SOMALIA

PRESIDENT SIAD RECEIVED ERITREAN DELEGATION
Mogadishu HEEGAN in English 7 May 82 p 6

[text]

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MOGADISHU, Thursday
— The SRSP General Sec-
retary, President. of the
SDR, ' Jaalle Mohamed
Siad Barre on Thursday
received the Secretary-
General of the Eritrean
Liberation Front (EPLF)
AlSayid Ramadan and
adelegation he led, at the
Presidency.

The delegation _brie-
fed the President on the
situation of the Eritrean
struggle which continued
for 20 years.

The delegation said
that colonial regime in
Addis Ababa unjustly
supported by foreign al-
lied forces attempted to
crush down the Eritrean
Liberation Movement
but tono avail, their
dream ended in total des-
paire.

«After being defeated
at the battlefields the
war planes of the blood-
thirsty Mengistu regime
and its unholy alliance
used Nerve Gas on the

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civilian settlements of
Eritrea», said Al-Sayid
Ramadan.

He also said that
criminal act reveals the
breakdown of colonialism
while at the same time
it strengthens the morale
of the Eritrean freedom
fighters.

The delegation paid
a glowing tribute to the
gevernment and people
of the SDR for their awa-
reness and upright posit-
ion of the just Eritrean
cause to self-determinat-
ion and independence.

In his turn President
Siad reiterated that final
victory belongs to the
oppressed but struggling
people of the world, ad-
ding that no force could
come against history.

The President: asser-
ted that it was unadmit-
table to oppress and sup-
press other nations while

_we are at the end of the

20th century.



KENYA

"NATION' EDITORIAL ON CHAD, OAU MEETING
EA242116 Nairobi DAILY NATION in English 24 May 82 p 6
{Editorial entitled "Chad Must Play to Rules of the Game]

[Text] The statement issued at the end of a 2-day meeting on the future of
the OAU peacekeeping force in Chad was short and to the point. Unless
Chad declares its political position by 10 June 1982, the troops will be
pulled out of the wartorn country.

The refusal by Chadian President Goukouni Oueddei to work towards a political
solution of his country's problems leaves the OAU with little option than

to pull out and let him fend for himself as best he can. For, given the
cost of maintaining the pan-African peacekeeping forces and the financial
constraints which plague the three troop-contributing countries, there can
be no question of keeping the troops in Chad indefinitely. At a time when
African countries are bearing the brunt of worldwide inflation and recession,
it is unreasonable to expect them to continue sacrificing with no assurance
that their sacrifices will lead to the Chadians enjoying a period of peace.

This assurance can only be given if the transitional Ndjamena government
agrees to abide by the past OAU decisions which called for a ceasefire

by midnight on 28 February 1982, to be followed by negotiations for national
reconciliation. That the implementation of the OAU decisions was frustrated
by President Oueddei and his Foreign Minister Ahmed Acyl was underscored
soon after the OAU's Standing Committee on Chad meeting here last February
when the Chadian leader not only called the committee's decisions null and
void but also termed the meeting illegal.

Acyl's role in his leader's intransigence was underscored only a month after
the OAU Standing Committee's meeting when he asserted that there is no
question of sitting around a table and negotiating with Hissene Habre.

This leaves the impression that the foreign minister has an ace up his sleeve
for it is not easy to understand how he can rule out the possibility of
negotiating with an opponent whom despite numerous attempts to crush grows
stronger every day and still expect peace to be drawn on Chad.

Following Oueddei's unsuccessful search for arms and troops from Ethiopia

and Eastern Europe to replace the pan-African force, the only ace Acyl and
his leader may be having up their sleeve is the return of the Libyan troops

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SOUTH AFRICA

OPPOSITION VIEW ON SECURITY BILLS
MB200757 Johannesburg RAND DAILY MAIL in English 19 May 82 p 9

[Excerpts] While the public imagination is gripped by the prospect of reform
implicit in the president's council's proposals, four bills are being

debated in Parliament with far less fanfare. The main bill seeks to consoli-
date S.A.'s battery of security legislation and to sanction the retention

of indefinite detention without trial, quantitative detention and bannings.
Here is an edited version of a speech in Parliament by Harry Pitman, PFP

MP for Pinetown, who spells out the official opposition view on security:

Power given is never relinquished. That is the lesson of history and that
is the nature of man.

If Parliament divests itself of the power and gives it to the security police
or whoever--I am not at this stage blaming the security police for accepting
it--it is never relinquished. The protection of law and procedural safe—
guards have not come about over the centuries through the unilateral action
of rulers.

The Afrikaner nation knows this better than any other nation.

When one takes away fundamental rights on a permanent basis one sells
oneself into slavery.

Here in South Africa we had 90-day detention, but that was not enough.

We then went down the slippery slope to 180-day detention. Eventually we
resorted to permanent or indefinite detention, that bottomless pit contained
in Act No 83 of 1967, the terrorism act, and also in this bill.

In 1963 a former chief justice of South Africa, an Afrikaner, said that even
the threat of 90-day detention was a form of torture.

In 1982 a future chief justice (Mr Justice Rabie who recently made recommen-
dations on security legislation) actually advocates not 90-day detention but
indefinite detention.

This heralds a very sad day for South Africa.

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SOUTH AFRICA

BRIEFS

ARMS TO ARGENTINA DENIED--In Cape Town, the South African defense minister,
Gen Magnus Malan, has denied reports that South Africa delivered missiles
or aircraft spares to Argentina prior to or during the Falklands crisis.
Replying to questions in Parliament, General Malan also said that South
Africa had not delivered weapons to other South American countries which
could have supplied them to Argentina. General Malan's statement followed
reports in the South African press that the country was supplying arms to
Argentina and that these were being loaded at D.F. Malan Airport near Cape
Town. General Malan said that although it was South African Government
policy not to give details of arms transactions, the government had decided
that this once only deviation from policy was justified under the circum-
stances. Earlier, the South African foreign minister, Mr Roelof Botha,
said that in view of the country's security, the government neither confirms
nor denies the existence of any contractual obligations with any specific
country or any specific agency of a country. If the South African Govern-
ment were to undermine this principle, a situation would eventually arise
in which details would be disclosed of all arms supplies to and from South
Africa. [Text] [LD251050 Johannesburg International Service in English
0630 GMI 25 May 82]

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catastrophy of last year and the equally
strong wish of the Gambian people to take
part in the electoral process. The NCP also
deserves praise for not boycotting the
elections despite its obvious handicap.

In a sense everyone has gained from the
elections. The PPP remains by far the
strongest political group in Parliament and
has a large enough majority to substantiate
its claim to speak for the Gambian people.
Had it won rather than lost seats its critics
would have accused it of rigging the vote.
Therefore its loss of three seats will
strengthen it international reputation while
at the same time this fails to weaken its
domestic position. Sir Dawda’s decision to
risk re-election at the hands of the electo-
rate has paid off handsomely.

The opposition forces have also helped
to restore their country’s tarnished political
image. By' conducting their campaign in a
constitutional manner they have reminded
the world of that older tradition of re-
sponsible political opposition; and by win-
ning some 38 per cent of the vote in the
constituency elections and nearly 28 per
cent of the poll in the Presidential election
they have shown outsiders that there is a
future for legitimate critics of the govern-
ment in The Gambia.

The new Parliament will differ from its
predecessor in several respects. There will
be 14 new MPs — the five Independents
and nine new PPP members. There is an
increase in the number of highly educated
MPs, though with only six graduates, one
of whom is also a barrister, the Gambian

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parliament differs markedly from other
West African legislatures. In terms of
ethnic background there are 21 Mandinka;
six Wolof; four Fula; two Jola and a
Serahuli in the new Parliament. Finally,
the country has its first elected woman MP,
Nyimasata Sanneh, who retained the late

B. N’Jie’s Kombo North seat for the
PPP with an increased majority. It is now
expected that other women will follow in
her footsteps.

It remains to be seen whether the new
balance of power will hold. The future of
the NCP is uncertain; much will depend on
what will happen to Sheriff Dibba in his
forthcoming trial. The five Independents
also present a problem. Are they suffi-
‘ciently united to act as an organised par-
liamentary group? Will they make their
peace with the PPP and eventually be
allowed to return to their party? Previous
splits within the ruling party have occurred
and many of these have been patched over.
At least two of the Independent candidates
are able men who have much to offer their
former party. It is not beyond the bounds
of possibility that they will be readmitted
to the PPP in due course.

For its part the PPP leadership will need
to overhaul its local organisation and to
ensure that party congress reSolutions,
particularly those concerning party demo-
cracy, will be given proper effect. In his

ast congress address President Jawara

committed himself to maintaining the
momentum of reform within his party. He
now has the undisputed Popular mandate
to carry this through.



[article by Murray McNally]

[Text]

| CHIEF Gatsha Bu-
thelezi, Kwazulu
: Chief Minister, has
" challenged Mr Lofty
| Adams, member of
| the President’s
+ Council, to repeat his
“virulent” attack on
‘him . outside the
- Council, and the SA
"Labour Party leader,
ithe Rev Alan Hen-
drickse, has called
for Mr Adam’s im-
‘mediate dismissal.

5. The attack on Chief
, Buthelezi and several
; Hon-White clergymen
{has sparked off a major
row on the eve of the
‘presentation of the
President's Council
constitutional — reform
Proposals to the State
; President.
f . Speaking during the
debate on Central Gov-
ernment reform on
Wednesday, Mr Adams
called Chief Buthelezi
“a vicious overrated
| little Black man” and

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accused him of “sabre-
rattling” and of threat-
ening violence to the In-
dian community.

The chairman of the
PC, Mr Alwyn Schle-
busch, rebuked Mr Ad-
ams for his remarks
and said that unless
members “upheld the
very special dignity of
debating” in the coun-
cil, the rules would be
amended to prohibit
such remarks.

Mr Adams also asked .

whether Mr _  Hen-
drickse, Bishop Des-
mond Tutu and the Rev
Alan Boesak were true
men of the cloth or
whether they sought to
bring about change by
violence.

Chief Buthelezi yes-
terday challenged Mr
Adams to repeat his
“defamatory” remarks
outside the President’s

“Mr Adams’ rascist,
virulent and defamato-
ry remarks do not do
the President's Council
justice and lower the

69

BUTHELEZI CHALLENGES ADAMS OVER 'VIRULENT ATTACK*

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 21 May 82 p 3

tone of debate on the
proposals,” Chief Bu-
thelezi told The Citizen.

“I am sure that what
he has said will also
lower the standard of
the President’s Council
in the eyes of the public.

“I have no problem
with identity like Mr
Adams. I know who I
am and what my role is
in South Africa.”

Chief Buthelezi said
Mr Adams was engaged
in a calculated attempt
to discredit him in the
eyes of White South
Africa.

Calling for his “im-
mediate dismissal”, Mr
Hendrickse said Mr Ad-
ams- was using the
President’s Council as a
Platform to promote in-
citement.

“Mr Adams is using
the privilege of . the
President’s Council to
insult people who do
not have a similar op-
portunity to defend
themselves.

“But unlike Mr Ad-
ams I do not have an

SOUTH AFRICA
"identification problem
_ my reco} steaks for

itsel

« Mr Adams said yes-
terday that Mr Hen-
|drickse and Chief Bu-
‘thelezi had directed

“thinly veiled threats of
cviolence” at he and
other moderate

Coloureds and Indians.

“Violence is not
‘mecessarily the shoot-
ing of a gun of physical
{confrontation, a more
- despicable form of viol-
:ence is the threat of vi-
olence,” he said.

“Chief Buthelezi re-
;cently said that
| Coloured and Indian
| members of the Presi-
‘ dent’s “Council _ should
|Femember that they
,had children and Mr
“Hendrickse had advo-
cated an economic boy-

ot cot against South Afri-

“I regard these as
very serious threats, I
wish to free my people
yf this type of intimi-
+dation and threats of
} violence.”



NIGERIA

BORNO STATE GOVERNMENT REPORTEDLY SUSPENDS EMIR=ELECT

Emir of Bedde

Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 14 Apr 82 p 1

[Article by Abdullahi Idris]

{text]

--SHERE are speculations that the Borno State Government has
takén new steps to discredit Alhaji Yerima Saleh the elected
Emir of Bedde to stop him from becoming the new emir.

Alhaji Yerima Saleh, the District Head of Gashua was on May 14 last year
elected Emir of Bedde by six votes to Alhaji Abba Kyari’s one vote by the
_Bedde king makers. But the Borno State Governor, Alhaji Mohammed Goni
disregarded this and appointed Alhaji Abba Kyari against the wish of the king

makers.

The king makers subse-
quently sued the governor on
that action and the state: Chief
Judge, Mr. Justice Kalu Anya
tuled in their favour and
declared Alhaji Yerima Saleh
the Emir of Bedde.

But the state government ap-
pealed against this decision to the
Federal Court of Appeal.

Now the tussle has taken a new
‘turn, the state government using
‘its executive powers has suspend-
ed Alhaji Yerima Saleh from of-
fice as District Head of Gashua
for allegedly absenting himself
from office since the state high

| court declared him as the emir.

The suspension letter was writ-

ten on April 5, but the action was
backdated to the March 14, this
year. Alhaji Yerima Saleh is now
on half salary and according to
sthe letter, he would remain
Suspended pending the outcome
of an inquiry on his conduct
before a final decision would be
; taken.

A number of people interview-
:ed in Gashua at the weekend’
described the action as a
deliberate attempt to discredit
Alhaji Yerima Saleh.

They said the ultimate aim was
to dismiss him from office as

District Head of Gashua to make
‘him ineligible for installation as
emir.

Meanwhile the Federal Court

of Appeal has put off until May 11, ;

this year, a motion séeking stay
of appointment of Alhaji Yerima
Saleh, as the new Emir of Bedde.

, The Governor of Borno State,
‘Alhaji Mohammed Goni, brought

e motion. The others are, the

ttorney-General, Mr. L.0.
Sanyaolu and Alhaji Abba
Kyari—the incumbent emir
whose appointment was declared
illege|

When the case was called

festerday, Mr. L°6. Sanyaolu
‘leading Ibrahim Dauda and Mr.
Baba Ba’aba for the governér
iasked the court to give a week

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within which to file further af-
fidavit in reply to the counter-
affidavit filed by the respondents.

He told the court that he only
yeceived the counter-affidavit
Monday morning and that he

led time to file and serve the
respondent a reply.

Replying, Mr. Charles T. Uba, -

Iding brief for Chief Kehinde
Sofela said the reason why the
counter-affidavit was not served
in the appellants was because of
‘Easter holidays and that it was
‘not intentional.

If the application of counsel for
the appellants was granted, he
;would like the reply of the

© coutiter-affidavit served on him
: very much earlier sp as to avoida
similar incident,

Mr. Justice"D.O. Coker,
Presiding er the Appeal Court
then fixed May 11, this year, for
hearing in the application by the
appellants after granting the ap-

' plication of Mr. L.O. Sanyaolu.



ZAMBIA

PART OF TWO MILLION BAGS OF ZIMBABWE MAIZE ARRIVE

Lusaka DAILY MAIL in English 10 May 82 p 7

[text]

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TWO MILLION bags of maize worth
K33 million bought from Zimbabwe
to meet this year’s crop shortfall

has started arriving, a Namboard

spokesman has said.

The spokesman said in Lusaka at the
weekend that the maize, being sto-
red in silos in Lusaka, started arri-
ving last month.

Prime Minister Nalumino Mundia
said recently that Zambia would
this year only produce five million
bags of maize and that she would
import another two million bags
from Zimbabwe to meet the seven
million bags of maize consumed
annually,

And the Namboard spokesman said that Cont:
ract Haulage had been engaged to haul the

maize. He refuted fears that the maize to be
imported from Zimbabwe would be the

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yellow type which Zambia imported in
1

He said he was not aware of any yellow maize
- ‘being grown. in Zimbabwe as the yellow
maize which was imported in 1979’ came
from elsewhere, : ;
He could not say when the maize haulage
exercise would end and referred further qu:
erles on the subject to Contract Haulage.

A Contract Haulage spokesman confirmed
that the maize haulage exercise from Karol,
Zimbabwe via Chirundu started in earnest
last week.

He said 80 trucks had been deployed in’ the
exercise but could not say when the haulage
would be completed as there were still
various logistical aspects of the exercise
which had to be studied.

These included time being spent on loading
and off loading, time spent at the border for
couid cary and the general en around of

carry and t! turn aroun
the vehicles toand from Zimbabwe, .

He said Zambia Railways was not involved in
the haulage exercise as there was no ral:
Iway line Karoi in Zimbabwe through
Chirundu but that some Zimbabwean trans:
porters were taking part in the exercise.



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ear, Hl
.., 4 special report on:
‘jts_ operations high-'
dighted the inefficient;
man wer utilisation:
e com and
blamed the financial:
losses of the com-
‘pany on this defect.

The report drew at-.
[tention to the fact
that the ical,
partriers had" appro-
‘ved and signed a con-
stract for the charter;
of four. vessels at a
cost of 84,2 million.

On paymentef 83.8.
jmillion three of the
(four vessels were deli-
'vered and since their

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‘arrival, tidy had been

jyingidle. - >.
» Contacted, on the
* issue, the Minister of
' State for Industries,
Dr. fi Igbani,,
“described the Ba
tions as very serious.
Dr. Igbani said
his ministry,

- would as a matter of

urgency, set up an
investigation to find
Sout the real cause of
the company’s inabi-
‘lity vo operat

: .[ am assuring you
that those found
ity would be
it with seriously.



SOUTH AFRICA

GOVERNMENT DENIES SUPPLYING ARMS TO ARGENTINA
MB251052 Johannesburg Domestic Service in Afrikaans 0600 GMT 25 May 82

[Text] South Africa has never, during the Falklands crisis or in the period
prior to it, supplied any missiles or components for aircraft to Argentina.
This announcement was made by General Malan in Parliament by special
permission of the speaker. He said that he was requested by the leader

of the New Republic Party, Mr Vause Raw and the member for Seapoint,

Mr Colin Eglin to issue a statement on allegations in newspapers of the
Argus group. Although South Africa did not publish details on its weapons
transactions, he decided to issue this unique statement because of the
allegations and because South Africa is being involved in a conflict situa-
tion.

Mr Raw asked General Malan if South Africa had supplied such weapons to
other South American countries from whence they could have been taken to
Argentina, and if one of these countries had taken the role of middle-man
in procuring weapons for Argentina. General Malan gave Parliament the
assurance that this had not happened. Mr Ray Swart, who spoke on behalf
of the Progressive Federal Party, and Mr Raw welcomed General Malan's
statement.

The leader of the opposition, Dr Van Zyl Slabbert, had said earlier in a
statement that supplies of arms to Argentina could divide the country
in view of the ties between South Africa and Britain.

The minister of foreign affairs, Mr Pik Botha, had earlier put forward
South Africa's view of arms supplies. He said South Africa had always
hesitated to confirm or deny such allegations and its interests require that
this principle should not be thrown overboard. South Africa's security
will be irreparably damaged if details of this nature were made known.

If contractual arrangements were tampered with, other countries and agents
will question South Africa's intentions.

A spokesman for Argentina at the UN also denied that his country was
receiving arms from South Africa. He dismissed the allegations as untrue.

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GNPP INDECISIVE ON WHETHER TO JOIN MERGER

Decision To Join

Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 21 Apr 82 p 3]

[Article by Abubakar Umar]

[text]

GREAT Nigerian Peoples Par-
ty (GNPP) has resolved to merge
with the Nigerian People’s Party
(NPP) and the Imoudu faction of
Peoples Redemption Party
(PRP) to form the Progressive
Peoples Party (PPP).

The decision was reached at
the party’s National Executive
Council meeting held in Bauchi
‘and presided over by the GNPP
sleader, Alhaji ‘Waziri Ibrahim.

: The decision is to be ratified at

‘an emergency congress of the
party to be held in Kano at a date
to be announced, according to the
communique issued after the
meeting.

Delegates at the meeting en-
dorsed the participation of Alhaji

30

Waziri Ibrahim in the meeting of
political leaders on states crea-
tion, which was summoned by
President Shehu Shagari.

Present at the meeting were all
‘national officers; members of the
NEC; the governors, speakers

;and majority leaders of Borno
and Gongola states.

The communique described the

, meeting as'the “‘most orderly and
| most successful one in the history
of GNPP since formation”

Sources close to the meeting
however revealed that some par-
ticipants made moves to
frustrate the merger, but the
views of the majority who were

. for it, reigned supreme.

NIGERIA



Who needs Pretoria, if we can get what we want elsewhere?

Moreover, Southern Africa is no longer the hot spot it was 18 months ago,
in American eyes. There are other competing theatres demanding the atten-
tion of the Reagan strategists.

While the Falkland Islands crisis remains a touchy one, the U.S. is scoring
major points in several other arenas.

The upshot is: Why should the State Department or White House stir unwanted
trouble by making new gestures of friendship to South Africa?

The nuclear sales ruling applies only to hospital equipment and has been
won at the cost of a Pretoria pledge that none of the goods received will
be used for military purposes.

And Congressman Evans, after thinking about the election year uncertainties
this year, has concluded that perhaps some other congressman may want to be
South Africa's friend--next year.

Now you know what "gridlock" is all about: You can't go forward of backward,
and neither can anyone else.

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ZAMBIA

BRIEFS

UNPROFITABLE COPPER PRODUCTION=~Zambia is among world mineral producing
countries which are reluctant to maintain unprofitable production while

high interest rates discourage the holding of consumer stocks, Now that

the merger of the two mining corporations into Zambia Consolidated Copper
Mines (ZCCM) has been complete, joint output in 1981 was 564,000 tonnes and
there is a buildup in stocks of 102,217 tonnes because of transport diffi~ ~
culties on export routes, This is contained in the latest Standard Chartered
Bank Commodity Review which says finance for the K206 million project to
reprocess the tailings dumps at Nchanga has been arranged. [Excerpt]

[Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 12 May 82 p 4]

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STUDENT DISTURBANCES-=Police in Bauchi have arrested about 60 students of
various higher institutions of learning over what was described as "religious
disturbances" in Bauchi, The arrests were made when the students who
converged into Bauchi for the annual meeting of the Nigerian Muslim Students
Society went to the Bauchi Central Mosque to preach without permission.

The police had to use tear gas to disperse the students and some of them were
injured and admitted at the Bauchi Specialist Hospital. A correspondent of
the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) was at the Criminal Investigation Depart-
ment (CID), but all efforts to contact the head of the station failed.

The Police Commissioner, Alhaji Mani Kofar-Bai said that he was aware of

the incident and that investigations were going on. Meanwhile, the state
legislature is studying a bill presented by the executive for a law to
control public preachings. [Text] [Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 17 Apr 82
p3

NIGERIAN ADVANCE PARTY--The Nigerian Advance Party (NAP), which is still
pressing for registration with FEDECO, is "completely outside" the current
political alignment fever in the country, Making this declaration in an
interview with the Sunday New Nigerian in Kaduna yesterday, NAP leader Mr
Tunji Braithwaite said his organisation had taken this stand because "these
alliances constitute a hollow and panicky measure." They constitute a panicky
measure because the political parties involved are "bandied together on the
eve of another election," Mr Braithwaite said, He warned that, just like
the NPC and NCNI alliance which was formed to win the 1964 general elections,
the current alliance moves would fail as a result of the "mistrust, intrigue
and diabolical motives" among tue participating political parties, Asked if
he believed that NAP could wrest the presidency from the NPN next year, if
registered, the NAP leader explained that his organisation's objective was
not against the NPN as a political party. ‘We believe that we will be put
in the seat of power in this country sooner than later because we know that
the people are yearning for a change--a change from the same old class of
oliticians who have been ruling this country over the past 50 years,"
Penman Udoka] [Text] [Kaduna SUNDAY NEW NIGERIAN in English 18 Apr 82 p 1]

GRAIN PRODUCTION--The Minister for Water Resources, Dr Emmanuel Yahaya Atanu,
has announced that about 30,000 tonnes of assorted grains are to be produced
by the Upper River Basin Development Authority (UBRBDA) this year. The
minister said a total of 1,562 hectares of land are expected to be cultivated
under the various pilot farms and another 5,406 hectares of land would be
cultivated under rainfed cultivation, The minister was in the state ona
familiarisation tour of the operational area of the Upper Benue River Basin
Development Authority which covered almost the whole of Gongola State and the
eastern half of Bauchi State. Dr Atanu announced that the authority had
established forestry nurseries at its headquarters in Yola, Dadinkowa, Donga
Ba'issa, Kura, Gassol and Tallum. He said a fisheries pond covering 6.5
hectares of land has been established at Dadinkowa, Gombe in Bauchi State, and
a cattle range of 400 heads of cattle at Mambilla Plateau, Gembo in Gongola
State covering an area of about 1,200 hectares of land, The minister also
announced that a poultry house of 1,000 layers has been established in Yola,
the state capital, Dr Atanu disclosed that last year the authority produced

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ZAMBIA

UNIP YOUTH LEAGUE HAS LOWEST MEMBERSHIP OF ALL THREE UNIP ORGANS

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 16 May 82 p 7

[Excerpt]

THE UNIP Youth League has the lowest membership of all
p of all the three o1
of the Party, a member of the Central Committee revealed in Kitwe yester.

day.

