Africa South October 16
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Presid ent Mr Sam Nujoma sets rree two white doves at Saturday's Swnkopmund rally to stress the organisation's commitment to peace.
Nujoma says pensions are secure, and urges all white Namibians to stay in ttie country '------BYSTANLEyKATZAO------____--' SWAPO President Mr Sam Nujoma Fi nally dismissed persistent for all" an end IOcolonial ism, impe reconciliation was illustrated when the difference between a freedom allega tions that a Swapo government would claim the pension rialism anddegredation, Mr Nujoma he even welcomed OT A leader Mr fighter and a co1!aborator. money accrued by Namibian civil serva nts. said. Dirk Mudge, who was reporlCd as Mr Dirk Mudge. who used to be He requested the crowd to risc and saying in 198 I al a conference in the deputy in thc colonial admini· During his third 'Star Rally ' on ism" flnt, and later agaimt the South share a moment of silence in memo Geneva that Swapo would suffer a SU'ltion, was now "pretending to be Saturday, Mr Nujoml told the ap African-British collaborators with their ory of the heroes who sacrificed their military defeat. a freedom figh ter", he said. proximate 21 000 enthusiastic sup ideologies of apartheid and colonial lives during the national liberation The same people said Untag would Referring 10 propaganda that the porters II the Swakopmund spons ism. struggle. never arrive in Namibia, and that Swapo leaders previously in exile grounds "nobody has the righl. Many people had suffered in the Urging all Namibians to tAke pan Resoluti on435 wasouldated andnot would kick the civil servants out of whether a government or an individ cause of the struggle, Mr Nujoma in the process of reconciliation, Mr a holy cow. " But Swapo stood fmn an independent Namibia, Mr Nujoma ual, \0 take thaI money", continued, and if they had not been N ujoma said the CmU'al Comillee of and insisted that 435 was the only once again e;l{prtssed the policy of I The metting. which was regarded killed, they had starved "'f hunger, Swapo, during an c;l{U'aord inary resolution 10 bring genuine peace future Swapo goverment by saying by SWIPO Election Director Mr Hage while Namibia, wilh the largest fish meeting in February this year, adopIW and in dependence 10 this country." "we are 50 small that we will proba· Gcingob as a "resounding success" . deposits in the world, had produced a policy of nalional reconciliation. Mr Nujoma sU'essed. bly need technical assistance from took place without any incident of more than I 000 000 tonnes of fi sh " By adopting this, we tnean to Condcmning these collaborators, other countries. intimidation or violence being re during 1983/84. bring about peace, freedom and inde· who even refcrred to the SADF . " The teachers will maintain their ported. These were some of the reasons pendence to this country," he said. "the bruta l killer5 of our people" . jobs. Thcre will be upgraded schools At the start of his addres ~ . the why Swapo "fought to put once and Mr Nujoma's seriousness with as thcir army, Mr Nujoma explained for them ... lomect international stan Swapo President thanked the diplo· dards. The same will be the case with mlltie eOl'pS and the press for their the police and the civil servants." contribullon during the struggle for On thequcstionofland ~form, Mr independence. Children burn Swapo flags Nujoma said "it will be carried OUI The international community scicr.lificaUy". This would ensure "contributed collectively through the th ai those without land, even the FORMER KOtvod members, and now DTA supporltn al Omaalaia vlllagt In norlbtrn Namibia, have rtpor1t dly U ni ~d Nations, Organisation of "poor" whi les, would be given the rtt:rulltd childrt n 10 rtmovt Swapo nags from houKS and IrtU and 10 provokt Swapo Wpporltrs. African Unity" Ilnd other organisa' According 10 a reporl from Nampa, this was rt vtaled by 15·ytar·old Shavuka Nyau, who.sald ht was I!lvtn monty by opportunilY toown their motherl and. tions, while the press was mainly Nghlmbwasha Nakaplpl, ont of al lust tight DT A supp
EVERY STF. I'ofNo"cmber's e)«lion proces..'t will, in theory, be will be appointed as oontrollf... -n, eloc polling stations as widely known as and Untag, the AG and SI{ being the watched ovcr by Unlag monitors, who are charged wit h k~pi n g tonll officers and presiding officers, possible. final judges when no agreement is a constant check on stafT appointed by the South Afr ican while all polling and counting offi .. Presiding officers must have the reathed. ecrs will have to be of' 'proven inte administration to Tun the polling process. agrecment of their Untag counter • 8&1101 counting officers must girty, impaniality and good stand parts before stopping voting at any have the go ahead from Untag per From the polling Sial ion 10 the • During the d caiun pmccss, UOlag ing", These people can only be ap polling station because of an emer sonnel before rejecting any ballOl. or wunling of votes \0 the guarding of slaff are allowed LO be present at: the pointed once each person's panicu gency. Agrocmoll must also be sought deciding which party should beCfed ballot boxes, Un lag staff win moni offices of the chief el C:C lOrial officer lars have been submiued to Mr Ahti from Untag before presidingoffieers ited with an doubful vote. lor the work of their administration and controllers appointed by the lat saari. who has the right 10 refuse the c~ fon;e a person to leave a polling .. The electoral officer must have counterparts, the Adminislflllor ler; the offices of each district's eJee appoimment of any of these election statio n or prevent any person from Untag's agreement before the elec· General (AG ) and the UN Special IOral officer: all polling stations; all officers. voting. tion results at both district and na Representative (SR) have agreed. places where ballot bmes are kept: .. The AG shall keep the SR in .. Untag staff eanoversce th e proc tional level are announced. Even lhe ..... ork of the Chief Elec all places where ballot holies are formed about the nwnber and loca ess by which elcclion saff check .. Disputes between parties and the toral Officer. Mr Andries ViSSI.:r, ...