captured in cessful in: capturing or killing "Swapo busy with operational duties in nor- May, 1978 by the SADF during a raid terrorists:' on a Swapo refugee camp in Angola, In further evidence the court was but was later released and had a docu­ also told that Koevoet members were Continued on page 2 ment signed by the Administrator­ re-i~ued with captured weaponry; AK General stating that he was a free person. Deceased Petrus Sakaria was a general labourer who worked in Win­ dhoek and was visiting his aged mother in northern Namibia, at the time of his death. Both Koevoet members claimed that they had acted strictly according to the "rules and regulations" of Koevoet, and that they were under the impres­ sion that "they had to do with

RUNDU residents were on t!J~ J~.t~~et~ in protest against th~ deat,", of~:e~Q~r~~~ ,, !~st week and Koevoet stepped ~ iTf:; : t:u1t. : re'port SERGEANT Leon Lotz, left, of Koevoet, who was found liable for the death of a civilian by the Ondangua Magistrates Court, pictured at the scene where he is alleged to have killed the man. On the right, Sergeant Pieter Bouwer, and photographs of the incident inside. also of Koevoet, who was also found criminally liable for the death of a civilian.

202 BATTALION in the Kavango experienced a serious crisis Corporal Kayundu said one oftheir my he had found that he had been month. late last month when 48 irate soldiers from the unit refused grivience was discrimination, which "working for nothing but problems". A SWATF Spokesman Comman!lant orders and opted to resign in protest at what they termed 'un­ he said was rampant in the army. He He plans to settle for a civilian life and Bester declined to comment and said fair fines' and other grievances. cited an example of a colleague, God­ would never go back to the army. that until he had investigated the mat­ fried Mpunza, whom he said wasrefus.­ Asked why he felt so strongly about ter, he would not comment. According to one ofthe soldiers, Cor­ Ovamboland since January and that ed permission to attend the funeral of not going back to the army, he said that poral Gabriel Kayundu, the soldiers they had paid the fines. At Betersuit, his wife. Mr Mpunza's family had besides his grievances, his feelings decided to disobey orders on October 29 they were given some receipts to sign telephoned the army base to inform the have been compounded by his short andmadeuptheirmindstoquitthear­ for the fines on October 29 which they soldier about his wife's death. stay in Windhoek-livinginanenviro­ my after a Major Gerhard Frans refused. They then told Major Frans The message was never relayed to Mr ment where he felt free and saw little ordered that they be fined for alleged­ that they were leaving the army. Mpunzaand when he discovered later of the war. He also said that while do­ ly having absconded from a base while On October 30, the 48 soldiers were about the death of his wife, he sought ing service with the army in Ovam­ on a trip to Ovamboland. ordered to put on their uniforms but permission to go but was told he could boland, his group had come accross The 202 Battalion soldiers who are they refused and insisted on leaving not go. He then left without permission Plan leaflets which warned black based at the 906 Compound in Rundu the army and also demanded their pay and when he came back, he stayed for soldiers that they (Plan) were not left the Mosese camp in Kavango in for October. four months without being paid. fighting against them but the 'Boers' November last year for border duties The soldiers were transported in The Corporal also recalled his own who were holding on their land. "After in Ovamboland where they were sta­ civilian clothigfrom Betersuit base to experience in January this year when giving this messll-ge much thought tioned at Mauni. the main 202 Battalion base in Run­ he sought permission from Major now, I have come to agree with that.h Upon completion of their duties in duoThey were lined up before a parade Frans to go and marry but was told he Corporal Kayundu started with Ovamboland on August this year, they and Commandant Liebenberg of could not go. The Corporalleftwithout Koevoet in 1983 before switching over were taken to the Betersuit base in Batallion 202 apparently told the permission and was neverpaidforthat to the army. He received his Koevoet Kavango where they were given 14 parade that the48 were "leaving, that month despite having worked for 13 training at Oluno in Ovamboland and days off'. When the soldiers reported they had poorly performed their duties days. He said that this was not so with his army training at Betersuit in back for duty, Major Frans ordered that while on service and that they were not white soldiers who were informed of Kavango in 1984. He has been involv­ the 48 be given fines for having right in their heads". any emergency at home and even ed in three fire-fights with Swapo guer­ absconded from their base while in Commandant Liebenberg had then removed from the field during an rilllll3 once in Ovamboland in 1986 and Ovamboland. reportedly instructed Corporal operation to go home. twice in Kavango in 1985. The soldiers objected and contended Strydom to 'chase' the 48 soldiers out 41 of the 48. soldiers were in Win­ that they had been given fines of of the base. They refused to leave Corporal Kayundu said he realised dhoek this week to get their money R75 .00 on each occasion they had left without their money and left only after that he had made a mistake injoining from the army Headquarters but had their base without permission while in being threatened with imprisonmerit. the army. After all the years in the ar- been told to come back at the end of the Gabriel. Kayundu 2 Friday November 20 1987 THE NAMIBIAN

'! Koevoet men admit to using confiscated weapons

stated earlier that the "suspects" had vestigation into the deaths of the two fered from that which they pointed criminally.liable for the deaths ofthe Continued from page 1 no ID's on them. men. out to the Magistrate. two men. Both Koevoet members denied According to a statement by the Mr van Pletzen that several aspects (Documents in the case will be thern Namibia, a young unknown boy allegations by their black comrades ChiefState Pathologist Dr Jan Botha, of the Xoevoet men's versions were referred to the Attorney General in gave them information concerning that Seargant Lotz remarked: "daai who conducted autopsies on the bodies "unacceptable" and found they were Windhoek for a decision). strange persons who were inquiring storie is klaar;' when asked by them there were signs of a broken rib on one about police and military bases, as well what had happened to the detainees. body and other fractures as caused by as other instalations of the security Sergea,nt Lotz also denied a"charge violence. forces. by Mr Bril!n O'Linn who represented Laughter errUpted in court as the The Koevoet men told the court that the families of the two deceased, that Koevoet men contradicted themselves they belonged to a unit code namedZE, he acted "recklessly and lawlessly, and and changed versions on several occa­ Opuwo in Kaokoland, but had found " like an automatic killer:' sions. Both said from time to time that themselves at a Cuca shop complex at Constable Michael Jan Martinus they could not remember certain Omahenene in northern Namibia at Marais ofthe Security Branch told the aspects of the matter." the time. court that he sent Special Constables The Koevoet men also failed to ex­ The court was told that the small boy to go and bury the bodies. He could not plain why the plan as drawn up and the allegedly pointed out two men at the explain why there had been no in- spot as pointed out to police earlier dif- place, and that the two "suspects were arrested for questioning:' The Koevoet men told the court that both "suspects" had no identification documents on them. The two captives were blindfolded with their shirts and their arms fasten­ ed, before driven to a joint Security Police and Koevoet Base about 25 Km away. The Koevoet Sergeants told the magistrate that after a short while of interrogation the detainees agreed "without any problems;' to go and point out hidden weapons at a place about 5 Km from the Base. The court heard that no black Koevoet member was allowed on the journey. On arrival at the spot, detainee Nicodemus Fillemon while "doing as if busy digging out the alleged weapons;' - suddenly attempted to shoot Koevoet member Lotz with a Makarov pistol. The policemen said Fillemon miss­ ed his target and hit the Casspir in­ stead, upon which Seargant Lotz fired several shots atthe detainee. The other _ detainee, Sakaria, allegedly attemp­ ted to flee, and Sergeant Bouwer shot and killed him too. According to further evidence, the hands of both detainees were still fastened at the time. The policemen claimed that they also found an AK assault rifle at the spot. Seargant Lo~z. then radioed Security Police at Osliakati tel1ing '-' them that he had just killed "two enemies;' giving their details as well as identification numbers. A watery grave. Special Constable Armas next to the spot where he buried He said in his message that they the two bodies. found a Makarov pistol with which one detainee' shot, but missed him. He however "forgot" to mention the AK, Mrs Henderina Heita, the mother of Petrus Sakarias, who told the court and could also not explain to court that her son had been visiting her at the time of his disappearance. She later where he got the details and identifica­ indentified his body by a string of beads in the Swapo colours. tion numbers of the deceased, as he "DISSENT IN BATTALION 101 OVEI FIGHTING IN ANGOLA FOI UNITA

STAFFREPORTERS------REPORTS OF what could be described as a mutiny within the ranks of a South West Africa Territory Force (SWATF) battalion based in northern Namibia have reached Windhoek. Dissent among soldiers attached to African Defence Force (SADF) of using The former 101 Battalion soldier 101 Battalion, a voluntary unit mann­ 101 Battalion members as "Unita made an appeal to all Namibians who ed mainly by Ovambo-speakingtroops, mercenaries against our will". wished to join the SADF, was apparently sparked by a refusal to He said that 360 soldiers had already "'lb go and fight Swapo in Angola is fight inside Angola on the side ofJonas been sent the "Walvis Bay military a crime against our society. 1b go and Savimbi's rebel Unita movement . prison", while ~ nother 48 ha d fight against Fapla in their own coun­ A source claiming to have recently resigned. . try is a crime against God's will;' he - resigned from 101 Battalion alleged "I am one of those who resigned. I said. this week that more than400members received my training at Oluno, with "U nita and MPLA are brothers. Let of the SWATF unit "have gone on the aim and principle ofdefending the us give them time to solve their own strike" at Oshakati and at Mavinga in Namibian border. In August this year, problems without our interference:' Angola after refusing to fight for we were transported from tlie north to Unit&. Mavinga, via Caprivi, to fight against Commandant Bester of the AVAIIA8LE at your A reporter from this newspaper, who our will on the side ofUnita;' he said. SWA TF 's liaison division in Win~ returned fror._ the north yesterday, He said that former Swapo guer· dhoek, said in reply to the allegations ,local, supermarket reported that several independent . rillas, whohadbecomemembers of101 that he had "no comDUlnt" . lOurc:esm the Oshakatiareahadheard Battalion, had been captured by Fapla Trade enquiries: "_ ACE DISTRIBUTORS that a large ~umber of 101 Battalion troops at Mavinga and handed back to Reporters then managed to speak to troops were refusing to fight in Angola, Swapo. Comman~ntBothaof101Battalion , and we.re being held at Grootfontein, "Fapla are using sophisticated who declined to comment on the TEL: 225647 Walvis Bay and Otjiwarongo. weapons while we monly armed with allegations and instead referred us to POBOX 6470 It was alsoreported that members of light ones," he said. Colonel van Graan or Brigadier Swart the Battalion had been supplied with - He also accused the SADF of being at Sector 10. WINDHOEK Unita uniforms before going into "cowardly" in that the South African Neither or these two officers were 9000 Angola. troops fought behil'id the SWATF available for comment when Sector 10 The source accused the South soldiers. was contacted shortly afterwards. THE NAMIBIAN Friday November 20 1987 3

,. FULL BENCH OF 11 JUDGES TO DECIDE I ON NAMIBIA CONSCRIPTION CASE :1 ! THE QUESTION of whether the South African Parliament is empowered to make laws for the territory of Namibia will be considered by a full bench of 11 Appeal Court Judges in the Appeal Court in Bloemfontein this week.

This is the crux of an appeal by Mr Erick Binga, who, as a Namibian, con­ tends that he is not liable for call-up for national service in the South West African Territory Force or the South African Defence Force. Mr Binga was called up in November 1982 to render national service at Walvis Bay from January 1983 to January 1985. His application for exemp­ tion was turned down by the Exemption Board of the SWATF'. On June 22, 1984, a Full Bench of the SWA Supreme Court refused Mr Binga an order to calIon the Administrator General for Namibia, the Minister of Defence and the Exemption Board to show cause why the court should not declare that Mr Binga was not liable for national service and why the notice of November 1982 should not be set aside as wrongful and unlawful. Mr Binga contended that the South African Parliament had no power to make laws for Namibia and the State President's power to make proclama­ tions for the territory depended on the power of the South African Parliament to delegate such power to him. Mr Binga submitted that power did not exist and, furthermore, that Walvis Bay was not part of the mandated territory of Namibia and did not fall within the area over which the Administrator General purported to exercise authority. The court inspection in loco at the burial site. On the left almost covered with water is the mound of sand which marks -Sapa. the grave of the two men_ See report on case on pages t and 2. BALLACK NOT TO BE PROSEClJTED AN OFFICER attached to the police Koevoet unit, Captain ficers" for abusing and cused, such as Andreas Heita, Frans Ballach, will not be prosecuted for assaulting detainees maltreating detainees, leaving their bodies scarred who appeared in the lengthy 'Trial of Eight' earlier this year. describing their silence on for life. such issues as tantamount to At the time, Judge Levy ex­ The Attorney General, Mr Es­ an effort to get information. being party to injustice. pressed his hopes that those tienne Pretorlus, confirmed During preVious hearings, Officers' such as Captain police officers 'responsible for yesterday that Captain Ballach Captain Ballach admitted to the brutal assaults would be would not face prosecution. flogging Heita'with a length of Ballach, said Judge Levy, ac­ tually prevent justice from be­ prosecuted for their actions. During the trial, which end­ hosepipe, as well as to ripping Mr Pretorius said that he had ed in May this year, Captain an intravenous drip from ing done when they fail to report the maltreatment of taken the decision not to pro­ Ballach had admitted to the Heita's arm. secute after going through all court that he had beaten In his judgement six months detainees.· He reminded the court that the circumstances of the several of the accused, one of ago, Justice Harald Levy matter. whom was Andreas Heita, in slammed "certain police of- police officers had "unmer­ cifully" beaten some of the ac- 'Botha is an outlaw' says Angop

SOUTH AFRICAN State President, Mr PW Botha, made himself an Challenging posit~on in a unique environment outlaw when he illegally crossed the Angolan border and visited the southern region of the country. This was the opinion expressed in a dispatch from the offical Angolan news agency, Angop, received in Lisbon yesterday. Mine Foreman According to SA Defence Minister, General Magnus Malan, Botha and CDM (Pty) Ltd is a wholly responsible for planning and several South African Ministers recently visited his troops in southern Angola owned subsidiary o( De Beers. implementing short· term after what he described as "clashes" with Soviet and Cuban military units fighting alongside the regular Angolan army. We mine high quality diamonds stripping, loading and bedrock Botha's presence in Angola, said the dispatch, "proves once again" that on Namibia's west coast. We cleaning schedules and co- South Africa "isn't and never was" interested in a peaceful solution to con- also administer our own town, ordinating and controlling the flict 'in the region. • Oranjemund, which is located 10 activities of personnel on shift. The U.S. Administration and other Western countries were an accessory kilometres from the Orange Applicants should have at and sympathetic to the South African invasion of southern Angola, Angop River and the Atlantic Ocean_ least 5 years mining experience said. . We are proud of our and preferably have reached Angop also protested against a recent visit by a political aide of Portuguese operation_ It is diverse and foreman or shiftboss level. President, Mario Soares, to Jamba, the bush headquarters of Unita. highJy sophisticated using state Possession of a valid First Aid In a separate dispatch yesterday, Angop quoted Angolan Foreign Minister, Afonso Van-Dunen, as saying the South African army was preparing another of. the art technology. Certificate and Blasting invasion of Angola. We are inviting applications Certificate is . also a requirement. Van-Dunen said South Africa was massing "important military forces in for the position of Mine Knowledge of earthmoving Namibia, on the southern Angolan border, indicating another major incur­ Foreman in our Mining techniques will be an advantage. sion is imminent". Department. The mining Rewards for the above position function is a continuous process include an attractive salary with moving large volumes of • 13th cheque • housing and overburden in order to excavate utilities. generous leave and haul the diamondiferous • shift allowance • medical SEVEN-HOUR RAID gravels to treatment plants. The and dental treatment in the equipment used in this process Company hospital • private includes two bucketwheel primary schooling • subsidised IN KUISEBMOND excavator systems, a dredger, secondary schooling vacuum bedrock cleaning • membership of De Beers ------STAFFREPORTER------machines as well as a large Pension and Medical Aid Funds , conventional earthmoving fleet. • assistance with relocation A SEVEN·HOUR police and army raid on the Kuisebmond The successful applicant will be expens~s . township .outside Walvis Bay during Tuesday night and expected to work rotational Interested persons should Wednesday morning resulted in the arrest of almost 300 . shifts during which he will be forward their applications and a residents. responsible for ensuring the detailed Curriculum Vitae to: The massive swoop comeionly days apart" by. police when he.dr.pve out of smooth and efficient 'flit;. Senior Personnel Manager, after two bombs exploded at the South the township. . . , ...... operation of the . CDM (pty) Limited, P.O. B~x African-controlled enclave. . Residents claimed that virtually all , ...' . v~rious mining . 35, Oranjemund 9000. A police sp.qrt~wf sE;!ver~~ilJr~st~ vl!m;~also cordoJ;l.ed o~tlieeritire t at . JJ1~_ !qcal Roadblocks we~e s~t tip at tli~ ex;ts compount!, . ' ,•. ... ~_ ;~ . ;, f~pl '1 "

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4 Friqay November 201987 THE NAMIBIAN

A SMALL RURAL village in Tanzania is an example of how local knowledge and action can be used to solve serious problems. In just three years, the village has reduced its mortality rate among children to almost zero. It was done with outside help, but after con­ sultation with the villagers and with the co-operation oftraditional healers and other local authorities the villagers were familiar with. Gemini News SErvice reports on how it was done.

BY OSEiKOFI Today t hey readily point to Ikongozi, Tanzania themselves and particularly to the ef· , forts of Patrick Mugulunde and Rose Ikongozi, a windswept farming Malekela, both aged 26 years, and village of red brick houses and thatch· Elizabeth Madege, 18. ed·huts set atop a rocky knoll in the Mugulunde, Malekela and Madege southern Tanzania highlands of run Ikongozi's modest village health THE CHILDREN of Ikongozi: the mortality rate reduced from nine to nil. Kipengere and Livingstone, is a clear centre, housed in the local bureau of example of what a motivated rural Tanzania's ruling Chama Cha Mapin· community can achieve for itself - duzi (CCM), Party. Malekelacall on the parentsofthe sick this free lunch programrp.e to ensure trywide campaign by the government with a little help from outside. The children start trooping into the ones or those not show ~ng proper that each child gets a fortified meal at with support from foreign donors. In 1984 nine of Ikongozi's 300 compound at about 10hOO. Five and growth. least once a day:' About $5,8 million was to be spent children died. All were under the age six·yeai·olds lead younger ones by the Each month, the Ministry of Health The programme was initially meant between 1983 and 1988 to train person- offour and succumbed to the world's hand, or carry them on their back. replenishes the centre's stock of ten for the severely malnourished, but nel, develop and sustain commul'ity biggest infant killers -like measles, basic drugs. While the children are other children started dropping in and health care facilities, establish food malnutrition, gastro·enteritis and Most have already been immunised checked, Madege is busy in a nearby no one was turned away. . security and give women access to pneumonia. against measles, tuberculosis, polio shed, preparing their lunch of posho Ikongozi is in a prime agricultural basic, economic resources such as In 1985 seven died. Two died last and tetanus - diseases which with (ground maize), mixed with ger· district which grows maize, wheat, livestock, appropriate technology and year and none so far this year. diarrhoea kill 15 million children minated and fermented millet, potatoes, beans, cowpeas, both as capital for cottage industries. Ikongozi's children are tOday, by and worldwide every year, and maim sunflower seeds, beans, ground nuts, staples apd cash crops. The project aims to ensure that by large, a happy boisterous lot who millions more, mainly in the Third a pinch of salt and touches of other Despite this abundance, malnutri- next year, no Iringa village will be gather in the village every week day to World. relishes in season. tion was endemic, and affected 70 per more than 10 kilometres from a well- sing, play, dance and eat. Mugulunde and Malekela, trained The recipe, using local foodstuffs, cent ofthe under-five population, with equipped health or day-care centre, It is afar cry from the days when lone, as part·time vilfage health workers, was devised, by, government nutri· 10 per cent severely underweight and with two trained village health despondent children would be found call the children i~dividually into a tionists in dil?cussio~ ' with the retarded in growth. workers, traditional birth attendants crouching in the heat outside the fami- small room to weigh1b.em, take their villag~rs, Whj> cof1tri1>uj~ tQ Ml!geg~'!L The problem was not so much a laCK and traditional healers. ly homestead, listlessly gazing into temperatures, inspectlheir eyes, ears, kitchen from their harvests: ~"J"" • of food, as a.poor' grasp of what con.' '' • ~ This+prdjeclindicafestbe ~a,lUeofus­ nowhere, waiting for their parents to mouths and feel their skin, noting At. U.h30. Madege baJlgs: oI}.,her stitutes a balanced meal

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Just like Jesus died Orange River water agreement So that we might live So in the death of a signed between South Africa revolutionary and interim government Is the life of the oppressed A SIGNING ceremony between the South African Government For as the people weep and the interim government concerning the use of water from The ocean of tears the Orange River took place at SWA House in Windhoek last Friday. Drowns the enemy The two parties representing their respective governments And the blood spilled were Mr Gert Kotze, SA Minister of Water Affairs, and Mr Jan­ B~comes the fountain nie de W:et, current Chairman of the Cabinet. A technical committee cqmprising three members from each 'Of everlasting life. government will be e~tablished 'to make recommendations on the utilisation of the water. Nejther government has ever come to an agreement regarding the precise line of the border on the Orange River. Standing behind the two · Ministers is the Administrator Shlfldi died a General of Namibia, Mr Louis Pienaar. revolationa ry

