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SURPRISE RELEASES FROMAG9 STAFF REPORTER IN A surprise move, a number of Namibians who were being detained without trial wider Proclamation AG9 of1977 were without warning released from custody this week. On Tuesday, the Editor of The Namibian, Gwen Liste.. was released after being held for five days under AG 9; and on Wednesday, four students and a trade unionist, were set free from their cells at the isolated town of Seeis. The students were arrested during a demonstration in Windhoek approximately three weeks ago, which was being held to protest the proximity of army bases to schools in the north. They were Ignatius Shihwameni, an Exco member of Nanso and student at the Academy; Ignatius Dempers and Immanuel Tjivikua from the Shifidi Secondary School; and Thomas Gideon from the Ongwediva Training College. All were released without being charged. The unionist, Chief Ankama, was assaulted and arrested at the union

offices in Katutura on the same day as the others. He too was held at Seeis and was released without charge. In an interview with Mr Shihwameni after his release this week, he said that on the day of his arrest he had 'been at the Shifidi School as he was due to address a met!ting to which he had been invited. While he was at the school, a Mercedes truck with an AG registration had arrived. "The next minute a group of policemenjumped out of the vehicle and began to run towards me. I decided not to run away and was atrested!' He, and many other students who had been arrested, were taken to the Katutura police station for questioning. Duringthe interrogation, he said, the chief of the security branch informed him he was a special guest and took him to Security Police headquarters at Ausspanplatz. "Here I was interrogated about Continued on page 3

TOWNS IN NAMIBIA were fairly deserted on Monday and Tuesday of this week after a stay away call by unions, described as a "flop" by interim government officials. But there was a strong police presence in most . of the townships of the country, including Katutura, where John Liebenberg pictured the men above.

HUNDREDS FIRED ·AFTER STAYAWAY BY MBATJIUA NGAVIRUE HUNDREDS of workers appear to have been fired from their jobs as a result of taking part in the work stayaway on Monday and Tuesday ofthis week. . Incidents cfpolice assault ofworkers were also reported from Okahandja and Walvis Bay. At least 250 fired workers came to the offices of the National Union of Namibian Workers on Wednesday to complain about their dismissal. Union officials assured them that each case would be taken up w.i th the employer concerned. On Thurday union officials said many of the dismissed workers had been reinstated after successful negotiations with their employers. Negotiations were still in progress in an effort to have the remaining workers reinstated. The jobs of a large number of Municipal employees in both Windhoek, Okahandja, Walvis Bay, and possibly other towns are still in the balance as a result of their participation in the strike. Municipal workers who did not report for work have been summoned to appear before Disciplinary Committees, and face possible dismissal unless they are able to give a satisfactory explanation for their absence. The largest single dismissal, and also the most serious incident of alleged police assault, came from Okahandja. At 14h30 yesterday seven police mini-buses SUddenly appeared at the

Municipality a large group of employees who participated in the strike recieved lettters notifying them thatthey would have to appear before a Disciplinary Committee_ however, Ngholondjo was masMost of the workers are members of quarading as a PLAN fighter in the the Namibian Public Service Workers· area. I~ was reported that the man was Union (NAPWU) and they were advisdressed up in Koevoet uniform, and ed by the union to askfor a postponearmed with a rifle similar to those of ment ofthe hearings so that they could the South African security forces. ensure adequate legal representation. After the killings, the gunman Twelve Windhoek municipal allegedly robbed several shops in the employees who were supposed to apvicinity, and was later caught by pear at a Disciplinary Committee residents. He reportedly confessed and hearing on Wednesday were granted admitted to residents that he had coma postponement until Thursday, but mitted the murders. the outcome of the hearings was not It is not known what had happened known at the time of going to press. to the uniform and rifle that N gholonAlmost the the whole black djo allegedly possessPd .tl!ring the municipal workforce in Windhoek . incident. stayed away from work on Monday and Tuesday but most ofthem apparently avoided having to face disciplinary hearings by applying for two days leave. later that what they had paid was an The twelve workers who have to apadmission of guilt fine. pear in front ofthe Disciplinary ComThey all claimed that at no stage had mittee include nine bus drivers, two the police explained to them on what cleaners at the bus depot and one clerk charge they were being held, or exat the Wanaheda municipal office. plained to them that they were being' Workers were dismissed for parasked to pay an admission of guilt fine. ticipating in the stayaway at the A legal representati..~e consulted following firms: Swakoma, Garden with the nine workers released, and Restuarant, Central Cafe, Lotthen later said that bail would be arterymans, El Toro Steakhouse, ranged for the eight employees still beBavaria, Keurwyne, Yangtze ing held by the police. Restaurant, SKW, and Alfa Koop. Reports from Walvis Bay allege that At some of these firms employees · police attacked workers at random wherever they had gathered and as in - have been reinstated, but at others union officials are still negotiating for Okahandja destroyed stocks of home workers to be given their jobs back. _ brewed beer. Meanwhile at the Okahandja