·iII opened, tendered 0011015 checked, lions of poll ing stations. Decisions whether voters are entilled to vote. chief electoral officer about the liS! have 10 be oveneen by Unlag person ballolS counted and where theresults on the usc and location of mobile .. Presising officers musl consul! of candidates must be resolved by nel. arc decided: all places where regis polling stations will be taken jointly with Unlag before making a voter consulting with the AG and SR. Aflcr much negotiation. AG Mr tration cards arc checked : and "aU by the chief electoral offiCl.: r and his cast a "tendered ballot" (see EJec .. The AG must have agreement Louis Pi enaar and S R Mr Marui Olher places where any part of th e Unlag counterpart. lion LIIW), Untag having the power to from the SR on party candidates' Ahtisaari agreed on the following election process may be carried out". .. Every effort will be made by lhe require a vOle to be cast in this way. election to the Constituent Asscmbl y groundrulcs for Unlag's "supervi .. The AG must make sure only chief electoral "ffieer and his Untag .. The decision to accept or reject a and the disqualification of any candi sion and control" of the 435 elec govcmmc:nt ofTlCCI"S "of integrity who oountcrpart to make information ab:Jui lendued ballot must be taken jointly date from the pany lists. tions: are impartial and in good standing" the locations and opening hours of between !.he chief eJectoral orricer .. AU baUOI returns and informa tion aboul !.he election process must be made available by the chief elec toral officer to Untag !.hroughout the 'Not perfect but framework for fair ballot' poll and counting period. • And the random vote checking process must have Unlag's approval, while the AG must have the SR's go ahead before suspending this check ing procedure. • The SR can, at any time before ELECTIO and after the results are announced, ordcr the AG tocarry out a complete verification of the ballot which would involve the checking of every voter's registration card to see whether there is any fraud tak.ingplace. Thischeck ing process will be done by Ihe chief LAWU VEILED electoral officer and his staff undcr Umag's supervision. the ballot paper being seal ed in a ists would be in Namibia by Ihe end .. Whcn any ballot box or container double cnvelope and sent to Wind of the month to supervise the South STORIES BY DAVID LUSH is sealed, Untag can add its o wn seal hock for cheeking lind counting, a African administration's e\oction staff. which will later be checked by othcr systcm which Untag promises will Forevery five administration slaff THE LONG·A WAtTED Election Law governing November's poll Unlag staff before being opened. keep the vote a secret. at fixed polling stations, there will be to elect a const ituen t assem bl y has been an nou nced a nd, as expected, .. All used and unused ballots, all " We want everyone tl.l be assured four Untag specialists, while the has undergone major Changes to the draft Law published in JUly, registration carch, ballot boxes etc that the proclamation provides for Administnttion : Untag nuio for mobile will be guarded at all times by both The law now conformed with the Commission said the Adminis eompleteseerecyoflhe ballot. There stations will be 3:4. Swapol and Untag, except during "internationally acceptable election trator General and UN Special Rep will be no marked envelopes of any This tearn of 1700 was in addition poll ing hours when this job will be resentative should promptly lay down kind during the ballot," said Mr to Un tag police monitors who would standards" and wu in keeping with done by electora! officcrs and their the United Nation's seulement plan guidelines for the number and siting Omayad, adding th at the vote count asigncd 10 JX>lling swions 10 ov= be Untag counterparts. for Namibia, said Director of Un of polling stations. could completed within three days the keeping oflaw and order, said Mr be .. The AG will consult with the SR tag's Electoral Division, MrHisham "We seriously doubt that the re of thc polls dosing. Omayad. before anyone is charged with break. Omayad, after the new law was ported 350 polling stations will be The law gocs on 10 say that parties Apparentlyoneof the delays to the ing the election law. unveiled on Friday. adcquate ... We know that other de· plSSing of the Law was CI1ISCd will have to provide a list of at least Boction .. Investigations into complaints veloping OOUllIries have a m~h lUghe' by disagreement between Untag and 24 candidates for the 72 seal!. in the Initial reaction to !.he \aw has been made by individuals, panies or Un· positive, though concern has been ration of ballot boxes tu population the South African authorities over constittx:nt ISSt:mbly, and these names tag about circumstances which could expressed at the number and location than the AG has planned." th e procedure for helping illiterate must be in order of priority. influcnce the free and fair c1ection of polling stations - where voters will Huwevl:r, the Commission - which VQters to cast their vote. This list must be submitted to the process will be carried out at all