ORE VALUATION THEORY PROJECTS

JPRS~SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

Johannesburg ENGINEERING WEEK in English 20 Jun 85 p4

[Text]

cso;

‘Professor ‘of Mineral Economics,
‘Danie Krige, after whom the es-

Three PhD projects on the. use
of geostatistical techniques in ore
reserve evaluation are being un-
-dertaken for the Chamber of Mines
and two mining -groups.

‘A number of ‘MSc students are
carrying out similar Tesearch, as
well as on the financial analy
‘sis of new mining ‘projects.

A further MSc thesis deals with
‘the application of a computer-aided
‘gtade and mine evaluation system
for the strategic planning of the
mining of low grade Witwaters-
rand gold ores. -

The Project involves the re-or-

information
‘Co-ordination and use -of this in-

“formation via geostatistical .tech-
niques.

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55

‘An econometric study of the fac-
tors which affect the movements in
the gold price was recently com-
‘pleted and ‘produced some inter-
esting findings.

The view published by Mr H L
Monro last year — that the level
of current gold production greatly
influences the gold price — was
contradicted. Prof. Krige ex-
plained: *‘The focus ‘of -our .re-

+search is-on.practical applications

‘and ‘many-:of the sprojects are tac-
‘Kled on a part-time basis ‘by stu-
dents who are employed on mines.



JPRS~S8A~85~073
August 1985

LESOTHO

JONATHAN RECEIVES STATUE FROM DPRK
MB030722 Maseru Domestic Service in English 1130 GMT 2 Aug 85

[Text] The prime minister, the Right Honorable Dr Leabua Jonathan, says that
the erection of his statue is a direct link of cordial relations between
Lesotho and the DPRK. The prime minister was speaking this morning at the un-
veiling ceremony of the statue at the Basotho National Party, BNP, headquarters.
The statue was made by Korean experts.

Dr Leabua Jonathan said that the erection of his statue imposed a great respon-
sibility on him and added that he accepted the responsibility with full reali-
zation of the consequences. - The prime minister said credit should be given to
the Korean team for the exceptional work which was done in a period of 6 weeks.
He assured the DPRK'S ambassador to Lesotho that he was totally satisfied with
the work, The DPRK team leaves Lesotho for the DPRK this weekend. The unveil-
ing ceremony was attended by cabinent ministers, senior civil servants, and the
public.

The ambassador of the DPRK to Lesotho, His Excellency Mr An Kyong-hyon, this
morning said that in making the statue of the prime minister, the Right Honor—
able Dr Leabua Jonathan, which was unveiled this morning, Korean experts have
reflected the national tradition and customs of living of the Basotho people,
but most of all the statue of the prime minister is nested with sentiment of
friendship of the Korean people towards the people of Lesotho.

Mr An Kyong-hyon said that Dr Leabua Jonathan has moved with excellence in
achieving independence for Lesotho and has promoted Lesotho's friendship with
all countries of the world by pursuing the policy of nonalignment. The ambas~
sador also said that Dr Jonathan is being respected by the world because of his
fight against imperialism. Mr An Kyong-hyon said that the DPRK and Lesotho
formed close cooperation because of their similarity with the past under those
aspirations for independence against imperialism.

He added that the two countries’ friendship has been marked by a significant
meeting between the great leader, Kim II-SONG, and the prime minister, Dr
Leabua Jonathan, in May 1983. The ambassador expressed hope that the statue
will stand as a symbol of friendship and cooperation between the governments
and peoples of the two countries.

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JPRS~SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

LOCALLY MADE MULTI-FUNCTION TERMINAL DESCRIBED

Johannesburg ENGINEERING WEEK [High-Tech] in English 20 Jun 85 p 25

[Text]

The development of a locally manufac-
tured multi-function terminal marks a
South African first and a tremendous boost
for design and development in this coun-
try.

The.Gemini terminal, launched by
BarlowData subsidiary Andromeda, is a
breakthrough for South African techno-
logical know-how and could, in theory at
least, make this country totally independ-
ent of the import of computer terminals
for any mainframe configuration.

The development is particularly signif-
icant at a time when American computer
companies are coming under increasing
pressure to disinvest from South Africa,
or at the least, may not supply computer
technology to the Defence Force or gov-
ernment departments.

Gemini has a number of significant fea-
tures that enables it to be cost-competi-
tive, primarily its multifunctionality. This
means that it can link with any known
computer or communications control sys-
tem through installing the relevant com-

ponent board. This can be done in the _

field by the user.

In spite of the so-called small local mar-
ket, the terminal with a 15-inch screen
weighs in at about R2 400, said managing
director Mike Bogatie.

The major design criteria behind the
development of the terminal, said Bo-
gatie, were flexibility, competitiveness,
functionality and reliability. Allied with this

is completely effective quality control.

“We set out two years ago with the
assumption that the average South Afri-
can expects from a local product that it
be superior to the imported product in
design, concept, quality and user ac-
ceptance. Furthermore that it be cheaper,
available off the shelf, absolutely reliable,
completely functional with low space re-
quirements and do everything, and more,
that the imported product can do,” said
Bogatie.

“Our final design brief was centred
around a termina! that could address the
complexities of connecting to any known
make of computer or communications
controller in existence today.

“We have a great established techno-
logical know-how in South Africa, which
has not been truly exploited in any way.
The Gemini project was completed over
a period of less than two years and we
can now go into full production. We be-
lieve our product is unique and offers good
value for money with regard to its distinct
characteristics.

“T believe there exists a market for 3 000
to 5 000 terminals in 1985 in South Af-
rica, and we have faith in our local ex-
pertise to gain a strong foothold against
competition from the top American, Brit-
ish and Japanese computer companies in
South Africa.”

The project was started long before the
appointment of the Standing Committee

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CAMPS TO DOUBLE FOOD OUTPUT FOR DEFENSE FORCES

Dar es Salaam DAILY NEWS in English 13 Jul 85 pl .

[Article by Mkumbwa Ally]

[Text]

MEASURES are underway. to
expand the food production
capacity of National Service
camps to feed the defence forces,
the National Assembly was told

yesterday, : :

The Minister for Defence and
National Service, Brigadier
Muhiddin Kimario, t the
House that the measures would
include launching of large
agricultural an livestock
projects.

le said the National Service
was recently allocated 40 tractors
to support its efforts to boost
production. Negotiations were
at hand to enlist the assistance of
Korean and Bulgarian experts in
implementing the agricultural
ventures, he aded.

Presenting his Ministry's 1983/
86 estimates; Brigadier Kimario
explained that although army
and National Service camps had
engaged in food production in
the past, this was based on small
projects which could not make
them self-sufficient.

He said the costs of
maintaining~-National: -Service-
camps had doubled with some
camps spending more than what

the’ 1 |.

The Minister said in addition
to funds drawn from the
Government - budget, the
recently formed corporation to
run National Service projects
would borrow from the banks
and other financial institutions to
stabilize its liquidity position.

He said the corporation would
this financial year strive to attain
50 per cent capacity utilization in
its agriculture, construction and
industrial sectors.

75

e ration projects a
1.133,000/- turnover in 1985/
86.with a gross profit of 41.0m/-,
according to the Minister.
Brigadier Kimario said a
scheme of service for members
of the People’s Defence Forces
DF) outlining —_-career
levelopment opportunities and
emoluments for recruits and
serving soldiers had been
enforced,

He said his Ministry would this
year review the procedures of
Paying retirement benefits to

'DF soldiers to smoothen the
system. | .

The Minister ‘said a. special
unit to deal with-retired soldiers

+ had-—been-- formed and - was

updating the records of all army
officers and men.

He told the House that his
Ministry was also working out a
system under which soldiers
would acquire building materials
on loan in preparation: for their
retirement.

He said preparation of
guidelines for compensation and
Other entitlements to militiamen
in. ured while on duty and TPDF
soldiers wounded at‘ war was
underway.

The Minister said: with regard
to wounded soldiers, the

formation of.a special mstitution
other than the: Ministry to deal
with their welfare and
rehabilitation was being
contemplated.

Brigadier Kimario said

investigations on soldiers
reported “missing in action”
during the 1978 war against Idi

JPRS~SSA~85+073
20 August 1985

TANZANIA



FRG AID TO STRESS AGRICULTURE, TRANSPORT, WATER

Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 1 Jul 85 p 8

[Article by Abigail Bonsu]

[Text]

CSO:

3400/808

THE Federal Republic
of Germany will conti-
nue to focus her atten-
tion in Ghana on pro-
jects that will benefit
the majority of the peo-

These projects-are agri-
culture and transport de-
velopment, supply of good
drinking water in the rural
areas and the provision of
technical and vocational
training for Ghanaian ar-

‘The execution of these
projects’ will be done
within the framework of
Ghanaian-German Eco-
nomic Co-operation, Mr
Frank Myeke, First Secre-
tary of the West German
Embassy in Accra has
stated.

Details of the ‘co.

operation, he said, would
be worked. out at the an-
nual inter-governmental
negotiations which will
take place in. Accra before
the end of the year.

Mr Myeke said the Ger-
man government appre-

11

ciates and admires the
courageous recovery ef-
forts the PNDC has made
with its Economic Reco-

very Programme adding~
that theashave created the

opportunity for the Ger-
man government to follow
up and consolidate pro-

achieved so farunder
Ghana-German co-
operation.

Mr Ms who deputis-
ed for the West German
Ambassador ‘at the 21st
anniversary speech and
prize-giving day of the So-
cial ‘Advance Institute
(SAI) in Accra at the
week-end, noted that both
industrial and developing
countries have common
interests with regard to the
supply of energy, raw ma-
terials: and foreign invest-
ments.

Economic co-operation
between the two can the-
refore‘succeed only on the
basis of great laborious and
tenacious efforts:
undertaken over many:
years on the part of the
developing countries, he
emp!

JPRS~SSA~85-073
20 August 1985

GHANA



JPRS~SSA~85~073

20 August 1985

aa: .
controlled. It has no shareholders. Ownership ultimately rests with its
depositors. Its operation, too, is financed solely by way of funds generated
by these depositors, This had placed severe constraints on Good Hope's
ability to expand and grow, Van Niekerk said. Expansion was almost entirely
financed out of general reserves, which in Good Hope's case.curently amounted *
to about R8m. Consideration was, therefore, being given. to possibly transform=
ing the bank into a proprietary company. This would enable Good Hope to
raise development capital by means of a share issue. [Text] [Johannesburg
BUSINESS DAY in English 23 Jul 85 p 3]

ISCOR EXPORT MARKET--A combination of the oil crisis, rising steel production
in developing countries and the recently imposed restrictions by the US:
Government on steel imports by the USA-has caused the ‘export market to become’”
highly competitive. A recently awarded contract of US$30-million of Iscor
rails to Turkey is evidence of how Iscor has become a force ‘to be reckoned
with on international markets. Although it is Iscor's policy to cater for

the domestic market and export 10% of production, it is currently exporting
more than 30%, including semis, plates, hot and'cold-roiled sheet, galvanised
and colour-coated sheet, tinplate, rods, bars and a range of sections, as well
as special steels developed by its R&D centre to meet clients’ needs. Further-
more, Iscor has had permanent representation in Germany, Italy, the UK,

Hong Kong, USA and Israel, and has now established ties with Turkey.

Iscor's success on the international market is attributed to strict quality
assurance codes, quality products, sound business principles, persistently
orderly marketing and effective pricing policies. [Text] [Johannesburg
ENGINEERING WEEK in English 4 Jul 85 p 17]

TAIWAN MACHINE TOOLS-~Abkin's Steel Service, sole South African distributor
and agent for Ta-Chiang Machinery Company of Taiwan, supplies equipment for
profiling, drilling, guillotining, bending and rolling and will be exhibiting
a variety of its excellent stock. Among machine tools handled by Abkin's
Steel are box and pan folders, hydraulic press brakes, mechanical shears,
gear-box shears, and high-speed cutting machines. The new Maxcutter
precision abrasive 10" (250mm) saw features adjustable work length stop and
spark chute. The saw is ready to run and offers a three-phase 2 HP motor.
[Text] [Johannesburg ENGINEERING WEEK in English 20 Jun 85 p 28]

LARGEST CONTRACT FOR LHDS--An US$9.5-million order for load haul dump mining
vehicles (LHDs), believed to be the largest of its kind placed in the
western hemisphere, has been received from Eimco Mining Machinery Interna-
tilal (EMMI). The units, to be used in the mines of the Zambian Copperbelt,
will consist of Eimco's new 920 range which incorporate a variety of power
module options within the same frame designs. The order is for 36 x 2 cu yd
capacity LHDs and 34 x 5 cu yd LHDs and will be supplied with a mixture of
air- and water-cooled diesels, electtic motors, conversion kits and spare
parts. EMMI is represented locally through Eimco South Africa, which
recently completed a R4-million local manufacturing programme which has
placed it in the forefront of competitiveness in the market. The company
is also making considerable strides in the area of rock-drilling. [Text]
[Johannesburg ENGINEERING WEEK in English 20 Jun 85 p 21]

70



/Pricer-Jones/ Are any of these people you are talking to people who might be
known in the rest of the world, whose names we might know?

[(@e Villiers)/ I don't think that we should be bothered by that, really. I
mean ‘this is not a publicity exercise that the government has embarked on.

/Pricer-Jones/ But you are talking to people in South Africa who have the
confidence of their communities?

/(De Villiers)/ Of course. Yes, the president has said that he wants to bring
in the blacks in the.top echelons of power and it is just a matter of finding

the right method to ensure this. We have a complex problem, a problem that

ig unique in the_world. There is no other example that we can follow and_which...
/changes thought/ so, we have to move slowly, but surely. /end recording/

cso: 3400/770

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JPRS~SSA~85+073
20 August 1985

ZAMBIA

BRIEFS

INTERNATIONAL AID FOR OIL--The fuel shortage which has hit Zambia for some
time now will soon come to an end following the signing of a credit facility
of 100 million United States dollars (K243 million) between the Bank of Zambia
and a consortium of banks, Deputy governor of the Bank of Zambia, Mr Kwale-
yela Lamaswala said yesterday the credit facility would be used to finance
oil shipments to Zambia for the year 1985/86. ..The agreement was signed on
Friday in London by the governor of the Bank of Zambia, Mr David Phiri.

"The credit facility is meant to finance an estimated 600,000 tonnes of crude
oil and petroleum products, The crude oil will be shipped to Zambia in
shipments of 90,000 tonnes every 50 days,” he said. With this arrangement,
he said, it was hoped that Zambia's oil requirements for the next 12 months
would be catered for. "There will, therefore, be no disruption in the oil
supply in the country," Mr Lamaswala said. Since every sector of the economy
would have adequate stocks of petroleum products, the Bank of Zambia wanted
an immediate end to the panic buying of these products. The ten international
banks participating in the oil facility are: Bank of America, Standard
Chartered Bank, Citibank, Arab Banking Corporation, Barclays Bank, Grindlays
Bank, Sumitomo Bank, Chase Manhattan Bank, Amsterdam Rotterdam Bank and the
Bank of Credit and Commerce International. [Text] [Lusaka SUNDAY TIMES OF
ZAMBIA in English 21 Jul 85 p 1]

cso: 3400/776

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[Tambo :] Irrespective of the ban we are very much present in the country.
President Botha is fully aware of it, if he holds the ANC responsible for the
unrest.

[STERN:] Would the ANC be prepared to accept negotiations with the white gov-
ernment? .

[Tambo:] Our goal consists in eliminating the white minority rule which re-
sponds with massacers, assassinations, and martial law. There is no indication
at all that the regime wants to enter negotiations with us. Day by day our
people are killed. What are we supposed to talk about? If negotiations were
to materialize at all then this would require that Nelson Mandela and all our
political prisoners must be freed unconditionally before-hand.

[STERN:] France has decided limited economic sanctions against South Africa.
The FRG government rejects such steps, saying that it will be the blacks who
have to suffer most from such sanctions.

[Tambo:] This argument is not only hypocritical but it is also cynical. All
of a sudden they are trying to make believe that they care for the well-being
of the blacks, whereas in reality it is nothing but their own economic advantage
that matters to ‘them. Sanctions alone will not spell our liberation, however,
they will accelerate the process of liberation. Blacks in South Africa are
ready to sacrifice their jobs, as they are already sacrificing their lives.

[STERN:] Ever since the beginning of the year the ANC has committed roughly
70 acts of sabotage and bombings in South Africa. Up to now these activities
were largely confined to military installations. Will it now be the turn of
civilian targets?

[Tambo:] The targets have changed. Just look at the 600 dead people. Almost
all of them were civilians, including women and small children. Through mar-
tial law the government has reserved itself the right to kill. We have buried
600 civilian targets. Time has come when the question of either military or
civilian targets no longer poses itself.

[STERN:] How long will the struggle last that is waged by the black majority
against the system of apartheid?

[Tambo:] Nobody knows. However, one thing is sure: the countdown for the
fall of the racist regime has begun.

cso: 3400/804

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MAIZE CONSUMPTION FALLS

Johannesburg THE STAR in English 19 Jul 85 p 13

[Text]

CSO:

