YOUR WEEKEND IS NOT THE 'SAME WITHOUT THE NAMIBIAN I!!
"WE wiu be back. Aluta continua. We feel strong. We won't be conquered by the Boers," said one of the wounded PLAN combatants to a reporter who managed to exchange a few hurried words with him at Untag's assembly point at Oshikango yesterday. UN officials intervened as a reporter from this newspaper spoke to the figbters in Osbiwambo, saying: "Don't talk in your language. Don't talk to them anymore." Shortly after this, the Swapo fighter and one of bis comrades were flown away in an Untag helicopter for urgent medical treatment. . UN officials refused to say where the guerrillas were taken. Tbey were accompanied by the UN's chief medical officer from Switzerland, and an SADF soldier was also allowed on board with them at the last moment.
"" THESE four Swapo fighters (seated) were paraded before the media yesterday at Osbikango. They had alerted ELCIN church personnel to their presence, and had indicated they wished to be taken to a UN assembly point for escort across the border into Angola. The combatant in the foreground on the extreme right had been seriously wounded in a previous battle with South African forces. Reporters were heard to comment on the "inhumanity" of making a badly hurt man sit through a session with the media. The fighter appeared to be on the 'verge of faDing into a coma, and was taken orr to an unknown bospital by helicopter shortly after this photograph was taken. The UNT AG soldiers from Pakistan (background) disallowed reporters of tbis newspaper from questioning the guerrillas in Oshivambo, their mother tongue. RIVALS TO MEET 'Old enemies' to meet face-to-face SWAPO Foreign Affairs Secretary, Mr Niko Bessinger, confirmed on inquiry yesterday that Swapo bas initiated a meeting with the South African Administrator General, Mr Louis Pienaar, witbin the next few days. Mr Bessinger said in Windhoek political rivals would perhaps have offIcials of the Swapo movement that with the implementation of taken place earlier, but events and Approached for comment on the Resolution 435, Swapo wished to the war intervened, inuninent meeting, Mr Gerhard Roux present their credentials to Mr Pi The meeting, Mr Bessinger added, of the Administrator General's of enaar, now regarded as the 'official' would take place soon, fice said that Mr Picnaar would South African representative here in This will be the fIrst official dis •• welcome such a meeting, as long as terms of the settlement plan, ' cussions between the South African there's no pre-publicity", FACE-to-face soon for the first time: Swapo's Niko Bessinger A meeting between these two old appointed Administrator General and and Mr Louis Pienaar. 2 Friday April 14 1989 THE NAMIBIAN R12m UN CONTRACT TO ZIMBABWE AIRLINES AFFRETAIR, Zimbabwe's national cargo airline, has won a United Nations contract to freightsupplies from Europe to UNTAG forces in Namibia. About $5-million (RI2-million) is to be eamed by the end of the con tract, Ziana reports. A statement released in Harare ACCORDING to the Associate General Secretary ofthe Council of yesterday said that the first flight Churches in Namibia, Mr Vezera Kandetu, a wounded Swapo from Schipol Airport in Am$terdam fighter had approached church officials at ELCIN headquarters in to Windhoek would be on April 15. the north obn April 12, requesting to be handed over to the UN. The contract was won after six This was done, according to Mr Kandetu, and later the same day, months of negotiations between another three Swapo fighters, one of whom was injured, reported Affretair and the UN's appointed freight agent amid stiff competition at various church locations and were presented to Untag. from other cargo airlines in the inter An Untag medical officer had tended to the two wounded soldiers national charter market. before all were taken to the Oshikango assembly point to be handed "The cargos uplifted from Europe over to Angolan authorities. Church officials, he added, witnessed will consist mainly of supplies to the the safe arrival of the four soldiers at the assembly point, where, in UNT AG mission for their use in the addition to Untag, one SADF officer was present. execution of their civilian duties in All four had narrowly escaped death and left their weapons at the Namibia, and will not consist of any colash sites, according to Mr Kandetu. lethal or military equipment." the In conclusion he said " we are happy to inform that Un tag has statement said. established an office at Ongwediva church premises. So far Untag It added that Affretair would fol low up the contract flights with a has been confined to military installations, difficult to reach. We view to establishing a scheduled cargo trust that the confidence in Untag will now start to improve" • link between Europe. Windhoek and Harare after Namibia's independence in 1990. "Contact is also being maintained with the local business community on the issue of possible flights with Zimbabwean products to the UN TAG mission in Namibia," it said.
NEWS TIPS?
Contact us at The Namibian (061) 32165 at 36970 during office Sorry, our number has not been CA TCHING up witb tbe news in tbe newspaper of tbeir choice: hours printed in the 1989 telephone residents or Ondesbir.Jwa in tbe far nortb peruse a copy of Tbe directory. Namibian. BLOOM COUNTY by Berke Breathed Gamsberg Publ ishers ,...... ------, 5f/t£5 I1Nfl MI/f(Ke77N& ... THE NAMIBIAN Friday April 14 1989 3
. '.~ -?'; ;'h.,(,;k~, ,.. .. . '. ONE of the wounded Swapo combatants who was airlifted to a "secret" hospital after appearing before the media at Oshikango yesterday. Four PLAN fighters, two of whom were injured, were taken under request to a UN assem bly point on Wednesday by church personnel. Angola will SCHOOL confine fighters to base but need REPRISALS Swapo help ANGOLA will do its best to ensure that guerrillas withdrawing Staff reporter from Namibia are confined to bases in Angola but it is counting on Swapo's cooperation to achieve this, the chief Government spokesman REPORTS of reprisals against students at one ofthe scbools in Otjiwarongo foUowingschools stayaway said this week~ on Tuesday have reached The Namibian. The one-day stayaway was called by Nanso in solidarity with Paulino Pinto Joao told reporters in Luanda that the Angolan Government , Plan fighters who have died in battles against South African security forces since Aprill. . was ready to receive Swapo guerrillas when they pulled back from Namibia under an agreement worked out by South Africa, Angola and Cuba last Sunday, At least four students from Paresis On Wednesday, students who stayed to matters like staying away from with US and Soviet help. Secaldary ScOOol in Otjiwarongo have away the previous day were called school". The agreement, which will confine the Swapo fighters to bases north of the been barred from their classes pend- out by the Principal who wanted to Of the 29 students who stayed away 16th parallel in Angola away from the Namibia frontier, ended eight days of ing a decision by the School Com- know why they had not come to from school, only four were not taken fighting between Swapo guerrillas and SA security forces. minee following their role in the school. The Principal then sent the back pending a decision by the school "If the fighters regroup on the Angolan frontier, they will be taken north of stayaway. students back home with instructions committee whereas the rest were re- the ,16th parallel, you can be sure of that" Joao said. This is apparently in spite of re to bring their parents back. admitted after being reprimanded. But he said it was difficult for Angolan armed forces to control every inch ported instructions from the Depart By yesterday, a number of stu- The four are allegedly considered of the border with Namibia. "There is no cordon sanitaire, even to stop . ment National Education in Wind dents reported back in the company 'troublemakers' by the school ' au- civilians crossing", he said. "We must count on the cooperation of Swapo" hoek to the effect that no steps should of their parents, some of w hom had thority . he added. be taken against those who stayed come from as far afield as Outjo, Parents are understood to be trying Swapo leaders have criticised details of the withdrawal accord and accused out of school. Otavi, Grootfontein and other Na- to contest the matter and to have the South Africa of trying to use it to trap and capture surviving Swapo fighters. Parents in Otjiwarongo are con mibian towns. four children be re-instated uncondi- They have ordered their guerrillas to return directly to Angola without calling cerned by the seemingly inconsider Some of the parents later voiced tionally. at UN supervised assembly points in Namibia set up to receive them under the ate stance adopted by the Principal disappointment with the way the The principal according to one agreement. Mr NAG Mocke. Principal Mr Mocke behaved and the student source is known for his strong Pinto Joao said Angola's main interest was for a UN independence plan for About 29 out of a total of 740 fact that he took it upon himself to be anti-Nanso stance. Namibia, which began in an outburst of violence on April I, to be fully students from this school stayed away the only speaker whereas they were He is said to have made remarks implemented as scheduled. to join students from other schools just an audience. during his meeting with the students Asked whether Swapo could be trusted to carry out the withdrawal agree who marched around the Orwetoveni One parent said "I think this man to the effect that Nanso members ment, Pinto Joao said: "Why shouldn't we have confidence in Swapo?" township in solidarity with the Swapo does not understand our feelings and never got educated and that they never Angola, which has harboured and helped Swapo fighters since its independ combatants. - those of our children when it comes proceeded to university. ence from Portugal in 1975, has been anxious to ensure that the Namibia fighting did not undo peace accords it had signed with South Africa and Cuba in December in New York. In A Nutshell 90 Gobabls Road Klein Windhoek Tel: 228820 There's More To Sam's Than Good Food - ~r !=riday' April 14 1-989_
A review of the past week in pictures So this is 435
LEFT: On Tuesday of this week Nanso Academy students had a one-day boycott in solidarity with Plan fighters who had died at the hands of security forces. The police task force blocked a march but there were no incidents. Certain schools in Katutura joined in. Top right: mass grave of Plan fighters near Ondeshifilwa in the north. Bottom right: bodies are thrown into a mass grave. Bottom: There was a large turnout of people at Sunday's commemorative service for Plan fighters organised by the CCN in Katutura. THE WAR: Top picture: A dead Plan faghter slung over the wheel ora Casspir in the far north. Centre: unburied bodies of combatants near Ondeshifilwa. Next to them, a young man at a homestead which came under fare when fighting broke out between Plan and SA security forces. Bottom left: UN and SWA TF vehicles at an assembly point in the north, waiting in vain for Swapo fighters to" report to these points to ~e transported back to Angola. Bottom: a large military presence in tne far north. Bottom right: Pik Botha and Chester Crocker were among those who met at Mount Etjo to try and resolve the war situation in the north. Delegates included Cubans, Angolans, South Africans, as well as American and Soviet representatives. 6 Friday April 14 1989 THE NAMIBIAN
NAMIBIA WAS NEVER SA TERRITORY - PW BOTHA THE South African government would continue to act in accordance set-back", it was foreseen that the with its undertakings and would adhere to the agreements which organisation would now anempt to had been reached, President PW Botha said yesterday. regain some of the ground it had lost. Mr Botha said Swapo wouhl no Speaking in parliament, Mr Botha tion of its commitments, Swapo had doubt try to present the actions of the by Gwen Lister said he had been personally involved attempted to bring the war back to security forces to restore order in with Namibia for years. Namibia. northern Namibia in a negative light, "The fundamental fact to recog He said that the events, and the and launch a propaganda campaign nise is that South West Africa was historic agreement achieved at MOWlt to discredit South Africa. never South African territory," he Etjo had made clear beyond doubt The State President said he would PERSPECTIVE said. that South Africa was prepared for like to thank Administrator General PERHAPS Resolution 435 will get 'back With regard to what he described any eventuality. Louis Pienaar, Foreign Affairs Min on track' soon; that is, if the South at Swapo's infiltration, Mr Botha "It was precisely because South ister Pik Botha and Defence Minister African security forces are satisfied said it was clear that this had been a Africa was not lulled into a false General Magnus Malan for their part that every last Plan fighters has left well-pI armed operation which had sense of security that it had built in the latest negotiations. . Namibia. However, the fact that the been a closely-guarded secret, "even, precautionary mechanisms into these He said they had, "with the secu combatants have been instructed, by one suspects, from the government agreements to deal with any prob rity forces", played an important their leaders, to go back to Angola and of Angola". lems which could arise," Mr Botha role to "again bring a measure of said. avoid the UN-monitored assembly He said that by its offensive and stability to the independence proc aggressive action in flagrant viola- He said in the light of "Swapo's ess" of Namibia. points, may result in more confusion. Security forces could well claim that many of the fighters are merely 'lying low' in the far north, burying their weapons and failing to return to their MANNING TAKES host country. This could in turn result in a 'hide and seek' situation between · the two warring sides. O'LINN TO TASK HOWEVER, hopefully this will not be the case, and that by next week campaigning for the restart of 435 will begin in earnest. The A SPOKESMAN for Swapo's London office said yesterday it was regrettable that Mr Bryan O'Linn, election itself has taken a back seat since fighting broke out on April chairman ofNPP 435, had "selectively considered" tbe provisions of the UN plan and events since April 1 between Swapo combatants and South African forces. 