THERE'S'SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE IN THE NAMIBIAN AND'FOCUS!

• NOTHING'S changed in the war zone: when security forces were accused of transporting bodies of dead guerrillas in this manner in the past, they denied these reports. But this photograph was taken near Tsandi in the far north last week and shows the body of a dead PLAN fighter tied to a police Casspir. Nothing seems to have changed!

EACE SIGHT? Mount Etjo Declaration adopted by SA, Angola and Cuba

SOUTH AFRICA, Cuba and Angola last night agreed on principles with a complex set of procedures to restore peace in Namibia. The procedures are aimed at'returning Swapo forces inside Namibia to bases north or the 16th latitude inside Angola.

it was on March 31 before the fight­ing broke out. Mr Botha said.

The Declaration reaffirmed the commitment of all the parties to obligations contained in the fmal New York Peace Accord oflast December 22 for the peaceful resolution of the. conflict in the south western region of Africa, and in conformity with UN Security Council Resolution 632 of February 16 this year.

The parties agreed to a join pack­age of recommendations reflected in the Mount Etjo Declaration. The three countries urged Mr de Cuellar to adopt all necessary measures for "the most rapid and concrete deploYment of Untag so that it can fully and effectively carry out its mandate" .

"The security and protection of the Swapo elements and of the secu­rity f<reeS in Nanubia enjoy the highest level of importance". the three coun­tries said in a joint Mount Etjo Dec­laration.

"As of the signing of this docu­ment, it will be considered that the Swapo forces will be able to deploy with full safety to the established assembly point".

Two days of talks among the three countries ended at Mount Etjo game and safari lodge in Namibia, attended by United States and Soviet Union officials as observers.

The leader of the South African delegation. Foreign Affairs Minister Pik Botha, said on his arrival at Mrunt Etjo tonight the joint declaration would be sent to the Un Secretary General. Mr Javier Perez de Cuellar.

"I hope the Security Council will have informal discussions and the

President of the Security Council will come out with a statement in support of this document".

Mr Botha said Swapo insurgents would beconfmed to bases in Angola for at least six weeks, and monitored by Untag.

All the governments that anended the deliberations were fully in agree­ment on the contents of the docu­ment.

"We have no differences of opin­ion" that the situation in Namibia should be brought back to normal as

They appealed to UN member states to give their full cooperation to the carrying out of Untag's task.

... and Swapo orders combatants to pull back • Meanwhile Swapo has ordered combatants or its military wing, PLAN, inside Namibia to stop fighting, regroup and report to Angola within 72 hours under the escort of Untag.

In a statement yesterday, the Namibian liberation movement called on Untag to announce without delay the time and locations where Plan fighters could assembly before departing to Angola "with their arms".

In a press release, Swapo President Sam Nujoma said his organisation decided to end the fighting in order to prevent the collapse of the UN Plan for the independence of Narnibia. Sw~po, he added, had made this difficult decision' against the wishes of the combatants' because it was convinced this was in the long term interest ofNarnibia. He added Swapo had made this concession fully aware that the refusal by South Africa to allow Plan combatants to-be confined to base and be monitered by Untag as a-unilateral abrogation of one of the key provisions of Resolution 435 .• 'W$! are also aware of the deep feelings and complete de­termination of our armed cadres inside Namibia to fight and die for their right to be under confinement in their one and only motherland" he said.

The Swapo leader added that although it was clear the UN plan provided clearly for the confinement of Swapo troops to assembly poin~inside Namibia after the ceasefrre came into effect, • 'we have decided to make a concession on this issue beca~e we realised that South Africa fears that such assembly points will make Swapo win the planned UN supervised elections".

2 Monday April 1 0 1989

ALTHOUG.H the Soutb Afri­can government has repeatedly claimed that it was Swapo's military forces whicb broke the cease fire agreement tbat began at 4am on Saturday, April 1, there is no independent evidence or documentary proof to sup­port this assertion.

In particular, the statement by Foreign Affairs Minister Pik Botha, on April 7 , that' 'Swapo undertook to be confmed to bases north of the 16th parallel at least from April 1, 1989, where they would be monitored by UNT AG" has no basis in the texts of the UN plan or the Geneva Protocol.

Firstly, the exact movements of armed forces on the ground prior to and immediately after the ceasefrre remains a matter of contention be­tween Swapo and South Africa. Nevertheless, witnesses point to the peaceful nature of the Swapo forces' behaviour prior to being subject to a surprise attack by the South African armed forces later on Saturday. All the evidence points to South African forces firing first, to the lack of warning given to the Swapo combatants ahd to the absence of an UNT AG inter­vention to sqJ8flI1C the opposing forces.

Secondly, no documentary sup- ' port can be found for South Africa's assertions that Swapo forces are not entitled to assemble at bases within Namibia, and that they should have been redeployed north of the 16th parallel in Angola by the time of the ceasefrre on April 1.

The texts of both the UN plan for Namibia's independence, as well as the Geneva Protocol and Swapo's commitment to the latter, contain no provisions which prohibit Swapo armed forces movements into, or ~ide, Namibia or southern Angola prior to the formal ceasefrre on April I, aM no JrOVism which deny Swapo combatants inside Namibia at the time of the ceasefrre the right to assemble in UN-monitored bases in Namibia.

When Resolution 435 was adopted by the UN Security Council in 1978, the'proposals it approved (contained in documents S/12636, S/12827 and S/12869) provided for "a cessation of all hostile acts by all parties and the restriction of South African and Swapo armed forces to base". The United Nations would commence monitoring such arrangements from the frrst day of the transition and would "begin infiltration prevention and border surveillance".

Nowhere in these principal docu­ments is there a suggestion that Swapo armed forces operating inside N a­nubia at the time of the formal CCl9:fire would not be restricted to bases in Namibia.

Indeed, the texts infer that the provisions apply only to Namibia and to no other territory.

This assumption is borne out by a subsequent letter from the South African Prime Minister, Mr PW Botha, to the UN Secretary General, Mr Kurt Waldheim, on March 15,1979, where he confrrmed the South Afri­can government's support for Il "military deployment plan for UNT AG" which states, inter alia, that: "Swapo members restricted to base inside Namibia according to S/ 12636 must be given the facilities to vote" ,

The plan clearly provides for Swapo military bases inside Namibia, as well as for the peaceful return of Swapo armed personnel outside Namibia. Mr botha stated at the time that' 'this document was drawn up to avoid any misunderstandings and different interpretations of the prac­tical implementation of the settle­ment proposal. Indeed, it is based entirely on the settlement proposal."

Although the Secretary General, in his reply, did not accept the docu­ment as a totally accurate interpreta­tion of the UN plan, he certainly did accept the provisions about Swapo bases inside Namibia.

He drew attention to his report of

THE NAMIBIAN

WHO BROKE THE CEASEFIRE?

No proof to support SA assertion of Swapo violation

IN THIS ANALYSIS the Namibia Communications Centre (NCC) examines the controversial issue of the ceasefire as well as the confinement to base of the various forces.

February 26, 1979, where he stated that: "any Swapo armed forces in Namibia at the time of the ceasefrre will likewise be restricted to base at designated locations inside Namibia to be specified by the Special Repre­sentative after necessary consulta, tion" .

Although this document, S/13120, was not specifically adopted by the Security CmD1cil, it was clearly bases upon agreements between the par­ties.

