MOZAMBIQUE

RESISTANCE REPORTS OPERATIONS AGAINST FPLM
Ambush, Attack Reported

MB061329 (Clandestine) Voice of Free Africa in Portuguese to Mozambique 1700 GMT
3 Dec 82

[Text] Chimoio--On 28 November 1982 Mozambique National Resistance [RNM]
guerrillas destroyed a vehicle in an ambush laid on national road No 1, Zavala
Region, Inhambane Province. This was disclosed by a spokesman for the chief of
staff of the RNM.

The spokesman said that on 29 November 1982 RNM forces laid two more ambushes.
In one of them, two vehicles were destroyed when a military column was attacked
at the Inhassoro intersection on national road No 1 Vilanculos District,
Inhambane Province. The other ambush occurred in the Chongola area, Inhambane
Province. A vehicle was totally destroyed.

On 29 November 1982 RNM guerrillas attacked Pande locality, inflicting heavy
losses among FRELIMO troops. Two AK-47 rifles and a Racal communications receiver
were captured by our forces.

Militiamen, Bridge Losses

MB061740 (Clandestine) Voice of Free Africa in Portuguese to Mozambique 1700 GMT
6 Dec 82

[Text] Chimoio--The headquarters of the Mozambique National Resistance [RNM]
reports that on 23 November 1982 a guerrilla group captured two armed militiamen
in the Inhaminga area, Cheringoma District, Sofala Province.

On 30 November 1982 an RNM sabotage group carried out an operation which resulted

in the total destruction of a bridge over the Inhanombe River in the Morrumbene
District, Inhambane Province.

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SOUTH AFRICA

ANC MAN SENTENCED TO 24 YEARS FOR SABOTAGE
MBO71042 Johannesburg RAND DAILY MAIL in English 7 Dec 82 p 3
[Article by John Mojapelo, Pretoria bureau]

[Excerpt] A former Dennilton painter, who trained as a saboteur for the African
National Congress after his wife and child were killed in an army raid, was
sentenced in the Pretoria Supreme Court yesterday to an effective 24 years jail.
[as printed]

Rogerio Hoffsani Chamusso, 32, alias Patrick Shange, was convicted on three
counts under the terrorism act but acquitted on two murder charges.

The judge rejected the "conflicting" evidence of the security police and criticised
the "unreliable" and "dishonest" testimony of some state witnesses, including the
only witness to the shooting of two construction workers.

Chamusso remained impassive when Mr Justice A. P. Myburgh, sitting with two
assessors, jailed him for 10 years for receiving a month's military training
in explosives at the Funda camp.

Chamusso was also jailed for 12 years for sabotaging an Escom electric sub-
station and six years for being in possession of Russian limpet lines used in the
explosions.

The judge ordered four years of the six-year term to run concurrently with the
12 years.

Chamusso was found not guilty of murdering Mr Lukas Abraham Mans, 47, and
Mr Hendrik Rudolph Gerhardus Booysen, 32, on October 23 last year. The two
construction workers were shot with a Makarov pistol.

Before sentence was passed the state prosecutor, Mr P. Haasbroek, SC, asked the
judge to impose the death sentence or 40 years' imprisonment. He said the
five-year sentence prescribed by the terrorism act for such crimes would be
"hopeless."



Eto allay. the ‘fears Of people who wondéred
what kind of executive President the tough
* and formidable PM might be. .
There is, of course, a third:reason for the Nat-
ional Party being less uncertain of itself.
And that is the way in which the PM has suc-
; ceeded in winning support from English-
speakers for reform. ~
Despite reservations, supporters of both the
» New Republic Party and the Progressive
Federal Party want reform.
And, with the NP in the centre of the political
. Stage,’it will inevitably draw more and more
“ English-speaking support.

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29

‘However, as the United Party found, there is a
danger in this. Afrikaner traditionalists will

* not have anything to do with a party that is

all things to all men, especially English-
speakers. And the traditionalists are now in
the CP as well as the HNP.

