", * TODAY: 34 DIE IN SA SOCCER VIOLENCE ·* COMMUNITY ACTIVIS:rJOINS GOVERNMENT * 50e (GST Inc.) Monday January 14 \-, 'God only knows' Countdown to Gulf war starts BAGHDAD: UN Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar met The UN chief met with Hussein in a final bid to avert war in with President Saddam Husseinfor two-and-a-halfhours yester­ the Gulf. day and told reporters afterwards ••• God only knows if there will Earlier Saddam Hussein vowed that Kuwait would be the be peace or war in the OIilf·'. scene of a major battle and rejected a Syrian appeal for an Iraqi The UN cillefimmediately left forthe airport at the concluSion withdrawal from the Emirate. of his talks and left Baghada at 22h15 (19hI5GMT). "The 19th province," which Iraq named Kuwait after its "I'm neither a pessimist nor an optimist but as Secretary­ August 2 invasion, will be "the field of a great battle," Hussein UN Secretary-General Javier Perez de CueUar, General, I must be optimistic," Perez de Cuellar told reporters said in remarks carried by Baghdad radio. pictured on ~ way to Baghad, yesterday had little at Saddam International Airport. They came as De Cuellar was in the Iraqi capital on a mission to say about his lengthy talks with Iraqi President Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz accompanied the UN chief Hussein. Photograph: Agence France-Presse to the airport but refused to answer about the talks. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Desperate Acheson in JOHANNESBURG: ANC Sec­ retary for International Affairs, Thabo Mbeki yesterday mooted resh bid the Namibian electoral process as a way forward for South Africa, saying the registration of political parties with proven support bases was the only save method to ensure a proper to constitution. In an interview with SABC-TV, Mbeki said the organ that deals with a new constitution must be representative of all South Af­ his 'skin' rica's people - this meant in­ cluding such parties and groups as the Conservative Party and SELF-confessed hired killer, Donald Acheson, has made the Afrikaner Weerstandbewe­ contact with the South African Police from his place in hiding ging. after revealing that he was assigned to Windhoek to assassi­ "The legitimacy of the product (a new constitution) would de­ nate Gwen Lister, editor of The Namibian. , . rive from the fact that the people The SAP has confinned that Ache­ claims made by Acheson, including participated in ,the body that son will make a statement to them. a statement that he had handed five draws up the constitution. ' The Irish national is reported to be million US Dollars to Swapo-D to "We are contin~g to say that 'running for his life' after unwit­ 'destabilise' Namibia in the run-up to the UN-supervised elections. it is important.. nece~sary, and FIREMEN take a look at some of the damage caused to Wind­ tingly exposing the shady activities vital that a Constituent Assem­ of the Civil Cooperation Bureau Acheson is meanwhile reported to hoek's Regional Court after a fire broke out on Saturday night. have shaved off his distinctive black bly be elected. We support the (CCB). a secret wing of the SADF. Many valuable documents, seen lying in charred heaps here, An off-the-record conversation with moustache and gone 'underground' Namibian experience," Mbeki were destroyed in the blaze. See story below. Photograph: Jean a South African journalist last week said. Sutherland. led to the publication of startling CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 All the political forces in the country, the ANC man added, would have to get together and thought State Hpuse was on fire. discuss the issue. The court is only a few metres away from Namibian President Sam "AU the politiral forces that Nujoma's official residence. gather should al,;n-e on a basic Arson suspected in Three fire engines were quickly on framework - one-person, one­ the scene and prompt action by the vote, a united South Africa, an firemen prevented the blaze from independent judiciary, a Bill of spreading further. Rights, questions of this kind. Magistrate Chris Verwey later said So that when it Constituent As­ Regional Court fir~ various important documents were sembly meets, there are those destroyed by the fire, many of them basic principles agreed to by all irreplaceable. the political forces." POLICE in Windhoek are investigating the possibility of arson in the office of the prosecutor. Commisioner Eimbeck said the after a fIre broke out in the Windhoek Regional Court building in , The fire was reported at about 21WO damage is expected to run into thou­ Mbeki could not give a tirl1'~­ Liideritz Street on Saturday night. on Saturday night. The thick smoke sands of Rand. frame for the various politi~.,.. could be seen for miles around and The pqlice suspect arson. Noboby groups to sit down, but said i.e Although the exact extent of the Commissioner Siggi Eimbeck said it crowds of people flocked to the scene has been arrested yet in connection hoped it would take place be­ damage has not yet been detennined, was .. serious". to see what was happening. withfue incident. The police investi­ fore the end of the year. - Sapa Namibian Police spokesperson 'The policeman said the blaze started , Many among the crowd said they gation is continuing. ?, M<?