In his letter (S/13173 of March 15, 1979) toMr PWBotha, the Secretary General said: "I wish to assure you once again that the relevant sentence of this paragraph concerning 'any Swapo armed forces in Namibia at the time of the ceasefrre' referred precisely to such forces and was designed exclusively to solve the practical problem that might be cre­ated by the presence of any such forces. I take it from the numerous reports I have received from your government of armed Swapo activity within Namibia, that you agree that there may be some such forces pres­ent in Namibia at the time of the ceasefrre."

of the UN Plan for Namibian inde­pendence contain any references to the right of Swapo armed forces in­side Namibia at the time of the for­mal ceasefire to assemble in UN­monitored bases inside Namibia.

The Geneva Protocol and the obli­gations of Swapo armed forces Para­graph 5 of this Protocol, signed on August 51988 between the govern­ments of Angola, Cuba and South Africa, states that "Angola and Cuba shall use their good offices so that, once the total withdrawal of South African troops from Angola is com­pleted, and within the contex t also of the cessation of hostilities in Na­mibia, Swapo' s armed forces will be deployed to the north of the sixteenth parallel' , . Although S wapo was not a signatory to the Treaty, Swapo de­clared a unilateral ceasefrre on Au­gust 12 and stated its commitment to abide by the Protocol. On March 18, 1989, when formally accepting the UN-proposed ceasefrre to be effec­tive from 4.00am Saturday April 1, Swapo again confrrmed its accep­tance of the Geneva Protocol.

Once armed clashes broke out a few hours after the formal ceasefrre, the South African Government at­tempted to interpret the Geneva Protocol to mean that all Swapo armed forces should have, by then, been

redeployed north of the sixteenth parallel in Angola. This assertion is part of South Africa's attempts to deny Swapo's right to UN monitored bases inside Namibia.

However, Pretoria's reading of paragraph five of the Protocol is clearly a misinterpretation of the wording. The conditional phrase in the clause ...... within the context also of the cessation of hostilities in Namibia ... " can only refer to the start of the UN proposed ceasefrre in Namibia at 4.00am on April 1. This was the only date and time that the South African Government had committed itself to for the start of the cessation of hos­tilities in Namibia. Pretoria had not reciprocated Swapo's unilateral ceasefrre inside Namibia of August 14.

Therefore, what Swapo commit­ted itself to, and what the Angolan and Cuban governments were pledged to assist with, was the peaceful de­ployment of Swapo armed forces in Angola north of the sixteenth paral­leI once theceasefrre was established in Namibia ie. after 4.00am on April 1. Since the Protocol nowhere amends the provisions of Resolution 435, but in fact gives general endorsement to the Plan, it can only be meant that Swapo armed forces inside Namibia at the start of the formal ceasefrre in

Namibia should await monitoring by the UN bases in Namibia - and if the DMZ provisions are still applicable, Swapocombatants inside Namibia at the time of the ceasefrre should at the very least have fourteen days to vacate the 50 km border zone in accordance with Untag monitors.

Strictly speaking, as a cessation of hostilities in Namibia does not yet exist, and seems to have existed only for amatterofhours,Swapo' s armed forces in Angola have no obligation in tenns of the Geneva Protocol to relocate themselves notth of the six­teenth parallel.

CONCLUSION

During the last week, a massive campaign of blame has been put upon Swapo for the tragic events which began near Okahenge. An objective and fair appraisal of the tenns of the agreements shows, however, that Swapo's armed forces acted within the tenns of the Geneva Protocol and appear to be motivated by a reason­able and sincere understanding of the complex provisions of the UN Plan.

The only possible doubt about Swapo's forces strict conformity to the terms of the peace agreements concerns the limited matter of whether some Swapo combatants crossed the northern border in the few hours after 4 .00 am on April 1 and the time at which the ceasefire broke down the same day. When considered against the violent action of the South Afri­can forces, and the drastic breach of the terms of the UN plan by forces apparently authorised by the Special Representative (and which require further detailed analysis) any breach by the Swapo forces appears to pale into insignificance.

Most crucially, it is impossible to fmd any textual agreement within the UN plan for Namibia's independ­ence or the Geneva Protocol to sup­port the claims of the South African Government

The South AfriCan govennnent then sought to delay implementation of the the UN plan through various objectims, one of them being to oppose the concept of Swapo bases inside Namibia as presented in S/13120. It was then that the so-called demilita­rized zone (DMZ) proposals were proposed in October 1979 and agreed on by Swapo, South Africa, Angola and Zambia in early 1980. However, these provisions made no specific reference to Swapo bases inside Namibia. It is not clear what is the meaning of the sentence: "Swapo forces would be excluded from the selected locations", i.e. from tem­paarily exempted sites within a 5<lcrn­wide DMZ either side of the northern

'435. ALLOW SWAPO BASES'

. border, but in any case it should be noted that the DMZ was intended to only come into existence 14 days after the formal ceasefrre (S/13862 of March 31, 1980). In other words, the DMZ provisions allows Swapo armed forces inside Namibia at the time of the ceasefrre up to 14 days to leave a zone 50kms either side of the border. This would still not necessar­ilydeny Swapo the right to assemble in UN-monitored bases outside the DMZ. In any event, the DMZ pro­posal was not specifically recalled or approved in any Security Council decisions on Namibia and therefore its binding status is not as clear as the principle 435 texts.

Subsequently, in July 1982, Swapo and South Africa reached an agree­ment with Angola and Zambia that "UNTAG, with the co-operation of host governments, and in the context of the implementation of Security Co\Dlcil Resolution 435 (1978), wood monitor Swapo bases in Angola and Zambia."

This decisim nowhere denies Swapo the right to assemble in UN-moni­tored bases inside Namibia.

Rather, it conforms to the under­standing in the principal documents adopted by Resolution 435 as stated above. The provision was incorpo­rated into paragraph 35 of the Secre­tary General's report of January 23, 1989, (S/20412) which was formally approved by the Security Council in Resolution 632 of February 16,1989.

No other provisions agreed as part

and it was SA which broke the ceasefire SWAPO's London office said in a press release on April 8 that the UN Plan, envisaged in Resolution 435 of the UN Security Council "does allow Swapo to have bases in Namibia" •

Swapo added that the South Afri­can government 'in cahoots' with the United Nations, were using interna­tional ignorance of the provisions of the UN plan in order to justice South Africa's own 'violations of 435.

" South Africa clearly relishes the extent to which it has duped the inter­national media about the content of the plan. The UN has never made available a comprehensive document detailing all the terms of the plan. Now, fearing the South Africans will dump the plan if they do not have their way, these UN officials are attempting to bounce Swapo into new arrangements never envisaged in the Plan" the statement said.

Swapo added that Resolution 435 was essentially a series of agree­ments between the two parties to the conflict in Namibia, namely South Africa and Swapo. 'The UN Secretary General emphasised to the Geneva 'pre-implementation meeting' in January 1981 that there could be no going back on agreements already made. He dwelt on this issue pre­cisely because the SA regime wanted to go back on issues already agreed.

Security Council documents S/ 12827, S/12636 and S/I2869 aptroved of in paragraph 1 of Resolution 435, require theconfmementof all Swapo and SA forces to base at the time of theceasefire. When 435 was adopted the entire operation was envisaged as taking place within the borders of Namibia, Swapo said. It emphasised

that .. the confmement to base of these forces could only be within Namibia".