Chairman of the
Youth and Sports Sub-
Committee of the Central
Committee’ Mr Bautis
Kapulu said records
showed that even the
Women’s League had
more members than the
Youth League although
the youth constituted 60
per cent of the entire.na-
tional population.

“This is a clear indication
we have to work harder than
before to raise our member-
ship. It is important that the
membership of the Youth
League is high because’ as you
glready mer the Youth

ague is é  vangar ol
UNI.” 8

Youth
should know

League ~ leaders
that | UNIP’s

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strength lay in their organisa-
tion.

“Without a Youth League. a
strong UNIP is inconceivable.
So we have a most unenviable
task of ensuring the total
mobilisation of youths in
places of work. institutions of

“learning and everywhere.””

‘Mr Kapulu, who was speak-
ing when he opened the Kitwe
district youth conference at
Buchi hall, said Kitwe was a
big city with a large youth
population which could be
mobilised at ‘section, branch
and ward levels.

The more members the
league had, the more youths

82

would start to understand
UNIP's policies as they would
benefit from the various
youth seminars and political
education programmes con-
ducted. ee

There was need for the
league to consolidate its work
according to the organisation's
constitution.

The country’s ideal of parti-
cipatory democracy meant that
the youth, like all other
citizens, were expected to play
a ‘part in all aspects of
national development and in
the formulating of ideas of
what ‘Zambians’ would like
their country to be.



ANGOLA

BRIEFS

INDUSTRY MINISTER TO ROME--Luanda, 14 May (ANGOP)--Angolan Minister of
Industry Bento Ribeira (Kabulo) left Luanda on Thursday for Rome, Italy,
at the invitation of the chairman of the National Alliance of Italian
Cooperative and Friendly Societies. He will attend the 3lst congress of
that organization from 15 to 22 May 1982. In holding a congress centered
on the North-South relations, the Italian Cooperative Movement, which was
created to fight for the liberation of workers and farmers from social and
economic oppression, intends to draw the attention of Italian political
circles and public opinion to the-needs of the developing countries and the
possible contribution the movement can make. [Text] [AB142015 Luanda
ANGOP in French 1048 GMT 14 May 82]

CABINDA PHOSPHATE PROSPECTING--The prospection of phosphates in the Cabinda
Province will be reestablished by the Yugoslav Financial Aid Fund to the
developing countries under the terms of accords signed with the Angolan
authorities. The prospecting is carried out by the Yugoslav enterprise of
Energet project in various areas of the province where Angolan and foreign
experts have installed their machines. The phosphate belt, which extends
over the Cabinda Province into neighboring Congo and Zaire, is of great
importance to the Angolan economy for development. [Text] [AB121225
Luanda Domestic Service in English 1130 GMT 12 May 82]

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Briefs
Official Detainee Figures
RAF Use of Ranjul Airport
GHANA

PNDC To Review International Agreements
(Accra Domestic Service, 10 May 82)...........2. oe caccccee

Official Says Civil Service Must Be Restructured
(Accra Domestic Service, 11 May 82).....ccccecccsccscccees

Information Ministry Reorganizes GBC Structure
(Accra Domestic Service, 18 May 82)....sccscececccscceeees

Lack of Trust in Contact Group Underscored
(David Anaglatey; Accra Domestic Service, 18 May 82)......

TUC Management Committee Outlines Program

(Accra Domestic Service, 12 May 82).....ceeeeecseecee eeeee
Briefs
Information Ministry Announces Appointment
Damuah on Arms Control
IBRD Loan
IVORY COAST

Government Measures To Alleviate Unemployment Reported
(WEST AFRICA, 17 May 82)....ccccccccccnccccccccccevceeeses

KENYA
"NATION' Editorial on Chad, OAU Meeting
(Editorial; DAILY NATION, 24 May 82)....... eben cece eee ecee
Briefs
Financial Aid for Chad
Moi Retums From Zaire
NIGERIA

Balarabe Musa: ‘I Am Still Governor of Kaduna‘
(Abba Dabo; SUNDAY NEW NIGERIAN, 18 Apr 82)......eeeeeeee

Minister for Abuja Reported Admitting Lie
(Emeka Nwabufoe, Cyprian Madu; DAILY STAR,
21 APL 82) ceccccecccserccsccevececescresccnsseesscenscee

Archbishop Accused for Anti-Tribalism Sermon
(Editorial; NEW NIGERIAN, 15 Apr 82)...cecceccecceceecees

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NIGERIA

SAVANNAH SUGAR COMPANY LAYS OFF 1,000 WORKERS
Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 21 Apr 82 p 16
[Article by A.B. Tapidil]

[text]

ABOUT 1,000 employees of the multi-million Naira Savannah Sugar
-Company on the outskirts of Numan, Gongola State have been laid-off
following a massive retrenchment exercise now going on in the com-

« pany.

ett esent, the Savanah Company which was opened in 1977 provides

loyment to about 3.000 workers of various grades.

: “Most ‘of the dismissed workers who had been declared “redundant”
by the manay management, were formerly employed as factory and farm
hands, unskilled workers, intermediate and few senior staff in all sec-
tions of the company.

Some of the workers now said to have been thrown into despair had
served the sugar company for about five years.

The dismissed workers have accused the management of victimisa-
‘tion, partiality, favouritism and high-handedness in the retrenchment
exercise.

Tension is reportedly high and an atmosphere of uncertainty is also
said to be prevailling among the workers since the beginning of the re-

| organisation exercise presumably to reactivate the sugar company

' now said to be in the doldrums.

Anti-riot police from Yola and stern looking, security officials are
now keeping a 24-hour vigil at the premises of the factory and other
strategic places.

The chairman of the company, Mr. Elias Nathan aad the new
general manager representing the Commonwealth Development Cor-
poration were inaccessible because of the tight security.

However, the chairman had earlier explained that development of
the sugar company had been delayed in several areas especially with
regard to vertisol ir rigation work and the company’s own direct work
on land levelling and the installation of in-field canals, drains and
roads, thus putting the planting programme behind schedule.

When the Minister for Industries, Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau, visited the
company recently, he described the sugar project as a glorified edifice
despite the fact that the Federal Government had spent over 260
million Naira to develop the Savannah Sugar Company.

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ly” for 10 years, as their
contracts were broken
off every year.
- On that basis, people
like Mr Booi have been
‘ denied Section 10 rights
| — and the legal influx
| of Blacks into the cities
f had been halted.
| _ According. to Mrs
Robb, Mr Booi’s case
could open the way for
permanent residence
rights for a number of
| workers who are in a
| similar position and
who have been refused

| however, very few con-
, tract workers have
: been able to get section

10 rights in the past few

years.

This was because of a
Government 1968 regu-
lation stipulating that a
contract can only be va-
lid for a maximum of.
one year, that it had to
be signed in a homeland
and that the worker
had to spend a period in
the homeland before
the contract’s renewal.

Mrs Robb said this

“ had allowed board of-

ficials to argue that the
workers had not been
" employed “continuous-

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these rights. “We have
i something like 300
; People on our books
‘who have worked for
one employer for 10

, years or more, who

have been waiting for a
decision like this,” she
said,

Will apply

Mr Jan Theron, gen-
eral secretary of the
African Food and Can-
ning Workers Union, to
which Mr Booi belongs
and which employed the
Legal Resources Centre
to fight the case on his
behalf, said they had a
number of members - 30
at the Fattis and Monis.
plant alone — who
would now be applying
for permanent residen-
ce rights on the same
basis as Mr Booi.

What possession of
Section W0 rights means |
in real terms, according |
to Mrs Robb, is that
workers who qualify
will be able to bring
their families to the city
to live with them,
choose where they want
to work, change jobs
freely and move from
town to town.



Teachers Reject Package

WITH only five months to go before the end of
the country’s first Parliamentary democracy
under the Tinkhundla System, the future of the
Kingdom stands at the cross-roads following
the teaching profession’s rejection of a Govern-
ment package to give teachers a mutually
agreeable forum to discuss their problems.

His Majesty King Sobhu-
za Il met headmasters at
Masundvwini Royal Reside-
nce on March 13 and told
them that he had rejected
some Proposals on the futu-
te of their banned organisa-
tion, Snat, because these
had been drawn up without
consulting the teachers.

Accordingly, the Minister
of Education, Canon Siphe-
tse Diamini, announ:
itinerary which would see
him holding meetings in the
four districts where views
would be exchanged on pro-
viding a platform for tea-
chers to discuss their pro-
blems.

These meetings failed to
produce results as the tea-
chers told the Government
delegation they would acce-
pt nothing less than the
re-instatement of their ba- |
nned organisation without |
any alterations to its consti-’
tution as it stood at the time
Snat was banned.

The Ministet this week

referred a request to give a

mortem assessment of

is tour to the Principal

Secretary, Mr’ Musa Nsi-
bandze.

Mr Nsibandze said the
Prime Minister, Prince Ma-
bandla, was due to address
both sides in Mbabane shor- '

ly.

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Although the Ministry
~has not given details of the
proposals presented to the
teachers during the district
meetings, informed sources
said the deal was that works
committees should. be esta-
blished and be chaired by
the relevant District Edu-
cation er. .
The teachers have reje-
cted this proposal,

Whatever is proposed at
the Prime Minister’s meeti-
ng, Government will have to '

to the negotiating table

ly aware that the tea-
chers are not prepared to
accept an imposed solution.

When word first out
that they would hold discu-
ssions with Government re-
Presentatives, expectations
ran high within the teachin;
tanks that their bann
organisation would be revi-
ve

So the Minister’s meet-
the-teachers tour has appa-
rently failed to produce re-
sults and the people to
suffer most are the children
— caught in the middle of
the two sides’ different poi-
ats of view.

Indeed, parents have co-
me out in support of the
teachers that they should
have their way to get the
education system back to
normal and thus arrest the
decline in examination resu-
Its which reached an all-

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time low of 26 Percent a~
sses at Form V level fs
year.

teachers believe, is suitably
placed to save the nation by
giving thorough considera-
tion to their demands and
save the nation from_possi-
ble devel nt stagnation.

Some of the teachers have
admitted that they ase so
longer putting any serious
effort, but merel
through the motions in dis-
charging their responsibili-
ties of producing an edu-
cated nation.

As a result, half-educated
school leavers are flooding
the employment market, ill-
equippéd to help fulfil,
among other national obje-
ctives, the Government’s
poligy of training and loca-

ition.

The teachers feel that
whoever banned their orga-
nisation was basing his or
her judgement on some mis-
guided information on the
teaching profession's obje-
ctives with regard to natio-
nal development.

Observers believe that
Government can either bow
down to the demands of the
teachers and thus open the
doors towards improving the
educational , OF
impose a’ solution which
might be unacceptable to
the other side. .



215289

JPRS 80984
4 June 1982

Sub-Saharan Africa Report

No. 2634

001 20608661

FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE

ereooucen ay
NATIONAL TECHNICAL
INFORMATION SERVICE

US. DEPARTMENT
SPRINGFIELD, VA, 22161



JPRS 80984

4 June 1982

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA REPORT

No. 2634
ConTENTS
ANGOLA
Netherlands Delegation Wants Ties Strengthened
(Luanda Domestic Service, 14 May 82)........ . 1
New Companies Established by Government Decree
(ANGOP, 10,°17 May 82)...ccccccccccccrcccecececececcesees 2
Transport Equipment Company
Electrical Construction Enterprise
Briefs
Industry Minister to Rome 3
Cabinda Phosphate Prospecting 3
CHAD
. Details on Council of State Reported
(WEST AFRICA, 17 May 82)......eeeeseceves see eee cere oee 4
Briefs .
Algerian Relations, UN Activities 5
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Intemational Donors Conference Held
(WEST AFRICA, 17 May 82)...ceccsscecsccccccccsccreseece 6
ETHIOPIA
Briefs
Agreements With USSR, PDRY 7
GAMBIA
Results of General Elections Noted
(Arnold Hughes; WEST AFRICA, 17 May 82).......eeeseceeee 8

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;your governor to please

your political mentors.
ig Mr. Mr. Mark -Okoye...+.... “

At this juncture, top

iparty~ men: including the,
(Chair of NPP,
‘Anambra State, Chief Guy

Tkokwu, the Commissioner
for Health, Dr Edwin
! Onwudiwe; the Secretary’
‘to the Government, Mr
‘Paul Egbogu and Mr T.C.
Chigbo, the Commissioner.
for Youths and ‘Sports,
lintervened.

Apparently, humiliated
_and in low spirits, Mr Mark
Okoye accompanied by his
entourage walked out of the
| VIP’ lounge complaining
loudly: “You. people
accused me of taking
280,000 from the NPN,
sthat’s why I had to accuse
you, likewise”.
* Commenting on the
‘alleged airport drama,
between the Anambra
State Governor, and the
‘Minister, the state

25

Commissioner for
‘Information, Chief C.O.
‘Emehelu said that the
iexpelled NPP legislator,
iMr Okoye who alleged that

Sovernor Nwobodo had
jbeen. executing ‘major
contracts at Abuja was,
“unable to substantiate his
yallegations when the
governor him at
the Enugu Airport.

«Since the Minister was
‘unable to sul tiate his
‘wild allegations when
‘questioned by the
;Bovernor, he had to run in
‘shame for fear of invoking
-the wrath of the people”,
ithe commissioner
:Tevealed.

, He noted that Mr Okoye,
"has. lost his political base:
‘and in desperation resorted
“to mudslingling, character
‘assassination of: well-
‘meaning individuals in the
{state to revive his fadi
image, but-assured him of
abysmal failure in his ill-
motivated mission.



the commission of inquiry
appointed by President
Kaunda last year to probe
into the affairs of the univer-
sitv.

He said the chairman of
the University Council.
former Finance Minister Mr
John Mwanakatwe expressed
concern at the delays by
Cabinet office to implement
the new conditions of service
approved by the university
senate.

_The university administra-
tion was cqually perturbed by
the delay. .

it was difficult for the uni-
versity administration to
“influence’’ Cabinet office
decisions although Dr Mwanza
noted that senior staff at the
National Council for Scientific
Research had recently been
given hefty pav rise:

“The National Council for
Scientific Research is consi-
dered as a Government
department and its workers
reccive automatic salary rises.
Our autonomy seems to impair
us. We are treated differently
even if it means us suffering.”
said Dr Mwanza.

Asked whether there had
been, any_ indication from
Cabinet office when the new
salary structure would be

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cleared, Dr Mwanza said it
would be ‘unrealistic’ for
him to promise.

Lecturers at the meeting
which was chaired by vice-
chairman of thé ‘University
_Senior Staff Association Mr
Mpundu Musamba — were
“skeptical on whether they
would ever meet’ President
Kaunda.

They said similar attempts
in the past were frustrated
‘bv Dr Kaunda’s aides both at
State House and at Cabinet
office,

The lecturers charged the
association executive with the
task of ensuring that an
audience was held with
President Kaunda by passing
Cabinet office which is
accused of having acted
“jealously over the whole
issue.

It was noted at the meeting
that because of poor condi-
tions of service many senior
academic staff had left Unza
for greener pastures else-
where. The situation was acute
in the School of Medicine.

‘The association dismissed
as false claims by Cabinet
office that there was no money
to implement the salary
increments.



SWAZILAND

BRIEFS

SHORTAGE OF CEMENT--Some contractors are presently experiencing an acute
shortage of cement in Swaziland, The shortage is caused by interruptions in
the continuity of the supply of clinker from Mozambique, Clinker is used in
the manufacture of cement. [Excerpt] [Mbabane THE SWAZI OBSERVER in English
11 May 82 p 16]

VUVU WATER SHORTAGE--Scarcity of water at Vuvu near Lavumisa, an age-old
problem, is causing residents to fetch their water from South Africa, risking
being arrested or being shot by South African border patrols, The Observer
has learnt, A resident from the area said the last shooting incident
happened in 1978 when a man was shot while trying to cross the border to
fetch water, It was not immediately possible to establish the man's
identity. The people make sure there are no border patrols when they cross
to get their water from a white farmer on the other side of the border, It
is understood the farmer, whose name was not available, agreed with the
residents they could fetch water from his farm provided they helped in
gathering his stray cattle back across the border, The Observer understands
the water they fetch is from a tank containing drinking water for cattle,
The water problem in the area is heightened by the fact that the nearest
river to the area is the Phongola river which is also in South Africa,

There was no immediate comment from the Rural Water Supply, a branch of

the Water and Sewerage Board, [Text] [Mbabane THE SWAZI OBSERVER in English
8 May 82 p 3]

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ETHIOPIA

BRIEFS

AGREEMENTS WITH USSR, PDRY--Addis Ababa, 20 May (AFP)--The Soviet Union and
Ethiopia today signed a 2-year agreement aimed at strengthening cooperation
in the fields of science, education, health and culture. The agreement,
signed by Ethiopia's acting Permanent Secretary for Culture and Sports
Affairs Zawdie Gurmu and Soviet Ambassador Konstantin Fomichenko, would
seek broader exchange of information in those areas. South Yemen and Ethiopia
meanwhile signed another agreement designed to boost cooperation in the
field of tourism. The pact, between the South Yemeni Tourism Corporation
and the Ethiopian Hotels and Hot Springs Corporation, came at the end of a
5-day visit here of a South Yemeni delegation. [Text] [NC201814 Paris

AFP in English 1231 GMT 20 May 82]

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These people would have disrupted everything but for the police and other
security measures that were effected albeit the shortcomings.

This element of security is also paramount in the turnout of voters. A
registered voter who has no confidence in the security measures simply does
not turn out to vote,

The substantial turnout at Saturday's Elections was of noticeable importance
in this respect.

The security arrangements are, however, one aspect that has to be seriously
improved on following the experiences of the weekend.

It is hoped that those constituency elections which have to be held again
will reflect the lessons learnt at the May 1 General Elections.

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Longwani. who was on a fami-
liarisation tour of the area.
that Party officials had failed
to form security committees
which were supposed to help
the police in stamping out
crime.

The chief attacked the police
in the area for their ‘‘failure’’

to carry out their duties effec-
tively.

He alleged that police
officers were corrupt and were
beating up innocent villagers.
The police post only operated
for eight hours instead of 24
hours.

“Because of these few
hours, smugglers find it easy to
smuggle commodities into
Zaire.”

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NP INFORMATION MACHINE GEARED TO COUNTER CP ACTIVITIES

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 21 May 82 p 3

{Article by Jaap Theron]

[text]

§CAPE_TOWN. — Nat-
font Party spokesmen
all four provinces
sterday indicated to
ihe Citizen that the NP
was still sound and
healthy, despite the ap-
(pearance and activities
jf the Conservative
arty, and that the NP
jhas already launched
‘an intensive informa-
tion campaign in order
ito counter the activities
f the CP.
A Transvaal spokes-
in said the Transvaal
organisation was in
p form and geared to
‘orm its supporters
mn the new constitu-
ional proposals of the
sident’s Council.
Both the Prime Min-
ter, Mr P W Botha,
ind the Transvaal NP
‘deader, Mr F W de
‘Klerk, would address
‘major public rallies in
‘Transvaal in the com-
ing weeks.

Healthy

“Dr Nak van der
Merwe, Free State NP
leader, said the. Free

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«State NP was very
healthy. His party orga-
, nisation was continu-

ing with its duties in a
‘ normal way.

He said the CP had
made a greater impact
among Herstigte Nasio-.
nale Party supporters
in the Free State than
among NP supporters.

Mr Owen Horwood,
} leader of the Natal NP,
also said the NP was as
f strong as ever in the
. province. He said the
» appointment of Mr Re-

nier Schoeman, his for-

mer private secretary,
as general secretary for
the Natal NP, had re-
sulted in an exception-
ally sound. reorganisa-
: tion of the party’s
organisation.

f Swing

(He said gauging from
* business and other
| meetings which he had
| addressed in Natal re-

cently, he did not get
» the impression that

there was any signifi-

cant swing away from
the NP.

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A Cape NP spokes-
man said the NP orga-
nisation there was well-
* organised and prepared

to inform and organise
. its supporters.

It appears from the
interviews that the CP’s
strongest impact so far
was in the Transvaal,
and especially in con-

+ stituencies of which the

MPs were now mem-

bers of the CP.

Asked for comment

«on his party’s position
yesterday, Dr Andries

Treurnicht, leader of

the CP, said: “I am sat-
: isfied with what we
¢have achieved in a
: reasonably short time.
» Dr Treurnicht said

his party’s public meet-
‘ings were well attended

in country constitu-
encies as well as on the
Rand, and he was also
happy about the num-
ber of people that turn-
ed up at public meet-
lings of the CP in the
other provinces.

He was particularly
satisfied with the sup-
_port he had received

SOUTH AFRICA

from the students of
Stellenbosch Universi-
ty, and with both Afri-
kaans and English sup-
port from Natal, he
said.

‘A large number, of
what he called “leading
personalities,” were
joining CP Executives

, and branches all over
the country.

He said his organisa-
tion was still very
young, but there were
enough experienced
workers joining it to
help the new party in
these times when con-
‘stitutional. changes
< were at the order of the
Vday.

Ministers

Including himself
, and Dr Ferdi Hartzen-
| berg, the CP already en-
| joyed the support of
_ four other former Cabi-
net Ministers — with
‘the support of a fifth,
_ and perhaps a sixth, in
the pipeline, Dr Treur-
nicht said.



Unacceptable to Supporters

Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 23 Apr 82 p 1

[text]

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THE leader of the Great
Nigeria Peoples Party
(GNPP), Alhaji Waziri
Ibrahim, is to undertake a
mmation-wide campaign to
see if a merger with the
NPP and PRP (Imoudu
faction) was acceptable to
‘the generality of his party

-Supporters.

_ Alhaji Waziri said the
tour had become necessary
because he disagreed with
the decision of the National
Executive Committee of
the GNPP, to join the
People’s Progressive Party
(PPP).

He said it had not been
Jong since the original NPP
broke up, therefore, he did
‘not believe that things had
worked out so well to the
extent of coming together
to form a new party.

He said, “‘we have diffe-
rences in the GNPP and

. have not finally understood

one another within the
party’s hierarchy and
therefore, joining hands to
form a new party will

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cause more confusion to
the internal confusion with-
in my party”.

Addressing a press con-
ference in Jos on Wednes-
day, the GNPP leader said
“that at the Bauchi meeting
last week, there was a divi-
‘sion as to GNP!
should join the PPP or
Progressive Parties
Alliance (PPA). Most of
the states, the GNPP Borno
State Chairman Alhaji
, Mani Waziri, Governor A.
Barde and the Speaker of
‘the Assembly agreed to
join PPP.

Alhaji Waziri said the
Maiduguri meeting of four
parties had agreed that any

; two-or three members of
the PPA could form a
litical party and that was
What gave birth to the

PPP.
He said the formation of
the PPP was very hardly
; done because he was not
' taken into confidence even
by the deputy leader of the
GNPP, Dr. Basil Nnanna
»-Ukegbu.