3400/778

~~~ Nevertheless, SA still stands

South Africa’s return to self-suf-
ficiency in maize this year could
prove to be a two-edged sword,
with falling consumption of the
commodity indicating that a
surplus might once again have
to be exported at a loss.

‘The Department of Agricul-
ture yesterday estimated that
this year’s crop would leap to
7,07 million tonnes from 1984’s
drought-hit 4,39 million. And
though this is a far ery from the
record 14,7 million tonnes pro-
duced in 1981, domestic con-*
sumption has fallen steadily in
recent years and at an estimat-
ed 6,5 million tonnes is now
about 1 million down on the
levels seen in 1981.

This is partly due to resis-
tance to the imported yellow
maize, but is also seen as the

innings of a more fundamen-
tal shift in traditional eating
habits of the lower income ‘

groups. .

60

to save something like
R1,2 billion, which it is was orig-
inally estimated was needed to
be spent this year in importing
almost 4 million tonnes of for-
eign grown maize.

World prices of maize are,
however, falling rapidly with
expectations that world grain
stocks could rise to a record
1,6 billion tonnes this year. This
has led to prices on the interna-
tional futures markets dipping
to the equivelant of a little more
than R200 a tonne.

‘And though the government
recently rejected the maize
farmers’ request for a substan-
tial price rise, the domestic
price is still around R220 a

tonne.
“~The charices af that if world

prices continue to weaken and
demand does fall short of supply

the surplus will be used to bol--

ster the country’s sorely deplet-
ed stockpile.

JPRS-SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

SOUTH AFRICA


43 More People
MBO11246 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1239 GMT 1 Aug 85
Flext Pretoria, 1 Aug, SAPA--[word indistinct] number arrested in the past 11 days,

Forty-seven people had been released so far, police said. A list of their

names will be released later today.

Two whites, named as Gavin Emans and Miss Joy Harnden, both of Johannesburg,
are among the latest arrests, according to the police list.

The list named the latest detainees as: (the numbering follows the SAP list)

Name

1287.
1288,
1289,
1290.
1291.
1292,
1293.
1294,
1303.
1304.
1305.
1306.
1307.
1308.
1309.
1310.
1311,
1312,
1313.
1314.
1315.
1316.
1317.
1318,
1319.
1320.
1321.
1322,
1323.
1324.
1325.
1326.
1327.
1328,
1329.

Walter Mnizi
Nomvula Fusani
Thembekayi September
Mint Jobela

Mazwi Gumenye
Kukuku Nqotjele
Tozamile Gania
Cebas Mayjenge
Alexander Montoenz
Abre Mahlang

Zoleu Shampne
Gavin Evans

Joy Harnden

[Word indistinct]
Polila Jack

Jon Notlawo

Teneso Thobote
Tombsile Cantani
Elliot Nguwde
Nyannanko Hlela
Donald Jacobs
Sydney Molekane
Collin Nkosi
Charles Sentsienyane
Hosea Machete
Wilson Magudulelo
Heroldt Gumede
Luwlynt Skhumbuzo
Martha Mthembu
Teddy Martin

Erich Nkomo
Wilfred Shenyani
Wiseman Madlina
Dickson Booysen
Nicolass Molabetsi

31

Race/Sex

Magisterial District

B/M
"

Germiston
Port Elizabeth
"

Bathurst
"

Nigel

Benoni
"

Johannesburg
"

Port Elizabeth
"



SIEMENS WINS TUNNEL CONTRACT

Johannesburg ENGINEERING WEEK in English 20 Jun 85 p 1

[Text]

CSO;

3400/778

‘Siemens ‘has been
awarded :a'R28-million
contract :-by ‘the Na-
‘stional ‘Transport :Com-
mission for-electrical
and mechanical .instal-
lations at the 3,9-km Du
“Toit’s Kloof tunnel.
‘This “is the ‘first time
‘Siemens’ ‘electrical -con-
“tracting division in South

‘Africa has ‘been «con-:

tracted to work on a tun-
nel project... =.”
‘The order includes the
-supply and installation of
‘high and medium voltage
‘switchgear; uni

‘Siemens will supply and
install the communica-
‘tion systen: — including
emergency telephones,
“SOS ‘stations, radio and

63

television installations,
traffic ‘monitoring “by
camera, ‘fire detection,
alarm and protection sys-
‘tems-and an.air monitor-
ing system.

The contract also: in-
cludes contro] centre
room equipment, where
the data from all the var-
ious control and moni-
toring systems’ willbe
captured on computers
‘supplied by Siemens.

Escom has made avail-

-able three IIkV power in-
puts at the east and west

“points of the tunnel. The

inputs will be connected
to-each other and the main
auser will be the .air-con-
ditioning and ventilation
systems,

‘Work is scheduled to
start at either end of the
tunnel in October this
year. ‘Deadline for the
Siemens contract is June
1988.

JPRS~SSA*85~073
20 August 1985

SOUTH AFRICA



JPRSSSA~85~073
20 August 1985

ZIMBABWE

HERALD COMMENTS ON NONREAPPOINTMENT OF NORMAN
MB310930 Harare THE HERALD in English 20 Jul 85 p 4

[Editorial: "Come Off It"]

[Text] Consternation and concern has been expressed in some quarters, especially
the white community, over the Prime Minister's decision not to reappoint Mr Denis
Norman as Minister of Agriculture. Some of the concerns is quite understandable.

Everybody agrees that Mr Norman did an outstanding job as Minister of Agricul-
ture. The Prime Minister himself said so on Monday when he announced his new

Cabinet.

Mr Norman had the confidence and support of the commercial farming sector which
regarded him as one of its om. He also had the support of the communal farmers
who, during his term in office, began to emerge from subsistence farming into
poth food and cash cropping.

We are confident that in the years to come the communal farmers will play an
even greater role in Zimbabwe's agro-based economy, although this should in no
way diminish the importance of the commercial farmers.

Having said that, and having praised Mr Norman for his sterling contributions,
it is also important to take note of the three basic facts that seem to be es—
caping the small minds of the fatalists who see the Prime Minister's action of
not reappointing Mr Norman as detrimental to the wellbeing of agriculture in

this country.

First, Mr Norman, the minister, was the creation of none other than Cde Robert
Mugabe. Lesser able men held reigns of power in Ian Smith's murderous regime
only because they agreed with him. Mr Norman, because he was often a thorn in
the racists' flesh, was never considered Cabinet material by the Rhodesian Front.

Second, Mr Norman was a perfect minister only in that he carried to the full
the clearly stated ZANU (PF) policies on agriculture. Of course his knowledge
of the sector made the Government, and therefore the country as a whole, bene-

fit from his advice.

Third, every minister serves at the pleasure of his Prime Minister. In our case
Mr Norman served at the pleasure of Cde Mugabe. And only he alone had the ab-
solute right to decide whether Mr Norman should come back, no matter what his

performance.

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CSO:

According to Abdul Sattar Gani,
chairman of Jaame Ltd, the group is giving
serious attention to the subject of housing
and mortgages. “At this stage all Ican say
is that we are looking into the matter, a
project involving housing and/or property
requires . substantial capital and
investment. Jaame Ltd is also considering
a medical. aid scheme which is in
accordance with Shariah principles. The
scheme proposes. a medical aid fund,
initially for Madrassa staff, including
those employed by Madaaris in the
Transvaal.” Judging by the number of
enquiries received by Jaame. Ltd at its
head office near Johannesburg, South
African Muslims have shown most
interest in Takafol, the Islamic alternative
to insurance,

Says Abdul Sattar Gani, “Jaame Ltd is
liaising in London with the Islamic
Investment Company, which is a servicing
company for the Islamic Takafol
Company of Luxembourg and part of the
DMI Group, to obtain information on the
infrastructuré of the Takafol scheme to
plan riba-free insurance in South Africa.”
Gani has been in touch with Muhammed
Alvi, presiderit of Takafol Group, DMI in
Geneva, and with Afzal Raja of, the
Islamic Investment Company in London.

The other major centre for Islamic
finance activities is Cape Town, where the
Shura Trust was formed in 1981 to fund
various welfare and community projects
of the Majlisush Shura Al Islami. Shura
Trust has set up a fund out of members
subscriptions and contributions, and the
income and any capital profits, based on
Shariah principles, from these funds are
invested to help the Majlisush Shura Al
Islarni; other Muslim organisations; to
provide social welfare relief and services;
to establish and maintain Islamic
institutions such as pre-school centres,
Madrassas, Islamic colleges, libraries,
mosques and so on; and to help needy
members of the Muslim community.

“According to the chairman of Shura
Trust, Dr A F Gamieldien, who was born
and educated in Egypt, “Every R100
received from an investor is invested as
one ordinary share of Ri and 33
unsecured debentures of R1 each to the
investor, and one ordinary share of R1
and 65 unsecured debentures of Ri each
donated to Shura Assistance and Relief
Trust.” However, the main ‘Islamic
financial institution of Shura Trust is Ash-

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Shura Limited, a public company formed
in 1982 and financed by Shura Trust Fund,
which purchases shares for itself and its
members in the company. It manages all
business and investment ventures, and the
authorised share capital of the company is
R100,000, divided into 100,000 par value
shares of Ri each.

Linked to the debentures of R98 paid in
respect of each subscription, Ash-Shura
Ltd plans to become a R10m enterprise
within the next couple of years. According
toits balance sheet, although the company
declared no dividends in 1983, it was
nevertheless able to pay a benefit of
R8,304 to its debenture holders. .

Unlike other countries, there are few
supportive organisations for the Islamic
banking movement in South Africa.
However, there is the Association of
Muslim Accountants, Lawyers and
Businessmen, who believe that Islam is a
comprehensive dynamic ideology capable
of providing clear and progressive
directions in the economic, business and
legal fields to the advanced countries of
the West, the East as well as those of the
Third World; and the other is the South
African National Zakat Fund. Recently
the two organisations held an important
seminar, “Trusts and Estate Planning,
incorporating an Islamic Perspective,”
presenting the Islamic view on the
drawing up of wills, arid use of trusts and
estate planning generally.

The one aspect where the South African
Islamic banking movement hasbeen
lagging behind is in its cooperation with
the wider Islamic banking movement. The
South African movement feels that it is
being ignored, and that with almost one
million Muslims in Southern Africa it has
very good potential.

Islamic banks overseas, although they
do express an interest in helping the South
African Islamic financial companies with
logistical and administrative support, are
reluctant for political reasons to go south.
The African Arabian Islamic Bank,
registered in the Bahamas, is the only
Islamic bank to have an office in Harare,
in Zimbabwe, but it does not envisage
expanding to South Africa. The South
African Muslim’ community is very keen
to receive visits and enquiries from the
established Islamic banks, whom they
believe could help further establish

Islamic banking principles in South
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PLANT FOR CONVERSION OF COFFEE HUSKS TO CHARCOAL PLANNED

Dar es Salaam DAILY NEWS in English 15 Jul 85 p 3

[Text]

cso:

CONSTRUCTION of.a ‘plant
for converting coffee husks intg
charcoal may. start in October
this year at the Tanganyika Cof-
fee Curing . mpany ir
Moshi, it was learnt in Dar es

Salaam over the weekend.

The General Manager of the
plant, Ndugu G.N.A. Shangali,
told the Daily News in a telex
message’ from Moshi that the
project had not started due to
“certain formalities but may
take off early October.” .

The proposed 8m/- charcoal
plant, to be built through a four
million shillings assistance from
the Auropean Economic Com-
minity (EEC), will produce
4,500 tonnes of charcoal per
year, utilising 13,500: tonnes of
coffee waste, he explained.

This will earn the plant a 9m/-

va year.

Ndugu Shangali was com-
menting in response to queries
by a Daily News reader, Ndugu
MSM. Lubanga, who- had
wanted to know if Tanzania
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charcoal briquettes as was being
done by the Kenya Planters Co-
Operative Union. (KPCU).

KPCU has successfully con-
verted husks of dried coffee into
charcoal briquettes for domestic
cooking and heating. The char-
coal is being produced on com-
mercial scale.

The coffee husks charcoal, it is
said, when used in an ordinary
wood charcoal stove, generates
more heat and lasts longer than
wood charcoal or firewood.

The coffee charcoal is in use in
Canada, France, Saudi Arabia,
Yemen and the Middle East.

The idea of utilising coffee
charcoal on an industrial scale
has been examined by the

Bukoba Coffee Processing Plant.

(BUKOP). The company is pre-
paring to utilise the coffee
“waste.”

Bukop General Manager said
last year when commissioning a
boiler which uses a generator
that some 2,340,000/- could be
faved annually by utilising coffee

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JPRS~SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

ANGOLA

BRIEFS

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PROTESTS TRIALS ~- Lisbon, Aug 6 (AFP) -- Seven out of
22 people condemned to death in Angola so far this year have been executed.
Amnesty International announced here Monday. The international human rights
body also called for a new trial or lighter sentences for five people condemned
to death by a military court last April for "terrorist" activities in support
of the South African-backed: anti-government UNITA rebels. It deplored the
parading of the five before a stadium crowd in the town of Benguela after their
trial. It said the seven people executed were shot in the southern town of
Lubango on April 19. [Text] [Pairs AFP in English 0241 GMT 6 Aug 85 AU]

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ANC Leader Interviewed on Situation in South Africa
(Oliver Tambo Interview; STERN, 1 Aug 85) ..

Government Urged To Implement Privatization
(Malcolm Fothergill; THE SUNDAY STAR, 21 Jul 85) «esseeeee

Disinvestment Not Considered Threat.to Microcomputer Market
(THE SUNDAY STAR,. 21 Jul 85) ...

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Radio Freedom Urges Intensified Offensive Against RSA
(Addis Ababa Radio Freedom in English to South Africa,

26 Jul 85) wrccvevscceccvcccrercvcvececcvccsessereseeeeeee

Islamic Banking Gaining Momentum Among Muslim Community
(Mushtak ‘Parker; ARABIA: THE. ISLAMIC WORLD REVIEW, Jun 85)

Despite Drop in Demand, Iscor Doubles Production
(ENGINEERING WEEK, 4 Jul 85) .cscccecscecccccccnceccceseens

Fragility of Metal Industry Wage Pact Stressed
(Mike Siluma; THE STAR, 12 Jul 85) secccevccecceescerccees

Civil Engineering Work Down
(Mervyn Harris; BUSINESS DAY, 23 Jul 85) secseveveceverees

Tek Logic Iscor Contract
(ENGINEERING WEEK, 20 Jun 85). sseccscccccccecrcceccecsence

Austerity Measures Improve Iscor
(ENGINEERING WEEK, 4 Jul 85) .ecssceccsceccerveves

Success of Mobile, Two-Way. Radio Noted
(ENGINEERING WEEK, 20-Jun 85) seecsecesceres

Mechatronics Division To Explore Automation
(ENGINEERING WEEK, 4 Jul 85) .sscceseeeee

SABC's 'Teledata' Service Evaluated
(ENGINEERING WEEK, 4-Jul 85) secsceeceecs

Electronic Banking Networking System Described
(Chris Cairncross; BUSINESS DAY, 23 Jul 85) ...

Unique Nonexplosive Mining. System Described
(ENGINEERING WEEK, 20 Jun 85) .

Mining Professor Outlines Methane Output of Seams
(ENGINEERING WEEK, 20 Jun 85) ..ssesceeees

Ore Valuation Theory Projects
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RADIO FREEDOM URGES INTENSIFIED OFFENSIVE AGAINST RSA

EA280918 Addis Ababa Radio Freedon in English to South Africa 1930 GMT 26 Jul 85

/Unattributed commentary/

[Text] Compatriots, imperialist countries have come into the open again and
embraced apartheid despite the naked military dictatorship imposed last week.

The positions taken by Britain, the United States and other imperialist countries
in opposing the popular motion calling for sanctions against Pretoria at the
Security Council demonstrated the interest. that these countries have in the
continued maintenance of the hated apartheid system. Anyway these forces of
exploitation and darkness as represented by the governments of these imperialist
countries have always stood side by side with apartheid against any punitive.
measures. They have always done everything to defend apartheid. This is :
because they profit from the exploitation of our people. They stand to gain
from the invasion of and oppression against the independent states of our region.
They are the ones that continue to defy the international agreement calling for
the total arms embargo against Pretoria. In fact, the very same weapons that
are being used today to maintain the so-called state of emergency come from
these countries. :

What perhaps might be surprising to others is that these countries today came
out and defended Pretoria despite the worldwide condemnation of the imposition
of the naked military dictatorship. The noise that these imperialist countries
are making to the effect that sanctions will harm the black people of South
Africa and independent states of South Africa at the most is nonsensical.

They know very well that the entire people of Southern Africa are in favor of
sanctions against Pretoria. We are the ones who initiated the call for. sanc-,
tion. What made Britain and America to oppose this call is the fact they know
that sanctions will weaken the Botha-Malan terrorist regime from which they
benefit so much.

They know that that will weaken the apartheid economy and thereby weakening
its capacity to defend the system.

It is ironic that just when the spokesman of the Reagan regime was telling the

security council that his regime will never impose sanctions against Pretoria
the two houses of the American parliament voted to give $27 million in so-called

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SOUTH AFRICA

BRIEFS

FIRST TELEMETRY SYSTEM--The Communications Division of Motorola SA has
completed the first of 14 individual telemetry systems for Water Affairs
installations throughout South Africa. The contract, worth just under

R 1-million, was awarded at the end of last year and should be completed by
mid-1986, All the engineering design work and final assembly will be under-
taken locally. Each of the 14 systems will consist of a number of outstations,
mostly at reservoirs, and one base station usually situated in the Water
Affairs HQ for a particular area. The biggest system will be at Ndebele,
with nine outstations linked by repeater to one base station. The Motorola
equipment will consist of standard INTRAC radio data-link units, to transfer
such essential information as reservoir level, flow rates, valve status and
alarm signals and normal audio. At the base station, Motorola MEIC 2000
programmable logic controllers will drive the various chart recorders, meter
and relays aa dictated by the signals. Information will be displayed on
LEDs, with hard-copy back-up on chart recorders. Motorola has also provided
the facility for a total link-up if required. [Text] [Johannesburg
ENGINEERING WEEK in English 20 Jun 85 p 8]

SULZER REBLADING ORDERS--As a result of its participation at the Australian
International Engineering Exhibition in September 1984, the turbo blading
department, engineering division of Sulzer Brothers (South Africa) has
received orders for re-blading steam turbines from Australian petrochemical
industries. Heinz Leuenberger, head of Turbo Blading, is confident that
these orders are an encouraging start to further supplies of high-technology
components from South Africa into the huge Australian market. "The turbo
blading department's aim is eventually to expand its export contracts until
they reach at least 50% of annual turnover," he said. [Text] [Johannesburg
ENGINEERING WEEK in English 4 Jul 85 p 2]

GOOD HOPE BANK CHANGES--Major changes are in store for SA's oldest general
savings bank, the Cape of Good Hope Savings Bank, that could radically alter
the way it is administered and owned. This was hinted at by Good Hope chief
executive Andre van Niekerk. He told Business Day intense competition in
the financial sector, combined with the need possibly to expand out of its
traditional base in the Cape, had focused attention on the manner in which
the bank was currently controlled. Established in Cape Town by an Act of
Parliament in 1831, Good Hope is unique in SA banking in that it is the
only institution of its kind which is operated according to the principles
of mutuality, in much the same manner in which a mutual life office is

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ELECTION CANDIDATES TO USE PICTURES
Dar es Salaam DAILY NEWS in English 12 Jul 85 p 1

[Text] TWO electoral symbols--a hoe and a house--will not be used during the
forthcoming General Elections, the Political Propaganda and Mass Mobilisation
Department of the Party National Executive Committee (NEC) Secretariat said
in Dar es Salaam yesterday.

A statement issued by the department said the NEC session of June which lasted
for two days had decided that contesting candidates (Members of Parliament)
will instead use their pictures.

The statement issued by the Party Sub-head office said the decision was taken
in consideration to views presented by the public and the 1980 General Elec-
tions report.

The statement also said that the last month's two-day session also set August
15, this year, as the date to hold a special National Conference of the Party
to nominate a Tanzanian and Party stalwart who will stand for the Presidency
of the Union Government.

The statement said the special National Conference of the Party will be pre-
ceded by the NEC special session to be held on August 14 to make final nomin-
ation of one name of a staunch CCM member and a Zanzibari who will stand for
the Isles Presidency and Chairman of the Zanzibar Revolutionary Council.

In his address at the climax of the Peasants Day celebrations in Rukwa Region
on Sunday, the Party Chairman, Mwalimu Nyerere reiterated his decision not to
stand for the presidency this time. He added that names of prospective candi-
dates for the presidencies to be picked by the NEC, would be presented to a
special National Conference of the Party for approval.

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Special Sales Tax on Imported Goods Announced
(Wendy Asiama; PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 6 Jul 85) ...seeee

Mine Workers Union Withdraws Proposed Bargaining Agreement
(PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 8 Jul 85) ...cevececccesvccecres

Quainoo Explains Forced Retirement Regulations
(PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 29 Jun 85) .ecesescecceccecerens

Briefs
Deportees From Benin

LESOTHO

Jonathan Receives Statue From DPRK
(Maseru Domestic Service, 2 Aug 85) s.ccccccveevceveceese

Radio Lauds Jonathan's Record as Prime Minister
(Maseru Domestic Service, 5 Aug 85) seseseceseveveeeneves

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Full Recognition of SDAR Reaffirmed
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Briefs
LINSU Reports Students Arrest
Students Arrested Probe Urged
MALI
Briefs
Financial Agreement With Italy
Italian Airlift for Drought Victims
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Embassy Official in France Discusses Emergency
(Hugh Pricer-Jones; BBC, 25 Jul 85) ...

State of Emergency's Impact on Rand Minimized
(BUSINESS DAY, 23 Jul 85) ...

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EMBASSY OFFICIAL IN FRANCE DISCUSSES EMERGENCY
MB251925 London BBC World Service in English 1309 GMT 25 Jul 85
[From the "24 Hours" program presented by. Hugh Pricer-Jones/

ffext/ In South Africa, the wave of arrests that followed the declaration at
the weekend of the state of emergency in (736 districts, enters into the 3d)
day, and so do the disturbances in the black townships and the death toll as
police try to disperse the crowds. The international response, though, to the
hardline adopted by President P. W. Botha, remains generally (?favorable).

But yesterday, France announced that she was withdrawing her ambassador, and
in addition Paris imposed a freeze on ‘all new investments in the republic. Now,
the net effect may be more symbolic than economically punitive, but to hear’
an official South African reaction I called (Jacques de Villiers), first
chancellor at the Republic of South Africa's Embassy in Paris. I asked him
what effects the French sanctions were likely to have: ° .

{Begin recording/ /(De Villiers)/ Well, I don't think this will deflect us
from the course, We are busy with the reform process in South Africa. This
has already borne much fruit and it's exactly because of that that certain
elements--extremist elements manipulated from outside--are trying to destabilize
the position because they are afraid of missing a revolution.

[Pricer-Jones/ Do you think then that this is the ANC and other groups who are
not in control of the disturbances and are trying to gain control?

/(@e Villiers)/ The state of emergency was proclaimed to protect the majority
of the black people, who are reasonable and moderate, and who accept what the
government is doing and take part in the process. I don't think there is a
question anymore, (?the government) is prepared to share power with blacks.
It is just a question of finding the right method to prevent domination of one

group over another.

[Pricer-Jones/ The 1983 referendum, though, didn't show many black people
taking part. There was a fairly effective boycott. This, presumably then is
not the right way to go about it.

/@e Villiers)/ This dealt with the colored and the Indian elections. (?as
you know reports said there was) a great measure of intimidation at that time
and this prevented many peace-loving peoples from voting and expressing their
own opinion.

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20 August 1985

TOGO

BRIEFS

FRANCE FINANCES ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS--Two agreement were signed this morning
between France and Togo within the framework of a program of protection against
coastal erosion and a program of afforestation in our country. The first
agreement, which amounts to. 250 million CFA francs, provides for the financing
of works to prevent coastal erosion of the Kpeme wharf. The second agreement
provides for the financing of the second phase of an important program of
afforestation in the Davie region and amounts to 850 million CFA francs. The
total credit amounts to 1.1 billion CFA francs. The two loans will be granted
by the French Economic Cooperation Central Fund. LText/ /Lome Domestic Service
in French 2200 GMT 26 Jul 85/

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PRIVATIZATION, LIBERALIZATION OF TRADE CONTINUES

Dar es Salaam DAILY NEWS in English 9 Jul 85 p 1

{Text]

THE Government is preparing
an expanded list of commodities
to be brought in by individuals
under the liberalisation of
imports announced last year, the
National Assembly was told in
Dar es Salaam yesterday.

The Minister for {ndustries
and. Trade,  Ndugu - Basil
Mamba, invited MPs_ to
contribute ideas on the new. list
being compiled by his Ministry in
consultation with the Treasury.

Presentiny his Ministry's.
1985/86, gstimates, Ndugu
Mramba said it was. in the
national interest to sustain the
liberalfSation policy until the
foreign exchange _— position

ilized.

stabil

¢ Minister said goods
imported- by individuals had
helped bridge the supply
gap resulting from crippled local
production.- Ihe income of the
industriat- sector declined by
180m/- last year from 1,351m/- in
1983 by 1976 prices, . he
explained.

dugu . Mramba
acknowledged: observations that

commodities imported privately

were prohibitively expensive,
that they were confined to urban
centres and the free market
system encouraged flouting ot
controlled prices of local

oducts by —_ unscrupulous
usinessmen:”
He, however, _ reiterated

government intention to sustain
and expand the private imports,
pointing’ out that flooding the
market would force the prices
down _and
commodities to the rural areas.

Meanwhile, Ndugu Mramba.
said public institutions, co-
operative unions and private
individuals would be allowed to
open trading centres along the
borders in a move to control
border trade.

He said regional __ trading
companies in the border regions had
been directed to open shops
immediately as a __ preliminary
measure. Individuals may also open
shops, restaurants and lodges in the
area, he added. ..

According to the Minister, border
shops will be allowed to stock local
goods as well as commodities from
neighbouring countries and beyond
