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* TODAY: HEALTH STRIKE IN ANGOLA * LEAGUE SPONSORSHIP TO ' BE ANNOUNCED * BABY SINVULA DOING WELL * Bringing Africa South Vol.3 No.473 N$1.50 (GST Inc.) Friday August 12 1994 DON'T MISS YOUR COPY OF THE WEEKENDER, 'Koevoets' take FREE IN THE NAMIBIAN TODAY. READ ABOUT AMERICAN CULT HERO, SHAWN PHILLlPS • IN NAMIBIA NEXT WEEK, Govt to court STAMPRIET ON THE BOIL, SEX & STRESS·AND MUCH MORE. THERE ARE ALSO 2 CASH PRIZES TO BE WON. Case in High Court today SO DON'T MISS OUT!! • TOM MINNEY FORMER MEMBERS of South Witbooi African-led troops in Namibia, dubbed the 'ex-Koevoets', are set on the to take three Government Minis ters and the Attorney-General to warpath court today. CHRISTOF MALETSKY This will test the legality of the Government's bid to keep them outside Namibia until all their papers GOVERNMENT are screened. plans to launch an A notice of motion is to be seen urgently in the investigation into the High Court in which 29 applicants are suing the poor working Ministers of Home Affairs, of Defence, of Justice conditions and wages and the Attorney-General. They want to be allowed of domestic and to return to immigration officers by noon tomorrow farm workers and to be given provisional permits to enter Na Minister of Labour mibia. and Humab1pevelop The notice of motion says the court must consider ment Resources, the sworn legal statements of the 29 which were Hendrik Witbooi,yester taken by a legal team from lawyer Hein van Wyk day confirmed that a recently. The court order adds that the first re Commission of In~ifty spondent should allow the applicants ctnd their could be establishetl spouses and children to come.in, unless it can show soon. ' J.;, they are prohibited immigrants under a 1993 law. Witbooi said he was '~. The court will also be asked that they should get in the process of making provisional entry papers. These will order that they recommendations to should come back to a ChiefImmigration Officer in President Sam Nujoma Keetmanshoop or Windhoek on September 9, the for the appointment of a date already set for a return court hearing in Commissiqn whose term Keetmanshoop, and they should bring their spouses of reference will include and any witnesses who can testify where they were an investigation into the cont. on page 2 cont. on page 2 Good harvest redicted - but livestock crisis looms • TOMMINNEY 1995, with big cuts on imports of 173 000 tons in 1992/93 and 124 100 tons in 1993/94. The prev ious A VERY GOOD harvest of 120 300 tons is year's harvests were only 30000 tons in 1991/92 expected this year, now that all maize, sor and 69 900 tons the next year. ghum and millet is in, and this is even more The bulletin says some people will not have than the record 114 800 tons estimated in enough food this year in parts of the North where May. But there is very little grazing left in there are problems, and in some livestock herding many parts and farm animals are in poor areas of the N0rth-West and the South. The Gov condition in north-western regions. ernment's Emergency Management Unit is assess ing how much food these vulnerable groups will The information is in the August Crop and Food need but there is a provisional estimate that 10000 Security Bulletin issued by the Namibia Early metric tons of food aid and concessional food Warning and Food Information System in the imports will be needed. Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Develop The recent cold weather had its coldest point ment. when -12 degrees centigrade was recorded at This says Namibia will only need to import 87 Banl{ with CSIB. 900 tons of cereals in the marketing year to April cont. on page 2 For more details see page 5 ~t l ;:'1 2 f;riday I August J ~2,; 1994.' : THE,NAMIBIANI ~ f Ex-Koevoets ffiqunt legal challenge costs. decide if they were really were not allowed to enter, ,if From page 1 The crisis over the ex- Namibians ornot. A letter although this directive born. Koevoets began early on apparently written in June may turn out to be illegal. The court is also asked Monday, August I, when byPresidentSam Nujoma Eight hours later, to order Minister of Rome a convoy of some 20 vehi- to senior DTA member prompted by DT A politi "., Affairs Rifikepunye cles appeared at Chief Kaima Riruako <;: ians, they drove into Na :1 Pohamba to transport the Ariamsvlei borderpoint. c1aimedGovemment"has mibia. They were stopped 'l applicants and their fami These were former SA done everything in its and charged on three ;l lies back from Ariamsvlej. police memoers who had power to facilitate the re counts in Keetmanshoop. ,. ., to Mariental where their They were stopped :H served in SA-led forces tumoftheformerKoevoet ' I J • cars and other possessions during the independence members to the country of again at Mariental and this .