, REMEMBER SHIFIDI For an alternative view - Read The Namibian! INqUEST COURI,-BULED THREE KOEVOET MEN LIABLE FO_ DEATH BY CHRIS SHIPANGA AN INQUEST Court held on August 19, this year, at Ondangua drove through the family's Omahangu found that three members of the Police Counter "Insurgency fIeld destroying crops. Unit (Koevoet) were criminally liable for the killing of a civilian Mr !ita, who was still suffering from the previous day's assault, was again in northern Namibia.in March last year. assaulted and beaten to death. According to earlier evidence before about guerrillas. According to a sworn statement by the Court several Koevoet members ar­ The children were then assaulted the late man'wife, Mrs Ndayola rived at the homestead of the late Mr with sticks where-upon they ran off. Nongeni, the Koevoet men responsible Amaladu !ita, 68, a farmer from The Koevoet men entered the came past the family's cuca shop, say­ Ohopomaka on March 15, 1986, homestead and badly assaulted the ing they were going to deal with her allegedly to question OCcupants about owner, Mr !ita, with sticks and a husband. the movements of a group of six knobkerrie. She said it was a Sunday and she had guerrillas. The man was then grabbed by his decided to fIrst pass at their Cuca shop, The Koevoetmembers, who arrived arms and legs and violently thrown when after a short while one of her in three Casspir trucks, fIrst question­ against the fencing ofthe homestead, daughters, Martha, came running and ed Mr !ita's three children, Joseph, before the Koevoet men left. screaming out that the Koevoet Rumanus and Erenius, but they all The next day, March 16, one Casspir members had killed her father. told them that they had no know ledge truck returned to the homestead and She told the court that Martha's dress was bloodstained as she too was badly assaulted by the Koevoet members, and that the child wept Permits end but terribly. Mrs Nongeni said she rushed home and found her husband laying on his back while his body was swollen. He harsh security was bleeding from one of his ears, and . was already dead. A medical practitioner from still in force Oshakati who examined the body con­ firmed that Mr Iita died as a resault of A local lawyer, Mr David S~uts, has called on the Nalnibian serious assault with blunt objects caus­ authorities to end the harsh dusk-to-dawn curfew in the north ing a fractured skull and broken neck. Mr G. B. Van Pletzen ruled that following ajoin~ dec~sion bytheinterlmgovel'llJ)lent Ca"bmetand Koev.oet members, Shilamba, . the police Commissioner to scrap the,permit system which was Kaulandwa, and Katau Kendjala were , > applicable.to the six 'security districts' in the war..zone. - criminally liable for Mr Iita's death. Mr Smuts said in Windhoek yester­ be done so ifthe authorities are Serious Mr Brian 0' Linn instructed by the THE LATE Mr Ama,ladu IIta-, 68, who, an Inquest court found, was killed by day that while the liftingonrestnction­ about Improving ' the human rights ' Windhoek law firm Lorentz and Bone Koevoet members In March last year: ' of movement was to be welcomed, he situation in northern Namibia:"said acted on -behalf of the deceased's felt'that the move held "only a small MrSmuts. -' famiiy. . . and indirect benefIt for the people of He said that other security legisl!l­ nOJthernNariribia, who'are the worst ' tion, "including AG9 which provides affected by security legislation in the for indefInite detention without trial, country". and other restrictions on basichuman . The permit system, which has been 'rights, should also be repealed". ' in force for almost three years, applied "The welcome repeal of the permit ' only to non-residents ofOvamboland, system underliJleshow easily offensive Kavango, Kaokoland, Bushmanland, legislat~oncan be done away with," he Eastern Caprivi and Here~oland said. " •• East." In the past, people wishing to visit Interim government Miclster of OCEfiti LIFE ALOtiCi OUR COAST OFfERS these regions, which accommodate Justice; Mr Fanuel Kozonguizi, said more than half of Namibia's total that the Cabinet had expressed its.con­ population, had to fIrst "apply for a cern about the permit system in the MAtlY OPPORTUtilTIES TO JHOSE WITH police permit. past. - It usually took 24 p.ours for a permit He said the scrapping of the system OPEti EYES RtiD ALERT MltlDS~ to be granted. was a "good move". Although the system wasn't really "Apart from anything else, it didn't enforced, journalists from this work, and only created a lot of pro­ In 1981 TAURUS ATLANTIC SEAWEEDS newspaper have on occasion been ask­ blems for visitors and the police;' he ed by the military to produce their per­ said. started with the commercial utilisation mits while on trips to the north. He expressed his hope that "other of seaweeds at UiDERITZBUCHT. "The current curfew, ordered and security legislation" wO].lld be "fIxed Today It Is a major exporter of promulgated in terms of the same up soon". legislation as the permit system, can He said attention would be' given to seaweeds to the world market. just as easily be repealed and should tMs in the new year. In 1984 ROTAO FARMING (PlY) LTD NAMIBIAN· JOURNALIST was established. speCialising In aquaculture. Today ROTAO oysters are reknowned for ON POLICE ACT CHARGE their quality In Namibia and the A WINDHOEK JOURNALIST attached to The Namibian Republic of South Africa. newspaper has been charged with an offence under the Police Act of 1958. ' Mr Mark Verbaan (27), faces a on the workers' compound at the small In 1987 TAURUS ALGAE INDUSTRIES' charge arising from an incident which sea harbour during the early hours of factory at LUDERITZBUCHT commenced to produce occurred at Liideritz on July 3, this July 3. AGAR-AGAR from locally collected seaweeds and year. Following the seven-hour raid, 200 is now exporting to European markets. The charge sheet states that Mr Ver­ residents were arrested and more than baan unlawfully took photographs of 50 injured by rubber bullets, quirts and prisoners inside the cells at the batons. For this fast-growing. unique industry in the heart of the namib. we need open­ Liideritz Police Station without the Half of Liideritz's total population minded. talented and ~otivated experts. _ written permission of the was affected by the raid. Commissioner. The case has been set down for To obtain such expertise. we now offer a four-year Training Package. aimed at The matter stems from a police raid December 8, 1987. developing managerial skills in the aquacultural. commercial and industrial fields. The Package is tailored to utilise the potential and to satisfy the embitions of school­ leavers. who are about to embark on a career. INDEPENDENCE For the duration of the training programme. an attractive salary and bonus scale " is being offered. as well as all normal fringe benefits for which our staff qualify. ' ~ IS COMING­ SUITABLE CAnDiDATES: * will have completed their Matric. preferably with University exemption; * will have completed their military training (if eligible); * will have a track record of ~chievements. self-motivation and reliability; ADVERTISE IN * will be able to communicate effectively in both official languages; * will be ambitious and open-minded. For further details writv to: TAURUS. Klaus Bvckvr. THE NAMIBIAN! PO Box 9421 WINDHOEK 9000 6 'Friday November 20 1987 THE NAMIBIAN

THE BODY OF Wilhelm Haindonga, still in a plastic bag, retrieved from an unmarked grave. The army buried the body after they were informed by police that the deceased was 'the enemy'. KOEVOET MAN ON TRIAL

KOEVOET Sergeant Daniel Johannes Calitz, on trial for murder, pictured FOR MURDER OF CIVILIAN by John Liebenberg.

BY MBATJIUA NGAVIRUE . . DANIEL Johannes Calitz, 27, a sergeant in the police counter speaking people traditionally place father his body was gone. He said the vehicie in which he was insurgency unit, Koevoet, appeared in the Windhoek Supreme outside their homesteads. Counsel for Sergeant Calitz, Mr W travelling was roughly two and half Court this week on a charge of murder. Calitz, who is alleged Paulus said the white man went in­ A De Venter SC, challenged Paulus's kilometers away from Mr Haindongo's to have murdered Mr Wilhelm Haindonga by beating him to side the homestead and grabbed his version of events during cross kraal when they received a radio father by the arm, removed a stick from examination. message from Sergeant Calitz's death with a large stick on August 16 last year, pleaded not gUil- a halffinished hut, and led his father He said the defense would submit Casspir that said they had en­ ty to the charge. . . towards the inside ofthe homestead. . that Mr Haindonga had been asked by countered problems. He said that his father had made no the Sergeant through an interpreter Constable Fabian said that he and A clarification ofthe plea presented the fact thatthe bleeding around the attempt to resist but he saw the man whether there were not Swapo in­ Sergeant Calitz had worked together to the Court explained that Calitz ad­ fractures had not spread far, showed hit his father once in the ribs with the surgents in the area. for many years and had been in many mitted that Mr Haindonga had died as that he must have died not long after stick. The two men then disappeared His reply to this had been "you boers contacts together. But he had never a result ofblowshe hadinflictedonhim­ . being hit:: .. out o£sightbehind a hut. Although he who'd estroyed my fields get-lost" and ' seen the sergeant looking as pa1e, with two different sticks. Paulus Shikudulu, a son ofMr Hain­ could not see them from where he had that>h ~ ,~~flllever h~ard ofSv:apo. .Mr , shocked and confused as he did when He denied that his-intention at.the donga,said in 'evidence that he and his be~n :standing he could hear the ' van Deventer then asked Paulus he arrived at the homestead. time had been to kill Mr Haindonga, father and two brothers had been busy sO\~nd s of his father being beaten. Shikulude whether he had heard of He had earlier said that often when or that he could reasonably have fore­ repairing the roofofa hut at their home After a while the white man called Swapo and whether he had heard of going out on patrol to outlying areas seen that the blows could possibly in the Ehoma region on the Saturday out to him that he must get some water. their presence in the area. Paulus said they took uniforms and weapons used result ill death., the incident occured. It was only when he brought the water he had heard of the organisation but by Swapo with them to show local Mr W A Deventer S C, acting for They suddenly saw a Casspirvehicle that he saw his father again. The man they had not been in the area for some residents what they were looking for. Calitz, also gave notice that the smashing through the shrub fence poured the water over his father's face time. However at Mr Haindonga's home defense would argue that the sergeant around their mahango fie1d and driv­ and he heard his father gasp once, after The evidence ofthe defence, he said, Sergeant Calitz told him to take some had suffered temporary mental ing in the direction of their homestead. which he appeared to die. The man was that Mr Haindonga had been very ofthese uniforms and bury them in the stupification, that his conduct had He said that his father went to talk then told him to go away and later he angry and had in fact picked up a stick nearby mahangu field and he did so been involuntary when he hit the to the men and asked "why do youflat­ told him and his brothers to go to the bigger than the one Sergeant Calitz without asking why. deceased, and that he was temporari­ ten my fence? It took a lot of work to mahangu field outside the homestead. had in his hands. He also alleged that Sergeant Calitz ly not responsible for his actions. build it", but the black constables on When they arrived at the mahangu The Court heard that on the day Mr had told him that ifanyone should ask Dr Jan Botha, the pathologist the vehicle had replied that his father field they were asked to pick up a piece Haindonga was killed Sergeant Calitz what had happened there he should responsible for the post mortem, said should not ask them, but should ask of clothing, something round with a was in command of the Koevoet unit, say that he, Sergeant Calitz, had been in testimony before the court that his the white man driving the Casspir. handle and another metal object and Zulu Sierra, which included four com­ involved in a fight with a man while examination of Mr Wilhelm Hain­ Paulus claimed that when his father load them onto one of the police bat vehicles plus one supply vehicle. trying to take a pistol from him. donga had revealed . intracranial' told them' that he could not ask him vehicles. They refused because they While patrolling in the Ehoma area Constable Fabian also said that haemorrage, multiple fractured ribs, since he could not speak Afrikaans, an were scared, said Paulus, and the con­ they had been told that there were Sergeant Calitz was a strict but good multiple soft tissue injuries and lacera­ interpreter spoke to the officer but stables called some women working Swapo combatants in the area. They leader who enforced strong discipiine. tions ofthe scalp and right lower leg. then did not tell his father what had nearby to come and load t4em. managed to pick up the tracks ofthe in­ In the three years he had been a He said that it would have required been said. Before they left, he said the Koevoet surgents but then lost them again, and member of Zulu Sierra the unit had a considerable amount of violence to The white man standing with one men had set the brush fence around the they had driven to Mr Haindonga's never assaulted anyone and no com­ inflict the type of wounds Mr Hain­ foot on the Casspir had then knocked field alight and when the boys return­ homestead in the hope ofgetting infor­ plaint had been laid against the unit. donga had sustained. Furthermore, over a set of poles the Kwanyama- ed to where Paulus had last seen their mation about the insurgents. The second in command ofthe unit, Constable Jacques Renee Fabian, told (Mr W Olivier appeared for the the Courtthatthe unit went on patrol State while Mr W A van Deventer one week in three and that usually assisted by Mr J K Wessels ap· they had a contact with Swapo com­ peared for the defence). batants at least once in a week. Proceeding.

MRS Mathilda Lukas, left, and Vistoline Nangolo, both wives of the deceased man, pictured at court with a pOliceman looking on. A POLICE photograph showing the murder weapons, and the calabash which was used to pour water over the victim. .------. ------

CCN MAN DEPORTED BACK TO ZAMBIA ------BY CHRIS SHIPANGA-----­ SOURCES IN Katima Mulilo confirmed the alleged re-arrest and deportation to Zambia last week of a teacher employed by the CCN Education Project. The teacher, Mr Sifuniso Nyambe It is said that Mr Nyambe was born was allegedly taken across the border at Bukalo, Namibia, in 1954, but that by members of the South Mrican he left with his parents as a youth for Police. Zambia in the 1960's where he According to the sources, the move by schooled. the South African authorities follow­ He allegedly first returned to ed an earlier acquital ofMr Nyambe Namibia early 1985, and obtained an on charges ofhaving enteredNamibia Identification Certificate, and left illegally. again for Zambia. The deportation was also confirmed Police arrested Mr Nyambe in by a local attorney, Mr Hartmut Rup­ December 1985 for alleged illegal en­ pel of the law firm Lorentz and Bone, trance into Namibia, and he was who this week said that police initia.l­ sentenced to t hree months ly informed him that the "purported imprisonment. deportation" wO\1.1d be stayed until he Mter his release he worked as a had a chance to investigate the matter. teacher at a CCN school in Katima un­ He added that he was later inform­ til being served with a deportation ed about the deportation by Inspector order by police, but was acquitted by a THE WATER shortage is critical in northern Namibia, despite some rains which fell recently. Pictured by John Serfontein of the police at Katima Magistrate at Katima Mulilo. Liebenberg, residents draw water from a dam near Odlbo which also supplies water to Angolan farmers in the south. Mulilo. An official at the Department of Sources at Katima Mulilo said Mr , Civic Affairs said he knew nothing Nyambe disappeared shortly after be­ about the deportation, and refered The ing acquitted last Wednesday on a Namibian to Kaptein Hans Diergaard . charge of illegally coming into or Dr De Vries, but both were not WW II vets must form committee Namibia. available for comment. THE MINISTER of Manpower, National Health and Welfare, has can get in touch via Mr Beyleveldt, called on all black, brown and Baster ex-servicemen, to appoint telephone (061)31900. Mr Katjiuongua emphasised that Namibian woman gets one or two representatives who will then travel to Windhoek to be transport to Windhoek would only be .informed by the MinisteJ;Mr Moses Katjiuongua, as to the progress arranged for two persons per office. made in connection with promises made to them at the time they The meeting has been scheduled to Ministry Degree in UK fought in wars in which South Africa participated. take place on December 8, at 14hOOat ------SPECIALCORRESPONDENT------the Tintenpalast. During January this year, Mr Kat­ Walvis Bay, Gobabis and Representatives will be responsible MRS Magdalene Hoebeslast week Mrs Hoebes obtained the degree juongua and his Deputy, Mr Kaura, Keetmanshoop. for obtaining their own accommoda­ obtained a Doctor of Ministry after a four-year period of study and were instructed by the Cabinet to Those in Rehoboth and other places tion in Windhoek. Degree thanks to a project jointly research with an extension unit of the make a thorough investigation of what sponsored by the Africa Educa­ New York Theological Seminary bas­ had happened to the promises made to tional Trust in the UK and the ed in Sheffield, England. these ex-servicemen. 'Parents Committee' plans Methodist Relief Fund. Her thesiFl was hllRed on thpo logy of According to a press statement by the r hoeration and a practical project of Minister, invitations were extended to legal-action against Swapo counselling single parent women veterans of World War II to make con­ around Sheffield. In addition she also tact with his office; appeals were made THE 'Parents Committee' plans to institute legal action in a Win­ conducted pastoral work on an to various authorities in rural areas to dhoek Court immediately against the leadership ofSwapo inside ecumenical basis in a local church. assist in obtaining information about the country to try and force the Swapo movement to divulge the Mrs Hoebes attended the Paulineum these veterans; enquiries were made whereabouts of the alleged missing relatives of the Committee Theological Seminary at Otjimbingwe at various institutions including those members. before leaving for England in 1982 to in the Republic of South Mrica, to get pursue her studies in theology. She hold ofthe accurate facts on financial This was disclosed by Mrs Erica are holding spies" and had thus ac­ plans to return to Namibia in the near benefits or assistance promised or of­ Beukes at a press conference on cepted responsibility. future. fered to ex-servicemen, and finally, a Wednesday. She said that her Commit­ She argued that given such a public Mrs Hoebes is married to Mr Joshua nearly complete list of names of tee was anxious to have the case open­ pronouncement, the leadership of Hoebeb ofthe Namibia Literacy Pro­ veterans of World War II was obtained. ed soon but added that it would all de­ Swapo inside the country as well as gramme, and has five children. "Every As a result ()fthis, it became clear, Mr pend on the lawyers involved and the outside was answerable on the matter. She estimated that the legal costs for bit of my achievement will be utilised Katjiuongua said, that all this infor­ availability of money. Mrs Beukes laid down the basis of to serve the people of Namibia" , she mation had to be conveyed to the old the case might run up to R20 000. She her argument that Swapo activist An­ said after her graduation ceremony in fighters, to inform them ofthe progress also said that her committee had a church in Sheffield. made and to discuss issues regarding ton Lubowski, in confirming that enlisted the support of200 Britsh MP's Her thesis also dealt extensively the possible assistance which could be Swapo was holding spies, had said "we on the issue. with problems faced by women in pre­ considered. independent Namibia, mostly those However, because it would not be who are single parents and those who practical to have discussions with all . have problems in fighting the apar­ these veterans (due to the high cost of Mrs Magdalene Hoebes theid system. subsistence and transport expenses), one or two delegates from each area would suffice. Consequently, the Minister was call­ Benfiea soeeer players ing on all these ex-servicement to choose one or two representatives, who are required to make contact with any held at gunpoint in Otavi of the following health inspectors' of­ fices before December 4, to make ar­ after Windhoek mateh rangements for transport to Win­ Wed: Ladies Night ------BYRAJAHMUNAMAVA-----­ dhoek: Oshakati, Rundu, Katima Thurs: Club Night Mulilo, Opuwa, Khorixas, Okakarara, A GROUP of soccer players from Benfica FC of Tsumeb were .. .FREE entry between assaulted and held at gunpoint by three white men at a petrol ser­ vice station in Otavilast Sunday while on their way to Tsumeb from a soccer match in Windhoek. Dress: red/yellow The players made a brief stop at the Mobil Service Station in Otavi after mid- . night on Sunday to fill their car. Some ofthe players disembarked and went to Fri & Sat: Disco •• _'''''' •• a toilet nearby when three white men leading dogs on leashes pulled up. The three white men asked the soccer players who they were and what they were doing. The players responded by asking the three men why they wanted to know who they were. RESTAURANT One ofthe white men then allegedly pulled out a firearm and fired a shot, hit­ ting the petrol stand. He warned his victims that he was 'serious' and stepped foward, pressing his fire arm aganist the neck of one ofthe sqccer players. Three and bar other players were assaulted with fists in the process. The men went to the police station in Otavi to lay charges. Upon their return, they found the petrol attendant missing and they were told that he had fled after he had also been assaulted. The Benfica players said they felt very strongly about such conduct addingthat the reason was nothing other than racism. They hoped that the culprits would be apprehended and brought to book.