This was again reflected in para­graph 11 of the Secretary General's report to the Security Council of February 26,1 979 (S/13120) where he stated that "any Swapo armed forces in Namibia at the time of the ceasefrre will likewise be restricted to base at designated locations inside Namibia to be specified by the Spe­cial Representative after the neces­sary consultations".

"That agreement has not been superceded by any later agreement and we challenge any Untag official or anyone else to demonstrate the contrary" Swapo said.

Correspondence between P W Botha, the then SA Prime Minister and the Un Secretary General con­firmed the assertion that SA had agreed to confinement of Swapo forces to bases in Namibia. Botha told the Secretary General in a letter dated March 15 1979, (S/13172) that the January 1979 document he attached "was drawn up to avoid any misun­derstanding and differing interpreta­tions of the practical implementation of the settlement proposal". In this document, the Swapo press release went on, it stated clearly that refer­ence in the original proposal to Swapo' S

, 'restriction to base ... does not make sense unless 'bases' also refers to bases inside Namibia". Elsewhere it stated that "Swapo members restricted

to base inside Namibia according to S/12836 must be given the facilities to vote".

"The SA Government tried to wriggle out of the agreement on re­striction to base of Swapo forces indie Namibia by claiming that Swapo had no bases inside Namibia. The UN Secretary General retorted in a letter also dated 15 March 1979 that his reference to "any Swapo armed forces in Namibia at the time of the ceasefrre ... referred precisely to such forces and was designed exclusively to solve the practical problem that might be created by the presence of such forces".

South Africa's attempt to back­track on the agreement and the fail­ure of Untag to make any sort of provision for Swapo forces inside Namibia at the time of the ceaseflIe "is a failure on the part of both South Africa and Untag to implement Reso­lution435 effectively and honestly" Swapo added.

The 16th parallel provision of the Geneva Protocol applied only "within the context .. , of the cessation of hostilities in Namibia" and does not and cannot interfere with agreements reached between the two parties and incorporated in 455, Swapo stated.

The statement concluded by say­ing that: "The fighting broke out because South African forces attacked Swa~orces who were seeking to be

cont, on next page

NUNWON THE WAR 'Swapo had every right to

send reinforcements' By Da'oud Vries

WHEN PLAN combatants were "murdered callously" the war resumed and Swapo had "every right to send in reinforcements," the General-secretary of the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN), Mr Ben Ulenga, said at a press conference called by the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW).

The press conference was held to infonn the newsmedia about the facts surrounding the incident which led to the resumption of war.

Mr Ulenga said the current crisis started when South African-led forces attacked Plan fighters who had no intentions of attacking South Afri­can soldiers.

South Africa 1roke the 435 ceasefire agreement by opening fire on Plan fighters who were not provocative in any way. he said.

In tenns of the settlement plan. he said. Plan fighters. who were at the time of the ceasefrre inside the coun­try. were to be confmed to bases in Namibia.

"Plan fighters inside Namibia at the time of implementation were therefore not in breach of the ceasefxre and the independence plan." Mr Ulenga said. _

Mr Ulenga said that the NUNW was demanding the "replacement" of the UN Secretary General Repre­sentative in Namibia. Mr Manti Ahtisaari. and ask what right he had to " authorise the redeployment of South Africa murder squads?"

The call by South Africa and Mr Ahtisaari that Plan canbatants should withdraw or be repatriated from Namibia was "absurd" he said.

Mr Anton Lubowski. the Treasury ofNUNW. said that both Swapo and South Africa was entitled to bases inside the country.

The ceasefrre between the colonial power and Swapo was based on reso­lution 435 and not on the Geneva Protocol. he said.

Swapo was not a signatory to the Geneva Protocol which stipulates that Plan fighters should be withdraw to bases above the 16th parallel. Mr Lubowski explained.

"The claim that Swapo has at any time agreed to the withdrawal of combatants behind the 16th parallel is a figment of imagination." Mr Ulenga said.

The truth, he said, was that the protocol was between Cuba, Angola and South Africa and that Sw apo was not a negotiating partners.

"We are busy with a 1978 docu­ment and it states nowhere the escort of Plan combatants," Mr Lubowski said.

The movement of the Swapo fight­ers across the borders had been there

before the ceasefrre, he said. Mr Ulenga added that since 1966

there was "no time thllt there were no Swapo fighters" in Namibia.

Mr Lubowski said that Swapo was not insisting on having basis inside Namibia, "the question to be dealt with is the physical presence" of Swapo fighters in the country before the commencement of the cease fire.

"The NUNW position is that Swapo fighters inside Namibia be confmed to bases in the country, armed or disarmed, " Mr Lubowski said.

He lashed out at the UN and said that it was clear that Untag was not prepared to put up a UN flag where Swapo fighters could hand themselves over.

In conclusion Mr Ulenga said that NUNW, representing 60 ()()() work­ers· of the total workforce in Na­mibia, was demanding for the "ef­fective" deployment of the Untag forces.

ANGOLA READY TO RECEIVE FIGHTERS PRESIDENT Eduardo Dos Santos

said last night his country was ready to receive Swapo guerrillas with­drawing from Namibia, to help re­store peace to the territory.

Da; San10s made the offer in Luanda after Swapo leader Sam Nujoma ordered Swapo fighters inside Na­mibia on Saturday to stop fighting and pull back to Angola within 72 hours.

The Angolan President said peacekeeping forces of the UN should guarantee the proection and orderly entry of the Swapo guerrillas into Angola.

Western diplomats said that Presi­dent Dos Santos had persuaded Mr Nujoma to back down from his pre­vious refusal to withdraw his forces from Namibia, where they have been fighting for eight days against SA­led police and IroOt>s. South Africa. fully backed by the US, insisted the guerrillas be pulled out and confmed to bases in Angola.

THE NAMIBIAN Monday April 10 1989 3

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l , fl .,.t 1"$ -BEN Ulenga and Anton Lubowski at the press conference,

CHARADES ON A FAR IN AFRICA

IN an attempt to stop the fighting in northern Namibia, a 56-member delegation of government officials from Pretoria, Havana, Washington, Luanda and Moscow, meton a privately-owned farm in Namibia on Saturday.

The delegations stayed overnight on Mount Etjo farm, owned by Mr Jan Oelofse, outside Otjiwarongo.

The talks were conducted in an army tent on the grounds of the farm, and journalists drove up from Wind­hoek on Saturday morning for what turned out to be little more than a 'photo opportunity'.

More than one journalist was heard voicing the suspicion that the South Africans were attempting to get the press corps out of Windhoek, or away from the north, for one or other sin­ister reason. The round trip from the capital involved a drive of more than six hours, and some members of the 30-strong media contingent were disappointed that valuable time had been wasted for the sake of filming or photographing the likes of SA Foreign Minister Pik ~otha and the soon-to-resign Chester Crocker.

After posing for several minutes on the lush grass of Mount Etjo, and grinning at each other while passing

frivolous remarks, the delegations returned to the army tent.

Mr Botha got the jump on the others by releasing a 'statement' to the press, before talks had even got underway. The 'statement' was in effect a letter to the UN chief, Javier Perez de Cuellar, and must have been issued before Mr de Cuellar had even received it.

Mr Botha' s letter said he noted with "great concern your remark to the effect that you have not received a response from the South African government to your suggestion re­garding a ceasefrre and the choice which Swapo would have to return north of latitude 16 degrees or to remain unarmed in Namibia".