·1 I have been since last Thurs war. They had been hO.me- . their birth". time arrested by immigra <I day. Government is also lesssinceJuly31 and were After reaching tion officials and driven I ~ ·,h asked not to interfere with unhappy it was taking the Ariamsvlei on August I , back inside SA where they "' I . ~ their freedom of move Ministry of Rome Affairs they were shown a letter were dumped in the desert ment and to 'pay legal more than two months to by an official saying they more than a week ago. ~ f \ 'lr, :[ 8th NATIONAL STUDENTS \ 1 1 :f CONGRESS 'OF 'NANSO i .( VENUE: OKAHANDJA SECONDARY SCHOOL it DATES: 26 AU~USt 1994 to the 30 AUGUST 1994 \. R~gistration at 16hOO on 26/08/94 :\, PARTICIPANTS .1' eEight delegates wom each Secondary School Branch " eAII Regional Executive Committees eAU Notional'Leadership Structures [, e20 delegates from UNAM e15 delegates frc;>rp other Tertiary institution 'branches it eDelegates from ~tHer students unions outside the country NB.:~" the nqmes of offi~i91 del~gates Sho~ld ' be send to the Head Offices;before . :~ 20th August .1994. I '. I I~t . Associate members wishing to attend shoutd notify the Head Office in writing before the 20/08/94. All enquiries at Tel: 21309111 Gellah Makushe S.G. FORWARD TO THE IHISTORlC 10th ANNIVERSARY CONGRESS Probe for poorest workers at "a leading bank in Witbooi said. From page 1 Namibia" which he ac- He maintained that in :} present remuneration cused of not" following the absence of repre i CITY. OF . WINDHOEK levels of the two sectors. the concept of affirma- sentatives from other Re said statistics gath tiveaction" which Gov- groups, their interests ered by his Ministry ernment wanted to pro- could not be fully under TENDER DPP 7/9'4 proved that wages in mote in the pri vate ins ti - .stood nor addresed "even these sectors were, in tutions. in such macro-important many instances, "ex He said a balanced af- issues of availing eco tremely low and not con firmative action policy nomic opportunities, ft SALE OF RE~I . DENTIAL BLOCK ERF 2908, du.cive to a living stand- and strategy had a very nancial support or ca " . D~ J·AGER S'TREET, KLEIN WINDHOEK ard " important part to play in . reer opportunities" to all The Minister was ad the process of employ- Namibians. dressing ilPproximately ment creation and pov- This was despite the Tenders by developers are hereby invited for the purchase of. .150 delegates from vari erty alleviation. fact that the particular residential Block Erf 2908', De Jager Street, Klein Windhoek. ousMinistries, Regional. "Perusing the compo- bank accepted deposits Councils, international sition of the directors, from clients .of all organisations and Non managers and other ex- groups. He charged that Copies of the relevant tender documents and Deed of Sale are Governmental Organi ecutive officers ofa lead- it was in such sations at a National ing bank in N ami bia one "imbalanced structures" obtainable against payment of a non-refundable fee of N$5,00 per Workshop on Sustain is struck by the fact that that affirmative action copy from the Property Manager (Central Areas and Commonage), able Human Develop all persons occupying was needed by applying ment. these high positions are measures that could PO Box 59, Windhoek or personally at the Municipal Offices, Neser In another develop members of one cultural erase such "unacceptable Street, Windhoek. ment Witbooi lashed out and linguistic group," inequalities". Tenders in sealed envelopes marked . Crop .and food outlook . "SALE OF RESIDENTIAL BLOCK ERF 2908, From page 1 deteriorated seriously fol- . ' good condition. lowing the dry and cold _ In the' c.ommercial ar- ·KLEIN WINDHOEK - TENDER·DPP 7/94" Keetmanshoop. There was winter and the condition eas of. Gobabis, . snow at Aus and of animals in the .north-· Okahandja and must be addressed ' and delivered to the Town Clerk, P 0 ·Box 59·, Re I me ri n-g hau sen. western regions 'is poor; Otjiwarongo grazing is Windhoek or placed in the Tender Box, ~unjcipal Offices, Independ Rardap dam at Mariental though livestock else- fair to good but below av is now 27,5 per cent full, where are generally in fair erage but sparse in com- ence Avenue, Windhoek by not later than 12:00 on Friday, 30 much better than in the to good condition, the situ- munal areas. September 1994. previous two years, and ation is likely to worsen Pastures are very poor so far there has not been rapidly in the months in Ohangwena, Omusati, news of irrigation restric ahead as grazing becomes Oshana and Oshikoto but No tenders which had not been received by post by that time and date tions.