1. The war itself has brought a lot of confusion into the election process. Last Friday night the Adminfitrator General, Louis Pienaar, In a statement from the London proved of in operative paragraph one February 1979 in which it was stated stated quite categorically that Resolution 435 bad been 'suspended', office, the Swapo publicity and in- , of Resolution 435 foresaw the re that Swapo forces in Namibia at the but tbis was later refuted by the SA Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr formation officer for Western Eu striction of South African and Swapo time of the ceasefrre would be re rope, Mr Peter Manning, accused Mr Pik Botha. forces to base, and conceived of the stricted to base inside Namibia. O'Linn of anempting to "hide his whole operation taking place within " As this merely reflected an agree Tbere would seem to be a measure of misunderstanding between own bias behind a cloak of what he the borders of Namibia. ment already made and approved of Messrs Pienaar and Botba: on another occasion this week, Mr refers to as 'rational and objective "A small leap of logic brings you in Resolution 435, and was not anew Pienaar was subtly rebuked by the Foreign Affairs Minister. Some commentary' . ' , to the only conceivable conclusion proposal. that report did not need to disagreement between the UN and the SADFon the question of the Mr Manning was reacting to a that the confmement to base of both be approved by the Security Council 'interrogation' of those fighters reporting at the assembly points statement released by the leader of Swapo and South African forces must in order to become part of the UN was sorted out by Mr Botha who later said that no 'interrogation' NPP435 on Wednesday (see yester be within the borders of Namibia. plan, " Mr Manning pointed out. was intended; but merely 'verifICation', as the Mount Etjo Declaration day's edition). Swapo was assured by the 'Five' and He added: "There has never been (adopted last weekend by Angola, Cuba and SA) stated. The Mr Manning pointed out that the the UN that South Africa accepted an agreement by the parties to the Administrator General however, seemed fully prepared to allow Proposal of the Western countries to this position," Mr Manning said. conflict that supercedes this original SWA Police to question, rmgerprint and photograph the combatants. the Security Council, and the report He also referred to the UN chief's agreement, and we challenge Mr of the UN Secretary General, ap- report to the Security Council in Mr Pienaar also used the term "surrender" with regard to raghters O'Linn to show us one." The absence of any reference to handing themselves over to the UN peacekeepers. These factors led Swapo forces inside Namibia in r to a call by the Swapo President to the combatants to return to Security Council documents does not I Angola, and to avoid the border assembly points. No 'interrogation' constitute an agreement to alter the It would seem that this has in fact happened. Only a handful of original deal, he said. fighters have reported, som~
At this late stage, they still don't talk SOUTH Africa's stubborness in insisting, even at this crucial stage, that Swapo cannot be included in any negotiations concerning a peaceful settlement and smooth transition to Namibian independence is largely to blame for events over the past two weeks. A case iii point is the recent so-called Mount Etjo Declaration, drafted and adopted in an effort to end the bloody ftghting in the northern regions. South Africa was a party to this Declaration, and South Africa is one of the warring sides. Even Cuba was invited to the meeting and was a signatory to the agreement - but at this point in time, in the context of what is happening in Namibia, Cuba does not have a role to play. At best, the Cuban delegation could then be used to pass on details of the tripartite meeting to the Swapo leaders. After so many years of constantly being forced to make decisions and judgements based on second-hand information, the events from April 1 until today cannot be viewed with surprise. Pretoria maintains that Swapo cannot be included in any deliberations affecting Namibia's future - because Swapo is not a government, and merely one of the territory's internal political parties. Surely such powerful nations as the Soviet Union and United States, who participated as observers at the Mount Etjo meeting, could have exerted some pressure on South Africa to be a little more flexible in its approach -especially considering that the organisation is the other party engaged in battle with South African forces. The sole purpose of the meeting at Mount Etjo was to find ways to end the fighting and to get the UN settlement plan back on the rails. Angola has a vested interest in seeing independence come to Namibia, but directly it has extremely limited power to resolve whatever disputes arise on Namibian soil. South Africa has the power to end the killing - and so does Swapo. But how effectively can a solution be reached if one party, materially involved in the conflict, is excluded from meetings designed to bring an end to it all? Naturally South Africa is terrified of being forced into a position where it would appear that Swapo was being given official recognition, whether it be as a liberation movement or a main contender for the next government. South Africa has always desperately projected the image or Swapo as being a small tribal organisation backed by the communists. The armed struggle, however, has cost Pretoria many millions or Rands and hundreds or lives in more than 20 years. If Swapo does come to power after free and fair elections, as even the South African government believes could happen, then Pretoria would have to recognise such a government and maintain, even if on face-value, cordial relations with the Swapo leaders in power. This situation would entail a dramatic and hasty volle face on South Africa's part - the political embarrassment of which could be considerably eased by immediately affording Swapo the recognition as a key figure in Namibia's complex equation. It may, however, be too·late. FOUR DOWN, ONE THOUSAND, NINE UNDRED AND NINETY-SIX TO GO Only four Swapo fighters arrive at assembly points THREE Pakistani UN monitors transported four Swapo guerrillas in a United Nations vehicle to the The guerrillas had explained that day, one of the guerrillas seemed in a Angolan border on Wednesday, passing through three roadblocks manned by saluting South African they had handed over their uniforms near coma - a bullet had entered his soldiers unaware of who the passengers were. and weapons to their 'comrades', he left arm and pierced his ches t. Before said. This may turn out to be a large the session, senior SA and Un repre The four were picked up by a Lu las would not be interrogated by the can soldier or policeman go down in stumbling block in the agreement sentatives arrived by helicopter to theran missionary from Finland, Olle security forces, as had been sug the battle, but when his rifle jammed, whereby Swapo may surrender them confer with their men at the camp. Ericsson, given medical treatment gested on Wednesday by Governor he threw it away and left before he selves to Untag to be escorted safely But they were not forthcoming about by an Australian medic, and then Louis Pienaar. saw what happened to his comrades. over the Angolan border. South Af any decision made and by mid-after carried 60kms north to Oshikango, One Swapo fighter, wounded with After the first aid treatment, the rica is unlikely to be happy with noon tired journalists were still fight where Australian engineers had hoisted shrapnel under his left arm, arrived Pakistani UN observers loaded the allowing Swapo to escape their ing to get the facts out of them and a UN fl ag on Tuesday to mark one of at the church mission station in the guerrillas into a white-painted UN clutches until they have ascertained the four ordinary-looking combat the nine assembly points. morning and told Ericsson he had landrover. where there weapons are. ants sitting quietly in a row in the With no ceasefire being in effect, three comrades who wanted to come As they travelled the road, with At a photograph session yester- middle of things. South African soldiers continued to in. Ericsson notified the UN moni South African armoured personnel search vehicles on the road while" tors at the Ondangwa Airforce base carriers driving past and brown-uni policemen kept watch on churches. and then headed into the bush in a formed soldiers posted at sandbags IFF launches fund-raising campaign Because the assembly points were landrover. across the highway, a Pakistani offi set up near South African military He promised the Associated Press cer said the guerrillas were "scared, THE International Freedom Foundation (IFF) i'i this week launching bases, and the strong presence of and Newsweek photographers at the oh yes, very scared". . a campaign throughout the European community calling for the security forces at the points, doubts scene that he would return. By the time they reached Oshikango, fair and unbiased funding of groups in Namibia during the transitional had been expressed about whether An hour later, he came back with the South African soldiers at the period leading to the November elections. PLAN fighters would chance ventur two healthy Swapo fighters and one military camp there knew who was in The IFF campaign would focus on the European Commission's recent ing near. who could barely stand up, suffering the vehicle, but did nothing as it decision to provide church groups, trade union.o; and youth groups in Namibia •' This morning you were all scep from a bullet imbedded under his left drove through the sand and bushes with an anticipated 6 million Pounds Sterling (about R25 million) according tical and said it wouldn't work. Now arm. All were wearing civilian clothes into the UN base 200 metres away. to a statement to Mr Marc Gordon, Executive Director of the IFF's London I've proved you wrong, and this is and had ditched their weapons. The UN soldias helped the wounied branch. just the beginning," a jubilant Paki Local residents gathered around to guerrillas from the truck, and placed The most likely candidate for the funds was the Namibia Development Trust, stani UN military observer told jour shake the fighters' hands. One who them in a tent while plans were made established earlier this year, and made up of the Council of Churches, trade nalists who had gathered at Oshikango was not wounded said he was 38- to send them across the border to unions and Swapo. to see the four guerrillas placed in years-old and had lived in exile for bases in Angola. "The International Freedom Foundation will be both closely monitoring tents. more than 14 years. If the UN plan goes ahead as sched developments in Brussels and Strasbourg and campaigning to ensure that a The Pakistani officers, Lt-Col He said he had crossed the border uled, the Swapo fighters will return broad spectrum of groupings and organisations in N arn4lbia receive assistan.. ., Farooq, Capt Nadir 7..eb and Capt on March 31, and fought the next to Namibia, without their weapons, - not only those which are controlled by, or affiliated to, Swapo" the statement AfaflZab, indicated that the guerril- day. He said he saw one South Afri- in a few weeks time. said. 8 Friday April 14 1989 , THE NAMIBIAN
THE ECONOMY A message 'LOOK NORTH': THE SADCC COUNTRIES from Zimbabwe Dr Norman Reynolds served as chief economist to Zimbabwean Premier Robert Mugabe's govern ment for the first four years after it took power in 1980. Speaking in Windhoek this week of his country's post-independence experience, he of SAOCC railways ...... Namibian and South fered some lessons for Namibia. African rail links
Zimbabwe is greatly concerned to provide help to Namibia as it and government may be signed. from Z$40 000 and upwards per becomes independent, Dr Norman Reynolds said. He served as In terms of this , parents are jointly worker, not counting extras like chief economist to the Zimbabwean government in the first four By Susan Brown involved in fmancing schools, with housing - to the much cheaper aim of years after independence, and is now executive director of the the government as owner and man providing jobs for rura1 people where Southern African Foundation for Economic Research. ager. Parents have a say about most they live. This foundation retains strong ties renege, since that would destroy their omy. Getting the permission to spend aspects of the school's operation, but The government runs an ongoing to government: Mr Didymus Mu international credit. And Zimbabwe foreign exchange on often much may not change the curriculum or public works programme in the tasa, Speaker of the House and thus desperately needed foreign investment needed machinery again became refuse entry to any pupil. countryside, which provides low third in line in the state heirarchy, is and and loans. almost impossible, and though waged labour to local farmers in the its chairman. It was his offer of help But neither could the public be Zimbabwe was much deeper in debt, Other services off-season, and builds earthworks, Dr Reynolds was conveying - a seri allowed to know that their govern the capital equipment backlog kept dams, bricks arid roads. This is a ous one, underlined by the fact that ment was shouldering the debts of the on growing. Zimbabwe's independent govern major rural economic stimulus, with Dr Mutasa is also theZANU-PF Pol Smith days. Crucial bodies such as ment has had one of its great suc a six- to eightfold multiplier. In re itburo member in charge of foreign the World Bank and the IMF were Education cesses in improving health services. turn, people pay health, school and affairs. told, but not the public. The system it inherited was highly dip fees. What form can this assistance take? In addition to this burden, there had Foremost among the popular centralised and capital intensive. Now The overall principle is that the N amibi ans , Dr Reynolds said, can in any case to be a great increase in expectations the new government there are increasing numbers of vil government invests in an area, and expect a powerful moderate economic borrowing during the lead-up to 1980, faced was the burning desire for lage health workers and clinics, and its people spend as consumers. policy influence to be exercls.eq from in order to finance the military amal education. In 1980, though there the infant mortality rate has dropped Zimbabwe. As well as prospects for gamation of the Zanu, Zapu and were many more primary school by half. Farmers and acriculture growing reciprocal trade, Namibia Rhodesian armies into the Zimbab scholars than there were high schools Certainly this has implications for should now begin to look northwards, wean National Army. for them to graduate, and few enough population growth and demands on At independence, Zimbabwe had getting to know the friends it will Then, too, there were promises to children even got to primary school. the economy, but people will tend three farmers' unions. One, with about have there after independence. be fulfilled; Zanu-PF supporters had Still, this expectation was met. In more and more to have fewer chil 100 000 members, organised farm The closest are the nine countries strong expectations of their new the first five years of iridependence, dren as they become more sure that ers from the communal areas, Rho in the Southern Mrican Develop government: education, welfare, wage thenumberofZimbabweansreciev they will live. desia's old bantustans. Then there ment Co-ordinating Conference and land systems were all expected to ing primary schooling increased Reynolds advanced one example were the approximately 6 000 pur (SADCC). Namibia will almost cer change, and soon - but the govern fivefold; secondary scholars increased his foundation is working on to serve chase area farmers, black farmers tainly become the tenth, joining ment had very little cash. Nor did sevenfold. Even now, the number of the countryside: markets. . who had been allowed to buy and run Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, foreign aid did not materialise as scholars rises by 40% a year. "Southern Africa," he observed, farms in "white areas." Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, expected. But soon Zimbabwe will have, in " has no market days, unlike both The white cooune'lCiai farmers were Lesotho, Swaziland and Tanzania. On top of that, the country's capital buildings, teachers and skills, the West and East Africa. One result is well organised, relatively prosper Each country is responsible for a stock was greatly depleted - the aver~ main edfice of its educational sys that the government has difficulty ous and highly skilled. They were particular regional economic sector: age age of tractors in the Smith days tem. To grow so fast, schools had to reaching scattered rural populations able to respond to the government's Zimbabwe for food security, Mozam was 11 years, nearly double that in a make extensive use of expatriate to provide services, like health care redirection of state agricultural sup bique for transport, Lesotho for normal agricultural sector. Industrial teachers, who include Australians or agricultural extenSion inputS." port services and money towards conservation, and so on. and agriCUltural equipment wason its and 160 Germans. In the first fme flush of independ black farmers by levying fees from Meanwhile, there are conclusions last legs after the years of sanctions, Racial integration schOQl..s took ence, government physical planners members, which enabled them to to be drawn from many of Zim so the new government had to keep place without much trouble wanted to bUild 350 rural develop continue hiring professional agri babwe 's post-independence policies borrowing. The syllabus befOre independence ment centres, but the country simply cultural advisors. They have also set and problems. In 1982 the Mugabe government was the classic English one, which could not afford them. up trust funds to continue research. consolidated its debts and arranged a provided no craft or artisan skills. At length, responding to the same The presidents of the three farm Early difficulties: debt large long-term low-interest loan from But more and more Zimbabweans need, the Southern African Founda ers' unions meet fortnightly. and the IMF to cover them. An IMF con need training that willenable them to tion for Economic Research is help present a common front to the gov The Mugabe government had no dition was Zimbabwe had to begin to become self-employable. No matter ing to set up some 7 000 periodic ernment. Early on, government idea of the economic problems and repay by a certain date - which it how well the formal sector of the market sites. wanted them to amalgamate into one distortions it would inherit with Ian could not meet, with its commitments economy grows, it cannot be ex With this approach, effort is di organisation, but they refused, say Smith's economy. When it came to to domestic health and education. and pected to absorb all school gradu rected towards organisation rather ing their interests and needs were power, the new government saw' to supporting Mozambique against ates. And as' in Namibia, half the than construction. The object is to too different for it to be practical. A figures which had been kept secret South African destabilisation. population is under ftfteen. establish between-farm centres where possible imbalance between them is by Smith: in its last five years the The IMF cut off the loan facility. Parents of course seldom approve a market committee mostly made up redressed by the fact that despite all Rhodesian government had survived When Zimbabwe went to other sources of their children being trained ,to be of local people will co-ordinate de the commercial farmers' resources, on extensive borrowing from South of funds , it found that until it regained artisans rather than unemployed livery of services. This is simplified, it is the small farmers who have the Africa. the IMF's approval. donors were clerks, even if the system had the since government health or social political pull. Independent Zimbabwe inherited prepared to sponsor individual proj resources to do so. This is changing workers can fmd most families on Black farms, being more labour a massive deficit, worth 10% ofGDP, ects, but not to bankroll the govern "around the edges," Reynolds says, market days. intensive, benefited from access to a very dangerous level of indebted ment in a general way. but not fast. Since local people are able to sell equipment, information and market ness - when the US deficit reached Mr Reynolds feels that the IMF In the early years, for political their produce to one another at the ing infrastructure by dramatically 3% ofGDP, for example, there were should have been less rigid, since the reasons education had to be free and regular market days, cash is helped increasing their production of labour international shrieks of alarm. government had no realistic option: if compulsory. Parents are now pay to circulate locally iIi rural areas, intensive crops like maize and cot The new government's first reac it cut off or cut down its social serv ing some fees, and can have an in rather than trickle townwards. ton. From an insignificant surplus at tion was to renege on these debts, ices there would be political trouble. creasing say about how schools are Reynolds estimates that such independence, they now produce half saying they had been incurred by an What could be done? The Cabinet run. measures will slow the growth of the country's supply of those crops. illegal regime. decided to contain the country's Where parents' associations dem Harare from 9% to 5% a year. There Comptercial farmers, with their In the end though, their advisors - demand for imports in order to get the onstrate 'strong involvement in the has been a swing iri policy from management skills and technologi Reynolds among them' - persuaded. money to pay its high-cost debts, at school, a joint managment agree absorbing' the'rural unemployed by cal resources, are increasingly able the leadership that they could never least, by squeezing it out o~ .the ,econ- ment between pSI:en~: . associal~QI1 , «reating jobs in towns - which cost to diversify towards '!lore special- THE NAMIBIAN Friday April 14 1989 9 Recognition at las
The Namibian Food and Allied Workers Union either party may right to take any steps "it deems fit (NAFAU) has negotiated its first recognition One of this country's first recognition could declare a to ensure the continued operation of agreement, with the Lalandii Fishing Company agreements outside the mining industry dispute by giv its business, including the hiring of in Luderitz. The union is recognised as a ing written no temporary employees." "bargaining agent" by the company in the was signed this week. DA'OUD VRIES tice to the other. Lalandii agreed too that it would Union and agreement, the first of its kind in the industry, not unilaterally change the condi looks at some of its provisions. management tions of employment of union mem wbich was signed tbis week. should then to bers, lUld lDldatodc: to infa:m NAFAU . The General Secretary ofNAFAU, gate and resolve grievances. requirements dictate that a shop exhaust all possible methods of re of its intention to dismiss any work Mr John Pandeni, welcomed the "No shop steward will be vic steward be transferred, the company solving tJte dispute. ers. The union may challenge such recognitioo agreement lUld urged other timised due to his position," the will inform and consult with the Next, "failing agreement on how dismissal. companies to follow this example. agreement reads. On the contrary, a union before implementing it. the dispute should be resolved, the The agreement affects manage The agreement grants union offi senior shop steward will be entitled Union and management also dispute shall be referred to mediation ment's method of retrenchment as cials access to company premises to to office facilities supplied by the pledged in the agreement to negoti or to arbitration," the agreement well: "The company shall give the meet with its members or shop stew company "as far as is practicably ate annually to reach agreement on specifies. union at least four weeks written ards, on prior arrangement with a possible and when requested, for the " wages, conditions of employment An independent arbitrator must be notice prior to the date on which it complUlY representative: "Such access purposes of interviewing union and other matters of mutual inter agreed upon by both parties, and his anticipates retrenchment of union shall be limited to two union offi members and meetings." est." decision will be "final and bind members," the agreement says. cials at anyone time," the agree Lalandii also agreed to grant 14 A Negotiating Committee would ing." Retrenchment may only be resorted ment says. days leave a year for shop stewards be set up for this purpose, consisting If a dispute is not resolved or settled to when there is valid reason' 'based In an important gain for the union, to attend NAFAU seminars and of not more than eight officials from by arbitration or mediation, either on operational requirements of the management agreed to deduct the education programmes. either side. Agreements reached in party can then resort to industrial company." according to the docu subscriptions of the 500-odd union Management will be given the the committee would be in writing action after giving five working days' ment. members it employs from their sala names of the shop stewards and their and signed by both parties. They notice to the other. Lalandii must give reasons for the ries or wages, a provision which constituencies within seven days of would be valid at least until the The company undertakes not to anticipated retrenchment, and must greatly facilitates union administra their election. Only union members commencement of the next season. dismiss striking union members for also inform the union of, among other tion. who have been employed by the Procedure in case of disputes is at least 10 days, if the strike follows things, the alternatives it considered The company also agreed 10 the company for at least six months are carefully defined. if the Negotiating "exhaustion of the agreed Dispute in an attempt to avoid resorting to election of 20 shop stewards - "au eligible for election as shop stew Committee fails to reach agreement, Procedure," though it reserves the retrenchment. If in the end retrench thorised agents of the union" - to ards. ment does take place, the company rePresent seven constituencies in the The company pledges to "use its will secure the unemployment bene firm, such as jetty workers, cooler best endeavours not to transfer shop fits due to such workers. workers and so on. stewards out of their employed con It also undertakes to re-employ Their duties would be to investi- stituency." But should operational seasonal workers when the next sea son begins, and, to help them through the closed season, it agrees to em ploy at least some of them on a Zimbabwe - continued from previous page temporary or casual basis.
ised crops such as soya, flowers and horitculture, where they can lead the international market, and earn much-needed foreign exchange. NAF AU General Secretary Industry and commerce John Pandeni welcomed
The economy Zimbabwe inheri ted ill 1980 was one which had grown by the union's first recognition heavily subsidised import substitution. Rhodesia produced some 7 000 agreement and urged other consumer items very expensively for a very small domestic market. companies to follow the In 1980 the government would not open the economy to allow cheaper example set by Luderitz imports to knock uncompetitive local products out of the market, because it feared for local jobs - and it could not afford the foreign exchange for the employers Lalandii Fishing technology and equipment producers would need to reorient towards Company. The agreement cost-effective products. allows the union access to The economy Zimbabwe inherited was also largely foreign owned, mostly, in the cases of mining and industry, by South Africa. Attracting the company premises, for other foreign private investment was, and remains, a big problem. union subs to be deducted At independence Zimbabwe saw hundreds of visitors looking at invest from workers wages and ment opportunities, but most decided to wait and see. There was a lot to be discourage them. for 20 shop stewards to An early "bubble of expansion" in 1981-82 saw 12% economic growth appointed to represent the - but no new productive capacity was being generated. Essentially it was company's 500 employers. a consumer boom fuelled by minimum wage decrees, which raised wages three times in the first eighteen months after independence. But minimum wages in tum fuelled inflation, because production did not also rise - and inflation very quickly eroded the buying power of the new, higher wages. High hopes before Congress The following year saw the beginning of economic despondency, then in 1984-85, severe drought set in. A vicious cycle was starting: Minimum wages boosted inflation, which the government tried to slow with price controls (a mechanism left over from the Smith system). The two together Tbe General Secretary or the Although It so far does not have NAFAU was committed to the hit employers, who wanted to retrench - so the government legislated Namibia Food and Allied formal recognition agreements with principle of "one industry, one un against dismissals. Having to pay unneeded workers caused product costs Workers Union (NAFAU), Mr most companies In which It is ac lon," he declared, adding that the to rise, fuelling inflation ... and so it went on. John Pandeni, told The tive, the union has succeeded In ne only criterion Hmltlng membership These days the pressure on the job market by the young and unemployed Namibian tbatthe union's tbird gotiating on behalr oflts member was that members should not be has effectively restored some authority to employers, and the job defense annual congress, scbeduled for ship. piut of management. "At most companies we have Following a resolution at Its sec policy has been quietly allowed to lapse. Minimu wages, too, increse more this weekend, comes "at a crucial slowly than inflation. ' access agreements which enable us ond congress about the Importance moment in the liberation struggle to negotiate on behalf of the work of education of members, the union All this was of course a strong disincentive to foreign investors. This orNamibia." month the Zimbabwean government is about to announce a new package ers," the NAFAU secretary said. employed a full-time education of The congress was in fact