to discourage movements across the
border in search of commodities.

He said imports for the border
centres would be governed by
procedures followed by other private
importers. The centres will initially
be opened at the major border posts.

Ndugu Mramba said his Ministry
was studying, recommendations by
two task forces formed to re-
examine the internal and external
trade policies. .

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A new policy to improve the two sectors would be enforced in 1985/86, he

added.

He told the House that export earnings incr:
4.1bn/- in 1983 but the import bill increase

last year.

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d by 21.6 per cent to 10.4bn/-

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ASSASIE ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING CDR CONGRESSES

Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 2 Jul 85 pp 1, 4

[Article by Breda Atta-Quayson]

[Text]

THE first National Congress of CDRe
wil hopefully: take place on July 1,
‘This will be preceded by district con-
gresses in November this’ year and Regio-
nal Congresses at the end of January 1986.
The Political Counsellor for the Econo-
mic Development of the CDRs, Lt.-Col. J.
Y. Assasie (rtd) disclosed this yesterday in
Accra at a press conference in connection
pith the 25th anniversary of Republic
onan

‘The press conference which was at-
tended by Regional and District Organis-
ing Assistants was to assess the reorgani-
sation of the CDRs and to project into the
future,

Lt.-Col. Assasie stated: “We envisage
that District Congresses will be organised
in November this year, leading to Regio-
nal Congresses at the end of January 1986.
‘These should lead up to our first National
Congress, which we hope will take place
one year from today, that is, on Ist July,
1986”.

The Political Counsellor said it is hoped
that by July 1, 1986 when the first Natio-
nal Congress takes place, the real signifi-
cance of Republic Day will become a
reality and that Ghanaians from every
corner of the country— from farms,
workshops, factories, coastal villages, ho-
spitals, offices— would have a forum to
discuss national affairs as they relate to
their day-to-day lives.
Assasie also indicated that his
office is actively engaged in working out
details for a National CDR School to
provide a permanent base for the training
of cadres. 7
He said apart from providing political

education, the training in the school”

would also be oriented towards develop-
ment and production. .

One concern of the CDR leadership. the
Political Counsellor stated, is to enhance
co-ordination and co-operation between
the CDRs, the ministries and departments
in various sectors and other organs of the
revolution.

The Political Counsellor also indicated.

that very shortly, a CDR newspaper and a:
radio programme would be launched to
keep CDR members all over the country: ,
fully informed of what is happening.

During question time, Lt.-Col. Assasie
said Ghana can learn a lot from: the '
Cuban experience with regard to the CDR
concept.

He said if Ghana could organise and use
her CDRs based on the Cuban: concept.
Ghanaians should be able to achieve their

goals,

Asked about what kind of projects the
CDRs are pursuing and how they are
related to the other organs
of the revolution, Mr A. Y.
M. B. Ibrahimah, Nort-
hern Regional Organising
Assistant said since 1982,
the CDRs have been en-
gaged in the construction
of roads, bridges, schools
and health posts in many
parts of the country.

He said the CDRs have
also been engaged in lite-
racy campaigns in many
villages in the country and
they work closely with
other organisations like
the National Mobilisation
Programme (NMP), Na-
tional Youth Organising
Commission (NYOC), De-

. mocratic Youth League of

Ghana (DYLG), the tribu-
nals and other organs of
the revolution.

Asked further about
what qualitative change
has taken place since the
dissolution of the NDC
and the subsequent redesi-
gnation - of the defence
committees, Mr Dan
Abodakpi. the Special As-
sistant to the Political
Counsellor, said even
though the qualitative

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MECHATRONICS DIVISION TO EXPLORE AUTOMATION

Johannesburg ENGINEERING WEEK in English 4 Jul 85 p 4

[Text]

The objective of the me-
chatronics division of
UWTec is to set up a man-
ufacturing cell and explore
technologies related to
flexible automation.

The unit grew-out of the
need to supplement me-
chanical engineering, with

the instrumentation and"

technology provided by
‘eal cagineeri

engineering.
First established in Oc-
tober, 1983, by Professor
Mike Rod of the mechan-
ical engineering depar-
ment of Wits, it fused the
disciplines of electrical and
mechanical engineering:
Gerald Bloch, deputy
director of the division,
explained that the major
focus of his unit is on hi-
tech manufacturing.
“The last year has. been.
spent -acquiring. equip-
ment, which includes seven:
computers, four robots and
a CNC machine, and: we
are now looking: at the in-
tegration of all these pieces

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into a fully automated mini-
warehouse,” he said.
The: flexible manufac-

offs for the industry.
“We will then be able
to assist industry with ex-
pert knowledge, advice and
Pecommendations in the
field of automation.””~

‘With: 12 post-graduate.

students and permanent
employees. and compre-
hensive computer facili-

ties, the unit is a hive of
So

In ‘conjunction with ©

Mintek, computervision
are being used

size of each there are in
order to determine the ex-
tent of grinding that must
be carried out.. *

One of the technological
spin-offs. from this. re-
search will be work on the
development ‘of robot vi-
sion.

Other projects: include
the automated: robot’ as~
sembly of electric motors
and the development of ex~
pert systems | -in- manufac-.

Conveyor belt’ wear
analysis is. being: under-
taken in a vision project and:
computer networking for:

between: R600; 000" and:

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either. donated’ by; or om
loan: from, industry: indi--
cates that they. are: pre-
pared to invest in this type
of research,” he: said.

“1 find the more L speak.
to. industrialists: about: our
activities, the more-enthu-
siasm and interest they dis-'
play. :

A sub-division: of. Me~
chatronics:is the:
ate. technology: division::
“*Here,we look: at tech-
nology: for rural-type: ap-
plications: such’ as. water
pumping: and: solar-pow-

Bloch calls. this. ‘‘right-

tech’? as opposed: to high-
or low-tech,
. Where: high-technology.
is used, it is for increased
reliability rather than com-
Plexity, he says.



STATE ACTS TO END STOCKFEED SHORTAGE

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 6 Jul 85 p 2

[Excerpt]

THE Government is working on a programme
to decentralise the production of stockfeed to
the rural areas to alleviate the scarcity of feeds in:

Zambia.

Chairman of: the. Rural
Development Committee of
the Central Committee Mr
Reuben Kamanga said on
Thursday that the Party
and its Government was
concerned at the scarcity of
stockfeeds and had worked
out measures to solve the
problem.

Among. the measures to
be taken included the
involvement of private,
parastatal and Government
organisations in the pro-
duction process.

It was imperative. to
involve the private sector in
in the manufacture and
supply of stockfeed because
of the magnitude of the
problem.

He said the Government
was looking forward to the
outcome of experiments in
stockfeed manufacturing at

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the University of Zambia in
the hope of finding alterna-
tive local and viable. for-'
mula for stockfeed produc-
or poultry f
ivestock and itry far-
mers throughout Zambia
have been adversely affec-
ted by the erratic and in-
adequate supply of stock-
feeds for some time now.

The Zambia Pork and
Poultry Company has just
laid off 100 employees: be-
cause of a shortage of pigs
and poultry for processing
at the plant.

The inadequate supply of
pig and poultry from farm-
ers has been due- to the
inadequate supply of stock-
feed.

Zambia National Service
farms have also been hit by
the non-availability of:
stockfeed.

92

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20 August 1985

ZAMBIA


IJPRS=SSA~85+073
20 August 1985

KHUTALA COAL MINE--The R400-million Khutala coal mine near Ogies, Transvaal,
has passed a significant milestone with the "holing through" of the incline
shaft with the development from the ventilation shaft. The first generating
set of the’ Kendal power station will be commissioned in 1988 following which
Khutala's coal production for the power station will be built up to 12,3-
million tons a year by 1993, Khutala is the second of three Escom-tied coal
mines developed by the Rand Mines Group. The first was Dhuva, near Witbank,
while the third will be Majuba, near Amersfoort. The holing through--which
took place 100m underground on the No 2 seam horizon--has paved the way for
the establishment of the underground infrastructure, including stations and
coal bunkers. Shaft-sinking, in terms of a R10,5-million contract, is being
handled by RUC Mining who have achieved a first for South Africa by using a
R1,5-million Westfalie WAV300 road heading tunnel borer. No incline shaft
has been sunk in South Africa before by means of mechanical mining, The
machine cut through 500 m of sandstone, carbonaceous shales and coal over a
period of six months. Once in full operation, the Khutala mine will employ
some 3 150 people, including 2 700 black workers. The coal, which will ‘flow
to the Kendal power station on conveyor belts, will come from the mine's

No 2. and No.4 seams. [Text] [Johannesburg ENGINEERING WEEK in English
20:Jun 85-p. 20]

SLIK OIL FILTERS--Sales of Slik centrifugal filters have soared and the
Vereeniging-based manufacturers, Vaal Oil Filters, attribute this success

to the product's proven reliability, particularly in the mining industry.
Vaal Oil Filters recently secured its first export order for Slik centrifugal
filters for a customer in the USA and the company has also concluded an
agreement with Nordbert Manufacturers, whereby their heavy-duty jaw crushers
will be fitted with the Slik filters as an optional extra, to clean lubricat-
ing oils on a continuous basis. The Slik series of centrifugal filters are
equipped with the mono C31M or Mono C41M ‘range of pumps, depending on the
filter capacity and are capable of removing wear particles in oil down to
0,8 micron and, in some instances, as low as 0,1 micron. The same filters
have shown satisfactory results when used on hydraulic and drawing oils,-as
well as certain chemicals. Other features of the Slik filter is that it is
cost-effective, has noicartridges to replace, has a dirt-holding capacity
far greater than conventional filters, thereby reducing cleaning downtime,
and its components are manufactured from wear-resistant materials, Vaal

Oil Filters’ management are confident that the Slik filter will become the
leader in oil cleaning locally because of its many applications on internal
combustion engines, ball mills and crushers. [Text] [Johannesburg ENGINEER-
ING WEEK in English 20 Jun 85 p 18]

BOARDS FOR TAIWAN--Sappi Novobord, a division of Sappi Timber Industries,
will supply more than R4-million worth of particle board and melamine
covered boards to Taiwan for the manufacture of speaker boxes for sound
systems. {Text] [Johannesburg ENGINEERING WEEK in English 20 Jun 85 p 3]

MACHINE TOOL CONTRACT--Scope Industrial Holdings has been awarded a R4-
million-a-year contract by a West German company to supply machine tools.
The contract is to last five years. [Text] [Johannesburg ENGINEERING WEEK
in English 20 Jun 85 p 3]

71



MBO11508 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1502 GMT 1 Aug 85

47 Detainees Released

JPRS~SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

[Text] Pretoria, 1 Aug, SAPA--Police said today 47 people had been released
out of the total of 1,329 detained under the emergency regulations in force

for the past 12 days.

A list of those freed was released in Pretoria.
were freed between 24 and 30 July.

The names of those released are:

Name

1. Elias Masokoane
2. Roben Moliki

3. Stephen Nenwe

4, Gugu Sosibo

5. Stephens Mopeloa
6. Edward Mblala

7. Moses Mnyoken

8. Mvumelwana Dandala
9. Zalisile Kantwana
10. Ntsokalo Sandi
11. Lungise Kwentele
12. Mabaza Madoda

13, Ernest Nkwinti
14. Elias Njibana

15. Alfred Moleko

16, Siko Dandela

17. Bonesile Mabhu
18. Tembekile Siko
19. Kholekele Nwayi
20. Vuyisile Siko

21. Gift Thabete

22. Oscar Albert

23. Andele Mbete

24. Joseph Mgqungwana
25. Petrus Motha

26. Manocagayzi Tabete
27. Similo Myagaso
28. Johannes Sholvo
29. Johannes Moboka
30. Imanuel Nxumalo
31. Muluao Mlodi

32. Mambasa Ndix

33. Josef Modesi

34. Gabriel Ndhuli
35. Sally Mohlokwa
36. Samuel Mathansi
37. Mann Thebskvane

(no. on sap list)

Police said the prisoners

District

(45)
(58)
(61)
(63)
(65)
(204)
(207)
(257)
(283)
(284)
(285)
(286)
(337)
(338)
(490)
(588)
(589)
(591)
(592)
(593)
(650)
(888)
(889)
(890)
(1141)
(1142)
(1143)
(1144)
(1145)
(1146)
(1147)
(1148)
(1149)
(1150)
(1151)
(1152)
(1153)

32

Krugersdorp
"

Cardock
Springs
Port Elizabeth

Grahamstown
"

"
"

Bathurst
Grahamstown
Vereeniging
Alexandria

"

Springs

Benoni

Port Elizabeth
"

Germiston
"


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“for labourers has aiso been
granted.

Although the agreement
came into effect on July 1, the
unions have rejected it as not
meeting the high cost of living.

. When signing the agreement,
the IMF unions said they re-
served the right to negotiate

supplementary agreements.

with the more profitable com-
panies in the industry.

“ATTACKED

They attacked the Seifsa po-
sition as “discouraging plant-
level bargaining”. The unions
contend that the setting of gen-
eral wage minimums at the In-
dustrial Council (IC) is meant
to protect the smaller employ-
ers, But the bigger employers

whose profits were greater and.

therefore could pay more, were
hiding behind the IC mini-
mums, the unions said.

It is these employers with
which the unions will negoti-
ate directly.

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44

Employers who resisted
these attempts would “face
whatever action our member-
ship deems expedient”, said the
local IMF secretary, Mr Brian
Fredericks.

Mawu was even more explic-
it, hinting at a possibility of a
national strike if employers re-
fused to negotiate at plant
level. 4

The union claims a signed-up
membership of more thn
40 000. H

A union source this week
predicted work stoppages over"
the next few weeks to batk
plant-level negotiations with
some companies. ;

Last week 500 workers were
dismissed by the Pretoria fim
Silverton Steel Engineeripg
after striking over the issue. 5

Their union, the IMF-affi-
liated National Automobile and
Allied Workers’ Union, vai die
company had implemented fhe
new wage rates while diréct
negotiations were in progr



JPRS~SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

SUCCESS OF MOBILE, TWO-WAY RADIO NOTED

Johannesburg ENGINEERING WEEK [High-Tech] in English 20 Jun 85 p 23

[Text]
A new, synthesised mobile two-way ra- “The decision to develop the new gen-
dio, the MR30, designed, developed and eration of hand-held and mobile two-way
manufactured entirely in South Africa by radios was a calculated risk involving a
Servitek, has been successfully launched capital investment of about R2.5-million.
on the international market. “| am happy to say that the reactions

Following its appearance last month at we have already had from national and
an international exhibition of two-way ra- international markets have fully con-
dios in the United States, orders have al- firmed our belief in this venture.”
ready been received from a number of Grobler said Servitek had succeeded in
countries. In this country, the MR30 has producing a range of two-way radios and
already been field tested and ordered ancillary equipment to paramilitary stand-
ahead of its South African launch bya ards capable of meeting the most stringent
major parastatal organisation. commercial and industrial market require-

At the local launch, Servitek chairman ments at a competitive price.
doe Grobler said the launching of the ra- The importance to South Africa of hav-
dio was the culmination of work which ing its own capability in this field could
began more than 20 years ago. hardly be over-emphasised, he said.

The mobile radio was preceded by a “In the sophisticated world of electron-
range of VHF portables which were suc- ics and telecommunications, assembly
cessfully introduced to the local and in- under licence does not create local know-
tefnational markets over a year ago. The how in the true sense of the word — and
company has just received what it believes certainly will not help South Africa to build
to be the largest order yet placed for South up an export business.
African-manufactured and designed radio “In fact, manufacturers assembling un-
equipment, worth more than R1-million der licence are invariably excluded from
for the supply of 1 500 VHF portables to world markets as a condition of the licen-
a government agency. sing agreement.”

“Both the portables and the mobile ra- The measure of Servitek’s achievement
dio use techniques and components based was that its technical director and radio
on the very latest state-of-the-art, and are sales manager had succeeded in opening
products entirely of our own develop- up new opportunities for the company’s
ment, engineering and manufacturing op- products in a matter of days at their first
erations,” he said. international showing in Las Vegas.

To gear up for demand, a new man-
ufacturing and office complex is being built
in Elandsfontein at a cost of R2-million.

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49



JPRS“SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

CIVIL ENGINEERING WORK DOWN
Johannesburg BUSINESS DAY in English 23 Jul 85 p 3
{Article by Mervyn Harris]

[Text] ae

HALF YEARLY CONSTRUCTION AWARDS
: IN THE CIVIL ENGINEERING INDUSTRY
THE value of civil engineering con-
tracts awarded in June was the high-
est since September.

Total value of contracts for the first
half of the year was, however, almost R/MiuION
28% lower than during the same period. '800| —
last year. .

Latest figures recorded by the South
African Federation of Civil Engineering
Contractors (Safcec) show that the.95
contracts worth R162m awarded in June
lifted the total for the first six months of
the year to R585m compared with
R830m in the first half of 1984.

Safcec executive director Kees La-
gaay says the half yearly contract
award figures, recorded in current
prices, have remained virtually stag-
nant since 1981.

“It is clear that, when adjusted for
inflation, there has been a continuous

downward trend in the industry's intake 1979 80 81 82 83 84 185
of new work in real terms since 1981-82. . Séreegatcet

“Order books are poorly filled with no R19,4m contract for the Middelburg by-
signs of an early general improvement pass went to Stocks Roads.
in the prevailing sluggish tempo of con- Other major awards in June inchided
struction. Although the National Trans- the contract for the reconstruction of the
port Commission programme of major Bailey-Penhoek Pass-Jamestown trunk
national road contracts is most wel- : road, in the Eastern Cape, which will be
come, it will not be sufficient to lift the undertaken by LTA struction for
industry out of the recession.” R21,6m.

The award of the first major contract Although Safcec is not notified of all
of the current NTC programme helped contracts awarded, the figures are esti-
boost the value of the June awards. The mated to cover about two-thirds of all

civil engineering work

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of a military aircraft in Mbeya.
The MP said’ the Govern-
ment should think of buying two
more planes for the military to
reinforce the present fleet.
Ndugu Corona Busongo (Nationaly
Mwanza) urged the ministry to

. improve militia training. Members

f'the militia should be provided
with uniforms and identity cards, she

The MP for Mafia, Lieutenant
Colonel Ayubu Kimbau, said. the
army. must take good care of
weaponry and other equipment
which, he added, were very
expensive.

He stressed the need for the army
to feed iself. The MP who was a
commanding officer in Nachingwea
before entering the House,’ said
army units could conveniently
combine military training and food
reduction.

pl
(Winding up the debate, Ndugu
Kimario said members of the
defence forces must be ready to
move from one part of the country to
another on call of duty.

He was reacting to complaints by
some MPs that soldiers from
Zanzibar were recently transferred to
Shinyanga, leaving’ their wives
behind.

The Minister discouraged notions
that Mainland and Isles soldiers were
treated differently, | Any such

uine cases shoul ted for
Setion. he added. wp

Brigadier rio called “on
regional authorities to establish
militia companies in the rural areas

where none existed. :
The House unanimously approved
453.9m/- for his ministry’s 1985/86
expenditure, of which 383.0m/- will
be development budget. The House
session continued this morning.

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JPRS~$SA~85~073 a
20 August 1985

TANZANIA

BRIEFS

FARMERS PAID MORE--The Tanzanian government announced on July 8 further
increases in prices paid to producers for their crops. The rises are as
follows: robusta coffee 25 percent, arabica coffee, cashew nuts, tea and
cardamom 20 percent, grapes and cane sugar 10 percent. 1.0.N.--This is the
second price increase in'a year for producers of ‘coffee, tea, cashews and
cardamom, In June 1984 similar rises were also applied to cotton, cocoa,
pyrethrum and tobacco. These increases, granted with the aim of encouraging
farmers to -produce more, had the desired effect at the’ last harvest, which
was a vast improvement on previous years. ‘[Text] [Paris THE INDIAN OCEAN
NEWSLETTER in English 13 Jul 85 p 6]

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84



nonmilitary aid to the armed bandits fighting against the popular government
in Nicaragua. On the other hand these imperialist countries claim that sanc-
tions will damage the (?7current) reform that Botha is (?pulling). What reform?
Do they want to tell us that the indiscriminate arrest of leaders and activists
of the democratic movement constitute reform? Do they mean that the murder of
more than 500. innocent civilians within a year is a form of reform? Can anyone
refer to the Langa massacre of 21 March this year as a reform?

Today, Britain and the United States are telling us that the predawn raid that
apartheid troops and police are conducting against us are a form of reform we
would like to be told, for we have not yet been told, whether the banning of
meetings of the UDF and other organizations was a reform of apartheid?

We (?know) however that they are not referring to those empty cosmetic changes
like the repealing of the immorality act and the political (?interference) act
as constituting reform. We the people of South Africa call upon all those who
believe in peace and friendship to act now and impose mandatory sanctions against
the apartheid regime. Sanctions can only hurt those who benefit from apartheid.

On the other hand we the people of South Africa shall continue with our offen-
sive against the apartheid regime. We shall intensify the factors that caused
“that racists to impose the state cf emergency. We shall continue eliminating
(2policemen) stooges, enemy agents and collaborators. We, shall continue
bringing the apartheid economy to its knees. Whether the United States and
Britain like it or not we shall. impose sanctions on our own.

We shall sabotage their (?firms). We shall continue (?reducing) their {word
indistinct/. Workers ‘and /word indistinct/ (strikes). will continue. Whether
they impose sanctions or not their investments in our country shall be placed
in jeopardy. There is no way in which these bloodsuckers can stop us from
damaging the machines in the factory. They can’ t stop us from attacking
delivery vans and disrupting communication lines.

Fellow countrymen, we must continue and heighten the momentum of our offensive.
We must not be deterred by the evil actions of these imperialists. The whole
democratic mankind, the world over, supports our struggle. It opposes the
imposition of the naked military dictatorship under the cloak of a state of
emergency. Dear compatriots, the whole world is behind us. Only a handful

of bloodsuckers stand behind the apartheid regime. Therefore let us intensify
our offensive. We demand sanctions now.

Amandla ngawethu. Maatle ke arona. Every fighter a patriot and every patriot
a fight. Forward to battle.

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39



IJPRS- SSA- 85-073

20 August 1985

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA REPORT

CoNTENTS
INTER-AFRICAN AFFAIRS

Africa Becoming Playground for East-West Arms Race
(Patu Simoko; TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 13 Jul 85) seeceeeess

ANGOLA

Briefs
Amnesty International Protests Trials

CAMEROON

Yaounde Radio Analyzes France's Action Against RSA
(Yaounde Domestic Service, 25 Jul 85) scesecesececcesceces

GHANA

Moslems Assured of Government Cooperation
(Kodjo Atsu, Abdul Aziz; PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 2 Jul 85)

Assasie Announces Schedule for Upcoming CDR Congresses
(Breda Atta-Quayson; PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 2 Jul 85)...

Nyarko Discusses State Enterprise Problems
(PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 29 Jun B5) cocvecccvcccereccecees

FRG Aid To Stress Agriculture, Transport, Water
(Abigail Bonsu; PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 1 Jul 85) weceeeee

Agricultural Research Advisory Committee Inaugurated .
(Abdul Aziz; PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 10 Jul 85) ..

Netherlands Assisting.in Northern Region Well Drilling Project
(PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 5 Jul 85) sesccevececseerereevens

Traditional Export Monitoring Secretariat Established
(Wendy Asiama; PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 4 Jul 85) wecceceee

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JPRS~SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

ZIMBABWE

BRIEFS

MUGABE URGES AGRICULTURE EMPHASIS -- The prime minister, Comrade Robert Mugabe,
has called on member states of the OAU to give the highest priority to agricul-
tural and rural development policies. Comrade Mugabe made the call when he
addressed the 21st summit of the African body yesterday on the special program
of action for the improvement of the food situation and the rehabilitation of
agriculture. The prime minister urged other African states to allocate adequate
resources to support agricultural production at all levels, with special emphasis
on small-scale holders. He added that there should be an incentive system for
producers through remunerative producer prices and an efficient marketing sys-
tem and participation of producers in decisionmaking. On Zimbabwe's agricul-
tural sector, Comrade Mugabe informed the summit that the country has registered
some notable success, mainly the resettlement of peasants, farmers' provision

of credit facilities, expansion of marketing depots in the rural areas, and in-
creases in producer prices. The prime minister expressed the hope that all mem-
ber states of the OAU can similarly commit themselves to stepping up subregional
produce and regional cooperation recommended by the steering committee's last
report being considered by the heads of state and government. [Text] [Harare
Domestic Service in English 0500 GMT 20 Jul 85 MBI

ZAPU CANDIDATE WITHDRAWS -- PF-ZAPU has withdrawn its candidate for the Kariba
constituency by-election. This leaves the ZANU-PF candidate, Comrade Enos Nkala,
as the sole contestant in the constituency. In a statement issued yesterday, the
PF-ZAPU leader, Dr Joshua Nkomo, explained that the move was taken after careful
consideration of the recent developments in the country. The withdrawn candidate,
Mr Kenneth (Manu), told THE SUNDAY MAIL that he had not been enthusiastic about
contesting the Kariba constituency. THE SUNDAY MAIL reports that although Comrade
Nkala is now the member of parliament for Kariba, he still has to go through the
process of election. Meanwhile, addressing a rally in the Kariba constituency
yesterday, Comrade Nkala, who is the minister of home affairs, said the govern-
ment's policy of reconciliation will only apply to those who have positively
accepted its concept. He urged PF-ZAPU MP's to cross the floor and join the
ruling party. [Text] [Harare Domestic Service in English 0600 GMT 28 Jul 85

MB]

102



CSO:

