Bringing Africa South SOc (GST Inc.) TENSION ~Border' dispute still rages between two chiefs THE land dispute in the Caprivi had been created by the South African government in order to divide the people of this region both politically and tribally, said Chief Joshua Moraliswani of the Masubia group in a press release last week. He added that since there had been Chief Moraliswani went on to say no boundary in the past, he did not that on several occasions the Maf,ve see why one should now be created Kuta had warned the Swapo leader­ by the present state. Even the colo­ ship and even the govemmenttbat nial system which promoted divide they would cause civil war in Caprivi and rule had failed to bring this about if the border was not created. Where The Masubia chief rebuked the would they get the arms to fight for a Mafwe group for trying to urgently border when they had been afraid to re-open the question of a border now fight South Africa from Namibia? !hat a Swapo government was in power. the chief asked. "This case has been quiet since it He concluded by saying it had was taken before court and why is it shocked his authority to learn that brought urgently whenSwapo comes the Swapo office in the Caprivi had to power?" he asked. misled Minister of Lands, Resettle­ The chief added in the statement ment and Rehabilitation Marco also signed by his Ngambela, R N Haushiku about the fact that Brian Sinvula, that to create a border would Simataa took the Mafwe chief, his THE Southern African Development Coordination Conference and a Namibian Ministry of Mines be contrary to the constitution of the delegation and the Minister on May Republic of Namibia. 19 to the alleged cutlinewithout the I and Energy delegation met last week to discuss possible areas of cooperation. From left, Permanent ''t have been lenient with SA­ knowledge of his office. Simataa, Secretary to the Information Ministry, Vezera Kandetu, Regional Director of the SADCC Energy appointed Mafwe chieftainship on confirmed to the delegation that the Sector, J T C Simoes, and Dr Leake Hangala, Deputy Mining Minister of Namibia. See story below. the basis that they were SA babies. alleged cutline was correct on May My people have suffered much dur­ 20. ing colonial rule and now the same "It has also come to the, attention people who betrayed us want to use of my authority that the leadership of the border dispute as a scapegoat for Mr Brian Simataa has divided the political reasons. Swapo unity in this region more than Making useful citizens "It has come to my notice that was the case during col~al rule. " some Namibians from this region As this case was before the Appeal have been taken to SA for military Court, in terms of his traditional law purposes and that some firearms of and customs Chief MoraIiswani is­ the former battalion were left with sued a stem warning to whoever still of Namibia's unemployed ex-soldiers on the,pretext that they tried to demarcate a border in the were lost. Yet it is clear that there is Caprivi. an: instance which would like to cause There had been no border in the THE Namibian government soldiers and Koevoet members would Namibia's national army. civil war in this region by using the past and there would be none in the was confident it would gain be included in the development force Geingob emphasised even the political dispute for political gain. " future, the chief said. on a voluntary basis, particularly those Namibian army would devote much support for the establishment who do not qualify for recruitment in of its time to civic projects. of a quasi-military, force aimed at training former combat elements for jobs in civilian life, Prime Minister Hage Geingob told Sapa. The project, also open to unskilled civilians, was unique in Namibia. , 'Our basic problem is unemployment. .. and some of them (the unemployed) were in the de­ fence forces," the Prime Minister said in an interview. SAPCC Energy Sector and Namibia "The idea is to get them off the streets because we are seeing the discuss new areas of cooperation crime rate is going up, which is worrying, " he added. DISCUSSIONS between Namibia's Mining Ministry 'and the To occupy the jobless gainfully, SADCC Energy Sector delegation identified new areas of the government did not want to give cooperation between this country and the SADCC. One of the them jobs without training them first. areas which will enjoy joint Namibian!Angolan attention is the "The idea therefore is to employ electrification of the far north of Namibia. them and to provide them with skills At a press conference last week, . Namij:liafromMay 18to 23 and the to make them useful citizens of. a joint statement was ' released. discussions centered around the tomorrow." Present at the conference were the following issues: Namibia was not going to war and Nannbian: delegatim led