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Bringing Africa South Thursday September 27 PRESIDENT'S PAY ATTACKED IN NA 'Superpower $alaries and benefits'
THE draft bill providing for the salary and benefits of . the Namibian President drewbeavy fire from opposition parties in the National Assemhly yesterday • The bill provides for an annual . . represeD.tative in the House, Moses salary ofR180000 and an allowance Katjiuongull, was vehement. "I know ofR20000a year. Furiher, in tenns that 1cannot cliange the mathematics of the bill, the President; and his wife . of voting in this House, but I will not are entitled to be non-contributory fail in my duty to state the views of .members of the government medical my organisation," pe thundered. aid scheme. The President's salary Mudge also warned that "if minor and pension would also not be sub amendments were neit introduced, jected to income tax. . we will not co-operate, and if the bill . The opposition was up in arms and continu'es as it is, we will oppose". indicated they would not support the Mudge expressed the hope that the bill if certain amendments were not high salary and benefits awarded to introduced. the President would not "pave the In addition, the · bill makes no way for others' , . • miniinum provision for a Head of. He added, however, that he w~s State to qualify for pension. ' not 'propos~g that the country's rust This wOllld mean that a Namibian citizen be paid a "meagre" salary~ President would qualify for a cash But, the President's salary 'and pension pay-out double his annual benefits should compare favourably salary even if he/she had served iri to that of other Heads of States in the office for only one week, Dirk Mudge region. The South African president (DTA) said during the second read earned R165 000 a year and was ing debate ofthe Presidential Emolu granted a R39 000 household allow- ments and Pensions Bill. The National Patriotic Front's sole CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
INSPECTOR Eben Benade, iJ) charge of the police operation, stands behind the makeshift sandbags' at a lookout point at the controversial Rehoboth residence, occupied by former Baster Kaptein Hans Diergaardt until yesterday. The fortifications they dug, he told reporters, amounted t9 the gunmen ' 'digging their own grave' if there had been anyshooting. See story. below, amdpage. 4. S.W.MOTORS
.Midnight move at Rehoboth PO Box 3852· Tel (061) 22·2211/22·21Q1 • Windhoek . . . . .' . Cnr Ausspann Street" Rehoboth Ro~~ . IN' AN early morning move, fonner Baster Kaptein Hans Diergaardt yesterday moved out of the contro versial Paardenkop government house pASSENGER CABS at Rehoboth. He said the move fol • 1987 Toyota Corolla 1.6 GI ...... •...... ·R19 500 lowed a decision by the executive .' 1988 VW J.lla CSX, SlIv.r', Alrcon ...... H24·900 committee of the Free Democratic • 1989 VW CII! Golf AS NEW, 1800,Rad, Sport, Alrcon ...... 1<:13 500 • 1984 VW Golf GTi lots of .xtras ...... J'l1 5 900 PartY 3ked at avOidirlg ront'Iict w1,Jich . • .1987 VW -'-"a CLX, RadlorTapa, Alrcon ...... ,...... l'i~n 900 could "harm the democratic system • 1984 VW -'-tla GL ...... fl ll))OO in Namibia". • 1987 VW Golf GTI, Blue ...... ; ...... ·...... ·R25 9:::: Rehoboth Deputy Sheriff Ervin • 1987 VW Golf CSl, Y.llow...... ;.~...... •...... R17 2 • 19984 Ford Escort 1.6 ·GlE, Blue...... : ...... ··R10 500 Henckert said he welcomed the de · • 1982 R.nault TS5, Rad ...... R7 500 Rl velopment, as it had prevented'armed • 1984 VW Pass.t... h ...... 3 500 conflict. . · • 1988 Mazda 323 SL 1.5 light Blue ..., ...... ·.. R20 500 · • 1987 BMW 3201, Gr ..n ... ;...... , ...... R37 000 . Diergaardt also said he wanted to • 1985 Toyota Avant. 16V Twin Cam, Fiad ...... ·R17 900 negotiate with the police to grant his • 1982 BMW 5181, Exac, Ruby Rad ...... Rll 000 supporters immunity from prosecu • 1982 Ford Escort, Sunroof! RadlofTape, Good Condltlon...... ;...... ~ Rl0 500 tion. BAKKIES & 4x4's . The Basterpolilicim made his mov~ • 1988 Toyota Hllux 1800 SR Bakkle. Belg ...... R22l1oo shortly after midnight on Tuesday. • 1982 Ford Cortina 31, GrHn...... ;...... R12 900 . ~olice COmmissioner Siggi Ehn, • Isuzu KB 2.2 DIe ..1 LWB ...... _ ...... R16 900 • 3 x 1989 Landcrul..,a 4x4 Satlon Wagon, Whlt ...... _.. .@R11S 000 beck said Diergaardt had begun . l • ~ moving out in the early hours of BUSES Wednesday morning, and that police 1970 Toyota HI-Ace Bus, .;1ue._ ..: .... ;.~ ...... _...... :...... Rl1 000 had now taken possession of the eDflY • 1987 VW Kombl2OOOL, Good COndltlon .. _ ...: ...... R13 800 State-owned house. . • 1978 VW·Komb.1 Pankle Van, Good Condition ...... , ...... R10 000 "We are very happy it wasn't necessary to use force to execute the CONTACT .eviction order," Commissioner Deon p,osthuma or ~ -" . i KAREL Freygang, reported to be Diergaardt's 'security chief', ' Eimbeck said. yesterday brieRy entered the premises and left again, saying Iioth· Robert Posthuma ing to reporters. . CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 " ...... I -. J ~ ~ I .. . • , , ,. •• I I ., ,. •• • ,-, 2 Thursday SepMrhtjE1r 27 f1990 , 'THE NAMIBIAN
CLIENT SERVICES
ASSISTANT 1 .' (Mornings only)
The Foundation for the Advancement and Support of THE issue of Walvis Bay will not be raised by Namibian President Sam Education of Namibia is an independent educational trust, Nujoma today when he addiesses the 45th session of the UN General Assem established by concerned Namibians to assist in answering bly. Instead, the problem will be sorted out according to bilateral agreements between Namibia and South Africa. to the financial needs of education and training in Namibia. This was revealed by Foreign Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab in an interview We require the expertise of a client services assistant, with the Namibian Press Agency in New York earlier this week.'He also said halfday, to assist with the following: the President would ask the UN to continue its support for the UN Institute for Namibia in Lusaka, even after it has been relocated to Namibia at the end of - Handling of correspondence - the year. - Preparation of proposals Gurirab is a member of'the Namibian delegation which accompanied President Nujoma when he left for New York last Friday. , - Database of resource agents The Foreign Minister said the President's' address 'would focus on interna - Arranging special events / functions tional issues such as the Gulf crisis, South Africa, changes in Europe and - Administrative support for public relations ' conflicts in southern Africa. , , and development staff Over 100 Heads of State and government will hear President Nujoma appeal for economic and teC(hnical assistance for Namibia in order for his government to carry out all th\? ~eform progranunes which should logically follow on The candidate should be fluent in English, have a working Independence. An;assUch as health, education, housing, !lgricuiture and water knowledge of persooal computers (Multimate, File Express), development will be-given particular emphasis by Nujoma. typing skills, and should be able to handle correspondence and proposals independently, ' , CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 • BENEFITS An appointment has to be made as soon as possible, but not later than January 4, 1991, ance which was non-taxable, com the salary and benefits because he pared to Namibia's proposed R240 wanted to "help prevent embarrasment Applications should reach 000 non-taxable. ' for the office of the President of the the Executive Director, FASE, Mudge underlined that South Af Republic and complications for our P Q Box 8587, Bachbrecht, rica's budget was 72 times that of country which is right now appealing Namibia. He said he would find it to other nations for development aid", Windhoek not later than FASE extremely difficult to accept that the On the question of a retired Presi- ' October 5, 1990. Fax number Namibian President be paid more dent getting a monthly salaryequiva (061) i 221291 ' - Telephone _ FASE - thanhis South Africancounterpart in lent to his monthly payment while number (061) 307-2093. ' the face of these realities. still in office, he remarked: "There On behalf of ACN, Kosie Preto must be a difference between those FASE rius said the term 'President' mustbe who work and those who have re FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT AND SUPPORT defined more clearly in the bill. tired. OF EDUCATION OF NAMIBIA Pension benefits needed to be "TIle NPF cannot accept the propo FASEj P.O.Box 8587, Windhoek Namibia ,FAS E coupled to a "pensionable period" , sition that a retired President and an Tel. : (061 )307-2058/307-2156 I ~ Pretorius argued. "A minimum length active, working President -should get of time must be built into the bill for the same or more or less the same , ~"""-N?