Swapo's George rainy Meiring season speaks offensive in frank begins-with interview Ruacana with attack Sue Cullinan - Inside - Inside iff· Eliazer Tuhadeleni, free after nearly 20 years, in an emotional moment of greeting. BY GWEN LISTER TlIERE WAS JUBILATION outside -the Windhoek Central Prison today when long-term Swapo political prisoner, Mr Eliazer Tuhadeleni and 20 others, were released, some after nearly 20 years imprisonment. _ After the 21 left the prison, they met with the Swapo leadership and were then taken to the Council of Churches where arrangements were made for accomoda­ .tion. The 21 and crowds of wellwishers then le'ft for Katutura, where, police asked the large crowd to disperse. In a statement to-mark their claims by the interim government government Justice Minister, Mr Exam release, Swapo Joint Foreign Af­ that they had been instrumental Fanuel Kozonguizi, had asked to fairs Secretary, Mr Niko Bes­ in freeing the men. see Mr .Thhadeleni and others af- papers singer, 'categorically' rejected Mr Bessinger said that interim Continued on page 3 Two dead uproar at ·and many secondary wounded in school in Upington - Khomasdal riots ·'Inside · Inside LOW PRICES FROM SPRINGER KNUSPERMISCHUNO R3.99 SUNOOWNER REMEMBER! - 250g R3.99 our WEINBRANOKIRSCHEN UNO BOHNEN 250g new shopping hours R3.99 MONDAY· THURSDAY from 08hOO-18h30 FRIDAY,S - from 08hOO-18h30 -SATURDAYS - _from 08hOO-13hOO . 16hOO-18h30 SUNDAYS - 10hOO-12h30 16hOO-18h30 woermann-Brock & CO Windhoek •. .- .,~ t ''''.q .;;~ :~~"' ~ FR'IDAY Novembef"1§-198S - - - •.•• , " , .mmr-.... -"'africa --"- -"-- -- '-"- ---'' -'" '--'-" '-'" '--'- -'" Interdict Cape 'callsfor ~Threat to strike----. Times Editor Police .Reaction to. repatriation 'plan restraint charged THE EDITOR of the Cape Times, THE 200 000 strong National repatriation was a 'possibility' in the AN URGENT interdict has been 'In no way .is this a r.etaliatory Mr Tony Heard, has been charged -Union of Mineworkers, has face of disinvestment, sanctions and measure against neighbouring filed in the Rand Supreme Court under South Africa's security threatened to call a national boycotts. states', he said. to restrain police at Soweto's legislation, following the publication strike at all South African mines 'Since charity begins athome, the Observers have noted however, police station from assaulting of his interviewwithANC leader, Mr if the government carries out its Government has no option but to that the threat 0f repatriation was . those' held under emergency , Oliver Tambo. threat to repatriate black give preference to the needs ofitsown raised by the State President Mr PW Mr Heard was escorted from his regulations. mineworkers to their home citizens as regards job opportunities'" Botha as a direct response to the list ' office by two security police he said. The application, in which the first countries. of proposed sanctions adopted at the' lieutenants last Friday and taken to ' respondent is the Minister of Law Mr Du Plessis said , the Commonwealth summit last month. the Cape Town Magistrate's Court. and order, Mr Louis Ie Grange, seeks NUM's press officer, Mr Marcd Government was constantly ' The Chamber of Mines has He was charged under section 56 to protect detainees held at two Golding, said this week that the monitoring the possible effects of warned that losses stemming from a -(1) of the Internal SEcurity Act for Soweto prisons from being assaulted government. was seeking sanctions and disinvestment and was wholesale 'repatriation of workers quoting a banned person. by police stationed at Protea. confrontation withmineworkers by 'obliged to consider contingency would run into 'hundreds of millions The prosecutoralso told the Court threatening repatriation. In particular, protection is sougllt plans' to deal with the deteriorating of rands' and would be an economic it was possible that further charges . Virtually all NUM's members are for three prominent political activists situation in unemployment. disaster. might be added, and the case was currently detained - Mr Amos migrant wor kers from neighbouring Consultations with all the parties President of ·the Chamber, Mr postponed to December 9 for further countries such as Lesotho, Botswana . Masondo, Mr Sidney Molekane and involved wouJd take place about the Clibe Knobbs, said 'The backlash investigation. Mr Kenneth Fihla - who were and Malawi, as well as the nature of the contingency plan and would be horrific, not only in the The publication of the Tambo allegedly severely assaulted during 'independent homelands' of its implemention, 'if and when it economic terms, but in damage to interview arousedconsiderble local Transkei and Ciskei. interrogation. became necessary'. confidence . in' the entire South " and international