by Dr Leake - Review of the SAOCC energy could not afford to maintain a large Hangala, Permanent Secretary of sector programme of action and defence force so that the develop- the Ministry of Mines, and the status of projects; ment force was a long-term project SAOCC delegation, led by Mr JTC - identification of new areas of to retrain former foes for civic duty. Simoes, National Director in the cooperation be~n Namibia and Geingob did not identify which Ministry of Energy and Petroleum the SADCC energy sector, former fighting elements would be in Angola and Regional Coordina- - invitation to the Namibian accommodated in the development tor of the SADCC Energy Sector. force, but it is understood that Plan The "delegation visited CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 su,nill ... ;;z. Fore' . 'I ~L ... " '- 2 Mooday May 28~ 99Q " " Anarchy" follows Gabon"rebellion , LIBREVILLE - Westerners evacuated from the Gabonese city of no sign of a French uniform on the Port Gentil over the last few days, spoke of chaos and lawlessness street. Some of the worst political there following anti-government riots. unrest in Bongo's 23-year rule erupted on Wednesday after the suspicious Port Gentil, the heart of the central glo-Dutch giant Shell have major death of opposition leader Joseph no Afric'an nation's oil industry, was in installations. But a French anny source R€mdjambe. Two people were killed YOUR DAILY GUIDE TO EVENTS WORLD-WIDE the hands of anned groups intent on said Gabonese paratroopers were in and dozens ofbuildings set ablaze. overthrowing President Omar Bongo, position near the refinery, the post "It's total.anarchy. Prisoners es­ the evacuees said. office and other key points in the caped from the local jail, about 200 " The Gabonese anny holds the coastal city 130 km from Libreville. of them, did most of the looting", airport but dares not go into town," Evacuees said French soldiers said Laval Dupuy, a 22-year-old said a French woman among hun­ guarded the French consulate and schoolteacher from Montreal, Can­ dreds of people flown by French other sensitive targets but were keep­ ada. military planes from the city where ing a low profile. More than 100 vehicles were bwmd Fundamentalists In front France's Elf-Aquitaine and th~ An- In the capital, Libreville, there was by the rioters, he said. ALGIERS - Moslem fundamentalists have seized the initiative with fiery religious, rhetoric in a campaign for Algeria's first free elections since independence. Costly defiance HYDERABAD, Pakistan - Security forces on Sunday fatally shot 40 people and wounded 250 others who obeyed the call of religious clerics and defied a 13-day-old curfew, police and witnesses said. The shooting triggered small gunoattles between residents and troops across this violence-wracked city in , southern Sindh Province, and the anny moved in to restore order, they said. De Klerk in trouble JO HANNESB URG - Nine black people were killed in a series of attacks in the violence-torn southeastern province of Natal, police said yesterday, as Nelson Mandela accused President'F-W. De Klerk's government of encouraging the violence in the regioIL De Klerk also came under fire Saturday at a 50,000- strong raIly of rightwing whites who vowed to resist his plans to dismantle apartheid. 'Free and Fair' Burma RANGOON, Burma - After waiting 30 years for multiparty elections, Burmese A ~ ',' oman and her children who arrived earlier this month at a refugee camp in Pakistan-controlled flocked to the polls yesterday, and many in the capital said they voted for pro­ KiiShmir from India-controlled Kashmir. As the two powers battle over the region, Muriam Bibi tells ' democracy parties. There were no signs of military presence on Rangoon of her rape and four-day detainment by Indian soldiers. streets or near the polls, and no disturbances were reported; Soviets show Iron fist Nuclear alert over Kashmir MOSCOW - Soviet troops sent to Armenia to control local natiOnalism shot dead six people when they were ambushed at the central railway station in LONDON - The United States and the Soviet Union are alarmed about the possibility of nuclear war Yerevan. the capital of the republic, the official Tass news agency said. between India and Pakistan over Kashmir and are exchanging intelligence,' The Sunday Times reported. Drug barons at bay The weekly, in a Washington re­ It said American spy satellites have also filmed what some analysts said BOGOTA - The g9vernment assured Colombians it had taken all possible port quoting unidentified American photographed heavily anned Paki­ were special,racks designed to carry precautions to protect voters electing a new president in the middle of a officials, said the two superpowers stani road convoys leaving the nu­ nuclear bombs being fitted to Paki­ bombing campaign blamed on drug barons.