~\AA THE BEST p{oPtI fOR THE JOB a President to qualify for pension, , , , salaries and benefits. We prefer that , 52748 FASE he stated. a retired President does not get his He also suggested that the Presi full salary on retirement but a certain dent's contribution to the medical percentage, 60 per cent to 80 per aid ,scheme must be considered. cent, of his salary as someone out of The ACN man expressed concern active duty," he reiterated, NOTICE TO BUILDING CONTRACTORS over the President's children as the While the government of Namibia bill only provides for pension bene was campaigning in the outside world SADCC REGIONAL GENE BANK IN ZAMBIA fits for the spouse of the late Presi for a Least Developed Country status, . dent. "What would happen if both he said, top government officials were INYITATION FOR TENDERING PRE·OUALIFICATION the President and his wife die simul paid' 'supetpower salaries and bene taneously?" he asked. fits" . "The ACN cannot support the bill It was not acceptable that officials The SADCC group of countries have received a grant from the Nordic unconditi6nally unless certtin amend whose expenses were covered by the countries for the construction of the SADCC REGIONAL GENE BANK ments are made," Pretorius copcluded State should be exempted from in Katjiuongua started offhis contri come tax, "while people, especially (SRGB) at Chalimbana 20km east of Lusaka, Zambia. bution by responding to remarks by women who earn R400 to R600 a the Prime Minister that the House ' month, are paying income tax and should not oppose the bill because all sales tax on essential food commodi The project compromises about 1 700 sqm single storey buildings with members may one day benefit from ties to pay for State expenses", said its generous provisions. Katjiuongua, 10ad-bCaring brick walls, timber roof trusses with metal sheet roofing, "I know that my Prime Minister In his concluding remarks, Gein thermal insulation and all electrical, water and sanitary installations. The didnothave me in mind when he said gob said if he was provided with the this, but perhaps some of his own salary and benefit figures of the SA seed bank: area of about 200 sqm has reinforced concrete ceiling slab and colleagues in the ruling party who president, the ruling party would extract ventilation plant for heat disposal from about 120 deep-freezers. might cherish presidential ambitions consider compromising on Namibia's in the future," Katjiuongua said. figures in comparison tO lhose of Included are external works, about lkm tarmac road, external drainage, The NPF leader said he objected to South Africa. main power connection, water supply with borehole and storage tanks. 1------, 'I - CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 • REHOBOTH
, The executing agency for the project is SVALOF AB of Sweden. Diergaardt, former leader of the Namibian Police have arrested 17 defunct Rehoboth second-tier gov men, including Diergaal'dt' s son ernment, was served with an eviction Richard, 31, and his nephew Mic_ Interested building contractors who are domiciled and eligible for similar order to vacate the house last Friday. hiel, 24, in connection ,with large works in SADCC countries are invited to submit their names and addresses He refused to comply, remaining amounts of ammunition confiscated. in the property barricaded with sand Fifteen of them appeared in the to be received not later than 15 Oct9ber 1990 by tbe project architects: bags and guarded by a number of Rehoboth magistrate's court on armed civilians. Tuesday and were remanded in cus: On Tuesday evening, a full bench tOOy until October 3. Thirteen of the LORENZ & NDILILA ARCHITECTS of the High Court granted an urgent suspects gave Walvis Bay addresses, PO BOX 50079 application authorising police to assist court officials said. the Deputy Sheriffinremoving Dier Two more men are due to appear in LUSAKA gaardt and his followers from the the Swakopmund magistrate's court ZAMBIA property. shortly in connection with the al Diergaardt must! also show cause leged possession of mo~ than 4 000 by October 19 why he should not be ' rounds of 7.62 anununition for R5 , , Contractros will thereafter receive "INVITATION TO-SUBMIT PRE- jailed forcontempt of court, and pay automatic rifles. the costs of the application~ * See also special focus, page 4. QUALIFICATION DATA" documents to be completed and returned to the Project Architects at a specified date. Deadline for all advertisemen.ts is 12hOO prior to ,the date of publication .. i .;: ':HE NAMIBIAN -Tt:lursday' September 271990,3 ]~ermanent Secretary MUN, Rossing ; appointed ~ as a , ,~ , strike a deal
director of Rossing RoSSING management yesterday confirmed that strikiitg workers at the mine had returned to work following a one-day work stoppage. The company said normal work resumed at 08hOO yester , day following an agreement between the Mineworkers Union of .f A conflict of interests? Nadia executive committee and the company. In terms ~f the agreement, all mine, Dr Steve Kesler, said he hoped PERMANENT Secretary of Mines ourselves. I'm am not there as Leake employees had to report for work by all employees would recognise that and Energy Dr Leake Hangala yes Hangala but as arepresentative ofthe OShOO yesterday or their next ros , taking action outside agreed proce' terday cmfinned that be was a member government to articulate the govern tered shift. dures was counter-productive. of Rossing Uranium's board of di ment's policy view. The work-stoppage resUlted when He also said he "looked forward to re,ctors. "Ibelieve that as we are formulat 51 haul-truck drivers were dismissed everyone getting back to working Dr Hangala said be had been ap ing our minerals policy it doesn't after refusing to use the electrical • normally and resolving any' griev pointed to the Rossing board by the mean that we will be 'pro-manage trolley system and omy drove on ances through the appropriate chan Cabinet because the government ment. What we are doing is looking diesel. nels"; owned shares in Rossing and it was at the best way of utilising our re According to yesterday's agree Following the agreement, Rossing therefore entitled to a seat on the , soun::es," he said. ment, all employees also had to work MUN branch chairperson Winston board. He further pointed out that the normally, which presumably meant Groenewald explained that the dis Hangalasaid the new government , Ministry of Mines and Energy was haul truck drivers would have to use , pute between Rossing and the haul was still organising the mining in not directly involved in labour mat the trolley,system: truck drivers ~ted back to 1984. dustry !lD.d formulating policy and he ters because labour issues were the · Rossing said the dismissal of the In 1983 the haul truck drivers were felt the government needed repre , respoosibility of the Ministry of Labour 51 open pit operators would be re classified as Grade 6 employees on seDtation: on the Rossing board. and Manpower Development. scinded and they would receive final , the Patterson scale but then were He added that his appointment was With regard to the recent dispute at warnings. Disciplinary action would suddenly downgraded to Grade 5 in an "inherited situation' , because the Rossing he said that, as a board not be taken against those who walked 1984. , govemmeat had always been repre member, he was still waiting to hear offthe job on Tuesday, provided they They were only promoted to Grade .g sented on the Rossing board in one the details of the dispute. returned to work yesterday, but those 6 again when the short electrical trolley way or another. , Hangala added that "if the gov who failed to report for duty would system was introduced in 1986. The appointment of Dr Hangala to DR Leake Hangala ernment so decided to have shares in be dismissed. The preseat dispute arose when the Rossing board is suprising be other mines it will of course be rep~ The job grades of haul truck driv the long trolley system was iatro cause it inevitably raises theques whether he would not become biased resented" . ers would be reviewed by the com duced this year because the'drivers tion of conflict of interest. in favour of management as a mem In response to an inquiry, Rossing pany arbitration grading committee argue that it places more pressure on An obvious question that springs ber of the board of directors. public affairs manager Clive Algar with two union officials as observ them and requires more tolerance. to mind is what his position would be Dr Hangala himself, however, does