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BUY THE NAMIBAIN - PUT YO.- NEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS! Bringing Afri ca South Tuesday April 25 TWO SIDE DID MEET despite official denials by SWATF that they had met with Plan leaders BY GWEN LISTER - DESPITE an official denial from the SW A Territory Force that a meeting took place on April 18 between officers of the South African Defence Force and Swapo ofrlCials, including two commanders 0( the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN), it bas been established that Major General Willie Meyer led the South African delegation which included other prominent military men and Mr Carl von Hirschberg of the office of the Administrator General The meeting was also confirmed by a spokesman from the South African Department of Foreign Affairs. The Namibian yesterday published • front-page report which quoted Swapo Information Secretary, Mr Hidipo Hamutenya, as saying that the meeting between Swapo and the South Africans had been prompted by the present state of deadlock concerning the implementation of 1.ttIJIJf . Mr Hidipo Hamutenya the MO\Ult Etjo Accord. The accord, agreed to by South Afri ca, Cuba and Angola earlier this month, eff ectively provi ded for a ceasc:frre in terms of which Swapo canbatants in Namibia would be given "free passage" back to 'Angola. Mr Hamutenya said that South African had reneged on its commitment to the MO\Ul t Etjo agreement; had es- tablished "interrogation" centres for Swapo fi ghters, rather than the prom- ised "free passage" , and had further "shot 18 Swapo fighters in the baclc" when they tried k> cross baclc to Angola. ACCOIumg toMr Hamulenyd, ooth the Cubans and Angolans had re- fused to medi8le between South Africa and Swapo any longer, in view of the broken promises, and had encour- aged the two sides to talk to one another. The meeting which took place on April 18 on the Namibian border with Angola, Mr Hamutenya added, had been attended by two PLAN commanders Mr Nahas Angula, Swapo Education Secretary. The meeting, at which Swapo had spelled out its 'bottom line' , had given the South Africans an ultimatum: either they decided to fight, or they decided to allow the Swapo combatants \Ul- hiMcred return to Angola. The meeting of 'April 18, he added', had 'set thi agenda for a meeting of the Joint Military Monitoring Commission on April 20. '. Subsequent to this meeting, South African Foreign Affairs Minister, Pik Bocha, had announced that fran on Wednesday, South African secu- rity forces would be confmed to base in order to allow Swapo fighters " unhindered return to Angola dur- ing the period in question" . The SW A TF yesterday strongly denied that the reported meeting had taken place.. The spokesman described The Namibian's report as "nonsense and clear ly purposeful disinforma- tion aimed at repairing Swapo's badly- damaged international image" . However it has since been estab- lished that Map' Genenl Willie Meya led the delegation, which included Mr Carl von Hirschberg of the-office of the Administrator General, Briga- di er Serfontein, Offi cer Command- ing Sector 10, a certain Commandant Bosler of the JMMC, a Major Vasaliwo, and another Commandant, believed to be from the intelligence or security section of the SADF. STOP PRESS .. : STOP PRESS ... STOP PRESS ... STOP Plan chief's broadcast played from Casspirs Residents of Oshakatl and Ondangwa were woken late last night by the vob ofSwapo's Secretary olDefence, Peter Mweslhange, being broadcast from security force Cassplrs. Sc>ura!s saki the People's Uberadon Army of Namibia (Plan) commander was calling on Swapo combatants to return to Angola. The broadcast was played continuously through loud speakers attached to the Cassplrs. The message also reportedly repeated South Africa's undertaking to conftne Its security forces to base for 60 hours as from 16hOO on Wednesday. Some residents seemed uncertain about the authentidty of the broadcast but said the volee appeared to be that of the Plan chief. Spokesman for the omce of the Administrator-General, Mr Gerhard Rom, said in Windhoek that tape recorded messages by Plan commanders calling for the withdrawal were handed over by Angolan officials to their South African counter.parts at noon yesterday ready for broadcast, starting at 6pm. Mr J Josef with pieces of the shotgun he at a local gun dealer. The case of the broken shotgun PEOPLE don't usuaUy expect to find goods that they have left for repairs to be sawed up into st>veral pieces and to be totally destroyed. But this is what Mr J Josef of Oshikuku said happened to a shot gun he had left for repair at a local gun dealer. The barrel of Mr Josef shotgun exploded when it was frred and in ' October last year he took it to The Gun Shop in Gobabis road to have it repaired. The elderly Mr Josef bought a new shotgun from The Gmt Shop in March of this year. However, when he re- turned to collect his old shotg\Ul, which he thought had repaired he was told that he was no longer the owner of the shotgun, He was told that he had traded the old shotgun in for the new one which he bought in March, but he denies that he had ever agreed to trade the old shotg\Ul in for a new one. He alleged that he was pushed out of the shop and that an employee of The Gun Shop threatened that if he ever returned to the shop he would be thrown out. Two union officials who took up Mr Josef's case told the owner of the shop, Mr Joof Lamprecht, that the shotgun didn't not belong to him and that he must give it back to Mr Josef. The two union officials allege that Mr Lamprecht had offered to pay Mr Josef R50 for his shotgun as a gesture of goodwill but that the owner of the shotgun had refused this offer. The \Ulion officials further claim that the shotg\Ul was destroyed in their pre- cence, and that the peices minus the trigger mechanism were given to Mr Josef, with the advice that he could go and give them to his children to play with, Approached for comment Mr Lamprecht of The Gun Shop aid that when Mr Josef had brought his shot- gun for repairs they had told him that the gun was damaged beyond repair. Mr Lamprecht said that they could not destroy a weapon unless they had been given instructiions to do so by a customer, In cases were a weapon was unrepairable he had to fill in on official form with the name "Can- cellation of Licence To Possess Fire- arm" which then had to be handed to the police. He said that once such a form had been ftlled in and handed to the po- lice the law did not allow him to give the weapon to the former owner. Mr Lamprecht said that he had always tried to look after his black customers because 95% of his cus- tomers were and that he could not afford to upset them.

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BUY THE NAMIBAIN - PUT YO.- NEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS!

Bringing Africa South Tuesday April 25

TWO SIDE DID MEET despite official denials by SWATF that they had met with Plan leaders

BY GWEN LISTER -DESPITE an official denial from the SW A Territory Force that a meeting took place on April 18 between officers of the South African Defence Force and Swapo ofrlCials, including two commanders 0( the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN), it bas been established that Major General Willie Meyer led the South African delegation which included other prominent military men and Mr Carl von Hirschberg of the office of the Administrator General The meeting was also confirmed by a spokesman from the South African Department of Foreign Affairs.

The Namibian yesterday published • front-page report which quoted Swapo Information Secretary, Mr Hidipo Hamutenya, as saying that the meeting between Swapo and the South Africans had been prompted by the present state of deadlock concerning the implementation of

1.ttIJIJf . Mr Hidipo Hamutenya

the MO\Ult Etjo Accord. The accord, agreed to by South

Africa, Cuba and Angola earlier this month, effectively provided for a ceasc:frre in terms of which Swapo canbatants in Namibia would be given "free passage" back to 'Angola. Mr Hamutenya said that South African had reneged on its commitment to the MO\Ult Etjo agreement; had es­tablished "interrogation" centres for Swapo fighters, rather than the prom­ised "free passage" , and had further "shot 18 Swapo fighters in the baclc" when they tried k> cross baclc to Angola.

