* TODAY: 'FARM WORK:ER SHOCK AT- WINDHOEK SHOW * AN FW CLASH ~ SUPER SPORT * Bringing Africa South Vol.2 No.421 Wednesday October, 9 Right Royal welcome! Thousands turn out for Queen ••• STUDENTS from the Holy Cross Convent were among those who turned out to give the Queen and the Duke a rousing and Royal welcome. For more photos see pa,Jes 3, 5,10,11. Photograph: Kate Burling Namibians hail visit WHEN Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth n: set TOMMINNEY foot in Namibia for the first time yesterday, the red carpet under her feet moved a~d rippled as ain. Silence stood heavy over the if it was alive. airstrip as she moved forward, The reason was a moderate sioner Francis Richards and past . aUport workers, guards . wind which swept the smart Namibia's Chief of Protocol and protocol people standing dress of a huge crowd of as­ Martin Andjaba climbed the finn on the rebellious carpet. sembled dignitaries, ruffled the steps to the Royal plane to The President introduced street children, threatened .the welcome the Queen and Prince Prime Minister Hage Geingob, ceremonial hats of the police Philip, a large crowd of jour­ Foreign Minister Theo-ben QUEEN Elizabeth and President Sam Nujoma emerge from State House yesterday nalists tensed at their shutter Gurirab and other senior fig­ afternoon after a private meeting. Behind them are First Lady Kovambo Nujoma and escort but did not cast any chill on the warm welcome she buttons while television camer­ ures including the heads of the the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Pool photograph: Bruno Nebe received. apeople on the ground and on armed services before leading At about 15h37 the Royal high stands watched the plane the Queen onto a ceremonial VC-lOjet came floating in after doors. platform. The two heads of a stopover in Kenya on the way Out she came, regal in blue state stood alone and firm as A nation at centre from Brize Norton base in and white with a suitably aero­ both national anthems were Britain. It was flying two flags dynamic hat that did not seem played, to the rhythmic per­ on top of the fuselage - the to feel the moderate wind's cussion of a 2l-gun salute from Namibian standard and the tugging at all, although it was three field guns off the air­ Queen's personal standard. now gusting at some 20 knots. field. of change in Africa The no-fuss arrival contin­ Minutes before the touch­ A quick wave from the top down the airport received a of the steps and then down to ued as the large figure of Lieu­ continent off from what is now where President Sam Nujoma tenant General Dimo Ha­ QUEEN Elizabeth last STAFF REPORTER last-over from a low flying night painted a gloWing South America. helicopter, and -the ceremonial and First Lady Kovambo maambo, chief of the defence Nanubia, she pointed out, platform a check by a police Nujoma greeted her with warm force, escorted the Queen in a view of Namibia's recent described Nanubia as "the first was in the middle of that vital dog sniffing for explosives. and friendly smiles. Behind her quick inspection of a guard of history and its future, and African country to have been African event, and now "as it The red-coated guard of stood her husband, the Prince honour that stood.like statues. hailed political changes in constructed from birth in this did so many millions of years honour and police band were Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The wind began to pluck the South Mrica. new spirit of hope " . ago Nanubia stands at the cedre already in place, marching with looking tanned and cheerful Royal dress but could not ruffle Addressing a State House The Queen likened the cur­ of this process of change" . cool precision into place for compared to the whiteness of the Royal composure. banquet, the Queen said there rent trend in African history to the Royal inspection. many of the British - newly­ was at last real hope of change the ancient geological move­ Continued on page 3 As British High Commis- arrived from summer in Brit- Continued on page 3 and regeneration in Africa and ments that tore the African ~ 2 Wedtlesday Qctob,er 9 1.9.91 . :tHE .NAMLBJAN Namibia a front-runner in the race·against killer child diseases ... try. A 46 per cent increase in STAFF REPORTER measles immunization cov­ Less than three months after erage since independence tion - kill and disable some 10 Independence, the Namibian was just one of the achieve­ million children every year. Government committed the ments Namibia could boast Namibia's fight against the country to Universal Child diseases began with a venge­ Inununization(UCl). Overthe yesterday - day the set aside ance after independence, long past 16 months, the Ministry for a global review of child­ after immunization program­ of Health and Social Services, hood immunization mes were undetway in other Unicef, WHO, the EEC, Ro­ achievements. countries. tary International, the Govern­ Governments throughout the While the rest of the world ments of Sweden and Canada world marked October 7 by began mobilizing against the and p181ly other local and inter­ reviewing how far they had diseases in 1977, the colonial national organizations have moved towards the goal of 80 government in Namibia ne­ worked together to speed up per cent child immunization glected child hcal1h for 13 years. the process ofUCIinNamibia. by the year 1990. The goal was Thousands of young Namib­ AB well as increasing measles set by the World Health Or­ ian lives werCf lost as a result. coverage to 60 per cent, Na­ ganization in 1977, in an at­ At Independence no reliable mibia has also set up a health tempt to eradicate potential child data on child immunization information system to provide killers such as measles, whoop­ coverage existed in Namibia. routine monitoring facilities for ing cough, tetanus poliomyeli­ But estimates suggested UCI reporting. Tetanus toxoid, tis' tuberculosis and diptheria. measles coverage was below . a critical vaccination for the These !liseases - all prevent­ 14 per cent and was one of the health of expectant mothers able with proper immuniza- main child killers in the coun- and unborn children. was not - ~~~~~~~~~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-l pendence.even provided Today prior coverage to inde- for TT 1 stands at over 72 per cent, while 1T2 is over 50 per cent. Nevertheless drop-out rates for the immunization pro­ gramme remains "a critical concern", according to the . Health Ministry. The drop-out rate in Namibia is still high and the Ministry urges parents to ensure that newly-born chil­ dren complete all doses of TRAVEL TO JOHANNESBURG immunization before the age BY ROAD, WHEN YOU CAN of one year. Students from North improve drama skills STUDENTS from Saint Mary's High said one. school at Ooiipa near Ondangwa were Shekupe said NTN facilities were always hard at work in the National Theatre available to school and community drama of Namibia this week. groups anxious to gain more experience. The drama group, led by volunteer teacher "This is the first group to take advantage of Peter Neisuler, bas been in Windhoek since the offer, but we hope there will be many IN ONLY THREE HOURS last week to improve its theatrical skills more. " Another young drama enthusiast PROTECT your children, under the supervision ofNTN assistant di­ made a powerful case for the more wide­ and Namibia's fUture. rector Banana Shekupe. spread use ofdrama in schools: "It's done a FOR ALMOST THE SAME Have your youngsters According to the students, the week had immunised. Prevention is lot for me. It helps me control my brain, to COST ? better than cure. Vaccine been hard, tiring, but extremely useful. focus and concentrate on the work at hand. is vital for the survival of "We've learned all sorts of things from It's a more disciplined and creative field our nation's children. wann-up exercises to new acting skills," than many' academic' subjects. " Take notice that the owner of ERF 546 Rem., Bismarck Street, Windhoek, intends applying to the Council of the Municipality of Windhoek to rezone Erf 546 Rem. for office usage, with a bulk factor of 0,4 • .WINDHOEK • JOHANNESBURG B Further take notice that the plan of the erf lies for WINDHOEK inspection at ROOM 612 Municipal Offices, Windhoek. in both directions, Monday to Friday. Further take notice that any person objecting to the Departing Eros Airport, Windhoek at 19hOO. Departing Johannesburg at 04hOO. This proposed use of the land as set out above, may lodge such special package features the Beechcraft objection together with the grounds thereof, with the 1900 aircraft and offers no on-board services. Council and with the applicant in writing within 14 days of the last publication of this notice. It makes Dated at Windhoek this SECOND day of OCTOBER 1991. Name & Address: good sense! Amsterdam Standard Trust Co. (Pty) Ltd, P 0 Box 20919, (J- Windhoek NamibAir Call Namib Air in Windhoak at 38220 or 229630. The National Airline of Namibia ADf NAMIBI A ;,f", 4' .....,' t , ..:) .. t '*'1 .. )~· " !'" i .... t .. THE ~AMIBIAN Wednesday October 9 1991 3 Farm worker s sleep with cattle at Windhoek show TODAY when Queen STAFF REPORTERS four-and-a-half years, although Elizabeth 11 hands out this figure was again boosted THE whole of Owambo is from the north. prizes to the owners of by the relatively long service looking forward to today's visit The Queen will then be en­ champion livestock at the mattresses. had to buy their own food, records (12 years, 11 years, by Her Majesty Queen Eliza­ tertained by cultural groups, Windhoek Show, some­ The stalls were filled with although they did not have to nine and four years) of the beth IT and His Royal High­ before moving to Oshakati state farm employees.