first said Dr Hangala received direc ers, but this didnotnecessarily imply , Drivers also maintain it requires if the ~!wi, to decide onrnining not feel his appointment compro tors fees like any other director. a change in grade. more concentration because of the concessions for Rossing, or exemp niises his ,position as Permanent After consulting the company , Those , employees who left their increased number of sharp bends on tion from mining regulations. Secretary of Mines and Energy in secretary, Algar later said Dr Han- , place ofwork without permission or the long trolley system. At a time when Rossing is experi anyway. , gala's direCtors fees were paid di who did not work normally on Tues They complained and applied for encing laboUr problems the unions "Workers will appreciate that at rectly to the government treasury day would not be paid for those ,hours. regrading not long after the long trolley . would probably also worry about this point we are still organising and not to him personally. The general manager of Rossing system was introduced and negotia J tions have been in progress for four months. . According to Groenewa1d, the union Danger! Handle with care ~ddressed the issue ofjob evaluation at a company/union negotiation fo rum tw:o years ago. Poor supervision of DDT spraying poses serious health threat Following that the union put for MYSTERY SWTOunds the un w.ard a proposal one year ago for the Union to be given equal represen:ta expected death yesterday of fEARS that our insecticide is being need for IItrict traiIiing and supervi procedures leamed on the training tion on the job evaluation commit Dieter van Heerden, son of sprayed in Namibia without correct sion. If the compound is allowed to course are not being observed in -tee. the South African Press As supervision were recognised as contaminate food or water, for ex practice. One report said DDT fre "understandable" by Otjiwllrongo' s ample, it is almost impossible to get , quently comes into contact with water Their argumeat was that the job sociation's (Sapa) chief rep , evaluation committee was totally a Public Health chiefFllp Els this week. rid of. supplies, while another told of ma- resentative in Namibia, , company institution on which work Although he claimed Namibia's Els said the 300 seasonal workers hango crops being sprayed On re Johann van Heerden. ers hadno say and they did not see the training programmes for DDT spray employed in the 35 DDT spraying quest from local communities who Dieter, 22, a captain in the system as democratic. , ' ing teams were well ahead of other teams were all put through a two had heard it would clear the grain of Groenewald said the MUN did hot Namibian Defence Force, shot African countries, he admitted that week training course in which care" insects. agree with the present classification himself with a 7,65 pistol at not enough supervisory staff were fu1 use of the compound was empha Els said he had come' across no of haul truck drivers at.Rossing as his parents'Wmdhoek home. available. sised. such incideats, but admitted that Grade 6 because it placed them in the The incident was confirmed " At the moment supervision is not The workers were told their sPray spraying teams could be far more semi-skilled category, whereas in most late yesterday by Police adequate and we're having tremen ing pumps must be at a certain pres careful in general. "When spot checks other countries they were classified dous problems with personnel," he sure, that they must walk at a specific are carried out, some kind of prob spokesperson Commissioner as skilled workers. Siggi Eimbeck. said. In Ovambo, where 11 health speed to ensure they sprayed the right lem usUallycomes to light," he said: According to Eimbeck, Di inspectors should be cheCking on ammount ofinsecticide and that they He claimed such incidents were in the club, forced open the door of the eter's mother found him in spraying teams, only four were must spray at a certain distance from the minority but accepted they were room where the money was, kept and In their target. nevertheless worrying. his bedroom at about 13hOO. employed. the Kavango only one took Rl 127,91 in cash. He returned to inspector did the job of three and in He also said that experienCed spray "As soon as something better, safer He had shot himself through the wounded man and hit him again the Caprivi one person canied a druble men were usually employed and that and cheaper than DDT comes along twice on the back of his head. the head. workload. these only underwent a one-week we will use it," he said. "With DDT He found the key of a Datsun sed,m According to Eimbeck, no Given the dangerous nature of the 'refresher' course. As well as spot costing Rll,36 a kilogram and the motor in Ailts' pockets and took tht~ final note or letter from the chemical, which is banned in many checks by supervisors, the driver of . next option (Ficam) costing R228 a car. On the way to Otjiwarongo he losj young ,man had been found. countries and has a bad record on the spraying team was also respon kilogram, we don't have much control of the vehicle and it left the raod The policeman said there were long-term health and environmental sible for keeping an eye on opera choice." ana overturned. He escaped unhanned people in the home during damage, this situationhas led to serious tions, ,Els said. Meanwhile, environmentalistS' are ' and took his belongings from the ve concern.' ' 1 Following the publication ofa lead worried that Namibia may be cutting hicle and slept in the bush. He was the incident, but nobody heard arrested the next day. a "shot. ,He added that' foul Those organisa~ions, such as the story on DDT spraying in The Na costs on its future health and suggest, WHO, which do recommend'the USC" mibian a few weeks ago, a number at the very least, an urgent study into In his judgement, Justice Levy play was not suspected. of of DDT for malaria coatrol stress the. people have expressed fears that the insecticide's lorig-term effeCts. pointed out that Hausiku had planned , , the murder and that his aim was not to collect his money when he went to the club, but to kill Ailts. "If the ,accused only wanted his money, then it was not necessary to beat the deceased again after he (Hausiku) took the money from DESPITE the death penalty being out ing circum§tJl,nces, Hausiku, originally also found guilty of escaping from the ' siku said th~ had made him very upset, the iceroom. This was a very cold lawed by, the Namibian Constitution, from Rundu, c:pnfessed to, the charges police cell at. Gobabis on May 15. ' and he later decided, to kill his em- blooded murder, especially as Hausiku the courtS still regarded murder as the of murder, theft, robbery, with aggra..: Hausiku told the court he killed Ailts ployer. . -.'~ told the co'urt Ailts was very good to most serious crime in the,:. country. For vating circumstan<;es, 'an4 ' -escaping because he had refused to pay him out He went to the. golf field where Ailts him," Judge Levy said. this reason, heavy punishment needed from custody. standing money. and other people were playing: He saw Hausiku was sentenced to 22 years to be imposed to protect the public from ' ' Hausiku was accused of having' The deceased was a 'very good a hammer in Ailts car and thought this for murder, 10 years for robbery, five cold-blooded murderers. beaten to death Horst Ailts of Gobabis "oubaas", the young man t,old the was the best weapon with which to kill years for theft and six months for es Thiswas said by Justice Harald Levy on the night of May 2 this year. On the court. But during April this year a quar Ailts. He took the hammer and hid it caping from custody. in the Windhoek High Court yesterday , same day and at the same place, he stole rel allegedly erupted between Hausiku until it was dark. Hausiku 'Yaited until Judge Levy ordered that five of the before he sent Lukas Hausiku, 19, to, RI 127,91 in cash'from'the golf club of and Ailts after Ailts refused to pay him Atlts was alone and ambushed him at 10 years run concurrently with the 22 jail for 27 years after the young man which Ailts was the manager and bar his monthly salary. Ajlts allegedly told the door. He attacked Ailts, striking years, while the sentences forrobbery, was 'convicted on four charges, includ man and where Hausiku himself had Hausiku h~ would keep the money for him on the forehead. Ailts fell to the theft and escape from custody would ing murder and robbery with aggravat- 'worked. He also stole Ailts' car. He was him until he returned to Rundu, Hau- gro,und, Hausiku then took the keys of also run concurrently. ' I 4 Thursday September 27 1990 THE NAMIBIAN
INTHE NEWS' Death of a politician?
