-' * TODAY: DRUGS ASSAULT FACES NAMIBIA * N AM TMRASH ZIM * LIVERPOOL TAKE FA-CU P * , HA~D .' . ... Bringing Afrl~a South Vol.2 No.S60 On tOjiof Dominee's the world AIDS SIMPLY THE BEST ... Lovely Miss Namibia, 19- year-old Michelle McLean, took the beauty world by GOING PUBLIC ... The pleasant and cheerful Christo storm on Saturday morn· bo.mbshell Greyling, who stunned his congregation yesterday by ing when she won the cov­ telling them he had contracted AIDS through a blood eted Miss Universe com· transfusion, with his supportive wife, LieseL petition. See report, p 3. Brave ORe churc'hman tells Murder after wedd.ing cel.ebration ·· A YOUNG man was shot and killed in the early hours of. congregation: 'I have AIDS' Saturday morning after attending a wedding celebra· . tion in Katutura's 'Damara section'. GWEN LISTER gregation and that there had One report of the shooting incident said the deceased, been no negative reaction Oswald 'Jesriel' Auseb, and his brother had gone to the so far. the aid of a friend who was being harassed by a group of DUTCH Reformed Church Dominee, Christo F1anked by his young wife, men. One man then shot Auseb in the knee and after the Greyling, yesterday stunned his congregation Liesel, he later addressed a victim fell to the ground he was shot in the head a by telling them he was a. carrier of the HIV press conference at his home, further three times from point blank range. virus which causes AIDS. emphasising that he was a Auseb died on Saturday at 16hOO in the intensive care Christian who believed there unit of Katutura hospital. The 28-year-old Greyling, Greyling, the former pro­ was hope in suffering. A man has apparently been arrested by the police in BRUTALLY MUR. who is a haemophiliac, told ducer of religious program­ In his sermon, Greyling Contiuned on page 2 - DERED .. , Oswald Auseb. the packed Windboek West mes at the NBC, later or- gave the background OIl how cbmch that be had contracted . dained in the Windboek he contracted the AIDS virus. the disease through a blood West Dutch Reformed con­ He is a haemophiliac (some­ transfusion and was diag­ gregation, said he had cho­ one who bleeds over a long nosedHIV-positive in 1987. sen to announce his condi­ period from even a slight The Moderator of the tion publicly as he hoped to injury due to the failure of Dutch Reformed Church in assist people to gain a better the blood to clot) who re­ CHAlAffElA R Namibia, Ds Kobus de Kletk, understanding of the disease quires constant blood trans­ said afterwards that the news and to support efforts to fight fusions. On average, over a SERVICES had come as an "unpleasant ignoranceaboutJlD)S, and period of a year, he received surprise". in so doing, combat the the blood of between 432 to De Klerk acknowledged spread of the disease. 500 people, and it was in Experience the luxury of a that Ds Greyling's case was After the moming serv­ this way that he had con­ the "first" among pastors in ice andbis shock announce­ tracted JlD)S. professional chauffeur the Dutch Reformed Church ment, Greyling said that the As a Christian who be- in southern Africa, and he news had been received in a hoped it would be the last, positive spirit by his con- To page 2 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NAMIBIA * You Rent the car and we drive or we use our own Hard drug fears transport , . * We will drive you from North to South, from East to Cops stem tide but deluge on way West * By road or by air THE flow of hard drugs into pendent status to "try out" a KATE BURLING For businessman and women, companies, tourists, this country is still described new market. * as "manageable", but fears previous years. According "They know things are in soccer clubs, music groups and for you!! are mounting that Namibia, to Police liason officer in­ a state of flux in Namibia at * First class drivers along with neighbouring spector Koos Diedricks, in the moment and that every­ * EffiCient and reliable southern African states, may charge of · the soon-to-be thing is not yet completely Ad hoc drivers and pilots soon face a serious drugs formed Drug Enforcement sorted out, so they are trying * problem. Bureau, hard drugs are us out," he said.. * It is unique and your security is guaranteed The combined haul of "definitely on the increase" Both Diedricks and Po­ * If you are interested call 31710 orFax31710, we have cocaine and heroine in 1991 in Namibia. He said drug lice Liaison Officer Inspec­ was 1,46ki1ograms- arela­ . traffickers, always on the tor Sean Geyser said Na­ a 24 hour answering service!! tively