sched- aimed at attracting them. It has had to swallow the fact that to provide jobs Mr Pandanl discounted compe ficer. "We have succeeded in form , uled to be held last year, but, said and services, the economy must expand. To expand the economy, exports tition for membership from other ing education structures at some Mr Pandenl, the union's Central must grow, since the domestic market is so small. unions, though he admitted that In branches," he said. Committee had postponed It be And to operate successfully in the extremely competitive international Its Initial stages NAFAU had had A further resolution was taken to cause of pressure of work. market, Zimbabwe's producers need to become more efficient, more spe problems with "sweetheart" un consolidate local as well as national He claimed that NAFAU has cialised. They will not do this until they cease to be protected from ions, especially in the fishing In structures. grown spectacularly since It was competition. dustry. He said that NAFAU workers founded in 1986 to reach Its pres And, of course, they need access to the new technology and up-to-date One such was the Luderltz Flsh had great hopesofa Swapo govern ent 13000 signed-up membership. equipment which foreign investment will bring. ermens Union, he said, but It was ment, and the upcoming congress He expects the union's recogni Hence the new package for investors. Mr Mugabe's government will "crushed" last year and most of would encourage workers to vote tion agreement with Lalandll to be sign agreements with them, and it will cut the tax rates that both discour Its workers Joined NAFAU. The for the movement: "Swapo has its followed by a number of others, age investors and encourage tax evasion, in the hope of pulling off a Walvis Bay Flshermens Union was roots in the work,lng masses of this since he claims that NAFAU has "Ronald Reagan trick:" increasing tax revenue by cutting taxes. This also on the edge of collapse, he (OUDtry and a ' ~ lOr them would almost l00~ representation at most could happen if. in a growing economy, more people earn enough to pay claimed, and was anyway mostly mean advancement for workers," companies It orxulws. the lower taxes. mUe up of wblte workers. be'8dded. 10 Friday April 14 1989 THE NAMIBIAN A STEW OVER KENYA'S LOCAL BREW POORER Kenyans, who cannot . seeing the commission's recommen afford a beer, but like the . ~ J~ OcAL\ill~· I ' b;e~ &lled :: ~ ~bangaa' . "I)oi~nouswhen ' not ; properly , pt:~pared ;;' ~ ; is · causing : dation, the chances of legalisation occasional glass of illegal ,'tontrove.r.§y inJ~~i.iya.T~et~(al~t~esid~!ltMoi . andtbe.clergYb8\,e,J~ie
To celebrate the beginning of a new era, Namibian sculptor, Naomi Jacobson, will show a cross-section "Say: 0 Allah (God)! of bronze busts representing differ ent groups in this country. The venue SHAPES AND SURFACES LORD OF POWER AND RULE, is the Rembrandt Art Centre at Wits AN EXHmITION of photography entitled Shapes and Surfaces by and the exhibition will last for ten You give POWER days. Amy Scboeman, presented in the Upper Gallery of the Arts Association, wiD be opened by Craig Gibson of Rossing today. the TO WHO YOU PLEASE, In addition, she will exhibit sculp AND STRIP OFF POWER tUres of the indigenous fauna of the exhibition closes on April 29. The exhibition consists of 4S colour country which include life size flam pbotographs which look at tbe far and near pers~tives of tbe from whom You please ingoes' cranes and buck as well as desert surface. Focal distances range from 10000 feet in the air to You endue with honour Bushman paintings executed in re as close as 10 centimetres, and the pbotographs depict the fantastic AND YOU BRING LOW lief and mounted on rock or slate. and bizarre shapes and patterns created by natural forces in an WHOM YOU PLEASE. These artworks are a culmination arid and dynamic environment. In Your Hand is ALL of numerous recent nostalgic visits The intention is twofold: firstly to look at the endless variety of to Namibia by Jacobson, who is one GOOD colour and form, and secondly to suggest the transience on tbe one Verily OVER ALL THINGS of the few artists who has seriously hand and timelessness on the otber of the subject matter. portrayed the essence of this isolated YOU HAVE POWER" part of the world through her under- The aerial photograpbs depict the volcanic la\'as and ancient rock formations of Damaraland, and tbe dune formations of Sossusvlei standing and knowledge of its in Namit>ia Islamic habitants. and the Skeleton Coast. They must be looked at not only for the ONE of the works of Naomi This will be the artist's fourth one geomorphological aspects that they depict, but rather for the Infonnation Service Jacobson, on exhibition at the man exhibition. images they conjure up for the viewer. They must therefore be open cnr:rtl&John Meinert Str. Rembrandt Art Centre, Wits; For further information contact TIsh to interpretation. P.O.Box 22421.Windhoek. from April 17. Hughes in Johannesburg at 705 1786. • Picture of one of the works on exhibit. Tel:62411 · Vrydag April 14 1989 11
VIER WAS EERS BY KERK DIE eerste vier Swapo-guerrillas wat volgens die Mount Etjo deklarasie bulself aangemeld bet, was eers by 'n sentrum van die Elok-kerk in Owambo voordat bulle aan Untag-personeel op Osbikango oorbandig is. S6 het mnr. Cedric Thornberry, mnr. Sam Nujoma. reeds twee keer direkteur in die kantoor van die sp 'n beroep op sy soldate gedoen het esiale verteenwoordiger van die om die gevegte te staak. Sekretaris-generaal, mnr. Martti Hy het voorts gese Untag het be Ahtisaari, gister aan verslaggewers grip dat Swapo-guerrillas 'n onwi! gese. ligheid toon om na die versamelpunte, Die rol wat die Namibiese Raad wat beman word deur 'n ldomp soldate van Kcrlce (CCN) agter skenns gespeel en polisiemanne van die SA veil het om die oorlogsituasie te help igheidsmagte. Untag sal egter alles oplos, het gister tydens die daaglikse in sy vermoe sal dOen om reelings so media-konferensie van Untag na yore danig te tref dat Swapo-guerrillas die gekom. nodige vertroue sal ontwikkel. Mnr. Thornberry het vertel dat Oor die kwcssie van die ondervrag verteenwoordigers van die CCN ing van Swapo-guerrillas by versa Saterdag met Untag se hoof, mnr. melpunte, het mnr. Thornberry Ahtisaari, oor die aangeleentheid kom beklemtoon dat die Mount Etjo gesels het om te help met die praktiese deklarasie geensins daarvoor voor toepassing van die ingewikkelde siening mw nie. voorskrifte van die Mown Etjo Op 'n vraag wat Untag sal doen deklarasie. indien die meeste Swapo-guerrillas Die verwikkeling rondom die kcrlce self na Angola terugkeer en nie by is gister deur hom as 'n "interes die aangewese versamelpunte aanmeld sante en belangrike verwikkeling" nie, het hy gese daar moet nie uit die van die hele oorlogsituasie beskryf. oog verloor word dat die versa CCN-leiers het aangebied dat die melpunte blootmiddels tot 'n doel is. ker\cpel'sele as die versamel~te moo Die doel van die Mount Etjo-deklara dien, aangesien daar diepgewortelde sie is om die klimaat wat voor 31 wantroue is in Swapo-leiers teenoor Maart in die land geheers hel. te enigiets wat deur Suid-Afrika gereel hers tel. DIE internasionaal bekende gospelsanger, mnr. Tommy Saaiden (middel), bet vandeesweek in word. Mnr. Thornberryhetbygevoegdat Windhoek aangekom waar by vir 'n week lank in die AGS-Kerk spesiale dienste bou. Die sanger, wat Volgens mnr. Thornberry het mnr. Untag-personeel in Angola is en dat reeds in baie lande oorsee opgetree bet, gaan ook Saterdag- en Sondagaand in die saal van die Ahtisaari die saak met die AG, adv. hulle besig is om hul monitorwerk Hoerskool Dawid Bezuidenhout in Khomasdal gospel-optredes vir die publiek aanbied. Langs bom is Louis Pienaar, opgeneem en daar is van Swapo-basisse daar gereed te pastore Fred Josepb (regs) en Jobn Hess. besluit dat tot tyd en wyl 'n formele lay. skietstaking die aanbod van die CCN Volgens hom. sal die nodige bat as een van die beste maniere beskou taljorme wat ingevolge Res. 435 die kan word om die nodige kalmte in onafhanklikheidsproses monitor, die Noorde teweeg te bring. binne tw aalf dae in N amibie ten volle ontplooi word. Nuwe bewind Hy het erken dat dit kan wees dat die kerkpersele die meeste gebruik Daar is egter nog geen voomeme sal word deur die Swapo-guerrillas by Untag om sy troepe-mag van 4 om 'n veilige deurgang na Angola te 650 na 7 500 te verhoog nie, aldus Jay nadat die president van Swapo, mnr. Thornberry. sal help Deur Pius Dunaiskl ------ Juris het geland ROERENDE tonele bet bulle onlangs op Liideritz afgespeel toe nie minder as 37 mense sonder DIE onafhanklike juris van internasionale status, professor Carl beenkome op die straat beland bet nadat bulle uit 'n losieshuis gesit is. Norgaard van Denemarke, bet in Windboek geland en is besig om Dit het gevolg nadat die losieshuis en dat RBO ingegryp het om hul1e te kombuis gesit. Ek erken dat die plek bomself in te grawe vir sy taak. Prof. Norgaard sal bebulp wees met waarin hulle 'n armoedige bestaan akkommodeer. baie vui! is en kon dit self nie oor my die wetlike vertolkings ten opsigte van Res. 435. gevoer het, onder hulle uitverkoop is "Die feite van die saak is dat daar hart lay om dit te doen nie. Ek stry en hulle op kort kennisgewing moes 'n uitsettingsbevel teen die mense nie dat die plek nie geskik was nie, •• Die inligting is gister in Windhoek Pienaar, regsgeleerdes. regters en s traat toe trek. was, iets wat niks te make het met het hy gese. deur 'n woordvoerder van Untag regsverteenwoordigers van Swapo. Volgens Mev. Magdalena Ipinge. RBO nie. Ons het net gehelp nadat Volgens hom is die "37 siele" die bekend gemaak. Mnr. Thornberry het voorts gese 'n gemeenskapswerksters en lid van die gemeenskapsleiers by ons was. volgende dag na ander plekke ver Mnr. Cedric Thornberry het enige bydrae deur belanghebbende die Namibia Food & Allied Union "Ons het hulle in die Wambo- skuif. bygevoeg dat die Untag-personeel partye of individue oor die kwessie (Nafau)-tak op diedorp, hetdie poli reeds met wye gesprekke begin het van diskriminerende wette, sal ver sie die uitsetting behartig terwyl 'n oor die veelbeproke verkicsingswetge welkom word. lid van Untag ook by die toneel was. Helmuth had genoeg wing asook die kwessie van die sk Daar is ook gister bekend gemaak Nadat die lot van die sowat vyf raping van bestaande diskriminer dat 94 polisiemanne van Untag gister gesinne en enkellopendes aan die MNR. Paul Helmuth, senior DTA·lid, het glster die etnlese alliansie ende wette in NamibiiUn die geval is in Windhoek gel and het en dat hulle Raad vir Buitestedelike Ontwikke bedank. daar gepraat met die kantoor van die onmidde11ik na die Noorde afgevoer ling deur die gemeenskapsleiers Die bedanking volg nadat mnr. Barney Barnes se United Party hom vroeer Administrateur-generaal, adv. Louis sal word. opgeneem is. is hulle tydelik in 'n die week by die DTA aangesluit het nadat hy jare buite die DT A-strukture plek geplaas wat in 'n haglike toe beweeg het. stand was. het mev. Ipinge gese. In 'n brief aan die DTA-voorsitter. mnr. Dirk Mudge, se mnr. Helmuth dat IGuerrillas sal "Hulle is in 'n ou eetsaal gegooi hy sy lidmaatskap onmiddellik beeindig. waar daar geen toilette. water. deure Gerugte wil dit he dat mnr. Helmuth hom by die Second Namibian National en ruite in die vensters is nie. Op die Convention vankaptein Hans Diergaardt sal voeg saam met oud-Swapo-figure vloere was die stof amper vyf milli soos mnr. Emil Appolus. tydens 435 tot meter dik. Geen mens kan in sulke Mnr. Appolus het verlede jaar vir politieke drama gesorg toe hy van Swapo omstandighede leef nie.·· het sy aan D weggebreek het en die organisasie en die destydse Oorgangsregering begin Focus gese. skerp kritiseer het. plekke in land Onder die 37 mense was sow at 15 kiOOezs en 'n bejwude man wal onlangs Dik vakansie wag nil verkiesing l 'n beroerte-aanval gehad het. beperk word Mev. Ipinge se beswaar was veral DIE Departement van Nasionale Opvoeding het besluit om die gemik teen RBO wat nie beter agter skool-kalender vanjaar te wysig om moontiike ontwrigtings van die Cbris Louw van die Suid-Afrikaan bet verlede maand tydens die die 37 mense kon kyk nie. komende 435-verkiesings te omseil. spitsberaad van leiers van die FrontIinie-state in Gaborone in " Ons soek 'n ander regering wat Volgens dr. Louis Burger. 'n direkteur van Nasionale Opvoeding. sal die Botswana 'n onderboud met mnr. Sam Nujoma, president van die mense se belange beter op sy hart skole nou op 27 Oktober vir die jaar sluit terwyl die volgende veranderinge ook Swapo, gevoer oor aktuele politieke aangeleenthede. Focus bied die sal dra." het sy gese. aangebring is aan die kwartale: Die tweede kwartaal strek nou van 4 April lot onderhoud vandag met verlof weer. Mm. Pieter de Villiers, stadsklerk 29 Junie; derde kwartaal van 11 Julie lot 27 Septembllt en die veirde kwartaal van Liideritz. het op navraag erken van 3 tot 27 Oktober. VOLLE ONDERHOUD OP BLADSY 12 dat die mense weI op die straat was Alle eindeksamens. behalwe die van matrieks. eindig op 27 Oktober. 12 Vrydag April 14 1989 THE NAMIBIAN FOCUS
