Bringing Africa South Vol.2 No.285 50c (GST Inc.) Friday March 15 THE Namlblan h~s received ~m­ pla,nts that copies of Its Friday newspaper sold on the streets alvis on hold do· not always have all the sec­ tions. Make sure that your newspaper 'Deadlock and an amicable disengagement' today has the full 32 pages, in­ HARD-BARGAINING, particularly on the part of cluding TV, letters and entertain­ the Namibian delegation headed by Foreign Af­ ment as well as the weekly edu­ fairs Minister, Theo-Ben Gurirab, at the bilateral talks in Cape Town yesterday, failed to immedi­ cational supplement ABACUS. ately effect the reintegration of Walvis Bay into Namibia. The 27-member Namibian Sapa said the two Foreign negotiating team, which in­ Ministers were in a jovial mood British woman cluded Information Minister as they spoke on the steps of Hidipo Hamutenya, Finance Westbrook Residence after what Minister Otto Herrigel. Jus­ was clearly a hard day's bar­ tice Minister Ngarikutuke Tjiri­ gaining. stays in jail ange and others, returns to Both Ministers led high­ Namibia at midday today to powered delegations. number­ repolt back to the Govenunent ing 11 Cabinet Ministers in all, a"W"aiting trial on the progress of the talks. and supported by large admin­ Sapa reported from Cape istrative and legal teams. Town that the negotiations In addition to claiming the A BRITISH woman last night spent another night in between the two countries on port, harbour and enclave of police custody after being granted R5 000 bail and being the return of Walvis Bay to Walvis Bay, Namibia wanted unable to raise it. Lesley Hard(ng, 31, has already spent Namibia, ended in 'deadlock the boundary moved from the weeks in custody after initially being refused bail. She is and an amicable disengage­ northern shore of the Orange reported as alleging that she was molested by a police ment'. River to the centre, the normal officer. After several attempts to line for international bounda- arrive at a joint press state­ nes. She is accused because ap­ grounds that there was no evi­ ment failed, the two Foreign No progress was made on parently her security card was dence that Harding would Ministers, Pik Botha and this issue, and Gurirab was used in the theft of Rassing appear for trial as she has no Gurirab respectively. told a reportedly not prepared to say chair John Kirkpatrick's car. family ot fixed possessions in media conference they would whether Namibia was prepared Also imprisoned was Kel­ Namibia. have to report back to their to negotiate them as separate vinSteward, her boyfriend and Her defence counsel argued Govenunents on the day's matters. a Swazi citizen. Both live in that she had an irnp::ccable work progress. Botha said after the talks Khomasdal, and Harding has record and was still employed Gurirab, who had told the that it was the first time the apparently worked for Rassing by Rassing. National Assembly earlier that two Governments had discussed DISABLED Anna Ashipena, a Katutura hospital worker for six years. Harding was initially held in the delegation would settle for the issues. "We conveyed to and mother of two, is the world record-holder for A thief took Kirkpatrick's police holding cells and was nothing less than the uncondi­ each other our views on these javelin, her latest in a line of 36 gold medals. Last year Mercedes Benz 300SE from a apparently transferred to Wind­ tional surrenderofWalvis Bay issues and as you can imagine she smashed the world record by nearly two meters with . Rassing high security carpark hoek Prison after reports that by South Africa, said in Cape there was a difference of opin- a throw of 22 metres at games for the disabled in on January 21 in the Sanlanl she was molested inhercell by Town that " the way we or­ ion." Britain. complex in Windhoek, appar­ a drunken man. This could not ganised and convened the Gurirab said that Namibia Next stop for the Namibian team lRay be next year's ently using Harding' s security be confirmed last night. meeting obviously raised high had decided to discuss the is­ Olympic games in Barcelona, if urgently-needed funds card. The new building uses Yesterday Harding was in and unrealistic hopes. " sue on the political level, and can be found for the sport. ' cards for access throughout. court again, and this time the There was light at the end of not to start talking on a clan­ In late February Harding and magistrate set bail at R5 000. the tunnel, although 'it is too destine level. This weekend, disabled people are gathering in Wind­ Steward appeared in court She only possesses a car which small to show the time frame ' "The world perhaps