small amount com­ lookout for 'safe routes', mibia was being ~gly pared to many other coun­ were taking advllQtage of WE DRIVE ALL!! tries - but far bigger than in Namibia's reCently inde- To page 2 2 Monday May 11 1992 THE NAMIBIAN riage, she is still diagnosed a's There was silence in the mv-positive. His initial reac­ to SteUenbosch in mid-July, DOMINEE negative. church as the pleasant and tion was "why me?" . He had the young pastor will be linked Child rape from page 1 Afraid of public reaction they c::hcerful Greyling gave his news. not slept around or used drugs. with the Afrikaans Christian had shared news of his condi­ A few women wiped their eyes He later realised that there was Student Association, and will A six-year-old child wa" lieved sex before marriage was tiro mly with a few cloae friends as he told the congregation that hope in suffering and he could help with AIDS counselling as raped at Epukiro near Goba­ taboo, he had been diagnosed and family, but he had been he was not afraid of death but use it positively to help others. well, trying to break down • j bis last Wednesday accord­ mv-positive before he and his told by doctors last year that saw it instead as a bridge to­ When Greyling returned to negative attitudes about RN, wife Liesel were married. She .the virus had become active. wards something "even more the commune in which he was and telling people there was ing to the Namibian Police's had married him despite him Matters were complicated by fantastic than life". living with other students, he hope in suffering. most recent crime report. A carrying the mv virus and in the combination of haemophilia In an' earlier interview, had asked them what the best The Church, he emphasised, 20-year old N amibian ma1e the knowledge that they would and AIDS, and so he and his Greyling told The Namibian AIDS jokes were that they had did not pressure him to leave. has been arrested. never be able to have a normal wife have therefore decided to that he was a sixth year theol­ ever heard. Greyling finally This was later borne outby Os The crime report also gives sexual relationship or children move back to Stellenbosch to ogy student at Stellenbosch told them he was RN-posi­ de Klerk who said the church details of a spate of vio­ 'They had both exercised care, be closer to a big hospital for University when he had re­ tive, and after initial shock, were aware of the manner in lence in Wmdhoek last week. and after four years of mar- future treatment. ceived the news that he was there had been a positive reac­ which Greyling had conlracted A man was knifed to death tion, he said. the disease. in Windboek West last Asked whether he had en­ The church, he added, was Wednesday at lunchtime. countered any negative reac­ mt against the disease, but nruch 011 NOWI---I tions, he said that a certain would depend on the manner Thursday at Olh30 a man dentist in Stellenbosch had in which the person had con­ was shot with a fireann ill -- refused to do dental work on tracted it. Katutura, while on the sam e EXTRA MONEY AS A GENOVESE DISTRIBUTOR him as he was afraid of con­ As a church minister, day another m an was threal­ tracting the disease. At a later Greyling was critical of the ened with a gun and robbed stage, while in Groote Schuur national. AIDS campaign in of only. R8 in Soweto. An exclusive range 01 imported Linen articles from all over the world , includi ng Bedspreads, Bedsheets, hospital, IDJI'SCS had put a poster Namibia, which he descnbed The police a1so state that Blankets, Eiderdowns , Pillow Cases , Rugs, Carpets , Wan Panels, Table Cloths, Bath Towels , above hi. bed with the words as "dualistic". He felt that body an inquest will be held after Ornaments, Comforters , Dwet Sets, Qulns, Mattress cOvers, Curtains, Dinner Sets, Cutlery Sets, Tea 'This patient is RN -positive. and spirit cou Id not be divided, an unidentified skeleton wac; Wear masks and gloves'. His and that sexuality was not only & Col1ee Sets, Picture Frames, Wall Clocks - really lovely Hems at a price that your buyers can afford found about 20km from but still leaving a good prolH lor youl brother Jakes, also a haemo­ a bodily function. The solution philiac, had come to visit him did not lie in using a condom to Keetrnanc;hoop on Thuisday. and ripped the poster off the prevent AIDS, but in one-to­ wall, Greyling said. one relationships with no ex­ He admitted that religion had ceptions. Bribery at played a positive role in the He felt that his case may be way he had reconciled himself positive for the Dutch Refonned Ministry ..