major cost item, as in thé
last season the total cost
of cane transport
amounted to R113-mil-
lion, representing nearly
20 per cent of total grow-
ing costs,” Mr Smeaton
said. :

* Another major change
was the production pool
system, introduced at the
start of the current sea-
son. This consists of a
two pool system, with the
first pool totalling 1,8-
million tons and compris-
ing the local market ton-
nage plus the minimum
quantities committed by
contract to export cus-
tomers. The second, vol-
untary, pool comprised
the balance of export

production.

“With this introduction
of further free market
principles into the indus-
try, it will be up to the
individual grower or
miller to decide whether
his particular cost struc-
ture permits him to eco-
nomically participate in
the second pool. .

The current low world !
sugar price could not last
for much longer, because
there were definite signs
that world production
was reducing, albeit not
dramatically, Dr C van
der Pol, vice chairman if

the SA Sugar Association”

(SASA), told the meeting.

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62

But he said it was im-
possible to predict sugar
prices accurately. It was
generally agreed that
world sugar prices could
be expected to continue
acting cyclically.

Current instability in
world agricultural com-
modity prices, including
sugar, would last about
five years more.

The South African
sugar industry had ad-
justed itself to the situa-
tion by tightening its belt
—and would have to
tighten it some more if
only to try to achieve a
positive cash flow.

“I am not sure that the
climate.is.yet favourable
for negotiating an effec-
tive International Sugar
Agreement in terms of
which all exporters
would make sacrifices.”

He said that any unilat-
eral action by South Afri-
f the big pro-

i educing its
production by, say, 10
percent would react fa-
vourably on the world
sugar market.

But it would not result
in a commensurate sav-
ing in fixed costs. Unit
costs would be forced up
and such action would be;
of no use to anybody. —
Own Correspondent and

Sapa.



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petitive in the new world
order: of steel.

As Willem :van Wyk,
-Iscor’s managing direc-
“tor said: “We realised the

oil crisis would increase
inflation and stop further
-growth for steel sales, 50
=we:closed the valves on
further .capital .expendi-
ature.” :

-producers worldwide, Is-
cor has to rethink its basic
philosophies ‘under pre-
vailing international con-
ditions of . under-
utilisatien of production
capacity, over-produc-
tion, cheap subsidised
steel available-on world
markets by ‘countries
trying ‘to redeem exces-
sively high debts; and the
‘general tendency to pro-
tect local industries by
restricting imports as far
a8 possible.»

‘he first major turning
point for Iscor came in
1975, which marked ‘the

end of almost continuous °

expansion since produc-
tion started some 41 years
earlier at Pretoria. :

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48

Iscor realised that it
could .not meet the.
changed circumstances
by merely cutting back
on expansion — it had to
become more efficient in
‘what was left.

Policy has, therefore,
been focused on im-
proved management sys-
tems, rationalisation and
modernisation of plant
and equipment, on im-
proving -quality «and the
range of products as well
as worker productivity.

It is only lately that the
new face of Iscor has be-
come apparent to the
public at large; the staff
complement has dropped
from 70 000 to 62 000 —
mainly through natural
wastage -— accompanied
by a complete .transfor-
mation of its steel pro-
duction processes and the
increasing sophistication
of products in response to
new needs on the part of
customers who have been
pressured by the oil crisis
to strive for lightness.


MINER'S UNION WARNS ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION OF PENSION PLAN

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 13 Jul 85 pl

[Text]

cso;

MINEWORKERS Union of .

Zambia (MUZ) has accused
es, Zamble Consolidated
per es (ZCCI

ig the Mukuba
pension scheme on the
Reunion ional
ie union’s nati
charman Mr Timothy
Walambe m made the accusa-
tion in his first comment
since ZCCM declared the
scheme mandatory early
this week.
a strongly worded
statement issued in Kitwe
yesterday, Mr Walamba
challenged the mining
authorities to cite the
clause in the recognition
agreement where it is spelt
out that the scheme was
part, of of the conditions of

ising by President
Kaunda’s order for trade

sai ening den Meni
public through

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MUZ had kept quiet even
when thousands of its.
members, most of them
innocent, were fired.

“But now the situation
has changed because the
circumstances are fore yon
our behaviour. Here
can see that ZCCM is
cing us to speak out.’”

As far as he was con-
cerned the matter was in
the hands of the scheme’s

* board, which is indepen-

dent of the ZCCM,

whit i
foreign territory
is trying to twist the lion’s

tail which they cannot fight. °

Let them be warned that we
will meet them head-on, if
that is the lang guage they
understand better,
Jared Mr Walamba.

He warned ZCCM ‘“‘not
to take MUZ for ited by
avating an already bad
uation by issuing state-

97

ments which will only serve
to worsen the rift.”

He disclosed that MUZ
would represent the miners
who were sacked after the
strike over the scrapping of
the schem ,

There was no comment
from the ZCCM over Mr
Walamba’s remarks.

Meanwhile, the Govern-
ment has ordered ZCCM to
halt deductions of union
subscriptions for the MUZ

immediate effect
Hib win ae strike by
miners over the contro'ver-
sial Mukuba pension
scheme last month.

The order is in com-
piiance with _ statutory
istrument number six of
1985 signed by Minister of
Labour and Social Services
Mr Frederick Hapunda on
Jaiuary 20 to punish
unions whose members go
unofficial

IPRS“SSA=85+073
20 August 1985

ZAMBIA



JPRS~SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

LESOTHO

RADIO LAUDS JONATHAN'S RECORD AS PRIME MINISTER

MB050850 Maseru Domestic Service in English 0500 GMT 5 Aug 85

[Station Commentary]

[Excerpt] The prime minister, the Right Honorable Dr Leabua Jonathan, has been a
leader of a political party, the Basotho National Party, for the past 23 years
and a prime minister for the past 19 years. It is a fact beyond doubt that Dr
Jonathan has shown remarkable acumen as a politician in Southern Africa. It is
also a matter beyond debate that in his astute style of politics he has over-
shadowed and outmanouvered his political opponents both inside and outside
Lesotho for well over 19 years. He has baffled political analysts and prophets.

Dr Jonathan has resisted all efforts to agree to peace in Southern Africa at all
costs, despite pressures from within certain sections of his own party. He

said yes to peace, but peace on the basis of mutually acceptable principles ©
that take account of the future interests of this nation. The prime minister
has refused to bow to certain pressures to narrow the scope of Lesotho's dip—
lomatic relation. He has made it clear that it is not his policy to adopt for—
eign ideologies, but he has equally made it clear that Lesotho must, in its

own interests, maintain relations with all states on the basis of internationally
recognized diplomatic principles of noninterference in internal affairs.

He has stood firm on the principles of respect of law despite public clamor for
summary action against those charged with violation of the laws of this kingdom.
He has also made it clear that opportunities for employment in Lesotho are open
to all, irrespective of political differences, in the face of strong pressures
that bias should be shown to his followers. He has taken initiatives to have
an amnesty act passed to afford those of his opponents who created acts to
overthrow his government to rejoin their communities and even contest the forth-

coming general elections.

Dr Jonathan has, in the interests of this kingdom, met many world leaders con-
ferring, consulting, and exchanging views with the objective of expanding and
strengthening relations, and setting up a structure for peaceful climate and en-
vironment in which this kingdom can continue to flourish.

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22



QUAINOO EXPLAINS FORCED RETIREMENT REGULATIONS

Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 29 Jun 85 pp 1, 4

[Text]

‘THE Force Commander
Major-General Arnold
Quainoo yesterday rei-
terated his stand that he"
will not tolerate double
standards within the
military. He said lawsin
the military were made
for all and that it will be
an act of injustice to ex-
pect that they would be
applied differently be-:
cause of one’s rank.

General Quainoo was
speaking at a meeting at
Burma Hall yesterday
with Warrant Officers,
their equivalent ranks and
Sergeants.in the Ghana
Armed Forces to identify
and discuss problems. fac-
ing them. :

In a frank and. open
manner, the Force-Com-
mander laid bare certain
issues and also touched on’
certain policy decisions re-
lating: to retirements: and
promotions.

He elaborated on the
procedures relating to reti-
rement and said that these
have been strictly adhered

He cited as an example
the procedure where offic-
ers and men are retired
when they do not get any
promotion for:a specified
number of vears. This. he
said has been a long-
standing policy meant to
ensure that the failure of
‘one person to move higher
does not stiffle the promo-
tions and prospects of tho-
se below him.

He explained that whe-
never this has happened,
such officers are retired
and engaged as civilian
employees within the same
unit and given the same
salaries as they were re-

ceiving before.

On promotions, he
stressed that it has and will
continue to be based on
efficiency.

General Quainoo also
touched on stealing and
said such an act together
with other vices cannot be
allowed ta destroy and
distort the image and role
of the Armed Forces.

General Quainoo gave as
an illustration a case in
which an officer stole
goods worth 1.6 million
belonging to the Armed
Forces and sold them to a
businessman’ for an
amount of £200,000. The
officer was made to appear
before a court martial.and
the punishment he got was
to have the goor!s and: mo-
ney confiscated to the sta-
te plus a two-year loss in
seniority. .

The Force Commander
explained that under those

.circumstances the officer
went unpunished hecause
first, the money which was
confiscated did not belong
to him and the two year
loss of seniority was of no
consequence as a
-Lieutenant-Colonel, his
promotion did not depend
on time.

Such judgement, Gene-
ral Quainoo explained, was
an act tantamount to cor-
doning and conniving with
the crime and those who
gave the judgement had to
face the consequence of
their own actions. Some

»actions, he said, defy logic
and commonsense.

The Force Commander
walled for a closer exami-
nation of all the issues
discussed and said that in
the end the facts and truth

18

JPRS“SSA~85+073
20 August 1985

GHANA


It is therefore annoying that even Ian Smith, whom blacks never have and never
shall forgive for the murder of tens of thousands of blacks and whites in this
country, should have the audacity to want to help Cde Mugabe form his Cabinet.

The whites who are moaning about Mr Norman are doing so purely from a racial
point of view. The same goes for failed white journalists’ suggesting in South
African newspapers that Mr Norman was "kicked in the teeth" by being "dismissed".

We never heard them mourn when blacks were dropped from the Cabinet or from their
posts as deputy ministers.

The Minister of the combined Lands, Agriculture and Rural Settlement ministry
will be implementing the same ZANU (PF) policies that made Mr Norman so popular.
Admittedly Mr Norman and’ Cde Mahachi are different people with different charac-
ters. But the policies are the same. The aims are the same, Though the approach
may be different, the intention is to achieve the same results.

It is a pity that a good man such as Mr Norman, who vowed never to be a politician,
should be a political football of the racists who, because of their murderous

récord, have as much right to be in the Parliament of Zimbabwe as Hitler and
Mengele would have for sitting in the Israel Knesset.

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MORE ARRESTS, RELEASES

MB311032 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1021 GMT 31 Jul 85

Since 30 July

JPRSSSA~85+073
20 August 1985

~~ SOUTH: AFRICA

Flext] Pretoria, 31 July, SAPA--Police said today 29 people had been arrested
since yesterday under the emergency regulations, bringing to 1,286 the number
of people detained since the emergency was implemented 10 days ago.

According to a police list of the detainees, the names of the latest arrests
are (the numbering follows the SAP list numbering):

Name

1260.
1261.
1262.
1263.
1264.
1265.
1266.
1267.
1268.
1269.
1270.
1271.
1272.
1273.
1274.
1275.
1276.
1277.
1278.
1279.
1280.
1281.
1282.
1283.
1284.
1285.
1286.

Motumo Mohlobane
Dingaan Tsolo
Lefu Thobejane
Sunnyboy Mcira
Njakale More

Sonny Mbele
Lasarus Mcanangwa
Elkner Neondesilwa
Constance Kulu
Jabulani Makhafola
Elliot Nyende
Kaizer Bnene

Simon Mahlangu
Themba Maluleka
Ernest Nombande
Sicelo Ndevu
Mzuzwana Mdyogolo
Fusunzi Pisani
Lumkile Baskit
Charles Ntan
Wuzie Kookwater
Kutu Majo

Myote Zukile
Zoyzsile Hlangwana
Andile Ngotsha
Sincelo Pakane
Weelnut Mene

30

Race/Sex Magisterial District
B/M Vanderbiljpark
" "
" "
" "
" "
" Benoni
" "
" "
B/F "
B/M "
" "
" "
" "
" "
" Jansenville
" Albany
" "
" Port Elizabeth
" "
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c/M "
B/M "

Bathurst
Uitenhage
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JPRS~SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

MINING PROFESSOR OUTLINES METHANE OUTPUT OF SEAMS

Johannesburg ENGINEERING WEEK in English 20 Jun 85 p 4

[Text]

CSO:

Professor Hew Phillips, Chamber of Mines
Professor of Mining Engineering, outlined
chis proposed ‘research into ‘the potential
methane output of selected South African
coal seams.

“The South African coal industry has been
fortunate in that few of the existing mines
suffer from severe gas problems and ‘out-
bursts’ caused by gas ‘pressure and rapid
-excavation, ‘which can halt or retard mining.

“These conditions can generally be .at-
tributed to the shallow.depths at which the

‘However, as mining in SA progresses
‘and deeper seams are’ worked, seam gas
pressure will increase and the sorption char-
acteristics are likely to change. Gas release
-at the working surface is then likely to be-

-come a‘problem.

“A solution can be found, provided ac-
curate predictions of the degasification char-
acteristics of the seam can be made. Advance
planning of adequate ventilation systems can
be undertaken and, if necessary ,-proper gas
drainage schemes implemented.”*

The project is intended to provide: basic

data on the quantity of methane adsorbed by
different coal seams, expressed as a function
of seam pressure and temperature.
__ During the first year, the principal objec-
tive will be to obtain the equilibrium sorption
isotherms for a number of samples from SA
coal seams.

‘The methane.can be adsorbed under con-
trolled. conditions, and the volume and rate
of desorption: monitored. .

To make use: of the sorption isotherms,
several parameters ‘will have ‘to be deter-

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54

mined which include seam gas pressure,
temy re and the residual gas content in
coal leaving the face.

~The final objective will be to develop 2
simple model-which can -be used to predict
the make of methane-under.a variety of mif-
ing Conditions in a number of seams.

‘Says ‘Prof Phillips: “Technological .ad-
Vancements for rapid éxcavation of.coal in
South ‘Africa have reached.a high level of
efficiency and what is needed now is fine
tuning.

“The focal areas of research should be
safety, in the control of methane and res-
pirable dust, increased reliability of equip-
ment and the reduction of manpower through
greater automation.”

In.gold mining, however, ‘major techno-
logical advances are needed and fundamen-
tal research should be geared towards

One-example is:the realisation that high
pressure water jets can ‘be ‘used ‘to extract
gold bearing reef without using explosives.

Prof Phillips added that he-would like to
see more interaction between the depart-
ments of electrical and mechanical engi-
neering and his own.

“Often the’ results-of their research are
not directly applicable to the mining industry

cand require the addition of some mining ex-

‘One area of co-operation which he high-
lighted is between Uwtec.and Mining En-
gineering who are working on developing a
‘new machine for excavating and transport-
ing minerals from stopes.””

SOUTH AFRICA


JPRS~SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

KRUPP EXPORTS CRUSHERS--Krupp South Africa has started a programme of
exporting locally manufactured jaw crushers to Germany, The company has
received its first order, valued at more than R250 000, for the supply of
five jaw crushers to Krupp in Germany. This is the first time the jaw
crushers have been exported to Germany and Krupp is confident of securing
several other orders in the near future. Krupp South Africa recently
concluded a manufacturing agreement with Dunswart Heavy Engineering whereby
the latter. company will. manufacture crushers to Krupp designs and specifica-
tions at its facilities in Dunswart. The jaw crushers which are to be
exported by Krupp are used in quarries for the crushing of stone. They are
double toggle crushers of an all-steel frame and managanese wear parts, all
of which are locally manufactured. The one-part welded crushers frames are
torsion free, thus equipping them for the most rugged operating conditions.
The arrangement of their outer reinforcing ribs coincides'with the lines of
force. The exact position of the axles towards each other is the result: of
precision machining by Dunswart Heavy Engineering. [Text] [Johannesburg
ENGINEERING WEEK in English 20 Jun 85 p 1]

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JPRS~SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

LIBERIA

BRIEFS

LINSU REPORTS STUDENTS ARREST -- The Liberian National Students Union, LINSU,
says three more students, this time from the Booker Washington Institute, BWI,
have been arrested for allegedly attempting to circulate a statement calling
for the replacement of their principal and the repeal of Decree 88-A. A LINSU
release issued at the weekend did not, however, name the three students arrested.
The release also called on the National Board of Investigation, set up recently
by Head of State Doe to investigate 14 students arrested at the Soviet Embassy
on an alleged spying mission, to be inspired by the sense of impartially as
their findings will forever remain in the archives of what LINSU described as
this cherished land our ours, findings which will be left to the judgment of
posterity. [Text] [Monrovia Radio ELWA in English 1710 GMT 5 Aug 85 AB]

STUDENTS ARRESTED PROBE URGED -- The Lofa University Students Association, LUSA,
has appealed to the Government of Liberia in the name of humanity and goodness
for the inclusion of some University of Liberia [UL] authorities and represen—
tatives of the Provisional Leadership Committee on the recent board set by Dr
Doe to investigate 14 students caught recently at the closed Soviet Embassy and
on an alleged spying mission. A release from LUSA issued today said realizing
that the members of the investigating board have numerous hectic offical duties,
they shall be delighted were they to investigate the students as soon as possible.
They also appealed to Dr Doe to have mercy on the students so as to enable them
to enter school by second semester should the investigation board find them
guilty of passing over information to the Soviets on the night of 17 June. The
release concluded by saying: We join government in praying for the peace and
stability of the Liberian nation in these critical days. [Text] [Monrovia
Domestic Service in English 2000 GMT 5 Aug 85 AB] :

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JPRS~SSA~85~073
20 August

ZAMBIA

TAZARA RENEGES ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 23 Jul 85 p 1

[Text]
THE Tazara council of ministers has thrown out a collec-
tive agreement signed this year by the Railway Workers
Union of Zambia (RWUZ) and the Tazara management
for more pay and increased allowances to save costs.

At its recent meeting
held in Dar es Salaam
the council, compris-
ing Zambia, Tanzania
ard China accepted
most recommenda-
tions of the Tazara
cost cutting committee
under the chairman-
ship of former
minister of Finance Mr
Joshua Lumina.

The meeting, attended by
Minister of Power,
Transport and Communica-
tions Mr Fitzpatrick
Chuula, two ministers. of
State, Mr Richard Zimba
(Commerce and. Industry)
and Mr Lavu Mulimba (Na-
tional Commission « for
Development Planning).
with permanent’ secretary’
for Power, Transport and.
Communications Mr- Ned-
son Nyoni, agreed with the
Lumina committee on the
15. Per cent staff reduction
of Tazara.

90

In its reaction to the com-
mittee _ recommendations,
the council” had. agreed to
abolish -all- posts of deputy
heads of.. department,
describing them as not only
wasteful. but unnecessary
lengthening the chain of
communication. But this
would be implemented after
those acting as deputies left
employment.

In rejecting the. recent
RWUZ-Tazara collective
agreement, the council said
while negotiating such
agreements with the unions,
the management must see to
it that the terms and condi-
tions were linked with pro-
ductivity and Tazara’s
financial ability to pay.

REASONABLE

“For example, annual in-
crements should not be
given to any staff unless the
authority had made a
reasonable profit. Negotia-
tions with unions and wage
increases in general should
be tied to improvements in
productivity.””



JPRS-SSA~85-073
20 August 1985

CAMEROON

YAOUNDE RADIO ANALYZES FRANCE''S: ACTION AGAINST..RSA

AB251628 Yaounde Domestic 8S
[Station commentary]

[Text] Having had enough o

ervice in French 1200 GMT 25 Jul 85

£ verbal threats, France decided to take concrete ac—

tion against South Africa by recalling its ambassador in Pretoria and by calling
on Western countries to apply economic sanctions against South Africa. Pieter
Botha is angry and has uttered his usual refrain: South Africa, the champion

of anticommunism, is only defending Western interests. But what is the signifi-
cance of this isolated French initiative?

While some describe France'

s action as severe, others are simply surprised. In

fact, the French decision is above all political. France, the country of free-
dom, equality and fraternity, deems it a duty to take the lead. It has just or-
ganized a symposium on human rights to which it invited many personalities in-

cluding Bishop Desmond Tutu, winner of the Noble Peace Prize for 1984 and cham-

pion of the anti-apartheid

struggle, The recall of its ambassador and the sus—

pension of all new French investments in South Africa are of limited scope.

The Fr 14 billion or 70 bil
sions on the South African

lion CFA francs certainly has no significant repercu-
economy, especially when it is known that South Africa's

major trading partners are the United States, West Germany and Japan. This

French decision, therefore,

does not affect trade between the two countries.

Paris’ decision is therefore, above all, a political one. France wishes to be
the spokesman of the Third World and especially African countries, which inci-
dentally hailed this French decision. Apart from recalling its ambassador, the
other measures announced by Paris tally with those taken by American Congress

2 weeks ago, namely a freez
and civil nuclear cooperati

Pretoria is quite aware of

on bank loans, stop to the sale of computer materials
on.

this, and Pieter Botha, while expressing surprise over

the French decision, wanted to prove that these measures mean little to him.
Four persons were again gunned down this morning by Pretoria's racist police, and
800 persons have so far been arrested. Botha claims to be fighting the commu-

nist threat.

Very little is expected from the meeting this afternoon of the Security Council,
4£ not verbal sanctions again, especially when it is known that Washington and



PARLIAMENT CALLS FOR STRENGTHENING OF ARMY

Dar es Salaam DAILY NEWS in English 13 Jul 85 p 1

[Text]

MEMBERS of Parliament deba-
ting the 1985/86 estimates of the
Ministry of Defence and nation-
al Service have urged the Go-
vernment to strengthen the army
by giving it enough vehicles and

mo Ndugu Juma Abdalla Sa-
adalla (Zanzibar South), told the
National Assembly in Dar es
Salaam yesterday that the army
was the custodian of peace and
security of the people in the
country.

Therefore, he said, there was
need to give it every kind of
assistance, including training,
transport and sophisticated
weapor

Ndugu Zainab Omar Moha-
mmed (House of Representa-
tives) said shortage of transport
(vehicles) to servicemen left
them stranded and they resorted
to hitch-hiking. This was a
shame to our force, the MP
aren

idugu:-Edger Maokola-Ma-

ig enna an a
e. of

por facilities to the soldiers as

one of the ingredients of effi-

ete MP praised the National
Service for its exemplary er per-
formance in agriculture. He said
and. emulated by other
institutions.

He said soldiers should be
given essential commodities at
concessionary prices and that
the items should be fairly distri-
buted among ranks,

Ndugu Saadalla said the

Government should streamline
the system of effecting terminal
benefits to retired officers and
servicemen.

He s said at resent one could
spend six mont wuttling from
office to office without getting
terminal benefits. This situation
must be stopped, the MP stres-

Nduga J. M. Monko (Si-
Rural) commended the

army for taking the challenge to-

train the the People’s Militia. in the

He ‘said the army also had
done a good job in relief services
to victims of both manimade
and natural
floods during which uch have
saved many people’s lives.

Ndugu Monko _ however
asked the Government to. pro-
vide vehicles to militia training
co-ordinators: in the regions,
districts and divisions.

Ndugu Sukwa Said. Sukwa
(House of Representatives) said
there should be heightened ef-
forts to provide houses: to. sol-
diers who were now staying out-
side barracks.

The MP said in order to
solve the problem of unemploy-
ment to youths, both the Na-
tional Service and the Isles’ Jeshi
la Kujenga Uchumi (JKU)
should absorb as many youths

ossible and train them in
different trades to-make them
self-reliant members of society.

He called on the Government
to increase the fleet of military
transport aircrafts, especially in
the face of the recent plane crash

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20 August 1985

TANZANIA



SALIM HAILS CUBAN ROLE IN LIBERATION

Dar es Salaam DAILY NEWS in English 19 Jul 85 p 3

[Text]

cso:

PRIME Minister Salim Ahmed
Salim yesterday paid tribute to
Cuba for supporting the
liberation . st le in Southern
Africa, Shihata reported.

He was spe ig to a‘two-
member delegation from the
Communist Party of Cuba who
called on him at his office in Dar
es Salaam. .

The delegation, on an 11-day
tour of Tanzania at the invitation
of Chama cha. Mapinduzi, is led
by Ndugu Degoberto Perez.

The Prime ee told the
visitors: We highly appre-
ciate the Cuban sane one

juestion of liberation i
FA Southern Africa. We highly
value your assistance to the
liberation movements.”

Ndugu Salim, who is also a
member of the Party Central
Committee, said Tanzania w:
satisfied with the cordial
felations pbemveen, ba the

‘ommunist of Cuba and
CCM. any

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“We very much .wish to
strengthen ‘and broaden the
friendly relations between our
two parties,” he emphasised.

Ndugu Perez said they had
been well _ received
Tanzanians wherever they went.
“Tanzanians have
cordiality and real friendship to
us since we arrived in the
country,” he told the Premier.

He said Cuba equally valued
the friendship between the
peoples and parties of the two
countries.

Meanwhile, the Prime
Minister yesterday also held
talks with’ the United Nations

ssistant Secretary-General o'
the Centre Against Apartheid,
Mr. Iqbal Akhund.

The UN official is visitin;
Tanzania and meeting officials
liberation movements based in
the country.

eNdugu Salim _yesterday
continued with his tour of police
installations in the city.

JPRS~SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

TANZANIA



JPRS~SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

INTER-AFRICAN AFFAIRS

AFRICA BECOMING PLAYGROUND FOR EAST-WEST ARMS RACE

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 13 Jul 85 p 4