H.e pointed out that surely the Secretary General and the Security Council would agree it was "indis­putable" that Swapo must retreat north of the 16th parallel, and that Swapo must there be confmed to bases and monitored by UNTAG.

He added that Swapo must remain restricted to base for at least six weeks, and that Swapo forces could then be "repatriated peacefully un­der UN supervision through desig­nated entry points between week 6 and week 9 from the date of implem­entation of Resolution 435".

Mr Botha said the "mere thought" that the South African government might contemplate Swapo forces being confined to bases in Namibia "came as a personal shock to me".

He pointed out to the UN chief that he remembered the day that Mr de Cuellar met with Mr PW Botha and himself in Pretoria.

"On that occasion, you personally assured us that you would expect all the parties to comply with Resolu­tion 435 as well as the subsequent understandings and agreements.

"By that time, Mr Sam Nujoma had already replied to you in his letter of August 12, 1988,in which he accepted the Geneva Protocol," Pik Botha said.

He added: " There can be no doubt that your proposal would amount to a unilateral amendment of the Geneva Protocol, the Trilateral Agreement and of the understandings and agree­ments reached subsequent to 1978."

He said that ifMrde Cuellar or the Security Council wanted torenegoti­ate Resolution 435, as well as all other agreements, "my government is in principle prepared to consider such a proposal" .

He stressed that his government w as not proposing the revision of any agreement, but that Mr de Cuellar's proposals" amount to a proposal for revision".

contJrom previous page confmed to base by Untag. Those military forces (they were not po­lice) should have been confmed to base and it is they who broke the ceasefrre. Untag should have reported these violations of the UN Plan to the Security Council but did not. There has been gross misrepresentation of what the plan contains. The least we could have ex pected of the Secretary General 's Special Representative, Mr Manti Ahtisaari and his senior offi­cials is that they familiarise them­selves with the UN plan and honestly pursue its implementation. The de­plorable collaboration by Untag offi­cials with the Pretoria regime has meant that Swapo has been done a grave injustice while Namibians suffer and die at the hands of those who are still, let us not forget, in illegal occu­pation of our country".

SOUTH Africans, Cubans, Russians, Americans and Angolans assembled on a farm near Otjiwarongo for an extraordinary meeting orthe Joint Military Monitoring Commission (JMMC) on Saturday and Sunday. Journalists were allowed a few minutes to photograph the body of men. Pik Botha is pictured third from left and Chester Crocker third from right

Mr Botha said: "In order for my government to consider whether it can continue to comply with its commitments, I should be grateful to be informed whether the Security Council intends complying with its decision formulated in Resolution 632 of February 16.1989, endorsing the peace pl~ and all its compo­nents."

The letter was signed by Mr Botha at Mount Etjo on Saturday ..

4 Maandag April 10 1989

435 gee leerlinge kort jaar Deur Pius Dunaiskl

LEERLINGE van skole in Namibie gaan reeds vanjaar in Septem­ber eind-eksamens skryf in 'n poging om die moontlike ontwrigting wat landwye verkiesings in November teweeg kan bring, te omseil. 'n Ondersoek in dii verband is reeds weke oon die gang en binne twee weke behoort 'nfinale besluil hieroor deur die land se tussentydse on­derwysowerheid geneem te word.

Die inligting het oor die naweek uitgelek ondanks pogings om dit toe te hou.

Toe Focus gistenniddag vir dr. Louis Burger, direkteur van on­derwyshulpdienste van die Departe­ment van N asiona!e Opvoeding by sy woning in Windhoek telefonies opgespoor het, het dit voorgekom asof hy 'n kombers oor die aangeleen­theid wou trek.

Hy het egter men dat sy departe­ment 'n ondersoek van stapel gestuur het om die moontlikheid te onder­soek om die eind-eksamens vanjaar taamlik te vervroeg in die lig van die VV-Res. 435-verkiesing wat in die eerste week van November gehou word.

Dr. Burger was gou om te beklemt­oon dat daar nog geen fmale besluit hieroor geneem is nie.

Volgens hom het sy departement reeds verskeie samesprekinge met " belanghebbendes" gevoer en net posi tiewe reaksies is ontvang. Nog gesprelcke sal gevoer word voordat daar ' n finale beslwt geneem word.

, 'Alma! voel dat eksamens en verkiesings rue lekker saam sal werk rue," het hy bygevoeg

Hy wou rue se met wie oor ,die pi anne van Nasionale Opvoeding gesels is nie.

Dr. Burger wou ook nie verdere besonderhede van sy konsep-planne bekend gemaale het rue. Hy het egter beloof dat hy binne twee weke be­hoorlik die mense van Namibe sal inlig oor die aangeleentheid.

Intussen gaan die implementering

van Res. 435 buitelands ook sny aan Namibiese skoolkinders.

Volgens pastoor G. Neusel, voor­sitter van die RRR-komitee van die Namibiese Kerkeraad (CCN), wat die hele vlugteling-kwessie behar­tig, sal die toepassing van Res. 435 rue minder as 3000 skoolkinders van vlugtelinge raak rue.

Planne word nog druk bespreelc watgedoenkan word met die skoolk­inders van die vlugtelinge, wat van rniddel aanstaande maand in groot getalle na Namibie terugkeer om deel te kom neem aan die onafhan­klikheidsproses.

Past. Neusel het die naweek by 'n konferensie van Scripture Uruon in Khomasdal die onderwys-probleem van die kinders van vlugtelinge opge­haal tydens 'n praatj ie.

Vol gens hom is daar rue minder as SO 000 vlugtelinge wat uit die buite­land verwag word nie en die RRR­komitee se ratte is reeds goed geolie om die grootse taale te kan uitvoer .

Past. Neusel het gese dui voor ­lopige planne daarop dat die CCN sal poog om skole in 'n ommesienljie in die land op te rig om die probleem van die leerlinge die hoof te probeer bied.

Dit kan ook daartoe lei dal die N amibiese leerlinge in die bui teland van hul ouers geskei kan word vir 'n tyd en dat hulle later by hul ouers in Namibie sal kan kom aansluit sodat die CCN kans gegun word om die skole op te rig. Dit sal ook nodig wees om kontimiiteit van die skooljaar te handhaaf.

Ahtisaari se Finne is mostert na die maal

DIE eerste 73 Finse troepe vir Untag het gister van die Finse hoofstad, Helsinki, na Namibie vetrek en nog 717 word binne dae verwag. Die 73 Finse troepe, wat 24 uur vertroog is, word met die Ameri­kaanse vragvUegtuig,C-S-Galaxy, na die noorde van Namibie in­gevlieg en is die eerste Untag-troepe wat posisies op die noord-grens tussen Namibie en Angola goon inneem, het 'n miUtere woordvoer­der in Helsinki gese.

H Y het bygevoeg dat die troepe rue die plofbare situasie in Namibie sa! kan ontlont nie, aangesien die meeste van hul toerusting eers mOre op Walvisbaai met 'n vragboot aankom.

Met verwysing na die bloedver­gieling in Namibie, het die woordvoer-

Oorlog eindig?