Detention death denial now confirmed THE DEATH in detention recently of gunman Teofelus Ngholondjo was this week confirmed by police in Windhoek after an initial denial. Although police did not divulge any further information concerning the man, it was, however, denied again by the SWA Police headquarters that the man was reportedly attached to any of the police force's units. Confirming the death in detention this week, Warrant Officer Leon Rust said that: "I was misled by security police at Oshakati, not actually misled, but the policeman I spoke to at Oshakati did not know about the incident as it took place at Ondangwa."

The police spokesman also confirmed that a post mortem had been conducted already, and that only the results were being awaited. Residents from the Omundundu village earlier reported that the late Ngholondjo was an agent of Koevoet, and that he was reponsible for the killing of a young couple from the village on June 8, 1988. Earlier, police said on inquiery th::tt the couple was murdered by two Swapo insurgents who allegedly suddenly arrived in the village and opened fire on villagers before fleeing across the border int.o Angola. According to Omundunduresidents,

Okahandja Bakery Hostel with the owner of the bakery, Mrs A Albertus. The pblice then allegedly locked the employees and several visitors into the hostel yard, and then without saying a word to them started beating them violently with sjamboks and batons. Bakery workers claimed that the . police ordered them to collect their belongings, clean the premises and then leave. The police apparently repeatedly assaulted the employees during the two-hour period they were forced to spend collecting their belongings and cleaning the hostel. Police also allegedly confiscated and burnt some oftheir.property inside the

yard, and overturned and smashed containers of home brewed beer_ The bakery workers and their visitors, who numbered 17 in all, were all then arrested and taken to the police cells. ·Early on Thursday morning they were told by police officers that instruc. tions had been received from police headquarters in Windhoek that they could all be released if they were prepared to pay R50. The workers said that they were all . under the impression that the R50 they were being asked to pay was for baiL Only nine of them had enough money to pay, and it only became clear

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Youth centre for Namibian exiles AN all-purpose youth centre is to be constructed for young Namibians in exile at t he Swapo-run Namibia Health and Education Centre at Kwanza Sui in Angola. Accor ding to the Swapo Youth Lea gue Secret a r y,·Hadino Hishongwa, t he proposed youth centr e is of "gre at significance in advancing the cause of the str uggling p eople of Namibia". Th e centre, h e said , would function a s a vocation al training centr e as well a s fo r recreation. Construction ofthe centre, which will be jointly undertaken by the Youth League, the Angola Youth Or ganisation JMPLA.Jp, a n d two solidarity organisations, will take off at the b eginnin g of 1989. Nigel Watt, President of the British-based Service Civil International (SCD, and Atan as Roupchev, Executive Director ofthe International Voluntary Service for Solidarity and Friendship of Youth (SIVSAF) based in Budapest, are currently in Angola to determine the cost and the location of the multi-purpose youth centre.

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Call for 'troops out now' AN IMMEDIATE end to the war, and the complete withdrawal ofthe South 'African regime from Namibia has again been called for by the Chairman of the Ovambo Exco, Mr Peter Kalangula at Ongwediva, northern Namibia this week. ' Speaking during a session of the Ovambo Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, Mr Kalangula also tabled the 1988/89 budget saying it reflected another record amount of over R200 million. Mr Kalangula said that the central government granted an amount of R163 million, whilst the rest were ,

covered from the administration's own sources. He further pointed out that the budget revealed an increase ofover R19-million. Stressing the need for the immediate wIthdrawal of South African troops from Namibia and for an end to the war, Mr Kalangula gave a catalogue of repressive events which took place in Namibia, with particular emphasis on the northern part of the country. He said that during the course ofrecent years, the people of northern Namibia were subjected to all sorts of threats, intimidations, atrocities, restlessness, insecurity and abhorrent deaths because of the war situation. "In the midst of all sufferings, we did