PRESTIGE PARK OMASDAL TEL: 212269 8 Friday November: 20 1987 THE NAMIBIAN WRECKED DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS AS AN EX~RAORDINARY tale unfolded in Lo~don some weeks ago o.f South Africa? ~nd British implication in a plot to kidnap ~can National Congress (ANC), officials there, GemIm News Ser­ vice took a look at Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's ~an~ouver l?gacy - the I?ress c~nferenc~ at which she denounced the ANC as a terrorist orgamsatIon, thereby destrOying two years of diplomatic dialogue with Oliver Tambo and other ANC leaders. OF STOCKmarkets around the world has caused widespread shock and alarm. As cumulative losses to the Frontline States and South like Mandela and Tambo are certain­ mounted -£125 billion in London alone-attention was in­ BY DEREK INGRAM Africa, in the wake ofthe visits by the ly nQt Communists. The EPG(one of its co-chairman was evitably focussed on the short:term damage. But the long­ Remarks made by British Prime Commonwealth Eminent Persons term implications could be far-reaching too. Gemini News Minister Margaret Thatcher at Group (EPG) earlier in the year. former right-wing Australian Prime t he end of the Commonwealth He tried to see Nelson Mandela, the Minister Malcolm Fraser), was careful Service looks at one such possible effect on the worldwide ANC leader held in Pollsmoorjail, but to point all this out in its widely ac­ resurgence of "free market" solutions to economic summit in Vancouver, wrecked claimed report. Mandela refused to see him. problems~ two years of diplomatic effort by On September 21-22, Tambo had The head ofthe ANC's international Britain to maintain a dialogue affairs department, Johnstone talks in London with Howe, and with BY DANIEL NELSON is equally evident that in a world of rich with OliverTambo and the leader­ the United States Assistant Secretary Makatini, was sitting in tlie front row and poor, laissez-faire inevitably works ship of the ANC of South Africa. of State for African Affairs, Dr Chester at the Vancouver press conference, on­ Imagine what the International to the advantage of the former. She called the ANC a terrorist Crocker. ly yards away from Mrs Thatcher. Monetary Fund (IMF), would,say Thirdly, recent events show the organisation, and equated it with the Four months later, on January 28, he Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gan­ to a government which runs up a danger of a situation in which the in­ dhi, whose press conference followed Irish Republican Army (IRA), and the met United States Secretary of State trade deficit of $150 billion, has ternational financial system is George Shultz in Washington. Mrs Thatcher's and so gave him the Palestine Liberation Organisation the highest foreign debt in the dominated by unimaginably large Recent British and European Com­ final word in Vancouver, pointed out (PLO). She said she would never talk world, is unwilling to increase tax­ amounts of private money, which is to any 6fthe ANC leaders. inunity foreign policy has consistent­ that Britain had not thought of the ation or cut spending for short­ volatile, unaccoUntable and far beyond The remarks, made off the cufflike ly called for the release ofMandela and ANC as a terrorist organisation a few the control of governments. so many of her foreign policy pro­ the unbanning of political parties in months ago. _ ter m political reasons, and con­ Even before the crash, free market nouncements, came at her erid-of­ South Mrica, including the ANC. He added that ifthe ANC is terrorist, tinues to waste vast sums on a prescriptions were already being summit press conference. - _- Britain has supported the ,so is the mujaheddin resistance move­ military project widely considered quietly amended and rejected where it The occasion seems likely'to become negotiating concept put forward by the ment in Afghanistan, and the South unnecessary ·and unworkable. suited Western governments, such as as notorious as the one at tlie endofthe EPG, which includes unbanning the 'West Africa People's Organisation the abandonment of monetarism by (SwapO), in Namibia, for both of which If it was a developing country, it 1985 Nassau summit at which she ANC - Thatcher did so again during would betold inno uncertain terms to the Thatcher government in Britain, Britain has vo~ced support. made the famous "tiny, tiny" remark the Vancouver talks, and in the British get itselfin order; foreign-press reports and by the Group of Seven industrial about the limited sanctions she had House of Commons a few days later. would make digs about incompetent,­ nations' decision to commit just agreed to with Commonwealth At her press conference, Thatcher inexperienced governments throwing themselves to a degree of exchange leaders. argued that British contacts with the money away on grandiose schemes. rate management. ANC were made when Britain was Since the country in question is the What the stock market crash unfor­ President ofthe European Communi­ United -States, it is treated more tunately is unlikely to do is make the ty, and that Howe was acting for the circumspectly. West appreciate the insularity and Community and not for Britain. But even the United States cannot -complacency of its attitudes. When the But the presidency lasts only six get away with economic illiteracy in­ markets tumbled, there was excite­ months, and Britainheld it from June· definitely, and its attempt to do so ment bordering on hysteria; wllere was December- i9SEi'.Thus Britain ~as not underlies the recent collapse of stock _ the excitement when structural ad­ President when Chalker saw Tambo, market prices around the world. justment programmes began to be im- nor at the time of many other lower Despite the hysteria generated in • plemented in the Third World, a mat­ level British contacts. " th~ West by falling share prices, there ter which affected ordinary people far Howe looked distinctly uneasy dur­ may "be benefits. more directly and adversely? ing the press conference and at one . For a start; as pundits tire of explana­ It Was a repeat of the self-centred stage passed her a note: which was pro­ tions based on assertions that the fall myopia shown when the debt crisis bably pointing out that what she was was galvanised into a collapse of bad­ originally broke five years ago. Reac­ saying was at variance with the facts. .. ly programmed computers, attention tions by Western governments focuss· It is now being said that-Thatcher's Oliver Tambo will focus more on the basis of market ed on the threat to banks, rather than remarks were a response to a recent nervousness, such as the United the implications for the debtor coun­ statement by Tambo that the ANC in­ Mrs Thatcher's cOndemnation of the States' deficit. tries and their inhabitants. tended to step up violence against ANC, in effect rejecting it as a That might help bring sanity imd in­ The debt crisis too, was left to the South Africa. legitimate organisation:'" contrary to ternational responsibility back to private banks to sort out - though it Mrs Margaret Thatcher The ANC case has always been that • the position 'of -every other Com­ United States economic and financial was less commonly pointed out that if , it was finally driven to violence monwealth country - will make it poliwmaking. petro-dollarrecycling had not been left In Vancouver, she took her own because for nearly half a Century, un­ almost' impossible for British Secondly, recent events may help to the banks in the first place, the crisis Foreign and Commonwealth Office of­ til Sharpeville in 1960, it had waged Ii diplomats to get back into a dialogue discredit the current fashion for rely­ would not have occurred. ficials by surprise, as she is in the habit non-violent struggle without result, with the organisation. ing on "the magic of the market" . After years of brinkmanship and of doing, because they and Foreign despite repeated acts of violence by the Th make matters worse for them, her The notable achievements of this hardship, it was finally admitted that .Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe, who was South Mricanstate against the black remarks followed her lone stand in - policy include widespread and persis­ the market was not so-magical, and sitting beside her, have been talking to population. Vancouver against sanctions and her tent unemployment in Western that guidance was required. the ANC for quite some time. The ANC will not denounce violence new argument that the only way to Europe, a flow of money from poor Official supervision and policies are The first high-level contact between until it is satisfied that the South bring change in South Africa was to countries to rich, a debt crisis which not always well thoughout-out, but at the British government and the ANC Mricns will do likewise. But it is build a strong economy. Only that way, has virtually halted development in least someone, somewhere is took place in February 1986, when prepared to suspend violence if she said, would apartheid be large areas of the globe, and un­ answerable for them. And as is shown Howe and the Dutch Foreign Minister Mandela and other political prisoners undermined. workable instability in exchange by the stockmarket crash, dismissed met the foreign ministers of the are released, and all political parties This seems to suggest that Britain rates. even by British Chancellor Nigel Frontline States in Lusaka. are unbanned and allowed to take part will now go out ofits way to encourage And perhaps, by casting doubts on Lawson as a "grotesque overreaction:' John Johnson, assistant under­ in normal political activity. rather than discourage business with the unquestonable efficacy of the and the current flow of resources from secretary for African affairs, met three This was the EPG formula which South Mrica - a policy that is likely market, recent events will even help, the poor world to the rich, interven­ members of the ANC national ex­ had to be abandoned when South to produce a devastating reaction from stop the Washington- and IMF­ tionism could hardly make more of a ecutive committee. Africa raided the Frontline States many Third World countries, especial~ sponsored application of market botch up than the market. Until then, the British had refused while negotiations were still going on. ly those in Mrica. policies as a panacea for the problems That, hopefully, will be the lesson to have contact with the ANC. In addition to her remarks on Some form of reprisal may well be of developing countries, when itis evi­ drawn from the current crisis. In that Five months later, on June 24,Lyn­ violence, Mrs Thatcher also went back contemplated by countries like dent that infrastructure, education case, it could mark the beginning of the da Chalker, Minister of State at the to old charges that the ANC is full of Nigeria, though Mrs Thatcher knows and other state-organised activities reo end of the recent reign of the doc­ Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Communists, although it is widely ac­ that few developing countries are in a main crucially important and when it trinaire free marketeers. held talks with Tambo in London. cepted that Communists are in the position today to take much effective o In J uly, Howe made an abortive trip minority in the ANC, and that people action,

SAGARIAS Ariseb, 25, was this Ariseb that he said he overheard. Ariseb said that it was Dauaseb, in week found guilty in the Windho~k Supreme Court on a charge of ARISEB GUILTY OF MURDER fact, who had told him where the keys murder in connection with the kill­ and guns were kept. Dauseb had even ing of Margaret Kirch on June 5, ------BY MBATJIUA NGAVIRUE boasted about how he often went in to the house to eat Ms Kirch's cheese and this year. but he had worked on other farms explaining to Ariseb where the keys to replied that she had driven off sausages while she was away. Ms Kirch, who was the faun belonging to the owner Heinrich the house were kept. Phillips had also somewhere. The policeman spotted He also said the three of them had manageress on Mr Heinrich Shultz's Schultz for eight months. told him that once he got inside the some blood near the house and Phillips agreed that he would steal the guns, farm Oka\toara in the-Karibib district, Inhis testimony to the Court, he said house he would find another set of keys had told him that Ms Kirch had pro­ was brutally killed by three bullets that on the day of the murder he and and then shoot Ms Kirch, and Dauseb in the drawer for the safe. bably shot a cat. and Phillips would hide behind the fired into her head and face from a Johannes Phillips had gone with Dauseb, Phillips andMs Kirch were The following day the policeman house until they heard the shots. . distance of roughly three meters. supposed to return to the cattle post Margaret Kirch to one of the cattle returned and launched a search for Ms Following the same line of argu­ Three men where arrested following posts to lay pipes, When they arrived later, and he heard Ariseb tell Phillips Kirch. When driving through the farm ment, Mr Pio Teek, who appeared for the killing; Sagarias Ariseb, Johannes back at the farmstead they found that when they left he would pretend they had found the gates open. They Johannes Phillips, suggested that Phillips and Johannes Dauseb. Johan­ Sakarias Ariseb there. that he was also leaving and then he found no trace ofMs Kirch or her car, Dauseb's testimony was largely col­ nes Dauseb was released before any Ariseb said he was looking for work would sneak into the house and steal and on the Sunday the search wasjoin­ charges had been hiid, and during the and Ms Kirch agreed to employ -him. oured by the fact that he wanted to "get the guns. ed by Mr Schultz and others. out oftrouble". trial of the other two he gave evidence Ariseb had however told her that he Later in the day when they return­ The Court heard that the body ofMs for the State. - wouldp nly ~e able to Iltart work after ed to the farmstead, Ms Kirch told him Kirch was later found on the Omaruru Ariseb and Phillips were charged having gone to Wilhelmstahl. She and Phillips to go tlle kraal and let the road, together with her car. Sakarias with murder, breaking and entering then told Ariseb to go with Phillips to cattle out and then wait for her at the Ariseb was arrested and taken to NEWS TIPS? with the intention to commit a theft the storehouse where he was given storehouse. _ Okakoara where he was locked up in and the theft of a vehicle. rations. While waiting, Phillips, who had a 'cooler'. In the judgement handed down on He said that he then went to rest and gone inside, came out and asked him He was interrogated while in the Tuesday, Justice Herbert Hendler and to boil water for the pap and meat he whether he had heard the gunshots, to 'cooler' and later confessed to the Contact us at his two assesors Advocates Louis intended to cook. While he was lying which he had replied 'yes'. He told the killing. Muller and Peet Harmse, found Johan­ in his shack he overheard Ariseb talk­ Court that he had only heard two shots Ms Susan Vivier-Turck, appearing The Namibian nes PhiUip$ not guilty on the charges ing to Phillips outside. fired in rapid succession. He had later for SakariasAriseb, said during cross­ at 36970 of murder and vehicle theft but guilty Ariseb asked Phillips whether Ms seen Ariseb drive past in Ms Kirch's examination that her client rejected on the breaking and entering charge. Kirch had ' a' husband or not, and car. the evidence given by Johannes .during office Johannes Dauseb had been whether there were dangerous dogs Coincidentally, a policemen arrived Dauseb. According to Ariseb, she said, ' , hours employed on the farm Okakoara for on­ there and if so where the dogs were at the farm five minutes later. He ask· Dauaseb had been actively involved in ly six days when the murdertQoK place, kept. He had also overheard Phillips ed where Ms Kirch was and Phillips the conversation between Phillips and --~------~------~------.------~------~------~,----~------~~--~------~------~----,----~~

THE NAMIBIAN Friday No.vember 20 1987 9 Taxi-owners'to lCet own serviee eentre TAXI-OWNERS in Windhoek in Windhoek this meantthat together may soon be getting their own they spent R120 000 on petrol every service centre that will allow month. This was money that could be them to buy petrol and spares going into the pockets of the owners themselves ~nstead of going into other at reduced prices' as well as people's pockets. share in the profits ofthe enter­ This is what they spent on petrol prise at the end of the year. alone, and it did not include items like The plan to buy Northpoint service spare parts, tyr.es and repairs. He ask· station on behalf of taxi-owners has edthemtothinkaboutwhyitwasthat been initiated by the Namibia Bus and they "drive around in old cars while the Taxi Drivers Associationin collabora­ service station owner drives round in tion with Shell and the South African a fancy one. Bus. and Taxi Drivers Association "You are making other people rich (Sabta). while you could be making yourself Mr Robin Stumke of Taxam, the rich." marketing arm of Sabta, told a Explaining the role of SheII and Tax­ meeting for taxi drivers held in am in the project he said that the cost Khomasdal this weekthat special ser­ of eetablishingthe centre in Windhoek vice centersfor'taxis had been very suc­ could be as high as R 250 000 and it cesful in the Republic. was unlikely that the taxi owners He said that Sabta, which had ' could raise this money themselves. 45 000 members and 340 branches However the Shell company was throughout the country had already prepared to back the project with a established 14 service centres and , loan, while Taxam would provide the hoped that this number would grow to management e;pertise needed to 70 by 1990. make the project a success. The Northpointservice centre he Taxi owners would own the service said, would be like any other service centre through shares they could buy station apart from the fact that it in the company. would be owned by taxi owners and pro­ Mr Stumke suggested a system vide special services that would be of '. under which membersofNabta would benefit to them. be allowed to buy two shares fol." each The service centre would sell petrol, taxi permit they held. spare!!, tyres ana cars with roadworthy However to prevent the vicious cycle certificates, as well as provide of the "rich getting richer while the workshop facilities.' pOOl' get poorer" and the rich finally An office with modern office equip­ taking .over the,company, he recom· ment would also be made available for mended that each shareholder should the use of taxi owners any time they oI}ly begiven one vote however many needed it. shares he or she had. , ' Mr Stumke sam.that the philosophy .Major decisions in' the 'company RUNDU RESIDENTS are up ceeded to the students dormitories behind Sabta was that "ifyou are one, would be taken by majority vote of at in arms over alleged Koevoet BY RAJAH MUNAMAVA where they tore uiposters and other you are weak, but ifyou are many you least 75%. harassment and assaults two papers apparently used in last week's are strong". , Based on South African experiance demonstration. This had proved to be true because, he suggested a price of R200 for each weeks ago on Friday understood to have laid charges with The incident happened around noon the purchasing power of the organisa- share and those who did not have the November 6, following a the police in Rundu. and the students were having lunch in tion with it's 45000 members had cash would be allowed to buy shares on demonstration by Rundu After this, the Koevoet members the dining hall. The men ran away made it possible for it's service centres lay-by. Secondary School .students went into nearby homes where they when the students streamed back to to buy spares andtyresfrommanufac- He emphasised that ifan owner felt and members of the public. continued to beat the residents accor- the dormitories after being warned turers at much lower prices. he no longer wanted to be amemb.er of ding to the reports. Several home that there were unknown people in He pointed out that taxis owners the company he could then sell his The demonstration was in protest at owners were confronted and asked their rooms. spend on average R40 a day on petrol shares back to the company and have the mysterious death of a Kavango Ad­ what party they support before being A resident of Rundu said many of and even ifthere were only 100 taxis his money refunded. ministration emp'I,t;>yee, Mr Johannes beaten.up. ' . " , - JO t)loj!~;YlPol :w,er:e j·liljuped OT"wllQ had "" Mwila, the previous week: '" Mr V mcent Ndara, a ~~I~eI~to~u~- ,. their property ,destroyed as a result of At l~ast five peopfe were serio~ly in­ du, was struck on the heau wIth some . the·Koevoet actions were reluctant to jured when members ofKoevoet storm­ object in Sauye~a by the Koevoet men report their cases to the police because ed into several homes at Sauyema in and ~as admItted to the Rundu they felt that the police would not do Rundu on the Friday and allegedly HospItal. . . enough to apprehend the culprits, ad- started beating people up. . .Others. who were mJur~d we.re ~r ding that Koevoet themselves were Reports from Rundu say that SIlus Nd~hanwa w~o receI~ed SIX slIt- said to be part of the police force. camouflaged Koevoet members in ches on his n~se, while Mr SI¥bert Kan- Several of those contacted said they Casspirs went to Nimrod CucaShop in dunda sustamed a broken Jaw. . were taking legal action against the Sauyema that evening and started Two youngst~r~, Mauno HausIku Koevoet men and have already in- assaulting two women shop assistants. and Joseph ~hkI , w~re reported ar- structed lawyers.on the matter. , The two young women ran out for rested on FrIday evenmg and had not A Police spokesman, Inspector Du help and in the meantime, the Koevoet been released by Wednesday. Itwas.not '!bit confirmed the an::est of the two members helped themselves to beer known what charges they were facmg. youngsters and said that .they would and other drinks in the shop. Reports reaching The Namibian appear in court on November 16, on Ms Elizabeth Hausiku and her said that Koevoet members contiued charges of malicious damage to daughter Naemi, who lives n~t far to patrol the streets of Rundu, often property. from the Cuca shop, were alerted about stopping people on the streets and ask- Asked what property, Inspector Du the incident and they decided to go ingthemiftheybelongedtoSwapoor' '!bit said it was a Casspir. He did not there to retrieve the goods and to Rundu Chiefs Football Club which elaborate. close the shop. They ran into the they accused ofbeing a Swapo 'nest'. He also confirmed that Ms Elizabeth Koevoet men who severely beat them In a related incident, several men in Hausiku had laid charges with the up. army uniform entered Rundu Secon- police .and that investigations were Ms Hausiku and her daughter are dary School that Saturday, and pro- continuing.

ROBIN Stumke of TAXAM, addresses the meeting of taxi drivers in Khomasdal last week. On the right, Cosmos Damaseb of NABT A.