MNR. Sam Nujoma, president van Swapo, het Saterdagaand 'n beroep tot sy vegters in Namibie gedoen om teen more te hergroepeer en te onttrek. Hy het dit gedoen om verdere bloedvergieting te keer asook om te verseker dat die onafhan­klikheidsplan ingevolge Res. 435 nie in duie stort nie.

der gese die hele Namibiese Untag­operasie het 'n swale begin gehad omdat die VV so lank gemaale het om die begroting en ander vraagstukke opgelos te kry.

" As ons dit self kon organiseer, sou ons lanka! daar gewees het om die bloedvergieting te venny, " het hy bygevoeg.

Met 'n uitgebreide batta!jon van 890 sold ate, sal Finland die meeste van die 4 650 Untag-troepe in die land het.

Die troepe sal regstreeks na Groot­fontein gevlieg wool at behoort vanQag reeds naby Rundu in die Kavango ontplooi te word.

Die Maleisiers is veronderstel om in Owambo ontplooi te word, waar die hewige gevegte die afgelope tien dae tussen Swapo-guerrillas en die Suid-Afrikaanse veiligheidsmagte gewoed het.

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Hierdie foto van skoolkinders van Namibiese vlugtelinge in die Kongo is onlangs geneem. Hoewel die vlugtelinge in die buiteland seker uitsien om na hul vaderland terug te keer, gaan die ontwrigting op onderwys 'n harde werklikheid wees.

Namibie is nou bitter jeens Untag DIE diep gevoel van bitterheid wat die mense van Namibie tans jeens Untag koester, kan 'n skaduwee oor die hele vredesproses werp. S6 het mnr. Dawid de Beer van die Anti-Apartheidskomilee van Suider-Afrika, gister in Utrecht in 'n onderhoud met die Nederlandse radio gese. Hy het pas van Zimbabwe teruggekeer waar hy 'n konferensie oor Namibie bygewoon heL

Volgens mnr. De Beer beskik hy oor eerstehandse getuienis dat toe kerkleiers in Ow ambo die eerste gevegte tussen Swapo-guerrillas en die SWA Polisie aan twee van die vier Untag soldate op die grens ger­apporteer het, hulle dit nie ernstig opgeneem het nie.

"Die mense van die VV het net gese, 'Baie dankie,' teruggele at verda hul boeke gelees. Daar was 'n alge­hele gebrek aan belangstelling," het hy gesc.

In Harare het hy ook met 'n kerkleia gesels wat hom meegedeel het dat "vir jare het die gehate Koevoet-

brigade ons mense vir die Suid-M­rika Weennag se onthalwe geskie t. Die week het Koevoet mense geskiet in die naam van die VV.

"Die bitterheid van die mense van N amibie ~ens die Verenigde Volke is nou die grootste hindernis in die pad vir enige doeltreffende vrede­sproses," het nmr. De Beer bygevoeg.

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Eenghundana pauxupi LUANDA: Eediplomate doiwana hangano oda shiivifa oshivike eshi kutya ota ka ningululwa eshaino letu lepo lomatati pokati kaSouth Africa naSWAPO diva. Omupresident woSWAPO ya Namibia omushamane Sam Nuyoma okwa shiivifa molomakaya tati ye okwa ninga elombwelo _Iowina ~ yukilila ovakwaita voPlan opo va xUlirepo omaumbafano. Konima eshi omaumbafano aa a ninga oule woshivike. Ota indile opo ovakwaita aveshe va shune meekamba davo moAngola diva moule weevili 72.

WINDHOEK: Oministeli woinima yopondje omushamane Pik Botha okwa pula opo ovawiliki voSW APO va kufemo oilyo yoPLAN aishe moNamibia, okwa ti ka vena nghene ve na oku ninga vali ovena ash ike okudjamo. SWAPO okwa ti yee okuna oufemba woku tunga eekamba daye moNamibia.

DJmoUTI: Ovanhu ve Ii 4 ovafya no150,000 ova ninga eenhauki molwo oshikungulu osho sha holoka moshilongo sha Djibout oshivike shaya, osho omunambelewa ashiivifa ngaho. Oshikungulu eshi okwa Ii shakula no kwa Ii yoo sha kondeka okadolopa aka. Noma­hauto ka kwa Ii nande ta dulu okweenda meendjila.

KAMPALA: Epangelo Ia Uganda ola shiivira kutya epangelo la Kampala ota Ii yandje omakwafo kovanhu ovo va pumbwa ekwa­felo moshilongo. Osho epangelo la shiivifa molomakaya. Mepangelo la Uganda oha mu longo ovanailonga vefike lunga 239, 528 okudja oudwaali ndele omwaalu kumwe aushe 00 ha ufutwa ovanailonga ouli ashike 271, 000.

KHARTOUM: Omukifi udjuu owa holoka muSudari nowa dipaa mo ovanhu 73 oshivike shaya. Osho omukulunhu woshipangelo omundohotola Dadeq Mahjoub Alyeb ashiivira ngaho. Okwa wedako tati momafyo aa omwa kwatelwa ovanhu vomoshilando sha Khar­toum.

DAR ES SALAAM: Ovalumenhu van he mo Tanzania ova kwat­wapo melopotelo lomayoo 89 eendjamba. Osho oradio ya Dar es Salaam ya shiivifa ngaho. Ovalumenhu ava ova kwatwa po kopolifi konima eshi va hangika tava shingi oshihauto shavo va uka momukunda Namini, koushilo wa Tanzania. Vamwe vovalumenh u ava natango ova homata novena oitopira.

HONG KONG: Ebotsotso nhatu oda teya okafitola ke Ii mohotela nokufadukapo, oda vakamo oilanda yoimaliwa omamilliona 10. Osho opolifi ya shiivifa ngaho. Opolifi oya ti va vali vomuvo okwa Ii va homata eendjembo, nova teya mohotela yedina Hyatt Hotel eebotsotso edi oda fininika ovanailonga mohotela omo omo va kale va nangala pedu manga tava longo eshi va hala. Kapena ou a ehamekelwa moshiningwa esbi.

FINLAND: Finland okwa shiivifu kutya natango ota ka tuma ovak­waita vo UNTAG vefike 850 ovo ta veuya va kalelepo ehoololo moNamibia, osho oministeri womatanga a popya. Etokolo eli ola ningwa konima eshi oUN ya mona kutya natango omwaalu 00 uli moNamibia om ushona ota u hapuplifwa molwo omaum bafano 00 a kala/eli pokati koSWAPO naSouth Africa. Ovakwaita votete 73 ovafiyapo Helsinki nodila yoiwanahangano oyo ta ka enda oule weetundi 24 oku fika moNamibia. Ovakwaita vakwao 22 navo oveli molweendo ve Ii modila yoiwanahan­gano oyo ya uka koBrittanje omo tava ka londa odila oyo ta i ke va rUa koNamibia.Osho omukulunhu womatanga omushamane Pekka Hannukkala a ti. Vabapu vomovakwaita ovo vafyaala ko otava ka longekidwa nena nomongula oku ya koNamibia, osho Hannukkala ati. Ota ku tengenekwa kutya paife moNamibia omuna ovakwaita voiwana hangano vefike 1000.