.. Rundu residents and students held POllCE in Rundu detained a number of residents Tuesday under the notorious AG 9 and among them are several members of the teaching staff of Rundu Senior Secondary School, Windhoek Academy students and members of the recently elected committee of parents who are representing the parents of the . boycotting students in the area. Those detained include Mr MariusNekaro, who is Principal at Rundu Senior Secondary School, Dominee Mbambo, a teacher at the school, Sebastian Kandema, a teacheI; Mathews Mukoya, matron and Martin Kutenda, Nanso's' branch chairman and student at

Continued from page 1 Nanso activities and accused ofinstigatingthe schools boycott. I was also ordered to give the names of Nanso branch members;' he said. He was held there for the remainder of the day, and he managed to hear over the police radio that the "students struggle" was still continuing. "Later I also heard over the radio that the four of us were being held under AG9, and I wondered where the other three were." The group of four were later transferred to Seeis roughly 50 kilometres from Windhoek. According to Mr Shihwameni, tht: four were placed in isolation; "During questioning we all demanded that we appear before a court if we had committed any offence. We believed in our innocence;' he said. During their detention, he said, none of the four were allowed outside. All the windows in their cells were broken and they suffered from severe cold, he said. He said that during their detention, two students from Jakob Morenga Tutorial College in Khomasdal were brought in. They have still not been released. According to Mr Shihwameni, all theAG9 detainees decided on Sunday to go on a hunger strike.. Although they could not see one another, they managed to com-

Rundu Senior. The two members of the committee of parents who were taken are Bonifacius Wakudumo and Simon ~aruta.

",.Windhoek Academy students who went home when their school was ordered closed a week ago were also detained. They are GeorgeMakuki, Willem Tweya and Kavara Tanislaus. Police also detained a Kavango administration employee Mr Raymond Mutumbi under the same security proclamation. At the time of going to press police headquarters in Windhoek had not responde~ to a confirmation query by The Namibian on the detentions. municate by shouting; A~ far as he was aware, the others who had not been released were still on the hunger strike. . A security police officer had told them on Wednesday that the five of them were being released, and reasons for this decision are not yet known. Meanwhile, trade unionist Macdonald Ntlabathi is still in detention. He has not been charged since his arrest last Friday at the union offices in Katutura.

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not remain silent. All that we have said and what we are still saying fall on deaf ears, as the war is still escalating:' he maintained. Citing a few examples to stress his point, Mr Kalangula referred to the Oshakati bomb explosion which kill· ed 27 people on February 19, this year. He pointed out that despite numerous calls by Namibians for a commission of inquiry into the tragic explosion, and by people all over the world for an end to the war, no one heeded the calls. The answer instead, he said, was the intensification ofthe war. "Because injustice is reigns, all our demands fell on deaf ears. shortly after the blast, statements were released that Swapo was responsible, and that the tracks were followed and found to have disappeared into Angola:' "In the meantime people are still being arrested for questioning as to who had destroyed the bank. In a democratic set up the rule of law has to be practised and that is why we have demanded for a commission of inquiry:' He also referred to the closure ofthe Ponhofi Senior Secondary School in March this year, saying this came about as a direct result ofthe war. He told the session that on March 12, 1987,amortarwasfrredfromthedirection of the base at Ohangwena, and that it landed on the roof of one of girls' hostel dormitories. "One student died on the spot, another one died in the hospital due to the fatal injuries, others were injured and had to be taken to hospital for treatment:' ' He said that despite complaints by parents, pupils, church leaders~nd

himself to the South Mrican government for the removal of the base, nothing materialised. "Instead, argument of what was established first; school or base, was brought to the fore, but we know for a fact that the school was first established. The first students and the first principal and the first teachers can testify to this fact:' Mr Kalangula stressed. He then castigated the South African government, the SADF and the SWAB~ for continuing to try and to influence the people to accept apartheid, which, he said was being painted with seemingly attractive colours, to deceive the world by saying that: "we are winning the hearts and minds of the people:' "We the Namibians especially those ofus who are in the northern part know that this is not the case. Extreme human rights abuses, brutalities, maltreatments, unchristian and

undemocratic-practices and injustices by the army and police continually re- , mind us that we must strive, for a Namibia which is independent and where lasting peace and prosperity is to be felt and experienced," he maintained. Mr Kalangula ' said that South Africa's claim to 'winning the hearts and minds: its manipulations through Etango, its practise of distributing pamphlets discrediting leaders, and to instigate the people to hate tjIeir leaders, -and its pretentions and posings as Swapo have failed. He concluded that all 'treachery and everything purported to buy the Ovambos: be it the planting ofbombs, death threats, rapes, coercion of school children, and the exploitation of the drought situation, have all failed, and added that UN Resolution 435 should be implemented to end the bloody war and attain lasting peace.