LOUW: U was bykans 30 jaar uit igheidsraad word gese dat Walvis fiet dat Swapo se vegters toe nog nie Hoekornmissariaat vir vlugtelinge. Swapo se beleid ten opsigte van Namibie. Warmeer beplan u om terug baai 'n integrale deel van Narnibie is terug was nie, dat Swapo vlag in Die mense moet maar self besluit of blankes? te keer en, op 'n persooniike vlak, en dat Suid-Afrika dit nie mag ge Ow ambo wapper nie. Sal die soort hulle konsentrasiekampe gesien het NUJOMA: Swapo glo daar is twee hoe voel u om terug te keer na so 'n bruik om die vrede en voorspoed en argument nie mense se persepsies ofnie. kategoriee blankes. Daar is diegene lang tyd? die stabilitiet in 'n toekomstige bei"nvloed nie? In elke oorlog gebruik die vyand wat lojaal aan SA is, soos die SA NUJOMA: Ek en my kollegas in onafhanklike Namibie te ondermyn NUJOMA: Die Namibiesemense spioene as 'n ekstensie van hul oor troepe. Dan is daar die blankes wat die leierskap van Swapo sal baie bly nie. Swapo staan by daardie verklar is polities volwasse. Hulle weet pre logvoering, en ons is geen uitsonder N amibiers is, wat daar gebvore i!. en wees om ons weer aan te sluit by ons ing . sies wie namens hulle baklei en wie ing nie. Daar is baie Suid-Afrikaanse lojaal aan die land is. Hulle is, landgenote, ons families, ons ges Die bewering dat Swapo kompro aan hulle kant is. Dirk Mudge ge spioene vandag nog in Namibie, waar Narnibiese burgers. Daarvoor is daar inne en ons vriende. Ons sien uit na mice aangegaan het sover dit die bruik die Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag jy self was - mense in Koevoet geen twyfel nie. Onder 'n Swapo 'n toekomstige blink onafhanklike koppeling betref tussen die onttrek - dieseflde mag wat die Namibiese byvoorbeeld. Dis hulle wat ver regering sal daar geen onderskeid Namibie onder 'n Swapo-regering. king van Kubaanse soldat aan die mense onderdruk. Daardie byeenkoms antwoordelik is vir die slagting van getref word op grond van 'n spesi Terseflderyd sien ons uit daama om onafhanklikheid van Namibie, is wat die DTA op Ondangwa gehad honderde en honderde Narnibiese fieke ras, kleur of status in die ge 'n beleid van nasionale versoening verkeerd. S wapop is op rekord, in die het, is gehou met die samewerking burgerlikes, vroue en kinders ingesluit. meenskap nie, en Koshigwana tali ti. Ngele osho, omapulo ogo FOCUS on letters/brieweleembilive nga:- omolwashike Prem Chand oshithiminikwa meyo lye moNamibia (Windhoek) tse aakwashigwana mba eya okuman SHONO mpano tu Ii twa tegelela omolwo omaliko epangelo 00 taa Africa peha lyaMagnus Malan. sha lolokela ombili nemanguluko gululitha (SWAPO Supporters) twi okalOkoltiho 435 ka ye miilonga, ihe landifwa po kuPienaar. Oshigwana otashi indile Ahlisaari lyoshilongo shawo. indikilwa okuya koAirpon oku ohaluka wala tatu pewa natango Poshihongi opa ningwa opo a lombwele aakwiita ye yaSouth Opena iinima iyali mbyono twa Ii katsakaneka omukalelipo gwlig omathiminiko gaana omutse nand omapiyaano, keengudu odo dili Africa ya tulepo omatati ngaashi ° twi ikolelela muyo ongaashi iiyeti wanahangano Manti Ahtisaari ungu. Onda Ii nda tila nokukakama mewiliko laSouth Africa. Eshi osha tashi popiwa komupeha gwe Pienaar niihedhithi popepi yemanguluko Iya omanga oDTA ya pitikilwa? Epukul mokumona ombilive ndjika ya nyolwa twikila fiyo omeshuno loilyo kombinga yaakwiita yoSW APO. Namibia oyo nee ngaashi: ulo: (OSWAPO yaNamibia ina yi komukolonyeki omudhudhu gwome yoSW APO oku shuna koshitukulwa Oshigwana ota shi indile omusa - etulo miilonga lyokalOkolitho indikwa okuya ka tsakaneka Ahti lelo laawambo, ookayamukulwa tutye. shOwambo. Omo vamwe vomu vo mane Athisaari opo a shunithe etanga 435 kiigwanahangano saari, ihe (SW APO) oyo yene ya Ohenda onene moku talankene taa va ehamekwa nayi kovadipai vaSouth lyaSouth Africa mookamba moka e - eyemo lyaaetithimbiIi yoUN tokola kutya kokapale ita ku iwa). kambadhala yetu thindile pohi, onda Africa. Ii kutha, opo oshigwana shi mone TAG Omolwashike Iigwanahangano ya fa ndi wete kutya omusamane nguka Ovanhu mOwambo ova dipawa ombili. Mpano ondi na po omapulo tala nkene tatu shunithwa ko ko J.F. Kruger ku uviteko kutya oka kovadipai vaSouth Africa. Ehalo Oshigwana itashi ineekele gathikama kombinga yiinima iyali Katutura ihe oya mwena owala? tokolitho 435 otaka ti ngiini. N a AG laSouth Africa oleIi, oilyo aishe Athisaari pamwe noKoevoet ye, ya nda tumbula metetekelo. Oyonee oNeutral ndjono? Omolw 8- 1980 ota yi ka kala po ngiini, ngele yoSWAPO moN amibia i dipawe po South Africa ndjoka ye tali opolisi. Ano 435 oye tu etela shike? ashike aatumwa kalelipo ylig nani ooveta adhihe dhokatongolOngo filu. South Africa oye mwene eshi Oshigwana osha limbililwa - eso wanahangano ihaya holoka komeho otadhi hulu po. Sha hala kutya shig u1ikamefiku 01.04.1989 e shi a longifa kemweneko lyoUNTAG kuAhtisaari, - omupya gaakwashigwana opo yu uve omadhi wana omulOndi ita kotha manga ovadipai vaye. opo yi longe iilonga yawo okugamena - emanguluko ladhilo getu sho haa popi owala omuludhe ino kolonyekwa sigo Osho yo oPrime minister Mar oongundu adhihe moshilongo. - elago noPienaar? o okomunwe gwolupadhi. Ota tu thim greth Thatcher waBritish moku talela Aayambidhidhi yadho omanga ya -okuposipaleka aantu? oshigwana oshiholike oka inikilwashikembela? Kandi uviteko po Namibia, ina endela ouwa wova pitika oKoevoet ye ya South Africa Iilonga yoUNTAG oya shike? tokolitho 435 ina ke tu etela nando nawanande. Namibia ndele okwe ya omolwa yi umbe nokudhipaga aayambidhidhi - okumwena manga tatu dhipagwa? uuwanawa washa ihe okafa owala Onda hala mu tule ombapila ndjika omaliko 00 ovaNamibia 00 vena yoSWAPO moshilongo ashihe. - okwe eta po ombili moshilongo? ketu Ii kohi yoongaku. yaKruger moshifo opo yi leshwe okwaa efela momake eedalele doshi Aayambidhidhi yoSWAPO meni . Onda kumwa ngele aalOnateli kuuyuni auhe, wo wu mone nkene longo. Hano ponhe1e yoku mona Iyoshilongo otaa indile opo e ya pe aainekelwa yoUNTAG oya dhim SHILONGO ZOCKS tuu nalango South Africa ta kolo uuthemba opo ya zale omuzalo gwawo bulula tuu iineya yaSouth Africa. oulunde-kommunissie. noutondwe OTJOMUISE nyeke ye ta thiminike twa ha makuke dipai-woupwidi weengangala daSouth gwepandela lyoSW APO yaNamibia. Onda kumwa ngele etanga lyoUN omakana getu, unene tuu tse mboka Africa okwa ka tanda velifa omitoto puuyelele pwaana omadhengo TAGolilio"NEUTRAL" ngaashi 9000 yomelelo Iy Aawambo. Ndele sigo doinima oyo ye mwene a Ii a wana gaakwiita yaSouth Africa. Ngaashi oompaka onda tsininwa kashona oku yi mona nomesho aye mwene. a gandja uuthemba kaayambidhidhi oshoka omalelo omakalelipo gopan Osha yela kutya South Africa oku yongudu yoDTA okuzala omuzalo dumbo nogopakatongo-tongo oga hula Ii ta longifa eengudu adishe gwepandela lyoDTA . po ka ge na we sha. Shaashi otwa moNamibia. Ashike fye ovaNamibia OSHIWANA tegelela ombili, elandulathano, oilyo yoSWAPO otu na oku mu lwifa EHANGANO lyallLONGI nuyuuki mboka wa kala wa pumba fiyo Namibia la manguluka. UN NORTHERN NAMIBIA OSHIFlMANEKWA. INA mo moNamibia omivo dhomathele TAG na shiive, kutya. Ovanamibia 9000 dha pili po. fye otwa hala ovamwameme ovamari MU TOOLA OINlMA OYO Nandi yelithe mpaka kutya omuntu noukadona. tu va mone moN amibia. Okatokolitho 435 ana ha longo melelo Iyaawambo, ha futwa Ovakwaita volOl ovo mwa ifana, oke tu etela shike? MUHE I SHI SHAASHI kepangelo lyoowambo, SOO lUu a mooo va shuneni ko diva diva. Omesho otjeke ye nombapila ndjika. Iimaliwa Ovanamibia ota tende ohonde. moku OTA SHI DULlKA YI KALE yetutayi hepekwa nokunyanyangidha KOMUNYANYANGIDHI tala ovayanamwengu ava, nova di gwoshifo shoshigwana "The Na OYITOPIFA OYO YA NYIKA oombapila dhaana omutse na ndungu pai vaSouth Africa. Jambidideni eed dhuupwidhi nodhokumbanda paleka mibian Focus", pitikandje ndi holole ale1e daNamibia. opo di alukile omadhiladhilo nomaiuvo gandje OSHIPONGA NEDIPAO onkalo yomuntu kehe. keumbo. Ihe tse itatu tila, tse itatu sholola mokati koshigwana oshihepekwa Ovayanamwengu va kufeni ko noshithiminikwa shaNamibia shono shono twa talele itatu shi etha. Tse keengaba daNamibia. Oshitukulwa otu na ondjuulukwe yoku popya osho sha hepekwa nayi kuSouth omakana getu ga kala ga patwa omivo Africa, oonghee yandjeni efudepo omulongo na yimwe dha pili ihe kovakalimo vomo shitukulwa osho. ngashingeyi Kruger naMundt noopa Pehulilo onda hala okutya ngaha South petadhawo dho Lamek nolnus Louw Africa naSWAPO ova lwa sha wana. odha hala oku manga omilungu dhetu. a L Cohen Motors Epulo olili nee apa omuNamibia Shivalelwe tu shi pitike, na tu tidhwe wa shili ota ka hoolola lyelye? miilonga kashi na shilonga, ondjambi Omukolonyeki noshiwana shaN yawo otaye ke yi mona. " amibia, ile omukolonyekwa mukweni The shono itatu ke shi dhimbwa, oSWAPO yaN amibia. A surprising experience otatu ke shi dhimbulukwa aluhe UNTAG yambuka, longa oshilonga nomuN amibia Iyamanguluka. Kutya weshi li neekelelwa. Ngeengei to shi nani aantu yamwe mboka ye li po dulu, shi tonga. Opo tu kuwe onghuuo, is just around the corner. magadhi ya tulwa po koomOOlu kayena opena umwe te ke i tondoka. Efeni sha noshigwana oyo ngaa nani ina eedalele doshilongo, di uye medu hala evi Ii manguluke yo aanIU ayehe 100 ina. ya tyapule uuthike pamwe. Mboka mwi ihole neyene opo ne ta NELAO HEITA mu ka kala mwa tila aniwa oku kala WINDHOEK tamu kala noku pukulula oshigwana sheni kombinga yokupukulula oshig 9000 wana sheni kombinga ye hogololo Omuzalo gwoSWAPO oparty ndyoka yoshigwana shaashi aniwa oto kanitha omboloto. Shono hasho kaya, tala aamwanyoko mboka OMUSHANGW A nyenyeto ya kala muupongekwa ta kondjele gwaakwashigwana gwe eguluka The New Era Skyline Just further evidence recently demonstrated that oshigwana pwana nando ofuto yasha komukalelipo gwo VVO moNamibia why the New Era Skyline is it is one of the smoothest cars an ex traord inary piece of ihe oye na ngaa omwenyo. omushamane Martti Ahitsaari.Oshigwana oshu uvite in luxury motoring, in addition engineering. Ano ngele Kruger naakwatheli ye to being one of the quietest . uudhigu ke ye mo lyoUNTAG Every detail of this car spea ks of ngele ota ye tu tidha miilonga yawo, Nissan proved this in spectacular true sophistication. From its mewiliko lyaAhlisaari. Oshigwana shono hasho shi lolola omwenyo. style to scrutineers from the A.A. computer-controlled engine-manage oshu uvite uudhigu molwa Ahtisaari ~ We started the engine of a 3 litre Shono shi na oshilonga oku kondjela ment system to its sensationally quiet ta longitha etanga lyaSouth Africa, ~ SGU Skyline, plated a wine ride. And the suite of features is a oshigwana shoye. Tu kondjeni tw a oku dhipaga aakwiita yoPLAN glass on the tappet cover, then fi lled talking point in itself. mana mo ha mokana amuke ihe iiJonga the glass to the brim with liquid . Test drive the New Era Skyli ne (SWAPO). nayi yemo lela. At 5000 r / min, equivalent to and be surprised ° Oshigwana ina shi hala UNTAG Tse itatu shuna monima nando 187 km /h on-road speed, the engine ta wilikwa kaakwiita yaSouth Af continued so smoothly that the glass nando okomeho tu twa uka. Esindo rica. Oshigwana otashi dhengwa remained rock-steady. Not a drop olyo oshili. spilled . omolwomuzalo gwepandela The New Era lyoSW APO. Omizalo tadhi tuulwa, SHILOMBOLENI EFRAIM tadhi fikwa po, omanga Ahlisaari S KYLI N E OSHAKO X2001 naakwathi ye ya pitika omuzalo ONDANGWA 9000 gwepandela lyoDTA gu longithwe puuyelele. Untag na longe osho a Sigo onena oshigwana osha mban We are driven dapalekwa oku popya edhina SW APO • endela noku ulika ongonyo pauyelele '-i naangoka ta monika La tumruJa edhina UNTAG okwe uya moNamibia ndyoka ota dhipagwa. ongomuhangukuni weenguduodo ta Oshigwana osha hal a omusamane di lu, South Africa naSW APO. Osho Ahtisaari a tseye kutya South Africa yo ova yambididi veengudu edi mbali . oku na wo oond jembo ndhoka ha dhi Okudja I Apilili 1989 ongula inene longithwa kuSWAPO, dho odho ha omo naana oulunde noukolokoshi longitha moku dhipaga aakwashig waSouth Africa wa tameka natangoo wana uusiku medhina lyoSW APO. Oku kee1ela ovayambididi vongudu Oshigwana ota shi pula Ahtisaari yoSWAPO yaNamibia oyo yali ina a yelithe puuyelele ngele ye muka oku ka holola oudjuu noshiwana, okulimo kondando yaakwiita yaSouth THE NAMIBIAN Friday April 14 1989 1 ~ Plan at home care of cattle. Some could be veteri nary clinic workers, learning about ALLOW me a space in the people's the diseases of cattle. Some could learn how to vaccinate cattle and paper to clarify cenain things to those others could learn about pastures. who lack knowledge about who the Namibians really are. We also don't want fear in school. We are asking for a school with two This letter openly criticises Mr things: Teaching in our own lan Louis Pienaar, the Administrator General, and it condemns his state guage fll'St and then in English, as well as Afrikaans, and a chance for ments that Namibian fighters of Plan older people to learn as well, things should be based in Angola north of like counting and how to work with the 16th parallel. money. Mr Pienaar, it is an indisputable number. Swapo a 'terrorist' organisation? our hopes for a new kind of school in I myself did many years of work fact that Swapo internationalist guer Swapo is a liberation movement and our area. For a long time there have for the commissioners of Bush rillas have a right to be confmed to KAMBULU KA LYATKWATA we are proud of it. According to been problems with the Tsurnkwe manland, but I never became the bases in Namibia. The fact remains international law and the UN Char- school. There have been misunder- HARARE ZIMBABWE 'learned owner' of the work - I never that they areN amibians. If the SADF ter, we have the right to resist South standings between our children, and can be confmed to bases here (and African occupation. both black and white teachers in the had a chance to fmish knowing it completely. they are not Namibians) then Na Gave thel r lives The Untag forces were supposed past. In recent years our children We want to begin a small school mibians should have the same right. to secure peace. Where were they? have not agreed to stay in the school, The South Africans must go back AS ONE of the greatest fans of The Botha's are making fools of them. because they do not feel they are and work on it ourselves, with the help of the government We can make to their motherland and the Namib your newspaper, allow me to air my The UN is now experiencing what we learning thiJigs which can help them, bricks. We need to be able to borrow' ian fighters must return to their homes views concerning the recent clash have experienced for many years. and because of the beatings. The things like tools, and to borrow small in Namibia. They are our children, between Swapo combatants and Solllh The Swapo combatants were re- answer to the problem, we think, is to brothers, fathers, relatives and friends. African security forces. grouping to be confmed to bases fmd those whose hearts are good for amounts of money from time to time. School prepares people for work. They were not illegally in Namibia First of all, I take my hat off to when the security forces fired on teaching. When Ilook into the future and the day will not dawn when they those freedom fighters who gave their them. Who gave that instruction? of my children, I see that they will We are worried about all our children sitting in Tsumkwe rot learning. These are declared to be illegally here. lives for us to be free. (Not only Botha or Ahtisaari? come to harm because they have children don't learn, and they also Mr Pienaar, withdraw your state them, but for South African security Last but not least: Untag gives the come to fear schooling. They fear it don't ,have the food of the bush to ment. We need an elected govern forces who didn't know what they green light to South Africa to re- because they fear being beaten. feed them anymore. What will they ment in this territory. You are the one were doing, may God forgive them). deploy Koevoetand 101 Battalion to If the child acts badly on many eat or do? who is illegally in this territory. When I think of those who died, my assist them in their peacekeeping task. occasions, and the teacher discusses blood runs cold. Freedom was so Will a child's hearteverforget who it with the parents so they understand JIMMY KAUUNGE near and yet so far for them. killed his mother? Will amother ever each other, well, okay, go on and hit TSAMKO =ITOMA P OBOX 7070 Secondly, the members of the UN forget who raped her ten-year-old the child. But don't just beat him as Chairman Nyae Nyae WINDHOEK 9000 who were in favour of the reduction daughter? Some may forgive, but an ordinary thing! They don' t even Farmers Cooperative of Untag from 7500 to 4650, should they will never forget. tell the child why. c/o Ju/wa Bushman On Ahtisaarl now bow their heads in shame. What We will continue to resist our We tried to talk to the school Development Foundation a great mistake it was. occupation: Europe tasted Nazi oc- administrator but we gave up. And if PO Box 9026 According to eyewitnesses, the cupation and opposed it. We have the our children did get good schooling Windhoek PLEASE allow me to air my views security forces fired against the right to do the same. some of them could get work in regarding the