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The Secretary Owambo Tender Board Private Bag X2032 ONDANGUA Tel: (06762) 1 x 89 Telex: 3452wk (Mrs van der Merwe) and sealed enveloped, clearly mark­ ed with the tender number and clOSing date, must also be STUDENTS of the Rundu Secondary School who went on the streets in protest against the death of a comrade. directed to the Secretary at the above address. Above, there was a strong Koevoet presence in the town last week with reports of assault and intimidation. Closing date: 15 December 1987 at 11 hOO = jO - - 10 Friday No~ember 20 1987 THE NAMIBIAN

THE SWAPO National Youth League will hold a public rally on Sunday November 29 in Gobabis. .. The meeting will start at 14HOO hours and will be preceeded by a seminar on Saturday afternoon. ' ,. Speakers at the rally are: Martin Kapewasha, Ida Jimmy, o.!eremiah Nambinga, Joshua Hoebeb and ChiefMunjukuNguvauva of the Mbanderu Council. ' " "" . ' ... M'BANDERU .. CDU.NCIL ON -'·r~W: HITED'o ·M~ '" ..... 1 I . • -----...... -RAJAHMUNAMAVA------­ AN Executive member 9fthe Mbanderu Council, Mr Gerson Katjirua, hit out at the interim government at a weekend rally in Gobabis on Sunday, saying it was a buffer against "whitedom". It was inconceivable that the op· ing the Mbanderu Council and diver· pressed and colonised would struggle ting it from its cause. together with the coloniser for in· He further reaffirmed the Council's dependence, Mr !{atjirua said in an ap­ commitment to the immediate im· parent reference to the parties plementation ofresolution 435 saying represented in the South Mrican in· it was the only way of ensuring a terim government. ' peaceful transition to Namibian He said that while Swapo was being independence. . , chastised as communist, it was ques· Chief Munjuku Nguvauva told the tionable and even surprising that the rally that it wasjust unfortunate that THE MBANDERU Council led by Chief MUnjuku held a rally over the weekend. The Chief expressed "Boers" who are said to be non· the Mbanderu Council was in noposi· concern about the situation where blacks, were fighting one another on the battlefield. communist and Christians should be tion to take up arms, adding that those unlawfully detaining people and deny· in. Swapo were brothers who were ing them their basic rights. , . . fighting for a common cause. He called on his audience to discard The chiefsaidSwapo was fighting for the misconception that Swapo was the the freedom of all the people, including enemy and pointed out that the move· whites who will not be driven into the ment was fighting for genuine in· sea at independence, as some people TBREE BOMB BLASTS .dependence for' all ~amibians . were being made to believe. The interim government was no He said that it was most unfortunate solution and those blacks who have that because of unemployment and _. been co-opted into this government hunger, blacks were being forced tojoin have 'become the stumbling block the South African Army. ON SAME DAY IN towards genuine independence he Such a state of affairs, he said, has said. created a situation whereby blacks Blacks have no positive role to play were fighting one another in the in the ,present §letup, excep~ being us­ battleffield. AND WAlVIS ed as cannon fodder for the protection A Swanu (P) representative, Mr Kan· WINDHOEK ~ interests of white Mr Katjirua dovazu, said any attempts short of the I ~ SWAPO has claimed responsi­ anywhere near the .sce.ne, and were weaponry to the war zones of northern asserted. v hnmediate iinplementation ofresolu· bility for the three bomb blasts turned away in no uncertain terms by Namibia, where they are engaged in Turning to his own group, he said tion 435 of the UN Security Council that while the South Africans have were null and void. which occurred during the a police public relations offJ.cer. a war of attrition against the Nami· The damaged rail was repaired and succeeued in bribing some political The interim government has failed course of Thursday last week bian people". leaders and chiefs, this was not the case to deliver the goods and South Africa operational within six hours. The communique said that on the in Windhoek and Walvis Bay. Police said later that an MUV with ChiefMunjuku Nguvauva of the continues to occupy the country same date, "Plancombatantsblewup Mbanderu Council. despite persistant appeals for South Early on Thursday morning, a four detonator of Russian origin was found the main Post Office in Walvis Bay, kilogram bomb devastated the Post Of· at the site of the explosion. He referred to pi-ess reports of the African withdrawal. damaging it extensively. Walvis Bay Chiefs meeting with members of the "The question now is, given all these fice building at the South African· They estimated that between 500 is the garrison town housing the huge controlled enclave of Walvis Bay. grams and one kilogram ofexplosives Security Police and said they (the problems, what is the road ahead - Rooikop Airforce Base, as well as the police), would never succeed in hijack· stand up and fight" he said. A white Post Office employee, Mr were used. navy and marine headquarters of the Sakkie de Jager, was slightly injured Shortly before midnight, a third occupation army". in the blast when a glass splinter bomb exploded at the Municipality of· That night, said the statement, lacerated his cheek. fices in the Kuisebmond township out· "another explosion rocked Walvis Bay ICFTU DELEGATION ARR1VE The explosion destroyed the roof and side Walvis Bay. when the Municipal buildings in the entrance hall of the building, causing Nobody was injured in the blast. black township of Kuisebmond were thousands of rands of damage. Less than an hour later, a water. also blasted. The buildings in the black Several nearby shop windows were pipeline near Oshikango in northern township house the apartheid ad· '., ,: F.OR·· S-D AY "STUDY.. -T,Q,U,R.. ; '.' • . r- .' • > __ ~'~-~_d.: • also shattered. Namibia was blown up. ministration offices for the racially· The explosives had apparently been It was reported that extensive segregated township". A DELEGATION from the International Confederation of Free placed inside a plastic bag which was damage was caused to the installation, Trade Unions acFI'U) arrived in Namibia on Tuesday for a five­ left in the entrance. but there were no injuries. In a press release issued the day after day study tour. At 20h35 the same night, residents In a statement from Luanda this the blasts, the Administrator General, of Windhoek and outlying areas felt week, the Swapo Information Depart· Mr Louis Pienaar, described the three Headed by the ICFTU Assistant General Secretary, the delegation of six the shockwaves of a second bomb, ment stated that the organisation was explosions as "cowardly and members, including representatives from the Swedish Labour Organisation which detonated on the main railway claiming responsibility for three of the despicable attempts at political and the British Trade Union Congress, were this week holding in·depth talks line leading from the city to the north. blasts. demonstration of people who don't with the National Union of Namibian Workers and its affiliates. The bomb, situated opposite Namib The statement said that on The group left Windhoek yesterday to meet with workers at various cen. have the courage to freely and without tres around the country. Mills in the northern industrial area, November 12, "the rail line to the being associated with violence indulge blew one ofthe rails apart. north ' of Namibia. which wound in democratic politics" . They are expected back in the capital at the weekend, when they will con. clude their mission with a tour of Katutura. The area was cordoned off within through the northern industrial area He also described the explosions as minutes while police and firemen sear· in Windhoek, was blown up by Plan "a bizarre and futile attempt toregain ched the area. combatants. face after losses in the military field. Journalists without 'police ac· "This rail line is heavily used by the Nobody is impressed," said Mr ATTENTION ALL READERS! creditation' were not allowed occupation army to ferry its troops and Pienaar. 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RAIL workers were busy making final repairs to the rail line last Friday. Namibian reporter, John Llebenberg, was not allowed near the scene of the explosion last Thursday night since police were demanding accreditation before allowing reporters in. ___---'-THE NAMIBIAN Friday November 20 1987 11 I ~ !it1 : I if'! .- Alleged plot '. PEACE ISA PARAMOUNT ~ OBJECTIVE , NAIROBI: The United S'tates'said- . I{~R;\JlF;: Despite ~outh Africa's "acts of destabilisation to undermine Zimbabwe's national Unity ' SouthMricanregime;aidedandabet- press reports of a United St.a~.~ } ~ and progress" th~ country continued to erijoy all-round success in its post-independence reconstruc-' ted by the imperiali,sts, col).tinues with .based plot to topple the J~q~an • ~i~n!~!~6abwe's Prime Minister, Mr Robert Mugabe, said in Harare this week. According to Zim- its dual strat!lgy of oppressing the , Government were.:pa~ele,8s, : i"and , '. 'babwe's national news agency, Ziana, Mr Mugabe told a dinner function "For us in Zimbabwe, peace . ' blackPeople ofthat country, Il,S well as 'thattlle~rsee,19n~~filria8fO:~~he.· is a: paramount objective". '. ~ surpressing the anti-apartheid conspira'Cy was a 'forJ{ery_ ' " ~ .< - • S' " ...., movementsinthatcountry,consisting "' ... ':1' ,,-A statement by thetiS E'ml;assy Mugabe was speaking at a function reconstruction, Mr Mugabe said . constrained-our development efforts as . ~ ofpeople from all ethnic groups:' he here said "the.alle,g.ed piot to'\>ver- held to welcome the visiting President "SouthAfrican-sponsoredbanditac- more resources have had ·to be said. ' throw the governments of se;veral of the Central Committee of the tivitieshere and in Mozambique have 'allocated to the defence of·'·our "We therefore call on the interna- African states by the Ku Klux Klan LeagueofYugoslavCommunists,Mr transport routes through Mozambi- tional community to impose com- and the Christian Church of Foscoe, Bosko Krunic, and hi's delegation: que, as well as ridding ourselves ofthe prehensive mandatory sanctions North Carolina, is baseless. . Mr Mugabe said "We went to war ... bandit problem . in parts of our against the apartheid regime, which "An investigation initiated by the and it was a bitter one, in order to country." is the only peaceful option remaining US Government authorities has pro- establish peace and to ensure that the Mr Mugabe also renewed his call for for . destroying apartheid:' . Mugabe duced evidence that the 'menioran- people of Zimbabwe are masters of the "racist regime" to be placed under said. dum' which appeared in the Kenyan their own destiny. ' quarantine by civilised humanity. press is a forgery. "We therefore fought to establish a He praised the relations betweep. He added that Southern Africa was -democracy whe~e none existed, and Yugoslavia and Zimbabwe, which not the onlX hotbed of tensionw hich above all, to establishjustice for all our went back to the war of liberation, concerned Zimbabwe as a member of Bebel a:mbush people. - when Yugoslavia suppOrted both Zanu the United Nations and.the MoVement (PF) and 'Zapu, and their military of Non-Ali!in;:a,Countiies.-·' ' . KAMPALA: Armed rebels" .am­ " We~ap.prouillysaythat welivedup bushed a taxi-van innorth-ea'stern to our commitments since we became ". '.' wings in the in~fest of the commoIi "The ~-MiWile' East 'and Central Uganda,. killing one soldier and an indepep.dent sover~i ~ stat~ ; ~vim " struggle for independence, and America;U:e' of great concern to us as taking IS,civilians hostage, Munno t.~ough we still have mailypro~lemS to Yugoslavia's continuing support well. newspaper reported this'week. . .tacl,t .\e and solv~ i!?-.favour ,of OUr ,P\!O- ~.. 'j. ligillnst colohi m i~fu lin'a i'aHs1n1 5i~;) \(d ~"~n ij nternatiooaf·&fiteren& Orl-tne ple's\ vellbeing and happiness." \;'), :' ~ We · nave ;tOg:ethfm',with-iluI' .col",~ p;; Middle-EastiSiI~hgOVj!l;due; 'nteJraJl- The' Cath olic" Church ;bIlck ed Outlin ;~~'-:tli 'e :' 'rbove'i:;m'ent"s leagues in the Frontline States, drawn Iraq war should be brought to an end newspaper said the soldier was shot achievements jri' health, e~ucatioh, ., .,.~~tl:J,\l J!.tte)lJioIlllfth.e.i~t!lmatiQ J;ltllc.9 ll!;:~ . ~" p.!)'X:~ac !l....s!,l~q"Wd . t!.e ~e s.torEl!lto t he dead when he tefusedto-o15ey the nibels resettlement'andrurald'eYetoi>hi~~tin ~ munitytothe deteriorating situation troubled region of Centra t America:' during the ' ambush at Bukedea, the - country's po'st:independence . .Mr .Rober:! Mugabe, <, in Souther:n , A~rica-: wh!lI:,e the racist he copcluded. _ ",,' 313km north-east. of Kampala, the capital. - "The passengers, mostly traders, in­ cluding three women were forced to ,KENYANS IN LEAGUE WITH SA WHITES'?, trek to the.bush by the rebels, who sent the dirver and his conductor on their way:' the newspaper said. NAIROBI: The Kenyan govern­ In remarks to visitors at his official African Afrikaaners- was an ap­ Seven American missionaries nam­ ment closed down Nairobi residence in Nairobi on Monday, Moi parent reference to an alleged plot by ed in the letter left Kenya last week, University on Monday, and described the students as irresponsi­ American missionaries to protect after the authorities made it clear they OAUprotest President Daniel Arap Moi ble and unappreciative of the 300 shill­ white South African interests by over­ were no longer welcome, official ing(18 dollars), a month increase inliv­ throwing the Kenyan and other black sources s!lid ... said campus riots on Sunday African governments. ADDIS ABABA: The Organisation showed that the students were ing grants he awarded them earlier of African Unity (OAm, urged the this month. All Kenyan newspaperS gave the plot The American Embassy in Nairobi United Nations Security Council to • in league with South African "Instead of respecting their parents massive coverage on Saturday last has since replied tothe allegation in a issue a swift responsein protest at whites. and their nation, the University week, basing their stories on a letter statement, which said that accusa­ South Africa's 'invasion' of Most of the 7 000 students at the students grouped themselves with purportedly from a church minister in tions of such a plot were "baseless" and Southern Angola. University vacated their halls of 'boers' who want to destroy the black North Carolina, to members of the that evidence had been found to prove In a statement, the OAU said that residence by a 16hOO deadline set by man:' Moi added. white supremacist organisation, the that the letter was a forgery. South Africa's admission that its the Registrar-General, J oseph His remarks on boers -South Ku Klux Klan. troops were fighting government King'Arui, who said the authorities forces in Southern Angola showed that took the decision in the interests of Pretoria was violating Angola's peace. sovereignty in complete disregard of Hundreds of students clashed with Malawi mourns crash victims the UN Charter.and international law. riot police on Sunday in protest against It said "South Africa has openly in­ the arrest of five student leaders, in­ BLANTYRE: Malawi held a Blantyre, was downed on November 6 On Monday, Mozambican President tervened in Angola in the last three cluding Robert Buke, the newly­ memorial service on Tuesday by heat-seeking missiles while flying Joaquim Chissano said he regretted weeks, during which fighting has elected chairman of the College Union. this week for ten people killed over Mozambique. the downing of the civilian plane, but added that security forces in the taken place against both Namibian Police said 15 people were injured in when their charter plane was Official Mozambican sources said guerrillas and Angolan government the fighting, but students said the the aircraft had flown low over military Malawi-Mozambique border area were shot down by government barracks in Ulongwe, a district in nor­ on alert because foreign aircraft had forces backed.by Cuba and the Soviet casualty toll was higher. forces inside Mozambique. Union;' King'Arui said the authorities had thern Tete province, scene of fighting frequently violated his country's Saying that there was more than also dissolved the students ofNairobi The plane, carrying six Malawians, between government troops and rebels airspace. . enough reason to act, the OAU called University Union (Sonu), which three Britons and one South African, of the Mozambique National Meanwhile, it was reported from for the Security Council to issue an elected Buke by a large majority two to the Malawian capital Lilongwe from Resistance (MNR). Johannesburg, that the remains ofthe "immediate and swift response". weeks ago. ten crash victims - including those of The OAU did not spell out what ac­ Students said Buke had later pro­ The right-wing MNR has been Johannesburg businessman, Mr Chris tion it wanted the Security Council to tested at a university decision to ban fighting the government since short­ 'Ibmaselli - were buried in a mass take. him from attending a students' con­ Promoting peace ly after independence. grave in Blantyre. ference in Cuba. Malawi,at loggerheads until last Mrs Marie 'Ibmaselli, mother ofMr year with Mozambique - which accus­ MAPUTO: Chancellor Helmut Chris 'Ibmaselli, said she felt that Mr Jailbreak ed it of supporting the MNR-has pro­ Chissano's apology "was very hollow, Kohl of West Germany, the first tested strongly over the incident. and the shooting was most unfair:' KAMPALA: Guards shot dead Swapo accused major Western leader to visit three inmates during an attempted independent Mozambique, jailbreak from a prison holding THE NAMIBIAN is published by the proprietors, the Free Press EAST LONDON: The Ciskei met on Wednesday with Presi­ hundreds of captured followers of dent Joachim Chissano and of Namibia (Pty) Ltd, with offices at 104 Leutwein Street Windhoek, Voodoo priestess Alice Lakwena, Government has accused and printed by John Meinert (Pty) Ltd, Stuebel Street Windhoek. Uganda's Commissioner of other top officials of the Marx­ Swapo of trying to create inter­ ist Government. The copyright on all material in this edition, unless otherwise Prisons said this week. national confusion by claiming specified, rests with the Free Press of Namibia (Pty) Ltd. The Commissioner, Laurence Than­ that Austrian-designed "mili­ Mr Kohl's l8-hour visit has been da, said at least ten other prisoners tary aircraft" were bein g hailed here as an importan signal of were wounded in the shooting at Kigo manufactured in Ciskei. Western support for the government in Prison, about 18km south of the its war against guerrillas of the capital. The Deputy-Director General of Mozambique National Resistance. The Telecast, an independent Foreign Affairs and Information in The Government receives most of its' newspaper, said the prisoners were Ciskei, Mr Headman Somtunzi, said military and security aid from the followers of Lakwena's Holy Spirit the aircraft referred to was "definite­ Soviet Union and East Germany, but Movement. Alice Lakwena instructed ly a civilian and general observation­ it has received increasing amounts of her followers to go into battle smeared purpose aircraft." economic aid and' relief assistance Swapo's representative in from the West. with oil they believed would ward off We can proudly claim to have bullets, and armed with stones she said Bucharest, Mr Bernard Kamwi, was Kohl, who arrived in Maputo late on would explode when thrown. quoted by the Harare Sunday Mail, as Tuesday, said his visit was aimed at the widest selection of Thousands died in suicidal attacks saying that Austria was allowing one promoting peace in Southern Africa. fashion fabrics under one roof of its companies to manufacture the against the government's National "There is far too much violence and in the country. Resistance Army. HB 23 Scanliner, which could be of terror in the world andin this region:' military use and was a "blatant breach he said. of the United Nations arms embargo Kohl announced a West German gift British pro:mise against Pretoria." to Mozambique of 4 000 tons of rice, Mr Somtunzi said production ofthe worth 3,9 million dollars. LONDON: Britain has promised aircraft would start early in the new Tanzania aid worth £500 000 An estimated 4,5 million ofMozam­ year. bique's 14 millionpeopleareinneedof ($850 000), to equip Tanzanian "It is definitely a civilian and emergency food aid because ofdrought troops helping neighbouring general observation purpose aircraft. and civil war. Your curtain specialist Mozambique in its war with right­ It is not a military aircraft and will Mozambique gained independence wing Renamo guerrillas, a Foreign therefore' not be used as one." Office spokesman said here. from Portugal in 1975, after a guerrilla He accused the foreign press of "put­ war waged by Frelimo, which is now Tel: 31154, 103, Visiting Tanzanian Foreign ting these words into our mouths;' the ruling party. Minister, Salim Ahmed Salim, brief Mr Kamwi was deliberately tryi.ng For the past ten years, the govern­ Windhoek Kaiser St. Sir Geoffrey Howe, British Foreign to "create confusion internationally on ment has battled a hit-and-run in­ Secretary on the issue during talks. a clear, cut-and-dry project;' surgency, waged by the Mozambique Official sources said Tanzania was "The aircraft will be marketed in National Resistance, which in the past expected to buy Land Rovers and radio South Africa for sale at R150 000 to was aided by South Africa. equipment in Britain to equip troops ci vilians only, and a simulator will be South Africa has said the support who have been protecting roads in available for pilots to train on:' he has ceased, while Mozambique says it Mozambique. - . concl uded. continued. _4¥ _ 5