[Article by Patu Simoko]

[Text]

THE arms race vu. .«c superpowers. has had its toll on Africa’s spending
patterns, at times even distorting national priorities.

In a way it just had to happen that way because the superpowers are
rather overally dependent on: strategic raw materials from the African
continent. ‘

Africa: supplies 100 per cent of platinum for atomic energy to the
West, 100 per cent of manganese for heavy industry, chrome for vital.

installations and cobalt.

Since the arms race is not a field track event between the United States
and the Soviet Union it was to be expected that Africa would be affected.

We. will come to: Africa’s own budgetary allocations, but first.
something about the Soviet Union and the United States war machines.

These war machines have been built over the years

purpose of protecting superpower interests.

Today the two super-
powers are working hard
trying to negotiate how to
destroy: these colossal
machines which they built
with. frantic and prolific
folly.

There is no point for a
build-up in a no-war
situation.

In any case careful
reading of two propa-
ganda documents, ‘Nato
aad the. bless Pact,

‘orce ong ns’?
prepared’ by former Nato

balance of military
capability exists between
the two. countries.

Any new developments
or inventions of nuclear
warheads should be re-
garded as a provocation
that will be responded to
by reciprocal inventions.

Most observers blame
the Americans for their
many ‘military bases
around the world. ‘They
have surveillance stations

in South Africa, air and

Nava! vases in Kenya,
Somalia and Morocco, an
air base in Egypt and a
strong contingent of mili-
tary personnel in Zaire
and Sudan.

with the specific

These are supplement-
ed by the presence of
French military personnel
in practically all Franco-
phone countries. A look at
the map of Africa will
show the continent is
completely surrounded by
war machines, and un-
fortunately . they are of
United States origin.

In the Indian Ocean.
America has the largest
military ‘garrison abroad
in Diego Garcia. The
eastern coast is itself
covered by Kenva and
Somalia. the north by



gpRS~SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

TANZANIA

NEW ANTI-SOCIALIST 'TANZANIAN RESISTANCE ARMY' FORMED
Paris THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER in English 20 Jul 85 p 5

[Text]

Tanzanians are impatient to know the candidate who will be eventually
chosen by the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party to succeed president
Julius NYERERE next Uctober. The party executive committee is due to make
its pronouncement _in August, following which a special delegates’
congress will ratify the choice. Endorsement by the electorate will
coincide with general elections in October. The selection of the
candidate for the vice-presidency who will also under the constitution be
the head of the government of Zanzibar follows the same procedure.

For the past few weeks leading officials have been vociferously giving

assurances that the departure of president NYERERE will not result in any

change _in Tanzania's foreign or domestic policies. In a speech to mark
Peasants' Day on July 8 the president said that self-sufficiency and

socialism remained the watchwords of Tanzanian policy, along with the
unity of the mainland and the islands of Zanzibar. He asserted that there
were attempts at destabilising the country at both these levels, but such
efforts were in vain.

I.0.N.- In 24 years in power Julius NYERERE has managed to retain hie
popularity both at home and abroad, since it is true that the absence
is one of the characteristics of Tanzania.
However, the forthcoming departure of "Mwalimu' is whetting the
appetites of certain people disillusioned with Tanzanian socialiam who
are trying to take advantage of what they hope will be the weakness of
the new regime, at Least in the first few months. This is one
interpretation of a Letter sent to former Tanzanian economy minister
Abdul Rahman BABU and published in the London-based monthly African
Events. Purporting to come from a Tanzanian army major, writing under
the name of Robert S. ANDREW, the letter announces the formation of a
"Tanzanian Resistance Army" (TARA) or "Bantu Squad", with the aim of
attacking state property and disrupting the movements of the leading
officials of the regime. The letter asked Mr BABU to form the
political wing of TARA, the Tanzania Resistance Movement, which would
raise funds to finance the activities of the fighters in the field. Mr
BABU is having nothing to do with the project described in the letter.

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PRISONERS RELEASE -- Within the next 2 weeks 2,300 prisoners will be released
under the ammesty granted by President Banana last month. The Department of
Prisons says the names of the prisoners eligible for release have been sent to
prisons throughout the country. At the beginning of this month 1,200 prisoners
were released under the presidential amnesty. The amnesty does not cover es-
capees, civil debtors, or dissidents. Those released have been warned that their
sentences will remain in force if they commit further offenses. [Text] [Harare
Domestic Service in English 0500 GMT 26 Jul 85 MB]

CSO: 3400/800 END

103



LABOR LEADERS WALK OUT DURING TRIPARTITE TALKS

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 18 Jul 85 p 1

[Article by Mike Ngoma]

[Text] LABOUR leaders yesterday walked out of a
tripartite meeting which was to be addressed by
Minister of Labour and. Social Services Mr

cso:

Frederick Hapunda at

Lusaka’s Mulungushi

Hall because of a mix-up in time.

‘The union leaders and
officials from the: Zambia
Federation of Employers
(Zi) reported at the hall at
8.30 hours according to the
programme but Ministry of
Labour and Social: Services
otficials only came in
shortly before Mr Hapunda
arrived at 10.00 hours.

‘The unionists led by
‘Zambia Congress of Trade
Unions (ZCTU) chairman
Mr Frederick Chiluba, his
deputy Mr Hubert Bweupe,
general secretary Mr News-
tead Zimba and his deputy:
Mr Chitalu Sampa met the
ministry permanent sécre-
tary Mr Vincent Malauni in
the foyer as they were
trooping out of the hall.

The meeting was aimed at
exchanging views on pro-
posed ameridments to. the
Industrial Relations Act.

Mr Chiluba who looked
upset refysed to discuss the
matter with the Press.

But as the unionists were
driving off, Mr Hapunda
followed by his Minister of
State Mr Richard Banda
was just coming in.

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Mr Hapunda was baffled
when he was told about the
walkout by Mr Malauni.

As he was. entering the
hall Mr Hapunda met a few
unionists and officials from
ZFE led by executive direct-
or Mr Fanwell Sumbwe and
former ZFE chairman Mr
Maxwell Sichula.

Mr Hapunda asked the
officials from: his ministry
what: was-happening but: he
was told the delegates were
walking out because of
delays in opening the meet-

ing.

Mr Hapunda: ‘But the
programme, says the meet-
ing is supposed. to open at
10.00: hours. What happen-
ed Mr. Chitangala?”” he
asked the labour’ commis-
sioner Mr Musa Chita-

ngala.

‘Mr Chitangala: ‘‘They
were saying the meeting
should have opened at 8.30
hours according to the
invitatiqns they had.”

Mr Hapunda: “But the:
time was changed to 10.00
hours. Why did you not
communicate this change to
them? You can see that this
is our mistake. But all the

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same | do not believe that
they decided to leave just
because the opening has
been delayed. In fact this is
atwo-day meeting.”

Mr Hapunda asked. Mr
Sumbwe to make efforts to
contact those who had left
so that the opening cere-
mony could be held in the
afternoon.

But Mr Sumbwe said
although he would make
efforts to contact those
concerned he was doubtful
he would find them:

“Some of them were
indicating that they would
leave for the Copperbelt
soon as they had other
matters to attend. to,” he
said.

But Mr Hapunda said if
the labour leaders did not
report in the afternoon his
ministry would go ahead
with the. draft regarding.
amendments to the Indus-
trial Relations Act.

“It’s partly our fault. But
if they do not come this
afternoon we shall go ahead
with the draft,’” he said.

In; the afternoon the
meeting failed to take place
as some of the labour
leaders were understood to
have driven back to the
Copperbelt.

Mr Malauni who was at
the hail for.a while said the
meeting. was postponed
indefinitely.



RESULTS OF STEEL USAGE SURVEY NOTED

Johannesburg ENGINEERING WEEK in English 4 Jul 85 p 11

{Text]

Nols Olivier — Iscor’s
senior general manager,
— ‘admires the way

te. laguna develop and
maintain their markets and
their marketing methods. .
He ‘says they offer su

So it’s not surprising'to
‘find Iscor adopting Japa-
‘ket

nese
to not only evaluate market
potential, but also to es-
tablish the-extent to which
the market is aware of its

An its 1983/4 budget Is-
-cor-set aside a considera-
‘ble sum to pay for an
independent market re-
-gearch survey into steel at-
‘tintes and usage in South

Tee gurvey sot outto es:
tablish the attitudes of user/
-specifiers of steel products
stowards Iscor in terms of:
«@ adequacy of Iscor prod-
vuets, particularly against

‘competitive products;
®@ the back-up and after-

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sales service offered by Is-
cor compared to other

and the inter-
face between Iscor and its

-market.

One of the key benefits
provided by the report was
that it could be used as a

promotional
itcould, itself, also be used
cas a valuable promotional

‘struction i

Present and future usage
patterns; feelings about
‘steel imports; the pros and
-cons of substitutes; Gov-
-ernment restrictions on
«steel suppliers in this coun-
“ty and the availability of
information on steel.

‘The second part dealt

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‘corporate
tegic importance and its
marketing services to
clients. 7

Not all the findings can
have been toIscor’s. liking,

of recommendations have
already been imple-
‘mented.

One .of the significant
positive findings of the re-
port was the fairly general
feeling that steel esa struc-
tural material is currently
under-specified because
designers are strongly or-
ientated towards concrete.

But they go on to say
that usage of structural steel
will grow in the future be-
cause of escalating wages,

more advanced technology,

in building systems and

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of erection offset-

speed
-ting the high cost of money.

Another plus factor is

that labour unions are
emerging as a bargaining
power and this could sig-
nificantly narrow the gap
between structural steel and
concrete

construction

costs.

In design terms, steel
offers advantages by al-
lowing the creation of
large, open-span struc-
tures such as factories,
warehouses and shopping
centres, and it requires a
minimum of finishing.

Other perceived advan-

tages included its high
strength, although con-
crete was i
durable; the feeling that the
usable space yield in a

more

‘would: be signif-

icantly increased, it is!

easier to con-

trol and manage on site than

concrete; and the fact that

steel ‘space frame’ devel-

opments ‘have opened up
“exciting” new lighting
concepts.


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SOUTH AFRICA

ELECTRONIC BANKING NETWORKING SYSTEM DESCRIBED

Johannesburg BUSINESS DAY in English 23 Jul 85 p 5

[Article by Chris Cairncross]

[Text]
ELECTRONIC banking takes otf io a NBS, Nedbank, Saambou, Santambank,
ig way in next month when Sa- Te =-
switch — an electronic networking sys- Standard Bank and Yorkies Br me
fem linking 18 banks and building soci- {986 the number of shared customer-
es — goes live. operated terminals will amount to
The switching on of the system sig- more than 1500.
nals the start of an unprecedented The introductory service will focus
growth phase in electronic banking in Initially on the sharing of ATMs. This
, incorporating a fully fledged elec means that clients of the participating
tronic funds transfer network institutions will be able to use any
embracing shared automatic teller ma- these terminals for cash withdrawals
chines (ATMs), electronic credit-card and balance inquiries.
authorisation, and EFT at the point-of-: Saaaaatel with the introduction of
sale services. shared ATMs is the evolution of “cash-
More than Rl5m has so far beca less shopping” via electronic funds
invested in the Saswich network, with a transfer at the point of sale (EFT/POS).
further R35m earmarked to fund ex- ‘This is an electronic debit ng system
Pinsion and increased capacity over linked to a retailer’s cash till which
next five years. , enables a customer to use his bank or
Five financial institutions will ini- "balling. socte card to debit his
tially be connected to Saswitch in account di ly when paying for pur-
Aug lay These include Boland will cs Proce ineeeronically and
Bagglays 8A Perm, . eretied automatically tothe retailer's
banking account.
Their link up will immediately pro-
vide their large customer base with ee te OS ror A plot
common access to 830 ATMs country- sytem, incorporating 25 checkout Fills,
wide. came on stream at the p’s East-
The remaining 10 institutions — Al- gate store during June and is operatiin
lied, Bank of Lison, Cape of Good Hi effectively without any hitches, accor
Savings Bank, EP Building Society, ing to Saswitch representatives.
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TRADITIONAL EXPORT MONITORING SECRETARIAT ESTABLISHED

Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 4 Jul 85 pp 1, 5

[Article by Wendy Asiama]

[Text]

cso:

AN export rehabilita-
tion programme moni-
toring secretariat has
been set up to monitor
the activities and ppe-
rations of the traditio-
nal sectors of the eco-
nomy be: iting from
the government’s Eco-
nomic Recovery Pro-

gramme (ERP).

They are the cocoa, gold
and timber sectors. .

The office which has
been in existence for some
time now follows the reha-
bilitation. exercise in these
sectors and it is to closely
watch how the exercise is
being implemented.

Where necessary it also
makes recommendations
on the problems of the
various sectors and how best
such problems could be
solved. .The various sec-
tors, according to sources,
send regular reports to the
Secretariat which analyses
them and reports to the,
appropriate authority.

Added to the three sec-
tors where operations of
the Secretariat are carri
out under the Economic
Recovery Programme are
the Western Railway Li-
nes and the Ports of Tema
and Takoradi.

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When I contacted the
office to find out the re-
sults of their operations, I.
was told that apart from
the cocoa: industry which
has met fully the condi-
tions under which the
World Bank granted a
substantial loan, these
conditions have not been
fully met in the timber and

_ gold sectors.

The source indicated
that with the cocoa in-
dustry fulfilling all the
conditions under which the
loans were to be utilised,
disbursement’ conditions
have been lifted.

‘He said in the case of the
two other sectors, every-
thing is being done.to fulfil
the conditions upon
with the World Bank.

The source attributed
the problem of the two
sectors to mainly liquidity
and lack of bank guaran.

He said as at now, about
half the amount involved
in the rehabilitation exer-
cise for timber beneficia-
ries has been given gua-
rantees by the banks.

As a pre-condition for
the disbursement of the”
Joan for the gold sector, the
State Gold Mining Corpo-.

14

ration (SGMC) was asked
to enter into management
contract with an external
contractor to manage: the
mines for an agreed dura-
tion but that has also not
‘been done.

He however stated that
some money earmarked for
the sector has been released

to bring in emergency spa--

res and consumables to
halt the present state of
deterioration that faces
the SGMC.

The World Bank, the
source stated, has also in-
dicated its willingness to
allow the SGMC a further

-amount to bring in some’

needed spares, even though
the conditions have not
been met.

It is anticipated that full
disbursement will take
place before the expiry pe-

riod.

It would be recalled that
in 1983 when the/govern-
ment realised that to turn
the economy of the
country round again, cer-
tain sectors needed to be
revamped and rehabilitat-
ed, $200 million was given
by the World Bank to res-
tructure the cocoa and
timber industries and the
SGMC.

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FRAGILITY OF METAL INDUSTRY WAGE PACT STRESSED

Johannesburg THE STAR in English 12 Jul 85 p 11-

[Article by Mike Siluma]

[Text]

The conclusion of a wage
agreement in the metal indus-
try this month may not have
guaranteed peace between em-
ployers and a large section of
the industry’s nearly 360000
workers.

‘All unions in the Internation-
al Metalworkers’ Federation
(IMF), save one, signed the
agreement only last week,
after three months of tough ne-
gotiations with the employer
body, the Steel Engineering In-
dustries’ Federation (Seifsa).

The IMF unions are the
South African Boilermakers’
Society (Sabs); the Steel, Engi-
neering and Allied Workers’
Union (Seawu); the Metal and
Allied Workers’ Union (Mawu),
and the Engineering Industrial
Workers’ Union (EIWU).

They have a membership of
more than 120000, comprising
mainly unskilled workers,

In signing the agreement,
these unions made it clear they
were doing so “under protest”
as they were unhappy with the

(CMBU), representing mostly
skilled and semi-skilled work-
ers, has also accepted the em
ployers’ offer.

At the start of the talks, the
two union groupings presented
separate sets of demands. :

The CMBU demands includ-
ed a 42-hour working week and
a 20percent increase in mini-
mum wages for all categories.

The IMF unions asked for,
among others:

@ The raising of the hourly
minimum wage rate for un-
skilled workers from R1,78 to
R3,50 and a guaranteed across-
the-board 50c an hour increase.
@ The reduction of the working
week to 40 hours, without loss
of pay.

@A strict control on overtime
to curb retrenchments.

@ The recognition of May 1 as
a paid holiday.

Seifsa’s final offer came
after talks had broken down
several times and a declaration
of dispute by the unioris.

employers’ final offer. The employers rejected
REFUSED many of the union demands,

Mawu is the only union
which has, for the third time in
as many years, refused to sign.

The other union grouping in
the industry, the Confederation
of Metal and Building Unions

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but have agreed to raise the
minimum wage for artisans by
40c to R5,21 an hour: The mini-"
mum wage for unskilled work-
ers will be R1,90 an hour.

An across-the-board hourly
rise of 24c for artisans and 14¢



AUSTERITY MEASURES IMPROVE ISCOR

Johannesburg ENGINEERING WEEK in English 4 Jul 85 p 14

[Text]

The development of a
sound steel industry in
South Africa has played

investment field for for-
eign capital and enabling
its people to attain rela-
tively high standards of
living.

Apart from small vol-
umes of special steels, the
Republic is virtually self-
sufficient in steel sup-
plies,'75% of which are
produced by Iscor. This
self-sufficiency is even
more significant in the
context of Iscor’s fully
integrated ‘steelmaking
process, -which -means
that all the iron ore, do-
lomite ‘and silica, and
‘most of the coking coal,
zinc and tin, are supplied
from ‘its own mines.

This ‘economic self-
“sufficiency is obviously
of strategic importance in
the face of. international
Political pressure and the
accompanying threats .of
-economic sanctions.

When Iscor ‘started
production 51 years.ago,
the country’s steel mills
could supply only 18% of

Last year, 1983/4 fi-
nancial year, foreign sales
-amounted to 1,35-mil-
dion tons of a wide range
of steel products, which
yielded R449-million.
~ In the current year, it
is endeavouring to in-
‘crease steel exports by 1-
amillion tons. . -

‘Over the years, Iscor
has proved to be a re-
warding investment for
the Government, which
-decided in 1928 to.press
ahead with a State-spon-
sored steel industry in the
face of private sector re-
Juctance to participate.

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Since 1974, capital
employed thas risen from
R1,4-billion to R3,86-
period, the debt ratio
fallen from 67% to 36%
on account of positive

-cash flow.

The latest financial re-
sults.show an increase in
turnover from R2 296-
million in 1982/3 to
mR 705-million in 1983/

"Calculated on the con-
ventional historical cost
basis, the trading profit
in the latter year
amounted to 'R525-mil-
lion.

‘These results are in-
dicative of. Iscor’s fore-
sight and the pre-emptive
measures it has taken
since the oil crisis in 1973
to improve productivity ,
increase plant éfficiency,
produce sophisticated
quality products and en-
sure orderly marketing
and business practices so
‘that it may not only sur-
vive, -but remain com-



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Amin’s aggressor troops had
been completed and those
missing, whose number was not
revealed, were presumed dead.
He said certificates to this
effect would be issued soon to
facilitate compensation of the
deceased's relatives. “This
woulg also.enable widows to re-

oom ‘ufider.the Marriage-Act”. -

Ndugu Kimario added.

He asked the House to
approve 453,989,300/- for his
ministry's. 1985/86 expenditure.

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cliange since the reorgani-
sation of the defence com-
mittees could not be
quantified, it has however
created a new sense of
awareness in the country.

He said this could be
seen in the change of atti-
tude of workers at work
places and the new sense of
enthusiasm which has in-
creased productivity in
certain sectors of the eco-
nomy.



SABC'S 'TELEDATA' SERVICE EVALUATED

Johannesburg ENGINEERING WEEK in English 4 Jul 85 p 1

[Text]

SABC’s __soon-to-be-
-daunched “R300 000 TV:

‘eutback.

Few of the 3-million TV
sets in homes all over South
‘Africa are designed to:re-
‘eriveit and few will abcept

vers will:have-sets ready —
‘at a price —’but sales are
“expeted to get offtoa slow

a Tbe service ‘chosen by
the SABC for local intro-
sduction -is ‘World System
Teletext (WST) Level 1.
The technical specification
‘js:as yet. unknown, though
‘it'is expected that this will
‘be closely -based on the
‘British *‘Broadcast Tele-

Unlike Beltel, Teledata
‘isa one-way system and is
“transmitted by a television
«station ‘using cyclical dig-
‘ital data inserted in the ver-
tical blanking interval
(VBI). It does not interfere

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with TV programme ma-
terial being transmitted at
the same time.

A colour-television re-
ceiver equipped with an
external or integral Tele-
‘data decoder will convert

‘this digital data into full-

screen alpha-numeric or
‘graphic displays. that -are
called “pages”? of | an
“electronic

A wide variety of infor-
‘mation incorporated in
sover 200 frames will ‘be
‘available. Examples -are:
jnews “headlines, weather
‘forecasts, .and classified
ads.Much depends onthe
corporation's ability to
push the service and one
of the SABC’s primary
‘Sales -tactics :will be the
‘screening of a sample Te-
Jedata programme at inter-
vals -outside normal TV
transmission hours which
is visible without .a de-
coder. :

‘Television dealers stand,
initially at any rate, to lose
by the corporation’s suc-
cess.’ Most stock in show-
rooms and on the'floors of.
factories is obsolete as far
as Teledata reception is
‘concerned.

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Receivers must be rede-
signed from the drawing
board stage to handle the
‘mew service.

Remote control sets rep-
tesent the sole exception.
Because the Teledata sys:
tem incorporates'a remote
control keypad this type of
set will accept modifica-
tion.

-But manufacturers esti-
mate that only 10% of the
3-million sets in present use
are of this type. The fea-
son: expense.

Richard van der Merwe, *
product group manager
(TV and video) for Tele-
funken, costed his com-
pany’s Telefunken 51 cm
remote control set for
EngineeringWeek at
R1 399. The price of con-
verting this unit for Tele-
data reception is R121 plus

labour charges.

‘Terry Millar, general
-manager of National Pan-
asonic sees sets manufac-
tured by his company to
access Teledata selling with
@ cost increase of 20% to
30% on current prices.



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Sulphuric Acid Plant Contract Awarded
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Wits Project on Shaft Pollars Described
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UWlec Emphasizes Practical Problem-Solving
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Maize Consumption Falls
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Sugar Association's Debt Reported
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Study Points to New. Lock for Transport
(Gerald Reilly; BUSINESS DAY, 23 Jul 85) seccecceceecevees

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Briefs
First Telemetry System
Sulzer Reblading Orders
Good Hope Bank Changes
Iscor Export Market
Taiwan Machine Tools
Largest Contract for LHDs
Khutala. Coal Mine
Slik Oil Filters
Boards for Taiwan
Machine Tool Contract
Krupp Exports Crushers

TANZANIA

Parliament Calls for Strengthening of Army
(DAILY NEWS, 13 Jul 85) .....

Camps To Double Food Output for Defense Forces
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Clearly, there is money’ to
be made by South Africa in
developing and. marketing its
ideas properly.

But big business — with ex-
ceptions such as Barclays In-
dustrial Bank and Middelburg
Steel — shows more apathy
than enthusiasin.

Thus a newsletter started
recently by the institute to
-tell businessmen the. basic
facts about fbpyright, patents
and licensing agreements and
to drum“up corporate mem-
bers for the institute has met
with an “awful” response,

Enjoying; better response
is the institute’s series of
workshop#, which aim to
teach busifjfessmen and inno-
vators. how to turn an idea
into a product.

These workshops have been
held in Durban and Cape
Town, where the institute has
branches; as well as in Johan-
nesburg.,

The next workshop will be
in Houghton on Saturday and
Sunday, July 27 and 28. In-

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quiries should be made to the
instituge at (011) 648-6110.)

Mr Pilkington points to a
wide variety of inventions
ranging from photocopiers
(the brainchild of a New York
law student called Chester
Carlson) to aircraft (proved
realistic by the Wright broth-
ers, who were bicycle me-
chanics) in support of his con-
tention that most worthwhile
innovations come from people
working outside their field of
expertise.

The age of the tinkerer
will never be over.”

«, If Mr Pilkington is correct,
much of the money spent by
large corporations on re-
search and development is
being poured down the drain.

* Any innovation claim
should at least be looked at,
no matter how young or old or
apparently unqualified the
would-be innovator might be.

It took Chester Carlson 21
years and 21 companies to get
Photocopying off the ground;
nobody needs to be told how
fruitful a money-spinner his
idea has proved since then.


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LIBERIA

FULL RECOGNITION OF SDAR REAFFIRMED
1LD031640 Algiers APS in English 1430 GMT 3 Aug 85

[Text] Saharan Democratic Arab Republic (Liberated Territories), 3-8-85 (APS)
"The government of the Liberia's Republic by reaffirming its unshakeable support
to the sacred rights of all the peoples to selfdetermination such as registered
in the UN and OAU Charters decided to grant a full Diplomatic recognition to the
Saharan Arab Democratic Republic (SADR)" a liberian official communique released
on Saturday by the Saharan Ministry of Information indicated. This decision of
Liberia, the communique added, "is taken after several years of a careful eval-
uation of the situation in Western Sahara and the need of a positive action to
ensure the settlement of this question."

The communique recalled that "in November 1984, Liberia decided with 47 other
OAU member states and for the first time to enable SADR to fully take part in
the deliberation of the organization and then to ensure the continuity of meet-
ings." .

The SADR formal. recognition by Liberia the communique carried on "was then in-
evitable and brings now to 31 the number of African countries which have pro-
ceeded to a formal recognition of this country."

The Liberia's Government, the communique added, "hopes that its decision will
contribute to a peaceful solution of the Western Sahara question which has been
a major concern for the OAU for several years."

The (?Liberian) Government, the communique concluded "wishes to make clearly
understand [as received] that its decision to grant a full diplomatic recogni-