east their ballot - to be set up through condemned the draft Election Law as It was finally agreed that those chief electoral officer no later man levels by both Administration and out the country, having faLlI fllws • praised Untag voters who cannot read can, if they IlhOO on October 24. Untag S1aff. Logistical details about polling and the Administrl tor General for want, have the ballot paper and vot The nwnber of seats to be. al lo • "lbe Adminislnltor Gcnera1 shill stations still have to be fmalised, but the "significant and healthy improve ing procedure explained to them by a cated toeach party will be.caleulaled render such reasonable assistance as as it stands at the moment there will ments" in the ammended law. South African election official in the by dividing the number of votes cast may be required by Untag personnel be a total of filled and mobile "The election law itself is not prescnce of an Untag monilor, with for the party by thc number of seats 357 in the performance of their lasks." stations throughout the country, be perfect but, if implemented carefully the laller using an interpreter if ncc (72). Any seats left over will be a\lo When the election is over and the tween 120 and 140 of which will be and with sound judgment, it docs essary. The voterwillthen gointothe Cllled to those parties which did not AG and SR have agreed on the result in the far north. provide the framework for fair eJec polling booth on theirown tocast the qualify for seats in the finlplace, the - ard had it checked ard double checked Legal observers poinled out that tions," said th e Commission. vote, party with the highest number of if necessary - all the ballot papers, this means that less than forty per TheCommission noted in particu Another major change from the votes being liven f IfSt priority and so registration cards etc. will be thrown cent of the polling stations will be lar the elimination of numbered bal draft law is that political party repre on Wltil all the seats have been allot onto what, according to Mr Visser, located in the part of the country lot envelopes and !.he time-consum sentatives will be allowed to observe ,"'. will be "!.he biggest bonfire that where almost per cent of the ing renllal counting procedure which illil proceedings at polling stations Finally, the UN Special Represen 60 Windhoek has ever seen" . population lives. was been proposed in the draft proc and at the vole COunl, although they tative has the power to bring the Thc vi siting US Commission on lamation. will not be in a position to intimidate election process to a halt if he is not lndcpcndeoo: for Namibia also pointed Under the new law, ballots will be voters or interfere with the count. sati sfied that it is free and fair. The Some important dates out that the lack of polling stations, put directly into sealed ballm boxes During the first two da.ys of poll election result has to be certified by in the elect ion process particularly in the far north, could and will be counted at 23 district ing, a random sample of votes cast at the SR and parties will not be al mean voting and ballot counting in centres, thus ensuring the vote is certain pollingstalions will be scnt to lowed to appeal against !.he result OCTOUER 16 - The IlISt day on the region would take days to com secret and that the time taken to Windhoek for checking to see if any once il lS declared. which Mny registued voler clln plcte, and " thus unduly delay the count the votcs was made considera pa1lerns of fraud or malpractice were The political parties now have less apply for M registration card announcemcnt of the final results" , bly shorte r. emerging. If Ihere appears 10 be any than a month to educate their earn repilicement, The Commission added that Katu The only exception to this will be sign tha: the e1ecll"l"0 moccss is not paign staff, and in tum their voters, HlI'a - where there were 42 000 regis whl:n there i~ an uncertainty about a free and fair, the U,"\ '>I-';Cilll Repre about the requirements of the law. OCTOUI-: R 24 - All plIrllesmust tered voters - wascurrcntly allocaled voter's identity ur registration card, sentative can order far every ballot s ubmit their c;,a ndidate lisb 10 only seven polling slations and thi~ or when someone wanL~ 10 vote out and registration card throughout the A more de/ailed summary of the chler elet.:10nd ofIker b)' II hOO, side the distriet they re)!i~le r ed III . could also lead to a huge backlog of country to be cheeked. tile Election lAW will appear people queueing to vote. In such c .ll se..~. voters Will votc by Mr Omayad said an international ,'iO • • :.\1llt: R 7·11 (Indush'e) On the Implementation of the law, "tcndcred hallnt" which willtnvolve team of 1700 Untag election speCIal· in tomorrow's paper, I Pulling dll)S; caM your \·ote. THE NAMIBIAN Monday October 16 1989 3 LEGWAILA, AG MAN DENY Pienaar. signs DANISH MP'S REPORT 80TH t he Deputy Special Representative, Mr Joseph Legwaila, and Mr Karl von HirschbergortheAdministrator-Ge neral'sorrice have denied that they ever suggested to a Danish parliamentaria n controversial law that the Nove mber elections mig ht be called orr, Danish parliamentarian Leif Her elections. but thlt would not be a THE proclamation th at will transfer the go,"'ernment service pension rund (rom state control into the man n:poned after a visit 10 the country postponemcnt by the United Nations hands of an independen t board or tr ustees, was signed in to law by the Administrator-General on that the two officills had "mentioned or anyone else," he said. Friday. the hypothetical possibility of call~ Mr lcgwaila stn:SSed thai the United ing off the elections" . Nations