Like the Malanites in their time, the new
grouping of Afrikaner conservatives will
prove a threat to acentrist Government.

The NP may be recovering ground, but it can-
not afford to under-estimate the. Right-wing

peballqngeniereattaceeetarenesscskeee



IMPORTERS FEAR SHIPPING PLAN

Harare BUSINESS HERALD in English 11 Nov 82 p 1

[Text]

AMPORTERS } find,
the purchasing power off
their foreign exchange:

allocations cut if ap idea’
to alter shipping terms is}
approved by the Ministry
of Trade and Commerce,

_ Shipping sources’ in
Harare believe that from
January 1, 1983, alloca-
tions will be issued on a
st -and- freight basis
(c&f) rather than , free
on board (fob).

Such a ‘change would
have a profound effect on
imports, according to one
shipping agent, who said
that unless customs tariffs
were altered importers
would receive fewer goods
for their money.

‘The difference is basi-
cally that with goods
shipped foh the freight
costs do not come out of
the foreign currency allo-
cation. These charges at

present fall under the
‘invisibles” account in
Zimbabwe's balance of
payments,

If the system iS changed

cso; 3400/382

to c & f, shipping costs
would hecome part of the
allocation, hence the drop
in purchasing power.
That would certainly b
s there
a correspopding reduction

on import’ ‘tariffs, If no
such cut was introduced
assuming the c & f

system is implemented ~
then consumers face pay-
ing more for imported
goods in the shops. At the
same time there would
probably be fewer goods
to purcha: ‘

Alternatively importers
would need a pro rata
increase in forcigr ex-
change gllocaticTM» to
offset the ¢ & f charges.

At a time when foreign
exchange is in short sup-
ply, such an increase
would be unlikely to be
approved by the Ministry

of / Finance, Economic
Planning and  Develop-
ment.

With less than two

months to the end of the
year Ministry of Trade
and Commerce officials do
not have much time in
which #© make up their

8h

minds and they were not

; prepared to comment on
the issue yesterday.

It is understood that
they are examini + a
number of proposals,
including the fob/e & ft
change,

There is, on the other
hand, more cheering news
for exporters,

Last week,
strong opposition
African and Asian s
including Zimbabwe, the

despite
from

International Monetary
Fund approved a one
billion “Special Drawing

Rights (SDRs) facility to
South Africa.

One of the conc.tions
attached to the loan, haw-
ever, was the removal of
the 10 percent surcharge
introduced in February on
on all imports into South
Africa.

This is to be phased
out and with effect from
January 1, 1983 it will be
cut to 7,5 percent, It is
not clear, however, how
Jong the South Africans
have been given to do
away with the surcharge
completely.

ZIMBABWE



cso:

: would be.'We wonder whether the

whites will feel as comfortable as

. they now seem to, if they knew just

what goes on in the minds of blacks.
We wonder whether it will at all be
possible to even publish the findings
of such a report. .

It seems to us that as long as there
is still the feeling here that ‘‘we treat
our kaffirs quite well down here,” so

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long will the great divide remain. It
is this Government’s duty to educate
white South Africa on the realities of
the situation. Negotiation, rather
than confrontation, is our only sal-
vation. Either we begin to talk to
each other now, or we will end up
with none of us having anybody to
talk to. The situation is as serious as
that.



LIBERIA

MINISTER COMMENTS ON STUDENT ROLE IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
AB030648 Monrovia Radio ELWA in English 1600 GMT 2 Dec 82

[Text] Youth and Sports Minister Col Fred Blay has announced that the
Ministry of Youth and Sports has plans underway to reactivate the functions
of the Liberian National Youth Organization. He said that the details for
such reactivation package are being worked out in a way that it will involve
the participation of all Liberian national youth organizations, [word
indistinct] members and voluntary young people who will become important in
its implementation.

According to a release from the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Minister Blay
made this announcement early this week in Harper, Maryland County, where
he delivered a keynote address at a program marking the memorial birth
anniversary of the late President William V.S. Tubman, sponsored by the
Maryland University Students' Association.