DETAILS ON ELECTION DAY PROBLEMS GIVEN

SIERRA LEONE

London WEST AFRICA in English 17 May 82 pp 1297-99

[Text]

POLLING DAY in Sierra Leone, May, I
witnessed a variety of election irregular-
ities in several constituencies resulting in a
tough line of action taken by the Electoral
Commission which cancelled the elections
in 12 constituencies. A release put out by
the Commission stated that “serious ir-
regularities” had prevailed in 12 of the 66
constituencies in which polling had taken
place and fresh elections will be held in
them as early as possible”.

The 12 constituencies are: Port Loko
South, Bonthe South, Koinadugu North,
Bombali Central, Koinadugu North-West,
Moyamba North, Kono West, Tonkolili
Central, Kono Central, Freetown West II,
Freetown Central I, and Freetown East I.
Elections in Moyamba West I constituency
had earlier been postponed because of
electioneering violence and intimidation in
the area following the primary elections. In
many of the polling stations candidates
who were sensing defeat or dissatisfied
with the mode of the elections, went on the
rampage with their supporters, stormed
into the polling booths and forcefully took
away the ballot boxes. In other areas,
candidates and their supporters were
beaten up by rival groups. However, poll-
ing went fairly well in several areas.

A classic example of the collection and
taking away of ballot boxes by candidates
happened in West I and West II con-
stituencies in Freetown. In West II con-
stituency, which was being contested by
Alex Stevens, the President’s son, and
Sylvanus Kamara, popularly, known as
“Murado” (the third candidate, ‘Thomas
Conteh, hiad withdrawn his candidature a
few days before polling day), polling was

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going on peacefully when Stevens’ suppor-
ters, smelling defeat, went on the rampage.
Alex’s brother, Jengo, who had been
retumed unopposed to represent Kambia
South constituency, led strong-armed sup-
porters to several of the 23 polling stations
in the constituency and forcibly took out
the ballot boxes of Alex and Murado three
hours before closing time while scores of
people queued outside the polling booths
waiting patiently to cast their votes. This
incident sparked off a lot of violence in
the area. Supporters of both Stevens and
Murado attacked each other’s homes open-
ly with sticks and stones and several houses
in the constituency were badly damaged.
The chairman of the Temne chiefs in the
area, who was supporting Alex Stevens,
was knifed on the head and shoulder, while
Murado himself sustained a deep head cut.
Several people were also rgported to have
been badly injured.

Similar election irregularities were re-
ported in Freetown West I constituency
which was contested by former Informa-
tion and Broadcasting Minister, Mr. J. E.
Laverse and:Kojo Randall. But since only
three polling stations in the constituency
were involved, the six ballot boxes (three
belonging to each candidate), which were
taken away by Laverse’s supporters; were
discarded by the Electoral Commission.

Of the 53 constituencies in which elec-
tions have been concluded, some former
MPs retained their seats while others in-
cluding some cabinet ministers lost.

Among those who lost were Mr. Mana
Kpaka, who will be missed in parliament
for his usually brilliant and frank contribu-
tions, Mohamed Ulaba Samura, of Water-



SIERRA LEONE

LESSONS OF FIRST ONE“PARTY SYSTEM ELECTIONS DISCUSSED
Freetown DAILY MAIL in English 3 May 82 pp 1, 3
[Editorial: "Election Lessons]

[text] The importance of the May 1 General Elections cannot be over-
emphasised being the first elections under the One-Party system in this
country.

From many perspectives therefore the elections process was a definite but
necessarily cautious first experiment that should provide a guideline to
future General Elections,

Just like more advanced countries before us, we have to learn from our
trials and errors as we strive for the ideal mean,

The enthusiastic involvement of the broad mss of the population has been
very encouraging in this respect.

Certainly the zeal with which many of the candidates and their supporters
tackled the campaign route was unprecedented in years and undoubtedly helped
to evoke hot passions that at times even resulted in violence,

It means however, that people are very much aware of their rights and power
to choose their parliamentary representatives and so decide on the develop«
mental policies in their constituencies and in the country as a whole,

It also means a greater demand on M.P.'s to really work for their people
and country during their tem in parliament failing which they would face
the voting wrath of their electorate five years hence.

The fact that some incumbent members of Parliament lost their seats to
challengers buttresses the point.

As we have always stressed during this period, the ingredient of peace is
vital to any conclusive result of the process.

There are inevitably some candidates who hold on to a "Do-or=die" posture

and who consequently will not stop at anything, including the worst type
of violence to achieve victory.

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loo district, who lost to Christian Cole,
Jnr., a graduate of Fourah Bay College.
Christian Cole worked as deputy editor of '
The Nation, and later Unity in the early
70s, and consequently. joined the civil
service where he served as student secret-
ary and then as senior assistant secretary in
the Ministry of Education. Mr. Bangali
Mansaray, a former cabinet minister lost to
50-year-old Dr. Sheka Kanu, a diplomat
who resigned his post as ambassador to the
EEC last year to contest the election. Mr.
S. A. Fofana, who was representing Port
Loko West II constituency in the last
parliament got so disgusted with the elec-
tioneering violence in the constituency that
he wrote a letter to the president a week
before the election to withdraw his candid-
ature and to resign his membership of the
party. Mr. Fofana was a founder member
of the party, propaganda and organising
secretary of the party and a Central Com-
mittee member. The seat was won by B. S.
Wurie, who defeated the head of the
Sociology Department of Fourah Bay Col-
lege, Dr. Moses Dumbuya.

Mr. J. D. Lappia, who served in the last
government as a cabinet minister, lost his
election deposit and his seat to Mrs. Amy
Hawa Kallon, in Bo West constituency.
Mrs. Kallon, the only woman to have won
a seat, has been a teacher for 12 years.

In the Bonthe North constituency, a
former Minister of Mines, Mr. Francis
Conteh, lost to Dr. Augustine Stevens,
son-in-law of the President, who is making
his debut into politics. Dr. Augustine
Stevens is a political scientist, and resigned
his position of assistant. secretary in the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs last year to
contest the election. Another former
cabinet minister, Mr. M. L. Marah, lost his
seat’ for the Koinadugu East constituency
to Dr. Sheku Sesay, deputy secretary of
the Mano River Union.

The Minister of Trade and Industry in
the last parliament, Mr. P. P. Brima
Kebbie, was defeated by Sheku Magona, a
resident minister in the 1973-77 govern-
ment. Another resident minister in the
1973-77 government who failed to win the
1977 election, Dr. Moiwo Korji, defeated
the incumbent George Saffa for the Kene-
ma East constituency. Dr. Korji scored
53,675, the highest number of votes in the
entire election. The Minister of Natural
Resources, Mr. K. C. Gbamanja, lost his
seat to Mr. S. G. M. Fania, who had failed
to win the 1977 election. Other MPs who
lost their seats in the election include:

Mohamed Issa Jalloh, of Freetown East II
constituency, Sheku R. Deen Sesay, of
Port Loko South East constituency, A. B.
Mac Koroma, of Port Loko South-West

constituency, S. I. Kanu, of Port Loko
East constituency, Moses Kamara, of
Tonkolili West constituency, Formeh
Kamara of Bomabali East constituency, S.
A. Kehe of Kambia Central constituency,
John Patrick Bantamoi of Bo North consti-
tuency, Michael Said Turay, of Bo North-
East constituency, who lost to veteran
politician M. S. Mustapha, who served in
the last parliament as one of the seven
nominated members. Also Sheku Tejan
Sankoh, of Moyamba Central constituen-
cy, J. B. Massaquoi, of Bo East constituen-
cy, A. J. Sandy, of Moyamba South
constituency, A. G. Lappia, of Moyamba
South constituency and A. G. Lappia, of
Kenema West constituency.

Among those who retained their seats in
the elections are 19 unopposed members
(see West Africa, May 3), the Minister
of Information, Mr. J. E. Laverse, the
Minister of Works, Mr. E. J. Kargbo, of
Bombali North constituency, Mr. M. A.
Conteh, of Makeni Town, the Resident
Minister Southern Province, Mr. Harold
Hancilles, the Minister of Health, Mr.
Francis Mischek Minah, Dr. G. S. Panda,
of Kenema West constituency, Mr. Salia
Jusu Sheriff, of Kenema South constituen-
cy, Lamin Ngobeh, of Kailahun Central
constituency, and Mr. I. K. Foday, of
Kailahun West constituency.

A former Mines Minister, Mr. S. B.
Kawusu Conteh, who did not contest the
1977 General Election but had represented
Koinadugu West constituency in parlia-
ment from 1962 to 1973, recaptured the
seat from John Sia Mansaray.

Several members who contested and
won the election are making their debut in
parliament. Among them are: Mr. S. S.
Alieu, a farmer of Kono district, Dominic
Tamba Musa, a legal practitioner, who is
based in Kono, Dr. Fasu. Luku Suku-
Tamba, a popular doctor in Kono, George
Dakewa, a legal practitioner of Kenema,
the administrative manager of OIC in
Sierra Leone, Mr. Leonard Fofana, a

‘farmer of Pujehun, Mr. Solomon Demby,

Paul Sandi, a businessman of Bonthe
district, Mr. Alusine Deen, a retired civil
servant, Mr. A. E. Sesay, an engineer, a
government medical practitioner, Dr. M.
B. Dabo, the former financial secretary,



MAIZE PRODUCERS PUSH FOR END TO CONTROLS

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 21 May 82 p 8

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‘BOTHAVILLE _
‘Drastic changes in
‘the maize industry
;are envisaged by the
sexecutive of the Nat-
Honal Maize Produc-
‘ers’ Organisation.
| The chairman of the
‘organisation, Mr Hen-
inie de Jager, said ap-
‘proval in principle had
‘been given to a propo-
{eal that the present sys-
4 of price control
uld be scrapped.
The industry would
then operate on the ba-
isis of a free economy
Farmers would be
free to buy whatever
[they wanted — includ-
"ing fertiliser — whenev-
Ser they could.
:. Interviewed after a
+ Nampo executive meet-
ing, Mr De Jager said
; the maize industry was
{ threatened by Govern-
ment price controls and
f by uncontrolled rising
costs.
These increases were
abnormal, as domestic

73

{industries were being
“protected at the ex-
{ pense of the maize in-
| dustry.
He said the high
\ maize price was caused
by high production
costs, which were
ci in turn by the
ernment’s policy of
protecting local indus-
tries. -

The proposed new
system would enable
| maize to be imported

freely and the industry

would have the right to

import its means of pro-

duction, such as fertilis-
‘ ers or buy them at mar-
| ket-related prices.

Mr De Jager said the
consumer saw the
maize industry as a bur-
i den to the State, and it
was often claimed that
maize .could be im-
ported at prices below
the domestic selling
price.

Under the new sys-
tem they would be al-
lowed to try. _
Sapa.

r

|

SOUTH AFRICA


UNZA LECTURERS PROTEST DELAY IN APPROVAL OF NEW SALARY STRUCTURE

Lusaka SUNDAY TIMES in English 16 May 82 p 1

[text]

SENIOR academic
staff at the Univer-
sity of Zambia are
worried about
delays by Cabinet
office in approving
their new condi-
tions of service and
have threatened to
protest if President
Kaunda does not
intervene on their
behalf.

The lecturers have now
demanded that they meet
the chancellor of the
university, President
Kaunda, over the issue.
Failure to this they plan
to boycott lectures when
the closed institution re-

opens next month.

This came to light at a
crucial meeting of the Unza
Senior Staff Association held
at the Great East Road campus
last Friday attended by
about 100 dons, who said the
present conditions caused a
staff exodus.

The lecturers told the vice-
chancellor Dr Jacob Mwanza,
they wanted to meet President
Kaunda to present their
grievances as. Cabinet office
was ‘‘deliberately’’ sitting on
their demands.

83

Dr Mwanza informed the
meeting the University Council
had already approved the new
conditions of service but: their
implementation was being
delayed by Cabinet office.

He said. President Kaunda
had indicated he was willing to
meet them to discuss the issue.

Cabinet office is understood
to be reluctant to approve the
new salary structure because
it ‘would mean _ professors
earning more than permanent

secretaries.

At the Friday meeting. it
was planned that should the
lecturers’ demands not be
met. they would stage a brief

‘sit-in protest and boycott

lectures and marking of
student papers.

In their programme of action
the senior Unza staff resolved
that if efforts to mcet Presi-
dent Kaunda failed. a crisis
meeting should be called on
June 17. at which it would be
decided on which date the
protest would start.

It was agreed that any pro-
posed protest would take place
after the university ‘reopened
on June 21.

The Unza Great East Road
campus was closed last month
after students _ boycotted
lectures for three we:

protest against the expulsion
of their union leaders.
Referring to the demands
for more pay, Dr Mwanza
told the mecting that accord.
ing to Cabinet office. the
Matter_had been referred to

ZAMBIA



WORK REPORTED RESUMING AT KIRI DAM

NIGERIA

Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 19 Apr 82 pp 1, 13

[Article by A.B. Tapidil

[text]

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; CONSTRUCTION . work

at the ‘dbandoned _puilt-
zie cee
‘Guyuk, Gongola” .

now nearing completion
has resumed again.

The multi-purpose dam on
River Gongola which is now
about_ two years behind
schedule was abandoned in
December last year by the Ni-
gerian Engineering Construc-

, tion Company (NECCO). :

An expatriate electrical

! engineer representing Electro

Watte Engineering Service of
Zurich, Switzerland, a sub-
contractor of NECCO, told the.
Minister for Water Resources, |

Or. Emmanuel Y. Atanu

} last Thursday, that they have
mobilised their resources for
the successful completion of
their own aspects of the dam
construction.

_ The electrical engineer claim-

ba that electrical work on the
was expected to be com-
‘leted in June this year
The minister explained that the
Federal, Government . had
directed that the Upper Benue
River Basin Development
Authority should take over the

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‘management of the dam through
‘his ministry. Hitherto, the dam
‘was under the management of
annah Sugar pany
the Ministry of Inetustries
i Ompetent source told the
New Nigerian that NECCO, a
construction company in which
the Federal Government has sub-
stantial share, had aandoned
the project because of adminis-
trative complexity and delay in
* the payment of money. .
The source claimed that as at
December last year NECCO was
cyet to be paid a sum of nine
‘ million Naira for the job done and
when that money was not forth-
coming the construction com-
«pany had no alternative than to
{abandon the project.
According to my investigations
- the remaining portion to be com-
pleted includes electrical work,
saecess road, spillway and
finishing touches on the main
dam as well as the bridge.

A competent source ascerted
that if construction of the dam
which is now at a very critical

; Stage is not completed before the
| rainy season it might be adverse-
Sly affected by torrential rain:
‘which could wash the spillway
\ leaving deep gorges only.
' The spillway is an architec-
tural design attached to the dam
which expels unwanted water
when the dam is full and it would
require thousands of Naira to
repair when it is affected.



JPRS 80984

4 June 1982

Sub-Saharan Africa Report

No. 2634

FBIS| FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE



Something must be done, Congressman Evans told the applauding South African
businessmen, to remedy that situation.

--On another part of Capital Hill, a House committee was considering
legislation to impose a total export embargo against South Africa.

--In Memphis, Tennessee, the chairman of America's biggest retailing chain,
Sears, Roebuck and Company, said a recently acquired securities subsidiary
would no longer be doing business in South Africa or with South Africans
because of the firm's strict abhorence of the apartheid policies of the
South African Government.

A lot of movement. Much heat and light. But what's really new? Not much,
really. For good or ill, U.S. relations with South Africa remain bound up
in an internal stalemate.

There is a new pop phrase in the American language for the situation:

When traffic in an urban area becomes to congested that cars approaching
an intersection from any direction are unable to move, that condition is
now called "gridlock." American policy on South Africa is in "gridlock."

The anti-South Africa Church lobbyists, who want to shut off all contact
with South Africa and totally isolate it from the rest of the world, cannot
now, probably cannot ever muster the kind of public support necessary to
get Washington to forgo broader strategic interests.

But--and this is a formidable qualification--these same tireless lobbyists
can keep up an unending pressure on specific corporations, individual banks
and on the public consciousness to prevent any backsliding.

South Africans do not fully realise that the presence of every American
corporation, of every American businessman, in their midst comes at a
substantial cost in public relations back home.

For while the average American does not actively dislike South Africa or
South Africans, that same average American sincerely holds an active distaste
of racism, his own problems with Americans of other races notwithstanding.

On the other side the Reagan administration's intention to dismantle

Jimmy Carter's meaningless posturings in Southern Africa has brought it no
closer to the kind of buddy-buddy ties some South African Government officials
dreamed of 18 months ago.

There has been no quick victory on the Namibian question, which the White
House needs as proof that its policy works.

The tensions in Angola have eased somewhat, and there are secret talks going
on between Washington and Luanda for the ousting of the Cubans and Soviet
advisers there, which is what President Reagan and General Alexander Haig
want most of all.

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a party or organisation you would want to
ensure that if you are going away, it is
shaping well. I myself am anxious to go. I
am tired.”

Asked to assess the elections, which were
the first under the one-party system, Dr.
Stevens said it was too soon to assess all the
pluses and minuses of the election. This, he
said, will be done eventually. In reply to a
question about whether he envisaged diffi-
culty in forming his cabinet in view of the
fact that so many well-educated citizens
had come forward to contest the election,
President Stevens said: “I can say here and
now that people who come to parliament
with the purpose of becoming ministers
will be sadly disappointed. On the con-
trary, those who have come to parliament
with the idea of serving their people in
their constituencies at grassroots, and help-
ing them to develop their areas will receive
a reasonable satisfaction. But for a citizen
to try to come to parliament to get money,
he will receive a shock. Only a certaim
number of ministers will have to be
appointed. Otherwise we will have a situa-
tion where we have more officers than men
(using army language). It is the men who
are going to be plenty with a few officers
on top. Forming a cabinet will be no
difficulty for me.” (See page 1353.)

Asked whether those civil servants who
had resigned their posts to contest the

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elections will be allowed to go back to their
jobs taking into account that many of
them, especially doctors, are needed in the
service, the President said there are
arrangements whereby civil servants who
have not retired or taken their benefits can
apply for re-admission and their cases will
be considered, each on its own merit. “We
need the men. So we will be very pleased
to consider them.”

Asked to comment about his son’s (Jen-
go Stevens) behaviour on polling day, Dr.
Stevens said: “I am not responsible for the
behaviour of my son. My son is of age. I
can advise him. I cannot direct him. We
aré not here to discuss family business. So
do not ask me about my son.” '

Asked whether Alex Stevens, his other |
son, had withdrawn from the election as !
was being rumoured, the President said: “I |
don’t have anything to do with that. You
can ask him. He is available. You go ask
him.” President Stevens agreed that some
of the irregularities in the election were
due to lapse of security in some areas.

In reply to a request that censorship of
news being sent abroad by overseas corres-
pondents be abolished in view of the fact
that this does not help the image of the :
country, and that, moreover, there is no
legal authority for it, Dr. Stevens said:
“This is not official policy. I'm glad you
have told me about it. I will look into it at
once. We have nothing to hide.” |



CENTRAL PROVINCE TO SHELVE THIS YEAR'S NEW PROJECTS

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 12 May 82 p 2

[Excerpt]

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ZAMBIA

CENTRAL Province is to shelve all new projects earmarked for this year
because of lack of funds, said provincial Central Committee Member, Mr
Samuel Mbilishi when he opened the first regional council meeting.

In a speech read for
him, Mr Mbilishi said of
K6.1 million asked for by
the province only
K980,000 had been ap-
proved. ,

Mr Francis Chembe. who is
Minister of State for Power,
Transport and Communica-
tions. who read the speech.
was earlier elected to chair the
provincial council meeting in
the absence of Mr Mbilishi
who is away to see his sick
father.

Mr Mbilishi said the alloca-
tion of only K980.000 was a
severe blow to the province
and would slow down develop-
ment.

“In particular we will not be
able to even complete our on-
going projects as had been
planned.”

In view of the limited alloca-
-tion, the council would be for-
ced to shelve new projects and

use the allocation on carry-

_over projects...

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96

jt was’ necessary for the
council to give definite guid-,
ance to the secretariat on this
proposal.

Because of the reduced allo-
cation. Kalola and Munyama
settlement schemes are threa-
tened with closure as funds
approved could not sustain the
schenies even for six months.

Of the K30.000 and K20.000
applied for Kalola and Mu-

Na respectively only
K3.000 and K10,000 had been
approved.

The schemes would lay off
24. workers and .96 settlers,
would be disbanded.



who were asked to leave last year. That Oueddei might have decided to
refuse to cooperate with the OAU all along in the hope that they would pull
out their troops and then replace them with the Libyan troops is borne out
by his unrealistic demands that they help him crush Habre while he is
perfectly aware that their role is strictly peacekeeping.

If this has been his strategy, he may well have succeeded but at a terribly
high cost for the people he claims to lead. For it is clear the Libyan
leader will demand something in return for the return of his troops. And
the demand will be for the uranium-rich Auozou strip which is the only
price Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi calculates will meet the expenses of keeping
his troops in Chad which last time around amounted to $5 billion.

Few other leaders would be willing to barter part of their country, and their
best portion at that, for the sake of temporary power. For indications

are that the Chadian president would not last long as the country's warlord
if he invites Libya back. Some ofthe leaders in his coalition would seek
ways of ousting him, failure to which would lead to their joining forces
with Habre.

This was underscored early this month when Oueddei threatened to call on
an unspecified outside force to end Hissene Habre's rebellion. The call
accentuated the steep differences in his governing team, especially those
between himself and Vice President Abdel Kader Kamougue. One early
casualty was the formation of a new government which was expected early
this month.

As strong man from the mainly Christian south, Kamougue sees the coming of
the Libyans as a way of bolstering his Muslim partners from the north,

with whom he has patched up a marriage of convenience, which he fears would
result in his being relegated to the backseat of Chadian politics at best.

At worst, his ostensible partners may even be tempted to crush him militarily,
a strategy they are attempting to use on Habre.

The difficulty Oueddei is having in accomplishing his goal is partly due to
the fact that Kamougue, with one of the largest armies in the coalition, is
against the military solution. And with good reason too.

It may be time the African countries bordering Chad told Oueddei that they
would not countenance a Libyan presence across their borders, given
al-Qadhdhafi's hostile stance towards them. The international community
could also pressurise the Chadian leader to accept a negotiated settlement
during the planned 2-day international conference on aid to rebuild Chad
starting on 15 June, by making it clear that its aid is contingent on his
finding a political solution.

Their ability to exercise this pressure is borne out by the fact that those
countries emboldening Oueddei to reject the OAU's peace efforts are unlikely
to extend any aid for reconstruction. They can only provide only arms that
make reconstruction well nigh impossible.

The other factor mitigating against extending reconstruction aid until it
accepts a political solution is that reconstruction cannot possibly be
carried out in a country that is actively at war. War must end first.
And only a political path can accomplish this worthy end.

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GHANA

TUC MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OUTLINES PROGRAM
AB121854 Accra Domestic Service in English 1800 GMT 12 May 82

[Text] The 17-member Interim Management Committee to run the affairs of
the Trades Union Congress [TUC] has outlined its program for reorganizing
the congress. Speaking at a news conference in Accra today, the chairman
of the committee, Mr Aboagye, announced that management committees for each
of the 17 national unions will be set up. These committees will be headed
by representatives of the National Union on the Interim Management Committee.
Mr Aboagye said a constitutional committee will be appointed to draft a new
constitution. The constitution will be subjected to a nationwide debate
by workers and will finally be approved by referendum. This is to ensure
that whatever constitution is finally promulgated reflects the needs and
aspirations of workers. Mr Aboagye said after the constitution has been
approved, elections will be held to elect leaders. He said the committee
will be dissolved after it has accomplished its task.

As part of measures to improve the conditions of workers, the committee

will ensure that workers' clinics are set up and that factory courts are
established to settle industrial disputes. The idea of workers' canteens
will be seriously pursued. This will enable workers to be fed well and under
hygienic conditions.

Mr Aboagye said while the TUC recognizes that workers' defense committees
are an important institution in the revolutionary process, it is of the
view that they should concern themselves more on the political education of
workers and the checking of saboteurs, waste, inefficiency, mismanagement
and corruption in their workplaces. On the other hand, the TUC should be
responsible for educating workers on the need for increased productivity.
On the proposed redeployment of labor to work on farms, he said care should
be taken not to misplace skilled labor in industry.