was opera ling on a mandate The new law will also allow civil the tnnsfcrof administrativc control for state employees 10 have the righl Mr Hennan stressed thlt they hid thltends in March next year ,and thai servants to conven their pensions from the state 10 private enterprise in to receive their pensions wherever done this with the "necessary reser the pra:css had 10 be completed within inlo retirement annuities plated with the form of insurance companies that they may live. vations". but that the mere fact that that period. a selected group of private insurance were eSllblished in Namibia. " In fact, such an arrangement has they had done so had made an im· Mr Legwaila said Mr Herman had companies . The tOlal valueofthe pension fund been regarded a pre-condition for pression on him. laken his words and twisted them, It has been promulgated in the face C\J1fef\uy s\OOd at approximately RI,I assistance from the International When approached for comment, and he repeated that the elections billion, o f which 70 per cent (or of strong protest from labour unions Monetary Fund." he said. Mr Legwlill said it was very incor would not be cancelled unless some and othu bodies who fear that it R770-million) had been invested in According to a survey among rect that he hid ever said thai there thing "cataclysmic happened". might result in large scalc capilal the RSA . This had been done in order members. less than per cent of 10 was a possibility of the elections Mr Von Hirschberg said he had outOow from the COWltry. to obtain the best possible invest mcmbers were considering taking being cancelled. merely tried 10 explain to Mr Her Much of the criticism was based ment return for the members of the advantage of the option to have their Hesaid he was one of those people man what the worst was that could on the belief that the measure was fund. but IS investment opportuni pensions paid in South Africa. who did not want I postponemenl for happen. But he had emphasised that ties in Namibia improved this would deliberately aimed at depriving the A large part of this 10 per cent even one day, and that there was no this w as only in theory and that no post-independence: government of a "naturally change". consisted of the higher-paid officials way in which he could ever have said one eJ[pected it to happen. Mr Pienaar said that pcopledid not with the longest service. v~uable stale IUset. anything like that. " As far as we are concerned the understand that the transfer of the Based on the survey, "only" ap TheAG, Mr Louis Pienaar, tried to • 'The only possibility of the elec elections will take place as sched defuse the fears of large capilal OU\ management of the fund from the proximately R245·millicn of the R77O tions being cancelled is ifNamibians uled. It is totally unthinkable that flows in an in\C:JView with the SW ABC government 10 an independent board million at present invested in South started fighting on the day of the they should be cancelled." he said. on Friday morning. had no relation to the inflow or out Africa would be convened inlo an· He said he did no! expec! more flow of funds. nuities payable in South Africa. than 10 per cen! of the civil service He again emphasised that mem TheAG attempts to shift the blame SMALL TURN-OUT AT corps to take up the option of having bers would be allowed to convert for the repatriation of funds by thcse their annuities paid out in South Africa, their accrued benefits to retirement public servants on the United Na· which would mean that only a rela annuities with selected insurance tions and the fact that Resolution435 RALLIES IN NORTH companies operating in Namibia. made no special provisions forthem. tively small amount of money could MANY or the political parties participating in the November leave the country. Also, they would have the furthcr "It stands 10 reason, therefore, Mr Pienaar said that in any event, option of indicating whether they that the choice they have 10 exercise elections ror a Constituent Assembly see m to be still struggling to research had shown that most offi preferred their annuities 10 be pay by September30, 1990, will be innu get their election campa igns into gear when the campaigns should c ials might not even take up the able in this country or South Africa. enced by the extent to which the be reaching their pea ks. annuity option. The f\md would there· Defending this provision, he said above o mission would have been This is the impression from sev eral former Koevoet and SWAlF DTA fore continue IS before. except for it was standard internltK>nal prlctice addressed." he said. weekend rallies held in the IIOnh whi eh supponers, and thal there was very w~ al l marked by poor attendance. little civilian imerest. The DTA did not The record for poor attendance must fare much bener. At boch Ombalantu LOCK THEM UP go to the Namibian National Demo and Ohangwena local businessmen cratic Pany ral ly held at Oshakati. closed their shops because they feared The pany could reponedly only OUtbreaks of violence. muster leu than 100 people forthe ral ly Even the cuea shOpl shut their doors. TOGETHER - EBEN VAN ZIJL which was addressed by the leader of and attendance al these :net.