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I 0/ on Ordinary Savings Account on daily p /o balance-our proud record mantained even when others only paid 2%. viUMIIJ(Registered General Bank) l (Copyright reserved) NEWS/CHECK 9 SEPTEMBER, 1966 I NEWS/CHECK REPORTING ON AFRICA Vol S No 5 9 September 1966 loth Floor Unitas Building 42 Marshall Street Johannesburg Southafrica PO Box 25252 Phone 838-1541 EDITOR Otto Krouse ASSISTANT EDITOR Robert Hodgins STAFFWRITER5 Dan Ardrey Robin Briggs Jeffrey Lever Ronald Scott Nicolas Stathakis David Steward David Thomas .M I..VU ESTATES ON LOWER ZAMBES Peter Wilhelm Soon to he further turned CAPETOWN OFFICE Garth Tomkinson (Tel 41-2976) RAGIC Tuesday., .lu.st after 2.20 p.m. the news came that the Prime EDITORIAL RESEARCHER * ^ Sue Michel T Minister had been attacked. Caught in mid-stride, the nation reeled CONTRIBUTING WRITERS back in disbelief. By early afternoon special editions of the newspapers were Roy Barnard on sale throughout the Republic; flags were at half-mast on buildings; and Pip Berlyn Joanna Booth a stunned populace of every race began the thoughtful trip home. At NEWS/ Louis du Buisson Tony Manne CHECK, the presses were halted, and the substance of this issue changed. For Glenn Taylor an account of the crime, and an assessment, turn to SODTHAFRICA. Madeleine van Biljon Tony Williams-Short Inspanned for Africa. Throughout its 1,^-mile length, the Zambesi is a fast- BUSINESS MANAGER Theo Streicher flowing, forceful river. Tamed, it holas vast possibilities, as Kariba has PRODUCTION/ADVERTISING shown. Now a new project is envisaged for the river in Mozambique, Isobel Gowie and this has great import for the territory and its neighbours. To delve into Helen Hardy the scheme, and into what it will entail, NEWS/CHECK'S Business Editor Nic CIRCULATION Andre de Villiers Stathakis flew to Mozambique last week. His report on how the project has CAPETOWN ADVERTISING developed is in the COVERSTORY. REPRESENTATIVE Charles Cameron-Strange One woman's faith. Critics say that Christian Science founder Mary Baker (Box 4511 — Tel 41-1508) Eddy got her ideas from a quack hypnotist, Phineas Quimby. They point out Published by Checkpreit IPtyl Ltd at 42 Marshall Street Johannesburg that' many early di.sciples later left her church is di.sgust. Despite the Printed by Dagbreek (H t G) 28 Height Street Doornfontein Johan­ controversy that surrounds its beginnings. Christian Science now flourishes a nesburg hundred years after its discovery, RELIGION outlines the Christian Science way Distributed by Central News Agency Ltd corner Commissioner and Rissik of doing things. Streets Johannesburg Registered at the GPO as a Those who suffer. An Irish nun died in a Hong Kong hospital last week. 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This week two men in Southafrica were recovering from operations giving New Zealand: £3.4.0 (surface mail), £16.0.0 (airmail). them new kidneys — the first such operations in the Republic. For more Rates for other countries available on application. about this difficult medical feat, see MEDICINE. COVERSTORY: CAHORA-BASSA! — P 26 Contents Africa 9 Letters 51 Press 33 Books 49 Living 33 Religion 32 Business 22 Science 43 Guide Mining & Finance 25 Education 39 Southafrica 5 COVER: PLAN OF PROJECTED Medicine 46 CAHORA-BASSA DAM ON THE Entertainment 44 Sport 48 ZAMBESI RIVER History 41 Newspeople 31 World/Check 19 NEWS/CHECK 9 SEPTEMBER, 1966 Now, for the first time ever, an electric typewriter that makes economic sense even in a one-girl office. OLIVETTI PRAXIS aS By exploiting the techniques of miniaturisation, Olivetti engineers have produced a compact version (12-inch carriage) of the famous Tekne 3 electric typewriter. Result: an electric typewriter that is in the manual typewriter price range. (Just R235). OLIVETTI PRAXIS aS Advanced technical developments include a 'memory' device, fatigue-eliminating console keyboard and automatic error prevention. Now the most junior typist can turn out beautiful work consistently — and turn out more of it: an average increase of 26%. Now even the occasional typist can go 'electric'. The Olivetti PRAXIS 48 makes the electric typewriter an economic proposition for everybody. PNBSeWE NEWS/CHECK 9 SEPTEMBER, 19<56 with his left, and struck downwards four times. The PM tried to ward him SOUTHAFRICA off, but it was several seconds before other MPs realised what was happen­ THE ASSASSINATION OF THE PRIME MINISTER ing. MP Cas Greyling and Minister 'T'HE House of Assembly was fuller just beginning to ring as Verwoerd Frank Waring tackled Staphendas and A than is usual on a Tuesda~ • y afte" r and Potgieter came in from behind were stabbed themselves, but Waring noon, for the Prime Minister was the Speaker's chair. Potgieter took and others dragged him away from due to speak on his parhamentary his seat first, behind the PM, while Verwoerd. The PM remained sitting vote, his first speech of the session. more MPs and a few cabinet minis­ upright for a few moments, a baffled Dr Verwoerd was expected to review ters entered the chamber. Suddenly look on his face, before slumping for­ foreign affairs and the Republic's re­ the messenger, Dimitris Staphendas, ward over his desk, deathly pale and lations with its neighbours in Southern appeared from behind the group with blood pouring down his grey suit. Africa, and spectators crowded the a long knife in his hand and rushed The rush. Events moved quickly public galleries. Shortly after two towards the PM, who was about to after that: MPs climbed on to their o'clock, the PM and Nationalist Chief sit down. As Verwoerd looked up, benches and even on to the central Whip J. E. Potgieter walked into the thinking the man wanted to speak to table of the Assembly chamber in an Assembly chamber from the lobby him, Staphendas raised the knife in effort to get to the scene. One of together, followed by Durban Central his right hand, plucked off its sheath them called loudly for a medical man MP Dr Aubrey Radford. Just then a uniformed parliamentary messenger AFP-063 • L A S. H. .. .•'«'K 'St'.. jostled past Radford. "He half pushed .VERWOERD DE T me out of the way with his shoulder CAPETOWN.: PREMIER and I thought to myself that his AFP/KA-22 13.'tl behaviour was very unusual," recalled AFP-065 the IIP member afterwards. "He walked in front of me as though he (URGENT) were in a great hurry and I thought LEAD VERWOERD -2- (CAPETOWN) perhaps he had a very important mes­ HE VMS STABBED SEVERAL Tlf-iES 1, J THE SHORTLY AFTER TAKIiJG sage." Other MPs noticed the dark, HIS SEAT FOR THE RESUMPTiO:* OF THE 1'ARLI. ^ ,HENTARY SESSIOU. strongly-built messenger with greying, HIS ATTACKER WAS REPORTED TO 5E A GREEh bOPN PARLIAhCwTARY MESSENGER. crinkly hair. He was acting rather VERV.'OERD DIED IN HOSPITALW strangely, but members thought he iHCr•.l)/K^-22 13.46 was in the chamber in the course of his duties. THE NEWS FLASH THAT SHOOK SOUTHAFRICA The bell tolls. The House bells were Fatal impossibility NEWS/CHECK 9 SEPTEMBER, 1966 but UP MP Dr Ephraim Fisher was already there and he was quickly joined by three other MP doctors.