ACCOIumg toMr Hamulenyd, ooth the Cubans and Angolans had re-

fused to medi8le between South Africa and Swapo any longer, in view of the broken promises, and had encour­aged the two sides to talk to one another.

The meeting which took place on April 18 on the Namibian border with Angola, Mr Hamutenya added, had been attended by two PLAN commanders ~ Mr Nahas Angula, Swapo Education Secretary. The meeting, at which Swapo had spelled out its 'bottom line' , had given the South Africans an ultimatum: either they decided to fight, or they decided to allow the Swapo combatants \Ul­hiMcred return to Angola. The meeting of 'April 18, he added', had 'set thi agenda for a meeting of the Joint Military Monitoring Commission on April 20.

'. Subsequent to this meeting, South African Foreign Affairs Minister, Pik Bocha, had announced that fran 1~ on Wednesday, South African secu­rity forces would be confmed to base in order to allow Swapo fighters " unhindered return to Angola dur­ing the period in question" .

The SW A TF yesterday strongly denied that the reported meeting had taken place.. The spokesman described The Namibian's report as "nonsense and clearly purposeful disinforma­tion aimed at repairing Swapo's badly­damaged international image" .

However it has since been estab­lished that Map' Genenl Willie Meya led the delegation, which included Mr Carl von Hirschberg of the-office of the Administrator General, Briga­dier Serfontein, Officer Command­ing Sector 10, a certain Commandant Bosler of the JMMC, a Major Vasaliwo, and another Commandant, believed to be from the intelligence or security section of the SADF.

STOP PRESS .. : STOP PRESS ... STOP PRESS ... STOP

Plan chief's broadcast played from Casspirs

Residents of Oshakatl and Ondangwa were woken late last night by the vob ofSwapo's Secretary olDefence, Peter Mweslhange, being broadcast from security force Cassplrs. Sc>ura!s saki the People's Uberadon Army of Namibia (Plan) commander was calling on Swapo combatants to return to Angola. The broadcast was played continuously through loud speakers attached to the Cassplrs. The message also reportedly repeated South Africa's undertaking to conftne Its security forces to base for 60 hours as from 16hOO on Wednesday. Some residents seemed uncertain about the authentidty of the broadcast but said the volee appeared to be that of the Plan chief. Spokesman for the omce of the Administrator-General, Mr Gerhard Rom, said in Windhoek that tape recorded messages by Plan commanders calling for the withdrawal were handed over by Angolan officials to their South African counter.parts at noon yesterday ready for broadcast, starting at 6pm.

Mr J Josef with pieces of the shotgun he at a local gun dealer.

The case of the broken shotgun

PEOPLE don't usuaUy expect to find goods that they have left for repairs to be sawed up into st>veral pieces and to be totally destroyed. But this is what Mr J Josef of Oshikuku said happened to a shot gun he had left for repair at a local gun dealer.

The barrel of Mr Josef shotgun exploded when it was frred and in ' October last year he took it to The Gun Shop in Gobabis road to have it repaired.

The elderly Mr Josef bought a new shotgun from The Gmt Shop in March of this year. However, when he re­turned to collect his old shotg\Ul, which he thought had ~ repaired he was told that he was no longer the owner of the shotgun,

He was told that he had traded the old shotgun in for the new one which he bought in March, but he denies that he had ever agreed to trade the old shotg\Ul in for a new one.

He alleged that he was pushed out of the shop and that an employee of The Gun Shop threatened that if he ever returned to the shop he would be

thrown out. Two union officials who took up

Mr Josef's case told the owner of the shop, Mr Joof Lamprecht, that the shotgun didn't not belong to him and that he must give it back to Mr Josef.

The two union officials allege that Mr Lamprecht had offered to pay Mr Josef R50 for his shotgun as a gesture of goodwill but that the owner of the shotgun had refused this offer. The \Ulion officials further claim that the shotg\Ul was destroyed in their pre­cence, and that the peices minus the trigger mechanism were given to Mr Josef, with the advice that he could go and give them to his children to play with,

Approached for comment Mr Lamprecht of The Gun Shop aid that when Mr Josef had brought his shot-

gun for repairs they had told him that the gun was damaged beyond repair.

Mr Lamprecht said that they could not destroy a weapon unless they had been given instructiions to do so by a customer, In cases were a weapon was unrepairable he had to fill in on official form with the name "Can­cellation of Licence To Possess Fire­arm" which then had to be handed to the police.

He said that once such a form had been ftlled in and handed to the po­lice the law did not allow him to give the weapon to the former owner.

Mr Lamprecht said that he had always tried to look after his black customers because 95% of his cus­tomers were bl~k and that he could not afford to upset them.

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2 Tuesday April 25 1989

A blow(pipe) to SA-UK relations "South Africa is to tbe loyalist paramilitaries wbat Libya is to tbe IRA," said Peter Barry, a former foreign minister of tbe Irisb Republic.

He was responding to scandal deto­nated when a South African diplomat in Paris was trapped in the act of buying a stolen British missile from Northern Irish protestant extremists. Payment, it is believed, would have coosisted of South African-made arms.

British Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe summoned the South African ambassador, Mr Peter Rae Killen, to discuss the matter. British Ambassador Sir Robin Renwick also raised the issue in Pretoria.

South African Minister of Foreign Affairs Pik Botha said uneasily that while Armscor was required to con­sider offers of weapons technology, the Paris deal "occurred without the lmowlege of the South African Gov­ernment."

He added: "I also wish to give the assurance tht the South African gov­ernment is not supplying arms to any terrorist organisation."

If any organisation or individual was in fact guilty of doing this, "steps

• will be taken against those involved and it will also be insured that no repetition occurs," Mr Botha said, adding that the government had ini­tiated an inquiry into the matter.

The three Irishmen who met South African Diplomat Mr Daniel Storm in a Paris hotel while under surveil­lance by the French counter-inelli­gence service had in their possession a dummy model of the portable Brit­ish Blowpipe missile launcher. Ac­cording to the British Ministry of Defense, the dummy contained no electronic parts, and could not have been converted into a useable weapcn.

Reports in London said the South Africans were also interested in acquiring infonnation about the more

advanced Starstreak missile, which is made by Short Brothers.

The affair is certain to negate any diplomatic advantage gained by South Africa after the clashes in northern Namibia this month. It threatens to embarrass British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher severely, since she has for the past ten years de­fended South Africa from interna­tional sanctions proposals.

Said Mr Kevin McNamara, the British Labour Party's spokesman on Northern Ireland: "It makes (Mrs Thatcher) look extremely foolish if, while she is posing as a friend of South Africa, the Pretoria govern­ment is busily supplying arms to terrorists in the United Kingdom."

The deal seems to have severely angered even South Africa's usual supporters. One of them, the London Daily Express, remarked that South Africa was not slow to complain when anyone tries to influence its internal affairs, then expostulated: , , ... it looks very much as if Pretoria has been meddling in Britain's inter­nal affairs in a spectacular manner, and not for the first time either.

, 'Mr Botha' s goverment is ford of praising Mrs Thatcher for her oppo­sition to sanctions. Indeed she is one of the few vioces of moderation . .

"It is a funny way to thank the prime minister. After all, we expect our enemies to try to steal our our defense sectets and stir the pot in Ulster - not those who claim to be our friends."

Arrnscor's bitofprivate enterprise will gain it no friends either overseas or among the South Africans trying to woo !heir way back into the world's good opinion.