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SURVEY ·O F EXTENT OF STAYAWAY BY MBATJIUA NGAVIRUE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -•..-~ THE STREETS of central Windhoek and most major towns were virtually deserted on Monday and Tuesday this week as the nation-wide worker stayaway called by labour unions spread throughout the country. Although most businesses remained open, the usual large crowds of shoppers were absent, and the atmosphere in the capital was more like that of a leisurely Sunday afternoon than that ofaMonday. At the usually hectic Model Supermarket, till operators appeared to have very little to do and passed the time engaged in casual conversation with their colleagues. The usual long queues were nowhere to be found. At many service stations in the city, one could be treat ed to t he rare pleasure of having one's petrol tank filled by the manager or owner. In Windhoek's black township, Katutura , most shops and filling stations closedforthe day and only a small fraction of the township's large fleet of taxis were operating. Monday and Tuesday clearly served notice to the business community in the country on t he potential effectiveness of stayaways and consumer boycotts. This is despite the public claim by the Minister of Manpower, Mr Moses Katjiuongua, t hat the strike was a "flop", in which he also made the provocati ve statement that the stayaway was only supported by members ofthe Ovambo-speaking community. In a SWABC!J'V interview on Monday evening, Mr Katjiuongua said that 70 percent of the national workforce had reported for work, and that the strike had really only been a success' at the CDM diamond mine, ROssing Uranium and MKU Enterprises in Okahandja. At the ROssing Uranium mine near Swakopmund, and the lucrative CDM diamond mine at Oranjemund, production ground to a standstill, and although no official figures are yet available it is believed that both mines lost Illiilions ofrands as a result ofthe strike. A brief survey oflocal companies carried out by The Namibian cast serious doubts on the figure quoted by the minister. One of Windhoek's largest employers, South West Breweries, said that 70 percent of its employees were absent - while at Atlas Cash & Carry the figure was 86 percent. Metro Cash & Carry reported 50 percent absenteeism, and WA 'Ibyota 19 percent. Banking seems to have been less affected, with Standard Bank

SWA reporting that only five or six of its employees 'w ere absent. Accordingto union officials, no black employees reported for work at Pupkewitz & Sons, while at the Safari Motel only five workers showed up. . The officals also said 70 percent of the labour force at Hartliefs, and 75 percent of that at the Windhoek Municipality had stayed away. Outside Windhoek, labour leaders reported that although most TCL employees at Tsumeb went to work (after having been threatened with summary dismissal), there was a 30 percent absenteeism at the Otjihase and Kombat mines. They further estimated that 75 per. cent of workers in Swakopmund and Luderitz, and in Walvis Bay 70 percent, had remained at home, while t hey claimed an astonishing 80 percent for Okahandja. While both Mr Katjiuongua and the chairman of the Cabinet, Mr Andrew Matjila, said before the strike that they feared workers would be intimidated into staying away from work, the only reported intimidation appears to have come from the government side. Many residents ofKatutura felt that the malevolent presence of heavilyarmed men attached to the police counter-insurgency unit and army battalions, who were brought to Windhoek in their armoured personnel carriers directly from the operational area, was intimidation in itself. On Saturday, groups of police on foot patrol in the Shandumbala section of Katutura were alleged to have entered houses and warned householders that if they were not at work the next day there would be trouble. It was also claimed that they told people they would return the following day to check whether or not they had gone to work. At the Katutura single quarters, the security forces were alleged to have entered rooms and dragged people out ofbed -ordering them to go to work, and that if they did not have jobs they should return to 'Ovamboland'. In the township it was clear that something was afoot long before dawn. Residents were awoken by the unmistakeble whine ofCasspir engines and the drone of overhead spotter planes. Pamphlets with the name ofthe IYI'A on them, condeming Swapo and the NUNW, and exhorting people to ignore the strike call, were dropped from the air. It was, however, not clear whether this was done from planes chartered by the DTA or from security force planes. Three Kombis apparently filled with N udo activists, and fitted with powerful public address systems,. drove