position of Mr Martti combatants first. And I believe them. hospitals, medical work, and some Ahtisaari in the current situation in One may ask why? Because I carmot J F VICTOR could teach children in schools, and ATTENTION our country: believe someone, who, for 70 years, BOX 7124 some could be police, and some could --- All readers -- Sir, we are very perplexed by your has made mea subject of the evil KATUTURA 9000 work in offices. If they had a chance Please ensure that all letters attitude towards our people under the system called apartheid. to learn these things, they would to the Editor are signed and leadership of Swapo. Yet the US blames Swapo. Why? . know how to do them. My heart accompanied by the address It is amazing that, as UN Special Are they being blamed because they Teach the children .. burns for them to learn. That's how of the reader to ensure Representative, who pas come to fought back in self-defence? Or is it lUi & d Namibia to make sure that the inter- e goes lorwar . publication because the US and its allies call WE are writing to tell you about Others could learn how to take nationalproceduresleadingtoinde- r------~--~::::::::::::::::::=-~ pendence, are carried out with jus- tice and without partiality to any party, you have given the orderto the troops of South Africa to hunt down forces who in fact were in the country BALLA-BALLA prior to the ceasefll'e. This, to us who are yearning for our freedom, clearly demonstrates FISTBALL that you have taken a partial decision . , in favour of our colonisers. It is a pity that instead of bringing about peace, TOURNAMENT you are encouraging the forces of the racist government to eliminate Namibians. Saturday 15 April 1989 Swapo is a well-disciplined move ment and would not defy the guide (a ll events take place a t the lines and regulations set up and agreed PUBLIC RALLY to concerning our transition to inde S. K. W. Sportsgro und) pendence. Instead of deploying Untag peacekeeping forces to the area of conflict to separate the warring sides, FRIDAY 14 APRIL: you decided in favour of the one side. 20hOO - 1hOO DISCO with Mr Music, South West Swapo forces then had no alternative Breweries tent. but to defend themselves against those who started hunting down our com SATURDAY 15 APRIL batants. 11HOO : KIOSK opens for meals and drinks Sir, if justice were to be done, you 12hOO: BIG BALLA BALLA TOURNAMENT would have acted impartially to 20hOO: DANCE with VARNHAGEN Band, South West Organised by solvethe conflict. The Government Breweries tent. in Pretoria may have plarmed these acts of violation in advance, to jeopar the Eastern dise the peace process. They knew ENTRIES & ENQUIRIES phone HARALD FuLLE (w) 21172 long ago that a number of Plan forces (h) 38605 Region, were based inside Namibia. They attacked our fighters on the day ENRTY FEES: R25.00 per team. implementation of the peace plan CLOSING DATE:Tuesday 11 April started, and them put the blame on ' COMPETITION w ill be played in three divisions: (a) our forces as the violators of the Ladies Team (b) Mixed Teams (with a minimum of PLACE : Aranos peace process. two ladies per team and game) (c) Gents Teams. Then most of the world, including Margaret Thatcher, started blaming GENERAL INFORMATION; Swapo; they have most of the media TIME : 14HOO at their disposal. How can you decide No previous experience is needed to compete in to assist the racist forces to expel the tournament. Only these bona fide sons ofN amibia from one Fistball player per team allowed. Those their own country? Angola is not interested in practiSing before hand, the S'r "'h L· I L Advertising, Public Relations, Sales Promotion, Package Design, Photo '1 e proresslono S ror: graphy, Research, Printing Matters, Recruitment, Expo-Design, Video Productions, TVIRadi6 Spots, Annual Reports, Brochures, Graphic Design, Typesetting, Advertisements, Management Ad- vice, Launch/Re-launch Campaigns, OTC .Product L ,__ I h 061 228866 Development, Comix, Publications, News Distributio~. rOM pone: - IMAGES . " P~otograph)' Video. Productions Recruitment THE NAMIBIAN Friday April 14 1989 17 WHAT ro '(ou WRNT-TO BE WHEN 'tou ~ROW Up? GlRLC3 CRN BE RNVtHlNG THEY WANT 10 BE THE~E PA'l~ ••. C' By Socialisation Wendy Viall HUMANS are classified and given their 'label from when they are the basis of negative and positive born, or sometimes even before they are born. The moment the reinforcement. That is, there is en child is born, the doctor will say "It's a boy/girl". So from very couragement and,rewards for 'good' early on in life, the child learns to understand and give themselves and 'appropriate' behaviour and there and other people the correct gender. It is important to remember is disencouragement and negative that sex and gender are not the same thing. sanctions for 'wrong', inappropri ate or unacceptable behaviour. ... BRAIN SURGEON •.. COLlEGE ~FESSOR Sex is the biological category which male and female. Depending on which Parents, adults and friends treat . .. PRe~It>eNT•.. \IOU ~ t> "'REAM describes certain physical charac culture and society we grow up in, we boys and girls differently. For ex ,.HE IMPOSSIBLE teristics. Gender is the social cate are socialised into our specific gen ample, girls are given dolls and make DRE.AN\ '00 gory which history lays down and der roles by way of the norms, values up to play with, and boys are given describes certain behaviours which and attitudes. These norms are usu trains, cars and guns to play with. are different for the sexes. The dif ally the 'unspoken' rules which people Boys are taught not to cry and not to ferent roles and behaviours that boys are expected to stick to. If the individ show any emotion, whereas girls are and girls are taught. Generally speak Ual does not stick to the 'rules', and to encouraged to show their emotion ing, girls are brought up to be femi his/her specific role, society sees them and to be sweet and cute. When the nine and boys are brought up to be as 'abnormal', and they are regarded 'well-socialised' adult treats boys masculine. Life is more complex as outcasts. and girls differently, they are not than this, and both the sexes acquire From birth and throughout our lives usually aware of it and it is uncon aspects of both genders. Children we are directed to certain roles. There s.cious. Little boys are trained to be are then encouraged to suppress the is a good likelihood that one can independent, aggressive, logical and other gender in their personality, es predict what a little girl will do in her to achieve - whereas little girls are pecially when they reach puberty adult life. We can become mothers, trained to be more passive and to be (adolesence). The problem is that wives and hous,ewives - while a man dependent on others.' femininity is given less value than could become a truck driver, archi They are taught to curb their anger masculinity. A "tomboy" is more tect or builder. and ambition, to be understanding. acceptable than a "sissy". This then causes a feeling of being HOW ABOUT Gender roles are learnt from soci Imitate powerless. Girls are taught that their ety through culture, social norms role in life is to be a mother and a fAIl) EQUALL V? and values and are not natural. Sex In our early lives we imitate and wife firstly, and then she could think roles teach us to distinguish between copy the most important people in of getting a job as a secondary role. C male and female. Gender is learnt our lives, and try to live by their It is also imposed on a woman that and people are not necessarily aware values and way of behaving and tehn she should enjoy the role of being' a of conscious of the role of female we eventually take it for granted that mother and a wife, her 'natural role' . ness and maleness that we have leamt. the world really works the way it The 'naturar role has proved to be A lot of people accept this as being does. untrue, as we can see it has not 'natural'. We need to understand Later on in schools we lejlIll all worked for many mothers. that it is not 'natural', but that we sorts of 'facts' about the world with Boys are taught that to be a father have leamt and been taught that there out learning to question where they is important, but that this is only one are different roles for men and wcmen. come from and whose interest it would part of his life and there are others be in to continue believing these 'facts'. just as important -like providing for • Different , , Socialisation is the set of social the family, his sport etc. institutions or mechanisms and proc Men are taught to be the bread winners of the family, and to do this If one looks at different people esses which society places on and he has to succeed. This places a across time and different places, one trains people to take their place as great deal of strain and pressure on can see that there are so many differ socially-accepted beings. Socialisa the men if they somehow 'fail'. A ent ways of being in the world. If we tion is therefore a very effective and man is also classified and defmed look and compare the attitudes, val efficient training and learning proc according to the job he does. ues and norms which a society places ess, which is entirely dependent on wu've 60TTA BE REAU~"IC .... Another important social institu on child-rearing, and the way soci what direction society wants to take , ' ~ tion where we pick up values is in ety sees it 'correct' for males and it. A child goes through different language and pictures - anything females to act, we can see that this mechanisms of socialisation. that gives us a representation of who differs from society to society and Some mechanisms and social insti we are or who we should be. For in from culture to culture. tutions are: parents, friends, legal stance, the same words applied to This is proof that sex roles are a systems, educational systems and women and men have very different learnt behaviour and they are not language. Children then model them meanings, ego "she is an aggressive natural. Sex roles are worldwide, but selves according to these different saleslady" gives adifferentimpres they differ in different parts of the social institutions, and according to sion to "he is an aggressive sales world. what sex they are - male/female - and man". People will argue that it is From birth we are socialised in this is how we get gender roles. petty to insist on using he/she when certain and different sex roles, for The socialisation process works on "everyone knows that 'he' also in cludes 'she'." However, if one at •• random started using 'she' when Sa~chCl'5 tQken little A~rtt to speaking of a man, they wood quickly tell you that he and she actually refer H\(~ kctbali brAl I CCt~'t thi~k to specific sexes. of aV\~th'vl~ \nteresttVlq anot ;' "'Z Depicted any resistance by getting us to con independent, all people are depend -- sent to our own oppression. ent on each other. But it is only ac rlovl- se'J-lsr to qo wlFn /' The world is constantly depicted, The values of the dominant groups ceptable for women to indicate their Je(e rvl_~ -;" through language, magazines, par do not only get established through vulnaability and dependence, Women ents, adults etc, from the point of the informal structures and the and men are both dependent and in view of some people and not others, "unspoken rules" but are also up dependent. and those points of view that are held by the legal and educational Socialisation and sex roles restrict shown are also the people that hold systems, family organisation and then individuals and the development of the most power in this society. So if reinforced by the media. the child, and thus his/her potential. we take the world for granted, and Television, films, books present If these sex roles were not so rigid of do not question itas it is presented to the 'normal' family as father, mother if they were non-existent, people would us, we will perpetuate the existing and children living in their comfort be able to develop in the direction situation and those in power will able home, with the father, and some tb,at they feel comfortable with, and continue to benefit and those who times the mother, holding good jobs. would most probably tum out to be do not have the power will not be This does not show the experience of better .... - represented. most people who grow up in an ex Socialisation is a very strong proc tended family, live in overcrowded ess that it effective. Women are houses, have to leave school, struggle Women's issues now! given the subordinate role in it, and to make ends meet, and work as farm Read The Namibian socialisation makes us accept this labourers, cleaners, factory workers position-1/5 though we have chosen it etc. - The~Poper' freely. Socialisation tries to prevent While only men are meant to be 18 Friday April 14 1989 THE NAMIBIAN MADNESS AND DEATH SEEN THROUGH A PAIR OF MUTILATED JELLYFISH What can I say? I will, however, remain eternally Demands for The Namibian to go editor has spent the last four nights The chief atrocity reporter went to UNTAG is still drunk and the bitter about the savage and rapid daily were made by people who are respraying his old miner's overall to the border three days ago and nobody Governor is babbling about deterioration of my mental and physi obviously in a position to go to bed at look like a PLAN unifonn so he can has heard from him since. Everyone surrender and interrogation. cal health since Cde Martti set foot night early enough to be able to wake sneak up to a UN assembly post and knows that nothing has happened to My left eye began twitching six here. up to buy a copy before the newspa spend six weeks recuperating in a him. He only went to the battlefront hours after Resolution 435 was im To be fair, this newspaper must per is sold out. base north of whatever parallel hap to catch up on some sleep and get plemented and it hasn't stopped yet. share the blame for my condition. The tragic spinoff is that the sports pens to corne along. .away from the daily deadline. In fact, both eyes feel like a pair of Even the layout artist volunteered baby jellyfish which have been set to cover the war, and headed off upon by a junkie using a blunt ma towards Okahandja vehemently in chete while stuffing fistsful of Angel THIS WHOLE WAR IS SO sisting that he draws the line when Dust up his nose. he's dead and to hell with the print Friends have reassured me that I ers. am in my prime, but when I watch FRIGHTFULLY PRIMITIVE Meanwhile, across the planet, thou pieces of tar-black lung leaving my sands of Namibians are clutching mouth along with the residue of the ------By guest hack Professor Molotov ------ their air tickets ... keeping one eye on old Mentadent-P into the bathroom Diary of an Extremely Foreign Correspondent the flight timetables, one eye on the basin at 8.30 every morning I am Saturday April 8, Oshakati. newspapers and one hand on who forced to wonder. I'VE been on some pretty rum assignments in my time but this must surely take the biscuit. "Take a ever they have met in their years of exile. One hopes it is hmg. break. Go to Namibia," the Foreign Editor