Mr Aboagye said the TUC will reorganize the consumer cooperatives to enhance
the effective distribution of goods to workers. In this connection, the
Interim Management Committee has urged the Ministry of Trade to come out
with an effective plan of rationing so that Ghanaians can get their commo-
dities without queueing for them. Mr Aboagye spoke of plans to turn the
labor college into an institution to train new cadres of workers to take
part in the planning, coordinating and management of the economy.

Meanwhile, representatives of the committee are to undertake a nationwide
tour to impress upon workers the need to come together to restructure the
TuUC.

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ZIMBABWE

BRIEFS

CLOTHES FROM STATE--Harare--The Zimbabwe Government may start supplying school
uniforms from next year, the Minister of National Supplies, Mr Enos Nkala,
has announced, He said in an interview the uniforms would be supplied from
the Government's central stores to eliminate the profit motive in the private
sector, The Government had taken over the Central Mechanical Equipment
Department, the supply department of the Ministry of Education and Culture,
the Government stores and the furniture stores and would soon be taking over
the medical stores, The Ministry had also taken over the Tender Board which,
he said, was being organised to mke it more efficient and effective in its
distribution and procurement of Government requirements. The production of
uniforms, including those for the police, army and prison guards, as well

as hospital linen, would come from small rural industries, the Government
hoped to set up.--Sapa [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 21 May 82
p 8

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Suspension Changed to Interdiction

Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 24 Apr 82 p 1

Article by Sani Haruna]

[text]

THE tussle for the emirship of’Bedde has again taken a new
turn. The Bedde Local Government has changed the suspension
of Alhaji Yerima Saleh, as the District Head of Gashua to inter-

, diction.

> Tt may be recalled that
the emir elect was allegedly
suspended from office as
‘district head on April 15 this
year but the action was
backdated to March 14.

The lawyers of Alhaji
Yerima Saleh, gave a month’s
statutory notice to the Bedde
Local Government Caretaker
Committee to rescind the deci-
sion or be taken to court.

It may also be recalled that
Alhaji Yerima was declared
the Emir of Bedde by the
Maiduguri High Court over
the choice of Governor

Muhammed Goni, Alhaji Abba

Kyari.

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29

“The letter interdicting the
emir-elect reads: ‘Further to

‘letter No. NAT 17/Vol.1/281/
of 5/4/82, I am directed to in-
form you that your suspension
as the District Head of Gushua
has been changed to interdic-
tion.

“The interdiction takes ef-
fect from 14/3/82 and is in ac-

cordance with Section 33 of the,
Native Authority Staff
Regulation.

“You will continue to
receive one-half salary of your
emoluments pending in-
vestigation and subsequent
decision.



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which has repeatedly voiced
its support to the. peace
initiatives of the USSR and
other Socialist Nations”
Mass Media have also an
important role to play in the
struggle against war danger.
The Radio and Newspapers
in Sierra Leone carry out
active antiwar propaganda.
The credit for this also goes
to the Mass Media Workers’
Union whose General Secre-
tary I am,” emphasised
George Kelfalah. -

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SOUTH AFRICA

IMPACT OF MAURITIAN ELECTION ON SOUTH AFRICA VIEWED
Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 21 May 82 p 6
[Article by Aida Parker: "A Strategic Bonanza Ready for the Reds"]

{rext]

{ONE of __history’s
reat ironies is being
out in this
ihemisphere _right
‘now. While a British
tarmada fights for the
(Falklands, Western
‘inertia threatens
‘within weeks to deliv-
er a far more strategi-
cally important island
jto the Soviet jigsaw
already assembled in
the Indian” Ocean,
‘without a whimper, a
2shot or a headline.
: The island at risk is
:Mauritius, the “Pearl of
ithe ‘ Indian Ocean”,
,which goes to the polls
jon June 11. On ballot
spox returns, the cut is
Hikely to be straightfor-
>ward: pro-West or pro-
Marxist, with betting
istrongly on the latter.
2 The three key actors
rae this critical drama

* “ The moderate, pro” pro-
jWestern Prime Minis-
and Labour Party
ader, Sir Seewoosa-
‘wt Ramgoolam.
@ The South African-
born, an anti-South Afri-

‘Marxist, trade
{inion supported Paul

37-year-old

ader of the Mauritian

itant Movement
(MMM).

i © The ‘flamboyant |

Wily and experienced
itician though he is,
oolam is in a des-
perately _unenviable
position.
f. Politically, his great-
est asset is that he has
falways had easy access
ito international fi-
tnance. However, his age
$62) is against him, and
ithere are no clear
(signals on his successor.
Receiving no moral
i whatsoever
‘from London or Wash-

mn, faced with hor-
economic prob-
‘lems, commanding only
fa shoestring coalition
{majority in the last par-
jlianient, Ramgoolam

E Local opinion polls
put the Labour vote as

ii
cs Berenger’s position is
i

‘backed “by huge finan-

cial.input from Libya,
MMM grows stronger
by the day.

What happens should
Berenger win power?

His basic policy is
socialism, nationalisa-
tion and to cut the RSA

- link as soon as econ-

comically feasible. Wide-
ly expected is that one

of his first moves will

be to terminate SAA’s
landing and refuelling
rights. for the long

} hauls to Taipeh, Sydney
| and Hong Kong, as
| soon as __ permitted

under. IATA  regu-
lations.

“Pacts of Solidarity”

} would probably be con-

cluded by the MMM

|. with so-called “progres-

+ sive” states such ind

into stating categori-
cally that the USSR will
not be allowed base fa-
cilities in Mauritius.

It is considered that
in the event of an East-



BALARABE MUSA:

"I AM STILL GOVERNOR OF KADUNA'

NIGERIA

Kaduna SUNDAY NEW NIGERIAN in English 18 Apr 82 p 1

[Article by Abba Dabo}

[text]

THE impeached Go-
vernor of Kaduna
State, Alhaji Abdul-
kadir Balarabe Musa,
has said that he is still
the Governor of Kadu-
na State.

Alhaji Balarabe, who was
talking to Sunday New
Nigerian in London, said
that the matter of his im-
peachment was now at the
Supreme Court.

According to Alhaji Bala-
rabe, an appeal was filed at
the Supreme Court in
November, last year by his

counsel, Mr. G. O. K. Ajayi
(SAN), and Chief Busari
Obisesan. °
‘We are just waiting for the
date of the hearing and im-
| mediately this is fixed you will
; See me in Nigeria,’ Alhaji
Balarabe said.

Alhaji Balarabe further said
that Alhaji Abba Musa Rimi
himself had confirmed that he
(Balarabe) was still the
governor of the state. ‘Abba

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Musa himself said so when-he
agreed to be sworn in, subject
to the action in the court,’ he
said.

Alhaji Balarabe added, ‘If
‘we are after constitutionality,
law and order, then I am still
|the Governor of Kaduna

State.’ _ a
He said he could not stay im-
ached until after all the
legal processes have been ex-
hausted.
At the moment the matter
has only been dealt with by the
State High Court and the
‘Federal Court of Appeal,’
‘Alhaji Balarabe said. .
Asked about his relationship
with PRP leader Aminu Kano,
‘Alhaji Balarabe said he
‘ regretted what led to the pre-
> sent poor relationship between
him and Malam Aminu Kano.
He said he has known

Malam for so long and that it
was he who had inspired him.
‘J am happy that Malam is
still alive and active and can
correct the mistake that led to
this’, Alhaji Balarabe said.
: Alhaji Balarabe, who has
‘not set foot in Nigeria since his

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impeachement, denied sug-
gestions that he was forced to
stay outside Nigeria by the:
Nigerian. Sepurity Organisa-
tion (NSO), the former gover-
nor also denied béing on exile.
‘The security have not stop-
ped me from going into the
country. It is just my decision
to stay for some strategic
feasons which are purely

;, Balarabe Musa
,

. When it was suggested to
him that he set out of Nigeria
because he failed to change it
in consonance with aphorism
coined when in
power—Nigeria change her or.
check out-Alhaji_ Balarabe
said: ‘No, No, No, I can never_
check out. Iam a revolu-
tionary.”
On the issue of his harmony
cbetween the Katsina and Zaria
= people of Kaduna State, Alhaji
i Balarabe blamed the feudal
| ruling clan of both Zaria and
Katsina who he said were
manipulating .the ple to
dominate them aren
‘These le did not suc-
ceed before and will not suc-
ceed now.’ he added.


SWEDISH AID AGREEMENT DISCUSSED

Lusaka DAILY MAIL in English 8 May 82 p 1

[Text]

cso:

4700/1259

ZAMBIA AND SWEDEN yes-
terday sighed a K25.4
million pact for the period
of 1982/83 to be used in the
development of agricultural,
health and educational
Projects currently being
undertaken in Zambia by
the Swedish government.

Speaking during the signing
ceremony at the National
Commission for Develop-
ment Planning, the director-
general, Dr Leonard Chi-
vuno, said this was an
important gesture of the
growing co-operation be-

“tween. the two countries.

The funds, which were in
form of grants, will greatly
assist in spreading the bene-
fits of such projects to the
majority of the people.

Dr Chivuno said because the
agriculture sector was the
Priority in the nation’s
development programme, it
was gratifying that Swe-
dish International Develop-
ment Agency (SIDA) had
allocated K14.2 million to it.

He also commended SIDA for

89

the generous allocations ot
K3.5_ million for health
projects and K1.4 million to

improve primary educa-

tion facilities. These funds
will go a long way in hel-
ping the 70 per cent of the
rural population and noted
that another K4.2 million
had been allocated for the
balance of payment and for
‘import support of which
Zambia Railways was going
benefit.

to .
Dr Chivuno said ZR was orie of
the ‘key transport organisa-
tions in the country. “By

. this gesture. you have saved
us from a lot of problems,’*
he said.

And the head of the SIDA
office in Lusaka, Mrs Brita
Ostberg, who signed the
agreement on behalf of
Sweden said the ceremony
was part of a major agree-
ment which will last till
December 31. Already,
there were plans for other
agreements and she hoped
this’ co-operation between
her country and Zambia
wouldcontinue.

ZAMBIA



DETAILS ON COUNCIL OF STATE REPORTED

London WEST AFRICA in English 17 May 82 p 1348

[text]

cso:

4700/1257

President Goukhouni Weddeye
has created a Conseil d’Etat com-
posed of former members of his
Transitional Government of
National Unity. Government
Administration will be handled by
civil servants accountable to the
President, who will also be “med-
iator” between the two bodies.

The Conseil is an organ of
“ideas, reflection, consultation
and orientation”, led by the for-
mer Vice-President of the GUNT,
Colonel Abdelkader Kamougué.
Notable among the 15 members of
the Conseil are: MM. Acyl

Ahmat, the former Minister of
Foreign Affairs and the leader of
the Conseil Démocratique Rév-
olutionaire, Mahamat Abba
Said, the former Minister of the
Interior and leader of the Pre-
mitre Armée, Facho Balaam, the
former Minister for Public Works
and the leader of the Union
Nationale Démocratique, Moussa
Medella, the former Minister of
Health ‘and the leader of the
Forces Armées Occidentales and
Abdoulaye Adam Dana, the for-
mer Minister of Publi¢ Works and
loyal to Frolinat.

CHAD


{West flare-up, Mauriti-
‘us under Berenger

‘Ramgoolam
make peace with Duval
;before the election.

But, instead of stand-

ting by Ramgoolam, Du-
;val is acting as a “spoil-
‘er’. Although with an
‘admittedly thin base,
this people threaten to
split the vote in a num-
‘ber of vital constitu-
encies.

Worse yet, associates
report him as busy ne-
gotiating some sort of
pact with Berenger.

‘. Informed analysts in
:Washington and Pre-
itoria are aghast at ap-
iparent Western indif-
ference to events on
‘the island, particularly
inexplicable as both
East and West demon-

A British frigate or a
destroyer pay quarterly
visits to Port Louis,
while a heavy Soviet
cruiser calls there each
month.

” This is normally fol-

lowed by a US cruiser,
indicating that the
Soviet and US fleets are
playing follow-my-lead-
er in these increasingly
vulnerable waters.

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A major problem in
this election is that the
local population has
‘little understanding of
communism, or of the
vdisasters it could bring
to them.

For voters, the three
main issues are over-
population (a million
people concentrated on
a landmass one-tenth
the size of Swaziland);
unemployment; and an
economy dis-
torted by the fickle
world sugar market.

Although published
figures should be
treated cautiously, esti-
mates are that the is-
land has around 70 000
- unemployed, including
3000 graduates. More
than 35 000 school and
i college leavers join the
labour market each
| year.

Indicative of the is-

‘island’s economic ac-
tively.
‘Financially, the com
‘pany is

bad shape. Should it de-
fault, the Bank of Mau-
Lritius could follow suit.

ionalisation of ‘ley sec-
ftions of the economy
‘and reorientation of
foreign policy.

It is difficult to see
“how Berenger hopes to

72

deliver on such “uplift”
\ programmes.

|. Indeed, his policies
ihave already done
{much to help cripple the

/ economy.
} He has played a lead
|Fole in the dispute over
the US-leased naval
base on Diego Garcia,
‘an island he wants re-
jturned to Mauritius.
(His uncompromising
{stand here lost Mauriti-
jus a contract for the
jsupply of $35-million
iworth of crushed stone
for Diego Garcia.
: Apparently, — ~ the
:MMM-controlled _ la-
?bour unions threatened
ito strike if required to
‘work on such a _con-_
fract. =

Additionally, _profit-
' able contracts for sup-
‘plying fresh food and
t | vegetables to the 2 500
* technicians working on
"Diego Garcia went to
Kenya, when MMM pre-
| vented the sugar es-
| tates ‘from
| these items for the US
base.

« Berenger is remark-
ably reticent about his
electoral funding. The
“fact remains that he
has never taken funds
from the labour unions
he controls, nor are the
labour leaders (now
driving round in luxury
cars) paid by the la-
bourers.

Obviously, then, he is
not _ swindling the

unions in any: way.
Expert opinion is that

that the MMM is acting
as a conduct for Libyan
; funds for the ANC and
“'Swapo.

South Africa is one of
the island’s main econ-
omic props,
much of the tea crop,
selling the island a
large proportion of its

. food, providing at least
60 percent of the is-
‘“and’s lucrative tourist

Berenger believed he
could get most of his
food needs from Mal-

marketing could at-
tract European tourists
to replace the South
Africans. In the face of

posed to South Africa.

Most of the Whites on
the island would cer-
‘tainly like to leave in
the event of a MMM
takeover, but with a 35
percent tax on exported
, capital, their losses on
‘departure would be

pelection will have a
{marked outcome on re-
lations with the West,
and the US, Britain and



WIMPEY INTERNATIONAL WORKERS FORCED TO END BOYCOTT

SWAZILAND

Mbabane THE TIMES OF SWAZILAND in English 11 May 82 pp 1, 16

[Article by Mashumi Twala]

[text]

MORE than 500 employees
of Wimpey International
returned to work at
Luphohlo yesterday after a
three-day boycott.

This followed a threat by
the police that action would
be taken against. the
workers if they continued
cheir boycott as it was
against the law. .

A representative of the
workers council told The
Times yesterday that
employees had decided to
resume work because they
realised that notice had not
been given 21 days im
advance as required by the
law.

He said: ‘‘We have been
forced by this realisation to
come back The return was
for no other reason. We still
demand full action on our
grievances as we set them

Wimpey has mennwhile
agreed to look into all the
complaints made by the
workers with a view to
taking action, according to
officials of the Labour De-
partment.

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Management.
Tepreseniatives were not
prepared to talk. Instead, a
burly-looking- man met
reporters and warned that
they would be “‘escorted
forcefully off the
construction site if you do
not leave right now.””

Labour officials said
management had agreed to
reinstate two workers who
were dismissed on the eve of
the first day of the boycott.

‘They had been’fired after
allegations by management
that they were sleeping on
their duties and had been
seen driving _ recklessly
around the site,

“Since they. could not
give us sufficient evidence
of this, we all agreed that
the two men had been
unfairly dismissed,’ said
labour official, Mr. Moses
Msibi.

The men dismissed were;

Hezekiel Dlamini and
Robert Masuku.

Mr. Msibi said the man-
agement had said they
would consider the
provision of

78

accommodation.

“But they pointed out
that. it was the first time
they had been asked to
provide accommodation for
everyone on the site. They
said there was transport for
workers and that there was
a small compound, housing
about 80 employees, whose
homes are far away," he
added.

On- the subject of
protective: clothing, mana-
gement had agreed to
supply additional clothing,
because, said Mr. Msibi,
workers were supplied, but
evidently not enough.

Said Mr. Msibi: ‘We

have also asked the
managers that they should
consult with the workers
council before any action is
taken on employees. The
workers council has always.
been in existence, but the
workers were complain that
management disregarded
them when a decision had
to be taken.

“They have also agreed
that a formal constitution
on the legal rights and

movements of the workers.
and management be signed.
This will take place on
Wednesday."

Among the complaints
that management has
agreed to take action on
are; regular increase of
wages, the provision of

Protective clothing,
Provision of medical health
facilities, indiscriminate
dismissal of workers,

repairs to the large carrier
which transports workers to
their homes.

“Management _flatly
refused to pay the workers
for the days in which they
were on strike,” said Mr.
Msibi.

But he said, the
demanded immediate
dismissal of two of the
company’s senior officials,
had not been concluded.
“The workers are still
demandin; their
dismissal,” said Mr. Msibi.

This demand was a result
of an alleged insult that the
workers in the site were
“cheap labour’.



Parastatal Mmager Linked With Zairians in Sugar Smuggling
(Franklin Tembo; TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 17 May 82).........66 93

Copperbelt Butchers Increase Prices Because of Meat
Shortage

(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 15 May 82).. seeee 94
Minister Says Cobalt Sales 'Face Bleak Future’

(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 11 May 82)....--seeeeeee 95
Central Province To Shelve This Year's New Projects

(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 12 May 82).. eeeee 96
Zambia, Zaire Considering Introduction of Passenger Train

(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 14 May 82).. eee eeeeecee 97
Part of Two Million Bags of Zimbabwe Maize Arrive

(DAILY MAIL, 10 May 82).. seeeees sence 98
Briefs

Unprofitable Copper Production 99

ZIMBABWE

Briefs

Clothes From State 100



SWAZILAND

GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO HEAR TEACHERS’ COMPLAINTS STYMIED
Mbabane THE SWAZI OBSERVER in English 8 May 82 pp 1, 5
[Article by Mandla Magagula]

[text]

THE continuing search for a formula to
give teachers a forum to discuss their
problems reached a turning point when
the Prime Minister, Prince Mabandla,
set up a Teachers Consultative Commi-
ttee which held its first meeting at
Mbabane’s St. Marks School: on
ursday morning.
The committee is made up of the national and
district executives of the banned Swaziland
National Association of Teachers and
representatives of Government drawn mostly

from the Ministry of Education,

whose Principal

Secretary, Mr Musa Nsibandze, is presiding

over the working sessions.

Prince Mabandla set the
tone of the discussions when
he told the teachers that his
Government was looking for
a plan to establish “‘a tea-
chers’ organisation that
would serve the professional
interests of the country’s
teachers and be responsive
to the need to continue to
preserve conditions of peace

and stability in our beto-”

ved country.”

The consultative commi-
ttee would examine the re-
commendations of the Royal
Commission of Enquiry into
the 1977 student unrest so'
that these were compatible’
with the educational needs
of the Swazi people and the'
Positive interests of the tea-'
chers. cont

“Government is embarki-
ng on this exercise with a

nuine desire to find suita-

le. ways and means of res-
toring to members of the
country’s teaching profe-
ssion those privileges which
are consistent with their
Professional standing in the
community,” said the Prime
Minister.

He warned the teachers

that they should always re- '

member that they had the

incomparable responsibility |

of ensuring that the country
was provided with an ade-
quate supply of an educated
elite to man the various
sectors ofthe economy. _

76

At the end of the discu-
ssion the chairman, Mr Nsi-
bandze issued a statement
saying the meeting had got a
full explanation of the terms
‘of reference and that the
representatives had under-

en to explain these to
their respective districts.

The representatives would
in turn receive recomme-
ndations from teachers to be
finalised at the next meeting
of the consultative commi-
ttee, said Mr Nsibandze.

The teachers had been
asked to comment especially
on the aim and objective of a
teachers’ association; the
organisation structure and
functions of the various
organs within the associa-

tion.

Mr Nsibandze said the
teachers would also be
asked to comment on the
setting up of channels of
communication between the
Teaching Service Commi-
ssion and the Ministry of
Education on the one hand,
and the teachers themselves
on the other.

Such channels should be
binding on all parties co-
neerned, the chairman said.



REMITTANCE RULES LOWER QUALITY OF EXPATRIATE ENGINEERS

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 17 May 82 p 1

[Excerpt]

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} HEAVY taxation and remittance regulations in
‘Zambia are having an adverse effect on the
| quality of expatriate engineers coming to the

| country.

f) This is counter pro-
| ductive because good pay
y is conducive to improved
‘standards and high pro-
ductivity.

The information is contained
[in a joint paper presented to
pthe seminat on structural
+ design and construction practi-
ces by Mr M. Dunn and Mr P.
Johns, engineers of Brian Col-
quhoun and Hugh O'Donnel
and partners.
¥ We feel that the normal
\costs of an expatriate are more

than a sufficient inducement to

;Zambianise and that holding

fdown benefits when as yet
there is no alternative to the

Yexpatriate can only mean a

‘diminishing quality of perfor-
nance."*

Although the cast _ of °

‘employing expatriates was
:-high in tetms of foréign ex-
change, but it was less than
taking the work of outside
experts.

87

ZAMBIA


NEW TEXTBOOK PRESS FOR SOMALIA

Mogadishu HEEGAN in English 7 May 82 p 6

[Text]

‘MOGADISHU, Thursday
-—— The next Text-
“book Press of the Nat-
ional Printing Agency is
-‘eapable to produce 22,000
--eopies per hour, and it
“is expected to cover the
‘country’s need for more
spublication,» this was
‘announced .on
Sunday by the
~General Manager of the
National Printing Agen-
cy, Jaalle Abdulkadir Ah-
med Hussein.

Speaking to SONNA
reporters, the Manager
said that the cost of the
building and machinery
amounted to 2 million
US. dollar’s
and that... it was
constructed with the fra-
mework of an agreement
between the government
of the SDR and the Afri
“can Development Fund.

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With International De-
velopment Agency (IDA)

‘providing similar amo-
“jint, the Textbook press
.is designed to produce 10
Million books per year.

7 “The Manager added
that the new project will

‘effectively contribute in

the expansion of educ-

-tion; stressing that it is

of particular importance
to the Ministeries of
Education Hig-
her Education, and the
Academy of Culture, Arts
and Research.

Asked about the other
new project of photo-
composing system, he
said that it is related
with printing required
films, coordinating and
grouping of letters, and
segregation of colours
that replace the old ho-

55

SOMALIA

tmetal composing
tem.

sys"

The Manager disclo-
.sed that HEEGAN new-

' spaper will be rolled off

press within one and ha-
if hours, while the Somali
language daily, October
Star, will be ready within
1 hour only.

Finally Jaalle Abdul-
kadir eXpressed his than-
ks to the charge d’Affai-
res of the Federal Re-
public of Germany Em-
bassy in Mogadishu, Mr.
Ronald Mauch, for the
assistance of the photo-
composition system to
Somali which costs half
million U.S. Dollar.

The plant was _ ope-
.ned by the President of
, the SDR on May Ist.

—SONNA



Bombali Central: Thaimu Bangura, Edward Turay, Dr A.B. Timbo,

Bonthe South: Tom Smith, W.S. Thompson,

Moyamba North: Francis B, Ngegba, N.T. Brewah, E.R. Ndomahina,

Tonkolili Central: Moses A. Kamara, A.K.M. Sankoh, Musa Yamba Komeh, In the
Moyalba West I constituency where elections were cancelled on Friday the two
aspirants were Lawrence Ndolo Myers and Alex M. Koroma,

Normal Procedures for New Elections

Incumbents and aspirants who will be contesting in 13 constituencies where
elections were cancelled in last Saturday's elections will have to go through
the normal procedures notwithstanding their previous attempts, Public
Relations Officer, Electoral Commission, Mr M.C. Gbow, said in an exclusive

interview last evening.

