BRINGING AFRICA SOUTH No15 Friday December 6 1985 ' 50c (incI.GST) Horror~ incident in northern Namibia, BEATEN .TO DEATH BY GWEN LISTER POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING the case of Mr Frans Uapota, 48, who was allegedly beaten to death by soldiers of the South African Defence Force last Thursday, near Eembo in the Hangwena area of north­ ern Namibia. The dead man's wife, Mrs Victoria Mweuhanga, who has laid a charge of murder, said in a statement that on November 28 at about 18hOO, a patrol of 'white soldiers suddenly arrived' and ordered everybody to lie down. Mrs Mweuhanga said that the soldiers then started 'kicking and beating us'. Mr Uapota and his wife were visiting friends shortly after his arrival in northern Namibia on a few days leave from his work in Windhoek. 'I noticed that they attacked my husband like a pack of wild dogs', she Continued on page 3 Rossing workers meet to join trade union STAFF REPORTER . , NationalUnionofMineworkers, with a view to either joining, or WO RKERS OF the Rossing U ra­ forming a trade union. nium Mine at Swakopmund were Mr Charles Kauraisa, Superinten­ to hold a meeting at the Arandis dent of Industrial and Public Rela­ "'~"-' Town Hall to discuss dissatisfac­ tions on the Mine, confirmed that a the mass tion with certain working condi- notice had been put up re'questing against the forced removal of of the old location to' Katutura, Twelve workers to attend a meeting yester­ people were killed and 54 injured in the clash with pOlice which changed the face of Nami day evening (Thursday). However, Picture shows an entire shack being transported on the back of a truck when relocation became Mr Kauraisa said that workers had pulsory. PHOTO: Courtesy of Windhoek Arch refused to disclose the reasons for the meeting, A spokesman for the workers told The Namibian however, that there lJrgent interdict against Kalangula was a great deal of dissatisfaction with working conditions on the AN URGENT INTERDICT has adoption of his 1985-6 budget. The application was set down for hearing mine. These included problems with been brought against Mr Peter budget meeting was held on July 30, in the Supreme Court today, but that the Patterson system, the question of Kaianguia, Chairman of the and the DTA Headman claims that he was seeking a postponement un­ pensions, conditions of employ­ Ovambo administration, to in view of this, 'any expenditure from til Monday. ment, the annual increase and the declare his 1985-6 budget of the Revenue Fund, presently, and Mr Kalangula confirmed that the desire to form or join a trade union. R128-million, null and void. since July 30 1985' is 'illegal and Secretary of his Administration, Mr irregular'. Workers also expressed dissatis­ Attorneys for Mr Kalangula Frans Viljoen, and his private secre­ tary, Mr Oswald Shivute, had flown faction with the management­ have confirmed that an applica­ In a telegram earlier on Thursday employee relations, claiming that the from Mr Kautima's attorneys to Mr to Windhoek for legal consultation. tion brought by Mr Gabriel Kau­ TheTespondents in the matter are present relationship was comparable tima, Senior Headman of /the Kalangula, it was stated that Mr to a 'child listening to his father'. Kalangula had 24 hours to state what the Executive Committee of the According to a representative of Uukwanyama group and UTA steps he would take in order to 'rec­ Ovambo second tier, the Legislative member, was served on Mr Assembly of that administration, the tions on the Mine, and would also the workers, decisions taken at the tify' the situation and stop what was Kalangula on Thursday. Cabinet of South West Africa, and urgently consider the question of meeting would be relayed to the referred to as 'unauthorised expen­ Mr Kautima claims that Mr diture from the Revenue Fund'. the Administrator General of South approaching the South African Continued on page 2 Kalangula had no quorum for the The State Attorney said that the West Africa. we help you SATURDAY 08hOO~3hOO to do your 16hOO~8h30 xmas shopping . SUNDAY 10hOO-12h30 at leisure 16hOO~8h30 with our shopping hours THERE IS over weekends. ALWAYS SOMETHINC HAPPEN INC AT Woermann Brock & CO ~ TEL. 26232 Windhoek PO BOX 86 - --- - - -- ------ '2 ' THE NAMmlAN 'FRIDAY December '6'1985 WORLD FLASHES WXEMBOURG: European Community leaders have agreed on modest reforms of the Group's founding 1957 Treaty of Rome in a bid to streamline Merero case - postponed its cumbersome operations and move towards greater integration. NEW DELHI: Gas leaking from a chemical factory caused panic in Delhi just SENTENCE IN the Meroro case one day after the first anniversary of the Bhopal Gas tragedy, and at least 30 has been postponed until March people were taken to hospital. 