was hoek for their first national congress, .to be opened by charged with stealing the car. is said to be worth less than R4 within which a solution may the President. They aim to show nothing is impossible Magistrate Frikkie Truter then 500, and could not inunedi­ be found, he added. continued on page 2 for a disabled person (see page 6). refused the couple bail on the ately advance the money. THE Namibian Govenunent of the largest and probably the try has a "cohesive" society Zimbabwe had 47 ministers much attention to the various was certainly not the' 'largest most expensive and demanded and also did not inherit a in­ and deputy ministers and two sectors as necessary. .. As a nor the most expensive in · justification for the creation of flated civil· service like Na­ vice presidents with a Minis­ ·result, certain crucial portfolio Africa", said the Prime Min­ two more Ministries. mibia. Furthermore, the try of Education with 90 000 responsibilities could not re­ ister, Hage Geingob, reacting It· was true that the Namib­ ·Borswana economy was not as civil servants alone. ceive the attention they de­ to a question by the leader of ian Government was bigger than • diversified as that of Namibia. A Ministry of Agriculture, selved," Geingob said. the official opposition, th e Botswana, but in comparison Zambia had 19 Ministries, Water, Fisheries and Agricul­ The N anlibian Governnlent, DTA's Mishake Muyongo. to Zimbabwe and Zambia it 300 000 civil servants and a ture and that of Education, . he pointed out, was concerned Muyongo alleged the Na­ was small, said Geingob. Central Committee with its own Culture, Youth and Sport did mibian Goverrunent was one As for Botswana that coun- structures, Geingob said. not allow the Mini~ters to devote continued on page 2 STAY AT WINDHOEK'S"- MOST CONVENIENT AND AFFORDABLE CITY CENTRE HOTEL. OUR TARIFFS ARE THE CHEAPEST FOR VALUE IN TOWN H **TYYY CONTINENTAL HOTEL TEL:37293 .2 FriOay March 15 1.991 THE· NAMISiAN I r Neither South Africans nor tion be put in place with inune­ Namibians, he believed, wanted diate effect in accordance with a perpetuation of the dispute the memorandum. Press council on way expecting miracles but the fact on the basis of 'colonial and over Walvis Bay. He expressed the hope that three members of the public that we (two) are standing here discarded treaties', it would be He therefore invited the agreement on the long standing A STEERING committee composed of a broad spectrum and a judge as chairman., would next to each other in Cape Town tantamount to a breach of trust. Government of South Africa dispute could be reached be- . ofNamibianmedia agreed this be represented on the council is a step in the right direction "Consequently, the refusal to "to heed the call of the Na­ fore the 46th regular session of week on a proposed composi­ whose term of office would be on the subjects of the relations hand over the said territories mibian people and the interna­ the UN General Assembly so tion for a press council. one year. between us, the developments on the day of Narnibia's inde­ tional community to do what is that "the two of us could under­ Coming quick! in the wake Nominations for the media and what we foresee for south­ pendence, which could have right, namely to agree to an take a joint mission to New Y of a resolve by the group at an council have been invited from ern Africa." gone down in history as a great early settlement of the Walvis York to present the text of the NPP/Sida sponsored seminar bona fide journalists and the Gurirab presented a well­ statesmanlike undertaking by Bay issue." . final agreement to the Presi­ over the weekend to form a public to be addressed to the motivated paper at the talks, South Africa, will remain a Heproposed the two delega­ dent of the UN Security Coun­ tions should reach a memoran­ NPP offices for the attention saying that if South Africa monument of tragic betrayal, cil and the UN Secretary Gen­ media council and draw up a code of conduct which would of Mrs Witt-Howard at tele­ continued to cling to Walvis motivated by a legacy of colo­ dum of understanding at the eral, thereby enabling the LTnited end of the talks, which would serve as a 'self-regulatory' Bay and the offshore islands nial conquest." Nations to, for once and for all, phone 226912. serve as a framework for a close the· chapter on the de­ system, .the group met to dis­ Elections by majority vote final settlement; and secondly, colonisation of Namibia, in cuss the composition of the and adoption of the constitution FOR NEWS TIPS PHONE THE NAMmIAN he proposed that upon agree­ accordance with UN Security council.