THE NAMIBIAN

AFRICAN REVIEW

MALAWI UNDER WATER - THOUSANDS LEFT HOMELESS

FRESH noods in nortbern Malawi destroyed the bomes of tens of tbousands of people and brougbt tbe total number left bomeless by freak rains to more than 200 000.

Many of some 20 000 people in few days. one northern district took refuge on Crops of com, rice and beans were makeshiftplatforrns which they built washed away in Karonga and live-on the roofs of their flooded houses, stock was drowned, Banda said. the State Disaster 'Preparedness Last month, the government said Committee said yesterday. that 115 000 people, mainly in south-

"People have not fled from the em provinces, were left homeless floods as in other areas, but have after torrential rain in January and adapted quite ingeniously," commit- February caused widespread flood-tee spokesman William Banda said. ing. Those floodwaters destroyed

He said that government officials roads, crops, bridges and rail lines. and Red Cross and aid agency repre- The government appealed for 28 sentatives visited the worst affected million dollars in foreign aid to pay province of Karonga, bordering neigh- for emergency repairs and relief food. bouring Tanzania, during the past The government subsequently said

that the floods, two earth tremors and a cyclone caused damage estimated at about 42 million dollars.

At first, the Malawi Red Cross diverted relief food to flood victims that was intended to replace local cassava crops destroyed by pests.

Banda said the Disaster Prepared­ness Committee was still assessing the full extent of the latest flooding in the north.

Southem districts of Tanzania have been affected by the flooding, and in Zambia the government has appealed for food aid for victims there.

VIOLENT INllMIDA 1l0N continues in north despite army deni~ls ----------- BY CHRIS SHIPANGA ---------­DESPITE a claim by Brigadier Cbris Serfontein, Officer Commanding tbe SADF's Sector 10 Headquarters at Osbakati, tbat be and tbe army condemn and distance tbemselves from acts of violent intimidation, fresb reports of incidents reacbed tbis newspaper late yesterday.

The brigadier Will: quoted on SW ABC radio news as saying that free and fair elections in Namibia were only possible if all parties, in­cluding the SADF, refrain from acts of violent intimidation.

Brigadier Serfontein also called

on civilians to report to his office all such acts, where these would be in­vestigated as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, contrary to the briga­dier's claim, fresh reports of violent intimidation by members of the Defence Force were reported to The Namibian.

taking copies of this newspaper to wrap up their articles.

When the shop assistants tried to intervene, they were threatened with death, 'and told to go and report to whoever they wanted to.

POLITICAL FREEDOM TO THE AFRICAN MAJORITY' - USSR

Senior headman Johannes And­jamba from Ombalantu told this newspaper that several people in his area were intimidated by members of the defence force, before being badly assaulted.

Mr Andjamba also condemned the • 'handling of the dead," following recent clashes between PLAN and South African security forces. He said the fact that some fighters were buried next to an office of the tribal authorities, it was clear that the "oppressors have no respect," for the dead. ANOTHER session oftbe Joint Monitoring Commission observing tbe Namibian settlement plan will

be beld in Cape Town from Tbursday to Saturday. It will be tbe fD'st meeting of representatives of Cuba, Angola and Soutb Africa on Soutb African territory. Tbere will be observers from tbe Soviet Union and United States.

Africa News Organisation corre­spondent, Vladimir Astafyev, met with Soviet ambassador-at-Iarge, Vyacheskav Ustinov, who will head the delegation of Soviet observers at the Cape Town session.

Soviet officials will visit South Africa for the first time since diplo­matic relations were severed between Moscow and Pretoria in 1956.

The Soviet Union rejected South African apartheid, said Ustinov, "yet we believe that such contacts with the Sooth African delegation are useful, because they make it possible to bet-

ter understand each other' , . ~'We regard our participation in

the Joint Commission as a possibil­ity to outline our views on different issues, including the internal situ­ation in South Africa," he said.

"Our talks take place in a con­structive, I would even say non-con­frontational, spirit. There is no ri­valry between us, nor can there be any. We have made it clear that we have no interests in that region, ex­cept humanitarian. We stand for political freedom to the African majority, just as to all nations and

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racial minorities in South Africa," Ustinov added.

The diplomat said that South Af­rica and the Soviet Union had never been enemies. "We have never par­ticipated in any hostile actions in the literal sense of the word."

"However, since we have differ­ent approaches to the political solu­tion of South Africa's problems, we are, apparently, opponents."

Ustinov explained that the Soviet Union had always been supporting the right of the African people to freedom and independence, and to use "all means and methods of the struggle that would accord ... with the well-known resolutions of the United Nations and its agencies".

Ustinovadded: "During our con­versations, the South African repre­sentatives agreed that the image of the Soviet Union as an enemy did exist in South Africa, and was espe­cially strong among certain sections of the white community due to So­viet support for liberation movements, above all the African National Con­gress of South Africa. ,.

"On the other hand, they noted the .South Africans' great interest in the Soviet Union and its perestroika and new way of thinking. They said that practically all speeches by Mikhail Gorbachev were published in South Africa, sometimes even earlier than in the west," he said. Today, accord­ing to Ustinov, the attitude towards the Soviet Union was changing.

"According to the South Africans we talked with, priority is given to information about the Soviet Union, and the interest in Soviet initiatives in the international arena is very great," he added.

He said people are forced to give DT A signs, and told not to vote for Swapo. On April 11, 1989; three civilians, Mr Petrus Amwaandage, Fransisco Haiduma and Ms Lidia Martinus were allegedly beaten up by soldiers for refusing to give the V -sign of the DT A.

Soldiers sporting DTA T-shirts, and driving in four Ratel armoured vehicles allegedly assaulted another civilian, Mr Hubertus Mekundi, from Okapya village on April 18, 1989.

The headman claimed that mem­bers of the security forces from the Ombalantu Base visited his home over the weekend, and shot three of his chickens, which they allegedly loaded into a police van, and drove off into their base.

He added that soldiers also intimi­dated shop assistants at his business over the same period, by unlawfully

He called upon civilians not to allow themselves to be intimidated by members of the security forces, and urged people to go to the ballot box later this year and vote for the party of their choice.

In an isolated incident, the ELCIN communication office at Ongwediva reported that a teacher from Endola Primary School, Mr Ismael Kafula, 40, was badly assaulted by soldiers on April 23, 1989.

According to Mr Kafula, soldiers arrived at his house, and ordered him to open up, claiming that he was harbouring a PLAN combatant. The home was searched, but no combat­ant was found, whereupon the teacher was reportedly assaulted with fists.

The matter was reported to both Untag personnel as well as to Swapol at Oshakati.

The 'missing' Untag licence plates

RESIDENTS or nortbern Namibia bave expressed their fears tbat UNTAG registration plates, wbicb were stolen from UN vebicles inside 'wbite' Osbakati recently, will be used by members of the security forces to sow "fear and confusion" in the region.

The distinctive white number plates, bearing the blue-inscri!:>ed letters UNT AG, were removed from several vehicles parked inside the Oshakati military compound several days ago.

. Suspicion has fallen on members 'of the security forces who inhabit the compound as being responsible for the thefts.

One Oshakati resident, who wished to remain anonymous, said yesterday that he feared the licence plates would be used for "evil" purposes.