around the township announcing the message: "Get up and go to work, Sam Nujomais not going to give you money or houses, he himself lives in luxury hotels abroad: ' The message also said: "Swapo and the CCN are not going to pay you ifyou don't go to work, the houses you live in were all built by the interim government." While there were few incidents of violence, there were cases of interference from conservative forces. A pamphlet, drawn up and distributed widely by the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW), was tampered with. A paragraph at the end of the 'doctored' pamphlet, which had been inserted in the same print by a conservative individual or group, stated: " Workers who do not go to work must bring t hisletter along to the offices of theNUNW, MANWU, NAPWU, CCN and N amibianwhere they will receive R15 for every day that they have not gone to work:' . The leader of one ofthe unions involved in t he strike, Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) GeneralSecretary, Mr Ben Ulenga, said he strongly suspected police involvement in the dist ribution of the 'doctored' -pamphlet. He pointed out that the unions never threw pamphlets around in the streets, but handed them over personally to people. Mr Ulenga said that it also showed the extent to which the state was prepared to go in'its desperation, but he vowed that the government would " never be able to crush ~he labour movement". . The two-day strike was a result ofthe failure of the interim government to meet certain demands made by workers. The Cabinet deadline to meet these demands was midnight on Friday. The demands concerned several crucial issues such as the removal of SADF bases from the vicinity of schools in the north; the release of all those being detained without trial; the withdrawal of South African forces from Namibia and an end to police violence in the townships. This week union officials accused the interim government of provoking the stayaway by ignoring their demands. A spokesman for the NUNW said, however, that "although the issues have not been resolved, it does not mean the demands will fall away. We are already planning a national campaign to get South African troops out of the country:' One ofthe demands appeared to have been partially met with the release on Wednesday of student and union ac-

tivists, Samuel Chief Ankama, Ig~ natius Shiwameni , Immanuel Tjivikua, Ignatius Dempers and Thomas Gideon, although observers are doubtful that the Cabinet played a part in their release. The Cabinet did, however, order the release ofeditor GwenLister on Tues- . . day - although this decision was not related to the union demands in any way.

On Wednesday, more than 250 workers gathered at the NUNW offices in Katutura, complaining that they had been dismissed after joining the stayaway. Unionists have said that each individual dismissal would be taken up. Reports of widespread dismissals, and in some cases assaults on workers, also came from Okahandja and Walvis Bay.

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fact that the SWATF and SADF had regularly violated the Angolan border in recent months. "Apart from the agreement between _the USA and USSR to aim at September 29 this year as the date by which a formula for settlement is to be agreed, at least six African states and - the USA have made it clear thai the goal in Angola has to be national reconciliation, particularly between UNITA and the MPLA. Even the Soviet Union is reported to have agreed on the need for reconciliation:' , Hinting at a Swapo/interim government reconciliation, Mr Matjila said: "Exactly the same principle applies in SWAINamibia:' The statement concluded: "Against this background it is obvious that Mr Castro is operating from weakness." "Time has run out for the Cubans in Angola and Mr Castro is under pressure on all sides. This is why he, and Swapo, who are also coming under increasing pressure, have embarked on this dangerous gamble:' Mr Matjila said: "For the present we must display forbearance. If circumstances should change, and other steps prove necessary, the security forces are quite capable oftaking the necessary action:'

MORE ,{,HAN 52 South African soldiers died in Namibia during the second half oflast month in an offensive by the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN), according to a report this week by the Namibia Press Agency. The report said that a Swapo war communique, released in Luanda on Wednesday, indicated that PLAN had "intensified its offensive against the South African occupation army in Namibia". The communique claimed that between May 15 and 30, PLAN attacked five South African military bases. "On May 15, PLAN combatants intercepted a 30-man reconnaisance platoon of the South African army at Onengali, 52 kilometres north of Ondangwa. The platoon was enroute to Angola as the area designation map captured indicated:' claimed the communique. "In the ensuing battle; eight South African soldiers were killed, several others wounded, while the platoon commander of the escorting so-called South West Africa Territory Force was captured. A large quantity of war , materials, including arms, ammunition, combat radio sets, rockets and night vision equipment was captured:' it claimed. The communique further claimed that 13 South African soldiers were killed on May 22, "when PLAN fireraided the Okankolo base, 45 kilometres east ofOndangwa". On May 25, it claimed, the base at Ruacana "came under heavy bombardment by PLAN using mortars, rocket launchers and B-10 artillery, killing 19 South African soldiers and wounding many more". "Other bases attacked by PLAN during the second half of May ... were Oshigambo, Ongwediva and Omafo:' the communique claimed. "PLAN sappers also carried out various sabotage actions disrupting enemy communication lines in various parts of the war zone:' it claimed. According to the communique, the latest figures bring to a total of 445 South African soldiers so far killed in the war in Namibia this year.

