• TODAY: PLOT THICKENS IN LUBOWSKI PR0BE • OSTRICH CASE' IN 'COURT " BARBARA A WOW· Malawi 'The truth must out' to polls Christina Dausas. grandmother of ClOSEtofourmil­ CHRIS NOIVANGA lion HaJawlan vot­ the boy. yesterday told The Nam ibian ers went to the she believed the bones were those of RELA TIVES of 15 ycar-old Raymond her grand-child as Ihe clothes found poU. yesterday to Charles Dausab have approached the vote In the coun­ with the bones had been those he had Namibian Police 10 invcstigate the worn on the day he vanished. try" nrst-ever cause of the teenager's death after multi-party elec­ Nampo\ 's Inspector Jun ius Shoopala bones believed to be his were found in told The Namibian Ihat although the tions. a riverbed in KalUtura o n May 6. The Namiblan'. results of a post-mortem will only be Dausab disappeared in March this CHRISTOF released today. the police believe the year after he was last seen with some MAlETSKY Is In bones are Oausab' s. The po lice are MaJawi and reportt; friends in Katutura. in vestigating Ihecasc, Shoopala ,added. on the historic The bones were found behind the The Nam ibian traced Ch ristina event. Carn olicchurth in Katutura's Soweto Dau sas at the police station in SEEKING THE TRUTH ... Granny Christina Dausas (left), relatives See p;ale 7. section, approximate ly one kilometre Petrina Kooitjieand Elsievan Wyk (behind)claim police did not do much from his home. continued on page 2 to trace the missing boy. Swawek forced to import SA power He e:lprusecl eom:em tbat lm· FRANNA KAVARI portedpowerwascoalDgSwawu. a lot of money. Kla the end It wUl THE FAST fam.., water level m aIsoCOfllthecountrymatemoot)'," tbe Kunene River is forcing be said. SwaweJ&: tolmPorte1ectrkUy&om Tb"'&b h. dediued CO live an .... 1t.Moat 2 .......... eilliUted ..........1 _ • __ Ina Its own power, 'Imker pared to that of last year's, be Hoogenbout, Swawek general described the ..tuadon as worse manager (technical Services) said than the same time last year. yesterday. Guldo Van LaoKCJlbove,cblefof Hoogenhout added that al· bydrology In the Department ot Ihe~mpany w8sstlll though gen· Watti' ArraJn, described the wa~ erating electricity at tbe Ruacan. ter situation as poor and requ8ted hydro dec:trie station, the water COD$Umen in the north 10 use wa· level wassueh that they CQ uld not ter sparingly. He attrJbuted the generate enough power. problem to poor ralnf.U In An· Swawek had been Importing gola. ,. power ror. month and thequlcker He confirmed tbe low water level the river reil, the higher the heed for l.,mported power. continued on page 2 He was found g uilty of attempt· JOSEF MOTINGA in g to murder John y Nghi pewambodi, Paulus Nekongo, JOHANNES Nghishekwa Nekongo Weyuru Andipula, Petrus Plot thickens in Paulus was yesterday Henok, Maria Iyamboand Vincent sentenced to three terms of Muyendeli and was sentenced to life imprisonment after he 12 years imprisonment on each ran amok with an AK-47 count of attempted murder. rifle and killed three people Paulus was also found gui lty of at the Omulunga Single breaking into the Grootfontein mili­ Lubowski probe tary barracks to steal the weapon Quarters in Grootfontein and for this was sentenced to three on January 24 1993 after years. Barnard read nOtes from an arguement with his He received 18 months for es· TYAPPA NAMUTEWA • Saunderson' s diary in which the p0- girlfriend. caping from the Groolfontein prison on March 27. 1993 fo llow. A WITNESS IN the Lubowski lice officer had noted that Munango had told him that the CCB had killed This is the first time that three ing his arrest after the shooting. inquest yesterday backtracked the Swapo activist and that the assassi­ life sentences have been imposed Paulus reportedly fl ed to Angola on an earlier statement in which nation had been planned by the CCB in Namibia but then returned on his own ac· he had &lIeged that Colonel ce ll in Windhoek. The Windhoek HighCoUIt found cord. Fame Badenhorst had been the According to the notes' Munango Paulus guilty on three coun ts of After stealing the weapon from leader of the CCB cell (District had told Saunderson that Badenhorst murder, six of attempted murder. the army base, Paul us entered the Six) in Namibia and which he had been the leader of the Windhoek one of house·breaking and one of single quarters and started shoot· claimed had planned Anton ce ll and had received his instructions escape from lawful custody. ing at people at random. appar· Lubowski's assassinalion. from Staal Burger. Yesterday Munango de nied having Paulus killed Toini Naftali , Os­ ently after an arguement with his Cross-examined by defence coun­ car Nghahondja, and Erastus girlfriend. sel Hcnnie Bamard, fanner special told Saunderson such stories. Judge Bryan O 'Unn was on the policeman Romanus Munangodenied Bamard resumed hi s grilling of Ipinge by gunning them down with in the High Court lhat he had passed Munango after he finishedcross.ques­ an AK·47 rifle. He received life bench with HermanJanuary as state on this infonnation to investigating tioning fonnerpol ice Task Force mem- Derence counsel imprisonment on each count of prosecutor, and KobuS'Potgieter as officer lnspcclor William Saunderson. continued on page 2 Henn le Barnard murder. defence counsel. 2 Wednesday May 181994 THE NAMIBIAN •• , t , , ' Vi ,. Power problem Blue stone on show at Walvis [ FROM,PAGE 1 ity sodalile which can be the blocks arc nearby and building and wilt use the ingdone in countries such Province, near the of both the Kunene and TOMMINNEY used in jewellery. shipping to any foreign place to prepare the as Germany, would pro­ Angolan border and em· Li nyati rivers and de- Export demand comes destination is quick and sodaille into tiles, clad­ vi de up 10 120 jobs and ploys some 50 people. scribed the si tuation in EXOTIC BLUE slabs from Germany, America simple. ding, furn iture, and there would in volve consider­ Van Zyl says it is hard to f ' . from the unique somepanso Lmyatl 3s " d r N and the Far and Near East. By the cnd of this year, will also be scope for lo­ able trainin g. Far more of operate in the remole and WI e rnesses 0 a- seri ous. said Van ZyJ. He added Namibian·owned Na· cal artists to work and the income from sodalile rugged conditions, includ­ mibia 's north-west is on the company decided to mibia Blue Sodality (Pty) make blue socialite carv­ He said emergency show this week. would remai n in Na mi bia ing te mperatures of up to hold the exhibition in Lld aims to open a ful l ings. and it would cui the weighl bore ho les had been Blue sodalite. a rock 52 degrees in the shade Walvis Bay asthei rstocks processing centre at He says such a centre, of Slone 10 be shipped. and very li ule infrasU'Uc­ drilled in the area and which is onl y found in are in the port town:- Walvis Bay. Van Zyl says replacing some of the The slonc is mined al ture or wa ter. There are water lankers might be Namibia sofar, isproving If a in terested. are for a bc- Swanbooisdrifin Kunene plans to upgrnde :1 local used for watcr supply if popular with bui lders and road .. to class 4. the need arose. decorators world-wide The present company The possibility of the and demand is growing took over the mine in Kunene river drying up fast. November 1992 and has was vcry small and the By last night, some 300 been developing it sys· water level should be pcoplehadvisilCdtheblue tematically since then , adequate for consumers sodalite exhibition in a with explor.lti on continu· till the nexl rainy sea- marquee outside Walvis ing. Van Zyl says prev iA son. Bay town hall. ous miners used blasting. The Okavango, Zam- General managerofthe which deslroyed much bezi and Cuando rivers Namibia Blue Sociali te good quality rock, and have also recorded low mine,KieriesvanZyl,said now they onl y cui it Oul water water levels (his he was delighted with the by hand and using dia· year. response and many of mond wi re cutters. '-_______-lth ose who come are According 10 lest re­ businesspeoplc, ready to sul ts, Namibia blue pol­ Keep death buy after seeing for them­ ished sodalite ti lcs are beSt selves. suited for interior use. off our The unique rock is ge n· away from bathrooms and roads· erall y cut into slabs and kitchens. Covering slabs. tiles, but it can also be nooring slabs and stairs don't drink carved into beautiful stone are suggested, although ornaments and statuettes. the slone also makes fine and drivel The mine is even discov­ BLUE BEAUTY In tbe marbled lines ot the unique Namlblan blue socialite rock, on exhibition In stonecarvings. ering aclearer, gem-quaJ- Walvls Bay this week under the supervision or TIenie van Zyl. OFFICES TO LET Mystery death Plot thickens in Lubowski inquest ened 10 beat him up and FROM PAGE 1 I rine and two magazines his Standard 8 certificate Prime location, Gartenstreet. quiet FROM PAGE 1 . to White butJakob Louw. which he had been unable I I had wanted to stab a I area. Airconditioning and wall-to-wall friend who had accom- her Willem Rooinasie. Rooinasie maintained he to do. Barnard also carpeting. Own pres~ige entrance, Katulura's Inde pend- He labelled both wit- had been the one.