told me, "we won't want much, bit of a non-story really, Of course, it could be shreds of They know that if they came back heart - or worse - fragments of brain. but we might as well have someone there just in case." now there might be a rapidly released But there's no way of telling. So off I go, my case full of Evelyn have met some frightfully nice chaps joint statement, reading like a state Every major organ in my body is Waugh novels, expecting a nice cushy from the United Nations - excellent ment written after a dozen joints, on the point of failure. time of it, and I end up here in Oshy drinking partners and always game stating that refugees are welCome to I was fme until UNTAG arrived. somethingorother - one of the most for a spot of Backgammon. The return on condition they surrender at A useful sanity survival tip these God-forsaken places I have ever come military chief, Same Again Prem, is the airport and submit to a brief inter days is to blame UNTAG. If your across - in the middle of a bloody a particular wag, though his colleague, rogation session. electricity is cut off, or your dog gets war. One minute we are following Farty the Fin, is a bitof a damp squib I was one of those who never got a run over, blame the United Nations. Maggie around to her talks and tea at times (though 1 gather he has come chance to go into exile. You'll be amazed at how much better parties, the next thing we know, a in for a bitof stick recently about the So 1 will never get the opportunity you feel. horde of marauding terrorists have way this independence thing has been to come back wearing designer struggle come spilling over the border and are going). clothes and sporting a pair of snake taking pot shots at the police. There are a couple of these UN like hips from months of aerobic IN THE SUPREME Well, it's all been too gruesome chappies staying at the guest house, classes paid for by a besotted Swed but they tend to lock themselves in ish au-pair. COURT OF for words. We arrive to find the only place to stay is this poky little guest their rooms and only come out to go Yeah, if s rough. SOUTH WEST AFRICA house in a place they call White to the toilet when they can be heard But at least my sinuses have devel Oshakati - which I presume derives muttering something like "don't you oped to the point where the strongest WINDHOEK, FRIDAY 7 its name from the fact that most of know there is a war on?" They must teargas can't bring a tear to the jelly MARCH 1989 , the houses have whitewashed walls. have been touched by the heat, poor fish. My back has become so condi tion to life in Namibia that not even BEFORE THE We get here to find there are not souls. enough rooms for all of us so we have As for newspapers , well one might a rocket-propelled quirt could break HONOURABLE to share. And if that wasn't bad enoogh, as well forget it. The newsagents in the skin. Rubber bullet bounce off MR JUSTICE LEVY one can't even get adecentmeal. The this country have obviously never my super-annuated skull. vegetables must be at least three days even heard of The Times because But my insides are rotting. In the Ex Parte application of: old and they have the gall to give us w hen I asked for this most revered of The enemy are forcing me to buy powdered milk for breakfast. One We all headed off to see a pile of all newspapers, they offered me this cigarettes and liquor ... without even giving me the benefit of a decent MARTHA MATHEUS can't even go for a stroll after dinner dead terrorists the other day and the scrawny rag of a publication which I as they say one might get shot. hired Merc came .back a complete wouldn't even dare wipe my bottom interrogation. . (applicant) The natives are friendly enough, wreck. on - though my colleagues do when Madness or death. The only two though a little coarse - of Dutch ex Added to which, there is only tele the guest house .runs out of toilet alternatives. Upon the Motion of Mr traction I believe. Many seem to have phone in the whole damn guest house paper. I have already stood trial and my BOTES, Counsel for the ties with the army. Tnere's one old which means everyone in the queue One barely ever sees the local sentence is repeatedly handed down Applicant and upon reading boy who goes around in a T -sRirt can listen to what one is saying to the journos around. I haven't come across on innumerable slips of paper churned the Notice of Motion and with 'I lost my liver in Oshakati' office back home, especially as one any here at the guest house and one out of cash registers across the city. other documents filed of written on it. I think it refers to his has to shout to be heard at the other rarely sees them at the hotel in Wind 1 would like to enter a plea now ... insanity. record: drinking habits but having seen the end. I am convinced my interview hoek, so one wonders where they get state of some of the terrorists they with the soldier who revealed that the their stories from. Too late - it's been done. have brought in from the battlefield, terrorists ate babies for breakfast was No, the local press is run by either "There's a queue don't you know, " IT IS ORDERED one can't be too sure. an exlusive, but I find the story was a bunch of lunatics hell-bent on cre screams the black-robed vulture with How one is supposed to do one's plastered across front pages from ating the master race or else a load of his bank balance rolling obscenely in 1. That a rule Nisi do hereby work to any degree of professional London to New York. There's no pinko, pope-smoking rabble-rousers. his eyes. issue calling upon all persons ism is beyond me. One can count the justice in this world. Whatever happened to good old concerned to appear and to num ber of tarred roads on the fingers Still, hopefully this whole fighting impartiality. Thank goodness some show cause, if an y, to this of asinglehand and one spends one's lark will soon be over and I can get of us here still adhere to the ultimate Court on FRIDAY 28 time trying to manoevre along these back to Windhoek where at least journalistic principle - above all, the * * * APRIL 1989 at 10hOO why treacherous dirt tracks. there is a modicum of civilization. 1 facts. VILHO MATEUS, LIVE employed by Rossing. Uranium Limited in 1980 WINDHOEK STADIUM and previously residing in SATURDAY APRIL 15 Arandis, should not be MUSIC presumed dead as from date featuring: ------ of this order. 2.That service of this order * PJ POWER5 be effected by publication ·ZIA SUNDAY* * EVENING * once in THE NAMIBIAN * TAXI 7:30 pm and REPUBLIKEIN newspapers and on * DYNAMIC5 ROSSING URANIUM (Featuring Ronnie Joyce) Sam's LIMITED. ... PLU5... PLU5... PLU5... PLU5... PLU5... Restuarant BY ORDER 90 Gobabis Road OF THE COURT * Live Snake Show * Local Bands * Top Local "O.J'S" REGISTRAR Admission: R10.00 klein Windhoek (LORENTZ & BONE) Starting: 12hOO (ending 18hOO) Tel: 228820 Phlvl THE NAMIBIAN Friday April 14 1989 19 The Structure Of Human Populations Economists and government those that die young) will become the planners need to know the size reproductive individuals at a later of their countries present human date. population. Perhaps even more At the other extreme we have important, however, these people declining populations (population size migration of people from rural to productive part of the population lation size: need to know the answers to the decreasing with time) and these have urban areas, in search of jobs and a (children) are a severe burden on the productive part of the population following questions. an age structure something like fig. higher standard of living. However, 1970 1,025,000 three. Here there are fewer individu it is not true that rural areas are being (adults). Is the population size constant, 1977 1,252,500 als in the pre-reproductive period depopulated (population decreasing). It seems that the child dependency decreaSing or increasing? If it is 1980 1,360,000 than in the reproductive period. While the whole of Botswana is ratio has increased since 1964. The increasing (which it usually is), how 1980 1,500,000 Obviously, in a few years time such growing, the growth in rural areas is prime cause of the high ratio is, as fast is it increasing? Building a sound 1985 1,450,000 a present pre-reproductive group will slower than in urban areas. So popu you may expect, the high fertility of economy, including trying to pro form a smaller reproductive group lation densities in rural areas are the population. 1985 1,597,500 / vide jobs for adults, is impossible than the present one. simply increasmg m~e slowly than Consider the effects of ahigh child Projected 1990. /l-,8o~OO(r without the answers to these ques Fig two. is intermediate. Here the in urban areas. Thus during 1971-81, dependency -ratio on health services 19-90 ,- t-;890,000 tions. population is more or less stable in the density increase was 46.2% in and education. First, health. Health (Where therc( is more than one size. rural areas compared with 95.4% in services are needed by all age groups. estimate for a year this simply means The Age Structure urban areas. However, infants and other-children - that different persons or organisa of Populations Age Structure And Available figures indicate that need them m?st,-as the~~.are tlle-age tions have arrived at different con population growth accelerated dur groups m~s! likely -to get serious clusions). Population Growth ing 1971-81 and the population is infectionS or suffer severe effects of If we assume that there is no It malnutrition. While these are rather crude esti immigration into, or emigration from In Botswana now increasing rapidly. is l?,-e Second, education. The more chil mates, they do suggest that the popu a population, the population birth dicted that by the y<:.a.!~ 1-1 ;the total dren you have, the more schools you lation is expanding rapidly. rate (natality) and death rate (mortal I would have liked to discuss in Botswanapopullifion will be between need. But to build and run schools As already mentioned, Namibia ity) determine whether a population some detail the population structure .. A. A~~ ( YaG('Ys) 7° (j) fj II I 1 ® I I 80 I 1 I I I I "1-0 1 I I ~ost y~~ r'uJlA,l-:\I~ I 1 - "'re.p "(od~ c h've 60 I I 5"0 1 4-0 -- 30 20 - T - I - T--- (0 - ----" T I ~-- Pie. - T 1 ./ -'" ~ '} - Yl?p -rOd.tAc.t-;V€ 0 I T [ 1/· f /. r 20 Friday April 14 1989 THE NAMIBIAN . ~- ~ LIVE ADS :Iassi fied •.•..•.• c1assi fied ••.•••••• c1assi tied ••••••••. c1assi fied •.••••••• c1assi tied ••••.•••• -~. -~ ~-.;1. MUSIC-~. \ I . next week...... '.~ ...... ".. " ~ CAR FOR SALE With the compliments of '1 E'\ T FOR SALE Transistor Music, ten lucky .. . readers will each TOp·TEN·RECORD·MAIL To win: THE LARGEST MAIL ORDER • Canvass tent in good .... receive a copy of .nJDY • a meal for two. Golf Le BOUCHER'. latest album, to MUSIC SERVICE IN NAMIBIA condition .... enter simply teU us tbe title of • hair products. 1979 model tbi. sensational album. Send RECORDS AND TAPES AT • Sleeps 8-10 people .... ON LY R19,95 With roadworthy your answer with your name You 're welcome!. • records . . • Easy to assemble .... ••••• and address to: THE NAMIBIAN . •• • • 1. Judy BO IJcher • Can" be with you metal frame certificate Rent-.record. Why buy? tonlgt'tt • complimentary club .nJDYBOUCHER Join the RECORD LIBRARY tod • .,. 2. AI Jarreau· Heart's Horizon COMPETITION, P.O.Box and •• ve YOURSELF alot of money. R300 O.D.CoO. .... 3. Hugh Masokala • Tomorrow tickets. 20783, Windhoek. Entries must Business hours: 4. lindi FaSSl8 • Don't Play with fire Contact: Don r81 :212708 atter hour. reach us not later than April •••• Mon-FrI16hOG-20hOO 5. Tracy Chaoman· Tracv Chapman even: 30,1989. Sall0hOO-15hOO/18hOO-2QhOO 6. Various Artist s · Zimbabwe Hits tel: 35065(w) Sun 10hQO.12hOOl18h00-20hOO -. Vol. .2 5 Hamburger vouchers! 224336(h) .. 7. Burnmg Spear - Resistance B. Julia Makeba • Heart Attack 9. Lazarus Kgagudl • Lazarus Kgaglldi 10 Chiwawa - Istakelelo These ten top albums are only a selection of our II NATIONAL THEATRE OF NAMIBIA larg e catalogue, Many NASIONALE TEATER VAN NAMIBIE more availabl'e on re ques\. NATI,ONALES THEATER VON NAMIBIA TO ORDER RECORDS: PLEASE STATE RECORD NUMBER NTN For each record you order, add R19,95 · add 9% GST to Ihe b i e d a an: lotal, then add R2 for post and BreugheHeater, Stellenbosch packaging , met SEND: Cash/cheque/postal order TO : fop Ten Record Mail ASJASPASSIE PO Bo x 9791 Eros 9000 WINDHOEKTEATER NB Would you like to receive 18 - 22 April .re monthly bestseller list? 20h30 YES / NC Bespreklngs: Tel (061) 34633 WEEKEND TV! FitlDfiY 17h58: Programme schedule 18hOO: The Boy and the Book 181105: Educational programmes 18h30: Alvin and Chipmunks 18h53: Crossbow (final) 19h16: MacGyver 20hOO: Suidwesnuus 20h20: A Private History of a Campaign that failed 2lh50: Klub 88 22hOO: NewslWeather scene from tonight's feature film based on a novel by Mark 22h20: Slap Maxwell wain. 22h48: Sport 23h48: Dagsluiting SfiTUitDfiY CHARLIE SEXTON 17h58: Programrooster 18hOO: Weet jy nie Building upon the roots-rock basics of his Texas heritage 18h05: Miena Moe en Kie ,Chart Ie Sexton has emerged as a modem-edged rocker willing 18h15: My little pony friends to defy expectations with a true rebel's spirit. 18h36: World of Disney "Pictures for Pleasure", his 1985 debut LP, yielded the US Top 19h21: Father Murphy 15 slng~ "Beat's So Lonely" and launched him 88 an International 20h08: Soeklig op 435 touring artist. "Charlie Sexton", his second MCA LP, more 20h28: Feature: Babysitter fully defines the scope of his musical vision. . 22hOO: NewslWeather 22h20: The Equaliser Sexton has been winning praise as a live perfonner ever since 23h06: Dolly Parton his boyhood. Beginning on guitar at age 4, he played his first 23h06: Epilogue professional gig at 11 and at 13 was touring with Joe Ely as lead guitarist. Two years later, he had begun doing sessions with SUttDfiY such stellar company as Don Henley, Rob Wood, Keith Richards 16hOO: Programrooster and Jimmy Barnes. His recent converts have been no exception 16h03: Pitkos - the reviews have been positively glowing. 16h14: Educational programmes "Sexton has something about him that can't be bought or 17h17: Soeklig op 435 learned", wrote critic John Griffin In the Montreal Gazette. It's 17h19: Programrooster the rare and It's the precious and It's what rock 'n roll Is all 17h22: The nying house about. And It's why Charlie Sexton Is going to be a star. 17h51: Godsdiens 18h51: An Hellen tagen Much has been written about Chartle Sexton's precocious past 19h16: Another life and beckoning future In recent years. His recent releases make Babysitter, Saturday's feature film, stars William Shatner, Patty 20hOO: News review a statement - loud and clear - he's a dyed-In-the-wool rock 'n Duke-Astin and tells of a mysterious, enchanting girl who manipulates 20h15: Murder she wrote roller now and forever. a family to the brink of hell and destruction. 