other prices on page 3 Manure 'bomb' and missing invitation THE EDITORIAL STAFF of The Namibian were not invited to at­ Apparently all the local press, with the exception of The Namibian, tend the Administrator General's annual 'garden party' on Wednes­ were in attendance, and a message was left at the gate to 'let us in' day, which - accordin2 to those present - was a lavish affair with if we chose to arrive. the Windhoek 'Who's Who' all there. Whether the invitation 'oversight' was an omission or deliberate, the fact is that it never arrived, and neither was there any explanation from Some of those who attended expressed surprise that The Namibian Mr Pienaar's office regarding the snub. had not been invited, but officials claimed it had not been a snub and A 'bomb scare' preceded the function, but the mysterious parcel that Mr Louis Pienaar was 'not one to bear grudges'. side the front gates of SW A House turned out to be manure. BY GWEN LISTER THE INTERIM GOVERNMENT Cabinet was deeply divided today after an eleventh hour settlement which will mean setting aside the appointment of Mr Pieter van der Byl as a Judge. The deal struck last night avoided a bitter and costly courtroom clash between Cabinet Ministers. And the settlement is a blow to the fincH throes of asettlement , but Finance Minister Mr Dirk Mudge there are loose ends to be tied up'. who supported the appointment of a South African Justice Depart­ Asked about the 'Constitution­ ment official as a Judge of the al Council', he said: 'We must now Supreme Court and Chairman of find a chairman' . the Constitutio.nal Council. Both Cabinet Ministers who Last night legal teams were still wanted the application for the set­ believed to be thrashing out finan­ ting aside of Mr van der Byl's ap­ cial details - such as the costs of the pointment, were pleased at the wrangle and possible compensation outcome. to Mr van der By!. Interim govern­ The day was characterised by in­ ment Minister, Mr Hans Dier­ tensive behind-the-scenes lobbying gaardt, said last night: 'We a,re in Bishop THE COMMISSION for Justice and Reconciliation Hegenberger, reaffirmed tbeir rejection of the interim of the Roman Catholic Church has issued a strongly­ government saying it was the 'will and decision of our worded statement in which they call on church insti­ Bisbop tbat institutions of tbe Cburch must limit con­ tutions to limit contacts with the interim government tacts with this body'. and 'all otber instruments of oppression'. Headed by Bishop Boniface Haushiku, the Catbolic Church Commission also called upon church bodies Altbougb tbe Commission did not say so , it is be­ to 'keep to an absolute minimum, imd abstain from lieved tbat the statement comes as a rebuke to two unnecessary cooperation' with 'instruments of oppres­ A PHALANX of lawyers from near and far consulted urgently at the Catholic Scbools whicb invited interim government sion' , including tbe army and security police. Supreme Court and Tintenpalast in an attempt to resolve the Cabinet dis­ Education Minister, Mr Andrew Matjila, to address Tbe statement concluded tbe appeal to congrega­ pute yesterday. tbeir respective prizegiving ceremonies. Tbe scbools tions, parishes, council schools and otber Catholic Pictured above, the legal team of Messrs Katjiuongua and Shipanga in question were St Paul's and the Holy Cross church institutions by saying 'we bope you will un­ including Cape Town SC Mr Ian Farlam, Mr Jeremy Gauntlett and in­ Convent. derstand tbis urgent call to stand together in Cbristi­ structing attorney Mr Peter Koep. The statement, by Commission Chairman Dr W an unity'. DEAR CUSTOMER, WOERMANN BROCK will- present you FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE . with a red CHOCOLATE HEART As from November 1, with your shopping our business will be open as follows: on SATURDAY 2 NOVEMBER and SUNDAY 3 NOVEMBER Monday - Thursday from 08hOO - 18hOO Fridays from 08hOO - 18h30 EVERYBODY WELCOME SATURDAYS - 08hOO·13hOO & 15h30·18hOO AT SUNDAYS - 09h30·12hOO & 15h30·18hOO WOERMANN BROCK, WINDHOEK 2 THE NAMIBIAN FRIDAY October 25 1985 -south africa---------- Funerals held as Cape death toll mounts BY MOIRA LEVY IN CAPE TOWN THE OFFICIAL death toll in mosque in Athlone. two months of unrest in Cape Town is nearing 60. In one week A policeman was taken to hospital alone, seven people died in with a stomach wound. The week clashes with the police, and on before, a national serviceman was a single day - last Saturday - killed when the buffel in which he funerals were held for nine was patrolling overturned after swer­ unrest victims. ving to avoid a dog in the road. Yet the real measure of the unrest The mood in the township was one is impossible to quantify. It is summ­ of elation. 