, 'We have heard that UNT AG Ijumber plates have been stolen. What worries us is they will be used by the South African soldiers once have been confmed to their bases. With white cars and these licence plates, it would be a clever way for security forces to get around undetected," he said.

South African soldiers posing as UNT AG personnel could have disastrous consequences, he added.

"They could cause all sorts of trouble and _e UN would get the blame .. . I think (Special Representative) Ahtisaari should watch this situation very carefully. "

THE NAMIBIAN

Police Ihave no record l of savage assault

B~y tied and brutally

beaten A YOUNG boy was tied to a tree and brutally assaulted by three white men after he and a collegue strayed onto a private farm whilst on their way to the rubbish dumps near Windhoek.

There, Erastus Titus had his hands and legs tied before he himself was tied to a tree and badly assaulted with a rifle butt and ftsts.

14 year old Erastus Titus who has left sfhool, set off for the garbage dumping area near Khomasdal in search of discarded items or com­modities with which he would try to make the ends meet, according to his mother.

At the dumping area in Khomasdal, he met another young boy who con-

'Flare' attack

on civilian

A CIVaIAN from the Kavango region was saved from possible injury or death when a number of other civilian residents over­powered an army corporal who was welding a 'flare' nick-named 'duisend foot' with which he apparently intended attacking the civilian after the two were embroiled in a fistfight.

The civilian, Bonifasius Nkotongo visited a cuca shop at Utokota where he and his 'comrades' sat down over beer to enjoy themselves.

While sipping the beer, an army Corporal named as Andreas Sikote entered the cuca shop and proceeded to where Bonifasius was sitting.

The soldier grabbed the beer con­tainers in front of Bonifasius and emptied them on the ground.

Mr Nkotongo got up to challenge the soldier and demanded to know he had emptied his beer.

The soldier is said to have replied that "Swapos have no place at the cuca shop" and that they "Swapos" ought not to be there.

A fistfight ensued and the soldier was thrown down on his back where­upon his brother who was standing by came over to his aid.

This led to Mr Nkotongo's com­panions also coming over to assist their collegue.

At that point, the soldier is said to have escaped to his house and later appeared with a flare in his hands.

Bystanders came in on the soldier from behind his back while he was trying to close in onto Bonifasius Nkotongo, thus overpowering him and 'dis-arming' the corporal.

The matter was later reported to the local police and the flare also handed over to them as evidence.

By Rajah Munamava

vinced him to come along to the dump near white Windhoek since better commodities could be retrieved there given all the luck.

The brief journey to the dumping grounds took them through a neigh­bouring farm.

But while walking through the farmlands, four farm-hands who were seemingly tending goats nearby came running towards the two boys and in the process, the farm-hands appre­hended Erastus Titus and began to accuse him and his collegue of hav­ing tried to steal the goats.

The four farm-hands, which in­cluded a woman, started beating the boy before escorting him to the farm house to three white men.

According to &astus's mother, the three white men also tried to forcibly make the child drink boiling salty water and alcohol while being as­saulted.

One of the men later talked the others into calling the police to pick up the boy. This was done.

Police arrived later and drove the boy to his family house in Katutura from where he was taken to the hos­pital for medical treatment. The boy later went with his relatives to lay a charge with the police.

A police spokesman Warrant Offi­cer Leon Rust said yesterday that the matter could not be conftrmed be­cause nothing had been recorded in any police registers at the charge offices in both Katutura or Wind­hoek.

He said that may be the matter was still to be reported in which case it would be investigated.

Security force members assault

principal REPORTS from the far north late last night said that the Principal of the Endola Primary School, Mr Ismael Kafula, has been badly beaten by unknown members of the South African security forces late on Sunday night. They had also opened fire on his home, and Mr Kafula had returned fire with an old .303 whereupon the men proceeded to assault him.

Church sources in the north tried to report the incident to local Untag representatives, who told the civilians that they could not independently investigate such incidents, and could only accompany the SW A Police. The church sources said the people in the north did not know who to approach when such incidents occurred.

Mr Kafula was allegedly attacked by about ten men who arrived at his home in a bus. accompanied by a Buffel armoured carrier. The registration number of the bus was given as SBA 9838.

The men had approached the house of Mr Kafula and asked him to tell the "terrorist" he was hiding to come out. Mr Kafula denied there was anyone in his home. and after the security forces opened ftre, he returned the fire with his .303 rifle.

The sources said that the men were uniformed, some speaking Oshiwambo and others English, and that there were also white soldiers present. The men had said they were from the SADF.

According to the sources, Mr Kafula was badly beaten up, and is presently at home recuperating from the incident.

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Tuesday April 25 1989 3

IF LOOKS COULD KILL - A female Task Force member stands at the ready with her rubber bullet gun at Sunday's impromptu meeting held by Swapo supporters at the union headquarters in Katutura. The meeting was made up of marchers turned back by police whilst on their way to Eros Airport to greet a delegation of diplomats from the African Frontline States. The delegation never arrived.

Voting age put at 18 after all

Proposed election laws

released VOTERS in November's independence election will be aged 18 or over, say draft laws setting out election procedure, a compromise on the 21 years initially suggested by Administrator General Louis Pienaar.

The proposals, laid down in an Extraordinary Official Gazette re­leased yesterday, say those eligible to vote must either have been born in Namibia or "is an ordinary resident in the territory and has been so resident for a continuous period of not less than four years immediately before the date of his application for registration".

Natural oftSpring of someone born in the country will be also eligible to vote.

The four years residency clause, if given the go-ahead, will be less than the qualification required by most countries and will mean ~any South African civil servants and those on long-term contracts will be able to vote.

However it is more than the one­year residency qualification origi­nally suggested.

The machinery for registration

is, as expected, under the control of the Administrator General, who will appoint the chief registration officer who, In turn, will appoint registration supervisors. The ap­pointees, say the proposals, will not be "In the full-time service of the sta te " .

The Department of Civic Affairs and Manpower h now open to com­ments and representations about the proposals laid out in yester­day's Omcial Gazette, and these should be lodged In writing and In duplicate with: the Secretary, Department of Civic Affairs and Manpower, Private Bag 13200, Windhoek 9000, or at Room 3, Ground Floor, Cohen Building, Comer of Kaiser and Casino Streets, Windhoek. .

All comment2should be submit­ted within 21 days of the publica­tion of yesterday'S Gazette.

4 April 25 1989

less vir',ahnal The Nam.i

"Ngeenge omakakunya okwa hala oita nena naa kufe po shimwe po, pokati koita nombili" ET ANGA Iomakakunya noPLAN yaNamibiaokwa Ii va sbakena osbivike sbaya. Ota ku fofodolwa kutya South Africa okwa bala oku teyapo eudafano loko Mount Etjo 010 Ia ningilwe pokati kaCuba, Angola naSoutb Africa. " Oita ile ovakwaita voPLAN nava kale va manguluka okudjamo moNamibia ngaasbi sba udafanwa", osbo 8amutenya tati.

Hamushanga womauyelele noinyanyangidwa yoSWAPO omushamane Hidipo Hamutenya, okwa nyamukula omapulo 00 a pulwa oufiku woSondaha kombinga yovakulunhu vetanga 10PLAN yaN­amibia novanambelewa vetanga laSouth Africa ovo lew a Ii va shJlkena keengabadaN amibia naAngolaetine laya (April 18). Eenghundafana edi okwa Ii da kwatela mo eudafano 010 la ningilwe koMaunt Etjo 010 la Ii pokati kaSouth Africa, Cuba naAn­gola.