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LOUIS PIENAAR SAYS CUBANS ARE NEAR CUBAN troops in Angola have p robed to within a few kilometres of the border with Namibia, the South Mricanappointed Administrator General said on Wednesday. Interviewed two days before peace talks resume on the Angolan co.n flict, Administrator-General Louis Pienaar said Cuban troops had been seen in recent weeks near Calueque,just inside Angola, where South African forces protect water installatio'ns supplying northern Namibia. "Cuban reconnaissance parties have been seen near Calueque;-' he said. Mr Pienaar repeated South African estimates that 12 "000 Cubans were deployeq in southern Angola close to the Namibian border. Talks resume in Cairo today on the closely-linked Angolan and Namibian conflicts. South Africa has stridently denounced the Cuban build-up as a provocation which endangers the tentative peace process, Pretoria's forces h ave been heavily engaged in Angola since late last year,

BY JONATHAN SHARP supporting Unita rebels fighting the Luanda government. . South Africajustifies its presence by saying it needs to protect itself from communist expansion. South Africa has refrained from being provoked by the proximity of Cuban troops to the Namibian border ih order to encourage the peace talks to continue, said Mr Pienaar. "We would prefer these talks to c~m­ tinue, We are careful not to get involved in incidents which might derail the talks;' he added. Asked about reports that Cuban aircraft had flown OVElr Namibia, Mr Pienaar said the flights could be an attempt to provoke South Africa -or the result of pilot error. Mr Pienaar said that apart from sen. ding patrols close to the Namibian border, t he Cubans were ' well established at Xangongo and Ongiva, both within 100 kilometres of the frontier. The officia'l indicated that the

stepped-u p Cuban presence in southern Angola was hampering South Africa's fight against SWAPO guerrillas, Mr Pienaar said SWAPO members had been integrated into Cuban units operating in southern Angola, giving the guerrillas improved protection against South African forces which regularly attack Swapo bases in Angola, The Cubans had enabled SWAPO forces to operate croser to the Namibian border than they would normally dare, said Mr. Pienaar. South Africa, which in this case is backed by the United States, demands · the withdrawal of the Cubans from Angola as a condition for implementing United Nations resolutions on granting independence to Namibia. Angola wants South Africa to pull its troops out of Angola and stop supporting Unita, which has fought a civil war against Luanda for 13 years. South Mrica, Angola, Cuba and the United States will be represented at the Cairo talks, which are taking place today after a protracted dispute over the venue.