'Even the dogs are with us ed up in the words of a detainee in the struggle: a young man said. recently released after a few weeks in detention: 'The situation is com­ He took up a chant that has pletely different now. I find myself in become popular during the class a totaly different cit Y, boycotts: 'AI die mamas, en die papas, die boeties en die sussies, die His words are echoed by many or­ oumas en die oupas, die hondjies en dinary South Africans. The average die katjies - almal is saam in die white now thinks twice before driv­ struggle~ ing to the Sea Point beaches along the Eastern Boulevard, the site of several Students talk with a certain incidents of stone-throwing and bur­ amount of pride about roads in their ning barricades. areas pockmarked with the remnants Burning barricades in Belgravia Road, Atblone, Cape Town. Picture: of burning barricades. And it is not streets are not debating the merits For whites, the unrest means risk­ only the students who are fighting and demerits of Islamic revolution. ing being petrol-bombed on the na­ the street battles against the casspirs Outside a UDF rally held last tional road to the airport, or having and the buffels. Boesak in court ·bid weekend in Hanover Park, the cry your car burned out if it is parked in taken up - by children as young as Scotches Kloof, a favourite parking Pressmen have seen youths being eight or ten years old - was 'action, area for office workers adjacent to egged on by adults, parents have been comrades, action ~ over bail terms the city centre. seen directing children in dragging And it was. That evening the crowd CHURCH LEADER Dr Allan old fridges and mattresses out of looted nearby Checkers depart­ Boesak appeared in the Malmesbury For residents in the Cape Flats, a houses to be piled into the bar­ l11ent store, taking packets of cigaret­ magistrates court on Wednesday in however, the situation is quite ricades, and throwing their an application to.have his baiLcon­ different. tes and sweets before the police household benzine into the flames. arrived. ditions reco n ~idered. ' . 'The difference now is thaf the• The damage done to shops and Attorneys for Dr Boesak asked the people are no longer afraid of the 'It is no longer just a students' vehicles is impossible to calculate, court to relax the 10 bail conditions police! said one youth. struggle! a photographer said. but the Deputy General Manager of imposed on him, and to impose two 'I saw a girl walk right up to a Who then are the people at the Santam Insurance, Jack Mclachlin, others instead. casspir, spit at it and then turn barricades and fighting running bat­ described as 'remarkable', the in­ The R20 000 bail granted to Dr around and calmly walk awaY. tles with the army and the police? crease in the number of people tak­ Boesak at his previous appearance ing out riot coverage and making on September 20 was described as He told of youths stopping The slogans most commonly claims, particularly for cars damag­ 'out of all proportion'. motorists and asking them to offer heard are those ofthe UDF. Even at ed in stone-throwing. their cars to be used as barricades. the meetings held by rival groupings, In 24 hours this week, there were Those who refused were allowed to it is the UDF songs that sound the more than 150 reported incidents of pass. Only drivers of company cars loudest. unrest-related violence. were forced out and the cars im­ And the toll of Injuries is steadily mediately set alight. There there are the occassional rising. In one week the Empilisweni cries of 'Jihaad', (Holy War), by the clinic at the Crossroads squatter The people of the Cape Flats are Qibla, a tiny grouping that emerged camp had four deaths and treated retaliating. shortly after the Iranian revolution. nearly 60 people, mainly for birdshot 'Yesterday Iran, tomorrow and buckshot wounds. Last week, police confirmed that Palestine. Yesterday Iran, tomorrow 'It is never quiet here; a nurse said. shots were fired at the police during South Africa; are their slogans. 'You always have something going a clash outside the St Athens Road But most ofthe people out on the on ~ Banking talks over foreign debt Dr Allan Boesak The new conditions proposed by his attorneys were that: SOUTH AFRICAN Reserve demonstrations. next two to three years, and that the * Dr Boesak would not interfere Bank and Government officials South Africa is believed to have country· had a liquidity problem with any state witnesses presented its creditors with a met representatives of 30 which should be distinguished from * He would not act in any of the foreign banks in London on favourable economic outlopk for the problems of other debt-ridden ways attributed to him on the charge Wednesday to discuss the the country in the attempt to extend nations who had difficulty in sheet - which include allegedly pro­ rescheduling of the country's its four-month freeze on debt generating cash.