They will have to go through primary elections, nominations and elections
itself, .

The Electoral Commission is expected to meet next week to decide on a date
for the elections in the 13 constituencies.

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51



GHANA

OFFICIAL SAYS CIVIL SERVICE MUST BE RESTRUCTURED
AB112112 Accra Domestic Service in English 2000 GMT 11 May 82

[Text] A member of the PNDC [Provisional National Defense Council],

Sgt Alolga Akata~Pore, says the structure of the civil service has to be
changed to meet the aspirations of the revolution and any civil servant who
cannot cope with the change has to give way.

He said the middle level management should now realize that their true allies
are not the top management but the working class who has been exploited.
Sergeant Akata-Pore was addressing a meeting of PDC's [People's Defense
Committee] which was called to thrash out a misunderstanding between the
ppc's and the airborne troop detachment stationed there as a result of the
molestation of the Farmers Services Company, FARMSCOM, PDC executives by

the troops.

This was after the FARMSCOM PDC had accused the airborne detachment in a
resolution of favoritism in the discharge of their duty. Sergeant Akata-

Pore called on both parties to bury their differences. Otherwise, they would
be playing into the hands of the enemies of the revolution.

He made it clear that there is no difference between the civilians and the
military as far as the revolution is concerned. The military uniform, he
said, should not be a barrier to cooperation. Sergeant Akata-Pore regretted
that the colonial structure of the military had made it an oppressive organ.

Similarly the same colonial structure had made the civilian to look at the
military as an oppressive organ. This, he said, should not be allowed to
continue.

As a mark of reconciliation, Sergeant Akata-Pore organized a football match
between the airborne detachment and the Bolgatanga PDC's.

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DECLARATION FOR NPN--The wife of the national secretary general of the UPN and
one of those recently granted state pardon, Mrs Helen Gomwalk has declared for
the NPN. Addressing a rally of the NPN supporters in Pankshin, Mrs Gomwalk
said her declaration was to show that NPN was a party for all ethnic groups.
She warned against the rumours from certain quarters that she declared for
the NPN because of the pardon granted her and others by President Shehu
Shagari. [Text] [Lagos DAILY TIMES in English 11 May 82 p 40]

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sources we have in the multi-party system.

it is commonsense that we get together.

pool our resources, put everything in one
place, because we are in a state of political
emergency, economic emergency, educa-
tion emergency, and health emergency.
We need to concentrate all our resources in
one place and move on to higher heights.
Those are some of the reasons which
brought us to the conclusion that for today
(not tomorrow or ten years hence) it is
necessary for us to harness our resources,
and that is what we have done. It may well
be that in the future, young men coming up
will find different conditions and may want
to go back to the multi-party system. But
for now, for the seeable future, it is
necessary that we pool our resources
together — hence the one-party system.”

Turning to press reports on the one-
party system, the President said: “Some
people have come here Uiased. They come
with the opinion that the one-party system
will not work and they are finding material
now to fill up those considerations. Some
people abroad, especially some of those
who pretend to be sympathetic to our
views — they are the hostile ones
preaching in the world. They come here
with the view that we will be fighting here
and there. Where in the world isn’t there
fighting? There are general elections being
held right now in some parts of the world
and you know what’s happening. We don’t
like it. We are not happy about it, but this
is a world of human affairs. Human beings
are liable to make mistakes. Expedient
people here know that man is a brute beast
all over the world. We don’t want to be
condoned here, but we want reporters to
take all sides of the matter into considera-
tion, not just one side.

“As for us, we are learning; we are
apprentices in the matter of politics. Some
people, when they criticise us, like to
equate us with developed states. The state’
of development of Sierra Leone just now is
not like the state of development in
Europe. You can’t compare the two. They
are incomparable. Some of them are 1,000
years old, some 2,000 and some 3,000
years. We have just started. Monetary
people come here sometimes and they tell
us this and they tell us that. And I say to
them: “The economies in more advanced
countries are in difficulties today because
of global considerations. So do have some
consideration when you come here. When
did we start? There are countries all over
the world which have been in the matter of

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finance for ages and they are finding
difficulties. Here we are, we have no
control over our produce — our ginger,
‘cocoa, and our coffee, which we sell to the
outside world. Prices are running down
every day. We no sooner budget here than
prices changes. So we have no base. We
make our budget like we are going to do in
July but by the time August comes along,
the budget is in shambles because prices
have overturned. Those are the difficulties
that we suffer here.”

On overseas press reports that Sierra
Leone’s economy is in the hands of aliens
(Lebanese) the President said that when a
journalist tackled him with this question in
London sometime ago his reply was “In
this London here, is the economy in the
hands of Englishmen?” The President
maintained that many of the so-called
Afro-Lebanese have their maternal roots
in Sierra Leone since their mothers are
Sierra Leoneans living in the country. “I
am not responsible for that. There are
mixtures all over the world. I was looking
at the atlas of leaders of Africa the other
day: 50 per cent of them are mulatos. But
when certain people want to run us down
they say ‘the economy is not in their hands;
it is in the hands of the Lebanese’. We have
Lebanese but their mothers are Sierra
Leoneans and they live here. What do we
do about it? We try to protect our people
in our own way. That was why, when we
had these General Elections coming, the
Central Committee of the party decided
that certain categories of people in the
country will not be allowed to stand. We
do not need outsiders to teach us our own
interests. We know what is good for us. It
may well be that we may change later on,
but at this stage, with the disadvantage we
suffer economically, certain categories of
people should not be allowed into parlia-
ment.” :

During question time, President Stevens
said that the elections in the 13 constituen-
cies which have been cancelled will be held
within a month. Asked whether, in keeping
with the statement he made at the last APC
Convention that he will step down after the
elections so that a younger man can assume.
the presidency, he was thinking of stepping
down, Dr. Stevens replied: “You want to
see me out? Leave that to me and my
people. I’m old enough to know when I am
no longer wanted. Let us leave that to
myself and the people. I am anxious to go
myself. But when you have helped build up



PM SEEKS CHINESE ADVICE ON LAND TENURE

Mbabane THE TIMES OF SWAZILAND in English 11 May 82 p 16

[Article by Mashumi Twala]

[text]

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THE ~ Prime“ Minister,
Prince Mabandla, has
asked for Chinese advice on
the kingdom’s land tenure
system.

Prince Mabandia said he
was concerned: about the
problems created by laws
on land owiiership.

Addressing a Chinese:
mission Gi technical co-
operation at his office yes-
terday, '. Prince - Mabandla
said:-“I, am very bothered
by our lad tenure system
as “set“out by the
governnfént policy and the !
‘Western ‘ culture’ on the

He said since he came to
office, he had realised that
this land usage problem was
affecting many people who
otherwise had bright ideas
for development. .

The Chinese Ambas-
sador, Mr. Tung Hua
‘Chou, informed the Prime
Minister that a number of

books on land tenure had.
been presented to His
Majesty’s Private Secretary
Mr. Martin Mndziniso, to
be forwarded to the King.

“I. would like to get a
copy of this and I can then
prepare notes for His
Majesty’s consideration,”
Prince Mabandla said.

He added that one of the
things about which His
Majesty had repeatedly
talked was an introduction
ofan Ex-Service Scheme.

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Said Prince Mabandla:
“The King expressed
keeness on such a project as
he explained that it helps to
keep manpower in use even
after retirement.”

He added that, with the.
limited number of properly
qualified people, Swaziland
needed all the ex-service
people that could be used to
contribute to the further
development of the
country.

“1 was totally in support
of this idea, especially after
my visit to Taiwan. I was
very impressed by the
results of this scheme in
your country. It helped me
Tealise that the more one
grows, the further the
experience in your field, so
that it is an asset to the
development efforts,” said
the Prime Minister.

Prince Mabandla went on
to pay tribute to the
Chinese Embassy for
encouraging visits to their
country by government and
other officials. He said this
really served to strengthen
the bonds of friendship and
technical co-operation,
more so since the Swazi
Visitors are also taken to
educational, technical and
other - institutions and
centres where they gain a lot
of know-how.

SWAZILAND



RESULTS OF GENERAL ELECTIONS NOTED

GAMBIA

London WEST AFRICA in English 17 May 82 pp 1305-1307

[Article by Arnold Hughes]

(rext]

AS WIDELY expected, the PPP was
returned to power in the general elections
of May 4—5 with a resounding if reduced
majority. It won 27 of the 35 seats (four
had already been returned unopposed) and
secured 61.70 per cent of the vote. At the
same time, Sir Dawda Jawara, the PPP’s
‘nominee in the Presidential election,
obtained an overwhelming victory, taking
72.44 per cent of the vote in a straight
contest with Sheriff Dibba, the detained
NCP leader. The PPP’s share of the vote
was down eight per cent on the 1977
general elections result but if the vote of
the Independent PPP candidates (they,
and their followers, still regard themselves
as PPP) is added to the official figure an
impressive 75.30 per cent of the electorate
voted for the ruling party.

Were it not for the success of five PPP
‘rebels’ in the provinces, the PPP would
have increased its parliamentary strength.
It not only held on to several marginal
seats, sometimes with untried candidates;
it also took two seats away from the
opposition NCP. In Central Baddibu, in a
repeat contest, Dr. Lamin Saho. a young

political scientist beat the
veteran politician Sheriff
Dibba, Another senior NCP

MP, Gibou Jagne, was defeated in the
Serrekunda West constituency by the PPP
candidate.

Apart from losing these two parliamen-
tary seats the NCP’s majority in itS remain-
ing three seats was reduced and all its
candidates in the eastern half of the coun-
try — McCarthy Island and Upper River
Divisions — lost their deposits, confirming
yet again the party’s failure to establish a
national presence. As in previous elec-
tions, a very high percentage of its votes
came from the Baddibu constituencies;
Kombo St. Mary; and the Western Divi-
sion.

While the detention of several of its
leaders and the general political caution
generated by the State of Emergency
hampered the campaign activities of the
opposition party, they are insufficient to
explain its poor performance. Already
before the elections there was evidence of
a move away to the PPP and the NCP
majorities in Serrekunda West and Central
Baddibu had already been eroded in the
previous general elections. The known

- involvement of members of
the NCP in the abortive coup
of July 1981 is also likely to



SIERRA LEONE

NEW ELECTION SCHEDULED FOR THIRTEEN CONSTITUENCIES
Freetown DAILY MAIL in English 3 May 82 pp 1, 4

[text] Some 34 candidates are to face fresh elections in 13 constituencies
throughout the country.

Elections in nine of these constituencies were cancelled immediately after
voting closed on Saturday,

And yesterday as results continue to pour in, elections in four other
constituencies in the Provinces were cancelled,

A statement from the Electoral Commission's office said the elections,
three in the Western Area and nine in the Provinces, were fraught with
serious inrregularities,

Last Friday the election in Moyamba West 1 constituencies was cancelled
because of irregularities,

Fresh elections will have to be held in these constituencies where the
following candidates had contested,

Freetown West II: Sylvanus S. Kamara, Thomas Conteh, Alex Stevens.
Freetown Central I: Alfred Akibo-Betts, Willsworth S, Morgan,
Freetown East I: Chernor Maju, Musa King, Sorsoh Ibrahim Conteh.
Kono Central: John Mondeh Kamanda, A.J. Sandi.

Kono West: Y.T. Gbondo, Edward Kai Bockarje,'S.E. Gbomor.

Port Loko South: S.A.T. Koroma Sultan, A.K. Kamara,

Koinadugu North East: Phillipson H. Kamara, Alhassan Hussein Kandeh, Amadu
M.B. Jalloh.

Koinadugu North: A.B.M. Kamara, Alpha Brima Barrie,

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SIERRA

Bomo State Government Reportedly Suspends Emir-Elect
(NEW NIGERIAN, various dates).........000. eee e wee ceeeeees

Emir of Bedde, by Abdullahi Idris
Secretary Given Notice, by Sani Haruna
Suspension Changed to Interdiction, by Sani Harma

GNPP Indecisive on Whether To Join Merger
(NEW NIGERIAN, 21, 23 Apr 82)...cceccecccsccecceccecetces

Decision To Join, by Abubakar Umar
Unacceptable to Supporters

UPN Screening Seven Potential Running Mates
(Kehinde Johnson; DAILY TIMES, 6 May 82).....ceseeeeuceee

Mauritania Detains Five Nigerian Ships
(Momodu Yakubu; DAILY TIMES, 5 May 82).....ccceeeeccscees

Socialist Party Member on Country's Economy
(Ola Onis; NEW NIGERIAN, 16 Apr 82).....sseceeecceecceeees

Savannah Sugar Company Lays Off 1,000 Workers
(A. B. Tapidi; NEW NIGERIAN, 21 Apr 82)........--eee eens

Work Reported Resuming at Kiri Dam
(A. B. Tapidi; NEW NIGERIAN, 18 Apr 82)...-seeececeeeeeee

Briefs
Dredging Renders 50,000 Homeless
NPN Membership Cards
Water Board Missing Funds
Student Disturbances
Nigerian Advance Party
Grain Production
Rimi on Kano Rioters
ID Cards Contract Suspended
Import Ban on Cars
Declaration for NPN

LEONE

Details on Election Day Problems Given
(WEST AFRICA, 17 May 82)...secccscccsccccscenece seeceeee

Lessons of First One-Party System Elections Discussed
(Editorial; DAILY MAI1, 3 May 82).....-ecceeeeecssccceee

New Election Scheduled for Thirteen Constituencies
(DAILY MAIL, 3 May 82)..... eee er

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COURT GRANTS BLACK WORKER RIGHT TO RESIDE IN WEST CAPE

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 21 May 82 p 9

[text]

TOWN. —TIna
judgment that could
‘open the way for
hundreds of Black
workers to bring the-
ir families to the city,
the Cape Supreme
‘court has granted a
contract worker the
right to permanent
residence in the
‘Western Cape.

: Mr Totosi Stanford
Booi, who was elated at
the news, was granted a
court order by Mr Jus-
tice Shock declaring
‘him entitled to section
10 (1) (B) rights and
ordering the municipal
labour officer at
Nyanga to endorse his
reference book accord-
ingly.

The respondents, the
Western Cape Adminis-
tration Board and the
Nyanga labour officer
were ordered to pay
costs. They did not con-
test the action.

Rand case

In an important test
case in the Rand Su-
preme court last Sep-
tember, Mr Justice O’
Donovan ruled that a
Germiston contract
worker, Mr Mehlolo
Tom Tikhoto, was en-
titled to permanent
residence rights be-
cause he had worked
continuously for one
employer for more than
10 years.

However, the East
Rand Administration
Board had appealed
against the judgment
‘and its application to
thousands of workers
on the Reef has been
frozen pending the out-
come of the appeal in
Bloemfontein.

Mr Booi lodged his
application for perma-
nent rights on the basis
that he had been work-

ing for one employer
(Fattis and Monis) for
* more than ten years. He
claimed he started
working there in 1969.
In terms of the
Blacks (Urban Areas)
Consolidation Act, only
Blacks who had Section
10(1)(A), (B) or (C)
rights are entitled to
permanent residence in
the urban areas, while
; Contract workers were
; allowed in for the dura-
tion of their contracts.
All others may only re-
main in a “white” area
; without permission for.
, 72 hours.
To obtain Section 10
: rights, Blacks must
either have lived con-
tinuously in a “white”
area for 15 years or
worked for several em-
ployers for 15 years —
or be a spouse or de-
pendant of someone
who qualifies.

Few qualified
According to Mrs RN

Robb, director of the
Athlone advice office,

SOUTH AFRICA



KENYA

BRIEFS

FINANCIAL AID FOR CHAD--The chairman of the OAU, His Excellency President
Daniel Arap Moi, today appealed to the international [word indistinct]

(2to contribute) to the voluntary fund established to assist the OAU peace-
keeping force in Chad. He was addressing envoys representing their countries
in Kenya during a meeting with them at State House this afternoon. Presi-
dent Moi told the envoys that the countries contributing troops to the OAU
peacekeeping force in Chad had borne the entire cost of maintaining the
force, but the cost has now proved beyond the financial capacity of these
coumtries. He said that an initial sum of nearly $36 million was needed

to forestall the planned withdrawal of the peacekeeping force on 30 June 1982.
President Moi added that following his appeal and that of the president of
Chad, the UN Security Council agreed to give the OAU peacekeeping force

in Chad financial assistance. Noting that Nigeria, Senegal and Zaire

had contributed the troops for the peacekeeping force and that Algeria,
Guinea Bissau [as heard], Kenya and Zambia had contributed observer force,
President Moi said OAU was grateful to other countries outside Africa who
had given logistic assistance. [Excerpt] [EA202248 Nairobi Domestic
Service in English 1600 GMI 20 May 82]

MOI RETURNS FROM ZAIRE--President Moi returned to Nairobi today from Zaire
where he chaired a meeting of countries contributing troops to the OAU's
peacekeeping force in Chad. The meeting was chaired by President Moi and
attended by President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire. It was also attended by
foreign ministers from Nigeria, Senegal and the Chadian minister for
agriculture. Participants to the meeting from Kenya included the minister
for foreign affairs, Dr Robert Ouku; Mr G.G. Kariuki, minister for lands,
settlement and physical planning; Mr Nicholas Biwott, minister for regional
development, science and technology; and Mr Joseph Shamalla, permanent
secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [Summary] [EA222138 Nairobi
Domestic Service in English 1800 GMT 22 May 82]

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SOUTH AFRICA

DEALING WITH BLACKS REMAINS ‘OVERRIDING ISSUE‘
Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 21 May 82 p 6
[Editorial]

[text]

THEY do not sit in the President's Coun-|
cil.
&Except in the case of metropolitan author-'
; ities, they do not have any role to play in
* the new local and regional dispensations
Proposed by the President’s Council.
And at national level they will not become
part of the power-sharing executive pro-
posed for Whites, Coloureds and Indians.
Yet their shadow looms large over every-
thing.
‘We refer to the Blacks.
Numerically they swamp all other races
put together.
;How to accommodate them politically, so-
; Cially and economically has taxed the
; minds of politicians and academics for
decades.
ey can be dealt with, but not forever, by
keeping them separate, apart, without
. any political voice in the country in which’
; they live. .
i\They can be dealt with by giving them the
} political rights other groups have, or will
: be given, which inevitably means they
i will rule, being in the great majority.
:They can be dealt with by mechanisms like
+ homelands and independent States,
which remove a great number of them
from the White State and give to the re-
, mainder a homelands citizenship many of
+ them do not acknowledge, accept or
I want.
}'However, although the President’s Coun-
i cil’s constitutional committee has side-
} stepped the issue, by choosing not to con-
‘sider Blacks as part of its proposed set-
‘ up, the Blacks still overshadow every-
thing. . ~

65

} In White politics, the conservatives fear

i that the plan to share power with

‘Coloureds and Indians is the thin edge of

tthe wedge.

‘ That if these two groups can have Deputy

| Ministers in a Cabinet which was once

; exclusively White, and that if the legis-

(lature, as yet undefined, is to have

: Coloureds and Indians sharing the legis-

? lative function, there is no way in which

i. the Blacks can be excluded in time. _-

Ihe conservatives ‘also fear. that, the

Cologureds and Indians will be manipulat-

ed against the Whites by a party like the

Progressive Federal Party, which could

5 link up with them in the legislature.

‘However, what really worries the conser-

} vatives more than anything else is the

; thought that once the White man’s sover-

eignty is breached, there will be no stop-

ping the process, and the end of White

rule will be inevitable. .

'The Government, naturally, maintains

i that it has no intention of selling out the

Whites, that the new dispensation involv-

ing Coloureds and Indians is essential if

the Whites are to survive, and that there

|, is no intention of bringing the Blacks

|. into the new system since those who live

| in the urban areas will still be linked to
the homelands.

However, although the constitutional
committee has excluded Blacks from its
plan, favouring partition and a confeder-

:. al association between the Black States

t and the Republic, it does not rule out the

| possibility of Blacks being brought into

' the new set-up in the future.



SOMALIA

BRIEFS

ABYSSINIAN PLANES REPULSED--Mogadishu, Thursday--According to a Defence
Ministry statement released here on Sunday two Abyssinian fighter planes
invaded Qoladdey, a village in Hargeisa's District, at 4 p.m. on 30 April.
In that offensive, the Abyssinian planes killed 1 person, injured 18 people
including women, children and other innocent people and caused damage on
public property. The statement added that the Somali Air Force courageausly
repulsed that naked aggression unleashed by the enemy, Earlier, on 27 March
Abyssinian forces carried an offensive around the vicinity of Boram District
North Western Region, where they caused damages on people as well as property.
The statement said that naked aggression was one of colonialist Abyssinia's
deliberate attempts of provocation and hostility in the Horn of Africa with
a view to implement the political and strategic interests of its allies. The
SDR warned the Abyssinian Regime that it would be fully responsible for the
serious consequences that result from its provocation.--SONNA [Text]
[Mogadishu HEEGAN in English 7 May 82 p 2]

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GHANA

LACK OF TRUST IN CONTACT GROUP UNDERSCORED
AB181537 Accra Domestic Service in English 1300 GMT 18 May 82
[Commentary by David Anaglatey]

[Text] The Namibian independence dispute has now reached a crucial stage
with the UN Council for Namibia calling from Arusha, in Tanzania for a
Geneva-type roundtable conference to discuss the mdalities for the terri-
tory's independence. This decision is, no doubt, meant to cut the ground
finally from under the feet of the five-nation Western contact group which,
for some years now, has been trying to get an agreement between SWAPO and
the Pretoria regime on the matter.

In the first place, as the Tanzanian foreign minister, Salim Ahmed Salim,
told the Namibia Council meeting in Arusha last week, it was the contact
group--United States, Britain, Canada, France, West Germany--which worked
out the proposals for Namibia's independence and convinced the African group
to accept them. The African group, after some hesitation, accepted it and
the contacts were embodied in Security Council Resolution 435 passed in

1978, That resolution called for a cease-fire to be supervised by the United
Nations and elections also under UN supervision on the basis of one man

one vote. South Africa reluctantly agreed to the plan seeing in any case
that the international climate was hostile to it especially since the U.S.
administration had given its blessing to the plan. But just before the plan
was due to go into the implmenetation stage and at a time when UN troops

and military equipment had been put together and later to move into the
territory, South Africa changed its mind. This was because it realized that
SWAPO, rather that its puppets, the self-styled Democratic Turnhalle Alliance
led by a white man, Dirk Mudge, would win the elections. And South Africa's
intransigence has been strengthened by the accession to power of the Reagan
administration in the United States with its policies that encourage the
apartheid regime.

Under the leadership of the United States, the Western contact group has
been bending over backward to please the Pretoria regime. The group's
latest proposals for elections proves the point. These elections are now
to be based partly on proportional representation and partly on single-
member constituencies, that with the noble idea of some votes being counted
twice. The idea is to artificially increase electoral strength of the tiny

15



UPN SCREENING SEVEN POTENTIAL RUNNING MATES

Lagos DAILY TIMES in English 6 May 82 p 40

[Article by Kehinde Johnson]

[Text]

The list,” according to UPN sources,.

‘revealed that all the seven
‘mates are from the no.

: country.

tential running-
ern part of the

The names were forwarded to the Nation-
‘al Executive Committee of the party which
; met in Lagos yesterday for proper scrutiny.
; This. development now confirms the
i speculation that the UPN has completed
“pl to run the 1983 presidential election

* without the PPA.

| Although the names
,of the seven were: kept
“secret yesterday,” reli-

able party sources at the’

meeting disclosed that
the person to be chosen
will someone who
twould wield enormous
. influence in the states in
‘the North. 2

It has become clear
ithat Chief Philip
: Umeadi, who was Chief
:Awolowo’s __ runnin;
mate in the 1979 presi-
:dential elections, would
‘no more be picked for
ithe 1983 race.