-l:;:gs was the pany, MrPaulllelmuth. reponedly also low. THE National Patriotic Front yesterday said it had und is puted by intimidation and violence. The NNDP was dosely followed by Many residents of Ihe Oshakati and evidence that roughly 9 000 members or the People's Liberation Although it was not possible for Swapo-D who according to SOIlfCCS Ondangul areas are s.aid to haveslIyed Army or Namibia had been deployed in the Oyamboland region_ political parties to control each and drew a meagre 400 supponers to their at home yesterday because Koevoct every one o f their mcmbers through rally It Ondangua. members had allegedly gone from Speaking at a press conference, Mr Van Zijl said that because of out the country. they at least had to The mCding was addressed by the hou$C to hou$C thrcllening thal 700 the vice-chainnan of the Front, Mr this the N PF suggested 10 Mr Martti "Y. president of the pany, Mr Andreas SWIPO supponers would be kil led on Eben van Zijl. said that according to Athisaari on Tuesday that all Plan The chamnan of the NPF, Mr Moses Shipanga. but unconfirmed repon! C>aober I S, but no incidents were re their information these Plan mem members be confined to base until Katjiuongua, added that if there was state that the crowd was boosted by poned. bers had nOI returned to civilian life. after the elections. intimidation on a large scale one had Mr Van Zijl said that the organiza To balance this in ensuring condi· 10 ask whether this was not a renec tional structures of Plan in Angola tions conducive to fru and fair elec tion o n how the leaders of some had simply been transponed to tions, they had alsosugge51ed that all parties viewed the question of in SA WILL HELP Namibia in the guise of rerurning Koevoct members be similarly con timidation. refugees and a retW1\ to civilian life. fined to base. He said one had to ask whether Pienaar assures Koevoet of his He said the mere presence in stra .. And if flC(:dSary, both units should these leaders did not in fact want to continued financial support, and says tegic centres of known trained fight be locked up in the same placesothat see themselves as "strong-ann" men. ers had an intimidatory effect on the they could have ample opportunities SA is ready to help save peace plan local population, even if these IrOOpS to work out the modalities of recon did not carry AK-47s and Tokarev c iliation between themselves ....·' he BY DA'OUD VRIES pistols. said. Mr Van Zijl said the NPF had a ~ PupilS~.? Today, "hard" intimidation was THE SOUTH West African Police had been singled out as the being complemented by "~ofl " in clean record when asked about the timidation, and one cou.": imagine involvement of politicil parties in "only sinners" in the drama or the independence process, the what the effca of these fighters would intimidation. and thlt it was not Administra tor-General, Mr Louis Pienaar, said on Friday at the be al polling stations. he said. necessary 10 have the eloctions marred back to official openin g or the new police college just outside Windhoe k at Luiperdsvallei, a ro rmer army base. Mr P.lenaar expressed his disap the police to fulfill their duties if the 0b Students say Koevoet school point/ne'nt in the United Nations political parties were to rcstrain their Sccrctary-GencraJ's criticism levelled members. V links with OTA now clear against the police and in particular " I have the assw-ance from South BY TYAPPA NAMUTEWA Koevocl. " I can only say that ow Africa that it would avail itself of its THE Na mi bia Na tional Students Orga nisation last T hursday took patience is sorely being tned, and it forces if a sirualion arise which can the DT A to task ror ra iling w restrain its allegedly predominantly PUPILS at schools in the ra r is only our sincere cOllunitmenl 10 thre aten the peace plan," Mr Pienaar rormer Koevoet activisl<\. the independence process which re said. north, who lert their hostels last slrains us from being provoked," he. 1be Administrator-General funher Nanso alleged that the DTA had properly disbanded which meant that week arter attacks by DT A asserted. assured the demobilised members o f instead been encouraging and insti there had to be a proper account and vigilantes, returned to school He said the complaints brought Kocvoct that he would assist them gating barbaric acts, such as the vio verification of their weapons and a yesterday to continue writing against the police were found " un financi ally and otherwise as long as lence afler the Swapo Star Rally in proper head count 10 detennine their their examin ations. substantiated", except for some fo ur he was in power. " 1 assure them and Oshakati. numbers. 1be situation in the Ovambo-spcak. 10 five per cenl which were referred their families thllt they will be cared The student organisation Slid that "The hitheno disguised relation ing area. where violence nared re to the courts for prosecution. for even after the elections. " aflf:t the rally fruoitrated Koevoet mem ship between the DTA and Koevoct cently. is once Igain under control. Referring to Ihe demands thatlhe bers went on a violent offensive in has been recently eJ[ IX'5ed by the fact Pupils of the secondary schools Kocvoci elements sti ll in the police r- continued rrom page I ~ which they assaulled people, smashed that (Dirk) Mudge has become the Mweshipandeka, OluTlO, Gabriel force bo.: removed, he said, "Wehavc larly those of the third gencralion passing cars, buml down houses, main spokesperson of the former ... Taapopi and Ombalanlu were forced demonstrau:d out willingness to who had probably never seen Gcr invaded schools and used handgre "This view is strcngthened by the to leave their hostels after OT A remove perceived obstacles in the many or even Europe. lie assured them of their Na n~des and sub-machine-guns. fact that Dirk Mudge unashamedly mcmbers auacked it with handgre way of free and fair elections. h furthcr said the huge quantities demanded that this killer unit must nades on October 16. injuring more "To ask for morc is to limit our mibian citizenship. and said he o f weapons that were accessible to remain in the colonial police force than 20 pupils and one teacher. ability to maintain law and order. Or could J1OI. claim 10 be a better these former KocVOCl members could (Swapol), contrary 10 the terms of Many parents last weck exprcssed has just that become the objective of Namibian than they were. bo.: cxplained by the improper man· UN Scx:urity Council Resolution 435... theirconcem about the futw-eoftht'ir the whole orc hestrated campaign?" I II a sY lnboli..: gesture. Mr ncr in which they had been disbanded "We wilt resolutely continue to c hi ldren as the possibi lity was men Mr Pi enaar asked. Nujl.