Omushamane Hamutenya, okwa shiviIua ombelewayoThe Namibian okudjamoLondontati ,omushamane Nahas Angula, 00 eli hamushanga welongo moSwapo naye okwa Ii meenghundafana edi oshivike shaya.

Omukulunhu wetanga lornakakunya

omushamane Willie Meyer(SWA TF) naye okwa li meenghundafana edi. Etokolo eli lili po paife oleli, omusha­mane Hidipo Hamutenya okwa ti, South Africa paife na tokole ngeenge olewa hala oita ile ota mangulula ovakwaita voPLAN opo va djemo moNamibia nombili.

"Ita shi dulika South Africa atye ovakwaita voPLAN nava djemo, omanga ena elalakano loku dipaa ovakwaita nokuva lwifa." Hano ngeenge oita na i kale oita. Ngeenge edjemo na li kale edjemo lovakwaita voPLAN nombili". Osho Hidipo a ti.

Konima yeenghundafana doko Mount Etjo, omushamane Hamutc:nya okwa ti, ouyelele owa hanga nale ombelewa yoSW APO moLuanda 00

weva dillla kuCuba naAngola ovo va

OVANAILONGA vabapu ova djuulukwa emanguluko losbilongo sbetu. Pefano eli ota pa monika ovanailonga omafele nomafele, okudja kokapale keedila kaEros, oko kwa Ii vaya va ka sbakeneke oilyo yoisbiinda longo yaSoutb Africa. Okwa Ii vena omapandela mabapu amwe ota ti "80101a OSWAPO yaNamibia, eyi odula yemanguluko ost.

shiivifila nale oSwapo kombinga yoshidjemo shomenghundafana dokoMaunt Etjo kutya ovakwaita

iijiii •••••••••••••••••••••••• il voPLAN nava kale va manguluka okudjamo moNamibia opo va shune

South Africa okwa teyapo eudafano shaashi ina hala ovakwaita voPLAN yaNamibia va shune kOAngola vaman­guluka.

Pefimbo leenghundafana muApilili 18,omushamaneHamutenyaokwati eshi shiIi po paife okutya South Africa ota longo osho a udaneka ile ite ile ite shi ningi. "Eshi oshili momake avo vene ngeenge ova hala okulwa, nena nava tokole lwnwe aluke. Ngeenge ova hala ovakwaita voPLAN va shwie koAngola na shi ningwe diva. Oinima ei ivali iha j' longele kumwe nande, "ombelela yoxuxwa iha i telekelwa mumwe neenhangu ile OWla ashike oku teleka po shimwe, osho Hamutenya a popya nomufmdo ngaho.

nomakakunya oda ningwa nelalakano opo pa ningwe etokolo la xuuninwa kombinga yaSouth Africa, kutya ota dulu oku longangaashi a udaneka ile ahowe.

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fano eli, noita oya twikila shili. Ovakwaita voPLAN ova kala nale va shiivifilwa kutya omaumbafano okwa xulifwaponaovenaokushunakoAn­gola, nokudjamo moNamibia nonande vo ovanamibia.

Nande ongaho omushamane Hamutenya okwa ti South Africa "eudafano eli okwe Ii teya po sh­aashi ina hala oku pa ovakwaita voPLAN omhitoopova shunekoAn­gola" . Ponhele yaasho, okwa ti, Oiwana-Hangano ota i ka yakula ovakwaita Ava nombilina opa tokolwa opo pa totwe eenhele domafikilo keengaba daAngola ngaashi kwa li sha udafanwa koMaunt Etjo.

Eshi olewa Ii sha tambulwako nonande South Africa a wedak:o kutya ovakwaita voPLAN ovena olcu yandja omauyelele omanga inava shuna, ponhele yolcu mangulula opo va shune nombili nena ofuto yavo, oku yandja ouyelele penhele. Eengaba oda kon-dekwa keembulu na oshili shidjuu kovakwaita voPLAN opo va shune vamanguluka.

Omushamane Hidipo okwa ti na­tango opena ovakwaita voPLAN ve Ii 18 va yashe1wa keengaba pefimbo eshi tava shuna koAngola. Okwa wedako tati ovakwaita Ava ita shidu­lika va yandje omauta avo kOiwana­Hangano molwaashi omakakunya okwa kondeka ovakwaita voPLAN yaNamibia ina va hala va shune va manguluka.

Kepulo kutya olyelye kwa Ii a longekida eenghundafana edi pokati kovakwaita voPLAN noMakakunya, omushamane Hamutenya okwa nyamukula ta ti eshi oshidjemo sheenghundafana domangongoto eli nokulili. Swapo okwe Ii longekida okulwifa omutondi ngeenge ita longo ngaashi a udaneka, shaashi paife South Africa ok we Ii pyakidila oku tandav­elifa omitoto.

Cuba naAngola ovo va shiivifila Swapo kutya South Africa okwa fa eli tulamo momapopyo aye, konima yeenghundafana dokoMount Etjo, paife osha fa "oipupulu" molwaashi

"Ngeenge eudafano 10koMount Etjo ita li longo nenaSouth Africa ne tu shiivifile diva, hano ngeenge olili moilonga na shi kale sha flka na­tango momatwi et\l" , osho Hamutenya a ti.

Ota ku tengenekwa natango kutya oku Ii tam longekidwa natango eenghudafana pokati koPLAN yaN­amibia nomakakunya odo ta di ka ningilwa meni leengaba daN amibia. Eenghundafana edi da ningilwe momafilru 18 Apilili pokati koPLAN

Omushamane Botha okwa shivifa konima yeenghundafana edi tali omakakunya aeshe ota ka shuna meekamba davo oule wominute 60 oule womafiku a vali netata ta shi hovele okudja metitatu ponhe 4 yokomatango. Okwa udaneka yoo kutya ovakwaita voPLAN yaNamibia nava mangulukile oku shuna koAn­gola.

Omushamane Hamutenya okwa . shivifa tali fiyo opapa ovakwaita voPLAN 800oveIiyandjakOiwana­Himgano meni leengaba daAngola, ota ku tengenekwa kutya natango opena 300 ovo veli molweendo tava shuna koAngola. Osho Hamutenya ati.

Omushamane Hidipo okwa pulwa kutya oku udite ngahelipi eshi oka­tokoIifo 435 ta ka twikile noilonga yako, okwa nyamukula tali eshi oshill komapepe a South Africa ngeenge ota longo ngaashi a udaneka opo ovakwaita voPLAN yaNamibia va shune koAngola vamanguluka ile ahowe.

Omakakunya 4 000 ota shunifwa meekamba davo Soutb Africa okwa shUvlfa kutya omakakunya enke lunga 4,000 ota sbunwa meekamba oule womanku 2 nelata, osblvlke ta sbl ya, opo ovakwalla voPLAN yaNamlbla vamunguluklle oku sbuna koAngola. Omlnlstell wolnlma yopondje omusbamane Plk Botba okwa sbUvlfa konlma yeenghundafana 000 dall pokatl kaSoutb Africa, Cuba naAngola nelalakno opo ovakwalta voPLAN va kale va mangulukUa oku sbuna koAngola. "Soutb Africa okwa tl ota yandje oufemba kovakwalta voPLAN opo va sbune koAngola nomblll moule womaftku 00 avaIl. Osbo omusbamane Botha a tl. Okwa wedako ta tl "Onde llneekela ovawUlk1 voSW APO ovo vena elalakano lokunyapo osbUongo ola va pewa okamlto aka opo va lauluke eengaba nombUl".