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Y Issues" discussed at

{the NEC meeting yes-

fterday were the electo-.

ral regulations to be

adopted for the 1983 °

‘general elections and the
i questions of creation of
more states.

On the issue of state
creation, delegates pres-
\.sed that creation of new
: states should be defer-
‘red until after the 1983
general elections be-
cause according to
‘them, new states. if
created, would make

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NIGERIA

-nonsense of the already
iplanned strategies for
{the existing states in the
country.

It was crystal clear at
syesterday’s meeting
that the UPN’ would
fight the 1983 “battle”
alone without the other
‘three “‘progressive” par-
ties that make up the
ogressive Parties
lance (PPA).
Yesterday's meeting
twas presided over by|
(Chief Awolowo,



SIERRA LEONE

MASS MEDIA WORKERS' UNION OFFICIAL ADDRESSES MOSCOW CONFERENCE

Freetown DAILY MAIL in English 10 May 82 p 4

[text]

THE Moscow International
Conference “Trade Unions
for trade and econo: co
Operation and social progress
in conditions of peace” again
showed that the peoples are

* resolved to struggle for aver-

ting the danger of a thermo-
nuclear war, George Kel-
falah a Sierra Leonean Trade
Unionist who took part in the
conference, told a Novosti
Press Agency. °

The “Conference enabled
its participants from 110
countries to exchange views
on key issues of our time
and draw the conclusion:
Trade Unions must play a
still more active role in
uniting the working people
against the threat of war.

“Tangible shifts have
taken place in the Trade
Union Movement in the last
years. Trade Unions on all
continents openly say that
the struggle against the
threat of war is one of the
‘basic trends in their day-to-
day activities”

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Trade Unions ‘introduce
in the antiwar movement
their methods of vigorous
actions tested for decades,
which with the passing of
time can substantially raise
its efficiency.

While dovetailing the
settlement of the working
people’s — socio-economics
problems with halting the}
atts race, Trade Unions}
actually open up a new
sphere in the struggle a-
gainst war danger— the
sphere of production”
"Sierra Leone Trade
Unions hold an active
stand in problems of
war and peace.

We back antiwar
declarations, manifestos and
appeals worked out at inter-
national forums. We also

. favour their broad discus-
sion at national and smter-
national levels. "

This stand of our Trade
Unions is welcomed by the
Sierra Leone government



GHANA

BRIEFS

INFORMATION MINISTRY ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT--The Ministry of Information has
announced the appointment of Kweku Poku as acting director of the National
Film and Television Institute, NAFTI. The appointment takes effect from
tomorrow. The ministry also directs that Mr Kwetey, head of administration
at NAFTI, should proceed on leave pending an inquiry into allegations of
maladministration at the institute. It further directs that unauthorized
building projects taking place on lands belonging to the NAFTI must cease
forthwith. Owners of the land within the NAFTI land complex, including
those houses forfeited to the state during the AFRC [Armed Forces Revolu-
tionary Council] period are to report at the office of the Provisional
National Defense Council secretary for information by Wednesday. [Text]
[AB091238 Accra Domestic Service in English 1100 GMT 9 May 82]

DAMUAH ON ARMS CONTROL--A 5-day international religious conference held in
Moscow recently has warned that the continuation of the arms race consti-
tutes a threat to world peace. Speaking to newsmen on his return home
after heading the two-man Ghana delegation to the conference, Rev Father
Damuah, a member of the Provisional National Defense Council, said the
conference discussed how to save mankind from nuclear catastrophe. He said
the conference regretted that huge amounts which could have been spent on
eradicating hunger are used on arms buildup. Father Damuah said in order
to draw the world's attention to the dangers posed by the arms buildup,
seminars and symposia on the limitation of nuclear weapons will be held

on 6 August each year. [Text] [AB190900 Accra Domestic Service in English
0700 GMT 19 May 82]

IBRD LOAN--The Posts and Telecommunications Corporation’ has been granted

a $30 million loan by the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development [IBRD] for the rehabilitation of Ghana's internal telecommuni-
cations network. The project will involve the replacement of old telephone
equipment as well as the development and expansion of the underground cable
system. New automatic telephone exchanges are to be provided. The inter-
national switching center, expected to be completed this year will provide
automatic telex and telegraph services. [AB172042 Accra Domestic Service
in English 1800 GMT 17 May 82]

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18



UNZA TERMINATES CONTRACTS OF THREE MORE EXPATRIATES

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 13 May 82 p 1

(Excerpt]

TWO more lectur-
ers and a librarian
at the University of
Zambia have had
their contracts ter-
minated premature-
ly by the university
administration.

They are Mr Sean
Morrow, an Irishman
and Dr Edward Steinhart
and his wife Suzane, who
is the librarian, both are
Americans.

Dr Steinhart is a lecturer in
the school of education history
department, and Mr Morrow

1s in the same school. They are
among the four who signed
an internal memorandum op-
posing the presence of armed
men at the Great East Road
campus.

Letters. of termination of
contracts were written on May
4.and given to them the next
day. The letters were
signed by university secre-
tary Dr Vukani Nyirenda,

In March, Dr Nyirenda
wrote letters to the three
informing them the appoint-
ments committee had decided
to renew their contracts for
another two years.

85

This | meant that their
contracts were to expire in
October 1984, but they are
now required to work up to
October 10.

The letter to Dr Steinhart
says the appointments com-
mittee which met on April
29 reviewed its earlier decision
and decided to withdraw the
extension of the contract.

Commenting. on the deci-
sion, Dr Steinhart said he was
not given an explanation for
the change of mind.

The situation was delicate
because the substantive dean
of the school Dr. Trevor

Coombe was out of the country
when the decision was taken
and it was likely the dean
would appeal for him.

There were no opportunities
left to him to make an appeal
personally, he said.

“The dean was not present
at the meeting which decided
to withdraw the extension of
the contract. This is a violation
of academic freedom, but then
I do. not think this freedom
exists in the Zambian Con-
stitution."”

There was no comment from
the university administration
yesterday.

Last week, two Danish lec.
turers were sacked from the
university under — similar
circumstances. They were Dr

ZAMBIA


NIGERIA

BRIEFS

DREDGING RENDERS 50,000 HOMELESS--About 50,000 people of Gbaramtu Clan in
Buturu Local Government area in Bendel have been rendered homeless, More
than 20,000 houses and huts in the clan, comprising of 30 towns and property
worth thousands of Naira have been reportedly destroyed as a result of the
dredging of the Chanomi Creek near Escravos, Addressing a press conference
in Warri, a spokesman for Gbaramtu Clan, Mr William Okirika said that
because of this exercise which started several months ago there has been an
exodus of the inhabitants to neighbouring towns. Mr Okirika told newsmen
that the most affected towns are Oporaza, Okenrenkoko, Ogoda and Inikorogha,
He said that the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) was dredging the Chanomi Creek
so that large vessels would be able to navigate freely into the Warri Port
through the Escravos Bar, Escravos Bar is the only sea route to the ports

at Warri, Sapele and Koko, The spokesman further said that the property
destroyed also included cash crops, fishing equipment and fish ponds. He

said that his people had been thrown into untold hardship due to the dredging
exercise, The spokesman alleged that the protest made to the management of
the NPA in Warri by his people was being ignored. Mr Okirika then appealed to
President Shehu Shagari to intervene personally and make the NPA to rehabil-
itate and resettle the affected persons. [Text] [Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in
English 15 Apr 82 p 3]

NPN MEMBERSHIP CARDS--National Party of Nigeria, (NPN) in Sokoto State is to
introduce new membership cards to its supporters. To this end, all its
organising secretaries have begun comprehensive training for its smoth
take-off, The state Chairman of the party, Alhaji Muhammadu Bello Abdurahman
Sarkin Gobir said the exercise which was aimed at determining the number of
its supporters would simultaneously be conducted by the party throughout the
federation, [Text] [Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 15 Apr 82 p 3]

WATER BOARD MISSING FUNDS~~The Kaduna State Audit Department is to earry out
investigations to determine how liabilities of 1.5 million Naira to Crow
Agents in London was incurred by the water board. According to the audited
accounts of the board released by the Director of Audit, Alhaji Dalhatu Bello,
the amount was stated in the board's account for 1977/78 and 1978/79. The
Audit Department is puzzled as to what supplies and services were provided by
the Crown Agents to the value of 1,537,125 Naira, The water board itself had
not supplied any documentary evidence for the liability. [Mohammad Bomoi]
[Excerpt] [Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 16 Apr 82 p 1]

39



UPPER VOLTA

SIERRA LEONE ENVOY ON SDAR OAU ADMISSION
AB250714 Ouagadougou Domestic Service in French 2000 GMT 24 May 82

[Excerpts] Head of State Col Saye Zerbo this afternoon received in audience
several personalities, including a special envoy of the Sierra Leonean
president.

The special envoy of President Siaka Stevens of Sierra Leone, His Excellency
Philip (Faboekka), met with the head of state for over an hour. Mr (Faboekka)
delivered a message from his president to Col Saye Zerbo. He and the head

of state discussed major African problems such as Chad, Namibia and Western
Sahara. On the Sahara issue, the Sierra Leonean special envoy reaffirmed the
position of his cowmtry to Ouatamou Lamien.

[Begin (Faboekka) recording; in English fading into French translation]
Unfortunately I must deplore the fact that the SDAR issue should be brought
to the forefront of the preoccupations of the OAU to the extent that it is
now leading to the disintegration of the OAU. I think it was decided by
the heads of state during the Freetown summit that the issue should be taken
up by an ad hoc committee which would submit proposals of various solutions
to the heads of state summit. Such a meeting was held and this led to some
definite recommendations which were submitted to the meeting of heads of
states and governments. Sierra Leone, in its capacity as president of the
OAU at the very time when the events which you just mentioned were taking
place, was of the opinion that the issue should have a clear and precise
solution at the level of the OAU.

Then, a few months ago, the 36th session of the OAU Ministerial Council

in Addis Ababa, which was to study budgetary and administrative issues and
not political problems, was forced to admit the SDAR as a member of the
OAU. I think this is in fact an exclusive prerogative of the heads of state
and not that of the OAU Ministerial Council. It was therefore evident that
this question could not receive the [words indistinct] approval of the OAU
heads of state. It must be stated that Sierra Leone, which is the 26th
country to recognize the SDAR at the 17th OAU summit in Freetown, did

not approve the procedure of the admission of the SDAR. Its delegation
therefore withdrew from the Ministerial Council meeting in Addis Ababa

last February. [End recording]

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Last Thursday, the weekly newspaper which speaks for the Addis regime
published an editorial in which it described the food shortages in the
country as the worst in the history of the nation. The paper added that
this is unbearable and cannot be controlled. ‘The government newspaper
blames the regime for the poor distribution of what little they manage to
receive. It now appears that all projects in the country have been suspended
and all efforts have been directed either to producing food or buying food
from outside in a vain attempt to control the situation.

The newspaper adds that this is the most serious crisis that the 7-year-old
socialist revolution has faced. The newspaper SERTO ADER, which was first
published in 1980 when the so-called Workers’ Party, commission for organizing
the party of the workers of Ethiopia, was born, rapped the business community
and accused them of being behind the food shortages in the country. At

the same time the newspaper accused some senior party officials of being in
the pockets of some leading businessmen.

It has.also been reported that factories and farms are no longer producing
their normal quantities or their normal quality. The existing industries

in the country are unable to produce any goods because of lack of raw
materials. The newspaper urged the Abyssinian people‘to weed out some of the
corrupt officials from their midst.

The newspaper further called on the Abyssinian people to expose all those
who are hoarding any kind of food in their stores. It has also been reported
that businessmen who have nothing in their stores are now being accused of
hoarding and many of these innocent Abyssinians have already perished at

the hands of the murderous regime for misdeeds they never committed.

Whatever force, efforts and means the regime may use, will it be able to
get enough food to give the Abyssinian people? The answer is no. Because
whatever financial or food aid the country receives goes to the foreign
troops in the country.

These foreign troops from Cuba, Russia, the GDR, and the Abyssinians swallow
up all that enters the country. . These forces not only cause food shortages
but they are the cause of continued friction and crisis in the cowtry.

It is known that the Russians stockpile arms and armaments in places where
food, medicine and other assistance are badly needed.

Whatever the situation may be, the crisis facing the Abyssinian regime is
one which cannot be solved easily, because the Russians and Libyan advisers
to the Mengistu regime direct the regime away from whatever it could do for
the Abyssinian people.

The burning question is: What is going to happen in Abyssinia in the coming
months?

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UPPER VOLTA

BRIEFS

TIENTARABOUM TO NETHERLANDS--Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Minister

Lt Col Felix Tientaraboum left Ouagadougou early this afternoon for the
Netherlands. The minister is thus responding to an invitation from the
Netherlands Government for a 2-day working visit. During his stay, he
will meet his Netherlands counterpart and the minister for development
cooperation. Their talks will center on the international political
situation and on cooperation between the two countries, which is new but
fruitful. In fact, Netherlands assistance to Upper Volta in the form of
grants for each of the years 1980, 1981 and 1982 is pegged at 42 million
florins or 7.56 billion CFA francs devoted to bilateral programs. In
addition to this, the Netherlands granted variable financial assistance
ranging from 1.848 billion CFA francs in 1980; 0.366 billion CFA francs in
1981 to 0.250 billion CFA francs in 1982. Areas of assistance are rural
development, infrastructure, reforestation and the major sectors of
development. [Text] [AB251536 Ouagadougou Domestic Service in French
2000 GMT 24 May 82]

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81



ARCHBISHOP ACCUSED FOR ANTI-TRIBALISM SERMON

Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 15 Apr 82 p 1

[Editorial: "Federal Character"]

[text]

i

OUR religious leaders

have a duty,to:help cor--
rect the ils of the
society; of ey. use

the pulpits and'te mos-
ques, to do just that.
But when in his Easter
message the Arch-
bishop of Lagos criticis-
ed the principle of
federa! character. in
public ‘oppointments,
he was not helping to
correct any ill but set-
ting a cat among
-pigeons. His Grace, Ar-
chbishop Anthony
Okogie claimed that
“reflecting federal
‘character often festers
inefficiency, iniquity
and tribalism’’. It is un-
fortunate that the
respected archbishop

chose to make such:

‘allegations without go-
ing to great lengths to
substantiate them.

The weakness of his
‘points notwithstanding,

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[the New Nigerian be-
lieves that his listeners
:could have been car-
;tied away by what was
‘clearly an attempt at
, playing to the gallery.
But the archbishop was
“in error because if one
were to believe him,
pibalism, ard the other
‘fils he mefitioned only
became mdtitect “with
the adoptiop ‘of the
principle of federal
Character in appoint-
ments to public offices.
Secondly, he did not
present any empirical
evidence to show that
we have been worse off
because of that princi-
ple neither did he sug-
gest how best we could
go about ensuring that
‘every part of the nation
feels a sense of betong-
ing His thinking is a
reflection of the gene-
tality of opinion in
Lagos in the early six-
ties when there was re-

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NIGERIA

sentment over the so-
called invasion of Lagos
by the ‘‘Northerners’’.
Though it was not
reported that he ex-
pressly stated so, it is
not unlikely that Ar-
chbishop Okogie is one
of those. who glorify
merits, forgetting that
the argument of better
grades, etc., was blown
up during the forged
certificates and the
examination leakage
scandals.

In any case, the Con-
stituent Assembly en-
shrined the principle of
federal character in the
Constitution, the
supreme law of the
land. The New Nigerian
fully supports the provi-
sion and hopes that the
Federal Government
will abide by it just as
all political parties have
tacitly used it as a basis
for the zoning of elec-
tive and non-elective
loffices.



NEW COMPANIES ESTABLISHED BY GOVERNMENT DECREE
Transport Equipment Company
AB101837 Luanda ANGOP in French 1310 GMT 10 May 82

[Text] Luanda, 10 May (ANGOP)--A Council of Ministers decree recently
published in Luanda mentions the establishment of a state company called
Angolan Machine Shop for Transport Equipment--COMETA-UEE for short--with
headquarters in Luanda. This was stated by DIARIO DA REPUBLICA, the official
newspaper of the People's Republic of Angola.

According to the same decree, COMETA-UEE's main objective is to manufacture
equipment for truck transport. The company will also take part in other
activities of similar technology.

The decree also indicates that. the company, which is national, will be
under the Ministry of Industry. The document also provides for transferring
the necessary properties, valuables and legal rights to the company. This
follows the confiscation of these properties from Construcoes Mecanicas
Manuel Conde LDA, IMAC, Industria Metalo-Mecanica de Angola and SARL.

Electrical Construction Enterprise
AB171340 Luanda ANGOP in French 2106 GMT 17 May 82

[Text] Luanda, 17 May (ANGOP)--A Council of Ministers decree signed by

Jose Eduardo dos Santos, president of the People's Republic of Angola,

and published in the official journal DIARIO DA REPUBLICA, announces the
creation of a state economic unit called the National Enterprise for Electrical
Construction [ENCEL-UEE] with its headquarters in Luanda.

The same decree, which defines the statutes of the ENCEL-UEE stipulates
that assets, values and rights of the former company Electra LDA in Benguela
considered necessary for ENCEL-UEE activities should be transferred to

this new company to be incorporated in its initial capital.

According to the DIARIO DA REPUBLICA, the state will transfer to the ENCEL-UEE
the necessary assets, values and rights of any type of other companies

whose objectives fall within the framework of the social objective of the
ENCEL-UEE.

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a total of 5,000 tonnes of assorted grains on 685 hectares of land under
irrigated agriculture and 3,480 hectares under rainfed cultivation involving
over 1,080 farmers, The minister declared: "This administration is fully
convinced that the River Basin Developing Authorities will play a major role
in the development and exploitation of a great potential of our land and
water resources." [Text] [Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 19 Apr 82 p 9]

RIMI ON KANO RIOTERS--The Kano State Governor, Alhaji Muhammed Abubakar

Rimi has re-emphasized that his government would deal ruthlessly with any-
body found to have been involved in the last Kano crisis, no matter his or
her position in the country. He said this at the Yankari Game Reserve while
speaking to a staff reporter of the Bauchi Broadcasting Corporation, B.B.C.,
Bauchi. Governor Rimi further said that his government was studying the
report of the Fernandez Commission set up by it to investigate the immediate
and remote causes of the Kano riots, The Kano State Chief Executive was
answering questions on the allegations that the P.R.P. National Leader Malan
Aminu Kano was involved in the Kano riots which followed a query sent to Emir
of Fano by the governor. [Text] [Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 19 Apr 82
p 13

ID CARDS CONTRACT SUSPENDED=-The 52.54 million Naira contract for the printing
of the national identity (registration) cards for all Nigerians has been
suspended, The contract which was yet to take off was said to have been
tendered for by eleven contractors. This was announced to newsmen by the
Minister of Internal Affairs, Alhaji Ali Baba while answering questions
during his press briefing in Lagos yesterday, The minister said the Tribune
publication of April 30, 1982 on the contract was untrue and baseless, Alhaji
Ali announced that very soon the passport division of his ministry would be
computerised in its activities, Earlier in his press briefing on the activ-
ities of the various divisions of his ministry, Alhaji Ali declared that over
4,000 files in respect of citizenship matters had been approved by his
ministry, The minister explained that the issuance of diplomatic passport
was being restricted to top government functionaries at the federal and state
levels which included the three arms of the government, On the registration
of business companies, Alhaji Ali pointed out that the Business Advisory
Committee which was an interministerial body met weekly to interview joint
venture business executives, [Text] [Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English

24 Apr 82 p 1]

IMPORT BAN ON CARS--Motor vehicles including passenger cars and trucks are
no longer to be imported until further notice. This development came in
President Shagari's austerity package broadcast to the nation last night.
To make the measures more effective, some other items which had been under
open general licence have also been placed under specific import licence.
Items which come under this category include flour, cement, stockfish, real
madras popularly known as "George" and some building materials. [Text]
(Lagos DAILY TIMES in English 21 Apr 82 p 1]

41



ANGOLA

NETHERLANDS DELEGATION WANTS TIES STRENGTHENED
AB141453 Luanda Domestic Service in French 1100 GMT 14 May 82

[Text] Heading an important Netherlands parliamentary delegation, (Jenepen
Shanpen) left Luanda yesterday evening after his 2-day official visit to
Angola. The need to strengthen the ties of friendship existing between the
People's Republic of Angola and the Netherlands was stressed in Luanda
yesterday by Angolan Minister of Foreign Affairs Paulo Jorge. He was
receiving a delegation of Netherlands parliamentarians who have been on an
official visit to Angola since last Wednesday. He expressed the desire to
see the ties between the Netherlands and our coutry further strengthened.

The leader of the Netherlands delegation, (Jenepen Shanpen), expressed
satisfaction at exchanging views with Angolan officials, pointing out that
his visit enabled him to examine the political situation in Southern Africa,
particularly the racist policy of the Pretoria regime toward the frontline
states. The parliamentarian stressed that the Netherland's policy toward
the racists of South Africa is based on the implementation of political,
diplomatic and economic sanctions against the apartheid regime as well

as aid to the frontline states for their economic liberation. Yesterday
evening, the Netherlands parliamentarians also held talks with Alfonse Van
Dunem Mbinda, secretary of the party's Central Committee for Foreign Affairs,
with whom they discussed issues of bilateral interest. Among those present
at the talks was (Ausmondo Dequida), president of the Angolan League of
Friendship and Solidarity with the Peoples.

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SOCIALIST PARTY MEMBER ON COUNTRY 'S ECONOMY

Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 16 Apr 82 p 4

NIGERIA

[Letter by Comrade Ola Oni, Socialist Party of Workers, Farmers and Youth,

Ibadan, in the colum "Your Views":

Way Out"']

[Text]

WHEN we explain that our pre-
sent crisis is due to oil glut in the
‘world markeg, we are only direct-
ing attentiongto the consequences
and not tothe remote causes
which are at'the root of our exter-
nal problem. The solution based
on the strategy of OPEC in which
we seek to influence the price of

oil through reduction of vroduc-
uon cannot be a dependable way
“out of our economic problem.

+ We dught to realise by now that
it is our economy that regulates
our - lives, it is not we who
Tegulate thé economy. We are not
in control of our economic fate. In
the type of economy we run crises
‘are its permanent features.
These crises ‘set limits to our
Capabilities and our achieve-
sment. We can’ never be in
a position to make full use of our
‘potentialities.

We must now see that we can-
not cover up the facts too long.
‘The reality must catch up with us
eventually. We must accept that
we are still running a colonial
economy that is even more
fragile and dependent on the
world imperialist powers than
before independence, We are still
imprisoned in a world division of.
Jabour that assigns to us the role
of supplying primary. produce to

* the industrial powers who control
and direct what the exchange
‘relation must be at any point of
time. Over 95 per cent’of our ex-
«port earnings comes from one’

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product, oil, and whose sale is
‘subject to the vagaries of the
berialist economy. The big
‘Perialist ; powers ‘regulate the
‘world @gonomy for their.own in-

nd. not for our benefit.

nal and domestic.

We cannot pretend any longer
not to know the facts of our situa-
tion at home. Our undisciplined,
wasteful and irresponsible spen-
ding on the part of. the ruling
4lass has caught up with the oil
earnings. Bourgeois development
Planning which our rulers have
accepted cannot ana has not
strengthened our productive and
competitive power. Planning and
the yearly budgeting are nothing
to them but a license to share oil
earnings among themselves to in-
dulge in a standard of living
which our economy has no inter-
nal capacity to bear. Planning
and budgeting have become
‘means of diverting money meant
for productive investment into
private luxury consumption spen-
.ding of these leaders. The condi-
stions ‘of our infrastructure, the
fonditions of agriculture and in-

try, bear clear testimony,

that our rich oil earnings since.
fearly 70’s have been squandered’

sby those who rule us. Today our
upréductive capacity cannot catch
[Up with the urgent needs of the

"The Present Economic Crises and the



GHANA

INFORMATION MINISTRY REORGANIZES GBC STRUCTURE
AB181433 Accra Domestic Service in English 1300 GMT 18 May 82

[Text] An official announcement just issued says the Ministry of Information
is commencing an exercise to reorganize and restructure all the institutions,
corporations and departments under the ministry. It says the ministry
observed that past governments have introduced serious problems of over
employment and mass redundancy among both the top management and ordinary
level personnel. The creation of new posts and rapid promotions coupled
with unrestrained employment of new staff by past governments have created
administrative bottlenecks and serious budgetary constraints which have
contributed to the poor performance and gross inefficiency in these corpora-
tions and departments.