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BEING in detention withou,t trial is no joke, as Jason Angula and countless others who have been detained for months on end, will be able to confirm. But if my relatively short (compared to other longterm detainees) five days in detention has taught me anything; it is that the advocates of such draconian laws and the reprehensible system of detention without trial, should themselves be compelled to go through a period of detention without trial before legislating that such a practice becomes the law of the land. LAWMAKERS, politicians and other authorities in favour of detention without trial, such as the police, who recently drew up a document which makes the practice of detention without trial look almost tame in comparison to what they have in mind for this country, should themselves be compelled to undergo a compulsory period of detention without trial before advocating or legislating in favour of laws such as AG 9, AG 26 and the many other forms of 'security' legislation which exist in this country. Who can know what it is like to be held in solitary confinement, without access to lawyers, without fresh air and exercise, and subject only to periods of questioning or interrogation to punctuate the days, months and even years of silence; unless they have experienced it themselves? In this country we refer in particular to the present interim government, to the police, to the South African authorities, the army and others, who uphold and make use of this system to silence political opponents who may have committed no crime. What is worse, is that the South African authorities, and their appointees in Namibia, have adopted this system, have made it their own, yet would be the very first to squeal, were something like this to happen to them. They are also setting an example to future governments of this country. Were a Swapo government, for instance, to come to power, and detain indefinitely present interim government ministers, highranking police officials and others, the storm from the quarters of their mentors in the South African Government, would be immense. Let the present interim government, who have long since claimed to have drawn up, and implemented a Bill of Rights; and who have condemned 'security' legislation, and expressed the intent to bring it into line with the said Bill of Rights; but who have dragged their feet on this matter because they see it (and indeed use it) as a weapon against their political opponents, all go into detention without trial before they advocate or implement such a system. What is fast becoming known as the 'AG 9 club' in Namibia (those who have been detained under this 'security' legislation for periods of up to 30 days, renewable) has a ~ainly black membership. Only few whites have been held in this manner. And probably all of those many hundreds who have been held in this manner, are classified as 'left-wing' or 'progressive'. And out of the many hundreds, once again, probably no more than a handful have ever been brought to trial. This leads one to the almost foregone conclusion that (most of) those detained in this manner have committed no crimes; and are 'guilty' only of exercising their legitimate political opinions in opposition to the government. What can be, and what ever has been, achieved by a system of detention without trial? The authorities can ban people and . events and organisations left, right and centre; they can prohibit gatherings; they can arrest and detain people without trial; they can unleash all the draconian forces at their disposal; but they will never silence the idea and will only increase the bitterness. And these are the same people who have the temerity to claim to want to prevent happening in Namibia what is said to be happening in the rest of Africa! They claim they want to prevent one-party rule, and other dictatorial and totalitarian systems. . It is they instead, who are guilty of crimes against their own people; and it is no wonder that such people, who are holding the reins of power in this country because of the magnanimity of the colonial ruler, are .afraid to face up to democratic tests at the ballot box. To the South African authorities, their police, army and appointees in Namibia, we say: you will never silence the will of the people which strives only for the exercise of their selfdetermination, no matter what draconian measures you may employ to quiet the masses. And you may break some, but you will not break the will of all, and their aspirations to be free. And by implementing systems such as detention without trial, you will only succeed in heaping further bitterness on your heads. While you claim to be striving for reconciliation, you are actually fomenting only hostility and anger, and you are closing the democratic channels open to the people to protest against, and change a system which was never their choice · in the first place. .

GWEN Lister, 34-year-old editor of The Namibian, was released on Tuesday after five days in detention without trial. Ms Lister's arrest last Friday, in terms ofsecurity legislation Proclamation AG9 of 1977, concerned a document which came into the newspaper's possession recently_ In the lead story in last week's edition, The Namibian published exerpts from the contents of the document after police had confiscated the document from the newspaper offices on Thursday: The document, a proposed draft law for sweeping new powers to the Commissioner of Police, was a ' police' document regarded as confidential. Last Friday afternoon, at approximately 15hOO, Colonel Willem Nel of the Security Police and Colonel Harry Homann arrived at the offices of The Namibian. They informed Ms Lister that she was being arrested in terms of Proclamation AG9, which provides for detention without trial for up to 30 days. She was then taken to the Windhoek Central Police Station and questioned. It emerged that the police were more concerned about the source ofthe document than they were the pUblication thereof, although police also warned Lister that charges were being in-. vestigated in connection with publication of exerpts of the said document. Ms Lister was told that she was free to go at any time -just as soon as she revealed the name of the person who had allegedly given her the document. However, she consistently refused to do so, saying that under AG 9 she was not prepared to make statements of any sort. . Placed in isolation in a tiny cell, Ms Lister was periodically interrogated by Colonel Nel.

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But what of the future? Vaccination programmes do currently exist, against foot-and-mouth, lung sickness and anthrax. Vaccination is not compulsory and certain areas are not reached -so at this stage vaccination is helpful, but certainly not acomplete solution. . A new lung-sickness vaccine was developed recently by the veterinary laboratory in Windhoek, which is safer and more effective than previous vaccines used. This, at least, bodes well for the future. It seems unlikely that a complete eradication programme against lungsickness will be possible. The process is a lengthy one, requiring an organised infrastructure and . regular testing, and seems impossible in an area of communal farming where a war situation is present. Until now, stock inspectors have been poorly trained and supervised, and are not making much contribu-

tion. The regular sight of army personnel escorting veterinary personnel has not helped much to create an atmosphere of trust and co-operation either. Another drawback of an eradication programme is' that it requires slaughteriri'g of diseased animals, and it is not clear whether compensation would be available to farmers. Sources indicate that a process is being envisaged whereby the Red Line will be moved northwards, section by section, as control measures are carried out individually in selected areas. This will be slow and tedious, but might well be the only practicable approach. One small thorn in this scientific argument is thatforthe Red Line to be effecti ve, veterinary personnel should be constantly controlling the gates such as that at Oshivello. None ofthe people spoken to for this article had seen veterinary officials at these control points on the Lirie in recent times. Veterinary Services will have to jack up its act if it wants to avoid accusations that it is simply a frontfor an army which is hungry for control.