Yolola pokati koshil i noipupulu SAPA okwa shllvlfa onghela kutya Hyo opa pa okwa kanlfa ash Ike omakakunya eIl27, omanga oPLAN yaNamlbla ya kanlfa ovakwaita veU 289 okudja menku lotete laAp1l1ll1989. Omukalellpo wepangelo laSouth Africa omushamane Roland Darrol okwa ll, ngeenge ovakwaita voPLAN ovo va tengenekwa kutya on venke 1,600 ova dlmo moNamlbla, nena omakakunYIl 00 ta sbunwa meekamba ola ka kalamo nyo alushe.

THE NAMIBIAN FOCUS Dinsdag April 25 1989 5

lewers broei 'n plan Dit slaan bom dronk wat die motiefkan wees waarom mense registrasie-plate van motorvoertuie van Un tag steel, bet die administratiewe boof van Untag-operasies in Namibie, mnr. Abdou Ciss, gister gese.

NOG 'n nuwe 43S-verskynsel is besig om sy kop uit te steek in Namibie waar diewe met duistere motiewe besig is om nommer­plate van motorvoertuie van Un tag af te steel. Die diefstal is in die Noorde en in Windboek aangemeld en wek 'n sekere mate van kommer. Hier is een van die Untag-voertuie wat nie meer sy identiteit bet nie. Die aangeleentheid word deur die polisie ondersoek.

Dit volg nadat heelwat Untag­nomrnerplate van die VV -voertuie vera! die afgelope twee weke afgesteel is .

Die Namibian het gister berig dat nommerplate van VV-veortuie on­der die neuse van die Untag-person­eel gesteel is terwyl dit by die mil­itere basis van Sektor lO in Oshakati geparkeer was.

VOlgC!lS nmr. Ciss kom die vn:emde verskynselnienetindieNoordevoor nie, maar in Windhoek het die diewe, wie se motiewe duister, ook met heelwat Untag-nommerplate weggekom.

Mnr. Ciss was gister onseker of die

gesteelde nommerplate later tydens die verkiesings deur die booswigte gebruik sal word om die mense van die land op een of ander Manier in die naam van Untag om die bos te probea' lei.

"Ek is egter bly dat die diefstal nou vroeg in die verkiesingsproses plaasgevind het. Ons is op ons hoede nou en het die nodige owerltede van die diefstalle in kennis geste!. Indien die diefstalle later plaasgevind het, sou die situasie moontlik moeiliker gewees het," bet mnr. Ciss bygevoeg.

Hy het gese hy hoop van die diewe wordgevang sodatdiemotiewe agter die hele gestelery bekend kan word. Mnr. Ciss

435 SE KIESWET LYK GOED 'n OUDERDOM van 18 jaar en minstens vier jaar-verblyf in' Namibie kan van die belangrikste vereistes vir kiesers wees, wat ingevolge die onafllanklikbeidskikplan in November 'n grondwetge~ende vergadering moet daarstel • .

Dit kom uit die Konsepproldamasie op die Registrasie van Kiesers wat gisteroggend in Windhoek die lig in 'n buitengewone staatskoerant ge­sien het. . Volgens die hoofuitvoerende beampte van die kantoor van die Administrateur-gmeraal, mnr. Kobus BlUC2lIleester, het die AG, adv., Loois Pienaar, die konsepproklamasie

. gepubliseersodat enige komrnentaar en voorstelle voorgele kan word.

Belanghebbendes kan hul kom­mentaar en voorstelle tot enige wysi­gings voor 16 Mei vanjaar na die Depart.ement van Burgersake en Mannekrag stuur, luidens die verklar­ing.

Die publikasie ' van die kon­sepproklamasievolgnadatSwapoen anderpolitieke partye reeds vroeg in hul veIkiesingsveldtogte aangedui het dat die verkiesingsproklamasie se bepalings van uiterste belang is. "

Swapo-woordvoerders het duide-

lik uitgespel dat 18 jaar en vier jaar­verblyf as vereistes verwelkom sal word.

Volgens die konsep sal enige per­soon wat 18 jaar oud is of ouer of wat daardie ouderdom sal bereik te eni­gertyd gedurende die tydperk van registrasie kan stem indien daar aan die volgende vcreistcs voldoen word:

• Kiesers moet in die Gebied ge­hore wees; of

• Sy gewone verblyf in die Gebied het en dit aldus gehad het vir 'n ononderbroke tydperk van minstens vier jaar onmiddellik voor die datum van sy aansoek om registrasie; of

• Die natuurlike kind is van 'n persoon wat in Namibie gehore is.

Politieke waarnemers gister in Windhoek het die kwaliflkasies vir die kiesers as " baie redelik" beskryf.

Vrees het vroeer bestaan dat die AG die minimum vereiste ouderdom vir kiesers op 21 jaar sou stel en daardeur menige jong Namibiers 'n

kans tot stemreg sou ontneem. Ongelukkigheid het ook ontstaan

dat die tydperk van verblyf tot een jaar verminder sou word om die talle Suid-Afrikaanse soldate, wat grensdi­ens gedoenhetin Namibie 'ngeleen­theid te gee om te kan stem vir 'n land waarm hulle sou woon nie.

Geen komrnentaar kon gister van die kantoor van die Spesiale V crtCen­woordigervan die VV se Sekretaris­generaal, mnr.

Martti Ahtisaari, verkry word oor die bepalings van die konsepprokla­masie nie.

Mnr. Ahtisaari en mnr. Pienaar het verlede week indringende samespre­kinge in die stad gevoer en waame­

. mers het toe reeds bespiegel dat die verkiesingswet onder die loep sou kom.

• Volgens die konsep sal die AG ook verantwoordelik wees vir die aanstelling van 'n hoofverkies­ingsbeampte.

GMK sit weer oormore DIE Gesamentlike Militere Kommissie (GMK) tossen Angola, Kuba en Suid-Afrika vergader van Donderdag tot Saterdag in Kaapstad, volgens berigte gister in Windboek.

Dis beduidend dat die GMK se sitting, waarop die Russe en Ameri­klners as waamemers sitting het, 'n dag begin nadat SA troepe, wat in hewige gevegte teen Swapo-guerril­lu in die Noorde slaags gerw het, na hul basisse moet terugkeer. .

Die SA minister van buitelandse slke, mnr. Pik Botha, het Vrydag ni SII1lc:sprelcinge met die staatspresidmt, mnr. P.W. Botha, aangekondig dat die soldate vir 60 uur na hul basisse beperk sal word om Swapo-guerri1-

las geleentheid te gee om vrylik en veilig na Angola terug te keer.

Die GMK-sitting vind in die hotel Cape Sun in Kaapstad en heelwat belangstelling heers in die sitting wat die derde amptelike een is nadat daar in die hoofstede van Angola en Kuba vergadering is.

Die verwagting is dat mnr. Botha self sal bysit by die sitting.

Volgens 'n woordvoerder van die AGkandaaraangeneem worddatdie onlangs heringestelde nagklokreel nie

van toepassing sal wees tydens die 60 uur-inperking van die SA troepe in basisse nie.