'OOM' Hans Diergaardt HANS Diergaardt's threat tarily go because of a possible bloo ening and rebellious· stance . GWEN LISTER dbath if police had to move in and enforce the High Court's decision. against the government of This was quite patently an excuse. Namibia dissipated overnight police to enfon:e the High Court order Diergaardt and his men must have as he ignominiously departed on the intransigent Diergaardt. realised they had everything to lose from his former home under Many erroneously see Hans Dier and nothing to gain by challenging cover ofdarkness in the early gaardt as a traditional leader, a 'chief'. the police and anny, and decided to This is not so. Although his political leave with their tails between their hours of Wednesday morn career spanned nearly four decades legs. ing. dating back to 1947 when he entered Neighbours said it would be a,re- . The makeshift sandbags, the only . politics as a member of the Burgerver- lief to have quiet again. Since Dier remaining evidence of his attempt to eniging, Diergaardt was elected Baster gaardt's illegal occupation of the create an impenetrable hilltop for- 'Kaptein' in 1979 in tenns of the premises, activity has been non-stop. tress in defiance of an eviction order Rehoboth Self GoVemnleot Act passed A lone Diergaardt supporter, who by the Windhoek High Court for by the South African Parliament in on Thesday threatened journalists, in severaldays,stoodaslonelyremind- 1976, and held this position for a particular those from The Namibian, ers of Diergaardt' s increasing isola- decade. with his shotgun aloft, on Wednes tion as a homeland protagonist in a He, like se~eral other Namibian day was disarmed and supervising unitary state. politicians, has varied his political the moving of what appeared mainly Gale was his assorted ragtag 'army', stance over the years. As a founder to be his leader's scrap in various ranging from ageing men to youths, member of the Rehoboth Volksparty- bakkies, some with goats on the back. who had occupied the premises for in 19~, he aligned himself with what What had happened to the guns, I almost a week, wielding shotguns was then an anti-South African gov- asked, but he pretended ignorance: . O~ ofDiergaardt's young supporters, ironically sporting anFCN . and threatening to fight to the bitter • ernment grouping. The Volksparty guns, what giJnS? T-shirt reading 'we are the winners', returns to the premises. end. Gone was 'Oom' Haru,lrltnself, w~s later to merge with Swapo, but Police chief General Piet Fouche to his farm, to another Rehoboth Diergaardt pulled out before then, at came oo,d went on two occasions, . hideout; to the mountains .•. 'l NOJ>De __ ...94dswith..the then leader, Dr Frans leading reporters to believe the for kne~ then and no one r~ally seemed Stellmacher, who was moving too mer 'Kaptein' was still on the prem to care. _ . fat 'to the left'. He then founded the ises, bY,..tJhis was not the case.
, ~ ,_ 'It s~emed -~ humiliating "cnHo; a ~ A - Ce~bQth;J;.i~rati9nParty in' 1975: ' Rep,orted to be Diergaardt' s 'secu veteran politician, now 63 years of !>i~rgaardt WaS a member of the . rity cruet', Carel Freygang walked _ age lpld suffering from ill-health:,lo ' Tumhalle Constitutional Conference up to thCil house and out again, confer ;disawear .int~ no~ss after r~ at it~inception~ ~ 975, but.withdrew ring only with the guard at the gate . . of camp81gmng for the soverelgnty later. He was sumlarly a member of Reporters waited outside in the sun " of the Rehoboth Gebiet. - •• aqother ~outh African experiment, but were not allowed into the prem Is it the pOlitical end f~r Hans the National Assembly, but walked ises for several hours. Police watched Di~rgaardt, bomin 1927, by1:rade a out in 1980: He joined_the Multi- as a cleaning team restored the house motor mechanic and, according to Party Conference in 1983 ~d later to order, and Inspector EbenBenade, >;" Rehoboth residents, anavidcollec- enjoyed Mini§terialstatus .in the in chaige of the operation, said po tor of scrap? To many this would Cabinet of the interim government in lice woula remain there until infonned appear to be the case, although he 1988.and 1989. by Civic Affairs·and Manpower what himself has stated in recent inter- Later Diergaardt became President would be done with the building, views that his future -was still under of the Federal Convention of Na- presumably the futu~ residence of discussiOn. . mibia (FeN) and was at odds with its the government's Regional Repre Yesterday, the Paardenkop resi- representative in the Constituent sentative for the area. dence was emptied of all but the Assembly, Professor Mburumba The quiet town of Rehoboth, bak sandbags. Police officially took over Kerina, when he signed the new ing in the midday sun. was unper the premises early in the morning, constitutiononbehalfofthealliance. twbed at the goings-on. The 'Kaptein' . and by that stage Diergaardt and his When Swapo was still in exile, was gone, at least for the moment, entourage had left, taking their-guns Diergaardt is known to· have made and residents appear to be adapting along. Neighbours said there was requests to meet with the Swapo to the new government and a unitary coming and going throughout the President, Sam Nujoma, ·but the state. night, and the uphill roaft to the for- planned discussions never took place. Will Diergaardt re-enter political mer official residence of the'Baster He has flirted with a wide variety of life, to fight anew· for his 'bantus Kaptein was clogged with vehicles political parties and even extreme tan'? .Most observers don't believe removing goods from the place and white right-wing groups, such as the he will. A combination of factors, INSPECTOR Eben Benade and one of his men pictured at the front clouds of dust as the rebels prepared Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging. not least his health, will probably facade of the now-deserted former home of Hans Diergaardt. to depart before the arrival of the Many residents ofRehoboth feel that prevent it. He also faces a possible . encouragement from the A WB ranks jail term for contempt of court, and may have prompted Diergaardt to . must give reasons, by October 19, 'dig in' at his fortified hilltop home why he shouldn't be imprisoned for in .a rather pathetic attempt to defy ignoring the order to vacate the prem the authorities in ousting him from ises: He's badly in arrears with the the fonner official residence of the rental of the house (even though the Baster Kaptain, a position he no longer sum was a paltry R350 a month) and holds. apparently his water and electricity But his attempt to barricade him too. He has two sons, one of whom is self in and stage a mini-rebellion, presently languishing in the Reho (ailed hopelessly. Despit~ an earlier both jail, caught this week for illegal thieatening stance by him and his possession of arms, supporters, some of them going as Against this background,it's diffi far as to say they would die before cult to beli~ve the political career of leaving Paardenkop, a decision was 'Oom Hans' can ever be resusci taken late on Thesday night to volun- tated . .