tion to SADR will in no way affect the cordial relations it is maintaining with
the Morocco's kingdom."

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Johannesburg BUSINESS DAY in English 23 Jul 85 p 3

[Article by Gerald Reilly]

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RECOMMENDATIONS of the national
transport policy study group would have
far-reaching -consequences for the trans-
port industry, Minister of Transport Af-
fairs Hendrik Schoeman said yesterday.
Opening the International Transport Ex-
hibition and Conference (Itec ’85) at Crown
Mines, Johannesburg, Schoeman said the
group's report on a variety of aspects of
transport would soon be finalised.
“The study is of cardinal importance for
all bodies involved in transport,” he said.
The increasing demands on the industry
because of growing urbanisation and indus-
trialisation, presented unprecedented chal-
Tenges. SA was the leader in transport in
Africa and many countries in the sub-con-
tinent were dependent on SA for the trans-
Port of their imports and exports.
Greater stability in the region would
lead to even greater co-operation between
countries which would provide new oppor-
tunities for expansion of the local trans-
Port industry.

On the recession, Schoeman said SA
Transport Services had responded with a
16% cut in personnel and by raising pro-

ductivity by 10%.
This had been done against a background
of recession, one of the worst and pro-

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longed droughts in years and the probleine
“eaused by the low gold price and value of |
the rand. ‘ ‘

“Unfortunately, however, important
electrification projects such as the Bloem-
fontein-Noupoort line had to be deferred.
Also due to limited funds the Eastern Cape

‘— Port Elizabeth, East London and sur-
rounding areas — had no electrified rail-
way lines.”

The electrification of the line from De
Aar to Port Elizabeth was, however, under
construction and expected to be completed
by October.

Schoeman said that soon the findings and
recommendations of the national trans}
policy study group would be final

In the same speech, Schoeman said his
department was investigating the possible
appointment of private consortiums to

ance and operate certain toll roads.

He said the original motivation for toll
roads was the scarcity of funds for road
building. They should be seen as a means
for Supplementing the income of the
National Road Fund which, in spite of the
recently approved increase, was still inad-
equate for the construction and mainten-
ance of national roads.



JPRS~SSA~85+073
20 August 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

UWIEC EMPHASIZES PRACTICAL PROBLEM-SOLVING

Johannesburg ENGINEERING WEEK in English 4 Jul 85 p 4

[Text] Jn March this year, the materials handling re- or eacarch projects which they would like tac
search unit and the mechatronics research fa- .
cility of Wits university amalgamated to form ‘An interesting area of development is in
a new, -sophisticated technology centre .in backfilling techniques using. hydraulic and
Sandton — UWTec. pneumatic methods for the mining indust
"_ ‘The-aim was to forge closer links between UWTec is involved with research into the
‘Wits.and industry, baghbeenenertoes pumping of very dry paste — up to 85% solid
demics the opportunity. gether t — underground. ; :
solve pertinent problems and provide specialist “We are undertaking research into mix,
services on an ongoing basis to industry. onveyability, wear and ion for al:
+ Research facilities for fully automated ware- most every mining house in S e Afri
house systems, the doy en eaten In the area of pneumatics, work is carried

and 8 . out ‘from capsules ‘to long distance ‘transpor-
and fobotic applications, are geared (0 mect tation systems over ‘1-km ‘and UWTec has
the requirements of a wide cro: achieved-what is claimed to be a-world record
“ local industry . ace with the development of a pneumatic pumping
UWTec is also linked with ‘imsraatinal eons of over 1,5 km, " i
tions, and has sophsticaled computer facilities projects ‘have ‘been “undertaken ‘to improve
and access to library and information services. management techniques and productivity.”
EngineeringWeek spoke to the deputy di- In the Desmond Bolton road transportation
rectors of the two divisions on their work and research facility, work on trailer:and truck
° . -design; intermodal transport systems and wear
Martin director carried out.
in Bailey, earlained of ‘the mar baat nuclear research unit, work is being
terials handling unit, ined that, nnkis underaken on rodiated engines withthe vie
‘ain Jon hea researc cine practical bilty of iron implantation to reduce engine wear
“Industrial problems which. are closer to applied being i nine oa weat on vibratory hoppers
"More than'200 research projects a year are for the-mining indus) sais ae ee on
sundertaken, ‘ranging from a zero cost to ap- shisha ive .
* proximately R250 000, among the largest Nevin teste vee of compresse an whict cour
projects tackled being factory system designs. boasting 2 000 k' compressed air, which
“The ‘unit covers all-areas of materials han- is equipped with computers for process control
dling, ‘simulating, wherever possible, the ac- and data recording of results. “
‘tual size and situation in-industry. : A dry lab for bulk solids research has been
Says Bailey: ‘‘Companies in areas as diverse established and 2 wet lab is in the process of
as retailing, ‘mining, cosmetics, steel, rail- being completed. : . . ;
ways, ‘beverages and the motor industry ap- Here, résearch into partical characterisa-
proach us with problems, design requirements tion, sizing and distribution, shear cell testing,
_and computer-aided design, is carried out.
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JPRS~SSA~85-073
20 August 1985

MINE WORKERS UNION WITHDRAWS PROPOSED BARGAINING AGREEMENT
Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 8 Jul 85 pp 1, 5

[Text] PROPOSALS presented by the Mine Workers Union (MWU) for their collec-
tive agreement negotiations are to be withdrawn and reviewed because of the
poor financial position of the mines.

The decision to withdrawn the proposals was taken at the end of a two-day
seminar last Friday under the theme, "Saving the Mines", organised for 50
leaders of mine workers in the country at the Labour College in Accra.

The subject for discussion was to establish conditions for their pending col-
lective agreement negotiations. The financial position of individual mining
companies and proposals submitted by the MWU were discussed at length in a
frank and cordial atmosphere.

At the end of the proceedings, it was accepted by both workers and management
that the current financial position of the mines was in a bad state and could
not contain demands being made by the mine workers.

For the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation, proposals presented by its workers for
negotiations did not correspond to the financial status of the Mining Company.
A meeting was as such to be convened of the AGC Joint Consultative Committee
(JCC) for the full financial report to be presented and discussed to the
satisfaction of both parties.

The Union was then to use the information made available at the JCC meeting as
the basis for preparing new proposals for negotiations.

In the case of the Ghana Consolidated Diamond Limited, it was observed that
the projections of the Company in increasing its output for that matter its
financial position did not materialise as scheduled due to the delay in the
receipt of loans from outside.

Both workers and management accepted that there was the need for a review of
this schedule in the light of their shortcomings and wait a while till the

investments mature.

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Wellington Wella
Mosack Mputi

Roger Bam

Patrick Tshalangvane
Petrus Williams
Zadnana Molefe
Justenus Mofokeng
Thamas Maphilo

Piet Modiba

Themba Mandla

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JPRSSSA~85~073
20 August 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

UNIQUE NONEXPLOSIVE MINING SYSTEM DESCRIBED

Johannesburg ENGINEERING WEEK in English 20 Jun 85 pp 1, 2

[Text]

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The world’s first non-explosivé mining system,
using ultra high-pressure watetjets, is being de-
‘veloped by Admac SA, a wliolly owned subsid-
iary of US Flow Industriés; -a leading
manufacturet of ultra high-pressure waterjet cut-
ting machinery. us
“Flowex”’ is a novel, fipid non-explosive
based rock fracturing and excavation technique
which is in the process of beitig refined in two
gold mines and a chrome miité in South Africa.

‘Says Chris Botha, general rhaitapér of Admac:

“We have imported all the high-ptessure com-
Porients for the system, whiclt has been designed
and assembled here. .”

“We have all the necessiry technology and
are now working on fefining the system.”

The flowex process relies on pulse-type, in-
ternal hydraulic pressurisation of geometrically
altered, sealed borehole zone to induce and pro-
Pogate directionally controlled fracturing in a
confined or isolated body of tock or concrete.

The excavation cycle ranges from one to five
minutes, depending on crew size and degiee of

It involves five steps. A hole is first drilled
with a standardised percussive drill before the
Jetslotter, providifig 3 800 bar/55 000 psi, cuts
slots and a Packer-retaining cavity.

. The packer is then installed in'the hole and a
biastvalve, biasthose and triggerhosé are at-

Typically, 350 bar/5 000 psi hydraulic blast-
Pressure is initiated by squeezing the trigger to

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Propogate fracturing.

A 4-litre discharge produces $ m? to 10 m? of
fractured surface.

- “This is the only system: of its kind in the
world,” said Botha, “with exciting possibilities
for mining in this country.” to

There are numerous other mining applications
for waterjet technology and Admac is presently
engaged in developing projects for jet-assisted
taiseborers, continuous miners and long-haul
shearers where a 50% efficiency increase has
been obtained.

Admac claims to be the world’s foremost

manufacturer of waterjet cutting and drilling sys-
tems with more than 80% of the world market.
It is also active in performing research on a
contract basis for Government, defence appli-
‘cations and aerédynamics, jet technology, solid
mechanics and materials technology.

“There are already 57 different applications: of high-
pressure. water drilling for which we have equipment. They
include cutting reinforced: steel, paint stripping, heat. ex-
changer recovery and applications in the cleaning industry,”
said: Botha.

“The construction industry is. the second-biggest to min-
ing; and we are able to cut through 400 mm-deep concrete:
at a rate.of 90 mm-a second."*

‘The instantaneous rate for cutting rock is 1,8 m? and
0,9 m? for steel.

Recently, Admac was able to drill a hole through a-ce-
ramic tile which registered 9 moh on the diamond scale in
13 s.— asdiamond registers 10 moh.

“We are just so far ahead of our opposition that they
don’t even know where we are,”” commented Botha. ~



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can neyer be drowned by
rumour-mongering.

Responding to the ap-
plause from the men, ’Ge-
nerai Quainoo pledgedi
that he will continue tol
provide leadership and will:
always be guided by a sen-'
se of fair play and the need
to instil discipline in the
Armed Forces.

The Armed Forces Or-
ganising Assistant of the
CDRs, WO1 Isaac Frim-,
pong who is also the Force
Sgt. Major, said it was im-
perative that officers and
mén came together to
build a stronger and united
force. To do this, he said.
the channel-of-
communications must be!
such that all would
understand and appreciate
whatever went on. He ex-
pressed satisfaction that
the meeting had done just
that.

WO1 Frimpong also
advised the officers and
men to go about their du-
ties efficiently to make
those-behind them emula-
te their example and also.
make it easier for them to.
move up.

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TEMBO CONCERNED OVER GROWING UNITA MENACE

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 23 Jul 85 pl.

[Text]

ZAMBIA Army commander
Lieutenant-General Chris-
ton Tembo has expressed
concern over the
activities of the National
Union for the Total Inde-
ndence of — Angola
(UNITA) _ insurgents in
Western Province.
Officiating at the first
regional political educa-
tion seminar for’ senior
army officers held at
Northern Technical College
(Nortec) in Ndola yester-
day, Gen .Tembo.
directed the army to help
fight crime on the Copper-

belt. *

He told the five-day
seminar which included
brigade. commander Briga-
dier-General Martin -
lopa that there had been
a sizeable build up of
enemy forces in the Katima
Mulilo area and the Caprivi
Strip. .

As
enough the UNITA puppets

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if that were. not-

had crossed into Zambia
and abducted Government
employees _ without
vocation. The insurgents
had in addition issued both
open and veiled threats.

Gen Tembo warned that
the army would not

andon its responsibilities
‘to defend the country and
ensure that peace pre-
vailed.

He noted that
of, the UNITA type were
not isolated but were
machinations. orchestrated
by the enemy to destabilise
Zambia. Among the coun-
try’s\ arch-enemies . was
racist South Africa which
was in the forefront of the
destabilisation campaign.

Gen Tembo directed his

“men to stabilise the crime

ridden: Copperbelt. He
noted. that the area had.

become just. as sensitive

as the Western Province.
The army in thé province:
should. not only fight

prto-

incidents.

- tide. of liberation: was to

smuggling but should help
combat the rising crime

wave.

‘Meanwhile. African Na-
tional Congress (ANC)
secretary-general, Mr
Alfred Nzo. warned that
the proclamation of a state
of emergency in several
parts of South Africa would
lead. to more violent .con-
frontation between ..the -
oppressed" blacks and ‘the

“-pacist regime.

In a Press statement
released-in Lusaka yester-
day, Mr Nzo said the
proclamation of the emer-

cy in. 36 magisterial
jistricts was an open.
admission by the regime
that it- was losing: control
of the situation. .

Mr Nzo said the increa-
sed repression demons-
trated the bankruptcy of the
Botha- regime whose only
answer ‘to the irresistible.

resort to brutality.

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was:

Times
AFP.

JPRS~SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

ZAMBIA

In Washington. the
White House today said it
was ‘‘very disturbed’’ by
the ongoing . violence in
South Africa and: criticised
the ‘repugnant’: system of
apartheid. as . largely’ to

* plame for the troubles.

Presidential spokesman.

‘Larry Speaks.~ talking to

reporters. in thé wake of a
South African“decision to
impose a state of emer-
gency on: black townships
hardest hit by the violence.

* said the. US government

expected: the leaders -in
Pretoria “to exercise their
responsibilities in a scrupu-
Tous manner."*

“Weare very disturbed
by the violence” in South
Africa's black urban areas,
he: said. adding: that’ the

repugnant’ apartheid sy-

stem of racial separation
‘largely responsible
forthe current violence:"’—
Reporter/Zana/


JPRS~SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

ISLAMIC BANKING GAINING MOMENTUM AMONG MUSLIM COMMUNITY

East Burnham ARABIA: THE ISLAMIC WORLD REVIEW in English Jun 1985 p 65

[Article by Mushtak Parker]

[Text]

Investment and business conducted

on Shariah banking and economic
principles among the Muslim community
in South Africa is gaining momentum.
Success has almost entirely been achieved
through local contacts and hard work.
Undoubtedly, the major Islamic financial
institution in South Africa is Jaame
Limited, based in Fordsburg.

According to its 1984 annual report,
Jaame paid out a profit participation of
11.1 per cent while one of its subsidiaries,
Wonder Accessories, showed a dividend
of 22.5 per cent’in’ its second year of
operation, against 18 per cent last year:
The main aim of the company is to finance
short-, medium- and long-term projects
based on Islamic principles. The company
increased its capital from R810,074 in
1983 to R1.7m last year. This includes an
increase in share capital from R8,960 in
1983 to R13,850 in 1984, an increase in
debentures from R421,120 in 1983, to
R650,950, and loans from R379,994 in
1983 to R1.09m last year.

The driving force behind Jaame Ltd is
its chairman, Abdul Sattar Gani, South
Africa’s “Mr Islamic Banking”. Jaame
has an authorised capital of R25,000 —
5,000 ordinary class A-shares of R4 each
and 5,000 ordinary class B-shares of R1.
Issued capital comprises 2,770 ordinary
class A-shares of R4 each (R11,080) and
2.770 ordinary class B-shares of R1,
totalling R13,850. Debentures amount to
R650,950, loans, R1.09m. Last year
investments in various projects on a profit
participation basis in which Jaame Ltd
were involved amounted to R397,298.

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The idea of setting up a Muslim business
cooperative project was first thought of in
1976. when the Islamic’ barking
movement had just started in the Arab
world. The private company Jaame (PTY)
Limited was set up in December 1976; the
public company, Jaame Limited, was set
up in August 1980, its main aims being:
¢ To foster and implement Islamic
economic principles in society.
© To provide an alternative to the existing
financial institutions which operate on an
increase basis.
© To strive for the creation of an interest-
free society.
© To create a sense of consciousness in,the

Muslim community for the
implementation of Islamic economic
principles.

© To strive generally for the upliftment of
the Muslim umma and to make it aware of
Islamic economic values.

Jaame’s complete investment unit per
person is R240, comprising R4 for a share,
R200 for a debenture, and R36 as a
donation. Only one unit a person is
aliowed, to obtain maximum participation
of Muslims in the company and to avoid
individual or group control.

The group currently has __ five
subsidiaries including Wonder
Accessories Ltd, which specialises in
curtain accessories, Rahmah Investments
Ltd, specialising in drugs and surgical
equipment, Jaame Industries Ltd which
manufactures motor spares ‘ and
accessories, Jaame Plastics, and Jaame
Property Ltd.



Imports from developing countries increased from 1.3 bn/- in 1983 to 2.0bn/~
last year while exports to those countries declined by 72m/- during the period.

The Minister said trade with Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire, Malawi,
Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Seychelles, Mauritius, Somalia and Ethiopia in-
creased by 26 per cent last year from 578m/- in 1983.

Efforts would be made to increase industrial production in 1985/86 and boost
exports.

The Minister said selected industries would get priority in foreign exchange
allocation to enable them attain 60 per cent capacity utilization. He did not
name them.

Emphasis will also be placed on industrial rehabilitation and industrial reno-
vations to minimise energy consumption and identify alternative energy and raw
material sources.

He said 34 projects would be implemented during the year, 10 of them in the
basic industry sector, 12 in light industry and the rest in the industrial
services sector.

The Minister explained that 341m/- was required to facilitate production of
farm implements at the Dar es Salaam and Mbeya factories this year.

Ndugu Mramba asked the house to approve 715,258,000/- and 100,370,600/- for
his Ministry's 1985/86 recurrent and development expenditure, respectively.

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WITS PROJECT ON SHAFT PILLARS DESCRIBED

Johannesburg ENGINEERING WEEK in English 20 Jun 85 p 4 __

[Text]

In the area of rock me-
chanics, Professor San-
dor Budavari . is
undertaking a project en-
titled ‘The design of shaft
pillars for shallow and
deep level mines,” for
gold and platinum mines
which are located. in hard
rock.

“In order to ensure
trouble free operation of
vertical shafts, and to

aging effects of mining,
it is common practice to
leave shaft pillars.

‘Despite _ interest

cally founded. design
principles. and proce-
dures.’”

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Unfortunately these

ble. methods are

only. valid for certain:
depth ranges. There: are
mining depths for which
no shaft pillar design.

the. normal. protection

method is- unacceptable.
Therefore, alternative

methods must: be: found

mining level in the vicin-
ity of the vertical shafts,
can be protected and the
disturbing influence: of
strata movement on ver-
tical. shafts can. be min-

imised.

‘A number of publica-
tions are available in the
mining literature in which
the failure of, and dam-
age to, shaft pillars or of
some service excavations
located: in.them, are’ de-
scribed.

Very few of these cases
were studied from the

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point of’ view of estab-
lishing failure or damage
criteria as far as auxiliary
excavations and the shaft
equipment were con-
cerned.

It is now essential. to-
study some’ of the docu-
mented cases of damage
of failure in order to em-
ploy the available and
newly developed meth-
ods of shaft protection ef-
fectively in the future.

The aim-of Budavari’s
research is to fill the need
for publication which ad-

The three-pronged: in-
vestigation will. cover a
design manual for shaft
pillars in deep level mines:

ords of design and. phil-"
isophy procedure

mination of the radius of
the shaft pillars, the dis~

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SOUTH AFRICA

tributions. of stresses
along ‘the shaft’ and: in
shaft pillars.

Factors: affecting: sta-
bility of vertical: shafts,
solutions: to: practical
problems and the: use: of:
the MINSIM: type com-
puter methods for design
will also be covered:

In the second ‘section:
the protection of vertical
shaft at shallow and mod-
erate. depths will: be: an-
alysed, based on which: --
an approach to design will’:
be formulated and sev-
eral associated problems
solved.

Finally, a survey’ will
be undertaken of litera-
ture on mining “induced
damage to vertical shafts.

The research project de-
scribed would yield some
basic. design data for the
protection of shafts at-ul- .
tra-deep levels. It is be-
lieved: it has particular
relevance to mining:


JPRS-SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

TANZANIA

IDA AID SLATED FOR PETROLEUM MODERNIZATION DRIVE
Harare THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE in English 28 Jun 85 pl

[Text] A TECHNICAL assistance project to be carried out shortly in Tanzania
will seek to relieve bottlenecks and reduce waste in the distribution of the
country's petroleum products. A longer term objective of the project is to
lay the groundwork for rationalising the distribution system and to develop a
strategy for the use of indigenous gas resources.

The International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank's affiliate
for concessionary lending, is providing a credit of US$8 million for the proj-
ect, which also aims at maintaining gas exploration efforts by the private
sector.

The project will put. about 40 road tankers and 55 outlets for retail and con-
sumer products back into operation in Dar es Salaam, the capital, and three
other key agricultural areas--Mwanza, Moshi, and Arusha, all in the northern
region. Reduced product losses at storage terminals are expected to result in
savings of US$500,000 a year.

Mobile radio equipment to be provided for the rail yard in Mwanza and at the
Tiper Refinery, located in Dar es Salaam, will speed up the transfer of pro-
ducts. The sale of liquid propane gas, currently being flared at the Tiper
Refinery, will mean earnings of US$300,000 annually. A study will be con-
ducted on the overall rationalisation and rehabilitation of the country's
distribution system.

Onshore wells at the Songo Songo reservoir, on the coast of the Indian Ocean,
will be rehabilitated and platforms and protective structures will be con-
structed around offshore wells. A three-phased study will evaluate the eco-
nomic use of gas from Songo Songo for domestic markets.

A programme to promote exploration will be prepared, in consultation with
private oil companies, covering prospective areas in the Coastal Basin. And
the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) will purchase a minor-
ity share in promotional programmes in order to attract financing from the
private sector for the balance of the cost of the programmes.

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ve: Pricer-Jones/ If many foreign powers don't see things your way, and there is
a move in the U.S. Congress to impose sanctions on South Africa, will it
interrupt the reform process that the South African Government says it's
engaged in?

/(@e Villiers)/ This may put a check on our economic progress, but these
countries must watch out that it will affect more than a million foreign
workers. in South Africa. This could be very bad for employment in South Africa.
So, I don't think it will serve the cause of the revolution in South Africa.
It's exactly because of our economic progress that the blacks have made such
great advances on many fields and stand head and shoulders above all other
blacks in the rest of Africa.

/Pricer-Jones/ Now, the disturbances in the townships have been going on with-
out a break at least since September last year. How quickly do you expect the
partial state of emergency to bring those disturbances to an end?

/(@e Villiers)/. A very gladdening development has been the stance taken by
Archbishop Tutu who has called on the rival groups among the blacks to stop
their internecine strife. ‘This proves that this is at the source of the trouble
and the police only have to intervene every time to keep peace between opposing
black forces. And this may have the right effect, this call by Archbishop
Tutu, and this may change the situation.

/Pricer-Jones/ Bishop’ Tutu and colleagues in the South African Council of
Churches have also called on the government to release from jail leaders of
the black and other communities in South Africa, and for the government to
engage in dialogue with them as the way to end the disturbances. Do you agree
with that?

/(@e Villiers)/ We are prepared to dialogue, but only to dialogue with people
who renounce violence, and as you know Mandela was given the opportunity to
leave prison and he didn't want to accept the offer of the government because
it entailed him renouncing violence.

/Pricer-Jones/ Isn't it rather too late in the day to exact that sort of
promise from someone like Nelson Mandela?

[@e Villiers) / I think there are enough moderating elements among the ranks
of the blacks to hope for a reasonable settlement, a settlement that is free
of any atremism, which is not the answer for South Africa.

[Pricer-Jones/ But isn't it a problem that you have really no one to talk to,
that: most black leaders are either in jail or arrested under your recent state
of emergency?

L@e Villiers)/ No. There is a process which is taking place all the time.
Nothing can yet be revealed on contacts between the government and moderate
elements--I won't say moderate because moderate has also got a bad name, one
should say reasonable elements--people who really have the interests of the
blacks at heart: and who are not manipulated by outside forces like Soviet
interests.

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vicious Third World war.
hag ‘been going on for

some time., .

The . surest. answet
which: Africans. can pto-
vide t6 this problem: is the
mooting of Setlous, firm
and. . effective, regional
sectitity strategies.

_ Otherwise. how we
allow poor Mozambique
to go scouting for Migs
wheti:shé has no joney
evén for héalth ‘and agri-
culture? °

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MUSHROOM CLUB

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DESPITE DROP IN DEMAND, ISCOR DOUBLES PRODUCTION

IPRS~SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

Johannesburg ENGINEERING WEEK in English 4 Jul 85 p 16

[Text]

Iscor has good reason for. both tears.
and. cheers...

; ound forosets pummetng' down: gly, whch we tink

will: happen: gradually,’’ he: said..-
LiMIE they: get: to. below 20%; it
won't: happen ‘easily this year.’”
In the: 1982/3 financial year, Is-
cor, which: supplies: about_75% of
“su , the:local stéel-market, sold'2 955-
‘ million: tonis'in South: Africa.

Sales inthe frst quarter of this
year against the first quarter of last
year have been: 79% downto
motor trade, 39%. down’ to’ South:
African. Transport Services, 75' y
down to makers of white goods such”.
as: refrigerators. and” stoves;’ 17%