~day January 14,1991 THE NAMIBIAN 18hl0: Kissyfur 18h17: Sesame Street 19h17: Zorro Community activist 19h41: Alf 'Hungry Like a Wolf' 20h05: In the Heat of the Night (Ill) 21hOO: News enters 'mainstream' 17h58: Programme Schedule 21h30: A Man for All Seasons 18hOO: News (final) to exist but would be linked to the 18h05: Weet Jy Nie 22h21: Sport WILLIAM HEUVA government by the National Plan­ ning Commission. According to him, "an amicable relationship exists TODAY'S WEATHER THE Director of Bricks Community between the government and the Project, Andre Strauss, bas been NGO's". THE Weather Bureau's detailed forecast for today: appointed Deputy Director of Cul­ Asked about Bricks' achievements • Fine and hot but partly cloudy in the North with isolated thundershowers in ture in the Ministry of Education, over the past six years, Strauss said the north-east. Youth and Culture with effect from they had built Bricks into one of the • Coast: Cool with fog patches overnight. January 1. "biggest and most dynamic" NOO's. • Wind: moderate south-westerly to north-westerly. - Sapa Strauss confinned his appointment He listed as one of their achieve­ in an interview with The Namibian ments the creation of "a new con­ Katutura man hangs himself and added that his new position had sciousness among people ... This in­ been confirmed.by the Public Serv- cludes the fact that people can de­ F AMILY conflicts were probably the reason why a weD·known Katutura ice Commission. velop themselves, and the self-confi­ resident, Gerhard Mupaine, committed suicide on Friday morning. Asked about his new role, Strauss dence that ordinary people at grass­ According to pollce spokesperson ~iggl Eimbeck, Mupaine went to the said an important aspect was to root level can develop their own Nasboukor offices in Katutura, where he worked, on Friday morning. "translate government policy into media, " he underlined. He allegedly told the other officials he was going home to fetch some· practice and to put flesh on the con­ The former Bricks director said thing but never returned. Mupalne was weD·known in Katutura. He was stitutional guidelines on culture' '. there was· considerable talent and a reporter with the former SW ABC and during the Interim Governmen He added that cultural develop­ potential in Namibian society. "We was a member of NPF delegation in the so· called National Assembly. ment and its promotion on a national FORMER Bricks director have a rich oral tradition and this has level was a central function of his Andre Strauss still to be uncovered," ~stressed new position. "Culture must be di­ On "micro-achievements" Strauss versified, democratised and resoUrces hancing culture in the country rather noted that last year Bricks estab­ Bureau of Computer Services and material must be made available than weakening" it. lished a National Job Creation Serv­ Department: Systems Development to the majority of the people," he . Strauss said the decisipn to leave ice, a network body for econornic noted. Bricks had not been eafY. But, he self-sufficiency. Strauss emphasised what he called said, it was not a decis~on he had Further they had, together with ProgrammerlAnalyst the "decolonisation process" to taken alone. He said he · had also other NOOS, created a forum as well Requirements: Std 10 plus 5 years' experience in "enable people to get their human­ acted on "advice" from other activ­ as drawing up a development char­ ness" and said his priority would be ists in non-governmental organisa­ ter. programming/systems analysis. A relevant B degree to work on "areas not previously tion (NOO's). Asked about how he would face will be a recommendation. Experience in UNIX/ touched". He emphasised that he had not the new challenge, Strauss noted that ORACLE DBMS is preferable but not essential. Strauss' decision to 'enter the abandoned Bricks, but said the situ­ at grassroot level they had developed · mainstrelUTl of Government' has ation had changed. " There is no a "unique methodology" which he Job description: Development and maintenance of caused a stir in community circles. antagonistic government which will felt would help him in his new role. application systems. Client support and training. Asked about his reasons for leav­ inhibit development," he said, not­ Strauss concluded by extending an Must be able to work independently and com­ ing -Bricks - his-brainchild and a ing that the community organisation appeal to "cultural cadres" to feel municate effectively at senior level.