Commenting on the development which the late President Tubman's administration
brought to the people on this nation, the youth and sports minister said the
renowned open-door and unification and integration policies of President
Tubman were the cornerstone for investment and development in Liberia.

Minister Blay also used the occasion to urge the youth and people of this
nation to emulate the late President Tubman's development policy, which he
said was based on unity, He said that students of our colleges and univer-
sity must become a center of new ideas and methods so that the teaching and
instruction theories and concepts they receive can be useful to the masses
of our people.

Minister Blay emphasized that the revival of our economy to render services
cannot be done through quick pronouncements and propositions, but through
practical methods of development which should be devised by students of our
higher institutions of learning so as to make our system more functional for
national development. Turning to the citizens of Maryland County, he told
them to serve as a medium of communication in educating the people and
providing for them the necessary example given by government.

fon



ZAMBIA

IFAD TO PROVIDE LONG-TERM LOAN FOR AGRICULTURAL PROJECT
Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 20 Nov 82 p 5

[Text] The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is to
provide Zambia with a long-term loan of about K11 million to finance an
important agricultural project in the North-Western Province,

According to a statement by IFAD released in Lusaka yesterday the project
would cover three districts in the province with a population of 33,200
farm families,

It would aim at increasing their living standards mainly through application
of research based findings to their farming operations,

An agreement covering the IFAD loan was signed in Rome on Thursday by
Zambia's ambassador to Italy, Mr Harry Nzunga and president of the fund,
Mr Abdelmuhsim Au-Sudeary.

The loan is repayable over a period of 50 years, including a grace period
of ten years with service charge of one per cent a year,

The project will cost a total of K13,3 million and Zambia would pump in K2
million,

"The project is designed to bring improved farming techniques to the North-
Western Province, one of the least developed regions of Zambia, It involves
the establishment of a regional agricultural research station, soil and
farming system surveys and improvement to the extension service," the
statement says,

The project will also extend medium term credit for up to seven years to
farmers for buying small trucks and setting up workshops to repair vehicles
and for the establishment of small scale plants to process cassava and
sorghum into flour.

The provincial administration will be strengthened and funds made available
to build village community infrastructure through self-help activity.

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CRITICAL SCENARIO FACES PLATINUM INDUSTRY

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 30 Nov 82 p 24

[Article by Patrick McLoughlin]

as industry is heavily under-

scored by ; Rustenburg
Platinum chairman, Gor-

‘don Wadell, in his annual
review. He says earnings
for the February half are
likely to weaken further
from those earned in the
six months to-August this
year.

He also reveals metal
stocks have been pushed
up. by. two-thirds to
R93,9-million,

In the 12 months to Au-
gust 31, taxed’. profits
were RAO; 9-million, .of

which .R28,1-million was
yearned. in.-the first half
and only R12,8-million,in
the second period. « :

The. 1982. total_com-
ares;with. R120-million

the previous year: : -

grim tidings that'it is;un-
jjlikely.that there will:be a
substantial rise in indus-
trial demand for platinum
until the- second half of
1983 “at the earliest”, it
means that next year’s ac-
counts could prove to bea
shocker for shareholders.
In the year to August
:31, dividends exceeded
EPS —-32,7¢ compared
with 35c. respectively —

With:..Mr . Waddell’s

‘for ‘the, first time. in at
least six years.

liture of R186,1-million,
ere was an additional

cinvestment in stocks of
metal, ‘primarily _ plati-
sum, of-R37,7-million to

:R93,9-million (R56,2-mil-
lion).

Mr Waddell said that as
athe cash inflow from op-
‘erations was only R85,8-
“million (R266,2-million),

the opening: cash balance
of °-R106,2-million. had
plummeted to ‘just R5,9-

-million at August 31 this
year.

‘The group had “‘as yet”
“no need for ‘recourse to

loan finance other than
on a very temporary ba-
sis, though it had estab-

* lished substantial lines of
credit.