down. to makers .of pipes, 35%
doWn:to merchants and more than:
25% town to the heavy engineer-.
ing sector. .°-
. "Nor does. Iscor expect ‘any. im-
provement in:the near future:
Senior general manager -(steé!}
Nols Olivier, says local’ demand:
for steel is likely to.be around 20%:
lower in the 1985: calendar year
than it was in 1984 — and to bounce:
along at that:level for some time. “
“We do not see’ any improve-

of Iseor’s drive to increase exports
will ‘not-stop the bottom line of this
“year’s: balance’ sheet taking a dip
compared 10 last year’s.

The: reason-‘is that Iscor —
common withevery ther sel ex
porter-in: the: world — sélls over-
séas' for less'than it sells locally.

“In Iscor’s-case, it must sell 1,6.t
steel to. make the same money
i ‘would make: from selling 1 t lo-
cally. >

That said, it must be added that.

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seriior Iscor officials: regard: their
organisation’s. export driver as: a:
sreat success... . and: with: good

Comparing 1983/4’s figures with:
1984/5’s shows sales to the Middle-
East, including Israel and Turkey,
up 93% from: 353-000't ..to
685.000 t; sales to the Far East and
South-East: Asia: up: 66%: ftom
305 000:t to510.000°t; sales: to
Africa in total’ up- 95%: from:
115.000't to 225 000:t;. and’ sales.
to Europe up:72%- from:142.000:t
to 246.000 t. .

Getting the steel to sell has meant
that, in the past four months; Iscor
has had to increase its monthly pro-
duction from: 140-000:t' to
230 000 t.

It hit the target last month: and:
is now running at more than 90%,
of capacity, a. level. it. intends. to

hold:

One: result: of the: Iscor export.
drive has been that'its product mix
has changed, from 29% exports in:
1983/4 to.40% exports:this year.

Another has. been: that: foreign’
exchange earnings from raw: steel,
at R449-million: in: 1983/4, will:be-
around R700-million, up:-60%.



Morocco, the south by
South Africa while the
west is catered for by
Francophone Africa.

These strategic nuclear
forces are permanently
stationed there. It should
be admitted that by com-
parison the Soviet Union
does not have any strate-
gic nuclear forces outside
the Warsaw Pact: coun-
tries.

Strategic forces should
not be confused. with con-
ventional troops which are
invited to keep the peace
in a country like Ethiopia,
‘Afghanistan and Angola. .

These are neither
strategic.-.,orces _ nor

» No. attempt
made to absolve the
Soviet Union of any blame:
in the arms race. If any-
thing. the Soviets have.
proved themselves
stronger than the Ameri-
cans and. have been
“cleverer’’ at the Strate-
gic Arms Reduction
Talks (START) and the
Strategic Arms Limitation
‘Treaty (SALT).

The arms race is good
business for the super-
powers who obviously
want to remain in it for as
long as they can. In 1981
alone American - arms
manufacturers exported
weapons of war. worth
K36.9 billion.

Estimates for 1983.were
for exports worth K61.5
billion, a huge increase of
66 per cent over such a
short time.

The official American
aid classified as military
assistance was to go up
from 30 per cent in 1981 to
SO per cent in 1983. What
is important is to look. at
the Governments which
form the fecipients of this
military aid.

In 1981 Israel was top
with K3.44 billion of
ammunition. South
Korea, providing ‘Nato
and America with hu;
bases, and Pakistan
new CIA headquarters
after the fall of the Shah
of Iran are some of the:big:
recipients of American:
arms.

When: these: arms. are:
exported: to Africa. and:
other Third World coun-
tries. they increase te-
gional tensions as some of
the most dangerous and
modern war machines are
given to  itresponsible
rulers.

National. security in: the
individual states is. res-
tored only after the army
has confirmed that. it has
enough fire to roast any
attackers. This:may mean
buying extra arms.

How has Africa handled
the military factor in
national budgeting? From
the start it should be said
that if the military cut in
the budget is high the
governments should’ not
be laughted at or scorned,
but should use it as a
rallying point to condemn
the superpowers for the
spill-over.

A. cursory survey of
African countries reveals

tion. All statistics: are
from the 1981/82
budgets.

As a single item educa-
tion ate the largest share
Camergu, with expend

roun i-
ture of 29 billion CFA
franca. But when the
deferice allocation Is
combined with that. of
“Presidency and attached
services” it works out 34
billion francs, or 17 per
cent of total national
budget.

Even on its own iti
Cameroun deferice éxpe-
ndituré ts second only td
educatiori.

During the sarite p
Kenya Spent K239.37
million on. the military
and a further K154.53
million tnaintaining the
presidency, which expe-
nditure Was second ohly to
‘basic and high. edication
at Ka -89 tnillion. "| :.

i Sertegal the iiiilitary
{ook the largest share of
6 ‘billion CFA francs,
with the second tiem being

economy” at severt bil-
lion, while tural develop-
ment took third priority.

Sierta Leone piit defe-
ince, as a single iteri, third
after health and primary.
ao

ia, of a natio-

nal budget of 42 billion

dinats, allocated six bil-

lion defence, six-and-a-

Half billion to. education

fand two- anid-achalt biltion
to health.

penditurés dn the ‘police
and thé secrét police.

In Mozambique the
pattein of expenditures,
over thres peas was as per
table below. :

igh ign
15) 176
HH 196

Mt service af iT
Economic sectors, 49°) 385,
ene ioe 3
ota Gudea (AE SI” 384

This then is the deal
of . Africa's. tuilitary-
speriding. Nobody would
advocate tadical “cuts in -
the sonies. but African
leaders should -tell . the
i rPoersngt they ate

being . agont by. the
aftns sales at

The petaninion will
continue to go tip: In the
‘four. yeats 1978-78, 22,
countries in North Africa
and the Middle East
bought iititary - equip-
ment worth” .K91.27
million.

~The. sources were the
Soviet Union, K30.73
billion and Nato counttles
K605.53 © billion. This
Ptoves, if tothing else,
that ‘Africa. is gravely
afflicted by.thé arms race.

The increasing budge-
tary allocation to the mili-
a

Is, the, large

debt. service tatios and
‘the growing indebtedness
plus the “fact that regional
Wats até dotted actoss
Aftica meats that in fact a



JPRS~SSA+85~073
20 August 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

GOVERNMENT URGED TO IMPLEMENT PRIVATIZATION

Johannesburg THE SUNDAY STAR in English 21 Jul 85 pp 1, 3

[Article by Malcolm Fothergill]
[Text]

SOUTH Africa’s consulting
engineers are joining the
struggle to persuade the Gov
ernment to match its talk of

“We believe quité strongly
that although Government

privatisation with action. policy is to encourage private
1 tarted bi enterprise some senior offi-
The struggle was s y cials are trying to build up the

the country’s civil-engineer-
ing contractors when they
challenged the Government to
cut the public sector’s ever-
growing slice of the contract-
ing cake more thinly (The
Sunday Star, July 14).

Now consulting engineers

public sector’s involvement
rather than reduce it.”

One of the points the con-
sulting engineers will be mak-
ing in the memorandum is
that hard times such as. the
present reduce the arfiotint of

are preparing a memorandum work for the industry, i
for the Competition Board in if
which they will make the If the public sector does not

same plea.

They expect the final draft
of the memorandum to be
ready next week and'hope to
send it to the Competition
Board by the end of the
month,

The director of the South
African Association of Con-
sulting Engineers, Mr Colin
Spence, says although the as-
sociation has not taken as
public a stand as the Federa-
tion of Civil Engineering Con-
tractors, it supports the con-
‘tractors wholeheartedly.

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36

cut its capacity to carry out

the work, the share Available

for private enterprise shrinks. This puts
skilled people, whose education has cost
the taxpayer a considerable amount of
money, out of work. .

“This is pure waste,” says Mr Spence.
“We believe it is a-major contributor to-
wards inflation.”

A consulting engineer in the private
sector who approached The Sunday Star
put it even stronger: “Our livelihood is
being taken away by the public sector.

“The Government has repeated often
that everything that can be done by pri-
vate enterprise should be done by it, but
the public sector keeps growing.”



SPECIAL SALES TAX ON IMPORTED GOODS ANNOUNCED

Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 6 Jul 85 p 1

[Article by Wendy Asiama]

[Text]

CSO:

HENCEFORTH, all goods im-
ported under the Special Im-
port Licence (SIL) will at-
tract a 50 per cent special sales
tax. .

‘This means that importers will have to
pay the normal import duty and sales tax
which were not increased under the 1985
budget in addition to the special sales tax.

Disclosing. this in an interview in Accra.
yesterday, Mr M. Opoku-Boamah, De-
puty Comptroller, Research and Plann-
ing, said before the 1985 budget, importert
who utilised the special licence: paid im-
port duty. and: the normal sales tax and
stressed that with the new law, importers
will have to pay the special sales tax in
addition.-

The Special Sales Tax, he said, is paid
before the licence is issued. while the
import duty and the normal tax are ap-
plied at the time goods are to be cleared
:from the ports:

Mr Opoku-Boamah, however, indicated
that the special sales tax-does not apply to
goods which attract a special tax.

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He named the goods as
cigarettes, beer, stout, cid-
er, perry, ale, whisky, gin,
brandy and rumek and for
non-alcoholic beverages
like Fanta, Sprite, Coca-
Cola, Pepsi and textile-fa-
brices, .
. Meanwhile; traders*
whose goods’ arrived ‘after:
the 1985 budget and have!
been caught under the 50!
per cent special sales tax are
very critical of the new tax

‘system. _

The importers main-
tained that’ with the sales
tax laws, it is the consumer
who in the end suffers.

Over 24 containers
cau y the cent
sitting at the Tema Har-
bour because the: owners.
say they do not have. the
money to pay the tax that
is being levied on them.

39 8"854-85.9,
August 1985 3
GHANA



NYARKO DISCUSSES STATE ENTERPRISE PROBLEMS

Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 29 Jun 85 pp 1, 4/5

[Text]

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3400/805

STATE. Enterprises
would show healthier
results if government
would allow them to

-operate freely and com-

pete efficiently in their
markets, the Deputy
Executive Chairman of
the Ghana Industrial
Holding Corporation
(GIHOC), Mr J. P. A.
Nyarko has observed.

‘Mr Nyarko was speaking
on “the challenges of fi-
nancing state enterprises”
at one of a series: of
symposia being organised
by the Ghana Institute of
Management and Public
Administration (GIMPA).

He noted that state en-
terprisés had an important
place in the economy of a
developing country and it
was precisely because of
the contribution they were
‘expected to make that
they came under constant
scrutiny. —~

Mr Nvarko recognised
the importance of publi-
cising the objectives for
which state enterprises
were established. and
stressed on the essence of
public co-operation for
success. .

He noted that the finan-
cial position of many state
enterprises would improve
if the public, who are the
owners. would accept to
deal with them in a mann-
er similar to how they deal
with private businesses,

On proper financing, he
said it was “ the propellant
that launches an invest-.
ment into an orbit. where it
becomes self sustaining”.

Inadequate financing
led to half-finished pro-
jects. purchase of obsolete

equipment or technology.=..

protracted construction
periods. price escalations,
and “capital becomes tied.

up”, Mr Nyarko continu-

This, he said was becau-
se often. evaluation pro-
cedures had been by-'
passed and funds were.
either allocated to non-
viable investments or
spread thinly over several
competing projects.

Mr Nvarko said he did

snot doubt that the evalua-
tion of the performanee ot
state or public enterprises
.was more difficult than
that of the private sector
because the former’s bene-
fits to the society were
more direct.

In his contribution, the
head of the Development
Finance Unit of the Ghana
Commercial Bank, Mr V..
‘A. Ofosu-Amaah, empha-
sised the need for govern-
ment to. make the neces
.sary legal amendments if it
wished non-commercial
state enterprises to become
commercial. ~

Mr Ofosu-Amaah said
often sorhe state enterpri-
ses which: were non-
commercial and did not
have “borrowing powers”
sought loans from com-
mercial Banks whose re-
payment could not be gua-
ranteed.

He said the intention of
government as expressed
in the 1985 official state-
ment to strengthen the ca-
pital base of state com-
mercial enterprises was:
“laudable” because many
of them depended predo-
minantly on loan funds for
their operations.

This. Mr Ofosu-Amaah
said led to cash flows pro-
blems since cash generated
was tised to repay loans
and attendant high inter-
est. adding “an enterprise
with a poor equity base is a
bad risk for any loan”.

JPRS~SSA=85+073
20 August 1985

GHANA


New Anti-Socialist 'Tanzanian Resistance Army' Formed
(THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER, ‘20 Jul 85) .csssceseccceeece

Election Candidates To Use Pictures
(DAILY NEWS, 12:Jul 85) ccccccccccccccecceessesesereceeres

Salim Hails Cuban.Role in Liberation
(DAILY NEWS, 19 Jul 85) wecccscccsccccccceccvvcvcececveree

Privatization, Liberalization of Trade Continues
(DAILY NEWS,°9 Jul 85) .sccvccececcevcecevscscevevcreceees

IDA Aid Slated for. Petroleum Modernization Drive
. (THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE, 28 Jun 85) .cscececccscvevovcucces

Plant for Conversion of Coffee Husks to Charcoal Planned
(DAILY NEWS, 15. Jul 85) .ciccccccccececvccvecvcvcevscceeee

Briefs

TOGO ~

ZAMBIA

Farmers Paid More

Briefs
France ‘Finances Environmental .Projects

Tembo Concerned Over Growing UNITA Menace
(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, .23 Jul 85) .cccevcccesevece

Egyptian Trade Agreement Signed
(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 22 Jul 85) sesevececcecccercesereescsens

Labor Leaders Walk Out During Tripartite Talks
(Mike Ngoma; TIMES OF ZAMBIA, .18 Jul 85) ssseceeesceeceees

Tripartite Labor Seminar Calls for End to Works Committees
(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 19 Jul 85) secccecccccsscccvcceccoececce

Tazara Reneges on Collective Bargaining Agreement
(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 23 Jul 85) wevecoeeceee

State Acts To End Stockfeed Shortage
(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 6 Jul 85) sesecccecccecccercreeveeeceees

Tazara Records First Profitable Year
(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 20 Jul 85) wcceccccccccecercrccnscesvere

Remote Microwave Communication Links Going Solar
(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 22 Jul 85) wocccccccrcccccrevcescersesee

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on Electronics. Obviously, it would be an
added bonus if Andromeda became a
preferred supplier to the Government, said
Bogatie, but even if this does not happen,
the company will continue to produce and
market the Gemini.

“The market is still there, whether or
not we are a preferred supplier. We be-
lieve we have come up with a terminal
that is competitive with anything in South
Africa.”

Research and development costs on the
Gemini have come to R500 000 and the
costs of tooling and packaging, R250 000.

The Gemini is available with a 15-inch
monochrome or colour screen and a
choice of three standard keyboard layouts

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65

— IBM 3278, DEC VT100 and Gemini
multifunctional. .

Field installable options are a second
RS232 port, an RS 422 port, IBM coaxial
type A port, Centronics compatible par-
allel printer port, integrated modem and
a Beltel interface.

The company is also looking at devel-
oping and manufacturing a mini-com-
puter in the future. However, before this
is to happen, “We will need a total com-
mitment from Government,” said Boga-
tie.

Andromeda is a full subsidiary of
BarlowData which falls under Reunert In-
formation Systems of Barlows. In its last
financial year, it had a turnover of R11,5-
million.



JPRS~SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

GHANA

BRIEFS

DEPORTEES FROM BENIN -- Fifteen Ghanaians have been deported from Cotonou by
the authorities in Benin. The deportees, all men between the ages of 30 and
35 years, were rounded up in Cotonou for not being in possession of residence
permits and escorted to the Chana-Togo border at Aflao. They were accompanied
by officials of the Ghana Embassy in Benin. Speaking to newsmen, one of the
deportees said they were arrested about 2 weeks ago and placed ‘in custody be-
fore being deported. Deportees claimed that they were not allowed to collect
their belongings. [Text] [Accra Domestic Service in English 1300 GMT 2 Aug 85
AB]

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20



London are hostile to sanctions against Pretoria. And that is why the South
African poet, (Bryten Brytenbach), said last night that the only solution to the
apartheid issue is to overthrow it.

Although this French decision is worthy of praise, it will only carry weight if

it is followed by other, more concrete actions. Europe, which appears to lack
cohesion, reminds one of the OAU. And you know the results of that.

sO: 3400/797



JPRS~SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

MALI

BRIEFS

FINANCIAL AGREEMENT WITH ITALY--A contract for the financing of a petroleum
depot at Kayes (western Mali), was signed in Bamako on Friday between "Petro-
Stock," a Malian public enterprise, and "Italimanti," an Italian state
corporation. It provides for an Italian loan of 4 billion CFA francs, to be
paid over a period of 20 years, with a 10-year grace period, and with an
interest rate of 1.5 /figure as received/ percent. /Text/ /Paris AFP in French
2158 GMT 28 Jul 85/

ITALIAN AIRLIFT FOR DROUGHT VICTIMS--The Italian /word indictinct/ airbridge
has been operational since this morning. An Italian DC-8 carrying 2,400 tons
of corn from Dakar landed at 0500 this morning at the Bamako-Senou Airport.
The purpose of this’ Italian airbridge is to transport EEC assistance for the
drought victims of our country. Lt Col Abdourahmane Maiga, the minister of
interior and chairman of the national commission in charge of assistance to
drought victims, took delivery of this consignment in the presence of Mr Claudio
Moreno, former Italian ambassador to Mali and director of the Italian special
fund for aid to drought-affected African countries; Mr Collet, EEC representa-
tive; the representative of UNICEF /words indistinct/; and Mrs Dembele
(lauranne), the Italian Consul in Mali. /Text/ /Bamako Domestic Service in
French 1500 GMT 29 Jul 85/

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JPRS~SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

ZAMBIA

REMOTE MICROWAVE COMMUNICATION LINKS GOING SOLAR

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 22 Jul 85 p 1

[Text]

THIRTEEN remote com-
munication links in Zam-
bia are. current tly runn:
ing on solar power an
a further 22 stations will
be established to evalu-
ate the. performance of
solar power in ia.

Posts and. Telecommunica-
tion director of telecom-
munications Mr Swatulani
Munthali said in Ndola
at the weekend that new
microwave links covering
Luapula, Mbala, Mporo-
koso, Mfuwe, Lundazt,
Kasama and Chama
would be implemented
under a contract signed
between mas end a
Japanese firm. NEC =
poration to be commis-
sioned in July 1987.

The corporation has been
experimenting at Chite-
malesa on the microwave
link to Chipata, to
evaluate solar power:

At Chitemalesa one gene-
tator was taken out to be:
replaced by a solar power
panel.

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During. the day the station
used. solar power and at
night power supply was:
from batteries.

Previously, PTC used diesel
generators to provide
Power for remote repeat-
er stations but the cost.of.
running generators for.
24 hours “‘was quite sub-
stantial,”’

“Solar power. has:now been
accepted as a reliable
source of energy for ‘re+-
mote communications
links.-On the newly in-
troduced rural radio sys-
tem, the subscribers ter-
minal equipment can also
be solar powered but
backed by a battery,” Mr
Munthali said.

On ail new microwave
links, the majority of re-
mote repeater stations
were powered by solar
power.

The battery capacity was
such ‘that. it would  ser-

94

vice the station until the
a tose the following
ry.

Solar power s) have
been part of a turn-key
project where the con-
tractor provided the civil
works, equipment, power

Mr Munthali said the major.
difficult envisaged by the
corporation was in the.
conversion of existing
diesel generators at re-
mote: station to solar
Power as it would re-
quire more than K12
million in foreign ex-
change’ toecover 60. re-
mote’ stations currently
using diesel generators.

The initial cost of solar
power was high but there
were no running costs. A
typical solar power
source for a. microwave
station required
K 120,000.


JPRS~SSA~85~073
5 . ; 20 August 1985

ZAMBIA

EGYPTIAN TRADE AGREEMENT SIGNED
Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 22 Jul 85 p 4

[Text] ZAMBIA is geared to earn K66 million’ in foreign: exchange

through copper exports ‘to Egypt this year, it has been learnt.

The. export deal was.
confirmed by Mr
Abdel Magid .Met-
walli, managing -direc-
tor of a Lusaka-based
Egyptian company,
Nasr Export and Im-
port, who expressed
satisfaction with the
growing volume of
trade between the:two
countries.”

He said at the weekend
that last year. his company
arranged for the export of

ambian copper to Egypt
worth about KSO million
and that the 1985 delivery
was a remarkable improve-
ment over the past sales.

‘For this month alone.-
we have opened letters of
credit "amounting to
K18.300:000 for the ship-
ment of 4.500 metric tonnes
of copper to Egypt and pay-
ment will be made im-
mediately after delivery.”

Apart from actual copper
shipments his company. was.
planning to export about
4 metric tonnes of

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copper wire rods’ from
Zamefa in Luanshya worth
K16 million as from next
“I Nasr has been operat

jast has been operat-
ing in Zambia since 1865
and.Mr Metwalli said’ his
company would also like to
embark on a major export
drive of Zambian coffee.

beans. tobacco. _ timber;,.
corned -bi and sugar’
beans to Egypt.

The move was aimed at
Promoting more trade be-
tween the two countries.
At the moment Zambian
imports from Egypt include
medicines. raw materials
for blanket manufacturing
at the Zambia Textiles in
Livingstone. special yan
and shoes materials.

Mr Metwalli reaffirmed
that his company was com-
mitted to bring in large
quantities of medicines and
other -essential goods to
cover any shortages since
Egyptian’ prices _ were
among. the lowest in the
world.

Egyptian labour costs
were cheap and the quality

87

of its goods conformed
with international stand-
ards.

‘Egypt has. among other
goods. asked for Zambian
beeswax and we are al-
ready in touch with the
Village Industry Service
(VIS) in Lusaka to see if
they can help to arrange for
this delivery to C airo.

“We are lappy to
deal-in Zambia and we do
not find any problems in
Promoting trade because
we are given all the neces-

‘sary facilities to import into
Zambia essential goods

He was happy with the
“warm cooperation" his
company enjoyed with the-
Bank of Zambia. While El
Nast paid immediately for
Zambian goods by letters of
credit: Egypt offered its
goods. by way of line of
credit agreement.

He said his company
wanted to export to
whatever was available in
Zambia to earn the com-
pany foreign exchange.



MOSLEMS ASSURED OF GOVERNMENT COOPERATION

Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 2 Jul 85 p 1

{Article by Kodjo Atsu and Abdul Aziz]

[Text]

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THE government is
prepared to co-operate
with Moslems in the
country to live up to
their social, economic
and religious respon-
sibilities.

Addressing the open-
ing session of a one-
month refresher course
for Imams and Preachers
at the University of
Ghana, Legon yesterday.
Dr .Mohammed Ben
Abdallah. Secretary for
Culture and Tourism,
said that the Islamic Re-
ligion, since the time of
the Prophet Mohammed,
har been moving: ahead.
He therefore called on
Ghanaian Moslems to
use the course: period to
assess their role and
come out with common
resolve to solve problems
in the society.

“Tt is by doing this that
you will contribute vour
‘quota to the national re-
construction effort”. he

added.

Dr Abdallah also urg-
ed Moslems to utilise the
giving of alms which is a
charitable obligation on
Moslems in a more mea-
ningful way to attract
more converts into Is-
lam.

He implored the
Imams and the Preach.
ers to lead examplary
ves. “because an Imam is
a teacher in a world of
ignorance and judge in
world without wisdom”.

In his- inaugural
address Dr Abdallah

Botchway, President of
the African Institute for
the Study of Human Va-
lues, said Islam has been
the world’s most misun-
derstood revealed religion
because of the inability
of Moslems to explain
the essence of Islam to
non-Moslems.

He therefore urged the
course participants to ap-
proach it with open and
sympathetic minds so that
in the end they would be in
a position to correct the
situation. *

Dr Botchway, appealed
to the World Mostem Lea-
gue, (RABITA) which is
organising the course in
conjuction with the Ghana
National Council of
ma and Imams for Islamic
Affairs to assist in the
establishment of an Isla-
mic Centre in the country.
to serve as a meeting place
of Moslems and non-
Moslems to exchange ideas
and clear misconceptions
on Islam.

Dr Hasan Bahafzallah,
Director-General of Edu-
cation and Culture of RA-
BITA said that one of the
aims of the refresher cour-
se is to Upgrade the perfor-
mance of Imams.

Mr Anwar A. Abdrab-
beeh, the Ambassador of
the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia in his key note
address said his Embasay is,

ready to assist genuine ef-
forts either by individuals
or organisations to promo-
ite Islam,

JPRS~SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

GHANA.


TAZARA RECORDS FIRST PROFITABLE YEAR

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 20 Jul 85 p 1

[Text]

CSO:

THE Tanzania Zambia Rail-

This was because of in-
creased and

cargo which had. re-
sulted in the reduction. of
congestion. There were

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i
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in a week as

only one train in the past.
Mr Coty who was

accompanied two mini-

sters of State, Mr Lava.

Malimba (National. Com-

mission: ‘for Development

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JPRS*SSA~85+073
20 August 1985

ZAMBIA



WOMEN CALL FOR INCREASED PERKS FOR DEFENSE WORKERS

Lusaka’ TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 20 Jul 85 p 5

[Text]

THE Party and its Government has been urged
to offer better working conditions, salaries and
accommodation to personnel in the defence
forces to stop them from falling prey to bribery.
This was.one of resolutions

Province Women’s} League

passed by. the Lusaka

\conference whigh

ended at Kafue National Service camp last week.

On crime, the women
called for the intensification
of clean-up operations to
flush out criminals who
were terrorising the nation.

The women expressed
concern at the spate of
killings, robberies and
thefts of motor vehicles.

Juveniles who steal and

kill should be taken to
reform centres.

On the economy. and
development, the women
resolved that provincial and
district committees should
help the league in identify-
ing idle buildings _ which
could be turned into. muiti-
purpose centres to train
women in different econo-
mic fields.

CSO: 3400/777

98

Women Ieacters: at ward
levels should be given
opportunities to .attend
national functions with
their husbands.

it .was suggested that
courses at the President’s
Citizenship College (PCC)
should be conducted in
local languages to allow
average Party leaders to
grasp proceedings.

‘The conference appealed
to the national executive of
the league to’ fill vacant
posts of provincial trustees
who would help to. form a
committee’ responsible for
implementation of resolu:
tions.

The ‘delegates expressed

concern on the deteriorat-

ing standard of discipline in
the league.

JPRS=SSA*85~073
20 August 1985

ZAMBIA


SUGAR ASSOCIATION'S DEBT REPORTED

Johannesburg THE STAR in English 25 Jul 85 p 17

[Text]

DURBAN — The SA
Sugar Association cur-
rently has a debt of
R327 million, which is in-
curring annual interest
charges of over R45 mil-
lion, says chairman Mr