21hOl: Aug der Jagd 2lh3O: How should we live (new) f\o"")'~ 22hOO: "NewslWeather ~~ * * MUS I C F EST I V A L '8 9 * * il. 22h20: Insight ----- ... ~ . --~ . , ~------TOMMOROW--~------~--~------~ WIN DHOEK STADIUM, APRIL 15 * PJ POWERS * ZIA * TAXI * DYNAMICS ALSO • Live Snake Show * Local Bands • Top Local "D.J's" Admission: R10.00. Starting 12hOO(ending 18hOO) THE NAMIBIAN Friday April 14 1989 21 WHArSON WHArSON LIVE ADS The Sparkle in Namibia give you FRIENDSHIP tel.{061 )36970 TIffi HOrrEST C OMPLEX EN1E.RTAINMENT '~UXUIr-v Hill INN/BOTTLE STORE/ IN TOWN III This is the club for those DISCO OtJlwarongo not crazy about the others! . teJ:221 01 r .o .Box 930 Open: open: DISCO TIMES: WEDNESDAYS, While you are dancing, FRI APRIL 14: Wednesday, Friday & WED:8pm to Iste. Ladles free FRIDAYS & take a light snack and a The ENTERTAINMENT Saturday becween 8pm-9pm. Adm :R2 .50 SATURDAYS. breath of fresh air In our COMPLEX that does not Normal Disco. FRJ :8pm lO late: Ad l'l:R3.00 8pm to late. 1 BEER GARDEN, or get all .stop. . SAT:8pm to late: Adm:R3.00 for more info call: 8pm to late. For more info contact BO'lTLE: STORE:: sophislicated In our For more information call Barn to 7pm (061)211706 RESTAUR ANT. 216664 Adm:RS.OO UMBI YOUR LEiSURE:,OUR PLEASURE: or 211741 at tel: (06 1) 215514 SAT APRIL 15: Normal Disco. 8pm to late. T HIS IS HAP PEN I N G ... Adm:RS.OO WINNERS Club Pamodzi is open as usual, Club Thriller is hosting the OF TICKETS TO THE MUSIC FESTIVAL popular "Talent Evening" on Sunday evening, Sam's SU,. APRI L 15: Restaurant (Klein Windhoek) is the place to listen to live UYESHOW, * Rudolf Appolus music on Sunday evening. Namibia Nite sees to Friday night 2nd round of the * Jonathon Doeseb with a battle between two established bands, PJ Powers will Talent Competition. * Myra Wlttes * Bryan Peters be (including also there. We are told that there is a Music Festival singers, dancers * Fritz Aoxamub taking pll,lce at the Windhoek Stadium on Saturday ... a great & line up starting (gates open?) 12hOO. NTN, formerly SWAPAC, instrumentalists) looks after next TueslWedfl'hurslFrilSat evenings with Adm: R3.00 NAMIBIA NITE GIFLIN "ASJASPASSIE' present TAKE-AWAY (Passionately taking off ones jacket while standing in a fire?) (TONIGHT/FRIDAY) (Namibia Motor Clinic more details at (061) 37966. P.A.De Witt Street) "The Battle of the TEL:61838 Bands" CAR FOR SAL E *Dynamlcs*Taxl* "Pap & Vlels" made us , plus famous ••• SECRETARIAL COURSES * 1986 TOYOTA * 1986 TOYOTA "The Snake Show" Now try our other take COMPUTER COURSES TUV CRESSIDA GL ~ Come and meet PJ awaysl BOOKEEPING COURSES , 7' Powers In person I excellent condition FUN • FAST· FLEXIBLE· with canopy ~ ~ -fc Admission: R10.00 Open: Mon - Thur 7am-9pm AFFORDABLE FrllSat 7am - 1 pm Rll000 R19000 '7'-tr7' ~~ Un" 36 Guslav VoIgtl c.ntre Kal.... $tTeet If,* WlNDHO£K GENERAL DEALERS Tef: (061) 37663 MERNAllONAL PIKUE SPECIAL ELAGO GAMMAMSBRU G KAFFEE ,lti)l'.AIJRANI' MOTORS ON SUPERSAVE lei: 22576 1/2 CANOPIES We put you firs t Kotutura Tet 61999 • PETROL 24 HOURS Duro Industries *Toyota Hi-Lux SWB Visit us for ALL YOUR • SPARES AND (Pty) Ltd Half Door: Rl 150 '__ I We are the GENERAL DEALER' thor dbes not only ACCESSORIES • TInned foods and Contact us at Tel No's Full Door: Rl 300 groceries offer you more. but also • BAnERIES -Toyota 2 Cabin .1 offers you more at a 63566/62135 or visit us • Toiletries better price! Half Door: Rl 050 • Cold drinks at 1 Danzig Street, Full Door: Rl 250 • Cigarettes • The peoples paper. Af your service this Lafrenz Industrial Area *Toyota HI-Lux 'The Namibian' FANIE. SUPER weekend, A.J. PRINTING & for all your: 4x4LWB MARKET Half Door: Rl 250 Open dally from 6am - COPY AGENCIES !<81utur. TIl: lUI.,. Full Door: Rl 400 Til: 21Mei3 •••••••• 9pm '01o. , DH7 " Purpo•• made -Ford Cortina SWB ELAGO Wlnd"_ IabatStrHf Half Door: Rl 150 Katutura W. ,.rvlce and "pelr Ih' following window. SUPERMARKET PMchln .. : Full Door: Rl 300 ELAGO BOTTLE , oil HI mlchln .. " Bull-ba,. GENERAL DEALER -MazdaSWB T":63197 STORE , dupllcellng mlchln .. " Ron-up-door•• tc, , manuII typewrill" Half Door: Rl 250 Katutura , pl,l, mak,,, IaImv Nangombe Tel:61562 Full Door: Rl 300 AT YOUR SERVICE • radIo'" tv , record.r. All your groceries , pholo copl'" w.s.n At -MazdaLWB At a lower price I Ela90 could not be more : , ,orting mlchln.. "LIVE ADS"- A NEW a Supennarket and a Competltlv. Prien, Half Door: Rl 250 Bottle Store! Full Door: R1400 DIMENSION IN ADVERTISING. DAGBREEK BEST WELDERS ODD-JOBS Support the All at Elago PrIce. ... Tel: 211286 SERVICES SWAlNamiblan NEXT WEEK WE WILL BE l1li " e' WINKEL & 211529 Industry GIVING AWAY MORE ALBUMS AND ALSO HAIR (ana_ring machine) FOR ALL YOUR r------.,~~ TACK GENE POBox 10684 PRODUCT GIFT SETS. WE For all steel construction RENOVATIONS. FIBERGLASS GIVE YOU MORE, I ABC · : DEALER MANUFACTURING Kat"t.... , work 1------1 •••••••• ·Palntlng"Plumblng· 20 Krupp Street FOR ANY INFORMATION Ttl: 81807 nd building of steel sheds, .CKN'l'U I ·Concrete work· Windhoek REGARDING THIS SECTION Oluno We conlSder it a Cattle trailer CAl.L (061)36970 AND ASK I privlledJe to be at SHOPELAGO ·Ceilings·etc.etc. tel: (061)22-8343 Katutura ies, Trellis work, Gates, FOR RAYMOND, OPENf VALl PAIME opo I your complete TODULU OKU MONA KESHE I TeI :2 15420 Trailers & lemcel Tel:(061) 225629 " LIVE ADS" TVU ElHIWA PUMIWA? 'I general welding work, YOUI~ ADVERTISMENT Visit us for all your: Mon-Frl COULD COST YOU AS ontol. yo ku wlpeleka YOU NAME IT - WE MAKE ITI oikutu! mornIngs only. LImE AS R3,OO. Oltere yo ikul,l! KATUTURA MEAT Oom.I.ka. GROCERIES o Club! MINI o Music Blr! The best of choice at a price ODpluhe! MA,RKET that could not be more POSn'UN reaEonable. o 'ltoll yo ku.elngelell 1.11111AI_ ..ngh ul BEVIES BOUTIQUE A.C.E . Chelsea Eendudli Vlendll VALUE FOR YOUR do 34 John Meinert Slreel, DISTRIBUTERS MONEY ••••••• Tel: 31414, fashions OD~uldfl78 FRIENDLY SERVICE 103 kaiser Slre., CLOTHING FOR The most complete T.I: 31154 ODlod11l9 SUPPORT US ••••••• range of cosmetics, ODdUlpa ••••••• SPECIAL Available wholesale • Haberdashery 10------OCCASIONS and retail. , Curtain materials ••••••• • Dress materials THE MARK OF A LEADER IS THE ABILITY TO Evening Wear For ony lntonnntion plcolC (Day & evening) 7 HIII,'d. PMn,lon, teel tree to call (061) 226647, Tel StrNt Windhoek PICK A WINNER. ADVERTISE WITH THE NAMIBIAN We,j ding Dresses (sizes to or write to: P,O. Box 6470, Wo Slack Iho biggosl solocllon In T.I: (011) 31741 1_ _ _ _ cater for o il ) Windhoek. Or visit us ot 63A Iho country. Special Conflrmotlon Dresses Kal.er Street. DON'T BE LEFT OUT Advertise in the Namibain tb reach the people To advertise call : ••••••••• (P~1 )~1i~70 22' Friday April 14 1989 THE NAMIBIAN IBen got great on drugsl says Lewis WITH OLYMPIC gold medalist ence where details of the event were Carl Lewis a featured performer, released. track and field has added another While talking mainly about the major meet to its outdoor season new event, Lewis also took time in in the United States. his brief remarks to touch on several other subjects, including Ben Jolmson, Announcement of the new event, the Canadian sprinter who was dis the New York Games, was made qualified from the 1988 Seoul Olym Wednesday with Lewis the primary pics for using steroids. spokesman. Lewis said that Johnson was "a "This is very exciting, the Olym mediocre athlete who became great BA's coach, Five Hochobeb (with hat), is furious about the NNSL's decision to switch their match to pic champion in the 100-metre dash on drugs." the Katutura Stadium. Here, Five, Dan Tjongarero (with glasses) and Vosie van Wyk, carries an said: "It will promote track and field Johnson beat Lewis in the 100- injured Bernhardt Diochotle off the pitch. . and bring in some of the best people to compete." metie dash at the Olympics but had the gold medal taken away when he Lewis is the first athlete commit TSCHIKLAS to tested positive for steroids. Lewis, himself to the new event, which has the 1984 winner who finished sec ATTENTION ALL READERS! been scheduled for July 23 at Colum WON'T ond, was awarded the gold medal. bia's Lawrence A. Wien Stadium. We would like to know your views Johnson went home in disgrace and The New York Games will be the and opinions about The Namibian RESIGN was banned from competition for only major meet of the outdoor sea Please use the space provided below to give us two years. DOUBLE-action Sundowns' son in the United States. an Idea of what you would like to read "We can't let a few people taint stand-in-coach, Angelo Tschiklas, Through the spring and summer about In the pages of this newspaper our sport," Lewis said at a news and post back to us at P.O. Box 20783 Windhoek 9000. says he is not prepared to resign months, most major meets are held in • conference announcing the New York from the team, despite calls from Europe and Scandinavia, where 27 Games, the first major track meet in We want YOUR views on presentation of news! some supporters for him to do so, are scheduled this year. But the New the city in 23 years. Our sport is a SABC radio news reports. York meet is planned to f.all within a NAME: __------______good sport and most of the people He said he would wait until his three-week period during which no COMMENTS: ______live by the rules." contract with the club expired at the major European competitions are Lewis said he will run in the 100 end of May. Mr Tschiklas added planned. metres in the New York Games and that those who called for his resig Fred Lebow, president of the New in a specia1400-metre relay in which nation were outsiders who did not York Road Runners Club, said it will his team will try to break the world have the interest of Sundowns at be the first major outdoor meet held record. He said his appearance at the heart. in the city since 1966. New York meet may be his only race He said he was no to blame for the Allan Steifeld, the Executive Di in the United States this season. He poor showings of players in recent rector of the New York City Mara has no other commitments lined up games. He said most players were thon, will serve as meet director. not dedicated to their work. after three overseas appearances in Lewis appeared at a news confer- Mav. V I VA NAFAU V I VA AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL We salute NAFAU (Namibia'Food and Allied Workers Union) on the event of their Third National Congress.(14 -16 April 1989). May your deliberations result in resolutions strengthening WORKER UNITY, WORKER DEMOCRACY and WORKER CONTROL of the economy of our country. We give you revolutionary salutations at a time when the workers and the voiceless masses are once again being threatened by racist capitalists and colonialists. ALUTA CONTINUA VOTE FREEDOM - VOTE SWAPO! issued by: NUNW, MUN, MANWU, NAPWU, NATAU, NANTU. THE'NAMIBIAN Friday 141989 '23 PEPSI ARICAN STARS FC BACK ROW (f.Lt.r.) - Nasson 'Tjitjita' Rukoro (coach), George Gariseb, Willy Wemuna, Leva Ndjiruete, Asaria 'Ndjiwa' Kauwami, Bernhardt Neuwman (captain), Bobby Tjiho, Toti Hanavi. KNEELING: Jackson Meroro, Alfred 'Juku' Jazuko, Jamanuka Tjihero, Nico Hindjou, Petrus .. .. TOLET ... 'Tse-Tse' Nerumba and Harold Boois. Spacious house (3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, study/TV room, lounge, ' epembe dining-room, kitchen, scullery, built-in cupboards, wall to wall carpeting, large verandah). Within walking distance from city centre. Fully furnished, including linen, cutlery and races for crockery. Fully serviced. Large & beautiful garden and entertainment , area. Walled-in for privacy and security. Ample parking space. Available from world first April 17. RS 000 per month. --,I THE FASTEST Namibian favourites to win in this category, reigning national champ, who will p H 0 N E: 3 5 7 6 4 woman on four wheels, Frances however, upsets cannot be ruled out turn up with something secret. Nepembe, is set to become the from unknown participants. farst black female racing driver In the small class, Christo Le Roux will be driving in his Ford Laser, in the world. Class M (medium): which is considered as the fastest 1. Andre Meyer in his Opel GSI. Frances is due to compete in street car in the country. her first race on April 29. But 2. Freddy Stander with his Golf GTI. she will be making history, too, The bikes section will be com 3. Arthur in his Golf GTI 8v. on Saturday when she takes peted between Johan Louw and Sakkie 4. Lucas Hipondoka in his Golf Rossing Uranium Limited part in the Drag Racing GTI 16v (Oetinger). Gouws. Many entrants are expected in the has a vacancy for a organised for the Tony Rust 6. Frances Nepembe 50cc class which is for scholars only. Track outside Windhoek. 6. Herman Woechers Golf GTI. No license is required but a helmet is She will be the first black Namib 7. HJ Joubert in his Jetta 16v. essential. CONFIDENTIAL ian woman compete in such an event, 8. L. Anthony, who is also the says Lucas Hipondoka, spokesman SECRETARY for the organisers, Tony Rust Motor Racing Association, Th e Public Affairs Department of Rossing Uranium The competitiqn, according to Limited in Windhoek is looking for a Confidential Lucas, is open to all and participants Secretary. can use any car they like, be it a FOR sedan or truck. The aim of the racing is to give The successful candidate should have a very good command of both English and Afrikaans. Previous drivers a chance to challenge on~ Ultra-modern designer-home for young another on the race track and to stop secretarial experience is a prerequisite and a challanging each other from robot to and upcoming professionals; built on thorough knowledge of the Multimate Advantage II robot on the streets of Namibia. three levels; entrance hall; lounge/ word processing package would be an advantage. The competition is being com ~ peted in three categories. Small, dining-room; JV room'; study; open-plan An attractive salary and generous -fringe benefits medium large. The race over 400 kitchen; scullery/laundry; 3 bedrooms; 2 are offered. metres. bathrooms; double garage; domestic Class L (large): quarters; large pool/entertainment area; 1. Victor Kolowsky will drive in flatlet with sepera,e . e~tranc ,e; ea.y-to- his imported Porche 930 turbo. 2. Jurgen Zu Bentheim in his Ford maintain gai'den_ " Siera. 3. Dr Wagner (ex-Tsumeb racing Please apply in writing to: driver) in his BMW MS . Th~ , Personnel Officer, Rossing Uranium 4. Joze Gomes in his BMW MS . R200000 limited, P.O. Box 22391, Windhoek, 9000, or 5. Willem Hugho and Uwe Bau ...... telephone Marise Deem at (061) 36760 . man in their BMW 535. 1\ 6, Theo Coetzee in his Skyline P h ' 0 n e ' '3 5 7 6 4 ' all hours. 2,8, The above mentioned drivers are 24 Friday April 14 1989 THE NAMIBIAN ROE SLAMS BORG I JOHN McENROE outclassed a rusty Bjorn Borg of Sweden 6-3, 6-3 in an exhibition tennis match on Wednesday: A genial McEnroe totally domin~.td the indoor contest in the air-condi tioned World Trade Centre. McE1J6e, 30, of the United States, is currently ranked sixth in world standings....' Singapore was the first stopA'5r Borg, who retired from tournament tennis 1983, and McEnroe on whal,,·touted as their' 'reunion tour." It also includes the Philippines, Taiwan ~,.i Japan. Tig~rs, ball.~~gg.ling ~idfielder Gerson Gow~seb (left) is robbed to the ball by Sorento Bucks pivot Borg, 32, told report