“The group therefore
“remains in a sound finan-
cial position and the im-
‘portance attached to that,
particularly in the current
year and indeed beyond,
isclearly recognised.”

* On the outlook for the
ailing’ group, Mr Waddell
said the demand for plati-
num’ and all. the.-metals

_ Produced by Rusplats had

Of the total cash expen-"'

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falléf significantly’ during
the year. and that this was
reflected in the freé mar-
ket prices.

Rusplats,’ in. response,
cut its product first to:an
annual rate of 1-million

“ounces ‘arid’ then to
, 800 000 ounces.
“This should have gone

a long way to striking a
better balance between
supply. and demand, par-
ticularly as the largest of
the other South African
| pfoducers arid to a lesser
extent, Inco, responding
to the same_ economic
pressures, took similar ac-
('tion.”

Rusplats spread the
cutbacks over a period
‘and allowed natural wast-
age in the labour force to
bring them about. It was a
‘matter of gréat regret that
large numbers were-in-
“Volved.

“production ‘was
‘metal’ stocks ‘ were’ ‘thus’
‘substantially increased.

“This was: to_ allow. Rus-
plats greater flexibility
when the recovery came.

The fall in demand for
platinum at Rusplat’s
published price since May

SOUTH AFRICA



[Question] What do you see as the biggest political threat to Ciskei?

[Answer] The ANC and the South African Communist Party under Joe Slovo are
the main political problem facing Ciskei, but things are very quiet now.

In fact, I foresee green pastures to come in Ciskei. Moreover, if God would
give us rain, if we could only get rain, there is nothing more we could ask

for.

Okay, I think that is enough now. Goodbye.

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cent (based. on. earnings
. after capex) respectively.
‘These. yields . warranted
«Purchases ona long-term
view.

Correction

With. Impala’s share
Price now somewhat
: overbought, for investors
who had not yet bought,
the analyst. recommends
+ that any correction in the
price from current levels
be used to established
Positions.

Like Impala, Rusplats
appeared to be in a strong
position to benefit from
an upturn in ‘the world
economy. Although cash
resources were larger and
capex was likely to be
lower than that of Impala
over the next few years,
both current and prospec-
tive yields were consider-
ably lower.

CSO; 3400/3821

2: Warranted
The. analyst did not
consider hese-large divi-
4, dend and “earnings. yield
¥ differentials to ‘be Wwar-
ranted. While Rusplats
| did have larger cash re-
| sources and a more sound
;. balance sheet than Impa-
la, the analyst considered
Impala to have the edge
in mining and marketing.

“Consequently, while
we remain bullish on the
share in the longer term,
we continue. to prefer in-
vestment in Impala.”

Turning to Lydenburg,
the analyst’s recommen-
dation to investors is to
buy into weakness.

Given that Lydenburg
was presently trading at a
discount of about 20 per-
cent to its underlying as-
sets and was on consider-
ably higher current and

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prospectivé yields’ than
Rusplats; for those inves-
‘tors Witt a preférente for
Rusplats, this share of-
fered an attractive’ and
‘cheap entry point.

Sweetener

It also offered the
sweetener of gold and the -
spice of speculation in its
mineral and participation
rights. '

The only disadvantage
‘of . Lydenburg vis-a-vis
Rusplats would appear to

"be the.poorer marketabil-
| ity.

“Nonetheless, for those
| (patient enough to accu-
| mulate the share slowly,
| this should not be a major
| deterrent. In our view,

the poorer marketability
is far outweighed by the
greater relative value,”
he said.