-'lla SCI. fn:.: 1.... · 0 dov~ of peax without verification of their weap demand th e IOlll disbandment of tioned Ihat some pupils would IlQI he He funhl..-r rcill..-ralcd his cnnfid1..1lCe as a s ign of rcconciliation. pca..:c ons by the Un ited Nations. Kocvoct from Swapol." Nansocon able to write their examinations un in Swapoltomaintain law and order. and unity anibng all thc Namibi· Nanso demanded that Kocvoet be eluded. less the situation returned to noonll. It would be much more l!lI ~ i c r fur WIS. 4 Monday October 9 1989 THE NAMIBIAN SWAPO TO BOTHA VIOLENCE 'release the 60 detainees'
SWAI'O has re'lcted strongly to a stalt' nl t' nl madt' by Suulh A rrican Foreign ,Uf:lirs Minister. Pik nolha. on Iht' UN fi ndi ngs in In the Swa po detainee issue. COULD DERAIL The Spcci31 Assistanllo tlle Director of Swap'" 's ~h ; n Elccliun Centre, Mr Joseph Jimmy. said thaI Swapuhad called on the SccrC\;lry GeneT;.! and Special Representative of the UN respective)'. 10 take up the issue of South African dtl3incd prisoners. Mr Botha had f.:omplaincd about the UN n;porl into detainees, saying thaI alicasl 315 people slill had (0 be aI;:(:ounlt.:d for. and yet THE PROCESS South Africa could nO( account for its prisoners. South Africa. Mr Jimmy said, h:ad nOI abided by lilt teller and spirilof 435 Commission on Independence for Namibia presents its findings and had not accounted for political prisoners despite Mr BOtha's assurances that they could do so. CONTINUED VIOLENCE could derail t h ~ independence process, He could help create this atmos Mr Jimmy said that Swapo had wrinen a Icuer to the UN Spccial Reprcscn says the high ly respected Com mission On Inde pendence ror Nami bia. phere by banning everyone elleptlhe talive, Mr Martti Ahtisaari, on October 10, slating that South Africa was still police from eanying we apons in holding political prisoners, and the movement had auached a list of namcs and Rcponing on their flOdings after a Some fonner Kocvocts were now public. places and dates when they had been detained. On October 12, he added. Swapo week-long fact finding mission in DTA party organizers "but some While welcoming recent policy had wriuen 10 the Administrator General. similarly auaching a list of namC5 the country · the third it has carried operate as goon squads provoking changes made by the SWA8C, the and requesting the release of at \east 60 people. including the Swapo Vice out - the US·based Commission also violenee brandishing guns. pangas Commission was still concerned with President, Brendan Simwaye. criticised the Administrator General and grenadcs". the isolation of roral Namibians. Swapo e)'pcClcd that the UN would pressurise the SA Govemmcnt on this for his handling of Kocvoct's dis SWATF members, also on paid particularly rami workcrs, and urged issue. bandment and ealled on him to ban leave. Icted in the same way. despile Untag 10 ensure that simple and ac everyone except the police from laws banning government employ curate information about voting prac carrying weapons in public. cc:s from actively laking pan in party lice and locations/times of polling Dumeni: healing the wounds Meanwhile, the Commission has politcs, and these fonner soldiers stations be given primc·time broad urged Swapo to denounce all human were said to have a steret Slash of cast on the ethnic radio ehannel ~. BISHOP KlfOpas Dumeni o r the E"angelical Lutheran C hurch in rights violations earried out in the ..... capons. as SWATF members were The subject of political delainess SWAlNamibia (ELOC) has denied tha t th e Church has ' prereTT ed party's name. allowed to buy back their guns when remained' 'open and divisive", said to rema in s ilenl' in the race or Swa po detent ion or Namibi:lns. "As we leave Namibia, a bare demobilized. thc Cummission. Although the Un· three weeks before the scheduled tag mission to Angola and Zambia Reacting to a letter published in a OT A-mouthpiece by Reverend Salaticl The Commission applauded Un election, we believe thai the building tag and the political parlies for estab had accounted for some detainees, Ailonga, Bishop Dwneni said that ' ·throughout the years of the struggle for the lhe fact that -despiteSwapo's invita liberation of Namibia from colonial oceupation to the present, our church, our blocks for free and fai r elections lishing a code of conduct although have now been put in place.' • said the the code had not yet brought about tion - no representatives of the Red overseas partners, such as the Lutheran World Federation. IS well as other ,·the desired changes" in the north. Cross, Amnesty International or organisations, have raised the situation of those in detention with the leader Commission in a statement released Friday. "The prospect of free and fair detainees accompanied !he mission ship of SWlpo. just IS we did with the South African authorities". on " But much vigorous work remains meant that' ·the team's findings may He added' 'we believe that these contaets were effective in some cases elections in Namibia is delicately not fully satisfy friends and relatives beeause cenain detainees were released. You are natly wrong therefore. when to be done in the lillIe time that balanced. Another violent weekend o f missing persons - many of you say the church 'preferred to remain silent"'. remains." like lhe fIrst two of October could or Turning to the recent unrcst, the Swapo's friends abroad". Bishop Dumeni continued to say that his Church rejected the violation of plunge the nonh in tO chaos. If !hat hwnan rights from whatever quarter. "We call upon anyone who m ay still have Commission said: "The increasing happens, everyone will lose .