Onnies soek eenheid

DRIE onderwysersverenigings in Namibie het die naweek op Tsumeb besluit om een nasionale unie daar te stel. Volgens 'n verklaring gister is 'n loodskomitee vir die stigting van die unie reeds aangewys, wat 'n konsep-grondwet voor einde vandeesmaand aan die betrokke unies se hoofbesture moet voorle. Die verenigings wat by die eenwordingspoging betrokke is, is die Namibie-Professionele Onderwysersvereniging (Napov) en die Namibie Onderwysersverenigings, Nov en Namov, wat gesament­lik 4 000 onderwysers verteenwoordig, aldus die verklaring. -Die amptelike stigting van die nuwe, groter vereniging word in Julie vanjaar voorsien terwyl die drie unies intussen ontbindingskon­gresse gaan hou. 10 die verkiaPing word ook waardering uitgespreek vir die toepassing van Res. 435, wat 'n einde gaan bring aan die versnippering van die onderwysbestel in die land. Besorgdheid word voorts uitgespreek oor die "sinnelose bloedver­gieting" in die Noorde, "wat tans 'n bedreiging vir die verdere vreedsame implementering van die onafhanklikheidsplan inhou," lui verklaring.

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Pefano eli ota pa monika omupresident ~oinima yopondje omushamane Pik Botha va fanekelwa pofaalama yedina Maunt Etjo popepi nOtjiwarongo, pefimbo leenghundafana davo pokati kaSouth Africa, Cuba, Angola naMoskou tava kundafana kombinga yonghalo yaNamibia.

Nuyoma ota ti omaumbafano naa xulifwepo ODJONGHUNDANAyaNAMPA oya shiivifa kutya, SWAPO ota indile opo ovakwaita aveshe voPLAN yaNamibia meni loshilongo opo va xuliffepo omaumbafano 00 a kala oule womafiku 6, noku hetekela opo ve Ii ongele moungudu opo ve Ii yandje koilyo yoUNTAG, SWAPO okWA shiivifila epangelo la Angola Ii kale la kwatafano noiwanahangano (UNTAG) moule weetundi 72.

SW APO Ola indilc opo oUNTAG i kale ya ninga omashiivifo diva noku ninga omashiifivo kutya opcenhele dililipipo ovakwaita voPLAN meni loshilongo ta va dulu oku loongela manga ina va shuna koAngola "noil­wifoyavo".

Paenghundafana donghela, omupre­sidente woSW APO omushamane Sam Nuyoma okwa popya tali oSW APO ya Namibia oya tokola oku xulifapo omaumbafano 00 eli po. Omupre­sidente okwa ninga natango eindilo low ina opo omaumbafano aa pokali kaSouth Africa naSW APO a xulifwepo diva 00 a kala oule woshivike. &hiiv­ifo eli ola shiivifilwa yoo ova Angola opo shiye okawi nokawi.

':Otu shishi nokutya South Africa oku Ii teli longekida oku kateka

emanguluko laNamibia", osho omupresidente woSW APO a ti. Otu shi shi yoo kutya South Africa ina hala oku Ii ufa keemhango doUN­TAG onga eudafano 010 Ii lipo paka­tokolifo koiwana hangano 435.

Omushamane Sam Nuyoma okwa wedako tati omaumbafano 00 a Ii pokali koPLAN nomakakunya oule womafiku 6 apita oshili sha yela kutya PLAN oina eduliko. OSW APO oina owino wayela kutya opena vahapu ovo vahala oku kala mondjila yokuya kemanguluko laNamibia. Okwa endulula elaka eli tati South Africa oku Ii te Ii longekida ngaashi ta dulu

- oku kala mondjila yoku ya keman­guluko.

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Febuluali, 197900 ta uti , ovakwaita voPLAN noilyo yetanga 10SADF ovena oku fminikwa opo va kale meekmba davo ngaashi sha udafanwa _ mo. &hi osha kwatelamo oilyo aishe yoSADF.

Omushamane Nuyoma okwa xulifa oshipopiwa shaye tali- oSW APO yaNamibia oya mona omangongoto eIili nokulili kcmbinga yaSouth Africa ota dipaa noku hepeka ovakwashiwana ovo vehena ondjo. Ovakwashiwana vahapu moumbangalanhu woshilongo oveli va ningwa eenhauki momaumbo avo omolwo South Africa.

Ovakwashiwana vahapu ovadipawa, omapya okwa Iyatwapo, omaumbo okwa xwikwapo nosho tuu, osho Nuyomaa ti.

Thousands attend National Day of Mourning THOUSANDS of people attended the National Day of Mourning organised by the Council of Churches in Namibia. 'Let our nation in tears remember those who have lost their lives in the .cent battles with the forces that occupy Namibia' read the poster for the remembrance service held at the Katutura Community Centre. Most of those present wore black. (More reports and pictures in tomorrow's edition).

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Swapo not to blame-Cosatu A bigb-level delegation from tbe Congress of Soutb African Trade Unions (Cosatu) met witb National Union of Namiban workers (NUNW) leaders

The Cosatu delegation included the organisation's general secretary Mr Jay Naidoo; his deputy, Mr Sid­ney Mafumadi; National Union of Mineworkers president Mr James MotIatsi; and Mr Alec Irwin, the education secretary of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA.

The labour leaders discussed

Namibia's current crisis, as well as a programme of solidarity between Cosatu and NUNW.

The meeting also noted that at a time when the Namibian people should have been celebrating their freedom from apartheid occupation, whole­sale slaughter was taking place in the north. The delegations agreed that

the only foreign aggressors in Namiba were colonial occupation forces from racist South Africa.

In a joint statement, the delega­tions said that Swapo is recognised by the majority of people in Namibia and the rest of the world as the au­thentic representative . of the Nas­mibian people.

"We therefore reject the attempt by illegitimate South African repre­sentatives and their erstwhile back­ers in Britain and the US to lay the blame for the carnage in northern Namibia at the door of Swapo," the

unionists concluded. Cosatu declared that it, "together

with the entire deomcratic move­ment in Siouth Africa," fully sup­ported Swapo and the NUNW in their struggle for self-determination and independence.

"We call particularly on those forces which are monitoring this process to act effictively and impartially, and not to collaborate with the regime which has occupied Namibia ille­gally for decades," Cosatu officials stated.

The meeting discussed the plans to

privatise public services in Namibia, and agreed on united action to stop this .

Cosatu pledged solidarity with NUNW in "a number of important areas,"

and its officials have returned to South Africa to consult its affiliated organisations about ratifying and implementing these proposals.

The meeting concluded that "the freedom of Namibia will be a solid blow to apartheid and will advance the cause of permanent peace in Southern Africa as a whole."

Mr Dirk Mudge and the Direc­tor of Sea Fisheries, Dr Jan Jurgens, have been sbarply cri­tized by the Fishing Licence Action Group (Flag) for failing to protect Namibia's marine resources.

Flag released a statement this week, saying that despite Dr Jurgens' claims, boIhhe and ~ government are unable to show how Namibia's interests were being considered in terms of:

• conservation of the marine re­sources;

• manpower development; and • capital development of Namibia's

own fisheries. Speaking on behalf of Flag, Mr

Charles Courtney-Clarke asserted that this failure to protect the resource had occured despite the fact that both Dr Jurgens and his deputy had com­mitted themselves to

'No protection of dwindling fish stocks'

was a deliberate attempt to shut Namibian fishermen out and placate the South African fishing bosses.