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"LIMITED" BCX)M-~-.. by Gwen Lister .-,l'W"""" mE5EFnS PERSPECTIVE THE WORDS of Andrew Matjila, at a recent conference of the Hanns Seidel Foundation in Munich, may well come back to haunt him one day. South Africa, he claimed, in opposing the interim government, had shown that "we are our own ARE YO\Ij 5U~f masters" and had further "under­ cut Swapo's claims that the parties ~~:VDONgT in the government are Pretoria's TOMATO£S puppets". Most people know that UP UERE .Pretoria is indeed 'pulling the strings' of those who call MAGNUM? themselves a government, but who would be totally powerless without Pretoria's manipulations. MATJILA, in the good old interim government tradition of making wild propagandistic claims while abroad, really excelled himself this time. If the interim government aren't puppets, perhaps their members could tell us just where and on what issues, they and their South African mentors disagree. In their over two years in office, few disagreements between these two parties have emerged. There was a slight difference of opinion on the question of public holidays for Namibia, and a minor disagree­ ment (possibly even engineered) on the question of Proclamation AG 8. There was also some resentment on the part of the interim govern­ ment when Mr P W Botha, South African State President, made clear his prescriptions for his appointees, in the form of broadening their base and throwing back at them a draft constitution which did not make adequate provision for socalled minority rights. Apart from these issues, there seem to be no problems. And Mr Matjila's claim comes as somewhat of a surprise, and perhaps even an acknowledgement, in an attempt to win credibili­ ty from apparent South African-interim government dissension. ' When it was reported months back that Mr Botha had ordered the interim government to broaden its base and entrench 'minority rights' in a future constitution, it was denied by these same officials' who today claim South Mrican "oppo!,ition" to the interim govern- ~ . ment. They claimed to "have the power" to bring about the necessary changes in Namibia in accordance with their own Bill of Rights. Weare still waiting for them to do so. The interim government (and Matjila in particular in this instance) cannot pretend that they are not "puppets", merely because disagreements 'have arisen' between the two parties. TIle 'interim "" goveinment was appointed by the South African State President; what power they have is given at his discretion; and one of the penalties of being a puppet is the fact that sooner or later, the strings are pulled. And when Pretoria does tug on the strings, and even threaten the interim government with dismissal which is quite within their power, then it certainly won't help for the interim government to protest that "we aren't puppets". Proof we're not puppets · Matjila In fact, ifthey're all totally honest with themselves, they may find THE INTERIM government was million necessary to install 7500 response to the efforts ofother parties that Mr Botha's directives on the question of the entrenchment of committed to ridding Namibia of troops in Namibia to supervise a to define an inclusive approach to "minority rights", got them out of a tricky situation. I mean,'they the remaining vestiges of apar­ ceasefire and the civilian force charg­ Namibian nationalism and "more and didn't even agree among themselves anyway. And on the question theid and racial discrimination, ed with overseeing the elections. more Swapo supporters have been of AG 8, which they had the power to .scrap from the statute books, while protecting the rights of all. It Neither the US nor South Africa, he drawn to the goals of self­ they chose to bow to Mr Botha's will, and postpone the day of reckon­ had also made clear that it would continued, had any intention ofaban­ determination, non-discrimination ing by referring the matter to the courts: not brook interference from any doning their demand for the and national reconciliation". if quarter in domestic politics, said withdrawal of Cuban forces from Mr Matjila said that although South And Matjila and his colleagues disagree, then the onus is on them Africa's opposition in the past few to prove where they actually do differ with Pretoria: Mr Andrew Matjila, interim Angola in concern with the Western government Education MinisteJ; at settlement plan. months to several of the interim D they don't really differ on the question of'ethnicity' or 'minority a meeting of the Hanns Seidel Swapo he added, "despite its bluster, . government's goals, had elicited rights', since, as I said, they chose to bow to Pretoria's will on this Foundation in Munich. is a colossal failure, the most unsuc­ strong criticism, it had "further under­ question; and secondly, they have in their ranks, the strongest pro­ cessful 'liberation movement' of all cut Swapo's claims that the parties in tagonists of ethnicity in the country; Attacking the United Nations for its time. After 21 years of'armed struggle' the government are Pretoria's D they don't differ at all on the question of socalled security. The bias, Mr Matjila said that "despite this it did not control one square cen­ puppets". . interim government (until it proves otherwise) concurs absolutely blatant hypocrisy, we continue to run timetre of Namibia, he said. "South Africa, in opposing the inside a treadmill imposed by UNSCR Comparing PLAN with the SWATF, TGNU, has demonstrated to all that on the question of the invasion of Angola and the continuing war we are our own masters". against fellow Namibians. 435 (1978). Like white rats in a he said that Swapo's armed wing had laboratory we rush onwards, expen­ fallen from a peak of 17 500 cadres in If Namibia was to become a stable, D they don't differ at all on their refusal to implement the United ding all our energy, getting nowhere". 1978 to under 9 000 today. In contrast independent nation, he said, then Nations settlement plan. While the interim government claims that Asking whether the time had not the SWATF numbered about 25 000 of­ reconciliation between its political linkage is not their objection, they nevertheless find it useful. An come to "reconsider this foolishness", ficers and men. parties was essential. election in terms of Resolution 435 would mean their death knell Mr Matjila said that despite pressure These facts on their own, he said, "We will of course, not allow others and a probable Swapo victory: It is neither in the interests of South being brought to bear for the installa­ would argue for a changed approach on to ride roughshod over our interests. Africa nor the interim government (whose 'power base' is threaten­ tion of the United Nations Transi­ the means to achieve Namibian in­ Our approach to the Namibian pro­ tional Assistance Group (Untag) and dependence. He said that "understan­ blem has, however, long been one of ed by this plan) to allow such an election to take place. promoting national reconciliation, of D they do not disagree on the question of human rights. In fact they the early implementation of Resolu­ ding of the importance of national tion 435, nothing was going to happen reconciliation had taken root more suc­ taking account of differing - even agree that while a certain amount of window-dressing is needed in divergent -interests, in order to create this field (the Bill of Rights is their camouflage) to keep the inter­ unless a more sophisticated approach cessfully in Namibia than most out­ was developed, he said. Mr Matjilaadd­ side of the leadership group in the MPC an environment in which all can con­ national community at bay; they do not really tolerate human rights ed that the United Nations, which was believed possible in 1985". tribute to the greater good. We invite guarantees in word or deed. The interim government continues to racked by a serious economic crisis, Swapo, he added, had proved in­ Swapo again today, to adopt the same uphold and reinforce stringent security legislation to detain fellow would not be able to provide the $500 capable of developing an effective approach". N amibians who are their political opponents. D they do not disagree on the maintenance of ethnicity. While the . interim government claims 'ethnicity is a cancer', they appear to be counting on South Africa to maintain it, since several parties in TRIBUTE TO ANGOLA FOR NAMIBIA SUPPORT the interim government are dependent on the ethnic pOwer bases. SWAPO has hailed Angola f9r sup­ dependence and territorial integrity when the South African troops "and The few who claim to be opposed to ethnicity (and who made wild porting the just struggle ofthe peo­ of your beloved country will always their Unita bandits" continue to promises that they would resign within six months if the ethnic ple of Namibia, in spite of incessant serve as a source ofcourage and great escalate acts ofterror and destruction dispensation was not scrapped) lack the courage oftheir convictions military aggression against it by inspiration to our fighting people". against innocent and peace-loving and continue to remain on in a government which maintains apar­ South Africa. Angolan people. theid education and group classification. There may merely be a The Swapo message noted that since Swapo demanded the immediate slight difference in emphasis on the extent to which ethnicity should In a press release issued in Luanda, its independence on November 11, and unconditional withdrawal of be implemented, but that is about the sum total of the dissension Swapo stated that they congratulated 1975, Angola had played a vital role South Africa from Angolan soil and between SO],lth Africa and the interim government. the MPLA Workers' Party on the 12th and continued to support the struggle cessation by the US Administration anniversary ofAngola's independence. of the Namibian people. It is up to Matjila and his colleagues, who made these wild claims, and Pretoria of support to Unita. The Central Committee said: "Your The message pointed out that the The message was signed by Andim­ to prove just where the differences lie. Its a challenge they cannot victory and the combat actions by 12th anniversary of Angola's in­ ha Thivo ya Toivo, Swapo Secretary meet. Fapla which safeguard the in- dependence was taking place at a time General. --~

THE NAMIBIAN Friday November 20 1987 13 SW APO CLAIMS MUTINY / IN RANKS OF SW ATF'S The suffering don't gain much .- 202 KAV ANGO BATTALION A PIECE of security legislation was last week scrapped SW APO has Claimed that "black soldiers in the South African ranks ofthe occupation army. The com­ following a decision which seems to have been taken munique also claimed that suicide was army of occupation are reported to be mutinying against be­ rampant, as was desertion and drug easily and with no apparent bureaucratic hindrances. ing sent to Angola". In a statement released in Luanda, the addiction. The scrapping of the system whereby visitors to the movement also claimed responsibility for the three bomb blasts The communique concluded by say­ six socalled security districts had to be in possession of which occurred in Windhoek and Walvis Bay last Thursday. ing that "there is a growing positive a police permit has been accomplished. response among the conscripts forced While the move is to be commended, the people who The Swapo communique claimed were interrogating the men and had to serve in the occupation army are really affected by security legislation have gained that on November 12 PLAN com­ threatened heavy punishment. heeding Swapo's call to them to quit nothing. The only people to benefit are non-residents of batants had blown up the rail line in Swapo claimed that there had been the enemy ranks and join the patriotic Windhoek's northern industrial area. markedincreases in cases ofrebellion, . forces led by Swapo in the struggle for those regions, and visitingforeigners, who will no longer They said that the line was used by the indiscipline and demoralisation in the · national liberation" . have to wait around in Windhoek for 24 hours to receiv­ occupation army to ferry troops and . ing a police permit before leaving for the north. weaponry to the war zones of northern The majority of the approximate 600 000 people of nor­ Namibia. The statement added that thern Namibia are living under constant fear of getting the rail line was also used for troop reinforcement and logistics for its in­ caught on the wrong side of the stringent dusk-to-dawn vading army in Angola. curfew, let alone having to shoulder the burden of an The communique also said that on illegal wa~ at the same time. the same day, PLAN combatants had The wide-ranging arsenal of security legislation at the bombed the Walvis Bay post office, "damaging it extensively". They add­ disposal of the police and army must be studied serious­ ed that Walvis Bay was the garrison ly - with the phrase 'repeal or amend' in mind. town housing the Rooikop airforce Proclamation AG9 and Section 6 of the Terrorism Act base as well as navy headquarters of are two pieces of legislation which need urgent atten­ the South African Defence Force. tion. Both provide for detention without trial - On the same night, another explo­ sion had rocked t he municipal something which has certainly done much to damage buildings in the black township of South Africa's and Namibia's image abroad. Walvis Bay. The statement said that People will soon begin to lose faith in justice if the the buildings house "the apartheid ad­ authorities continue to allow the security forces ab­ ministration offices for the racially segregated township". solute power when it comes to arrests, detentions and The PLAN communique added that other infringements of basic human rights. "low morale, indiscipline andfrustra­ What is preventing the interim government, Cabinet tion continue to beset the army of oc­ from plunging in and really doing some,thing which will cupationinNamibia. Two units ofthe benefit the people who are s~ffering in this country? socalled SWATF mutinied on October 29 against their commanders' orders Forcing people to stay inside their homes after sunset to go and fight in Angola". is tantamount to indoctrinating them with a war "After suffering heavy casualties in psychosis which could well linger long after Namibia its current invasion of Angola to bail , has been granted independenc'e. . out its Unita surrogates, the racist The move to lift the permit system benefits only the regime is making frantic efforts to reinforce its hard-pressed invasion police (who no longer have to cope with what was prQ­ forces in the Kuando-Kubango and bably a problematic administrative burden) and non­ Cunene provinces of Angola". resi4ents of the areas. But to date no .move has been The statement continued_to ~y that made to attempt to lighten the burden of the suffering ' Battalion 202- units, based at Omusheshe and Omauni bases in the • people of' northern N afilibIa,as' far as most draconian Kavango region revolted and deserted security legislation is concerned. The abolition of the their bases in the area. Swapo added permit system will certainly not benefit residents of the that the mutineers had gone to SWATF .far north, who are in any case, subject to excessive con­ headquarters in Windhoek on trols and even harassment at the Oshivello Gate check­ November 10 and demanded their CADRES of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN). The move­ point. This matter too, requires the urgent attention of demobilisationfrom the conscript ar­ ment claims its combatants were responsible for the recent bomb blasts my. Swapo claimed that the SADF in Windhoek and Walvis Bay. the authorities.

OPINION 1&1 ~ to- THE PERILS OF 'BLACK ON BLACK' ~'------"'\\. ----_/ A product of South Africa's 'divide-and-rule' tactics .111•••• 26 weeks 52 weeks •••

THE WRITER of this article, Mr death ofImmanuel Shifidi, who was misinforms Namibians and is one of Namibia R30,OO R60, OO killed at a Swapo rally. Similar events Cleophas-Jens. Mutjavikua, the main instruments used in the SA & homelands R33, OO R66,OO matriculated at the Augustineum occur almost daily in Namibia, where preparation of two fronts. One of the in 1984, and is presently studying blacks kill onEl another because they most deplorable aspects ofthe disinfor­ Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, for a DiplomainMaterials Manage­ have been forced into opposing camps. mation is the justification of South ment through CDM Stores on-the­ At Arandis recently, Casspirs drove African occupation of our country. job training programme. into a Swapo meeting and began Many of our people in the rural areas shooting rubber bullets; recently we are not conscious ofthe political posi­ BY CREATING the interim govern­ learned with shock of the barbaric tions in this country and are blinded ment and its strong propaganda events at Okakarara where Swapo by the SWABC's disinformation. machine, which includes the SWABC, members were beaten by supporters of These tactics are wellknown !Ii li the South African Government is N udo, a DTA-affiliate. Such incidents, throughout the whole of southern i ~i~i~ i ~i ~i ~ ~ ~ i ~ ~: ·~-R::.:;;::;;~;..:i;.:,;l;..:~-:;-::-~-:~-:~-;-)-r-,;-:0';"':-:-; preparing for a civil war era after in­ and other similar events, seem to be Africa, particularly in Angola and North America dependence in Namibia. achieving the enemy's aim. Mocambique. These two countries R219,OO South Africa started its plans in On the other hand the SWABC celebrated earlier this year, another Send To: Namibia by the early Odendaal Plan, year of'uhuru'. But instead of enjoying Australia a nd New Zealand The Namibian which provided for the creation of the fruits of'uhuru', both Angola and R281,OO PO Box 20783, 'homelands'. The policy of racial Moca!Jlbique are in the throes of pro­ Nordic countries WINDHOEK 9000 fragmentation was reinforced by Pro­ tracted wars with MPLA-Unita and R192,OO NAMIBIA clamationAG8ofApri1241980 , which Frelimon-MNR confront ations Tel: 36970/1 divided Namibian society into eleven respectively. Telex: 3032 mutually exclusive groups based on Somewhere, Namibians, lies a lesson ethnic and racial origins. 'Ib maintain for us. Yes, black against black is in­ and ensure its will, South Africa defensible even ifit was for some noble created, in 1985, an unelected interim goal. It is not only counter-productive, government . This plan of 'divide and but pointless. Name: ._ ...... _.. . ____ .. ___ _. _.. ... _...... _...... __._ ... ___ . __.. .. . rule' is an attempt by this government Fellow Namibians, now is the time to add an independent Namibia to its for us to choose the right way to our own Address: ...... __ _...... _. ___ ...... __ .... ___.. _...... _... ___ .... ---..... --... -----... .. list of countries targeted for aggression freedom. We must break down the anddestabilisation in southern Africa. walls oftribalism which were created .. ______.. __ ...... ___ ...... ____ .. ____ .. ______... __...... _.. Code: .. ____ _.. __...... The plan appears to be based on the by the enemy. We must work hard for formation oftwo or more fronts, which the progress and welfare of all N ami­ I enclose a cheque/postal order of _... ______... ___ __... __ __ _... .. would then fight against each other. bians as well as for harmonious rela­ The situation in the far north is tions with all sections of our multi­ for ____ .. __ . __. ____ _._ .. _.... . weeks subscription to The Na mibian already on the boil, being mostly a case racial society. Namibians must join the of black fighting black. The 'security' national struggle; it demands your (P lease ensu re exact amount in Rands or equivalent situation is deteriorating and many commitment. There is always a grey currency_) As from 1/7/87 until further notice. people (and civilians) have lost their light of dawn on the horizon and I know lives. One of the tragedies was the Cleophas Mutjavikua Namibia shall be free. ----~~~~~~~~~~~~~.-----~~~~--~~~------~~~.-----~.~~~.. -~~~~~~~--'~~--~'-'--~~"--~~----~--"~--"~--"--~.~""--"Q .. ~YL~~~.---. .. ------~~~----e~~ l .:-.

14 Friday November 20 1987 THE NAMIBIAN

On pollee's role the people of Namibia (the blacks) are denied their rights' to decide for I FIND it s~d that The Namibian themselves: Therefore' it is only would cru-ry le_ading articies based on reasonable to concluae that thqse op­ hearsay rather than on fact mil infor­ posing the interim government's deci­ mation, that was readily available to sion to move people from the compound ' . anyone interested. Police, Casspirs arid are not wrong in using terms such as their activities play an integral role in 'eviction' and 'forced removal'. " theinfrastructureofmostcountriesin· .the world. Whatbetter way, othert.han E NOWASIBO YA NOWASEB a-visit, for the children to learn about -MERHARDUSKANGOMBE " the poliee's role? . ROCK ISLAND Further, let me relate the facts as -USA theywere:- o we were at no time given, or even three years. Forty-eight resigned; I am , put to the Executive Committee for claims, why can't the government also saw, dolls with police uniforms! I have, one of those who r!!signed. I received the approval of promotions. No not erest "most feasible alternative to date not set eyes on such a doll- and On 150 killed my training at Oluno, and the aim and member ofthe Executive Commit­ houses" in 'white' Windhoek? Or is it I happen to be a doll coUector. principle of it was to defend the Nami­ tee has ever refused to promote a perhaps only Katutura that qualifies I CONDEMN the present Chairman o the children were not given any bian border. In August this year we person thus assessed or asked the for Eimbeck's "most feasible alter­ of the interim government Cabinet, colouring-in books ofany description! ··- were transported from the north to name ofthe political party to which native houses"? Surely. the govern- . Mr Jannie de Wet, after reading his re­ o we did not visit prisoners in cells as Mavinga via Capri vi ag~inst our will such a person belongs to. , ment would never allow such houses to cent press statement expressing con­ we did not go to the Central Prison. We to fight on the side of Unita. The merit evaluation system is be built in the 'white' Windhoek (and. dolences about the death of members saw an empty cell, it's only contents be­ The biggest problems were for already in force since 1980. Inany neither would Eimbeck be happy to see of the SADF recently. ing two beds and a toilet. former. Swapo (PLAN) fighters who democratic government system the such houses in:the area where he lives,'. To Mr de Wet I would like to point out the children did not at any time lqok o were captured by the SADF and made ruling party is the government of or would he?), simply. because th~y' that the territory's security does not down the barrel of a gun or any ar­ to fight against Swapo.again. Many of . don't deser¥E! to lie called houses -tney mean going into Angola in order to tillery. On display were the different' the day and respon!!.ible forth~ ad­ them were captured by fapla.at Mliv­ minisJration ofthe people. puring are not houses for that matter! ' have all Namibians killed, wherever types of weapons used, but no-one was .~ they are founa. The .killing of 150 ing& ~nd 'h&nded back to$wapo, _ l1l~cjla~<;, c;ouxse coricJu~d' by - . 'If,d,lat is j he c l} se, ~ )Vhi · ~.e su~h, . a~_~uc~ !,is , ~}lo~ed t,Cllly,P t,nem,. '. a t9 " F/lpl:a ) !re i\t!3ing .., §9,Ppilltici\~ed car manufacturer recently, a h6usesb'uiftiri Katutura? We suppose Namibians does'not mean the protec­ , f1pally, !Ilayb~ ' y!lu, , sf.0~ld . have VI!~it'Pp:lils : whi.le we were _armed one~. Whi~ {;membeI:1? of.,the Windhoek. But unless those people in because the next ofkin ofthose N ami­ with the organising' before ing how a fuel injection engine is tea~hel' Katutura and 'non-human', then both bians killed are here inside Namibia. st~tin:i ihcorrecf-iruotifiJiion'.; " . ; SADF fought"behi-rtd us.because they operating. The only car available residents ofKatutura and 'white' Win­ It is from those same N amibians that .PS :We wer~' exir~hi~ly ~efhreated are;afr'aid of Russian'forc.es. ,- .,. ~ was that of Mr Visser. No repairs be treated equally. you demand support for your bymembers ' ofthe rPi>rlc~F6rte.-" ,; '.• IappeaHoanNamibianswRowant were carried out whatsoeveJ; as the dhoek'sIi~uld .', '.'." , .". ;,>.. ' to join the'SADF.that to go and fight .said car was only used for Eimbeck seems concerned about the government. eMS) MARGUERITE BENSON .. Swap<> in Angola is a crime against our demonstration. The committees to 'sincerity; ofthe editors cifThe Nami: ­ Mr de Wet should rather express his (MRS) LINDA FORRER society. To go and fight agains~ Fapla which you have ref;~ed to- are' '. bianand the WindhoekAdvertiser,but sympathy with the next of kin ofthose POBOX 9195 _. in their own country is also a crime work committees consisting of one wonders what sincerity he sees in N amibians killed, ifhe claims to be a police who invade a compound and Namibian. WINDHO.E~, 90QO ,.~ 0 ;:~ ,.-'against God's, .wilU ,Unita ;oand . the members of the Ovambo - MPLA are brtih~rs. Let usgive'thein Legislative Assembly to investigate dance.on the souls of helpless and in­ Mr.de Wet is also reminded that the NOTE: You have told us what did not time to solve their own problems work matters for reporting to the nocent people, and-what sincerity he Namibian people are suffering and be­ happen on the 'outing'-ofSub B puplls _ Legislative Assembly. sees in a Cabinet that allows shacks to ing killed daily by SADF soldiers, not to the Police Headquarters, but you withQut our interference. have not told us what did happen. And I find it strange that workers be erected in Katutura, while they only in Angola, but also in Namibia. do the parents not have the right to be TULLY SHILLONGO want to prescribe to theExecutive would not allow the same shacks to be Ifhe doesn't know this he should ask consulted in such a case? Particularly POBOX475 Committee about the setting up of built in 'white' Windhoek. Pretoria how many Namibians they when Casspirs are usedto transport the OSHAKATI committees and to consult workers Furthermore Eimbeck says that have killed this year and how many children? Presumably too, you have who must serve on the committees. "nobody forced or evicted anybody they intend to kill next year. organised, or intend to organise, a Don!t play Bop The members of the committees from the hostel", but he forgets that the . similar 'outing' with the army? are paid per day according to ilX­ initial decision to vacate the hostel did NAMIBIAN PATRIOT You state "What betterway, other than I AM very disappointed to hear that ed scales and travelling costs. not come from the hostel residents' PO BOX 21571 a visit, for the children to learn about the Namibia National Soccer League the police's role?" The point is, what are To avoid negative articles of this themselves. This clearly indicates that WINDHOEK you tellingyourpupils aboutthe police? is about to play Bophuthatswana XI to nature I would appreciate it ifyour What did the police tell your pupils on mark the 10th anniversary of that reporter could clear matters out that visit? Are you telling them thatthe homeland. with me before publication. police are our "protectors"? And in­ The decision of NNSL to penalise cidentally, whatis the role of the police African Stars when they played a FVILJOEN ATTENTION ALL READERS! in this country? Are you telling them of South African team at the inaugura­ SECRETARY the atrocities in northern Namibia, and tion of the puppet interim administra­ ADMIN. FOR OWAMBOS All Letters to the Editor must be signed the crimes committed by police in nor­ tion was entirely correct and justified, thern Namibia under the guise of 'pro­ PRIVATE BAG x2001 tection'? Are you tellingthem that while but how can the body itselforganise to ONDANGWA even if they are to be published it is widely understood that the role of play and mark the 10th anniversary of NOTE: OUr reporter, Rajah Munamava, the police is to maintain law and order . the protection of apartheid, oppres­ approached Mr Peter Kalangula, w ith a pseudonym and protect the public, this is often not sion. capitalism and exploitation, to Chairman of the Administration, for the case? The parents of some of those mention but a few 'evils' associated comment on these allegations when he The correct postal address of the reader children you took on the 'outing' may with the homeland system. Why don't was in Windhoek. Atthe time of going to should also accompany the letter have experienced slightly different they play Lesotho, Swaziland or any press he had not replied. treatment at the hands of members of other neighbouring African state? Letters which comply with the above the police force. Not all people are as I wish to condemn in the strongest "well-treated" by the police as you were. On Eim.beck, terms the matches the NNSL played will be given preference Do you tell your pupils of detention WHILE we do not claim to represent' without trial and other human rights against the homelands. abuses, or is that not'relevant? Are Sub My words to the NNSL are: before those who have been moved from the B pupils not a little young for such an you are soccer players and ad­ compound in Katutura, we still wish 'outing'? As a StGeorge's parent myself, ministrators, you are members of a col­ to air our views, particularly with I would have objected in the strongest onised and economically-exploited regard to a statement in The Nami­ terms had my child been on that outing. society. So whatever you do should be bian of October 9, 1987by Brigadier S He has seen for himself how the police Eimbeck. have raided my home and arrested me. in favour of, or compatible with, the struggle for national liberation. The promotion of racism is clearly He has seen me returning home limping evident in the reactions by some peo­ after being hit by a teargas grenade What you are doing now is in favour fired by police 'keeping law and order' . of the enemy and not the people ple in the Namibian community at a Swapo meeting on which I was because you recognise the socalled 'in­ towards this issue. It is a known fact reporting. dependence' of Bophuthatswana. that a given society may promote and There are parents of children at St Some ofthe major reasons why they reward racism to enable members of George's who have been detained should not play are: the group in control to obtain a sense without trial and others have suffered this will boost the image of South of personal adequacy and security at at the hands of the police. The reason o Africa to the outside world while we the expense ofthe group with less or no many parents send their children to St control. Such a situation has been George's is precisely because they do are fighting for the isolation of South not want their children to be propagan­ Africa from world sport as a created in Namibia by the occupa­ dised, as is the case at most state punishment; tionist forces, which Brigadier schools. o how can you play shoulder-to­ Eimbeck seems to represent. The And ifthe children told their parents shoulder with those who are allies in situation that seeks tosetforth the "I -it", insteadof"I -thou" relationship. that they saw prisoners or were permit­ the fight to kill our people? ted to look down gun-sights and shown The issue of the compound did not how can you play normal sport in an smoke-bombs, then it would surely o start with the interim government's abnormal society? serve to show you how impressionable press conference at which they an­ So, please do not play Bophuthat­ those young minds are. nounced they would get rid ofthe com­ As far as the police dolls and swana. Remember you are either for or pound; neither did it start with the colouring-in books are concerned, that against the masses: there are no fence­ is what our reporter was told by Inspec­ sitters in our struggle. Cabinet's subsequent tour through the compound; nor with Nasboukor's tor Tubby Kaaijk of the Police liaison Finally I would like to call for the for­ division. So take the matter up with him. mation of a body which will lay down cosmetic quest to address the housing -Gwen Lister. needs, but it has been an ongoing con­ principles and regulations which will cern, and which Brigadier Eimbeck govern sport in our country. Forward­ to people's sport in Namibia. No nor­ seemingly failed to discern. Won't fight Fapla While the compound is in essence a mal sport in an abnormal society. MORE THAN 400 members of the product of a racist government, SWATF (mostly Ovambo-speaking) V TJITJAI KAVARI Eimbeck wishes to justify the ai;tions have gone on strike in Oshakati and at KATUTURA by his government against the people Mavinga since they refuse to fight in who are actually victims of injustice. Available from Angola on the side of-Unita. If Eimbeck believes that the interim The reasons for the strike are: Alleged nepotism. government or Nashoukor are con­ The ttamibian. o the SADF is using us as Unita cemed "with the improvement ofthe mercenaries against our will; KINDLY allow me to comment on life and surroundings of the workers", 104 Leutwein St o we are forced to fight on the side of your article 'Alleged Nepotism' in then he needs to re-think this; because Unita; your edition of November 6 1987. the interim government, Nasboukor or from selected o we are not Angolans who fight on 'Workers' or employees or officials and Eimbeck himself do not seem to Angolan soil; as we classify them, are promoted have any sensible perception of what stores around the o many of our fighters were captured on merit by selected merit commit­ a house should look like. or killed at Mavinga hut our parents tees that work independent from Ifthe houses built by Nasboukor for country. are not informed; the Executive Committee. After the workers in Katutura are "the most Price: R10,OO. o 360 of our men have alre'!-dy been . employees and officials have been feasible alternatives, although not sent to Walvis Bay military prison for assessed the recommendations are necessarily the best" as Eimbeck ~'~p~-~'--~~-.------·,------j------~~~.~-.----~--~----*-~------~------~ -~--~-.-~~~=---~----.-----~--~------~,------~~--. ------~~---- ,