THE neglected swimming-pool, with sandbags behind, at the now deserted home of the former Baster Kaptein. - . . l)" .. , t 1,· ~ t ~ .. ~ , .l • - ," I to, : " THE NAMIBIAN Thursday September 27 1990 5 Two years for RehQ
man--- -who killedfrierld
RAYMOND van Wyk, 25, was yes self-defence. edly wounded him with a knife pre~ terday sentenced to an effective two In a written plea read by his legal viously. Van Wyk then grabbed th~ years' imprisonment after being con- _ representative, Van Wyk said he and ' knife and stabbed Cloote in the neek. victed 'of culpable homicide. Cloote were good friends. On No- He said he had no intention of Van Wyk was accused of having vember 17, the day of the tragedy, he killing him as Cloote was his best stabbed and killed Clive Kramer Ooete was drinking with Cloete at Reho-friend. at Rehoboth on November 17 last both and they later went to the hotel. He added that he only stabbed him year. He was originally charged with . Nearthe'hotel, Van WykaUegedly because he was afraid Cloote would murder, but the pre siding judge, Act asked Cloete for money he allegdly assault him again. ing Justice Louis Muller, changed owed him, Cloete allegedly replied _ ' Van Wyk's evidence was supported the charge to culpabl'e homicide after with abusive language, swearing at by State witness Barry du Plessis, hearing evidence, . Van Wyk's mother. - • who witnessed the incident. Barry Accordhig to several State wit A fight erupted and Van Wyk ran also testified .that ClOete was an nesses Ooote (the deceased) was a away and was chased by Ooote.TIley "aggressor" when drunk and usu- troublemaker and when drunk got in wrestled. Van Wyk was reportedly ally became involved in fights. volved in many fights, beaten until he fell to the ground. Acting Justice Muller accepted Van According to the charge-sheet, Van . Cloete stood on him, beat him with - Wyk's story, but found he hadex- Wykkilled Ooote by stabbing him in his fists and kicked him. ceeded the bounds of self-defence. the neck. He died of massive loss of During the fight Ooote took a knif.e - Because the court could not prove WHERE there was on~e a 'Bevryder', there's now a policeman blood. out of his pocket and wanted to open- mUlder beyond reasonable doubt, Van standing guard over the'vacant fortified home of Hails Diergaardt. . Van Wykpleadednotguiltytothe it wi~his teeth. VanWyk said he_ ~- Wyk was only cOJ:}victed of culpable Only the sandbags remain. - charge and to~d the court he acted in feared for his life as Cloole had aUeg-_· homicide.
.& Ministry of Education, Culture,' Youth and .Sport
~. ,The.f.ollowing vacant posts ,exist: , . ~---'--~. ~~3E--~ ' ~- ~~, _ . Chief: Education (Teacher in-service), Chief: . Edueation(Foreign Languages), Chief:. Education (Indigenous Languages), Chief: Education (Pre- and primary), Chief: Education (Secondary), Chief: Education '(Tertiary), Chief: Education (Children Act. Schools),. Chief: Edu~ation (Prof. Aux. Services), Chief.: : Education (Physicai Maintenance), Chief: Education (External.' Resources), 9hief: -, Education (Information/Statistics/Data), Deputy Director (Archives, Museums,Monuments), Deputy , Director (Culture -Developme-nt/ . Promo~i~~r:'), : D~~p~u,ty.l?iregtc?, ~ (~~h~ol ~ports), D_eputy Director (Prof-:{ Amateur Sports), Directors: Education (Regions), Deputy Director (Culture and .Spo'rts), Chief ' Education, Asst. · ~j lnspector: Educa- - . tion, Asst.-/Subject Adv;serISe.nior, Asst.-/Education Planner, Prin cipal Subject Adyi~,~r, Chi~f Inspector:' Education, Chief SUbject Adviser, Chi~f Education Planner, Asst.-/5chool Psychologist/Senior, Principal Psychologist,Chief School Psychologist. -
Persons with ' profeSSional teaching qualifications are 'invited to - apply.
For further particulars, contact Mr AP Le Roux at tel. (061) 36820 . X 107.
Applications (on form Z83 or ZO/1229(1) obtainable at all Government Offices) must be sent, together with curriculum vitae, to: The Director - Personnel, Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, Private Bag 13186, Windhoe~, 9000.
_. An attractive range of benefits includes a 13th cheque, a housing subsidy subject to certain conditions, rent allowances, assistance with removal expenses" pen sion fund (7% contribution 'for men, 5% contribution for women), medical aid providin'g 95% cover on virtually all eventualities and ample vacation and sick - leave. . ,
Closing date: 12 October'1990. Your partner on the road to prosperity ~ . . J , .• (~ • .. ~ :, I .. . ~ .. . \ ":. , .. - 6 Thursday September 27 1990 THE NAMIBIAN
19h29: Panorama 'A local production about Namibia and its people. ' .. 2Oh03: Behaving Badly , A drama series about ~ woman who discovers the intoxicating delights of behaving badly. Based on the novel by CatheriDe Heath. THURSD,A Y, September 27, the 270th day of 1990. There are "~eize the Day" . 95 days left in the year. \ 7b58: ' Programme Schedule , Episode 3. Starring Judi Dench as Highlights in history on this date: . 18hOO: News Bridget, RonalCl Pickup as Mark and • 1540 - Pope Paul confirms Jesuit order. 13h05: Children's Bible Frances Barner as Rebecca. • 1601 - Force of 3000 Spaniards lands at Kineale,lieland, to support 18hl0: Dodo, the Kid from - 21hOO: News . rebel Earl pf Tyrone; joint expedition of Spaniards and Italians against Outer Space ,21h30: Parliamentary Report Algiers, led by Gian Andrea Doria, fails . . AN historic international meet ~ The small boy with the big appeal. 21h36: Coach • 1615 - Lady Arabella Stuart dies in Tower of London. ing on wildlife'management and One of the world's most entertaining A comedy series. , • 1818 - Conference opens at Aix-Ia-Chapelle ~tween Austria, Prussia, utilisation will be held at Ter and imagiriative cpildren's series. "Parents' Weekend" Russia, France and Britain to discuss French war indemDity payments. race Bay in the Skeleton Coast -'-18hI7: Educational Programmes Episode 5: Christine'must face ht?r • 1854 -'. First great disaster to an Atlantic .Oce.an liner occurs when . Park next week . and will be "Cedric the Crow: true feelings for Haden when his ex steamship Arctic sinks with 300 people' aboard. _ hosted by the Namibian Minis Singing" wife arrives for parerits' weekend. • 1899 - The Orange Free State Republic in South Africa declares its try of Wildlife, Conservation "Stepping Stones: Bab Starring Craig T Nelson as Hayden resolve to observe its treaty obligations to the South African republic. and Tourism. . bling and Vocalisation" FC?x, Jerry van Dyke, Shelley Fab • 1923 - Martial law declared in Germany. In a statement· yesterday, the Min 18h42: Fame ares and Clare Carey. • 1938 - League of Nations brands Japan.an aggressor in China. istry said the occasion was the 20th A drama series which follows the 22hOl: Soko 5113 • 1939 - Warsaw surrenders to Germans after 19 days of resistance in regular meeting of the standing World War Il;, dreams, joys and heartbreaks of the A crime series that features people committee for Nature Conservation, students and teachers at ahigh school viewers can believe in and in which • 1940 - Germany, Italy and Japan sign 1O-year military and economic Wildlife Utilisation and Management pacts, setting up Berlin-Rome-Tokyo axis. . for the perfonning arts in New York . the atmosphere of real life comes (MUNC) of the Southern African City. through. • 1945 - Congress