The immediate consequence of the grant was a dispute within the union betwen the minority white Afrikaans members on the one hand, and coloureds and blacks on the other, "who had no say in the administra­tion of the healthy fmancial rewards derived from the fishing concession. "

The character of this particular fishermen's association, Flag claims, is revealed by the fact that according to the union's chairman, Mr Bosie Kotze, black and coloured members would only be represented on the management committee by appoint­ment

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Granting the concession further­more effectively scuttled a manpower development project envisaged by Flag in partnership with the Otto Beneke Foundation'

" ... a fishing policy which will seek a balance between maximum conser­vation of Namibia's fishing resources and the exploitation of those resources to the full benefit of the country's economy".

The authorities during the term of office of the now defunct interim government stand accused of ignor­ing repeated warnings by the South African Fisheries Research Institute about a continued decrease in the population of pelagic fish. .,

Flag charges that in a telex sent to Dr Jurgens on July 27 last year the Director of the South African insti­tute, Mr G De Villiers, recommended that the pelagic fishing season be , 'closed immediately for the remain­der of the year, in order to conserve the pilchard resource' , .

The institute is further said to have provided hard scientific evidence of critically low fish resources, and recommended to the SW A Fisheries Advisory Board that the pilchard quota be decreased to no more than 27 000 tonnes for the 1989 fishing season.

The Fisheries Advisory Board and its chairman, Dr Jurgens, are accused

by Flag of having deliberately ig­nored this advice.

The organisation says that not only did Dr Jurgens extend the 1988 sea­son by three months, but he also increased the pilchard quota by 1 0 000 tons to 50 000 tons for the 1989 season, to almost double the tonnage recommended by the institute.

The main critizism against Mr Mudge is that when questioned about the reasons for the increase in the quota he gave the assurance" ... that all decisions taken are based on sci­entific data."

But Flag says he has been unable to produce any of the "scientific data" on which the interim government cabinet claimed they based their decision to increase the pilchard quota and extend the season. This, says Flag, was despite repeated requests to make the data public.

As evidence to support the argu­ments of the Cape Town scientists Flag cites the fact that when the season was extended, the pelagic fleet anyway stopped fishing after a few . weeks because it was too expensive to search for fish which werejust not

Foreign news NORWAY: A RUssian nuclear submarine wbich sank in tbe Arctic with tbe loss of about 60 lives does not seem to pose any radioactive threat to the environment, tbe Norwegian Defense Minister said. Scientists in Oslo said tests of air and water near where tbe sub sank showed no rise in radioacti"ity. Soviet authorities said that the sub's reactor bad been sbut down before it sank.

ISRAEL: An Israeli navy gunboat fired on a rubber dinghy off Lebanon on Saturday night sinking it and killing gunmen on board, ariny spokesmen said.

HAITI: The Haitian government, which narrowly survived a coup attempt last week, crushed a rebeUion at one military barracks after fierce fignting. It gave no information about a mutiny believed to be under way at another barracks, where the rebellion con tin ues.

UNITED STATES: US government experts are urging President George Bush to steer a middle course between sceptical rejection of Soviet President Mikhael Gorbachov's policies and responding with bold foreign policy initiatives, the New York Times reported.

ALASKA: The slick from the worst oil spill in American history is threatening the key fishing port of Kodiak island, the US Coast Guard Said.

there. Abnormal weather conditions

during the last two years are said to have added to the pressure on the meagre fish resources.

Flag alleges that the direCtor of the Sea Fisheries Institute had warned Dr Jurgens about the dangerous ef­fects of the prevailing warm water currents.

Flag emphatically states: "The continued decimation of the pelagic fIsh resource by South African con­cerns and their 'puppets' in the administration of Namibia is unde­nied, and clearly visible in the analy­sis of last year's pelagic landings ...

"Over 55% of the pilchard caught last year did not have a chance to spawn (reproduce). 33% of the fish, being one year old, might or might not have had the opportunity to spawn."

The over-capacity of the fishing fleet is also cause for concern, ac­cording to Flag. This year Namibia's , 'meagre" marine resource will be confronted by a fishing fleet totalling 15 000 tonnes accumulated hold capacity, capaable of catching over two million tons of fish in six months.

In stark contrast, 1968, the peak of uncontrolled over-exploitation before the industry collapsed, saw a fleet capacity of only 7 500 tonnes hold capacity - which could land 1.5 mil­lion tonnes of fish.

"The unrestricted South African fleet which in the last two years has resorted to catching the breeding stock, comprising 60% of the fish landed, is bent on destroying the small breed­ing stock that remains," Flag states.

"No quotas have been enforced to protect the horse mackerel- maas­banker and anchovy species, despite

_ evidence of critically low population levels of anchovy," it adds.

The reason for this open-ended catch policy, according to Flag, is that it allows South Africa to intro­duce new fishing vessels into Na­mibian fishing waters without hav­ing to request permission.

"This irresponsible state of affairs results in the pilchard quota being exceeded every year. Last year the South African companies exceeded the quota by more than 50%, that is, more than 20 675 tonnes," Flag accuses.

Another crucial area in which the

authorities have failed, according to Flag, is in manpower development. The organisation believes it was a big mistake to shift responsibilty for manpower development to the pri­vate sector, which over 30 years is primarily to blame for the destruc­tion of the marine resource.

Dr Jan Jurgens is also charged with being instrumental in having a

2800 tonne pilchard quota granted to the SW A Vissermansvereniging, which Flag claims consists mainly of South African fIshermen.

Granting this concession 13 days before applications closed, Flag says,

This, Flag said, was because it had no alternative but to advise the foun­dation that the feasibility study for a Marine Institute at the German School in Luderitz could only proceed when Namibians are granted the fishing concessions, ssomething "which they have been sytematically denied."

Despite repeated calls by various parties for an independent commis­sion of enquiry into the fIshing in­dustry, the authorities have so far not responded. But the need is urgent, and one thing is certain: the elected government of an independent Namibia will commission it

No legal action Zimbabwean businessman Mr Peter Mubi bas strongly denied tbat he is contemplating legal action aganist The Namibian and instead be said action is being taken against the Times of Namibia. Last week's Friday edition of Die Republikein reported tbat Mr Mubi is to act against Tbe Namibian. This foUows a story whicb reportedly appeared in The Times of Namibia to tbe effect tbat Mr Mubi was iIIegaUy in the country and engaged in 'illegal' activities. _ Mr Mubi said it is to be regretted that the integrity and standing of The Namibian was being brought into disrepute because of tbe Republikein report. Mr Mubi said that be has no doubt about the integrity of The Na~ibian staff and that in fact he is satisfied with the accuracy and fairness of the report this newspaper carried on the Angolan football team visit here and its clash with a Namibian side.

Zimbabwe monitors Zimbabwean Minister of Political Affairs Mr Eddison Zvobgowas expected in Windhoek at the weekend to head a team of Frontline States monitors during Namibian independence elections. The Frontline States monitors will be drawn from each of the member states and wiD mostly include senior officials from these governments • . Already, a team from Botswana is reported to be inside Namibia seeking to acquire office and accomodation spaces for the Frontline States Monitors under Mr Zvobgo. Botswana is understood to have undertaken to finance the Frontline States monitoring process which is put at 5.6 million rand. It is also speculated that the offices acquired on behalf of these countries'would be turned into an embassy by Botswana which will foot the bill for the project. Names of officals coming on behalf of such countries as Zambia, Botswana, Angola and others were not inhediately available nor could this be confirmed by tbe different governments at the time of going to press.