25, 1986, after serious doubt arose as to the exact age of the WELLINGTON: The United States will end its defence obligations to New defendant convicted of the Zealand, but preserve the Anzus Defence Pact if Wellington passes a law murder. banning nuclear ships and weapons, a senior State Department official said. The Attorney General, Advocate KAMPALA: British-born Mr Bob Astles, an associate of former Ugandan Tielman Louw, appearing for the dictator Idi Amin, was freed after six years in jail. State, requested Mr Justice Johan Strydom to postpone the case in ACCRA: Mr Michael Soussoudis, nephew of the Ghanaian leader, Flight order to try and arrange for expert Lieutenant Jerry Rawlins, returned to a hero's welcome. A spy-swap agreement help to determine defendant Alfons with Washington led to his release after conviction for spying. Kavandara's exact age before sentence could be imposed. WSAKA: Police fired teargas to break up a demonstration by university The delay became necessary after students protesting against the re-introduction of fees in Zambian boarding a document giving the accused's schools. birth date as March 12, 1966, was BRUSSELS: Belgium's extreme leftist fighting communist cells exploded a submitted to the Court by Counsel CONVICTED KILLER Alfons Kavandara, hiding his face from bomb at the Antwerp branch of the Bank of America in their 26th attack in for the defence, Mr JohanSwanepoel the' cameras, with co-accused Albert Kuihiza, outside the Wind­ 14 months, police said. No one was hurt, but damage was extensive, a - thus making Kavandara 18 years hoek Supreme Court. gendarmerie spokesman said. old at the time of the crime. Earlier the accused's age was given EAST BERLIN: Soviet Defence Minister Marshal Sergei Sokolov, describing as 22 years. Defendants who are and while Kuihiza went behind some Strydom said Kavandara was a self­ east-west relations as still tense, pledged that the Warsaw Pact would match under the age of 18 do not face the bushes to relieve himself, Kavandara confessed liar. The Court found him any US arms buildup, the official ADN News Agency said. death sentence in capital murder cold- guilty on the charges of theft, dou­ cases. bloodedly shot dead both men. ble murder and robbery with ag­ FREETOWN: The Liberian leader, General Samuel Doe, is apparently trying The murders occurred earlier this Kavandara and Kuihiza then stole gravating circumstances. to ease tensions with Sierra Leone after accusing it of backing an attempt to year, when Kavandara and Albert their money, wrist watches and a Clearing Albert Kuihiza, Kavan­ topple him last month. He sent his Foreign Minister, Mr Ernest Eastman to Kuihiza, 21, were hitch- pistol as well as the truck belonging dara's co-accused, on the initial Freetown with a message for the new President, Mr Joseph Momoh. hiking from Windhoek to Arandis. to Mr Meroro. charge of theft, Mr Justice Strydom Mr Justice Strydom, returning a found that hewas an accessory after DAKAR: Diplomats say that the Libyan leader, Colonel Muarnmar Gaddafi, They were picked up by Mr Ernst may tell President Abdou Diouf of Senegal and Chairman of theOAU, that Meroro, a prominent Katutura verdict of guilty, rejected Kavan­ the fact to the double murder. dara's evidence of having shot the He did however, find him guilty on he would pull his troops out of Northern Chad if they were replaced by a Pan­ businessman and son of the exiled Swapo national chairman, Mr David men in self defence. He pointed out a charge of theft, rather than robbery African peacekeeping force. Colonel Gaddafi's visit to Senegal is also expected to pave the way for a reconcilliation between the two countries.which have no Meroro. that medical evidence had revealed with aggravating circumstances. diplomatic ties. Mr Meroro's travelling compa­ that both the victims were shot in the He added that all evidence against nion was Mr Festus Tjivikua, a back from above. Kuihiza had been circumstantial and PARIS: Dr Rony Brauman, Chairman of Medecins San Frontieres, says other retired schoolteacher, and they were Referring to statements made his evidence was corroborated by AID agencies agree privately with the criticisms of Ethiopian government on their way to Karibib to purchase earlier to police and a Magistrate in other witnesses. policies that got his medical charity expelled from the country. But they are family gravestones. Karibib, as well as the different ver­ Advocate Robert Johnstone is ap­ afraid to speak out. MSF had attacked resettlement programmes for famine Near Karibib, the car was stopped sions given in Court, Mr Justice pearing pro deo for Kuihiza. victims, saying that they were so badly prepared that 100 000 people had died. BEIRUT: Israel's biggest military operation in Lebanon this year to prevent Palestinian guerrillas from re-establishing themselves in the south, left 14 dead, Canu to join government two of them Israelis, police said in Beirut.