-II :l!fjl ~l=f,}'1:~1'I3 til 1I1 _____T_H_E_N .....;A...;.;M;.;;.;;..I;..;;;;;B..;;.;;.IA..;;.;;.N""--______Fri_da...;,..Y_NO_Ve_m_be_r_20_1_98_7_15 MULTIPLE-CHOICE MATIS ~ . , -A. MATHEMATICS contest was consisting of 40 multiple choice qu~s" : 1ield~t the Qngwediwa Traiiiing tions, and covered algebra, analytical ;., " J::elitr~oQ Q~ber ~O"an(b~en geometry, trigonometry and related -students from "five ~ senior- secon­ fields. :. :, dary schools in, the far north All students received a 'Certificate Mrticjpated. "',- 1~ .. of Participation' and top 'fip.ishers .~~ "'¥ \ ~,~, ~'tt received.a 'Certificate of Excellence'. f'<~~~ frh ~-:- , p~.t{~ipat~ :, schools were , Th.e "co})test 'Yas held under, tlie' .~~ ,~\ ~e&b'ip'ahd~ka Se~Ol).dary, Oluno auspices of the Admin~s!raJioq. , for .",..,. S"'" ' '' ~ ' ~ 0" d' " P , ~ ~ \\ ~Qllt(a~y, ~. ' , ,,nti~n .!J~z;a Secondary, . Owambos, was hosted . by ' the , ' . OngWedlwa'1'rMnl'ng Centre and Ongwedi \Va 'trainIng' ·Centre and.' Oshigambo High-School. sp'onsored by the Baptist Mission of , " !fhe 'contest was a 60-minute -test ~WA . Sentra comes to Khomasdal shQPpers at Park Foods SHOPPERS in Khomasdal can Sentra Stores regional manager, Mr now enJoy the low prices Pieter Slabber, advises shoppers to associated with Sentra Stores watch newspapers for details ofspecial " . retailers throughout the country. offers from Park Foods. Park Foods is .. STUDENTS receiving the 'Certificate. of Excellence', from left to right: Happy Joel Uuslku (O~hlgambo), Elia Malwa The opening of Park Foods-Super­ owned by Prestige'Properties, whose (Oshlgambo), Matheus Hamutenya (Ongwediwa)~ Rosina Ndllenga (Mweshipandeka), Helena Amutoko (Ongwedlwa). market in the new Prestige Properties managing director, Harold Schmidt, is complex in Khomasdal means shop­ a well-know~ Windhoek business­ pers no longer have to trayel into Win- , man. Mr G Enssle has been appointed dhoek,to find low. prices. By joining supermarket 'manager. Sentra Stores (the voluntary retail The new complex also has a fast food support organisation), Park Foods is outlet, a bottle Store, butchery and hair ,able to buy at prices that compete well •salOli, Various other businesses are with those ofmain supermarket ch¢n housed. in the complex. The official

stores, said a press release by the '0 ' opening ofthe complex is on November organisation this week. .25. Dr Ledg~; on human harm~ny ~with nature challenge ' HUMAN existence can be in har­ Wildlife Trust and the title'ofhis lec­ mony with n~ure, but this will be ture will be Conservation and ' a challenge; definitely one of the Development: The Challengeofth~ most important challenges of the 21st CentuI:Y. . '" 21st century. In conjunction, with Dr Ledger visited Namibia on a fact­ the Wildlife SOciety of Namibia, the finding mission earlier this year and second Rossing Foundation is familiar with the country. quarterly lecture will be held on Those interested in attending should Friday November 27 at 19hOO at the contact.Barbara Curtis of the Wildlife Rossing Foundation Adult Educa­ Society at 293373 or Raymond Morris tion Centre. at the Rossing Foundation at 36760, for details. The Rossing Foundation The guest speaker will!)e Dr John Education Centre is situated in Rand Ledger, Director of the Endangered Street, Khomasdal.

STUDENTS receiving the 'Certificate of Participation' (front row left to right): Elia Mawa (Oshigambo), Titus lIende' (Oshigambo), Happy-Joel Uusiku (Oshigambo), Erastus Hailengela (Oluno), Henock Mukwaluudhi (Oluno), Herman Amkugo (Oluno), Matheus Hamutenya (OngV'lediwa), Martin Hipondoka (Ongandjera). e:1ck row left to right: Helena Amukoto (Ongwedjwa), Inamuvulwa Angolo (Ongandjera), Loide Namupala (Ongandjera), Rosina Ndilenga (Mweshipande~a), Paulina Shipena (Mweshipandeka), Rebekka Nakale (Mweshipandeka). IN YET another blow to the consumer, the price of yellow margarine was increased this week. On Monday, the Price Controller, Mr GJF Gous announced that the retail price' of yellow margarine was to increase as a result of higher production costs, BLOOM COUNTY by Berke Breathed The increase, which was effective as from November 16, represents a hike of1Z per cent on tubs, 10 per cent on the 250g brick and 8 per cent on the 500g brick, The previous increase was implemented in April last y'ear, The consumer now M&/lNWHIU, 5OM€WHERE. has to pay as follows for yellow margarine: ~A5r OF V£(;P,~, Ol/R HEf

M€AIIWHIC£-.OrJf( HERO, L. ACKIM HOlY CtJW./ IT',j II ~crwere transferreirbacK to the"".,severalmontlis.-MostofJhemeil:, W)lO- , weeJc ,th!it they -would stop eating that some male patientsr apEl-women to lieal with .... again now that they have been put Walvis Bay prison. had been expelled from Sao 'Ibme and for the sake of.securing what a local The concern of the doctors in Tan­ back in prison. A spokesman for the South African Cameroon, went on a hunger strike in newspaper columnist characterised as zania is understandable however, The International Red Cross and the . PrisonsServicesai?ye~rdaytha;, the protest at the treatment which they "partners-in-death". because of the rapid rise in recorded United Nations High Commission for Unlike Europe and the United cases in the country, from three in refugees are back m pnson, and are receive in prison. at present taking their meals as Refugees have for some time been try­ States, where until-now homosexuals November 1983 - toe year in which usual". The status ofthe imprisoned men is ing to find a solution to the problem. and drug abusers have been the worst- the government first acknowledged -- FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSMAN , , KATUTURA

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Drawing the line and guarding the borders "EXCUSE me captain:' said . The captain pondered this for a Alfa Bravo Foxtrot making contact. believed was either Luanda, Lusaka or the section leader with a moment. It wasn't. . Harare. typical teenagers pout, "but A ray of sunlight reflected from the The radio was emitting a hopeless­ The village had been bombed, shot what exactly are we doing three polished pips on his shoulder and ly unintelligible sound. at, captured, liberated, re-captured here?" The captain spun bounced ofT his teeth. "Did you bring the scrambler?" and sold during the past two months. Th the Transvaal rookie he lookedfor shrieked the captain. around intending to quell the the briefest of.moments just like God. "No, but! prefer road bikes anyway:' The lingua franca seemed to be a insubordinate question with "My son:' said the captain, uninten­ he replied vaguely, while staring at his curious blend of Spanish, Portuguese, one menacing glare. The last tionally compounding the image, "a steel helmet which had begun moving Russian, Oshivambo and American. time he had checked, he had an man must do what a man must do:' ofTtowards Cuvelai with a steady tick­ Nobody was quite sure who held the entire section of brave and This flash of indisputable logic kept ingsound. village at any particular time. valiant fighters but now there the young soldier quiet for awhile. "Goddamn communist swine;' said Shell-shocked Generals wandered was only one left. Suddenly a high-pitched whine shat­ the officer putting a bullet through the the streets aimlessly shooting at . He was a 19-year-old runt from tered the silence from a nearby bush. squawking heart ofthe transceiver. anything that moved. Bronkhorstspruit who had the day Both men dived for cover and open­ His adolescent sidekick tentatively ". The young lieutenant, who had before been promoted to lieutenant in ed up with their latest LSD-17 semi­ suggested that they returnto the peace . counted fourteen difTerent uniforms in . a very brief bush ceremciny. automatic rocket-launching mine­ and quiet oftheborder, but the captain the space often minutes, came to the "We'rf} guarding our borders:' snarl­ sweeping Armscor rifles. . had the map of Africa.in his eyes. . conclusion that World War Three had ed the.captain, "what do you ~hink He had become a conqueror on a A tortoise which had crawled all the been declared. we're doing?" way from Luanda with a limpet mine divine mission to free the black masses "But captain: ~ stammered the kid, lashed to its belly took cover beneath from the Red tide which was sweeping "No-one even told me;' he said to "we are 250 kilometres away from the the kids' helmet. across his continent. himself with surprise. border ... and we don't even have visas:' "Hold your fire lootie;' yelled the cap­ Anybody who posed a threat to his 'Seconds later a sniper from · "Lissenyou little shit:' yelled the of­ tain, "I think that's our radio:' . country would have to be eliminated, Afghanistan shot him in the back of ficer, "a border is a transient line which It was, and the two soldiers quickly and he realised that to accomplish this the head. vacillates in direct relation to a . ·leopard-crawled across thorn-covered his President expected him to do a lit­ That's how the war ended for him. military concept called Orders." ground to reach their only link with tle travelling. The captain became an accomplish­ "Yes sir:' came the subdued reply, . humanity. . Several days later the two-man army . ed linguist andis now living in a town "but if you don't draw the line soon, They hunched breathless over the of salvation stumbled into a village on north ofCairo where he does part-time we're going to hit Zaire!" machine, believing it was Sektor 106 the outskirts of a city wh ~ch they work for the CIA. .

WALLY OF THE WEEK Status Quo and BLOOM COU~~:r by Berke Breathed r---~---"';;"..., ~------, (WALLY n. a person who makes Black " Sabbath rM XJHRPfY. WHirr 1TiIS silly and rash statements.) Im /?RIV//I/(j 1lJ V£&RS SCRIPT- /VeEPS :NOW on' UN blacklist WITH m[ BANJO PtRY£.F. IS Ii QrJlCK we'!?£ fROM "PalveRIINC€ ­ KeWKITL C()()KIN ~( AMUSED and bemused by !IN/? HIS per §tEf1&[­ _LONDON: British rock groups HfiMMef\. o some of the ravings which Status Quo and Black Sabbath, oo emerge during the course of an have been put on the United o ordinary week in Namibia, the Nations "blacklist" of enter­ staff of The Namibian have tainers, because they perform­ decided to Include a Wally of ed at Sun City earlier this year, the Week in the pages of the the Anti-AparlheidMovement"' newspaper. (AAM), has announced. Readers are also Invited to The AAM said a Black Sabbath con­ submit their own candidates, cert in the Netherlands had been along with the comment which cancelled following the group's ap­ NOW 1H15 15 WHAT'S GOING classlfies'hlm or her as a 'wal­ pearance at Sun City. 6ro?8~ ./ ON : ZSI! Z5A HAS tJ!(()fPetJ WHeR£'5m£ Iy', and the staff of The Nami­ It said there had also been a report 7HIINK5 fOR THe tiFT, M€ HeK€ liT Cll€511?'5 PIII.IIce. SC.RIPT ? ZSII ZSII ./ 5IfY /£U.tJ NeXT, ru &0 (JP 10 m£ 1TiIS ISN'T VEGAS ... bian will vote on who best that two concerts - which the group 10 evA EO!? Me .I "SlNl1TT?fI 5fJfTr FOR II SHNOZ WH6f(£'5 me deserves the title. was scheduled to perform in Hungary . Mf1S5fI&e /h Jilt/£. f/N/Jf(/3A/S. 5Cf(IPT' .' .. '" \ - had been called ofT. II ' I The AAM said "The inclusion ofthe bands on the United Nations register will ensure that they pay a price for their collaboration with apartheid South Africa:' Madonna was a 'nightmare'

LONDON: For mer BeatIe George Harrison, now a suc­ cessful m.m producer, says working with singing· star Madonna and her actor hus­ b and, Sean Penn, on his ill­ fated film "Shanghai Surprise" was a nightmare. Interviewed by a weekly magazine, he said "We got the wrong script, the wrong director and the wrong stars: ' The film was panned by the critics Churchill's and did not go down well at the box office. war HUH? WHA-.? WHY, 1HE Harrison, who heads the successful THIS CRN'T 96 Im EMCK WHO/'£ mlN& independent film company Handmade HRPP£NIN&", , HOM[. IN 1Ti£ WAS oI(j5T . Films, told Woman Magazine "It was mls CliNt Be / M[llflOW./ a bloody nightmare. We were lucky to HRPP(NIN&... " 11 PK!AM/! I get our money back. The stars' CflN'T. .. behaviour was pretty bad. eIlN'r;. "They were just very unhappy with ClINT.. each other. They weren't happy work­ \ ing. I haven't seen them from that d!lY to this:' he said. TH IS week's award goes without doubt .to visiting British 'Flat.· out' maverick historian, David Irv­ ing, for his theory that Adolf HAMPSHIRE: A Dutch cycl­ Hitler never knew about ing champion, Ingrid Tebbe, Auschwitz and was totally 24, went straight through · a unaware.of the Holocaust, and shop window in Whitechurch, that Winston Churchill was in Hampshire. fact the monster of World War After the accident, she said "I'm not II. used to bends. My country is so flat:' - .. =-- - 18 Friday November 20 1987 THE NAMIBIAN ,.,-;;'- .. ; .. ~~~------:.~~--.------r'lUOl4.I- MOVIES ~_, l~J(ana t~ pe-t-for. ~t ·eoneerts in Namibia ST~VE KEKANA and two other groups - "Abakhwenyaha" and "Indoda Engaziwa" are scheduled to tour Namibia next month, starting in Katima Mulilo, and ending in Gobabis on December 4, 1987. Undoubtedly, Kekana is one of the tunate day, eleven fans were killed in best artists in South Africa - the the violence. record sales of more than a million Kekana subsequently wrote a song copies has proved this. Thday, no other about the tragic incident, and called it artist or duo in South Africa has out· Koduo YaMaseru(DisasterofMaseru), sold him. which sold double platinum. He has proved his talents locally and Early in 1983, he performedaconcert abroad, where he took London, Paris free ofcharg e in Maseru for the benefit and other centres in Europe by storm ofthe families who had lost loved ones with songs like Feel So Strong and in the Maseru tragedy. Raising My Family. In fact, he was one Abakhwenyaha have just returned of the first South African artists to from a successful tour in Botswana, have a record (Feel So Strong), inthe in· where they drew more than 40 000 fans. ternational Thp 20 Radio Charts for The duo is considered to be one oft he weeks. best' in Mbaganga in South Africa, and The December show in Namibia pro· are in the same class as Soul Brothers mises to be one ofthe best ever seen. and Abangane. Kekana has promised that N amibians Fo ur oft heir albums have gone dou­ are going to see him perform his reper­ ble gold, and they have wooed fans all toire of about three hours, which will over South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho include some ofhis older songs as well and Swaziland. as those on his latest albums. Indoda Engaiiwa is set to tour BRANTLEY FOSTER (Michael J Fox), is a trusted employee. But the boss d oesn't realise that the During 1982 he performed to a Europe at the end ofDecember this year, capacity Maseru Stadium in Lesotho. and their albums Imisebenzi and eager young man is the object of his wife's affection in the comedy "The Secret of My Success". Certain fans who were turned away at Ithempa Lami have also made their the gates became angry and attemp· mark on the international music ted to fight their way in. On that unfor· scene. Kansas was never like this II. MOST YOUNGSTERS standin g on the brin k of the world after of this young star's talent in develop· completing their studies, are of the opinion that they are going to ing' the story of a renegade employee conquorthe universe, and that success is an overnight thing. How who gets to the top by unorthodox one young man from Kansas discovers that success is not so easy means. Starring opposite him as t he to come by provides the central theme of the latest Herbert Ross aristocratic junior executive whose production "The Secret Of My Success", starring Michal J Fox, looks could stop a train, is Helen Slater, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan and Margaret Whitton. a young woman described as possess· ing those qualities of high breeding After arriving in New York from sas was never like this .. . that Grace Kelly had. Kansas, young Brantley Foster gets "The Secret Of My Success" is the himself ajob at the Pemrose Corpora· 20th feature film from director Rounding out the cast are two more tion, a multi·national conglomerate Herbert Ross, whose credits ins;lude accomplished actors, who have honed with products ranging from dog food to such diverse mot~on pictures as "Good­ their considerable skills on stage, missile guidance systems. bye Mr Chips:' "The Owl and the screen and television. But he discovers he has to start at the Pussycat:' "Play It Again Sam:' "The The first is Richard Jordan, who bottom - the mailroom. Sunshine BoyS;' "The Turning Point:' plays the role ofthe debonair chiefex· Things become extremely com· "The Goodbye Girl:' and "Footloose." ecutive, whose philandering ways take plicatedhowever, when first of all, the Ross films have received a total of44 their toll on his career and his boss's wife falls in love with him, and Oscar nominations. marriage. secondly, his brashness leads him to He describes his latest film as a Jordan describes his character in the pose as an executive. "comedy of manners:' complete with film as an "airhead", who is more con· Brantley you see, has this habit of criss·crossing romantic interests and cerned about whether his tie goes with reading all the inter·office com· mistaken identities. his jacket, than whether his wife is munications, which reveal that the Ross was also drawn to the film happy or his job productive. giant conglomerate is in total disarray. because it takes place in New York, So, with all the nerve of youth, he' "the ultimate metropolis on the Vera, the neurotically erotic cor· decides to set some matters straight, threshold of the Nineties:' porate wife who seduces Brantley and and posing as a young executive, he He says "I made the choice early on then helps him take over the company, moves into an empty office, from where to present a very stylised view of New is portrayed by versatile actress he issues directives via memorandum. York. It's New York as perceived by Margaret Whitton, most recently seen With the corporate bureaucracy be· Brantley, as the epitome of all that is in "Nine and a HalfWeeks" with Kim ing so self-involved, no one even wonderful about technology, all that is Basinger. notices. beautiful about architecture, all that Michael J Fox's in his turn, will pro· And none are as blind as Christy is fascinating about the incredible bably be best remember for his major Wills, a gorgeous junior executive, who diversity of races and people who live role in "Back To The Future," turns Brantley's legs to jelly. in America. (although South African viewers will Then comes the crunch - when "So, I think the film says quite a lot, know him from the TV series "Fami­ Brantley's charade starts to come albeit in a comic way, about how we see, ly Ties", which has not been on the apart at the seams, Christy tells him how we think and how we feel about the local network as yet. where to go, and he's booted out of his world we live in in the late 1980s;' office. As crucial as the city of New York is Helen Slater's most recent part was Brantley then fe els the skyscrapers to the theme ofthe film, Michael J Fox in "Ruthless People, with Bette Midler, of Manhattan Closing in on him. Kan· is to the tone. Ross took full advantage while Richard Jordan is no new name either - "Rich Man Poor Man" (for starters), and a whole list of feature films including "Valdez Is Coming", "Raise The Titanic", "Logan's Run" * * IUNE 300 * * Tezl: 34155 * * and "A Flash of Green:' And of course, REMEMBER! - the late night shows on Wednesdays and Fridays. who can forget his part in the TV mini· series "Captains and Kings." Friday 20/11/87 - 22h30: CHRISTIANE F Wednesday 25/11/87 - 22h30: KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN Friday-Thursday: 14h30117h30/20hOO Saturday: 14h30118hOO/21hOO THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS: Michael J Fox stars in this Herbert Ross comedy with Helen Slater, Richard Jordan and Margaret Whitton . Set against the contemporary side of New York, it takes a look at the lighter side of corporate life. Saturday: 10hOO SKOLLlE: Starri ng George Ballot.