The announcement says it is the policy of the revolution to restructure all
the existing institutions with the object of making them more efficient,
reducing waste and heavy financial burden on the government. It is further
recognized that the old state machinery cannot be relied upon to carry the
revolution forward. It must be reorganized and reorientated to meet the
demands of the revolution. In furtherance of this policy, the Ministry of
Information directs that the following changes should commence immediately
at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation [GBC]:

The recommendations of the (Thompson) report.on the GBC which suggests that
11 divisions of the corporation, each with a director, be reduced to two
main divisions--radio and television--will be implemented. In this regard,
the following persons are with immediate effect to proceed on retirement:

Mr G.B. Lamptey, deputy director general, engineering and technical services;
Mr G.W. Odro, director of technical services; Mr E.A. Demtu, head of news
and current affairs; Mr (Waikots Amatey), acting director of film produc-
tion; Miss Patience Asante, head of programs; Mr (Matei Makwei), chief
controller of programs and Mr E.A. Vanderpuye, head of programs.

The announcement says further to these changes, the acting director general
of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation is directed to arrange training programs
for the administrative personnel who could also be affected by the restruc—
turing exercise and to take necessary steps to redeploy them into the district
stations. Other changes and directives in relation to the other institutions
under the ministry will be announced shortly.

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have cost the party support. Finally, as was
the case in previous elections, the opposi-
tion lacked the depth of leadership and
resources to wage a successful campaign.
The PPP, on the other hand, and despite
the setback resulting from the crash of the
Presidential helicopter in the closing stages
of its campaigning, had the necessary
manpower and financial resources, backed
up by government facilities such as the use
of the news media and transport, to enable
it to reach every constituency. In the event
the NCP polled over 32,000 votes, about
three per cent less than its’ share in the
previous general elections.

The UP presence was again confined to
the three Banjul seats. Although its share
of the vote remained.virtually the same as
in 1977, it lost to the PPP the two seats won
during the last elections. The Minister of
Works and Communications, I. Kelepha-
Samba, succeeded in increasing his major-
ity in Banjul North and the Justice Minis-
ter, Lamin Saho also increased his prede-
cessor’s small majority in Banjul Central.
In Banjul South, M. M. Taal was returned
with almost the same majority as in 1977,
when he had stood for the UP. The Roman
Catholic vote may well have been crucial in
returning him to power although he him-
self is a Muslim. Whereas the national
turnout, at 58.27 per cent, was down
sharply on the 83.30 per cenf recorded in
1977, the Banjul vote was up, reflecting no
doubt the heavy canvassing undertaken by
the PPP and UP candidates. The one
Independent contesting in Banjul, Assan
Ticks Manneh, standing for the unem-

ployed and himself unemployed, obtained
only 229 votes and lost his deposit.
The major Victors in the elctions were
the five Independent candidates in Foni
East, Kiang East, Jarra East, Basse and
Sandu constituencies. Their share of the
vote ranged from 54.0 per cent to over 63.0
per cent. All were PPP supporters expelled
from the party for challenging the official
candidate. Their rejection by the PPP
national selection committee was bitterly
resented in their own constituencies
and, in four cases, this grass-roots dissatis-
faction combined with complaints about
the incompetence or neglect of sitting MPs
to bring about the defeat of the PPP
candidates. In Foni East, the PPP sought
to impose a less-educated non-Jola upon a
Jola constituency. Henry Jammeh, the
successful Independent is a ‘bankudingo

(son of the soil) and a graduate teacher. In
1977 Kukoi Samba Sanyang lost his de-
posit in the same constituency where he
had stood as a NCP candidate.

In the Upper River constituencies of
Basse and Sandu the two Independent
candidates may have succeeded in part
because of the failure of President Jawara
to complete his campaign tour as a result of
the helicopter crash. In previous elections
last-minute visits by the head-of-state
helped to rally waverers. Bubacarr Baldeh,
who won Basse, is widely regarded as an
able and popular political campaigner,
have been field director of the Freedom
From Hunger Campaign and the national
organiser of the PPP Youth Movement.
This is the second time that Musa Dabo
has lost his Sandu constituency to an
Independent. In the 1972 general elections
he lost to an Independent candidate only to
recover it soon after in a by-election, his
opponent having been declared medically
unfit to sit in Parliament.

Although the 13 Independent candidates
polled 26,141 votes, 15.74 per cent of the
poll, most were unsuccessful and four lost
their deposits.

In the Presidential elections Sir Dawda
Jawara swept the polls with 137,020 votes
or nearly three-quarters of the total. His
success was unusually uniform throughout
the country for he only came second to
Sheriff Dibba in three constituencies —
Bakua, Lower Baddibu and Illiassa, the
three remaining NCP seats. He even de-
feated Sheriff Dibba by 109 votes in the
opposition leader’s home constituency.
Even where the PPP was split in its choice
of candidates for the parliamentary elec-
tions, supporters of Independent candi-
dates tended to vote for Sir Dawda in the
Presidential election. The President
obtained his lowest majorities in Banjul
and Kombo St. Mary, the area adjacent to
the capital. Elsewhere his majorities were
very substantial. .

Once again the conduct of the election
was scrupulously fair and the security
forces maintained a discreet presence at
polling stations to avoid charges of in-
timidation. This approach was fully justi-
fied as no untoward incidents were re-
ported. The decision to hold the elections,
the actual conduct of the campaign and the
voting provide strong evidence of the
Gambian government’s desire to restore
parliamentary democracy after the political



Mass Media Workers’ Union Official Addresses Moscow Conference
(DAILY MAIL, 10 May 82)

SOMALIA

President Siad Received Eritrean Delegation
(HEEGAN, 7 May 82) ...cccccccccccccccccccceeccrccerceeees

New Textbook Press for Somalia
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Mogadishu Reports Food Shortages in Ethiopia
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Briefs
Abyssinian Planes Repulsed

SOUTH AFRICA

Government Denies Supplying Arms to Argentina
(Johannesburg Domestic Service, 25 May 82).......+-22-00-

Columist Sees U.S. Policy in Stalemate
(Jim Srodes; SUNDAY TIMES, 23 May 82).......cecececeeeees

Opposition View on Security Bills
(RAND DAILY MAIL, 19 May 82).....

Dealing With Blacks Remains 'Overriding Issue'
(Editorial; THE CITIZEN, 21 May 82)..

Court Grants Black Worker Right To Reside in West Cape
(THE CITIZEN, 21 May 82)...

Buthelezi Challenges Adams Over 'Virulent Attack"
(Murray McNally; THE CITIZEN, 21 May 82)..

NP Information Machine Geared To Counter CP Activities
(Jaap Theron; THE CITIZEN, 21 May 82)....ceceeecereccveee

Impact of Mauritian Election on South Africa Viewed
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Mr Pitman: In 1956 Mr Justice Rumpff who was destined to be a future chief
justice said it was unthinkable the state should take away the right of a
person to see a lawyer.

In 1963 the state created the unthinkable.
In 1982 the government is actually indignant that we oppose such a measure.

That is how South Africa has deteriorated under this government and with
this bill.

We are asked by government speakers in this debate what security legisla-
tion we in these benches would accept. The answer was given by the leader
of the opposition on a number of occasions.

Extraordinary, emergency security laws are permissible and necessary, but
they must be subjected to two things, namely, firstly, they must be temporary,
of a limited duration and, secondly, they must be subject to control by the
courts.

All extraordinary powers must be subject to an independent judiciary.

The reason for that is obvious. It is because human beings and human power
will be abused if it is not controlled.

It is not fundamentally the fault of the security policy or its officials,
put it is fundamentally the fault of those. who give uncontrolled power.

Let me be perfectly frank: The blame for death in detention does not
consequently rest with the security police, but it rests with those people
who gave that uncontrolled power.

The blame therefore rests on that side of the house.

The PFP will accept as security legislation what lawyers have suggested.
The government is destroying in this bill the last vestige of respect for
the lawyer in South Africa.

This bill is a manifestation of the degeneration of standards in South

Africa and it can truly be said of those who now govern that in this bill
the have destroyed better than they know.

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IVORY COAST

GOVERNMENT MEASURES TO ALLEVIATE UNEMPLOYMENT REPORTED

London WEST AFRICA in English 17 May 82 p 1350

[text]

cso:

The Government has intro-'
duced several measures aimed at
alleviating the problems of rising
urban unemployment.

At a meeting organised by the
Union Générale des Travailleurs
de Céte d'Ivoire, the sole repre-
sentative of labour in the country,
the Minister for Labour, M.
Albert Vanie Bi Tra, announced
that unemployment benefits
would soon be introduced . “Ex-
ceptional aid” of 1,000m. CFA
francs was announced for workers
throughout the country. The
money would be shared among
10,000 unemployed workers of the
State companies which were dis-
banded in 1980:

The Minister also announced an
overtime ban throughout the
country, strict limitations on re-
dundancies and measures de-
signed to limit the growth of the
“clandestine foreign workforce”.
[There are about im. foreign
workers in Ivory Coast, mostly
from Mali, Guinea and Upper

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Volta.]

A measure designed to limit the
numbers of expatriate manage-
ment personnel was also intro-
duced; henceforth all contracts to
employ expatriates would have to
go through the Minister's office
[applications to employ an expatri-
ate previously went through the
Manpower office of the Labour
Ministry).

M. Vanie Bia Tra reported that
the Government had spent 500m.
CFA francs on unemployment be-
nefits for management and 430m.
CFA francs for foremen.

All workers in Ivory Coast pay a
levy of one per cent of their salary
to the Fonds national de solida-
rité.

The Minister also spoke of
graduate unemployment in Ivory
Coast; he said of the 1,000
academics that had registered as
unemployed in 1981, 400 had been
found work. The Minister blamed
inappropriate degrees for the in-
crease in graduate unemployment.



CHAD

BRIEFS

ALGERIAN RELATIONS, UN ACTIVITIES--In fact President Goukhouni was referring
to Algeria; there are already 16 officers of the Algerian army working with
the OAU force as "observers," as well as, according to Jeune Afrique's
Francois Soudan, about 200 officers and men whose brief is more ambivalent.
They are doctors and engineers working alongside the French co-operants on
the reconstruction of N'Djamena. The links between the French Socialist
Party (which is a firm supporter of Goukhouni) and Algerian politicians

is strong and it is this axis that the GUNT President has exploited, The
other major factor on the international Chad scene is the United Nations. A
fund is to be established to finance the OAU presence as was requested by
the current Chairman of the OAU, President Arap Moi of Kenya, Although the
UN would not engage its own troops in Chad it would provide logistical and
administrative support, In bald terms this means money and accounting
personnel, This latter would be a necessary assurance to donors that funds
were being properly managed. There is certainly a lot of behind-the-scenes
activity at the UN in New York regarding Chad, though this, like much else,
has been obscured and overshadowed by the scrap-metal war in the South
Atlantic. A conference on assistance to Chad has nevertheless been arranged
for June 15-16 in Nairobi, About 60 countries and 40 international organisa-
tions have been invited to the meeting, at which participants will receive
information about Chad's needs and will be invited to pledge money. [Text]
[London WEST AFRICA in English 17 May 82 p 1348] .

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MINISTER FOR ABUJA REPORTED ADMITTING LIE

Enugu DAILY STAR in English 21 Apr 82 p 1

[Article by Emeka Nwabufoe and Cyprian Madu]

[text]

“ not based on facts.
The

MINSTER of State has
sgertain tied sanded state-

purel to cause
offence 0 stalwarts

embarrass: Governor
Niobe and that what

‘he said emanated from an

urge for vendetta and were

Engineer

t minister,
Mark Okoye, President

Shagari’s of State

: for. jbuja Capital Territory

Teaelation in an encounter

‘at the Enugu Airport.
Engineer Okoye had

in his home town,
ety Niikoka Local
“Government "Are, lege

:fneluding? Governor
' Nwobodo and his Deputy,
Engineer, (Chief) Roy
Umenyi are either directly
proxy deeply
involved i in Abuja contracts
‘and that if challenged, he
- would publish the facts as
they are including details
of the contract agreement.
That challenge came at
Em Airport. It all
; started when Governor
" Nwobodo arrived with his
‘Nigeria Airwa to catch 2 a
+Nigeria ent to
thay 0s, and mi waked into the
$VIP lounge where he met
the Minister of State, Mr
' Mark Emeka Okoye.

24

é For close to 10 minutes
the following dialogue
jengued.

twat r  Nwobodo....

‘well, ‘Mir Okoye would you
{substantiate your claims
§ an M3 llegations before the

Governor Nwobodo.......
You accused me and other
: NPP officials over the NTA
bof applying for Abuja
jeontracts, would you then
ftell the world when and
‘how the applications were
+ Made?

; Mr Mark Okoye..........
Silence!
*: Governor Nwobodo.......
{Jt boils down to the fact
“that your accusations are
‘baseless and without any
atom of «ruth and that it
.was geared towards
f blackmailing me and the
} government of Anambra
1 State, in order to cause
disaffection amongst the.

| Governor Nwobodo....i...
It is clear to you and all
fthat yours is a great
disservice to your people
and your state by accusing

NIGERIA



ZAMBIA

PARASTATAL MANAGER LINKED WITH ZAIRIANS IN SUGAR SMUGGLING

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 17 May 82 p 1

[Article by Franklin Tembo]

[text]

cso:

{THE Chingola _ district

; contingent planning «

{ committee has named
a local parastatal
manager in a racket
in which sugar is
! smuggled into Zaire.
Chingola governor Mr
t- Denny Kapandula'has given
the-manager his last chance
to stop the practice:
or be forced out of the
district if he continued: The
scandal surfaced during the
district contigent planning
committee meeting.
At the meeting, Mr Ka-
Pandula read a letter dated
April 26 and addressed to
the Copperbelt Member of
the Central Committee Mr
Alex Shapi in which
housewives calling
themselves ‘‘the Chingola
patriotic housewives’? alleg-
ed that the manager was in
i, league with some Zairean
" businessmen to smuggle

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¥ ‘sugar into that country. ~

The letter, alleges”
a consignment of sugar
meant for Chingola were
smuggled into Zaire with the
help of the’ manager whose
company received the com-
modity.

Mr Kapandula heard of the
scandal when the letter was
read at a provincial con-
tingency planning committee
meeting in Ndola early this
month and which he attend-
‘ed. He decided to present the
document to his own district
contingency planning com-
mittee meeting last Thursday
which was attended by the
manager involved.

Present too at the Chingola
meeting was Chingola/Chi-
lilabombwe police chief Mr
Robert Bukama.

Mr Kapandula informed the
meeting he had been embar-
rassed and annoyed when
the letter was read in his
presence at the Ndola
meeting.

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that.

~ He warned the manager in-

volved that if his activities
did not stop he would have
no choice but to force the
Pparastatal boss out of the
district for abuse of office.
It was this kind of practice
that tarnished the image of

Party .and jits_Govern-
ment. As governor he would.
not tolerate such activities by
those entrusted with posi-
tions of responsibility.

The governor informed afti-
cials from the -Zambia Na-
tional Council for Commerce
and Industry (ZNCCI) that
the Party and its Govern-
ment was watching the
activities of businessmen in
the district closely with a
view to rooting out dubious
practices.

He informed businessmen
who were given permits to
trade in essential goods at
the meeting they should not
take the committee’s ges-
ture as a sign of weakness.



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Coombe was out of the countg
when the decision was take
and it was likely the deg
would appeal for him. Ny

There were no opportunities
left to him to make an apped
personally, he said. j

“The dean was not presett
at the meeting which decidéd
to withdraw the extension of
the contract. This is a violation
of academic freedom, but then
I do. not think this freedom
exists in. the Zambian Con-
stitution.”

There was no comment from
the university administration
yesterday,

Last week, two Danish lec.
turers were sacked from the
university under — similar
circumstances. They were Dr

Sven Borgen and Dr Leif
Mortensen,

Meanwhile,” Dr Mortensen
said yesterday he signed an
internal memorandum with a
view to easing tension, con-
trary to the administration's
views that his action was
aimed at aggravating the class
boycott by students.

Mortensen was ex-
pressing his disappointment
with the university admini-
station's action after it
allegedly misconstrued his
well-intentioned action.

Despite the Gisappointing
action. which he said was. a
one-way-decision, he still liked
Zambia and his views on the
country and its people had not
chariged. ,

According to a one-para-

graph letter from the universty
ro-vice-chancellor Professor
Father Michael Kelly dated
May 3. Dr Mortensen had his
services terminated because
he subscribed to a circular
that allegedly aggravated the
students’ class boycott.
The letter reads in part:

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“I must inform you that the
university has made an official
request to Danida to. with-
draw your services as soon as
possible because on April 16,
1982, you subscribed to a
circular that ageravated the
recent boycott of classes."”

But Dr Mortensen said Prof
Kelly’s letter was a mis-
representation of his action.

“I was not the author of
the memorandum, except that
I was asked to sign it and I
agreed to do so. It must be
borne in mind that by this
time, we felt frustrated as
there was no official informa-
tion from the administration
for a tong time about what
was going on then.

“So, it was felt that there
had to be an effort aimed at
reaching the administration
to express our worry about
the breakdown of communica-
tion and also the presence on
the campus of armed men,"
he added.

Dr’ Mortensen conceded
that at the time of signing the
internal memorandum, many
lecturers were emotional, as
they-had. prepared their hand-
outs for the term's work.

“The initiative to reach out
to-the administration, there-
fore, was done, in the hope
that _ we ‘could start the
lectures soon. But something
unfortunate happened
instead.”

He wondered why he had to
be dismissed for wanting to
give his views on what was
going on when in fact, later,
the Vice-Chancellor Dr Jacob
Mwanza Wrote to all lecturers
asking for their views.

Despite his good intentions
when signing the memoran-
dum, ‘after the action was
misconstrued, he went to apo-
logise to Prof Kelly for what-
ever wrong the memorandum
might have brought.



INTERNATIONAL DONORS CONFERENCE HELD

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

London WEST AFRICA in English 17 May 82 p 1337

[text]

The International Conference
of Donors for the Economic Reac-
tivation and Development of the
Republic of Equatorial Guinea
was held at the Palais des Nations,
Geneva, from April 19 to 21.
Convened by the Government of
Equatorial Guinea and organised
with the co-operation fo the Un-
ited Nations Development Prog-

*ramme (UNDP), the Conference

was formally opened on April 19
1982 by His Excellency Mr.
‘Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, -the
President of the Republic of
Equatorial Guinea, and was
attended by the representatives of
29 countries, the Holy See (Vati-
can), the European Economic
Community, eight international
financial institutions and eight Un-
ited Nations organisations and
specialised agencies.

The Conference held five plen-
ary meetings at which it consi-
dered the documents submitted by
the Government of Equatorial
Guinea, It also established a Func-
tional Commission to give detailed
consideration to ways in which the
pledges announced by the coun-
tries and organisations invited
could be used to ensure the full

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implementation of the Govern-
ment Reconstruction and De-
velopment Programme, whose
cost is estimated as $US141m.
$91m. ‘of which are intended for
“high-priority” projects.

All the countries and organisa-
tions taking part in the Conference
welcomed the quality of the Re-

construction and Develdpment
Programme. Two delegations
nevertheless stated that, in their
opinion, the Programme was
somewhat ambitious in view of the
present weakness of the country’s
administrative structures, which
limit its capacity to absorb foreign
assistance.

In the light of the pledges made
by the participating countries and
organisations, the chances of
financing most of the Programme
seem very good. It will, however,
be necessary to await the outcome
of the consultaions being held by
the Government of the Republic
of Equatorial Guinea and the
countries and organisations taking
part in the Conference to say with
any certainty what level of financ-
ing can be achieved. Some of these
consultaions will be completed
only within the next few months.



SMUGGLERS FRUSTRATE ZAIRE BORDER PATROLS

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 13 May 82 p 1

[text]

PARAMILITARY police are
winning the war against smug-
gling at Mokambo border near
Mufulira with an average ar-
rest of 50 people and seizure of
about 100 bags of mealie meal
aday.

Several bicycles which are
used to ferry the contraband
have been impounded.

But the efforts of the para-
military policemen patrolling
the border are being hampered
by Zambian businessmen in
collusion with their Zairean
agents who have employed’
young boys to carry the goods!
and cross the border at night. !

Commander of the fourth
plantoon: of. the paramilitary
policemen Inspector Phillip
Mwale told TIMES OF ZAM-:
BIA team which spent a day at
the border yesterday that the
work of his men was being

frustrated by Zambians and
Zaireans who have now devis-
éd new tricks to get the contra-
band across the border.

Mr Mwale’ said the smug-
glers sometimes used villagers
living along the border. They
sstockpiled bags of mealie meal
and other essentials in their
houses before ‘ferrying them
into Zaire.

Mr Mwale said his men had
sealed off ten footbaths which
the smugglers used. a

The culprits were freed after
being warned but their goods
and the bicycles were handed
to the customs and

officers.
‘On Tuesday, 671 loaves of
bread, five bags of mealie meal

and 59 packets of washing |

powder were seized from
smugglers.

ZAMBIA

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ZAMBIA, ZAIRE CONSIDERING INTRODUCTION OF PASSENGER TRAIN

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 14 May 82 p 5

[Excerpt]

“@ Zambia and Zaire are con-
idering the introduction of a

passenger train between the
two countries. Zambia Rail.
ways general manager Mr
Basil Monze said in Kabwe
yesterday.

He said the recommenda-
tion for a passenger train to
run between Ndola and Saka-
nia had already been submit-
ted to the ministries of Home
[Affairs and Finance for con-

isideration.

| Mr Monze was reviewing
fthe talks he held with his
\Zairean counterparts when he
returned from Lubumbashi on
(Wednesday. He had gone
Sthere to work ofit permanent
{payment arrangements with
ithe Zaire National Railway for
ithe wagon inter-change bet-
{ween the two countries.

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During | the discussions
ywhich he described as “very
luseful."" it was agreed that

ire National Railway would
spay Zambia Railways
#K200.000 a month for the
‘wagon inter-change instead of
Waiting for the money to ac-
scumulate as was the case in
ithe past.

* It was also agreed that
‘Zambia Railways would no
‘longer move Zairean cargo
‘from Ndola to Sakania. This
<was because Zaireans had
acquired new wagons to do the
ijob themselves.

Air Zaire and Zambia Air-

‘Lubumbashi_via Ndola when
.an Air Zaire Boeing 737 landed
‘at Lusaka International Air-
port.


SOUTH AFRICA

COLUMNIST SEES U.S. POLICY IN STALEMATE
MB250702 Johannesburg SUNDAY TIMES in English 23 May 82 p 38

[Column by Jim Srodes from Washington: "Gridlock: It Means You Can't Go
Backwards and Can't Go Forwards, and Neither Can Anyone Else. It Just About
Sums Up American Policy to SA..."]

[Excerpts] A South African observer could be excused some confusion over
conflicting signals coming out of America these days. Consider the events
of just the past fortnight:

--The Reagan administration's top export officer said the White House “has
adopted a more flexible policy with respect to approval of exports of dual-
use commodities and other material and equipment which have nuclear-related
uses in areas such as health and safety activities."

What that translates into is that the United States has, in one gesture,
eased its restraints on the sale of nuclear technology to South Africa.
No vote in Congress, no big debate, just a fast press release.

--In New York, Columbia University's 228th graduation featured an empty
chair on the dias for the dignitaries.

The empty chair was for Bishop Desmond Tutu, who will be getting an honorary
degree for being as Columbia President Michael Sovern said, "a beacon of
hope and decency in a dark land and we want to keep that light burning."

--Back in Washington Congressman Tom Evans told a group of South African
businessmen he was sorry that his amendment to the Export-Import Bank Law
in 1979 was used totally to block export financing of American goods to
the South African market.