interest. In another development, the A.ccording to a Johannesburg Sources in the mining industry say African mining industry at national · The Cape Times was inundated Transvaal President of the United morning newspaper, upto 1,5 million a large percentage of the labourers and international level. with messages of support for Mr Democratic Front, and tour white workers could be sent back to likely to be repatriated come from An estimated two million foreign Heard, who personally conducted neighbouring countries . emergency detainees held in' Mozambique and Lesotho. black workers are employed in South the interview with Mr Tambo in Johannesburg, have been released Africa, although official figures put London. Reacting to the report, the from detention. According to Mr Du Plessis the number of 'legally employed' Dr Ram Sallojee, Mr Simon ,Minister of Manpower, Mr Pietie du ,however, the Government took 'the foreignworkersat35i 260asofJune Ratcliffe, Mr Neil Coleman, Mr Plessis, said the Government had 'no strongest exception' to suggestions last year, immediate plans~ or desire . to Schools Auret van Heerden and Mr Morris that it was deliberately tryingto'hurt This figure does not include Smithers, were released this week summarily repatriate large otlmbers the economies of Lesotho and workers from Namibia or the subject to an order that they do. not of foreign workers', but, he said Mozambique. homelands. 'guarded~ leave the magisterial district of Johannesburg. SOLDIERS and Police armed In addition, the ·five may not with shotguns h'ave been" participate in the activities of any , patrolling schools in Cape Town poli~ical, educational, communal or following the widespread . trade union organisations. They were . disruption of exams . aU detained soon after the state of emergency was'aeclared on July 21. Internal examinations for pupils from standard six to nine, have t)een * Atotalof2 190 detainees are still being held according to the latest lists disrupted at virtually all schools. iSsued by the Police. A Police Thirty per cent of matric pupils have spokesman in Pretoria announced been writing their exams under police on Wednesday that the names of gu~rd at special centres. people who have been detained On Friday, police detained the under emergency regulations and . entire student body at Zeekoeivlei then released will no longer be issued Secondary School in Lotus River two to the public. " hours before the 510 pupils were due According to the Police list, a total to write the end-of-year of 3 063 detainees have been released examinations. All except 18 were later released. so far. At other schools throughout the peninsula, widespread disruption took place as pupils ran through Gold coin classrooms, smashing furniture, tearing up exam papers and letting off fire hydrants. minting Police and troops moved into several schools, surrounding some and searching others, and a number comes to of teachers and pupils were reportedly detained, ahalt Police and Defence· Force personnel were then posted to SOUTH AFRICA has stopped various schools throughout the Cape minting gold Krugerrands be­ Flats, causing further cause of a drop in world demonstrations agai'nst their demand. presence. Production was halted several weeks ago after a downturn' in world demand forthe gold ,bullion Hunger coins. 'Our production has always been geared to meet demand. At the-mo­ strike inent the market is sticky and is be- . THIRTY-TWO emergency- ing supplied from secondary - re:gulat'ion ". aetaine.es :'at sources' sa}d'MrMackay:Coghill, , .Chief Executiwe ofthe Marketiqg , . ', :PoUsmoor,Prison; ,have started an indefinite hungerstri'k-e. Company. SYpIpatRY fasts ,,:also began ,at . The US recently outlawed the . four ;peninsular churches in the . import :of Krugerrands. as part of aparti:al sanctions,packageagairist ' Western Cape. ' South Africa's apartheid system. Families and lawyers of detainees -Commonw'ealth ·countries intfud­ 'said that at least 32 ,emergency iQg Britain, also agreed to the ban -detainees at Pollsmoor 'prison had last month. ' ",started ahungerstrike 'last weekend in protest at their detentions. 'Suspension of production is not Sympathy fasts were held at four out of the ordinary' said Daniel CapeTown churches. , Pollnow, General Manager of the . An earlier statement from the . Rand Refinery which produces the Department said all hunger strikers coin. would be treated in terms or" the Mr PoHnow however, refused to Tokyo Declaration - which bans the say when production was suspend­ A MINEWORKER AT Hartebeesfontein. Picture by Paul Weinberg. force-feeding of .prisoners who ed or when it would resume. refuse food. THE NAMIBIAN FRIDAY November ,15 1985 3 Government may become guerrillas says Kozonguizi STAFF REPORTER