~ WINDHOEI( DRIVE-IN * * Tezl: 51700 * * ONE of South Africa's most dynamic singers, P J Power!;, will be on tour in Namibia with Hotline for the last time. Having 2on30 - dominated the local music scene for so long the group is to dis­ PREDATOR: Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as the ultimate warrior ban as P J is to pursue her solo career. Also on the bill is the fighting the ultimate war ... a thriller. all-girl group, Chess, and at the concert in the Katutura am­ plus: p hitheatre on December 5, 'Splash' will also perform. The Nami­ bian tour starts on November 28 through to December 5. Watch PRAY FOR DEATH: A karate thriller. the press for details. -

-J~ THE NAMIBIAN Friday November 20 1987 19 1NOTMINGTO~ ·WRITE1tOME ABOUT' ®fllt]4 NOV 19 - NOV 26 HAVING BROWSED through the weekend's television pro­ week is "The Mantis Project:' only for the person involved, butfor his gramme, I have come to the conclusion that therejust isn't anything "Fame" has become a firm favourite or her family as welL FitlDfiY to write home about. The Walt Disney f'Ilm tonight ("Young Harry too, and what makes me particularly A family faced with such a dilemma partial to it is not only the strength of has to adapt to vastly changed (and Houdini"), is probably worth sitting up for, but the same cannot its characters and storyline, but the straitened), circumstances and, in­ 18h27 Prog. Schedule be said about tomorrow night's feature f'Ilm (Journey To The Far fact that each episode is complete_ evitably, strife brought about by the 18h30 Hand in Hand Side OfThe Sun". The title speaks for itself, and science fiction has Next week's chapter revolves around " continuous worry on how to make ends 18h35 Doffel, Babbel en Bekkie never been a favourite with me in any case. Add to this the fact that Doris, who is doing research for a role meet- 18h47 Die Swart Cat none of the actors or actresses are what one could consider "as a teenage streetwalker. Part II of "A Year In The Life" will 19h14 AirwolfIII "wellknown" names, and the impression one gets.is of a third-rate continue the story of the Gardner 20hOO Suidwes Nuus picture. Maybe that's a bit unfair, but so often first impressions are family. 20h15 Feature film Walt Disney - - on target. However, there is one highlight to look forward to - This sophisticated drama takes "Young Harry Houdini" place over a period of only twelve 21h48 Orpen House "Spies en Plessis -Met Permissie", which is being televised for the months, and last week opened on a 22h12 NewslWeather NuuslWeer first time in Namibia. scene where the whole family start 22h32 Big League Soccer This programme (aimed specifical­ Strange as it may seem, there are still congregating for Christmas. 23h24 Dagsluiting ly at the late evening adult viewer, ac­ people who have to do without a late Joe Gardner is a strong, loving cording to the publicity material), is sleep on Sunday mornings, and conse­ patriarch (not one like Angela Chan­ SfiTUitDfiY hosted by Jan Spies, wellknown N ami­ quently many of them willjust have to ningthough), and the owner of a small, bian raconteur, and PG du Plessis, give "Met Permissie" a miss, albeit plastics manufacturing company. creator of the popular television series reluctantly. Ruth his wife, is supportive and a real 18h27 Programrooster "Kooperasiestories: ' On Sunday, "Highway 'Ib Heaven", home- and peacemaker. They are the 18h30 Kompas The two of them have an enormous brings a touch of laughter and parents of four adult children. 18h35 Alice in Wonderland talent for finding humour in the lightness to viewing which is top­ The scene is one many of us know - 18h59 The Beverley Hillbillies strangest situations, and during the heavy with dull, staid materiaL And illustrating all the little chores and 19h23 Riptide course of the thirteen episodes to be there's also the final of"Sissi", which preparations that are part and parcel 20h09 Wolwedans in Die Skemer screened on the local network, will has been entertaining enough, despite of a traditional Christmas. Also typical 20h35 Feature film "Journey'lb The have various guests in the studio. the dubbed voices. are the small frictions that pop up now Far Side Of The Sun" According to director Ollie Viljoen, It has been worth seeing for the and then - to be eradicated swiftly, 22h05 NuuslWeer News/weather the series will be "slightly naughty" breath-taking costumes, pomp and Loni Von Friedel as Lise in the pushed to the background to keep the 22h25 Miami Vice at times, and the occasional 'flukes' ceremony ofyesteryear's Austrian and Saturdayfeatureillm ''Journey'lb atmosphere cosy and friendly. 23h12 Spies En Plessie­ will be enjoyed by viewers. Hungarian royalty, iffor nothing else. The Far Side Of The Sun!' But; as anyone with a large family "Met Permissie" Nico Karstens and his band will pro­ Moving to Monday, I must mention Deeply interested inher drama, she knows, sooner or later these little ir­ 23h52 Epilogue vide the music, and during each the family series "Alf'. Initially this is determined to bring as much reali­ ritations, differences, call them what episode a specially invited musician comedy was regarded with more than ty as possible to her role, and is shock­ you will, do emerge, which is inevitable SUtiDfiY will also perform a number. a little doubt_ But in all honesty, it has ed to come across a girl of her own age when there is a gathering of family whg is actually involved in plying the members who are nevertheless still in­ 16hOO Repeat Programme Schedule world's oldest profession. dividuals in their own right. 16h02 Pitkos Determined to get this girl off the In the case ofthe Gardner family, the 16h20 Use or Abuse streets, Doris "adopts" her, and ar­ hidden tensions take shape in the 16h36 Blye Versekering- ranges an audition at the School of return of Jack, their 29-year-old son, "Smiley & Amanda Arts_Typically though, things go awry, who has been absent from home for two 16h58 My Wereld and Doris finds herself in a situation years, and whose main aim in return­ 17h43 Programrooster she's not sure how to handle. ing seems to be the need for 17h46 The Secret Place By chance I happened to catch last $55 000,00; and there is Lindley, 30 18h15 Die Blye Boodskap week's episode of "Falcon Crest", and years of age, happily married and preg­ 18h32 The 700 Club for the first time in weeks I felt in­ nant, whose Jewish husband wants 19h15 Highway to Heaven terested enough to sit down and watch. her to convert to his faith; and Anne, 20hOO Nuus/news review And now, with Jordan's father (what a 34, who is gamely trying to make her 20h20 Another Life creepy man), on the edge of a second marriage work. 21h02 "Sissi"(final) breakdown, at last there's something 22hOO Nuus/weer - news/weather to hold the attention a bit more than 22h20 Sondagoordenking . __ illegitimate babies, Melissa's an),9.urs, Lance's ego, Cole's stupidity,t, and Chase's righteous holier-than­ MOtiDRY thou attitude towards Angela. In the next episode at any rate, Chase 18h27 Prog. Schedule at last decides to make a pact with 18h30 Hand In Hand Richard in fighting Angela, thereby 18h35 Sangf'ees '87 (Part III) succumbing to the overall pall of 18h54 Land & Sand treachery that hangs over Falcon 19h24 Filler Material Crest. 19h35 Alf Anyway, I have to admit that my 20hOO Suidwes-Nuus favourite character in this series is 20h15 St Elsewhere that Angela, surely the ultimate 21hOO The Fifth MiSSile (final) matriarch! 21h48 NewslWeather NuuslWeer Somehow, even though one 22h08 Spoors of Steel recognises her supreme selfishness 221133 Dagsluiting and greed, her total disregard for others' feelings (or possessions), or Ian Hendry also stars in ''Journey TUESDfiY rights for that matter, there is still To The Far Side Of The Sun!' something that makes one like her. 18h27 Programrooster -- Possibly it could be her awesome abili­ Anyway, whether one recognises cer­ 18h30 Kompas THE RICHMOND FAMILY in happier days - before John Rich- ty to fight back, or the fact that she ob­ tain aspects offamily life in this series 18h35 Wielie Walie mondis fired from hisjob and the family face financial chaos. "The viously doesn't count the words or not, it looks as though it's a story one Day Dad Got Fired" is the final story in the "Young People's 18h50 Educational Shorts "failure" or "surrender" in her can become totally involved in. 19h08 Filler Material Special" televised on Thursdays. vocabulary. The German series just after this is 19h14 Fame "Young People'S Specials" comes to The first episode kicks off with to be said that the series has turned in­ also good. In the next episode young 20hOO South West News an end on Thursday_For the final pro­ former minister Hendrik Schoeman, to one of those that cannot be missed. Witwe starts his photography, and 20h15 Falcon Crest gramme in this series, the story titled Carike Keuzenkamp and a certain Mr When it's time for this programme becomes acquainted with an editor in 21h02 Night Court "The Day Dad Got Fired," is featured_ Jan Nel, who won last year's Radio I drop whatever I'm doing to watch_ Berlin. This results in photographs of 21h26 NuuslWeer NewslWeather 2000 "Storyteller Of The Year" The humour which devolves from nor­ This is a relevant (and very real), Pommern being published in the 21h46 Sport competition_ mal, everyday family problems is so aspect today, where thousands and newspaper "Berliner lllustrierten", an 22h16 Epilogue Ofcourse, one particular aspect jars typical-although real families don't thousands of people are unemployed, event which has far-reaching conse­ here - the fact that the programme is have a greedy, outspoken little alien to or have been laid off_ quences, incl uding the return of Vera being screened so late. contend with - that one cannot help For those who were lucky enough to to Berlin, where, under her maiden WEDtlESDfiY _ Prime viewing time is the right spot but enjoy it. have had any employment at all, being name, she also starts work as a for this, not just before midnight! "St Elsewhere" has proved to be just laid off is a traumatic experience, not photographer. 18h27 Prog. Schedule as entertaining as ever, and with Dr 18h30 Hand In Hand White returning to St Eligius, still 18h35 Butterfly Island under the cloud of suspicion linking 18h59 Filler material him to various incidents of rape, things 19h05 Gillette World Sport Special are going to get exciting: In next week's 20hOO Suidwes Nuus . episode the nurses' strike continues, 20h15 Gunsmoke and Dr Cavanero is attacked by a man 21h03 Ballade vir 'n Enkeling wearing a ski-mask_ 21h51 NuuslWeer NewslWeather 22hll Pitkos The final f:pisode of "The Fifth Missile" is also coming up on Monday. Last week we saw how Captain Harris, THUitSDfiY completely out of his mind, gave in­ structions for the submarine's 18h27 Programrooster torpedoes to be fired. Washington has 18h30 Kompas given the urgent instruction to Harris 18h35 Get Along Gang to abort Operation Fire, but, suffering 18h47 Our Earth - It's Structure from a psychosis brought on by toxic 19hOl Young People's Specials (final) paint used within the confines of the 19h19 Filler Material sub, he believes this to be a trick by the 19h36 The Cosby Show Russians, imd promptly starts the 20hOO South West News missile countdown_ 20h15 A Year In The Life Part II Step by step suspense has been buil t 21h03 Jauche und Levkojen up to a crashing climax in this last RICHARD KILEY portrays Joe Gardner (centre), in the new six­ 21h29 Nuus/weer - NewslWeather Roy Thinnes in "Journey To The part. Certainly good viewing. The part series "A Year In The Life." Pictured with him is his family in 21h49 Kwaliteit 'n Vonk vir Prestasie Far Side Of The Sun!' mini-series starting the following the series. 22h09 Epilogue 20 Frid~y November 20 1987 THE NAMIBIAN

THE SOTHO~TSWANA PART VI As at all times of trouble or privation, a flock of social vultures '- profiteers, food horders and black marketeers, appeared among the Sotho. One of these ingenious, if distasteful gentlemen, went by the name of Raboshabane, and there is a proverb about him which the Sotho still quote: "The rock of Raboshabane is slippery." This is the story behind it in the final chapter on the Sotho­ Tswana.

THE ROCK OF RABOSHABANE son, whose wounded leg had rotted away, right up to his thigh, and emit­ Up in the shadows of the Maluti ted an evil stench, where the great mass of Mount Popa Malaboch still refused to surrender, rears its flat-topped summit to the sky, although few remained in his there springs a small stream which is stronghold save wounded men, dying known as Koro-Koro, from the sound of of gangrene, and silent, rotting its busy gurgling as it tumbles down corpses. into a rugged valley. - Missionaries were sent in to per­ In this valley stands a mighty rock, s'uade him to surrender, but both the 183 metres high. Completely chief and the commando leader, unscalable on three ofits sides, it is on­ General Joubert, seemed stubbornly ly climbable with difficulty on its set on carrying the business through fourth, northern side. to its grim end. ' On top ofthis rocky monster, and in­ At last on 31 July, 1894, Malaboch dividual named Raboshabane walked out of his fetid stronghold, car­ established himself and industrious­ , rying a white flag, followed by 19 ofhis ly erected a collection of huts. people, including 12 women, He then announced to the hard­ A diligent search of the stronghold pressed peasantry all around, that for revealed a small cluster of huts con­ a very moderate commission, he would cealed among the mass of boulders. undertake to store their harvests in The cave wasa fissure in the rock, pro­ safety on the rock .. tected by high, stone walls. He guaranteed their welfare by pro­ The only loot was,a few, spears and misingto dole out rations whenever re­ guns, some drums, and a carved quested to do so, wooden crocodile. Corpses lay scat­ From far and near came the people, tered in every direction. carrying ' their products - mostly The women and children who had meagre crop!;! furtively grown in hid­ surrendered served light sentences as den cornets ofthe land, ana reaped by workers on nearby, farms, and moonilght to prevertt marauders from Malaboch himselfwas imprisoned for discovering their paltry treasure. a short while and then released. Rabosha.bane on his rock waxed fat , In the bush, the great rock )Vas left and prosperous -:- eight l,arg huts oc­ in-brooding solitude, a ~onument to cupied the summit and each was , the stupidity of mankind.. " . crammed to capacity with food. Even grossly sleeping. Southern Africa. stronghold. It is aaid that on certain nights of the then however, he did hot rest content. - Motleyoa hammered on the door of' The start ofthe trouble, wa~a univer- Mafaboch had his ,strongholp in a year, the' voice of Malaboch can. be ', "Food", annoUIiced the"corpulent the hU,t fron}which came loud snores. . s(il and_age-oidactivity - taievasion. cave beneath some eroded fingers o( heard calling in anguish froQI the cave. 'racketeertotheserawny·peasaJ).try, "is "Who's there?" responaed a started In 1894, on the western side of the rock on the summit of the mountain. 'Speaking with great digllity in very scarce this year. • Therefore it voice intones so lush and buttery that great natural stronghold of the On 30 June, Malaboch and his Sotho, the voice rings out like a bell becomesvery.expel!Bivetorecl~im, My , • the captain could scarcely " r~ply Blouberg, the "hief Malaboch lived followers were forced to retreat into the "You haue taken from me niy women prices have all gon~ up!" < ,. 0 • q , through licking his I,ips. . with his small Hananwa tribe. cave under shellfire from the comman- and chil,dren, my cattle and corn. My - In this way he put pressure on the "I h-ave come for food:' Motleyoa Malaboch was an accomplished tax do on the summit.' • , uillages you haue burnt. Now you will sim~17 'tru,sting~~sa~ts,~nd}h~ ';:' replied. ~~fi.. ,.,,·tP,~ . g~ Ilv,~der ,-t;h.eI!}s.tAm~~ehadpai~~is Aiidthen,thewaTwnich was notin-" " not euen let ~e , haue .a dr.ink of water. had to pay aearlY;'Ylelding-whatfew ~ Raboshabane emerged from hlS hut, . tax was aunngtlieBntlsh auu.,xa •• on iiialiy bloody chluigeif ".,. ,. Wait until torrwrrow and you shall haue valuables remained to them: • drowsily rubbing his eyes. Motleyoa ex- ofthe Transvaal and even then he had' Skirmishes continued. A number of me; what do you seek in fighting However, Raboshaha'ne's very suc- amined his enthusiastically, and to be kept in handcuffs for five !lays Europeans in the Commando were­ tonight?" .cess was to prove his downfall, for while grUnted approvingly. ' , . before he would part with as much as killed and several ofMalaboch's war­ , And then a long, drawn-out moan success goes to the heads of most, with "Food:' mumbled on Raboshabane, a sixpence! ' • ' . riors. By this time, the entire affair had , issues from ~he cave, as though a plea him it nin to fat! . "especially corn, is very expensive as On 23 April 1894, Commander become farcical, with almost 2 000 for mercy is being whispered from a And one of the deprived farmers, it is a season of great scarcity:' Vorster . and a few volunteers from men deployed to drive a handful of hundred parched throats, and gradual­ shrewder than his fellows, conceived a "But ' I have· not come for corn:' Pietersburg )VeFe despatched to the rebellious tribesmen from their refuge. ly dies away among the dry grass and cunning vengeance... replied Motleyoa. Blouberg with an order for Malaboch The situation of the Hananwa heedless boulders .. , Living not far away was a cannibal "What do you want then?" inquired - he was to pay up within three days, became more and more desperate, ow­ band that consisted of 27 ruffians Raboshabane. . or force would be used against him. ing to their lack of water. , underlheleadershipofacaptainnam- "You!" said Motleyoa, dexterously The chiefkeptthe men waiting four Eventually, the chiefs brother edMotleyoa (the cave where the gang clubbi'ng him. days, while some of his followers stole emerged, bearing a flag of truce, and Myths and Legends of had its hideout still bears his name). Thday, on the weathered floors ofthe halfthe party's horses. asked the commander to allow non­ Southern Africa One day, to this cave, came the braVe storerooms on Raboshabane's rock, a He then sent a message, saying that combatants to surrender., by Penny Miller peasant, relying on his scrawniness to few potsherds remain as reminders oi he had neither the means nor the This request was granted and 300 printed by save him from the cannibals' cooking these gruesome events, and the cold desire to pay the taxes demanded. women and children and 40 men TV Bulpin pots. breeze around the rocky crevices seems Th emphasise this message, he sent trooped out of the cave. They were all Publications That night; the peasant whiled away to whisper "Honesty is the bestpolicyf" an armoured party to lurk in the bush in poor condition - starved, feeble and (Pty)Ud. the hours recounting to them the news ' around the men. half dead ofthirst. One old woman was of the outside world. THE TRAGEDY OF MALABOCH The tribesmen blew war'horns and bent under the burden of her warrior He cunningly included a detailed In the north-western Transvaal, not fired guns and Vorster, convinced that descr ',ption of Raboshabane and his far from the banks ofthe Limpopo, the an attack was imminent withdrew whereabouts, massofBIoubergtowers2042metres w,ith his men, This was so glowing, that the mouths into the sky,looming up from the sur-' ofthe cannibals watered as they mut- rounding flat bush country like the Returning to Wonderboom Poort, he tered his name and address to one Rock of Gibraltar. commandeered about 800 men and another. Beneath the brooding shadow ofthis 120 wagons and eventually, on 27 May A few nights later, up the great rock pile of rock, called Monna a Senna 1894, returned to the Blouberg. crept 28 shadowy figures, each carry- Morini (the man with no hair), by the There, they were reinforced by par­ ing a club, a cooking pot and a tinder. Sotho, was enacted one of the most ties from northern Transvaal, and On the summit, Raboshabane lay tragicmilitaryfiascos in the history of prepared to lay siege to Malaboch's