• , "We urge the Swapo leadership to The nwnber of rtportS of violence fonhrightly and Wlqualifiedly de prisoners or detainees to release them without any funher delay orconditions. useof guns and grenades is a danger developmc::nt th.u still derail were matchc:d by complaints about nounce and disavow all hwnanrights We reiterate quite unequivocally that our ehurch does not condone tortUre" . ous couki violations that were committed in The Bishop added: " It is now time to confess the truth o n all sidC5. to ask the process toward the election in SWlpol's reaction to the unrtst. November." continued !he Commission. their name. oowever grave the charges and grant forgiveness. to put the past behind and 10 start anew. The future is "We heard repeated charges of against the individual affected." very important. The people of Namibia have suffered tremendously over the Disbanded Kocvoct and SWATF years of colonialism and foreign occupation. It is now our task to build our members appeared to be the "insti derelietion of duty, discriminatory. Swapo could also further national reconciliation by spelling out consti nation on the finn foundation of peace. ju.stic.:e and respect fm- human ri ghts. gators and provocateurs" in the vio selective enforcement of the law, lence in the north, and the AG's tutional, legal and o!her means by h is for lhis very reuon that through the Couneil of Churches in Namibia and rcfusal to investigate or prosecute within my own church, we are now engaged in a proeess of trying to heal the handling of Kocvoet's disbandment various violations, failure to atrC5t which it would prevent future hwnan was " deeply disappointing", said identified perpetrators, and of ,Swapo rights.violations in Namibia. wounds. fo~ we r
CK SCHMIDT e • SINCE 1904 IN NAMIBIA M EMBERS of the US-based Commi$.Si lln on Indt' pendence ror Namibia, ind' id in g the Director, Ms T I:: L. 33I31COR NE R KAI SER/ GARTEN STR. (;llY McDo ugall , third from lert. The Commi s.~ i on issued a repflrt nn it.. rilldings last week. THE NAMIBIAN Monday October t 6 t 989 5 RESOLUSIE 435 KAN GLY DIE NamibieSt' onalhanklikheidsplan. wat bin ne drie weke op 7 flik, hel gister op k' ..... l.ebrune in die Frankryk toe, waar hy na verwagting estern het dal hy in ballingskap sal Noyember tot dit> stem bus lei. kan deur die mat val indien die swde van Frankryk mel geheime met Mobutu sal praat. gaan en dat sy magle ingelyf kan An~olest!: oorlog verder eskaleer. Slmesprekings met die be· Unita. wat teen die MPLA-reger word by die Angolese weennag, soos langhebbende partye in die Angolese ing veg scden 1975, word ook deur dit aangekondig is in Junic toe Af JJie sIegle nuus het die naweek Yorlc kO't \oICO' Kmfoes 'n twJogt.epunt konflik begin, in wat beslay£ is as sy die Suid-Afrikaners gesteun. rika·leiers in Gbadolite (Zai're) duideliker na yore gekom Ie midde bereik hel, koppel die implementer emsligste poging nog om vrcde in Cohen het onlangs 'n sieuieirol saamgekom hel oor die Angolese van wiers dclikatt samesprekinge in ing van Resolusie 435 met die on· die oorloggeteisterde land te bew· gespeel in samesprekinge in Wash konnik. die suide van Frankryk. wa.a.rby die trekking van die Kublanse troepe uit crkstellig. ington, waar die Amerikaanse presi Mlar diplomalieke bronnc he! I aal regse bondgenolc, Amerika. Unita Angoll. Mobutu het agter die skenns mel dent, mnr. George Bush, Sivimbi glip dat Amerika Savimbi gcdruk hct en Suid-Arrika, bctrek is. Diplomate he! oar die nlweek die regse rebclk-kia van Unita, Jonas oortuig hel om terng te keer na die om skiel te gee oor sy Sland len Oil volg nadalSwaposeSckrelaris kO"lmer uitgespreek dal Resolusie Savimbi, en die Amerikaanse onder· ondemandelingstafel. opsigte van die kwessie van van Publisiteit en lnligting, mnr. 435 nadelig gettef kan word indien minister van buitelandse sake, mnr. Oil volg nadat hemieude gevegte ballingskap en die integrasie in die Hidipo HamUltTlya, vc:rledc week groo. die eskllering van die burgeroorlog Hcnnan Cohen. gcpraai om die vemie. tussen Angolese regeringsoldate en weennag. besorgdheid uitgespreek hel oor die IOI.dicergsle situasie lei datdie Kubanc tigende burgeroorlog van 14 jaar in Unita wigebreek hel ni 'n mislukle Joemaliste het gisler swaar geleer Namibiese skikptan, wat gekoppe\ is nie met hul onurekking kill vOOrl Angola bcCindig Ie lay. skietstaking. Volgens'n woordvoer en is nie nader as Iwee kilometer van aan die vredesooreenkoffiStc oor glan nie. Gister is ook berig dat die Suid der van ZaYre is die huidige gcsprek Mobutu se prag-vakansievilla in suidwestc:like Afrika. Presidenl Mobulu Sese Scko van Afrikaanse minister van builelandse oor Angola "uiters deiikaal". Roquebrune aan die Riveira toege Die ooreenkomsle, wat in New Zlire, die bemiddelaar in die kon· sake, mnr. Pik Botha, koers gday hel Die Unita-Ieier ontken dat hy toeg- lall nie. HY KAN net se datsy lankmoed Hy mcen vooru da! as di! nie vir igheid erg beproefword, wantdie Koevoc:t was rue, hy twyfel ofNamibif " heksejag na lede van Koevoet" * Pienaar vies ... ooil Vrj en rc:gverdige verkicsings