Volgens hom is die situasie in die Noorde stabiel en die enigste jongste voorval is waar donkies 'n landmyn afgetrap het terwyl 'n groep Swapo­vegters naby Miershoop in Owambo opgemerk is.

Intussen het Swapo bandldankkasette aan die tusscntydse owerhede beskikbaar gestel wat oor die Owambo-radio uitgesaai word.

Hoofkwartier van Untag kom in rat PERSONEEL van Untag bet sedert Saterdag kantore by die Philip Troskie-Huis in Windboek begin betrek, wat gebruik sal word as die boofk.wartier van waar die grootste VV -vredesoperassie bebeer sal word.

Die bekendmaking is gister deur die administratiewe hoof van Untag, mnr. Abdou Ciss, in Wmdhoek gedoen.

Die nypende tekort aan kantoor­ruimte vir Untag bet die waksaamhede van Untag sedert die begin van die operasie taamlik gemuilband, maar dit was verligte Untag-personeellede wat die nuwe kantore begin betrek het.

Dit volg nadat onderhandelinge tussen Un tag en N amibie se N asion­ale Vervoerlcommissie (NVK) suksesvol deurgevoer is. NVK het reeds vroeg in die jaar die Philip Troskie-Huis aan Untag vir huur aangebied as kantoorruimteen taam­like ongelukkigheid het gevolg toe inwoners vroeer op kennisgewing moes uittrek.

Volgens mnr. Ciss sal die nuwe ·kantore beman word deur die kan­toor van die Spesiale Verteenwoor­diger van die VV se Sekretaris-gen­eraal, mnr. Marui Ahtisaari, die veIki­esingsdepartement van Untag en die siviele afdeling, wat fmansies. per­soneelsake en dies meer sal hanteer.

Die Philip Troskie~Huis sal ook as hootkwartier van die Untag-polisie dien, van waar gen!. P . Fanning sy 500 polisiemarme in die land sal beheer.

Volgens mnr. Ciss ondervind Untag nie meer probleme met tekorte aan toerusting en ander administratiewe benodighede nie.

.. Alles verloop goed en ek is op­tirnislies oor die toepassing van Res . 435. Ek glo Res. 435 is op terug op die spoor," het hy bygevoeg.

Skrywers besin oor bevryding

JOERNAUSTE van die nege lid­lande van die Suider-Afrikaanse

Ontwikkelings-koOrdiner-ingskonferensie het gister in

Maputu begin met 'n weeklange intemasionale seminaar oor die rol van die massamedia in die

huidige situasie in Suider-Afrika. Volgens 'n SAUK-berig sal die seminaar, wat vyf Frontlinie­state insluit, ook onderwerpe

soos die doeltreffendheid van die wapenverbod, ekonomiese

sanksies teen Suid-Afrika en die impak van die bevrydingsbewe­

gings binne en buite SA bespreek.

NOTICE

I

UNTAG

1. The United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UN­TAG) hereby solicits proposals for the distribution and collection by fastest means of UNTAG weekly pouches between UNTAG Headquarters in Windhoek and nine (9) regional offices and thirty seven (37) district centres as mentioned below. .

2. The successful contractor should have the capacity to expand this service to other cel'ltres in future.

3. Since the pouches will be sealed, UNTAG is willing to consider all forms of conveyance, i.e. air, road etc.

4. Proposals should be submitted on or before 14:00 hours 27 April 1989 to the following address:

UNTAG OLD UNITED BUILDING

CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER WINDHOEK 9000

Attn.: Mr. Alex Yakovlev, Procurement Officer PH. : 226226 ext. 25

FAX: 32706 'Proposals Pouch Forwarding Services'

Facsimile propos~ls are acceptable.

5. UNTAG reserves the right to reject any or all proposals.

6. LIST OF REGIONAL AND DISTRICT CENTRES

A, REGIONAL CENTRES 1. Oshakati 2. Rundu 3. Khorixas 4. Tsumeb 5. Gobabis 6. Swakopmund 7. OtjiwaronQo 8. Mariental 9. Keetmanshoop

B, DISTRICT CENTRES 1. Ondangwa 17. Maltahohe 2. Katutura 18. Luderitz' 3. Katima Mulilo 19.0kakarara 4. Okahandja 20. Karasburg 5. Rehoboth 21 . Ohangwena 6. Grootfontein 22. Bethanie 7. Ruacana 23. Khomasdal 8. Enhana 24. Bagani (Police only) to 9. Okongo 6 sub-centres 10.0shikango 29. Werda (Police only) 11. Okonkolo 30. Nkurenkuru 12. 0puwo 31 . Tsumkwe 13. 0utjo 32. Noordoewer (Police only) 14.0maruru 33.0ranjemund 15. Karibib 34. Aroab (Police only) 16. Usakos 35. Leonardville (P . e Unly) 36. Gibeon

6 Tuesday April 25 1989

Foreign news flashes SOUTH AFRICA: Trade unionist Mr Moses Mayakiso and four other Alexandra township men were acquitted on all charges in the Rand Supreme Court. Charges of treason had been dropped earlier ,leaving charges of sedition and furthering the aims of a banned organisation.

ZAMBIA: One of nine Zambians implicated in a plot to topple President Kenneth Kaunda' s government last year has been freed. A further eight alleged plotters, including the former commander of the army, remain in detention without having been charged.

CHINA: Stormy scenes erupted on Peking campuses as striking students rallied to demand dialogue on democratic reforms with government leaders. Calls for a nationwide classroom strike won widespread support in China's capital, but appeared to have little impact elsewhere. -

ISRAEL: Soldiers shot dead a suspected Palestinian guerrilla on the West Bank after a weekend during which the army barred Israeli leftists carrying black flags of mourning from entering the West B ank village of N ahalin, where a police raid led to the deaths of five more Palestinians.

KENYA: The goverment has banned the country's most outspoken news magazine, The Financial Review, accusing it of publishing "mischievious stories." The latest issue of the magazine said the National Cereals and Produce Board had failed to explain why it was unable to supply millers with adequate quantities of wheat.

JORDAN: The Prime Minister offered his resignation to King Hussein following a wave of riots against price increases and government austerity policies imposed by the IMF. Eight people died and at least a hundred were injured in the four days of rioting.

PHILLIPINES: The US embassy advised Americans to take extra safety precautions after suspected communist guerillas assassinated a US army colonel in Manila. The White House denounced the murder.

POLAND: The independent trade union Solidarity, taking advantage of being legalised recently, is searching for offices, furniture and volunteer workers now that it can operate above grund. its leader Lech Walesa Praised Soviet leader Mikhael Gorbachev' s reforms and said Poland's transformation depended on their success.

SOVIET UNION: The Kremlin's ideology chief pledged that Soviet republics will gain more autonomy under reforms this year, and warned that ethnic strife could kill President Mikhael Gorbachov's res~cturing efforts.

ATTEND

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Construction is underway on the R27,2 million Wernhill Park shopping centre in central Windhoek.

THE SKYLINE IS CHANGING • •• THR ground is cleared and building is under way on the Wernhill Park shopping centre on the corner of Tal and Peter Muller streets in central Windhoek. Ovcon, a member of South Africa's Ovbel group, holds the R27,2 million construction contract.

One of Namibia's oldest and strong­est fmance houses, Olthaver & List, commissioned the multi-million rand project. It scheduled to be completed by August next year.