Party and Muslim League win most seats in elections Regional Commission for the Con- ' for Ind,ia's central Legislative Assembly. . "Gonna learn how to fly / "Sichtvermerk" servation and Utilisation of the Soil . Partll" Episode 12: In den Isarauen' bei • 1959 - Typhoon batters Japanese island of Honshu, killing almost 5 000 (Sarccus). Episode 2: Shorofsky gets Bruno a Mtinchen wird die Leicbe cines Tiirla:n people. . Delegates ~m Namibia, Botswana, "';job, QrltLeroy and Christopher try to gefunden, der bereits einmal als rue • 1962 - Army stages coup in Yemen, and Colonel Abdulla EI-Sallah South Africa, Malawi, Lesotho and becomes premier. _~se<>.!tt~le:.PtC(ir !1ifferences in a fist fight. galer liber die deutschOsterreichis Swaziland will attend the meeting, Starring Debbie Allen, Lee Curreri, che . Grenze in die Bundesrepublik • 1967 - Trawler Disa sinks off Green Point after a collision and 10 people which will focus on various wildlife lose their lives. Cindy Gibb, Erica Gimpel, Labert kam. entdeckt und wieder in die Tiirlcei conservation issues in the region. Hague, Billy Hufsey, Carlo Imper abgeschoben wurde. • 1968 - France bars Britain's entry into European Common Market. The meeting will be tlle first of the • 1970 - Jordan~s King Hussein and Fatah guerrilla leader Yasser ato, Valerie Landsberg and Gene 22h45: Animals AI MUNCC committee in newly-inde- Arafat meet in Cairo with 10 Arab chiefs of state and sign 14-point Anthony Ray. "German Shepherds" pendent Namibia. ~ , agreement ending civil war in Jordan. . During the same period, the MUNC --~-TODArSWEATHER~--- • 1973 - Soviet Union launches spacecraft into orbit around earthwith two. sub-committee on elephant and IhinO cosmonauts aboard. THE Weather Bureau's forecast for Namibia for today: . populations will meet to hear coun • China's Premier Zhao Ziyang ~efends Communist Party's purge of dis- try reports and to discuss problems sidents. . . .• Hot. Coast cool with fog patches. Wind moderate south and progress regarding the conserva westerly to north-westerly. • 1988 - Soviet Union, at United Nations, calls on United States' to join tion of these species. Moscow in creating a world space organisation.' The Namibian Director of Wild life, C,!lDSCrvation and Research, Polla Today"s Birthdays: Swart, is cliairperson of the MUNC, while the Elephant and Rhino Popu France's King Louis xm (1601-1643); Samuel Adams, US statesman lations Committee is chaired by Dr (1722-1803; George Raft, US actor (1896-1980). Eugene Joubert, head of research in this Ministry. Thought for Today:
Moral indignation is jealousy with. a. halo. - HG Wells, English writer- Now 10 more historian (1866-1946). . countries , Unilever PLC acquires majority interest 'can be dialled .in 'NAMSWA'Oil automatically Unilever pLc, through its 'sub international foods' technology THE actiDg PoStmaster-General as ,well as trade-mark and patent of the Ministry of Works, Trans sidiary, Levei: ' Broth~rs N'amibia, ," ,J ' port and. Communications, has, with effect .from 1 April . usage .., " Gerhard Ruck, .has announced that 10 mOFe coUntries can now 199'0,' 'crcquired 70% of th~ NAMSW A Oil will expand be dialled directlY;i equity in ·NAMSW·A Oit .the' dcaper of' the business~, and From 08hOO On October I, interna tional subscriber dialling form sub Namibia. ihere will be ultimate advantages scribers of automatic' telephones in through savings· in foreign ' ,ex- :.: '. Namibia will be able. to phone the NAMSW A Oil produces and following countries direct: markets ,edible oils and marga change and the provision of jobs-, Angola, (code) 224; AriIba, 2978; Bhutan, 975; 'Dominican Republic, rine and has been owned by for . Namibian citizens at the 1809; Germail Democratic Repub ..~ i Taeuber & Corssen and the First ~ Omaruru factory.;. iic, 37; Gibraltar; 350; iran, 98; Jor • 't dan, 962; Mayotte, 269; Oman, 968. N adonal DevelopmeniCorp'o " tJirilever is fully committed SUDscribers should rulli.09 plus the ration. Unilever has had a mar to the training and development country code phis area code plus the subscribei~'s riumb~r. .; J 'i. keting and technical services of its employees, and ensuring a Areli, :dialling codes c.:1ll be ob ';"' .' . tained by dialling intemational enquir ,'-:>agre~ment with,~ thi r bus~ness : goocfstandardof,living } of' their' 'ies at 0.693,>··' '\.\''''0:< f ' fclmili'es. w. r,f· i",~... ,~ , ',;,' , . ' 6~ ~r. the past 10 years, 1:~eu.~~r. , . ,,;..;.. ~~~'. ..,. -.! •.l!~~!·:,-.J; > " ;~ ~' ;~.~ ~ & Co'rssen'will remain a partner A:MATTER ~_ in,thi,$ venture:., Th~y .have been - ,'- .~ ,.~. -...... clbseJy,as,sociated·since J920 iB. ,. OF FACT the di~tribution and marketing ·0fUnileverproducts'inNamibia. . THE; ,!Narriibiani errone ously stated in'areport on Namibia's First National Tuesday that' government . Devel-opment ~orpbratioI? and employees ocuppying State the Bank of Namibia 'have ap houses do not,vay rent. proved this arrangement. In fact, the'offici31s do pay . Unilever will provide the rent which is automatically Unilever deducted from their sala company with full access to its . ries by the paymaster. We·apologise for the error. LlNTA$:NAMIBIA 90/1310 THE NAMIBIAN Thursday September 27 1990 7 Policeman vs policeman TENDERS br~wl Written tenders are hereby Invited by all in ugly Gobabis Insurance Companies/Brokers to IN what smacks of racially moti others had arrived at the Gobabis provide group life cover for all members vated violence at Gobabis, a .black RAJAH MUNAMAVA Hotel on Saturday night. police officer was admitted to hospi Engelbrecht had aslmd them if they of the Namibia Defence Force (married tal at the weekend after he and a policemen arrived at the hotel, he wanted anything to drink and they as well as unmarried). colleague were seriously assaulted had simply asked them to go. One of replied in the negative. by a group of whites. ' the policeman had then started kick According to Commissioner Eim What gives extra spark to the inci ing his companion. beck, Engelbrecht then aslmd the men dent is that one of the whites in Engelbrecht claimed he was drawn to leave which they did only to return Tenders close on 26 October 1990 volved in the assault was a police into the fight when one of the police , later with friends. officer based at Gobabis. drew a fireann, causing another white Eimbeck said the six men attacked This is the second attack in a mat bystander to come to their rescue. &gelbrecht, and in the process Cassy The lowest tender will not necessarily be ter of months ~,,:olving white-on By that time, said Engelbrecht, the , Carsten and policeman Riaan Van black violence reported in the area. affair had flared into a full-scale fight Zyl- a relative of&gelbrecht - joined accepted Last July, two young women were with the white group disarming the in. assaulted at the same hotel where policemen and beating them. He Eimbeck said the whole matter • this latest incident took place. The claimed the firearm was later handed was a bar brawl which was not politi Enquiries Brigadier: J.T Louw attack was carried out by a group of back to the police. c,ally motivated or ,very serious. whites, including the manager of the Approached for comment, Police He also disclosed that both Engel tel 2042111 . , local,Lewis store. The same man is Commissioner Siggi Eimbeck said brecht and one of the black men had alleged 'to have taken part in last policeman Nildaus Kutako and two laid charges. weekerttJi~ attack on the policeman. And earlier this year, a group of black students walking around Goba . ' bis town centre were pounced on by a number of white men who disap peared into the darkness after beat Ministry of Education, Culture, ing them up. 