blyk \loort Ie gaan en die SWA sou gesien het. Polisie bly in diespervuur van die Mnr. Pienaar he! voorts sonder Verenigde Volke-organisasie se handskoene leen die Vererugde Volke sekretaris-genenlal, dr. Javier KOEVOEY HEY 435 losgebrand en na die VVQ·ondcr· Perez de Cuellar, -. sock na bewecnk Swapo-gevangcncs 56 het die Administratcur-gencraal, verwys 15 sou dat dit op 'n ligge mnr. Louis Pienaat, Vrydag net buite lowige wyse hlllteer wees, maar dat Windhoek tydens die ampu!like VERSEKER, SE AG dau met die "heksejag vir lcde van opening van die SWA Polisie Opleid Koevoet" en kritiek teen die pllisie ingskoUege gese. volgehou word. Hy was weer die gasspreker in die Windhoekse Skoulcrrein gebruik Mnr. Pienau het toe dlarop gewys tydse gcsag val, nie mnr. Pienlar se Dis toe da! die SA vertecnwoor reeks opcnbare geleenthcde wal ges ganlak hel as "tydelike en ondoeltref dat die opleiding van polisiemanne goedkCW"ing wegdta nie. diger noem da! "ons gcduld" - kep word . fende opleidingsgeriewe·' . glo sy probleme en uitdagings het. Hy hel losgettek en venel dat hy klaarblyklik SA s'n -op is, en datnet Mnr. Pienlar se stem het ergerlik Volgens die SA veneenwoordiger Hiervan is dat net Lien persenl van met teleurslelling en kommer " die "ons verbintenis tot die onafhan deurgesllan toe hy di e poJisieparade het die implementering van Reso Namibi!semense in 'n eerste wereld oneindige slJ'OOm van kritiek teen die klikheidsproses ons wccrhou" van toegespreek het, Wit deur 'n klein lusie 435 die pllisie die meevaller lewe terwyl die res nog "deel is van polisie" beleef, en dat dit Iyk asof lewaad word. grocpie mense bygewoon is. Op die gebied om 'n deurgangkampvan die 'n tradisionele gemeensklp" , waar die " inO itrasie" van Plan op I April , Volgens mnr. PienAll' het hy paradelefTein het jong polisiemanne SA Weennag by Luiperdsvallei te van veral die oueres ongeletterd is. Wit glo die skikplan erg gcskud hel. venrouc. in Swapol en DIE NAMIBIA WAARNA NAMIBIA OlO THE NAMIBIA ONS VERlANG TWA DJUUlUKWA WE WANT 'n Namibie wat regeer sal word deur manne wat in God glo Namibiaolo !.ali ka pangelwa kovalumenhu ova hava A Namibia that will be govcrned by men who believe en sy gesag aanVaaT. i!.aveie muKalunga nota tambula ko epangelo lavo. in God and acccpt hi s authority. MuNamibia ovanhu itava ka konakonenwa koma 'n Namibil! waar mense nie volgens hullc velkleur nie, luvala o ipa yavo ndele omoinakuwanifwa yavo. A Namibia where people are nOljudged by the colour maar volgens hulle karakter bcoordeel sal word. of their skin but by their character. MuNamibia otamu dulu oku kala eemhito dihapu ' n Namibie waar genCX!g werkge leenthcde geskep kan doilonga opo ku kandulwe po oluhepo nondjaia 00- A Namibia where sufficient job opportuntics can be word om armocde en hongersnood baas te raak, en waar tamu ka shi lipa.lekwaomhumbwe yovanhu YOJXlfTlhcpo. created to overcome poverty and famine and where die gccslel ike honger van mense ook bevredig sal word. the spiritual hunger of people will also be satisfied. Namibia ota kala nombili, emanguluko oukumwe '0 Namibja WaM vrcde. vryhcjd. versocnjni: co voorsoocd nonakuiwa. A Namibia where there will be ocace. freedom. reeon sal wees. ciJliatioo and prosperjty, Ombili oihapu idulife c kandulepo loita. Ombili ohai .Y..u<:!k is meer as die afwesighied van oorlog. Oil bcstaan kala apn pc na efilonghenda nohole, okuhola yo ~i s more than the absence of war. It exists where waat verdraagsaamheid en liefde hccrs, lie fde selfs virons ovatondi vetu, naapo yo oufemba wovanhu aveshe wa there is tolerance and love, love even for our enemies, vyande, en waar die reg van best..'lan aan elkcen gegun fimanekwa. and where the basic rights of people are respected. word. Emangulukootali kalapoashike ngeenge Kristuse IU Freedom is only possible when Christ has SC I us free to Vryhejd is slegs moontlik wanneer C hristus ons vry!! t.! mangulula panghatu yaye yopauyuki . oukoshoki. live according to hi s standards of honesty, purity, un maak het om volgens Sy standllarde van eerlikhe id . rem okuhe lihola mwene no ku kala mohole nokulambula selfishness and love and obey God's will. heid. onsclfsugti g he id en Hefdc te lewe en God se wil te ko yo chalo laKalunga. gehoorsaam. Recoocjlljaljon demands that we forgive what others Ope lu kale noukumwe otu na oku diminapo ovo va have done 10 usand ask forgiveness for whal we have Ve[SQCning eis dat ons sal vergewe wat andcr aan ons oyona kufye noku indila cdiminepo kWa..1isheoyo twe done to others. gedocn het e n vergifnis sal vra vir wat ons aan ander va niogila. gcdocn heL Pros[)C rity will follow when we pUI the interests of our Ombili otai ka landula ko ogeenge twe li tula tetc country as a whole before our own interests. Voorsoocd sal volg wanneerons die bclange van die land mohokwe yoshilongo shcw omanga ina lu lilula as geheel eerSle stel bokanl o ns eie balange. momahal0 etu venc. Choose you this day whom you will serve: but as for me and my house we will serve the Lord, (Joshua Kies dan vandall. wic julie wjl dien: wat my en my huis Hoalolcni nena ovapangeli veni: ame neumbo lange 24, ,5) betrcf gns sal die Here dien. (Joshua 24: 15) o twa hala oku longela Omwene. (Joshua 24: 15) Hierdie is ' n oprCX!p tot almal in hierdie land a m God te Eli 010 eindilo laavcshe moshilongo cshi ope vc vertrou, wat ook al mag gebeur, e n om vir die vcrkicsing tincckcle Katunga, napa ku ilikanCllwe ehoololo kutya This is a call 10 everyone in thi s Co untry to trust God te bid clm God sc wil sal geskicd. ehalo laK:llunga Ii wanifwe. whatever happens and to pray for the elcction thai G(}d's will be done. 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