WHITE ADMIN AGREES TO TRANSFER 'WHITE' TEACHERS COLLEGE THE Executive Committee of the White Administration in Namibia has decided in principle that the Windhoek Teachers' Training College c o uld be transfe rred to another institution. The Acting Chairman of the Administration, Mr J annie de Wet, said the White Administration still reserved t he right to train white teachers in this country. Sapa reports that he said an appraisal would bemade of the property value of the College with a view to negotiations with the University of Namibia and other educational institutions for the transfer ofownership. (Some weeks ago The Namibian reported that such a transfer was in the offing, but at the time, the Academy could not confirm such reports). Such negot iations, Mr de Wet went on, would not involve the exchange of campuses between the 'Teachers Training College and Uni'v ersity of Namibia. The Administration for Whites would investigate the establishment of a teachers' training college on a smaller property. He said the transfer ofthe College would be done without disruption oflectures.

The Windhoek Teachers' Training College has been at the centre of criticism since it was opened in 1979 with 110 students. The College could accomodate some 2000 students, but through severe under-utilisation, a number of lecture theatres and auditoriums remained empty through the years. News reports said that only 35 new students had enrolled at the st art of this year at the sprawling campus which has tennis and squash courts, libraries, refectories, a rugby field with

stadium 'a nd an Olympic-sized swimmingpool. At present there were at least 200 students of the Academy, which includesthe University of Namibia, living in hostels on the Windhoek campus, but in terms of an agreement with the City Council, they have to move out at the end of next year. Certain residents in t he vicinity of t he Academy hostels in Windhoek West, have complained t hat t he students created disturbances and behaved in a n unruly manner.

THE JULY STREET MARKET

(Saturday, July 2) will be held at the Windhoek Station Everyone is welcome to attend

Friday June 24 1988

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Principles and ethics and are things normal? THERE is one thing the security police should understand about journalists, especially journalists with principles and ethics (and we're not talking about those on the Koevoet Koerant).

they go to the journalist - instead of relying on their own resources and conducting thei r own investigation. Detain the innocent to get at the guilty ... yeah! Gwen Lister studied Logic and Ethics at university once, and I Newspaper people who h ave these qualities are not going to believe it should he compulsory for divulge information if they are every policeman to do the same locked up in a cell. especially ifhe intends going into the security division. They might, of their own free The AWB circus came to town will, volunteer information at last Saturday and ET stood there, some stage or another· depending his voice echoing off the resounon the circumstances (and the reward). ding crags. But really, Mr Plod, don't throw He wasn't detained was he? 01. them in jail and then ask them to no, he could stand up in public and talk. instill racial fear and loathing in It might work with politicians his 100 supporters and know he and civil servants, who are was safe. renowned for their lack of moral Andreas Shipanga, Moses Katand ethical standards. jiuongua and Fanuel Kozonguizi In many cases ajournalist has as - you allow E.T. to come into this his source one ofthese people, but, country, but do you have idea what for example, when last was a . he has in mind for you? Cabinet minister detained under It was interesting, too, to see a security legislation in this traffic cop parked off the road country? directing people to the AWB Now ifthe police want to find out. meeting. Maybe the Windhoek from where a story has leaked, Traffic Department will send out

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some men to do the same at the next Swapo meeting? And then there was the strike, wi th the face of Moses looking out of the television set to tell the nation that t he st ayaway was a "flop". Somehow I can't help t hinking t hat if SWABC-TV never had an all-white staff, Moses might not have got the opportunity to tell us this. Closely adhering to his government's motto of 'national unity', the Health Minister also told us that the handful who never went to work were "exclusively Ovambo-speaking" . The interim government's regularfoot-in-mouth attempts at eradicating tribalism and ethnicity could only have been 'compounded by our Mo telling the country that if you hire someone who speaks Ovambo, sooner or' later he is going to refuse to come to work (ifnot stab you in the head when your back is turned). Yes definitely, in fact Namibia is in the state it is because there are certain people who still insist on

WEEKEND FUN FOR CHILDREN THE Wildlife Society of Southern Africa will hold an art workshop for children from June 27 to 29. The workshop will be held at the ROssing Education Centre in Rand Street, Khomasdal, from oslioo to 12hOO every morning and a number of art teachers will be on hand t o assist the children i n the - various age categories. There is no entry fee, and paper, paint

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