'Niklaus Kutako and Malakia Linus, accompanied by a friend, were doing 'night duty at Gobabis on Saturday Youth and Sport when they decided to stop over at the ,Gobabis Hotel. Upon entry into the main bar, the The following vacant posts exist: officers were confronted by hotel -. owner Henry Engelbrecht who asked if he could help them. Chief: Education (Teacher in-service), - Chief: ' Education--(Foreign One of ' the officers replied they were policemen on night duty, at Languages), Chief: Education (Indigenous Languages), Chief: which point the manager allegedly said he did not care whetqer the tp.en Education (Pre- and primary), Chief: Education (Secondary), Chief: were on duty or not and that the hotel was his. Education (Tertiary),Chief: Education (Children Act. Schools), The man is said to have shouted at Chief: Education (Prof. Aux. Services)~ Chief: Education (Physical the policemen and their companion to leave, saying "you blacks like Mainten~nce), Chief: Education (External Resources), Chief: coming here to cause shit". The policemen left but returned Education (Information/Statistics/Data), Deputy Director (Archives, later only to be confronted by Engel brecht and another man -both former Museums, Monuments), Deputy Director (Culture , De~elopment/ policemen. Promotion), Deputy Director (School Sports), Deputy Director (Prof.! According to information given to The Namibian, the men threatened to Amateur Sports), Directors: Education (Regions), Deputy Director Deat up' the police officers unless they left the hotel premises. (Culture and Sports), Chief: Education, Asst.-/lnspector: Educa The officers left for the second time but were followed outside by a tion, Asst.-/Subject Adviser/Senior, Asst.-/Education Planner, Prin number of whites, including Cassy Carsten of the local Lewis store. cipal Subject Adviser, Chief Inspector: Education, Chief Subject Carsten is said to' have remarked Adviser, Chief Education Planner, Asst.-/School Psychologist/Senior, "where is the kaffir who is causing shit here" before attacking one of Principal 'Psychologist, Chief S~hool Psychologist. the policeman. A fi~ brolm out Qetween the group of whites and the black policemen and their friend" a worker at Persons with professional teaching qualifications are ,invited to TransNamib. apply. ' A white ,poUceman - named as Riaan VanZyl ahdpresendy based at Gobabis - also joined the fight, as saulting his black colleagues. For further particulars, contact Mr AP Le Roux Omy about three weeks ago, one man arrested by Van Zyl suffered a " at tel. (061) 36820 X 107. broken collar bone and another suf fered bruises after allegedly being beaten by him. Also allegedly involved in the Applications (on form Z83 or ZO/1229(1) obtainable at all Government Offices) must assault 'On the policemen was a for be sent, together with curriculum vitae, to: The Director - Personnel, Ministry of mer police officer, a Sergeant Du Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, Private Bag 13186, Windhoe~, 9000. Toit, who was recently dismissed over allegations of attackinR black policemen. Apparently, he has since An attractive 'range of ~nefits includes a 13th cheque, a housing subsidy subject denied taking part in the fight. Asked about the fight, the man to certain conditions, reht aUowances, assistance with removal expenses, pen ager of the Gobabis Hotel, Henry sion fund (7°io contribution for men, 5% contribution for women); medical aid Engelbrecht, replied that the police men had started the trouble. He said providing 95% cover on virtually all eventualities and ample vacation and sick his companion had been assaulted leave. outside the hotel and that when the Closing date: 12 October 1990. Your partner on the road to prosperity - • , J :i 8 Thursday September 27 1990 THE NAMIBIAN' :; '. FOCUS ON WORLD SUMMIT FOR CHILDREN
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'1i i Wasted resources, untapped wealth I J , . THE,village: a patchwork of ragged family. The aim ofthe World Summit for I settlements with a track which be- The village is innorthemNigeria, Children is to see all children in I comes. impassable during the ~aipy but it could be anywhere in sub- primary education by 'the year 2000; season. Its buildings are mu.d and" . Saharan Africa, including Namibia. but acc~rding to UN estimates that l plaster or cement block with thatch In its ,recently issued policy state- will cost arourid US$50 million. ! or corrugated iron roofs. ment on the 'Children of Namibia' , In a country where education was, ;1 The primary school: a ramshackle . the government called the educa- deliberately used as one of the strong I building with a· dusty playing field. tional system it inherited from South est pillars of apartheid (South Af . The classroom: two and a half Africa "truly pathetic". rica's declared policy was that · walls with banana fronds instead of a "Repetition and drop-out rates are "education should be the primary \ roof. One wall is spread with a thin '.' . phenomenalwlthliteracy levels well • method of inculcating iis racial scheme layer of mud to act as a blackboard. below 5Q ~f cent, " it observed. into the minds of young racial groups" The.equipment: rows of benches .' Plans to improve educational fa- - 1951 Eiselen Col1Ul1ittee), the cost ,for the children to sit on, no,books, no _ ~', cilit;i~~ for all Namibian children are of 'repair~' will ~ ,ynormous. The paper, no pencils. . undeiway, iliong with schemes to present goveInment . sits with the The teacher: drills the children for provide literacy teaching for adults problem of transformmg a "national an houi- or two then sends them home. and projeCts to get school drop-outs education disaster' , into to a free and He has not been paid for months and back into the educational system. . equal school system. even ifhe had acces~ to proper equip- ·ment he woUld not be able to teach ;MORE THAN 100 million children of school-going age, 60 million properly. He halta spend too much The gap between male and female Women's literacy lags far behind primary school gross enrolment men's in the poorest countries. ofthem,'gitls, never set foot inside a classroom. ' time farming in order to feed his is widest in the poorest countries. 40 Iowest·income countries with data in order of increasing GNP per capita Low-Income countries zaireJ;iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ___
Bangladesh -Jiiiiiiiiillll_ Malawl ...... __ o Women - Nepal • Men Lao P.D,R. )iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii __ Mozambique -piiii ___ - Burkina Faso Mali Females Burundi ~~~;'iiiiIIII __ Zambia Ma~s ii Niger 1970 1975 1980 1985 Uganda China -Iii~~~~i::"_ Lower-middle Income countries Somalia Togo .....__ 1~r"""----~------~ India-Jiiiiiiiiiiiii ___ 100 Rwanda .,.___ _ Benin ~80 __-- Cent. African Rep. ~ ~ 6OL---~- Kenya~~~ __ ~ Pakistan ~~~ .; E 40 I ~ w ~ Females he o~ ______Ma~s ~ 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 Indonesia ~~_iiiiiiiiiiiiiiill_.