18h58: Programme Schedule 18hOO: Tbe Boy and the Book 18b05: Educational program­mes 18h30: Mof en Mat 18h40: Tbe Famous Five 19b04: Our House 20hOO: Suidwes Nuus 20b20: Tbe Lazarus Syndrome (new)

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FINLAND yesterday began to airlift 850 s?l~iers t~ join bar~­pressed UN forces in Namibia, the Defence Mm~stry said. They 'Yill join Un tag which has found itself overstretched m a week offigbtmg between SA-backed security forces and guerrillas of Swapo. A first group of 73 soldiers left on a US Air Force C-5 transport plane for Namibia, and a further 220 Finns flew aboard US aircraft to Britain where they wiD pick up flights for Namibia toda~. Most of the remaining troops and equipment would leave Fmland today and tomorrow, the Defence Ministry added.

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Bil TONGBOERE SUFFER THIRD DEFEAT

THE South West African rugby side, also known as the Biltong­boere in rugby circles, suffered their third defeat in as many outings when they went down 34-16 to Boland in a friendly match at Boland Park, Wellington, on Saturday.

Boland, who led 12-6 at the break, scored two goals, a try and six pen­alties while SWA replied with two goals and a try.

The Boland forwards impressed with their fiery play and won a stream of excellent possession for their backs to run with . Bertie Schreuder at fly­half distributed cleverly and kept the ball in front of his forwards with well placed tactical kicks .

The Biltongboere were dangerous when play was stretched and Danie van der Merwe (centre) and rightwing Gerhard Mans put in a number of fme runs but they were well checked by their opposite numbers.

Boland won excellent possession in the lineouts thanks to their locks Chris van der Merwe and Takkies Reitz but lacked pace in the loose where KaJie Jacobs (flank) was the only Boland loose forward to catch the eye.

The Biltongboere tried to run the ball at all costs but they will have to tighten up their play up front in the Currie Cup competition.

Boland fullback Pierre Schoeman contributed 22 points with six penal­ties and two conversions while the three tries were scored by Johan Groenewald (leftwing), Frans Marais (centre) and Ian Carstens (scrumhalf).

For SWA Stephan Smith (hooker) and flanks 10han Barnard and Willem Maritz scored tries while.fullback Wally Clark goaled two.

BlACKPOOl KEPT UNBEATEN RUN INTACT

GIANT Blackpool kept intact their unbeaten record with a 1-0 win over Bush Bucks in a NSL Castle League soccer match at tbe Glebe Stadium in Umlazi, on Saturday.

The visiting Blackpool took the lead in the fifth minute when a defen­sive error allowed 10hn Mosheou to head down for Goma Masongo to run on and flick past advancing Bucks keeper Neil Blankenberg.

In the second period, the hosts has territorial advantage should have equalised in the 62nd minute when makeshift striker Gavin Radford was presented with a golden opportunity, but stabbed his shot wide from close range.

The increasing frustration in the Bucks team saw coach Clive Barker and defender Norman Steenkamp both booked in the closing stages.

BROUWER CLOSED ON WORLD RANKING

UNBEATEN Australian featherweight boxer Scot Brouwer moved closer to a world ranking with a split points decision over eight rounds Saturday night against Mexican Mario Rodriguez.

Brouwer, who improved his record to 10-0 (4 knockouts), rode a quick, jab and fast feet to victory against a rugged opponent during a match here.

Two judges gave the fight to Brouwer while the other scored it a draw. Rodriguez saw his record dip to 10-5.

Commonwealth Games heavyweight gold medalist Jimmy 'Thunder' Peau of New Zealand made a successful professional debut in another fight

• on the undercard to Jeff Fenech's successful defense of his WBC Feather­weight title.

Peau, based in Melbourne, scored a fourth-round stoppage victory over experienced former Fiji National champion, Niko Degei.

SASA AND SASF IN HISTORIC UNITY TALKS

A MEETING was held in Durban on Saturday between delega­tions from the South African Soccer Association (SA SA) and the South African Soccer Federation (SASF) to discuss unity in soccer in Soutb Africa.

The historic meeting was chaired by the National Sports Congress. The discussions were frank, open and constructive. Both the SASF and

the SA SA committed themselves to the formation of a single controlling body in SA and to continue discussions towards the quest for unity in soccer.

The meeting agreed that in furthering the principles of nonracialism, further talks be held between all controlling soccer bodies in South Africa, including the SA National Football Association (SANF A) and the Football Association of SA (FASA).

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LIVERPOOL AND ARSENAL MAINTAIN

NECK· TO·NECKBATTLE ARSENAL and Liverpool, building towards their vital clash on April 23, each won at borne Saturday to maintain their neck-and-neck battle at the top of the English First Division soccer Championship.

Liverpool temporarily went to the top on goal difference after thrashing Sheffield Wednesday 5-1 in a morn­ing game on the back of two Peter Beardsley goals.

But Arsenal hit back four hours later to beat Everton 2-0 with goals from Lee Dixon and Niall Quinn and regained the lead with 63 points from 32 games. Liverpool has 60 from 31.

Liverpool, 18 points off the pace five weeks ago, won for the ninth straight time as it crushed Wednes­day with a feast of anacking soccer.

Playing a few hours before the rest of the league programme because of afternoon interest in the Grand Na­tional horse racing at neighbouring Aintree, Liverpool took an eight minute lead through Steve McMahon after Sheffield Wednesday missed the first two chances of the game.

Beardsley hit the second at 42 minutes and Wednesday, pinned back for long spells, was saved time and again by the heroics of goalkeeper Chris Turner.

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Talpark's skipper, Mike Lovemore Matthews in a heading duel with SKW's stopper. Despite scoring his side's goal, the speedy striker could not save his team from a 2-1 defeat at the hands of SKW. Playing in the ASA League for the first time, United impressed with good and constructive football and was given enough chance to settle down, they could really become a tough side to beat.

goals, however, Ray Houghton blasted Liverpool's third from 30 yards and Beardsley made it 4-0 as he flashed home a shot from the edge of the area.

Wednesday bauled hard and grabbed a consolation goal from Dean Bar­rick in the 68th minute but Liverpool made it 5-1 through England interna­tional winger John Barnes with 10 minutes to go.

Liverpool's league lead was short­lived, however, as Arsenal overcome the loss of injured striker Alan Smith and midfielder Paul Davis and moved back to the top by beating Liver­pool's hometown neighbours Ever­ton.

Dixon put the Gunners in front after just three minutes and Quinn, Smith's beanpole replacement in attack, scored the second midway through the second period.

Robert Fleck gave Norwich the lead at Coventry but David Phillips tied it and David Speedie won the game at 68 minutes.

Arsenal manager George Graham, whose team face Liverpool away in a match which could decide the cham­pionship on April 23, prefers not to dwell on Liverpool's daunting power.

"There is nothing we can do about Liverpool. Liverpool just keep going 'lIl and on and on. We have just got to keep thinking about our game," he said.

"It was an important win but we can play better. We stuttered a little bit in the first half but we seemed to get to grips with it in the second half and seemed to sort it out," Graham said.

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish purred with unreserved pleasure af­ter his side had overwhelmed Wed­nesday. "It is a joy to see them play like that, and not only for me but also for the rest of the staff as well as the players themselves and the fans. They bring a lot of joy to a lot of people, ' , Dalglish said.

"We could have had four goals ourselves," Wednesday manager Ron Atkins said. "But give a side like Liverpool a chance and they will 00ry you. ~ve McMalxm hit a wonder goal and after that we were chasing shadows." .