That amendment used the legally narrow condition that the U.S. secretary
of state must "certify" that S.A. importers or U.S. firms doing business
in South Africa are adhering to the Sullivan principles before the Export-
Import Bank can participate.

Both the State Department and Pretoria say this means that teams of American
inspectors would have to prowl through South African job sites on a regular
basis, something Pretoria will not allow and a chore the State Department
does not want to take on anyway.

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jAs for the Official Opposition; the leader

i of the PFP, Dr Van Zyl Slabbert, has em-
f phasised that his party will vigorously
_ oppose the President's Council’s plan if

the exclusion of the Blacks is considered
final.
; While the debate goes on within the White
s mation, the Coloureds and Indians are
also aware of the Black shadow hanging
over them.

' For if they agree to the proposals that
bring them into partnership with the
Whites, they will be regarded by militant
Blacks as having ganged up with the
Whites against the Blacks.

Purely from their own point of view, the
Coloureds and Indians might find it best
to accept their own political advance-
ment, in the belief that it will bring about
a better dispensation in time for Blacks
as well.

, Meanwhile, the Blacks, especially those
who have become politicised, will watch
* what is happening with cynical disre-
- gard, since it does not involve them.

; And their demands for equal rights will in
no way be abated.

Thus, whatever is done, our problem still

remains a Black one — and how to deal

\, with Black aspirations still remains the

overriding issue.

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GAMBIA

BRIEFS

OFFICIAL DETAINEE FIGURES--Acco ding to the official Gazette the number of
detainees had grown to 1,080 on March 25 but the Gazette of April 21 listed
222 persons as having been released out of this total, About another 80
have been tried and sentenced (12 were found not guilty). Another 40
persons are presently being tried in five separate cases--one of these is
that of Sheriff Dibba and Pap Cheyassin Secka. This case was deferred at
the request of the defence counsel until 17 May. Thus the number of persons
remaining in detention awaiting trial is 738. Twenty four appeals will be
heard by the Gambia Court of Appeal at this month's sitting: 17 of these
appeals are against capital sentences (1 for murder and 16 for treasonable
offences). The costs of the trials continue to mount alarmingly. Between
their start in early December and late April 1.5m dalasi had been spent,

An additional 1.1m dalasi has had to be allocated for the remaining trials
which will last for many months yet. Because of the need for economies only
four of the six ppecial courts are sitting at present. [text] [London WEST
AFRICA in English 17 May 82 p 1347]

RAF USE OF RANJUL AIRPORT--For a week of more the Gambian government has
granted refuelling rights to British military aircraft flying from Britain
to Ascension Island. There is considerable support for the British position
and course of action over the Falklands among ordinary Gambians as well as
the government. The only problem facing the Gambian government is payment.
The British have wanted to pay for fuel in dalasis whereas the Gambians
have to use much=need foreign exchange to buy it in the first instance,
[text] [London WEST AFRICA in English 17 May 82 p 1347]

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COPPERBELT BUTCHERS INCREASE PRICES BECAUSE OF MEAT SHORTAGE

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 15 May 82 p 2

[Excerpt]

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ZAMBIA

COPPERBELT butchers have increased meat prices because of a critical shor-

tage of cattle caused by the foot and mouth disease in the Southern Pro-

vince.

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Most of the butcheries
are virtually closed while
others are selling only
chickens and pork.

A spokesman for the Ndola '

Butcheries Mr William, Zulu
said yesterday that he found
it difficult to buy cattle from
commercial farmers who had
raised their prices.

He said commercial farmers *

charged K2.50 a kilo live
weight while the Government
price was K1.20.

This forced them to go as |

far as Western Province to get
cheaper cattle.

The Government has ban- |

ned the miovement of cattle

from the Southern Province '
because of foot and mouth’
disease.

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minority of whites and the few tribal chiefs who oppose SWAPO by giving them
what SWAPO leader Sam Nujoma has appropriately called "one man two votes."
No doubt he has rejected this system; and in this he has been supported

by the frontline states which ended a special meeting in Dar Es Salaam

2 weeks ago.

With the OAU and the UN Council for Namibia showing that they no longer
trust the good faith of the contact group, the stage is reached where the
pressure must be stepped up to remove the responsibility for finding a
solution to the Namibian problem from their hands. They appear to be merely
biding their time for South Africa. After all, they told the world recently
that under their proposals Namibia should achieve independence this year.

We are in the middle of the year and the territory is in no way nearing
independence. In the meantime, Africa should press for mandatory sanctions
against South Africa through the UN General Assembly, since the West has
vetoed this move in the Security Council.

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Mr. Joe Amara Bangali, Mr. Bashiru’,

Mustapha, another farmer, and Mr. Ibra-
him Sorie, a graduate of Fourah Bay
College, in the insurance business.

Also Mr. Sani Sesay, a senior manager
of Barclays Bank, Mr. Abdul Karim
Kamara, a farmer of Tonkolili district,
businessman Alhaji Musa Kabia, Mr.
Sophian Kargbo, a soil specialist, Mr. A.
R. Bangura, a businessman of Port Loko
district, Mr. Simeon Decker, a retired
administrative officer of Leicester village
in the Mountain district, Mr. Osman
Karara, a pharmacist of Wilberforce, in the
West III constituency and a Freetown
businessman, Morlai Bai Kamara, of
Freetown East III.

"Some Distortions"

PRESIDENT STEVENS has told the
press that irrespective of certain irregular-
ities reported in the General Elections
within the one-party system of democracy,
the elections have been conducted fairly
well. The President had called a press
conference to meet representatives of the
international press who were in Freetown
to cover the elections, to give them, as he
put it, “an opportunity to ask questions so
that some of the distortions which we hear
about in various press media could be
cleared”.

The President said that out of a total
number of 97 seats provided for by the
constitution, 77 had been declared. In
other words, he said, voting had taken
place in 77 constituencies. He confirmed
that polling will have to take place again in
13 constituencies because of irregularities.
He said that 80 per cent of the seats which
are required by the constitution had been
voted for.*

Commenting on the conduct of the
election, the President said: “I, as well as
responsible citizens of Sierra Leone, are of
the opinion that we have done fairly well in

"(Of the 97 seats for which elections should
have been held the 12 for chiefs were all filled by
chiefs who had been nominated without any
opponents; in another 19 seats MPs were re-
turned unopposed, either because no opponents
were accepted for nomination or because they
withdrew their nominations before polling day.
In 13 constituencies the Electoral Commission
has ruled that fresh elections must be held.]

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the conduct of the elections bearing in
mind the way elections go in other parts of
the world. When you consider our own
position here, this backwater of the world,
with 80 to 90 per cent illiteracy, difficult
means of communication, we won’t praise
ourselves; we could have done better; but

‘we are satisfied that we have done our

best, and that we have done fairly well.
Various people have their own interpreta-
tions. I have seen some commentaries from
abroad. Some say it has been like the wild
‘west. Well, they are entitled to their
opinion. They can say anything they like.

“When people come from abroad and
they talk about Sierra Leone, I like them to
remember that Freetown is just one tenth
of Sierra Leone. There are lots of people
up country, indigenous pople whom I
would have liked you to meet. I don’t want
to prejudice anybody, but please remem-
ber that Freetown is only a little part of
Sierra Leone. It is the capital, it has a
cosmopolitan population, but it is not all of
Sierra Leone.”

‘Turning to the one-party system which
Sierra Leone adopted in 1978, President
Stevens said: “It is our considered view
that with the country’s high percentage of
illiteracy, with its meagre resources, lack of
expertise which we are trying to build up,
with the desperate situation which the
country is in, in the development of educa-
tion, health facilities, roads, etc., we have
come to the conclusion that instead of
dissipating our energies on the little re-



SMUGGLING ALONG ZAIRIAN BORDER ‘PROLIFERATING’

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 14 May 82 pp 1, 5

[excerpt]

ARMED Zairean smugglers on Wednes-
day threatened to gun down Zambian
customs officers at Sakania who in-
tercepted them as they escorted two trucks
loaded with paraffin into Zaire.

Controller of Customs and Excise Mr Japhter
Nkunika said in an interview in Livingstone yesterday
his men had impounded the two trucks.

“‘But later armed men forced my men at gun point to release
the trucks which they did since there was nothing they could have
done against people who were armed.” .

He said the smuggling of essential commodities into Zaire had
worsened and he blamed some district councils for issuing permits
to most of the traders in border areas.

“(We wrote to all district executive secretaries against the issue
of permits to all traders along the border but our advice fell on deat
ears and the result is a proliferation in smuggling.”*

He said even the Zambian consul in Lubumbashi had written
to his office to complain about the increase in the illicit trade.

“We did Our part. We sent circulars to the councils concerned
but they ignored our advice so there is nothing we can do now.””

Smuggling of fish nets, radios, cassette recorders, beans.
clothing and kapenta into Zambia from Tanzania was still
continuing. He warned that unless legitimate trade was established
among neighbouring countries, smuggling would continue.

Diesel and fertiliser continued to be smuggled into Malawi
from Zambia while currency trafficking was going on between
Zambia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. eo

ZAMB IA

Mr Nkunika explained: that
lack of transport in his depart-
ment was making it difficult
for his men to patrot the
border effectively.

“Even when we have trans-

» port, we do not have enough.

petrol.”* ‘

Mr Nkunika made it clear
that as jong as there were

shortages of vital consumer |

‘goods if all neighbouring

couniries, including Zambia it
would be difficult to wine out
smuggling. “One can only
think of reducing it but not
completely.”

It was for this reason that
legitimate trade .contacts
should be encouraged among
neighbouring countries.

Meanwhile. Senior Chief
Chiwala of Ndola Rural has
accused Party officials in his
area of abetting smuggling of
essential items because of
their failure to form security
committees.

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Familiarisation

The chief said the smug-
gling of essential goods at
Kanyanje on the border with
‘Zaire was on the increase. He
called for urgent measures to
curb the practice.

Party officials had let the
chief and the people of the
area down because of their
apathy to the problem of
smuggling.

The chief told district
governor, _M.__Stephen



Secretary Given Notice

Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 17 Apr 82 p 1

[article by Sani Haruna]

[text]

' THE Secretary of the Bedde Local Government Caretaker
Committee has been given a month’s statutory notice after the
expiration of which he would be taken to court over the pur-
ported suspension of Alhaji Yerima Saleh as the District Head

of Gashua.

The notice was given by Mr. Charles T. Uba, Counsel for Athaji Yerima

, Saleh in accordance
with Section 176 of
the Local Govern-
“ment Law (Edict) of
1976. -Alhaji Yerima
‘Saleh, the District
Head of Gashua was
on May 14,
1981, elected Emir of
‘Bedde by the king
makers.

He won by six.votes
as against his oppo-
nent, Alhaji Abba
Kyari who got only
one vote. But the
ygovernor, Alhaji
‘Mohammed Goni ap-
ipointed Alhaji Abba
iKyari despite his one
vote.

The Bedde Local
Government Secretary
(now on notice for legal
action) signed the
suspension letter hand-
ed to Alhaji Yerima
Saleh suspending him as
District Head of
’ Gashua.

The suspension letter’
though signed by the
isecretary did not

“ secretary,

bear the letter heading of the
Bedde Local Government but
that of Borno State Government.

According to the notice dated
April 8, 1982, given to the
the would be plaintiff

* in the new case is Alhaji Yerima

Saleh the Emir if Bedde and the
reliefs he would seek are as
follows:

(a) a declaration that the
Bedde Local Government
Caretaker Committee has no
authority or power over appoint-
ment, deposition and discipline of
district heads in the Beddel Local
Government area.

(b) A declaration that the
suspension of Alhaji Yerima

* Saleh therefore is null and void

and of no legal effect or in the
alternative:

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|. () a declaration that Alhaji
Yerima Saleh was duly
elected the Emir of Bedde 6n

' ey 14, 1981 and therefore did not
hold the title of the District Head
of Gashua as on April 5, 1982
when the suspension letter was
written.’ Thus the purported
suspension of Alhaji Yerima
Saleh from the District Head of

} Gashua was made in vacuum and
is of no legal effect whatsoever.

A realible source close to the

' government told the New

ligerian that the state govern-

ment was actually confused over
the Bedde emirship, issue.

He said at the moment there
was no administrative or legal
co-ordination on how to deal with
the issue.



GHANA

PNDC TO REVIEW INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
AB102051 Accra Domestic Service in English 2000 GMT 10 May 82

[Text] The PNDC [Provisional National Defense Council] will review all
international agreements entered into by past governments to ensure that
Ghana reaps the maximum benefit from them. This was announced by a member
of the council, Sgt Alolga Akata~Pore, when he inaugurated the defense
committees of the 6th battalion, the airborne force and the air force station
at Tamale.

He noted that the agreements were in favor of the minority in the society
and declared something will be done in all these foreign agreements by all
means. Sergeant Akata-Pore cited the AGRI-PETCO agreement which he said
does not allow Ghana to buy more than 50 percent of their own oil from the
Saltpond oilfields. He accused the deposed Limann administration of almost
giving out the gold mining industry.

Sergeant Akata~Pore regretted that monies accruing from the sale of electri-
city to some West African countries were not, as he put it, used to purchase
trotro [public transportation] vehicles for ordinary people but to import
Benz cars for the rich. He called on Ghanaians to defend the revolution
collectively to be able to correct the evils of the past.

Turning to the PDC's, Sergeant Akata~Pore asked them not to regard them-
selves as the gate commanders or as a new parliament with new powers but as
servants of the people.

The deputy northern regional secretary, Mr Yahya, advised the soldiers to

break what he described as "the artifical barrier" between them and the
civilian population.

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SOMALIA

MOGADISHU REPORTS FOOD SHORTAGES IN ETHIOPIA
EA222204 Mogadishu Domestic Service in Somali 1700 GMT 22 May 82

[Text] The Abyssinian regime has at last confessed that there are serious
food shortages throughout the country; that is the topic of our commentary,
written and read by Muhammad Umar (Ghayba):

Although the Abyssinian regime under the Russian yoke has attempted to conceal
the serious food shortages facing the country, this has not been possible

and now the Addis Ababa regime has had to confess this. It has become a
habit of the Addis Ababa regime to conceal all the problems facing the
Abyssinian people--whether social, economic or political--behind the

pretext that forces are fighting attempting to dismember the Abyssinian
territory.

However it is known that since Mengistu usurped power in the country food
shortages have become common. It is also known that whoever dares to mention
the food shortages in Addis Ababa or anywhere else is classified as a
reactionary and counterrevolutionary element who must be eliminated from
society. .

The activities of the business community in Addis Ababa and other major
towns clearly show how low the country's food reserves and production have
sunk. The Addis Ababa regime has tried without success to supplement with
food imports what little has been confiscated from the poor peasant in

the rural areas.

The Addis Ababa regime has also tried to get food aid under the guise of
rehabilitating and resettling refugees and others from the drought-stricken
regions of the country. But if we may ask, could food aid feed 35 million
starving people?

Over 71 percent of ‘the national budget goes on buying arms and war materiel.
Most of this goes to the Russians who have delivered $2 billion worth of
arms to Mengistu's oppressive regime. These arms are used to massacre and
exterminate those who are colonized by Abyssinia and who are struggling for
their just and legitimate rights of self-determination. Will the Addis
Ababa regime ever be able to pay this $2 billion debt? Or they will
mortgage the whole country to the Russians?

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SWAZILAND

PM Seeks Chinese Advice on Land Tenure

(Mashumi Twala; THE TIMES OF SWAZILAND, 11 May 82)......

Government Efforts To Hear Teachers’ Complaints Stymied
(Mandla Magagula; THE SWAZI OBSERVER, 8 May 82).........

Wimpey Intemational Workers Forced To End Boycott
(Mashumi Twala; THE TIMES OF SWAZILAND, 11 May 82)......

Briefs
Shortage of Cement
Vuvu Water Shortage

UPPER VOLTA

ZAMBIA

Sierra Leone Envoy on SDAR OAU Admission

(Ouagadougou Domestic Service, 24 May 82)....seeeeeeevee

Briefs

Tientaraboum to Netherlands

UNIP Youth League Has Lowest Membership of All Three UNIP

Organs

(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 16 May 82).....+-.

UNZA Lecturers Protest Delay in Approval of New Salary

Structure

(SUNDAY TIMES, 16 May 82)......ccccseceeecceeeeeeceecees

UNZA Terminates Contracts of Three More Expatriates

(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 13 May 82).....+...

Remittance Rules Lower Quality of Expatriate Engineers

(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 17 May 82)...eseeceeseceecees

Signing of Netherlands Agreement

(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 15 May 82)..

Swedish Aid Agreement Discussed
(DAILY MAIL, 8 May 82)..

Smuggling Along Zairian Border 'Proliferating'

(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 14 May 82)..

Smugglers Frustrate Zaire Border Patrols

(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 13 May 82).....e.eeeeeeee .

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SIGNING OF NETHERLANDS AGREEMENT

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 15 May 82 p 5

text]

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"ZAMBIA and The Netherlands
“yesterday signed about K7
‘million agreement. for on-
‘going projects in the country.
The agreement follow nego-
‘tiations. undertaken this weck
‘between delegations of the
two countries which were led
| by Dr Roel Horkema for The
/Netherlands and Mr James
Mtonga for Zambia.
At the signing ceremony,
"Mr Mtonga who. is director
‘for the economic and teclini-
‘ cal cooperation in the Ministry
of National Commission for
‘Development Planning. said
Zambia was grateful because
| The Netherlands had agreed to
implement most of the -propo-
sed projects.

The accord was for the
development of rural arcas.

Dr Harkema. who is head

of the Southern African’

division of Dutch Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, said in coope-
rating. with Zambia. _ his
country chose Western Pro-
vince to achicye a greater
impact.

The Netherlands delegation
also gave about K2.S00 for
refugee work in Zambia.

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ZAMB TA



NIGERIA

MAURITANIA DETAINS FIVE NIGERIAN SHIPS
Lagos DAILY TIMES in English 5 May 82 pp 1, 28
[Article by Momodu Yakubu]

[text]

IVE Nigerian fishing vessels have
SP been arrested-in Las Palmas by the
{Mauritaniag“aitporities over an alleged
idebt of M: m. 3 oe
4 Consequently, the fishing operations of
ithe Nigerian National Fish Company
Limited ow etan of the ships—have
sbrought toa standstill.

{ The Federal Government has 85 per cent
Ichares in the company, the Bendel State

(Government has five per cent and a fdreign :to help tide over the
feompany, Atlantic Triton of Norway, the ;8ad turn of monetary
‘technical partners, has 10 per cent. vaffairs..
2 Sources close to the ‘I gathered that fol-.
“Ministry of Indus- Hlowing - the | ‘colossal.
tries in Lagos confir- : financial loss suffered
‘med at the week-end ; vee . by the company, the
‘that the five vessels {: The’ sources fur- Norwegian partners
‘were carrying 2,000 ther revealed tat the {have recommended
‘tonnes of fish when | Federal” Govetriment + that ‘the’ Federal ‘Go-
hey were held by the phad spent N6Qumillion vernment sell the
uritanian authori- on the ‘compar’ » but : company to private
‘ties {the | establishment : hands and this recom
+ According to the had been saddled .mendation is very
“sources, the Norwe- with a multitude of seriously being consi-
tei tners had problems that it is pdered.
‘Bone everything pos- now neck-deep in i’. The company made
fsible to sabotage the | financial moss. | loss of N12 million
foperations of — the | Investigations show } before tax during the
fcompany by employ: ‘that hundreds of last financial year
Ling all types of defi- iNigerians are now and also recorded a
{cient operational me- being retrenched from net’ loss. of. over
thods to circumvent company as no 1,607 million in the
‘the contract- agree- fund: was forthcom- first three months of
ment. ‘ing from any source. \ the current financial

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MINISTER SAYS COBALT SALES ‘FACE BLEAK FUTURE’

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 11 May 82 p 1

[text]

cso:

ZAMBIA’s cobalt sales face a
“bleak future by the year
2000 when industrialised
2 countries start sea-bed min-
¢ ing of manganese, Mines
} Minister Mr Mufaya Mum-
buna has said.
; United Nations sources, say
| that the mining of manga-
} nese nodules would start by
» 1995 “‘if not earlier.” The
| new mineral would affect
i cobalt sales five to ten
! years later.
Addressing a news conference
in Lusaka yesterday, Mr
, Mumbuna said manganese
nodules could be exploited
} for important minerals re-
placing copper, _ cobalt,
nickel and manganese.

“If the industrialised countries
started exploiting the man-
ganese nodules without
control, the international
market would be flooded
with the new mineral, fore-
ing cobalt out of the market.
| Countries like Zambia and
- Zaire would have problems
selling their cobalt. Western
industrialised nations buy
29,000 tonnes of cobalt
every year, three-quarters
of this is produced by Zam-
bia and Zaire.
When the industrialised na-
! tions start production they

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would be allowed to produce
} up to 16,000 tonnes of
i manganese and in five to
| ten years they might pro-
; duce the bulk of the
;. Present 29,000 capacity if
their production was not
; limited.
| me resources of sea-bed
include manganese nodules
+ Which are potato shaped,
; black to dark-brown and
‘ contain an average of 1.2
per cent copper, 1.01 per
cent nickel, 0.2 per cent
cobalt and 27.5 per cent
| manganese.

Mr Mumbuna said industriali-
| sed countries, particularly
| the West were interested in
| mining these minerals as

soon as the necessary
! technology had been per-
i fected.
; Six companies from Western
countries including Japan,
| one from India, the ‘Soviet

Union and a UN enter-

prise would start sea-bed

mining.
At least three of the six

| companies would start oper-

areas. New cobalt and
copper metals would ap-
| pear on the international
. Market.

{ ations in the international
t

ZAMBIA


masses of our people. Economic }tions that. will increase the

: fe is is like the one facing us today * economic problems of the masses
deteriorating rod tives of cannot be regarded as satisfac-
ty of our ene Productive capaci- tory. They are unacceptable to
omy. our party. We ean secure, of

h se . : course, temporary relief if the

Regretably, when crisis of this imperialist nasters want (such
nature comes, it is the ordinary as borrowing from IMF, US:e.t.c

Worker, “the, Peasant, he petty
iness interests and the honest Such assistance . will only’ in-
ness in! ts . ly in.
hard working citizens who ‘are crease foreign exploitation and.
jmade-to carry the burden. For our dependency on the im-
the solutions operrto the govern- perialist powers. The situation
ment domestically, such as im- producing the crises must remain
port its: reduction of government with us unless we bre prepared to
credits. re - liberate our economy from the,
1 ibending, must agaravate i path of imperialist capitalist
!

‘problem more acute. The condi- mode of development.

tions of life of most honest pro-
«ducers will be depressed the
‘more, creating more economic

The programme of our- party
“has made it clear to the Nigerian
people that the only way we can

hardship. : avoid crises of inflation, external
The Nigerian bourgeois ruling “balance and unemployment and
leaders will not tolerate a diminu- bring improved living and work-
‘tion in their acquired cultivated ing conditions to the broad
standard of living. For example, ‘masses is through planning based
they will not ban importation of son a revolutionary re-organisa-
cars and introduce public. bus tion of the economy.*We must
transport system. They will not adopt planning based on common
. stop importation of luxury fur- ownership of the means of pro-
niture for their luxury palatial duction. Within this, our external
isolated residential buildings. economic relation can now be
They will not stop advertising planned in such a way that it will:
their ill-gotten wealth throug! libefated from the ‘vagaries
wasteful spending in ceremonies and control of imperialist
of birthday, marriages, burials economic system.
etc. They cannot stop colluding oat
with the multi-nationals in looting Mt is this revolutionary solution
the country. It is these very leaders to dur problems that all workers.
‘who use their privileged positions trade unions, —_ student
to break the control mechanism unions, association of small
‘which they themselves imposed ,business interests, farmers,
on the people. ‘patriotic Nigerians and all
We, on our side, cannot see how ‘democratic organisations .must
Nigeria can liberate itself from struggle for. We must mobilise
‘periodic external financial crises and fight to end ‘neo-cojonial
ander the present economic ar- ‘capitalist system in Nigeria.

f'rangement. The domestic solu-

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