Mr Fred van Zyl, Ovcon' s project manager, said that about 10 local sub-contractors will be involved in the project. They will mainly be concerned with fmishing trade like electrical installations and plumb­ing.

The company will purchase much of its building materials from local companies .

•• All material used in construction will be bought locally except for some specialised commodities which are not available here," Mr van Zyl said. His company is already bying cement from the Namib Cement

Distributors, a local company, he added.

Contracts with local subcontrac­tors have not yet been finalised. Ovcon is still waiting for quotes from poten­tiallocal suppliers or contractors.

In some cases, there is not much choice: Since PG Glass is the only local glass supplier, it is a1nmost inevitable that they will supply Ovcon.

Mr van Zyl said his company al­ready employed about 100 local workers, a figure that will increase to about 150. This is in addtion to the 250 men who make up the Ovcon team.

Ovcon was also involved with the construction of the Anglo Ameri­can's Nawachab mine in Karibib.

Mr Van Zyl also said that his company is trying to register with the

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EDBERG WINS JAPAN OPEN STEFAN Edberg of Sweden beat Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia 6-3, 2-6, 6-

4 to capture the men's singles title in the Japan Open Tennis Championship on Monday.

Second-seeded Edberg pocketed $122 250 while top-seeded Lendl earned $61 125.

The men's singles fmal match, originally scheduled for Sunday, was delayed by rain.

Japan's Kumiko Okamoto beat Australian Elizabeth Smylie 6-4, 6-2 to take the women's single title on Saturday.

WHITESIDE DROPS OUT OF IRELAND'S SQUAD

MANCHESTER United's midfielder Norman Whiteside, who was to make a tomeback to international soccer after a year plagued by injuries, on Saturday dropped out of the Norther Ireland squad for tommorow's World Cup qualifier against Malta in Belfast.

Whiteside decided to withdraw at the end of Manchester United's 1-0 English League defeat at Charlton on Saturday after suffering a recurrence of the groin strain that kept him away from soccerforthe last 12 months, United's manager Alex Ferguson said

SENNA WINS SAN MARINO GRAND PRIX

WORLD champion Ayrton Senna of Brazil won the accident-marred San Marino Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday, driving a McLaren-Honda across the fmish ahead of his French team mate Alain Prost

Austrian driver Gerhard Berger suffered bums, a broken rib and slight concussion when his Ferrari failed to take a curve, crashed into a wall at high speed and burst into flames.

"It's a real miracle that he has survived," said Jean Marie Balestre, President of the auto racing government body FISA.

Senna and Prost lapped all opponents as they gave their British-Japanese team a 1-2 triumph on the home track of rival Ferrari.

Sunday was Senna's 15th Grand Prix victory and his second consecutive win at the end Dino and Enzo Ferrari circuit of Imola.

Senna, 29, completed the race in one hour, 26:51.245 minutes at an average speed of 201 .939 kph (125.482 mph).

'MY EX-BOYFRIEND USED STEROIDS'

A TEAMMATE and former girlfriend of a Canadian athlete has contradicted testimony he gave to a judical inquiry that he was unaware he was being injected with muscle-building steroid drugs.

Cheryl Thibedeau, a 23-year-old former sprinter and confessed steroid-user, told the inquiry that Andrew Morwatt, a member of the Canadian Bobsleigh team and one-time sprinter, often spoke to her about his steroid use.

Mowatt testified on Wednesday that he was repeatedly injected by the team doctor without ever being told what the injections were and that he never discussed steroids with team coach Charlie Francis or his doctor.

Thibedeau told the inquiry that Mowatt was perfectly aware he was taking steroids, and he even counted the days needed for the drug to clear their bodies before a competition in Provo, Utah, in May, 1986.

Seven students at The University Center For Studies In Namibia will take part in a cycling tour from Windhoek to Swakopmund on May 20 to raise money for an educational tour to Soutb Africa. The students are still looking for sponsors and bave appealed to anyone interested in sponsoring tbem to contact Tel: 224840.

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SE SORENTO BUCKS NNSL LEAGUE LEADERS Sorento Bucks, also known as tbe Giant Killers, are the only NNSL Super League side to have won all their league fIXtures to date. Bucks visited Otjiwarongo and Rundu over the weekend where they defeated Life Fighters (5-0) and Cuca Tops (2-1) respectively.

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• eaa THE FOUR central teams, Black Africa, Pepsi African Stars, B&S Tigers and B&N Orlando Pirates - known as the 'Top Four' -received a soccer treat at the weekend as they ran witb their noses against the western wind at tbe Kuisebmond Stadium at Walvis Bay.

Orlando Pirates, alias the Sea Robbers, were the only team from Windhoek to pocket two points at the weekem as they drew bodt their NNSL Super League clashes against Eleven Arrows (0-0) and Blue Waters (2-2) on Saturday and Sunday respectively.

The shock defeat of the weekend must be the 8-1 thrashing of Black Africa at the hands of Explorer Xl, particularly after BA put up a ster­ling performance earlier on Friday night when they beat Pepsi African Stars 3-2 at the Windhoek Show grounds.

Next on the receiving end were B&S Tigers, the Ingwenyama (mean-

By Conrad Angula

ing Tigers in Oshiwambo), who still have to register a league win this year. They were beaten 1-6 by Blue Waters, who continue to do well this season despite losing most of their star players of last year - including Baka _'Engels Man' Adams (Sport­ing), Pule Tjombe (Eleven Arrows) and the train, Stimela Ndjao to B&N Orlando Pirates.

However, team of the moment

SWA Toyota Young Ones ace striker, Harold 'Oorlog' Olivier, on Sunday scored a marvelous goal against Life Fighters in his side's 3-1 victory at tbe Mokati Stadium, Otjiwarongo.

Orlando Pirates, who have not lost a single match in their four league outings, kept their flag high with a goaless draw against Eleven Arrows in the last match on Saturday.

The coastal teams continued their assault on their central visitors on Sunday as Eleven Arrows - without two of their star midfielders Shaja and Bobby Samaria who joined neigh­bouring Sporting in the Amateur Soccer Association (ASA) League ­defeated Tigers 1-0.

In the second match Explorer Xl continued their destructive form as they humiliated Pepsi African Stars 5-1 . The Pepsi Boys are still looking for their first win of the season.

So far this season, Stars have drawn once with Tigers and lost three times against Black Africa, Orlando Pi­rates and, most recently, against Explorer Xl.

In the last fixture on Sunday, Blue Waters shared the spoils with the Buccanneers, as they were forced to a 2-2 draw by smooth-sailing Sea Robbers.

In other league matches played over the weekend Benfica drew 1-1 with visiting Robber Chanties on Saturday, and beat Golden Bees 3-0 on Sunday. Chief Santos defeated Golden Bees 4-0 on Saturday and were forced to a 2-2 draw by Khorixas­based Robber Chanties on Sunday.

All the matches were played at the Nomtsoub Sport Stadium, Tsumeb.

At Otjiwarongo, hosts Life Fight­ers lost both their clashes against SE Sorento Bucks 5-0 on Saturday and 3·1 to improving SW A Toyota Young on Sunday.

Cue a Tops drew 2-2 with SWA Toyota Young Ones on Saturday, however, the hosts were unlucky to lose 2-1 a§iinst the rampant SE Sorento Bucks, inspired by their tantalising national midfield maestro, Wagga-