Ian Smeaton.

Addressing the associa-
tion’s annual general
-meeting, Mr Smeaton
said the debt would have
to be paid out of future
surplus proceeds, ;

“It seems most unlike-
ly that export prices will
rise from their present
low level fast enough to
enable repayment of any
Bortion of this debt, to be.

ade from this source, in

near future,” he said.

CROP RECORDS

Presenting the associa-
tion’s annual report for
the crop year ended April
30, Mr Smeaton said that
among several records
established during the
year was a record yield
of 2 369 695 tons of sugar,
which was nearly 1 mil-
lion tons higher than the
previous season.

But the industry's crop
records were accompan-
jed by record financial
requirements to cover
full costs of production
and returns on capital.

61

SOUTH AFRICA

“As a result the total
proceeds fell short of full
requirements by some
R162 million. This meant
that the industry had now
experienced the longest
period of time — almost
three years — during
which its members had
on average earned no re-
turn on capital.

“The reason for the
shortfall in proceeds dur-
ing the past season was
of course the fact that, in
real terms, the world
price of sugar reached its
lowest point ever.”

Mr Smeaton said that
unlike many other coun-
tries, the SA consumer
provided no contribution
towards or support of
low export prices and the
domestic price was set
generally on the basis of
the level of the cost of
production of local mar-
ket sugar.

To improve its finan-
cial position it had there-
fore, from the beginning
of the 1984-85 season, ;:
¢hanged the transport’
system, with growers”
now having to bear the
full cost of transporting
their cane to the mill.

“There should be scope
for reduction in this



gpRS-SSA-85°073
20 August 1985

of the Institute of Inventors
and Innovators.

The main reason is that
most businessmen have little
..or no idea of how to manage
Annovation. Nor is the subject
taught at any business school
or university.

-Now, in an effort to side-
step corporate reluctance to
‘get involved with the intrica-
cles of copyrights and patents,
the institute is developing
some financing ideas of its
own.

y One, which has already’

been tried successfully, is to
form a syndicate or trust of

small investors willing to risk °

‘some capital on developing
two or three workable ideas.
The other is to set up a pub
lie,"unlisted company. This
idea is still in its infancy, but
if all goes well the company
, Will be launched early next
ear.
“Innovation doesn't respond
-to the usual business princi-
ples. Try to zn it on those
and you'll lose,” sa: ir
Pilkington, who founded the
institute's forerunner, the In-
ventors’ Club, in 1974.

67

SOUTH AFRICA

LACK OF INVENTIVENESS CHARGED
Johannesburg THE SUNDAY STAR in English 21 Jul 85 p 3
[Article by Malcolm Fothergil1]
[Text]

MUCH of South Africa’s most Hand-in-hand with a lack of

valuable asset, its brain- knowledge of what to do with

wer, is being wasted, says innovation when it comes
Mr Don Pilkington, president along, goes a reluctance to be-

come involved in it.

“ “The most common re-
sponse to a food idea, over-
seas as well as here, is:
Dream on, nutty.”

The result is that the Insti-
tute itself, the private sector's
interface between Innovation
and industry, is run on a shoe-
string. Many worthwhile ideas

get no further than the pa-
tents office, and South Afri-
ca’s earnings from patents

‘and licensing agreements are
a fraction of what they should,

be,

In 1971, for instance, South
Africa paid R31,7 million in
royalties and received
R3,8 million. In 1980 it paid
R147,5 million and received
Ri0,4 million.

* To take another example, in
1978 India filed 5500 patents,
Finland 3000, Egypt 400 and
South Africa 6 500,

Although South Africa
topped that list, it trailed
badly as far as the ratio of li-
censing income to patents
filed was concerned.

There, India scored 8 200,
Finland 8 300, Egypt 25 000
and South Africa a measly
770.



AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE INAUGURATED

Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 10 Jul 85 p 1

[Article by Abdul Aziz]

[Text]

cso:

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AN Agricultural

Research Advisory
Committee to
transfer research
findings from re-
séarch institutions
td farmers in the
fields was inaugu-
rated by Dr I. K.
Adjei-Maafo, Se-
cretary for Agri-
culture, in Accra
yesterday.

Addressing memb-
ers of the committee,
Dr Adjei-Maafo said
the absence of co-
ordination between
his ministry.and re-
search institutions
over the years had
created a gap betwe-
en farmers and re-
search findings which
they need to improve
their practices.

He said with the
inauguration of this
advisory body, re-
search results could
be carried by exten-
sion officers to the

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farmers instead of al-
lowing the results to
remain on files in
cupboards. .
je said a secretariat of
the advisory committee
would be established in the
Ministry of Agriculture to
be manned by experts from
the research institutions.

‘The Secretary disclosed
that because there was not
stich a monitoring body to
advise both local and
foreign investors, a lot of
aid designated to Ghana
had to be cancelled ater
and redirected to other
countries where there were
such facilities.

He urged the members
to regard the advisory
committee as a vital organ
that would help revolutio-
nalise agriculture in the
country y making avail-
able to farmers the best
way of agricultural practi-
ce based on scientific re-
search methods.

The advisory committee
is to be made up of Deans
of the Faculties of Agri-
culture of the three uni-
versities in the country and
the heads of the agricultu-
ral divisions under the mi-
nistry with the Secretary
for Agriculture as chair-
man. + :

JPRS-SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

GHANA


IJPRS“SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

ZAMBIA

AIRFARES TO BE PEGGED TO DOLLAR

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 12 Jul 85 p 1

[Text]

cso:

ALL air fares from Zambia will from.next month be quoted
in American dollars, according to a Government directive
issued in Lusaka on Wednesday.

In a circular sent to travel agencies and airlines offi-
ces, the Ministry of Power, Transport and Communica-
tions says:

: “The move had been made to minimise local currency
losses incurred in respect of international tickets.

“While the fares shall continue to be paid in Zambian
Kwacha the: selling rate shall vary from time to time
according to the strength of the Kwacha against the US
dollar.’”

Domestic fares will still be quoted in Kwacha.

There is no change in the one year validity of the

tickets but after 30 days from the day a ticket was bought,.

transportation documents must be re-issued subject to the
fares and related conditions applicable then.
The circular says refunds shall be based at the rate of

exchange used at the time the ticket was bought. ©

@ Negotiations for a Zam-
bian balance of payments

support loan. from the
International Monetary
Fund (IMF) are ‘‘continu-
ing’, Minister of Finance
and. National Commission

for Development Planning
Mr Luke Mwananshiku
said.

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95

POSITIVE

Mr Moananshiku. inte
was’ speal in an inter-.
view with Zana. declined
to say how much was
being sought “saying that
the Government was ‘‘still
adding up the figures'”:

He described an earlier
meeting .with the World

-Bank in Paris at which

another loan was sought
as ‘‘positive”’.
@ Violations of foreign
exchange: regulations are
causing severe Hardship to
ig: countries. be-
cause they depteted their
reserves, Minister of Legal,
Affairs: and Attorney-°
General, Mr Gibson Chi-
gaga has said.



With the Ghana Bauxite Company, even though there were indications that the
workers were willing to put in their maximum, it was realised that Railway
haulage of Bauxite. to the Port was a militating factor. It was thus decided
to convene a meeting between workers and management as to how best to solve
that problem. A further meeting was to be held with the Railway Corporation
to find a way of rectifying the situation.

The Ghana National Manganese Corporation had its share of the problem. How-
ever, questions raised at the seminar as to how best to make savings to meet
the workers' demand was deferred to their JCC meeting which was to convene as
soon as possible.

For the State Gold Mining Corporation which is the least viable of all the
mines, it was agreed that the corporation might be crippled if any immediate
increases in salaries were effected within it.

cso: 3400/807

17



JPRS“SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

TEK LOGIC ISCOR CONTRACT

Johannesburg ENGINEERING WEEK [High-Tech] in English 20 Jun 85 p 22

[Text]

cso:

Tek Logic has commissioned the supervisory computer system for the direct reduction
sponge iron plant at Iscor’s Vanderbijlpark works.

The contract for four kilns with an annual production of 720 000 tons of sponge iron
is the largest coal-based direct reduction plant in the world and it called for innovative
management and operating procedures ~~

The main contract was awarded to Lurgi, the well-known West German engineering
company with extensive experience of the SLRN direct reduction process. The super-
visory system was designed and installed by Tek Lagic in co-operation with Lurgi and
Iscor.

This management and operator information system supplements the more conven-
tional distributed control system, programmable controllers and mass measuring/batch-
ing systems. In this role, it produces composite alarms to highlight critical conditions
not visible elsewhere on the plant.

One requirement was introduced for rapid data acquisition from special thermocouples
to analyse the immediate kiln operating conditions.

The supervisory system captures and stores data from each of the three sub-systems
(distributed control, PLC and mass measuring), as well as chemical analysis data from
the plant laboratory. Provision has been made for up to two months of on-line process
data to be available for future research.

Management reports are produced from this data base on a shift, daily and monthly
basis or orf request. Extensive graphic presentations are used to examine the plant
performance using composite data not available to any one of the sub-systems.

‘An HP 1000F computer with 2 Mbytes of main memory and 128 Mbytes of disk
storage is supplemented by two streaming tape cartridges, an 800 BPI tape drive and
several printers and terminals. Four Tektronix 4027A colour graphic terminals are used
as operator stations.

Software is implemented using standard Tek Logic products as far as possible, with
a lot of attention to the intricacies of the man/machine interface.

3400/778

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3400/775

The accord which had
not been ratified yet provid-
ed for payment of benefits
such as overtime, running
allowance and night duty
allowance for any worker
who worked between 22
hours and.06 hours plus an-
nual salary rises.

“The collective agree-
ment recently concluded
with the union should be
reviewed at the appropriate
time with a view to cutting
down overtime and running
allowances as these are con-
sidered to be on the high
side,” ruled the council.

Referring to the commit-
tee’s observation that Tan-
zania port workers were
lazy and cared little for
work as long as they receiv-
ed their monthly pay while
their Zambian counterparts
were equally culpable, the
council empowered man-
agement to take disciplinary
action against undisci-.
plined workers.

The council rejected the
committee’s recommenda-
tion that there should be
separate salary scales for
the three offices, the head-
quarters, Zambia-and Tan-
zania regions as that would
create administrative chaos.

But the committee argued
that such a move would en-
sure that salaries paid in one
country were not affected
by changes such as devalua-
tion or changes of minimum
wages in the other country.

mn the recommendation
to cut staff by 15 per cent,

91

the council said this should
be based on the workload
of various departments and
review of the. present
establishment.

It urged the management
to reduce: further unneces-
sary staff and increase some
badly needed. onnel in
accordance with the de-
mand of. tions to im-
plement the council’s 15 per
cent redundancy: rate.

The council urged man+
agement to make use of the
fuel facility led
Zambia. to avoid future
suspensions of passenger
trains caused by shortage of

uel.

It said Tazara should ex-
plore the possibility of run-
ning through passenger
trains. between Dar es
Salaam and Lusaka-Ndola
with a view to. introducing
services this year.

Tt warns -against corrup-
tion on the line and direct
management to blacklist-
any customer found bribing
Tazara workers for quick

sservice. . .
It agrees with the
committee _ observations

that most of the hostels for
staff on the Tanzanian side
were ill-equiped, especially
the Makamboko hostel. and
urged management to act
swiftly and make them
hospitable.

01 ruption, the coun-
cil “Tazara should en-
force and: prosecute its sta!
at the port who are caught
taking bribes.



JPRS~SSA~85-073
20 August 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

STATE OF EMERGENCY'S IMPACT ON RAND MINIMIZED

Johannesburg BUSINESS DAY in English 23 Jul 85 p 6

[Text]

but short-lived capital flight that ac-
companied the state of emergency in
the Sixties will not necessarily occur again

Ts: are reasons to believe the severe

The central bank may have intervened
yesterday to steady the currency. But inter-
vention would not be sufficient staunch a
haemorrhage, should one occur. Nor should

now. .

Church Square waste ious reserves in
For one, flight capital has been increas- any such fruitless per sandy
ingly free to leave the country as exchange The second difference between the posi-

controls have been progressively relaxed in
recent years.

And resident capital, on which official
controls remain, has a habit of moving with
increasing stealth through the sieve of offi-
cial sanctions. So whatever reservoir of funk
money there is left in the economy is most
likely rather small. .

‘There has been in recent months an out-
flow of American investment from the share
market. This could have been in response to
the disinvestment campaign. Equally, it
could be that Americans have taken the
view that the rand price of gold has little:

tion now and in the Sixties is that the current
account of the balance of payments is much |
stronger. And if the outflow of funk money
should niaterialise, it could be protected by
a further depreciation of the rand.

That would, of course, set back the attain-
ment of lower inflation just at a time when
the annualised increase in the consumer
price index is about to reach a peak before
declining, probably sharply.

Another important point is that the state
of emergency may be welcomed by some
foreign investors who are aware that revo-

-Jution is not just around the corner, despite

growth left to offer, at the riots.
emergency may aggravate
this veto, but there are nO ‘ins yet of its Tt could be seen abroad, as it is locally by
a haemorrhage. Certainly it has many businessmen, as a factor encouraging
not yet been reflected ina significant reduc- the stability that is essential for a return to
tion in the dollar-value of the rand, which’ economic prosperity.
would In our view, the key to capital flows over

the key indicator of a large out.

the next few months will be how soon nor-

flow. malty Js seen to be restored. And, closely
linked to that, what measures are taken by
government to ensure that the peace is rea-
sonably durable. :
cso: 3400/780

29



NETHERLANDS ASSISTING IN NORTHERN REGION WELL DRILLING PROJECT

Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 5 Jul 85 p 8

[Text]

cso:

THE Dutch Government
is financing the drilling
of 75 bore-holes in the:
eastern part of the
Northern Regior at the
cost of about ¢26.1-mil-
lige (1.7 million Guild-
er)

‘This is in response to an
appeal made by the Ta-
male,Archdiocese of the
Roman Catholic Church.

About 30 bore-holes
have so far been drilled for
communities within the
Eastern Dagomba District
for which each community
contributed (50,000. per
bore-hole.

According to the Yendi
Parish Priest, the Reve-.
rend Father John Straa-
phorf, the project is aimed:

3400/808

at providing potable water
for any rural community
facing acute water pro-
blems.

He said the bore-holes,
most of which have been
drilled outside the Nort-
hern Region Rural Inte-
gration Programme
zone, would be handed
over to the Ghana Water
and Sewerage Corporation
for maintenance. .

He gave the assurance
that would be
made available.

Mr Isaiah Quarm, a
Ghanaian hydrologist with,
the drilling company,
Messrs Prakla Seismos
Geomechanick of the Fe-
deral Republic of Ger-,
many, noted that-with the’

13

changing climatic condi-
tions in the country bore-
holes and wells were more:
sustainable sources of water:
supply than dams and:
dug-outs,

He therefore advised ru-
ral communities and
district councils to go in for,
bore-holes or wells to solve
their perennial water pro-

blems.

Meanwhile, the p:
mount chief of the
femba Traditional Area,

'a-Na Yakubu II, has do-
nated a cow to the workers
of the company: and com-
mended the Catholic
Church for its efforts to
solve one of the most
pressing problems facing
the people in the north.

JPRS~SSA-85~073
20 August 1985

GHANA



JPRS-SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

SOUTH AFRICA
SULPHURIC ACID PLANT CONTRACT AWARDED
Johannesburg MINING WORLD in English Jun 85 p 23
[Text]
: : The design of the turnkey project,
major erecti ies
of 'y sulphuric eid sie hes which is to replace a smailer plant
been awarded to Simon-Carves by nearing the end of its economic life,
the Palabora Mining Company. The will be undertaken by Simon-Carves
plant will convert sulphur dioxide in collaboration with Monsanto En-
contained in copper smelter gases in- viro-Chem, a world wide industry
to sulphuric acid, some of which will leader in sulphuric acid technology.
be used by Palabora and the balance _ The plant will be capable of hand-
sold and used in the production of ling up to 180 000 m*/h of gases
fertiliser. The plant will convert from the copper converters. After
sulphur dioxide contained in copper cooling and cleaning in scrubbers and
smelter gases into sulphuric acid, electrostatic mist precipitators, the
some of which will be used by Pala- sulphur oxides in the gases will be
bora and the balance sold and used catalytically converted to commercial
in the production of fertiliser. The grade concentrated sulphuric acid.
plant will contribute to environmen- It boasts innovative feature includ-
tal pollution control by increasing the ing the use of stainless steel for some
capture of sulphur contained in large vessels. This selection is based
smelter gases and will to some extent on improved operating performance,
reduce the import of sulphur to pro- reliability, reduction in maintenance
duce acid at Palabora. . and extended life. Construction work
in Phalaborwa is scheduled to begin
shortly. The project is to be com-
pleted by May, 1986.
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Airfares To Be Pegged to Dollar
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Mines Make Mukuba Pension Plan Mandatory
(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 10 Jul 85) ceccccveccccvccccccccvevcees

Miner's Union Warns About Implementation of Pension Plan
(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 13 Jul 85) .cccesccccsccccecccevccceres

Women Call for Increased Perks for Defense Workers
(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 20 Jul 85) ..cceceeccececceereereeerens

Briefs
International Aid for Oil

ZIMBABWE

HERALD Comments on Nonreappointment of Norman
(Editorial; THE HERALD, 20 Jul 85) ......

Briefs
Mugabe Urges Agriculture Emphasis
ZAPU Candidate Withdraws
Prisoners Release

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JPRS~SSA~85-073
20 August 1985

ZAMBIA

TRIPARTITE LABOR SEMINAR CALLS FOR END TO WORKS COMMITTEES
Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 19 Jul 85 p 1
[Text]

PARTY committees and works councils at

places of work should be scrapped because they
only breed. confusion and weaken trade unions.

This is-one of the resolu-
tions passed by the: three-
day tripartite. seminar of
the Zambia Congress of
Trade Unions (Z! ), Law.
Association of. Zambia
{LAZ) and the: Zambia
Federation. of Employers.
(ZFE) held at Lusaka's
Hotel Inter-Continental.

The seminar resolved
that trade: unions. should
be thesole representatives
of workers:aad. the neces-
sary Statutory enactments
to abolish other institu-
tions. at. places. of work
should be:made soon.

“Currently, there is.con-
fusion: by: various: authori-
ties and institutions on the
question of the: type: and.
way -of operation of
workers’ participation that
is being advocated in
Zambia,” say the resolu-
tions.

Participants felt that the
desired’ form of workers’
participation was one that
involved: workers — in
management and decision-
making as opposed to
equity participation.

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Equity participation

, could lead to the undesired

result of creating and
furthering capitalist
classes.

To effect workers parti-
cipation, the appropriate
statutory instrument that
required amending was
the Industrial Relations Act

Cap 517. .

Phe classification of
“essential worker’ and
“essential service’ should
be in conformity with
the internationally accepted
definition as spelt out by
the International Labour
Organisation (ILO).

The seminar deplored
the present _ legislation
which cévered almost
every Worker as, ‘‘essen-
tial’ and urged that it
should be-repealed.

On prices and wages,
the seminar resolved that
there - was an urgent
need to rationalise prices

89

of commodities and wages
to improve the standard
of living. « Appropriate
measures should be under-
taken to achieve the desired
results.

A. standing consultative
and coordinating agency
should be established to

:study economic conditions
,and ‘ail aspects of Govern-

ment policy that affected

‘prices and wages.

The agency should insti-
tutionalise. a continuing
dialogue“ between. the
Government, employers’
associations . and — trade
unions to foster industrial
harmony and goodwill.

On the Industrial Rela-
tions Court. the seminar
suggested that its powér
and jurisdiction should be
extended.and strengthened
to allow individual emplo-
yees: to--prosecute their:
own claims before the court.
in situations where the
union did not support
them.



JPRS~SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

ANC LEADER INTERVIEWED ON SITUATION IN SOUTH AFRICA
DWO11246 Hamburg STERN in German 1 Aug 85 pp 16-17

{Interview given by Oliver Tambo, chairman of the South Africa ANC, by STERN
editor Almut Hielscher -- date and place not given]

[Text ][STERN:] Is hatred in South Africa now also burning among blacks?

[Tambo:] During the past 18 months roughly 600 people were killed’ in South
Africa -- mostly by police and army bullets. In addition, there are also those
who have fallen victim to the people's anger, which is directed, above all,
against those people from the own ranks who are collaborating with the hated
regime.

This is, for instance, black policemen, who live in the black townships, get up
in the morning, take their guns, and shoot at their neighbors. Small wonder that
people are afraid to be killed. However, the struggle actually is taking place
between those being suppressed and the oppressors, be they blacks or whites.
[STERN:] Up to now whites have hardly been attacked.

[Tambo:] I believe that it will be a matter of only hours until the struggle
will forge ahead into the districts of the whites.

[STERN:] Will martial law help to prevent this development?

[Tambo:] The government's imposing of martial law is bound to aggravate con-
frontation. Many parts of the country, particularly rural areas, have already
become ungovernable. The government has sent the army into the black town-
ships. This is no governing but occupation.

[STERN:] Is the uprising in the black ghettos a spontaneous uprising?

[Tambo:] It is the consistent consequence of force exercised by the racist
regime for decades, and there will be a further escalation until the last struc-
tures of the apartheid system are crushed.

[STERN:] What is the role played by the banned African National Congress?

34



MINES MAKE MUKUBA PENSION PLAN MANDATORY

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 10 Jul 85 p 1

[Text]

cso:

THE Mukuba Pension
Scheme over which
thousands of miners went
on strike last month deman-

ding that it be scrapped will

continue ‘and workers
wishing to-withdraw from it
should resign - from th

mines. ° .

. A Zambia Consolidatea
Copper Mines ‘spokesman
said in a statement in
Lusaka yesterday that join-
ing the scheme was one of
the conditions ‘of service
binding on ‘all Zambian
employees.

“The scheme has ‘been
established for the welfare
of all categories of Zambian
employees and their depen-
dants. Any employee
wishing.to withdraw from
the ‘scheme can only do so,
by resigning from

3400/774

* proy

employment,’ said
spokesman.

The spokesman acknow-
ledged receipt of new pro-

osals from the

ineworkers. Union of
Zambia (MUZ) aimed at a
compromise for ‘the
divergent views. expressed
over the scheme and said its
rules provided for a
periodical review to accom-
modate new developments.

“The trustees of the
scheme are éxamining. the
sals that have been
made by MUZ. However, it
should be noted that in
any decision made on these
proposals interests of «all
eligible employees will be
taken into account,"*

The formation of the -

Mukuba pension scheme on
April 1, 1982 was a result of
fiegotiations which the com-

96

the

pany entered into with
MUZ in response to request
from. “‘all categories of
Zambian employees for a
better retirement scheme’.

The scheme sparked off a
strike in the first week of
June involving neariy all
ZCCM divisions.

Management reacted by
sacking 4,364 miners. A
spokesman said then: ‘‘The
action had been taken in the
interest of maintaining
discipline and good in-
dustrial relations.””

The company lost K16
million in revenue in copper
and cobalt production
amounting to 4,000 tonnes
during the strike. The strike
took violent proportions in
Mufulira and “Chingola
where MUZ offices were
burnt and a man was shot
and wounded in a clash with
police.

JPRS~SSA~85~073
20 August 1985

ZAMBIA


JpRS+SSA~85°073
20 August 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

DISINVESTMENT NOT CONSIDERED THREAT TO MICROCOMPUTER MARKET

Johannesburg THE SUNDAY STAR in English 21 Jul 85 p 8

[Text]

CSO:

DISINVESTMENT: moves in the United
States do not pose.a significant threat to
the expanding South African microcom-
puter market. 4

This is the view‘of Johannesburg re-
tailer Joan Joffe, who points out that
major suppliers, including IBM and Hew-
lett Packard, have, already indicated they
will not move out df the local market.

“In addition, the legislation which is
now before the US ‘Congress does not re-
strict sales of confputers except for mili-
tary and certain governmental purposes.

“If the threat of -disinvestment grows,
this will encourage non-American suppli-

ers and also local manufacture from im-

ported components,” she says.

She pointed out a microcomputer was
already being assembled locally, while

Olivetti had indicated that it was consid-—

ering local manufacture.

“In any case, if there is a ban on com-
puter sales we will still get them. We
may have to pay more, but they will still

e in.” - .
Mrs Joffe said her company’s turnover

had increased during the recession and
this could be attributed to the enhance-

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ment of the IBM personal computer
range.

“The IBM PC and compatible models

from Olivetti, Sperry and other manufac-
turers have been enthusiastically accept-
ed by the business sector.
. “Among other reasons, this is because
they can easily be linked to mainframe
computers. It is also possible to set up
‘economical systems for the small-to-me-
dium business based on’a single micro-
computer.” +.

Mrs Joffe also sees potential in the

rental market.”

“We lease computers even for one day
at a time. Apart from helping businesses
which have budget problems, it also
allows them to become acquainted with
the machine. This creates possible sales
opportunities in thé future.” °

Mrs Joffe says these are among the
factors which have led to her planning a

“new branch within six months. It will be

her first new branch in three years.

She believes it will allow her company
to take advantage of the marked increase
in demand she expects to follow the re-
cession.