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A STRING of huge scores both for his club and country has shot Jeff Luck (above) to the top of the batting averages in AFRICAN STARS provided the the top of the log but nearest will win on goal average. BA have a Namibia. . surpriseoftheseasonlaBtweekend challengers Chief Santos were doing average ofplus 22 while Santos are on The Ramblers number four batsman's sequence of scores in the.8FW Premier -when-·they ran amok against Life . their'cauBe the world of good aft,erpick. plus 9. League of 100, E6, 55 and ·57 has taken his c1uo to ~e 'top:~of the standings ,Fighters jna:NNSL Super League . ingup three points from a two.;all draw The Tsurteb ,tea~ therefor will have ahead of arch rivals Wanderers who are se!=~n~ with It game in. i1a;nd. , ,-match. ...< ",;' .:~ , against Orlando Pirates and,a ~ . 0" to beaFJmue\}'at~rf;1 ,in theregionofl,6 " .. Luck hit the first cehtilry of the- season againSt.Wartcreret s ift the 'opening, ,:rheir7 -I vt4fPfy't'90kth.ekgoaltal. '::<~' defeat of11g~~J! :"~" 7!;"'f(:~ .~~"'" :Y, ..~. ,0iff~eX~I! ,t?,p W. ¥qJil.gQ~I,,~".~rag~\ :(,; match of the season and ,has iftaintained hi~ prolifit scot?~,Jn' subsequent ly forthe se8:.so'}PIi !itt~!l ·40~~.~~~~t .~ . ;,tBptl'i ~ea,jns riow. have ~ 31 points but The fuh .N;N~L ~UP~f Irea~e re ili!,It~)o I f matches-against Talpark,' DefElnce"and Police. ." f:i',"" wasnoenoughtota'keStarswlthm" " BA have',two mat'cb.estleft,to play, from · ·- la.s~ we'ekend: were; ~ In Namibia)s opentng match of th~ SFW C(nintry I!istricts ~Qmpe,tUi..9J1 in, . "striking distance of the log leaders. . against" mu~ · Waters ;r;d Sorrento AfriCan' Stars 7"· Life Fighters" l " l Van der BijlrPark agaiiist'Squtherri Transvaal: it' was llgafn 1':.uckwho with -.. '. Stars faltered the next daywlien Bucs while Chief Santos have a ' Afric~" $.tars I ii , Chelsea,l, Blac~ ; , a knock of 65 in the ·f'ih>tinningS helped the team to a seven wicket victory the~ were held to a on«(:all j 4,r~~I " '. solitary match left,. aga.i,I.1s~•.. !3~y.e ';'1 Afri,l;~~ . Be~c1l2, A'0u.ng Op.es.1 . ': and a 29 point haut ." : f " .'. . . .' ," " agal.!!~t 9he ~s~,a. ", , ~ •. ' .-. Wa~rs. ." '. . ,:' , .' r. , . .(1 p.,' C~elsea , q"q~ief Santos.2 - qrlanpo,,'l In the second innlngsLuck scored 14',not o)lt torbring liis t~lly in ;' epre~en. MeaI?-~h!lethe4e-atatth~ ~p~f~he ', Altl).~ugh, ~nJikElry, B~ . ci>;!;lJd lose'. Pirates 2! <::hlefSan~os r.2 . ; :rIgel's 0; tative matchest<,,456·aiid"an avel'a:ge of 57. "~ . .. _, c:- .~ . :' .' ."" >., league warmed up somewhat WIth their lasftwo matches to allow Chief Blue Watets2· Hungry LIOns 0, Young. Luck has· also -proved himself-something of an allrovmi'er with 17 'rickets Black Africa uneXi>eciedly being held ' Santos to sneak in and win the title. Ones 1 .;',; Other players who brought th,e4' Eilnd in the opener. against Southern , THE execu:tive'QfthEi NNSL have anno'unced cliarlges to'thEl progi-li~e Lion~, with only one v~ct()ty , an,q I~ . Transvaal were skipper Le,pni.e LPuw who scored 38 in ,the- first innings 'and forquarter4'inalmatchesinthis~eekend'sMetropolitariLifeSuperChllmp ' draws . this season, are doomed . ~o had a match bowling imruysis of 8/96 and opening bowler Ben Forrer,who claim- competition. " , '.. " '. . " relegaHon:alqng w ~thSorrentg B],lcS . 'j '. ed six scalps f~r ,69.runs. in. the. m?-tch, ' , . ,_ '. " "" Matches on Sunday will be: winner Cuca TopslLife Fighters vs Robber who will need a miracle ill they are to This weekend most,of the siae whjch will play OFS next weekena will be ChantiesiExpiorer 'EleVen (Katutura - llh30), winner BenficaJHungry escape reJegl/-tion., having 'only ,col- in action at the Wanderers field where the hosts play Ramblers in a top of Lions vs Chief Santos/Blue Waters (Katutura - 13h30), winner African lected 18 points from ~ ~tches.:- the table clash. . \' r , :"'." StarslYoung Ones vs Eleven Arrows/Chelsea (Katutura -15hOO) and win- Blue Waters, although third from The team for the OFS clash will be chosen from the following players: Len­ ner Black Africa/Sorrento Bucs vs Orlando PirateslTigers. bottom, have six matches to play and nie Louw (captain), Anthony Hardwick, Bobby Craddock, Rob Jones, Andy Another change comes in the first round tomorrow in Group A where , can vastly impro,Ye of their . ~tanding I Fallis, Jeff-Luck, CharI van Rooyen, Martin Martins, Gavin Mmgatroyd" . Cuca Tops will,play Life Fighters instead of Explorer Eleven who come with a few wins in their last matches. , Trevor Britten, Chris Myburgh, Ben Forrer, Allister Jantzen, Deon Karg and up against Robber Chanties. The Cu<;a Tops match takes plac~ at the SKW N 0 l~agu~ ~tch~~ ,':v.ill b~ i)I.%,E!d.~ ~J Attie Badeni1 or~t . ' " field at 17h30while Robber Chanties and E:~~~orer wpI play at same fie,~d this w,eEik!Jnd,9:t:.Jil,eJ!:t with the ho.l.dhlg"t;' at 19hOO. of tlJce, lu<;+&th;e Metropolitan, , ~ ~fe ; Superchamp competition i.n Windhoek . CLASSIFIED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~~!!!!II

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22 Friday November 20 1987 THE NAMIBIAN DIVERS WIN TWO SILVER MEDALS IN EAST LONDON ON SATURDAY, November 14, the 39-member South West Africa against the might and numbers ofthe swimming team competed in East London in the South Africa larger teams. Primary Schools Inter-provincial Swimming and Diving Cham­ Andrew Peddar very narrowly miss­ pionships. The team performed excellently, bringing home four_ ed a third place in the Under-S backstroke and Lee Krynauw, George medals, three records and a 9th overall finish among 12 teams. Peters, Tillmann Sonntag, Candice The SWA team comprised swimmers for her butterfly effort. Araujo, Elize Piek, Hildegard Fourie from Katima Mulilo, Oranjemund, The previous record which Monica and Annette Neumeister, all clipped Swakopmund, Rundu, Tsumeb and set three weeks ago at the SWA Schools more than a second off their perfor­ Windhoek, and pitted their combined Gala, had stood unconquoredfor seven­ mances at the SWA Schools Gala. strength against 11 other provincial teen years under the name ofJennifer Since there were 12 teams com­ teams. Lewarne. peting in East London, each event had In an overcast, muggy East London, Monica improved on her previous ef­ to be split up into two heats, with SWA the diving team of four was on the fort by over half a second to set a new always occupying the slower ofthe two. springboards by 06h30, and by the time of 32,99 seconds for the 50m This made it very difficult, since the time they had completed their routines distance. Southwesters would frequently win at 12hOO, they were two silver medals Not content with that, she went on their heat by metres, and then have to richer, won by Tilmann Sonntag and to break the 50m free-style record by wait for the swimmers in the second Hanjo Schlabitz in their respective age a quarter of a second with 30,64. heat to finish before knowing where groups. With Juanita Delaney, Stephanie they stood. The combined points of the four Henning and Andrea Austaller, the divers gave SWA a fourth place tie with third record was set in the medley The Transvaal ended in first place Natal. relay, with a new time of2:33:23. with 714-and-a-halfpoints,just edging First place honours in the diving Juanita added her own touch pfclass outfavouritesNatal, who amassed 703 event went to hosts Border. by palming her own bronze medal in points. Next year's South African Amidst the wealth of swimming the 50m backstroke, narrowly missing Primary Schools Gala will be in talent SWA had to offer, one name breaking her own record. Boksburg. emerged as the day's star - Monica - An earlier shoulder injury bothered The next event on theSWA Calender Dahl, who returned home to Win­ her enough to take that extra edge off. is a sprint gala scheduled for 14hOO at dhoek with two new individual SWA All the swimmers in the team the Municipal pool tomorrow (Satur­ school records and one SWA schools maJ1aged to perform with brilliant day). The public has been invited to relay record, as well as a bronze medal competitiveness, but could do nothing attend. BOPHUTHATSWANA BOMBSHELL DROPPED BY NNSL --THE NAMffiIA National Soccer League (NNSL) dropped a has not been particularly impartial bombshell earlier this week when it announced that an NNSL through the season as the selection of XI would participate against Bophuthatswana in an exhibition their team for the ill-fated match during that homeland's 10th anniversary celebrations Bophuthatswana match indicates. The two teams with the most players in Mmabatho on ,December 4. in the squad both have strong Earlier this year the NNSL came Several soccer officials from various representation on the NNSL executive YOUNG MONICA Dahl Oeft) and Juanita Delaney are continuing to under fire for not accepting an invita­ clubs this week expressed their in­ while the only player outside Win­ make swimming headlines with their achievements in the Girls Under tion to play in the Inter-State Games dignation at the proposed tour and dhoek considered good enough for the 14 age-group. in that same quasi-independent quietly voiced the hope that certain team is Levi Festus of Explorer Eleven. The two, who are good friends and seem to spur each other on to new homeland against other apartheid clubs would not release their players This desite non-Windhoek teams oc­ records every time they participate, last weekend made their presence countries like Venda, Ciskei and to enhance the apartheid regime in cupying four of the top spots in the felt at the SA Primary Schools Championships with Dahl establishing Transkei. Pretoria. NNSL Super League. two new Namibian Schools records and on relay record in which she That decision was hailed by those Six ofthe players in the squad offour­ combined with Delaney, Stephanie Henning and Andrea Austaller in 0 with Namibian soccer at heart as such teen, including the captain and the the medley-relay. The team chosen is: Gruzi Goseb The two girls have been competing together for the past five years contact could only have grave repercus­ main strike-force in midfield and in at­ (Sorrento Bucs), Asaria Kauami sions for Namibia's possible accep­ tack, come from Tigers and Black (African Stars), George Gariseb (Stars) and have left an awesome among of records in their wake. tance with the Africa Federation but Africa and with both these clubs Mentos Hipondoka (Tigers -captain), Monica holds six records iil three different age-groups while Juanita the announcement of the proposed strongly condemning contact with the Bigman Schultz (Black Africa), Dave holds two age-group recQrds and all Winter swimming records in the age-group for girls under 10. match this weekend has made a 'SA homelands the possibility exists Fransman (Young Ones), Capes Nel Monica's list of age-group records are; Under 8 - 50m Freestyle (38,28), mockery of all that. o that their players will not be released (Young Ones), Bertus Damon (African Under 10 - 100 freestyle (1:14,07), 100m backstroke (1:29,05), 50m butterfly With Namibian soccer hardly hav­ for the match, Stars), Levi Festus (Explorer Eleven), (36,85), 200m Individual Medley (3:10,33) and in the age-group 11/12 years ing a taste of competitive matches Whatever happens, the decision to Bernhard de Cotle Black Africa), against composite South African send a team again throws the spotlight Dawid Snewe(BA), Foresta Nicodemus - 50m Breaststroke (41,96). teams this season, a tour to Cape 'Ibwn on the executive of the NNSL. (Tigers), Alfred'fjazuko(African Stars) Juanita presently holds the Under 8 - 50m backstroke record (43,00) at the end of the season was provi­ Although the controlling body has had and Lucky Richter (Black Africa). and the 11/12 years - 50m backstroke record (36,75) as well. as the 50m Freestyle, 50m backstroke, 50m breaststroke and 50m butterfly records sionally arranged but has now inex­ its hands full with disciplinary mat- 0 The team coach and manager for the in the under 10 age group. plicably been dropped in favour ofthe ters and the burdens of an increased tour have not yet been announced. Bophuthatswana trip. league season and nw tournaments, it The most active part of the season is about to start for the two swim­ mers and over the next two months several more records are likelv to New road race to be held tumble if the two continue to show steady improvement. - The swimming programme from now until early January is; 20 - 22 November: Waterpolo clinic (Windhoek). in Katima on November -28 21 November: 50m Sprints Gala (Windhoek 2pm). A NEW ROAD RACE - the Caprivi Half Marathon, will be held those going there will come back:' 4 - 6 December: Swimming officials course (Windhoek). at KatimaMulilo in two week's time on November 28, in which top Mr Ashley said special hand-carved 5 December: National Age-group Gala (Windhoek). invited athletes, local runners and those from the South West wooden elephant trophies would be 12 -15 December: Kramer League Waterpolo Tournament (Boksburg). African Territoriai Force will take part. awarded to the different winners and 2 January: National Age-group gala (Swakopmund). all runners would receive a medal, a 9 January: Long Distance Gala (Windhoek). The race has been sponsored by tracksuit badge and a commemorative 18 - 23 January: SWA Open Championships (Windhoek). Elliott International, whose Chair­ T-shirt. man, Mr 'Ibm Ansley, said on Wednes­ "Under the enormous political and day they had offered a R10 000 incen­ economic pressure faced by all, I tive for the winner ifhe breaks the all­ believe we have to work hard towards Africa record of60 minutes 11 seconds, uplifting the morale of all, irrespective set by Springbok Matthews Temane in of race, colour or political beliefs. July in East London. "Ilook forward to when we canspon­ Temane is among the several top sor this event in different dr­ stars who will be competing, and cumstances;!.n!i in a spirit of peace and " others include Matthews security -within' the borders of' our' . ) Mothswarateu, Stephens Morake, vVonqerflli.col;lntry. .:' , .. 0 Comrades Marathon hero Bruce For­ "Comrilerceandindustrymustplay . d.yce, Colleen Lindeque, Ronel an important role, and we need to show SCheepers, Richard Mkwanazi, Simon that the bu.siness sectprreally ~s f~ ' habalala, JerminaSesoei and Hosea :thefe'JIjIj,gsof all', iJ.nd tqefiitureof,the .: leo country." o i~ e race, organised by Fred Opper­ man of the Randfontein Marathon Club and the South Mrican Defence F6rce Road Running Association, has b4en approved by the South African Ainateur Athletics Union (SAAAU). It coincides with the 10th anniver­ s1Jry of701 Battalion and will start at 0WhOO jn expected humid weather, fommandant Johan l3otha, Chair­ ~n of the SADF Road Running \ A$sociation, said the area was quite s&e. "In fact;' he said, "it will be as safe ~ Juanita Delaney finishing her favourite swimming event. the 100m backst(oke. ,0 ,_ a& Joha.llJle!lburg. and I pmmise .all .', Hosea Tjale J :so :::0 -

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Santos/BA eye Super League THE LATEST POSITIONS in theNNSL Super League are as follows under headings "matches played:' "won:' "drawn:' "lost:' "goals for:' "goals against:' and "points;' Black Africa 24 12 7 5 61 39 31 Chief Santos 24 11 9 5 32 23 31 Chelsea 26 12 7 7 45 34 30 . FORESTA Nicodemus of Tigers FC in full flight. This prolific goal-scorer has been chosen to lead the Namibian Eleven Arrows 24 9 10 5 39 31 28 attack in the forthcoming friendly against Bophuthatswana in early December. Benfica 26 10 7 9 45 37 27 African Stars 24 10 6 8 40 32 26 Tigers 24 8 10 6 37 29 26 Explorer Eleven 24 11 4 9 50 57 26 . Young Ones 24 8 9 7 41 38 25 Life fighterS 26 8 9 9 40 46 25 Orlando Pirates 26 9 6 11 40 42 24 Blue Waters 20 7 6 7 32 30 20 Sorrento Bucs 24 6 5 13 32 38 18 Hungry Lions 26 1 4 21 28 80 6

THE STAGE IS SET forihe biggest finale to a Namibian soccer season with the kick-off of the Metropolitan Life Superchamp soccer tournament in Windhoek this weekend. The huge R9 000 at stake for the eventual winner will serve to make the competition the. most keenly contested of the year and will provide a fitting climax to what has been an absorbing and exhausting ~eason.

The are no favourites when it comes for determining the relative strengths, Whatever the outcome of the tourna­ to knock-out footbaU but recent form are separated by only seven points and ment, the soccer on view will no doubt suggests that the winner will be one of even next seasoJs Super League produce quality football and will once ·four teams. qualifiers could upset SQme of the more again adequately enhance Namibia's No-one will begrudge Black Africa established clubs. most popular sport. their top-billing for the tournament. Robber Chanties ofKhorixas reach­ Apart from the R9 000 first prize, the Their emphatic JPS and Mainstay ed the semi-finals of the Mainstay in runners-up will be well rewarded with triumphs as well as their now almost grand style could rock some boats in a cheque of R4 000 while the two certain Super League championship this tournament while Cuca '!bps of beaten semi-finalists will each receive title make sure of that. Rundu are ofan unknown quantity but Rl 000 for their trouble. But three teams have of late have their emphatic wins in qualifying mat-. (See the full page Metropolitan WITH the holiday ~ason around the corner, many sea lovers will be hop­ found the form so sadly lacking during ches for the Super League could rock Life advertisement for the full pro­ ing that the surf will be pumping down at the coast like this scene off Venita the season. some more boats in the Metropolitan. gramme of the tournament). Point. African Stars, for so long dominant but without a major success this term, sounded an ominous warning last -veekend when they handed Life Fighters their bigggest defeat of the season, a 7 - 1 drubbing in which several Stars players emerged on the scoring sheet. Stars were held to a one-all draw against 1986 League champions Chelsea the following day but their prolific scoring the previous day will not have been lost on Black Africa. With Stars andBA in different groups, they will only meet in the fmal should they emerge victorious in their groups. It will, however, not be plain sailing PLAYER OF T E GNT for the two Windhoek giants should teams from other centres overcome their dislike for playing away from SOCCER COMPET TION home. ChiefSantos, level with Black Africa Win 5 cases of Castle Lager! on points in the Super League and the only team with a realistic chance of pipping BA for the league title, have My choice OFTHE MONTH-is: been the revelation of the season and for PLAYER ifthey can reproduce their form oflast weekend which brought them a two-all draw agl!-inst Orlando Pirates and a two-nil defeatoITigers at the Katutura Stadium, they will be serious con­ tenders for the Metropolitan Life floating trophy and the R9000 cheque. Several other teams will be keen to EXCELLED IN (which match): give their disappointed fans something for the Christmas season ...... '...... The defending champions Young Ones will bring a festive atmosphere ...... a 'a ••• ~ •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• to Khomasdal should they retain the trophy.and btingsome sparkle to what has been a bad season for the Ones. THE WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED ON THE LAST The most intriguing first round FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH IN THE NAMIBIAN match this weekend is the Orlando Pirates versus Tigers Group A match. The winner between these two Win­ dhoekrivals will meet another oftheir NAME: ...... ; ...... traditional rivals Black Africa, in the ADDRESS: ...... second round, should BA emerge vic­ torious, as expected, from a relatively easy draw against Sorrento Bucs: Orlando and Tigers, for so many seasons considered among the top four --- SEND ENTRIES TO: clubs in Namibia, have a point or two SEVERAL factors combined last Saturday to give SWA rugby fullback An­ to prove and badly need to restore lost THE NAMIBIAN dre Stoop the Sporstman of the Year Award. Apart from his brilliant play pride and will therefor be among the for SWA which helped the team gain A section status in the Currie Cup com­ PO BOX 20783 serious contenders. . WINDHOEK petition, Stoop was also chosen to play for the SA Barbarians in their two Butnoteamcanberuledout. The top matches against the touring south Seas Barbarians team. 9000 eleven teams in the NNSL Super League, which is the best barometer