ant , . Zimbabwe Upper-middle Income countries BOIiVlai~~~~~i• Philippines ., 1~ EgYPt~~~~~_ 100 _------~---_::. ::;;;;;;;;j Dominican Rep . ~
-~80 COte d'ivoire free - Thailand i~~~~~~iiiiiil.. S EI Salvador e 60
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The programme for Namibia's children's commemoration TO mark the World Summit for Children 'whichstartsin New York on Saturday, about 1000 Namibian children will march to the Tintenpalast on Saturday to hand a petition to Prime Minister FJage Geingob. The'children will assemble at the Community Centre in Katutura and St Andrew's School in Khomasdal at 07h30. At 09hOOthey will march to Parliament from the junction ofJohnMeinert Street and Independence Avenue. They are scheduled to arrive there at lOhOO, when they will sing the national anthem. The rest of the programme is as 'follows: lOhlO, welcoming; 10h15, song from children; 1 10h25, children's message to the Prime Minister; lOh40; invitation to Prime rl Minister to respond; 10h45, Prime Minister responds; IlhOO, song from ·1 children; I1hlO, donations; Ilh20, vote ofthanks; Ilh30, national anthem and 'j closing. In the evening there will be candlelight vigils at the Orlando soccer stadium in Katutura; David Bezuidenhout school in Khomasdal; and Zoo Park in Windhoek. On Sunday there will be morning church services for children. '\ Similar programmes have been organised throughout Namibia. 1 LAB • Namibia's commemoration of the Childrep's Summit has been organised , I by the Child Survival Protection and the Development Foundation ofNamibia, • with the participatiOn of other non-governmental organisations and churches . 1 1 , .'\ . :J f • -
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SAVE:R4 -WHILE STOCKS LAST. -- > -- , 10 JhUrsday September '27 1990 THE NAMIBIAN .. • t No coup planned" Soviet minister MOSCOW: Soviet Defence Minister pmitry Yazov, responding on Wednesday to reports ofsuspicious troop movements in the Moscow area, denied the army was plotting a coup to end mounting chaos. . He told the Soviet parliament thou rumours the military might be con newspaper, had been sacked from his sands of troops around the city were sidering the overthrow of reformist job as a political officer in the mili- • helping with the harvest and rehears Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. tary. ing for a parade. The rumours have been fueled by Yazov told parliament 23 000 sol ------Haggling Mbeki ----- "No one is preparing paratroopers political uncertainty while the coun diers in the Moscow area were dig ABOUT 30 Conservative Party students at the University of Pretoria yesterday for actioos against the'people," Yazov try's leaders quarrel over how to ease ging potatoes, and two other regi afternoon burnt the African National Congress flag outside the venue where said. the worst food shortages since post ments had come to rehearse for the ANC head of international affairs Thabo Mbeki was due to speak. Wielding His sh>rt speech was devoted mainly war rationing ended in 1947 and revive Revolution Day parade to be held on . tyres, described by one student as the "toys of the ANC", the Vierkleur . to denying a report, published yes a disintegrating economy. November 7. waving students burnt two ANC flags while singing Die Lied van Jong Suid terday in Komsomolskaya Pravda, After hearing Yazov speak, parlia He said a regiment ofparatroopers that soldiers in the Moscow region ment nonetheless voted to ask its based in Ryazan,' south-east .of Afrika (The Song of S~>uth African Youth). had been placed on alert. committee on defence to investigate Moscow, arrived on September 9-10 "The facts in the article were in reports of suspicious troop move to prepare for the parade, bringing ---.,;,..-----Women for peace ---- vented," he said. ments around Moscow. along ·'techD.ical equipment" that It was the second time in a week He said that Colonel S Kudinov, will be on display. WORLD Women Parliamentarians for Peace (WWPP) on Wednesday adopted Y azov publicly denied persistent who was quoted as a source by the a declaration which called on all governments to denounce the use of nuclear weapons. The declaration further called on governments to individually and collectively work towards the elimination of existing nuclear weapons. ·' 'We demand the immediate cessation of of all nuclear tests and call on all governments to acqvely work for a comprehensive test ban treaty, "the WWPP --said at its. Harare meeting. Food ship sails to ,save ----- Aids and babies ------:...-- THERE has been a phenomenal increase in the number of newbom babies infected with the Aids virus, according to the Department of Paediatrics at the 'Uniyersit)".of Natal Medical School. Head of the department Prof Hoosen staJVingLiberians Coovadia, said more than 30 babies seen at King Edward vm Hospital alone, had been found to have the HIV infection. Of these 14 had died and the cause FREETOWN: A Nigerian cargo ship carrying 1 000 Ghanaian troops and thousands oftonnes offood of the deaths were believed to have been Aids. was sailing yesterday to the Liberian capital Monrovia, where people are reported to be starving to death in the civil war. . ------Lion's food -----~- The River Oli left the Sierra Leone . and another 800 Nigerian soldiers still had no firm word on whether SLAIN Liberian President Sa:muel Doe fed.starving people to two lions he kept capital Freetown late on Thesday niglS were expected in Freetown this Tayior and his main rival, breakaway at his besieged executive mansion, a former Liberian army major -said in a and was expected to arrive yester weekend. rebel leader Prince Y ormie Johnson, newspaper report yesterday. The li011!l, which ate 115 kgs of meat a day, were day, sourceswilhtheECOMOGpeace The ECOMOG has been trying to would meet as expected in Freetown fed dogs and even' 'some residents of the mansion who were dying ofhunger" , keeping force said. maintain an uneasy cease-fire in ef on Friday to try to formalise cease Major Henry Chibli told the Daily Mail in Sierra Leone. Chibli, who claimed 1he reinfon:ements on board should fect in Monrovia since Saturday when fire terms . .to have met Doe "practically every day" , said he escaped to Sierra Lepne two raise to about 6 000 the number of ChaIles Taylor, leader of the main Sharrafdine said despite the cease days before Doewas captured on September 9 by a rebel force headed by Prince troops in the five-nation force sent rebel faction, said he would observe fire, shooting continues in Monrovia Johnson and later killed. . last month under the ausp~ces of the a truce. and Johnson's rebels'still terrorised Economic COn'lmunity ofWest Afri The ECOMOG sources said they people who ventured into the streets. ------Rebels killed --:::------can States (ECOWAS) to try to end the nine-month-old coriflict. AT least 20 rebels were killed in an attack on an army detachment in north Some 6 500 tonnes of rice, 10 eastern Uganda, it was reported yesterday. New Vision newspaper said tonnes of canned meat and eight tannes guerrillas of the Uganda People's Army attacked the soldiers Tuesday near of vegetable oil on the ship were Right-wing dagga Soroti, about 310 kilometres from Uganda's capital, Kampala. There were no destined for the remaining residents . reports of government casualties in the six-hour battle and the soldiers invited of Monrovia, which has been mostly DURBAN: A Warner Beach, Natal, man ~ believed to be prominent . passing motorists and passengers to help identify the dead rebels, said the cut off from the outside world for in e~reme right-wing circles - was arrested just before leaving for newspaper. three months. an-A WB meeting on Tuesday after a team of detectives searched a Travellers aniving in Freetown say people are dying daily of starvation container in Durban harbour and found 127kg of dagga hidden ------Wrong beliefs ------in the Liberian capital, whose nor inside a car. _ A TRADmONAL healer drowned because his followers thought his magical mal population of between 500 000 The container, which was bound for Rotterdam, was about to be powers enabled him to breath under water for 48 hours, police said. Lovemore and one million is now estimated at loaded aboard a cargo vessel when SA Narcotics Bureau detectives Mpofu, 40, drowned during a tribal cleansing ceremony at a dam in south-west fewer than 100 000. swooped at 4.3Opm on Tuesday. Zimbabwe. He said when Mpofu plunged into the water but did not resurface "Eight to 10 people are dying every Inside the container was a Ford bakkie With 127kg of compressed his followers believed it to be part of the ceremony. The followe~s, who were day because of starvation and epi dagga secreted under a false floor and in side panels. "trainees" of the traditional healer, danced and sang on the banks of the dam demic is spreading in the city," said The dagga has a street value in Amsterdam of more than R2 for two days as they awaited his .return into their midst. Relatives of the Jamil Sharrafdine, a Lebanese na million. On Wednesday.police used angle-grinders to cut open the traditional healer evidently told police they believed he was killed by a tional evacuated to Freetown by a US loadbed and extricate the parcels of dagga. mermhld living in the dam. Marine helicopter. Sharrafdine said cholera, spread by contaminated drinking water, was a growing problem. The ball is' in the Nigerian diplomats in Freetown said two more Nigerian frigates had . left Nigeria for Monrovia this week US co·u·rt, says F.W. BLOOM COUNTY by Berke Breathed -=--==~~ JOHANNESBURG: Preside~t F W de Klerk's visit to the White House. constituted important progress towards the filial normalisation of relations between South Africa and the United States. This was President De Klerk' s own evaluation given at Ii press conference on board the ,"Hantam" shortly before his arrival at Jan Smuts Airport on Wednesday. He had also identifiC?d a new intensified interest in South Africa among American business people to resume trade. America was, however, at a crossroads with regard to what was happening inside South Africa, he said. It had a long history of sympathy and support for the ANC but now that the political situation was normalise~, sympathy could no longer be given on the basis that the ANC was denied participation in the political process. "The question is what principles and what policy directions do you support if you back one party?" PresideIlt be Klerk said America would find itself on the wrong side of its constitutional principles and traditions if ii thus' foUnd itself supporting socialism, cOmmunism and nationalisation. A "They have important decisions to make as to how they will use their . N D influence in steering events on South Africa, ensuring that the principles we R believe in and which are based on American principles are the. determining o principles of anew South Africa. "I think that message went home," De Klerk B said, adding that, in formulating policy, the United States would have to look I at the situation in·South Africa with new eyes. N l!:.!!.~~~IWJL:..JE2."L. Thursday September 27 199b -t1
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