INFLATION RATE MAY DROP~-An inflation rate of under 10 percent has been pre-
dicted for next year. The prime minister's economic advisor, Dr (Sieman)
Brand, said in a television program that a lower rate could be achieved
through a joint effort by the government and the private sector. He said the
announcements of possible lower fuel prices and electricity tariffs could
break the psychosis of ever increasing prices. Companies often made automatic
provision for a high or rising inflation rate when deciding on prices and
tariffs. The announcements of lower energy prices could reverse the process.
Dr (Brand) said the reduction of administered prices formed an integral part
of the government's strategy against inflation. Should the inflation rates not
have dropped by the end of next year, it might get out of hand during the
economic revival. The president of the Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut [Afrikaans
Chamber of Commerce], Mr Jan (Hoorn), said the proposed lower energy prices
would create the right climate for the private sector to exercise greater
discipline in deciding price and salary structures. Cheaper fuel and electri-
city could also affect rail tariffs. [Text] [MB040801 Johannesburg Domestic
Serivce in English 0500 GMT 4 Dec 82]

CISKEI DEVELOPMENT PLAN--The Ciskei has announced an emergency plan to try to
provide work for all adults at a subsistence wage of R2 a day. It will initi-
ate the programme from its own limited budget, diverting money from large
scale capital intensive projects to smaller labour intensive schemes. But it
hopes the plan will arouse interest and support, in terms of finance and ad-
ministrative back-up, from both Pretoria and the private sector. The Ciskei

is an area of extreme poverty and vast unemployment, arguably the worst in
South Africa. A plan designed to alleviate the suffering caused by these
social evils is clearly deserving of support, unless there are compelling
reasons for withholding it. Ciskei's decision to take the initiative and
start the programme from its own meagre budget is a positive step worthy of
commendation. The plan, however, should be monitored with detached objectivity
before any decision is made to give it concrete support. If the work projects--
which range from the construction of dams and water reservoirs to the building
of roads and. schools--become centres where recruits are regimented and indoc-
trinated on the beneficence of rule by President Lennox Sebe and his dreaded
brother, Major-General Charles Sebe, both the South African taxpayer and bus-
inessman should shun the programme. If, against that, they are run as a
genuine attempt to solve the serious and growing unemployment problem, they
should be given as much assistance as possible. If the brothers Sebe benefit
as a by-product that should be measured against the greater benefit to the
people of the Ciskei. [Editorial: "A Bold Plan to Examine"] [Text] [MBO71032
Johannesburg RAND DAILY MAIL in English 7 Dec 82 p 8]

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Then, too, the national party has still not exorcised its nightmarish fear of
a conspiracy, agianst Afrikaner hegemony, between the English (read opposition
parties) and the coloureds and indians. The president's council plan provides
a real temptation to the national party to use its majority to exclude white
opposition members from the standing committee. It is a temptation which must
be removed.

The Afrikaner dread of English "jingoes" using coloured and indian auxiliaries
to upend Afrikaner paramountcy must be laid to rest. The long promised dawn
of a new future in 1984 demands the presence of opposition representatives on
the pivotally important standing committees. So, too, does elementary
democracy.

CSO: 3400/396



MOZAMBIQUE

BRIEFS

UPDATE FOR DIPLOMATS, COOPERANTS--"Politically, the armed bandits find them-
selves isolated, while militarily they are at a disadvantage because, in the
districts and localities, the principle of self-defense is becoming a reality.
Often the bandits must face a population that is already armed," Lt Gen Armando
Guebuza, resident minister of Sofala Province, pointed out yesterday in a meeting
in Beira with representatives of the diplomatic corps and cooperants serving
in this region of the country. In the meeting, the purpose of which was to
provide a general picture of the present situation in Sofala Province,
particularly with respect to the bandits in the service of the racist Pretoria
regime, Guebuza noted that "the armed bandits are attempting to carry out
spectacular operations with a political and economic impact. The kidnaping of
some cooperants is in this context--an attempt to give an impression of power,
on thier part, and weakness and inability to protect cooperants and citizens,
on our part." The resident minister in Sofala also referred to the growing
combat readiness of the FPLM [People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of
Mozambique], which has inflicted heavy losses to the armed bands on several
battlefronts. He also spoke of the evil doings of the speculators and
stressed that stern measures are being taken against them to put a stop to
these crimes. [Text] [Beira DIARIO DE MOCAMBIQUE in Portuguese 23 Oct 82 p 1]
6362

FISH SHORTAGE QUESTIONED--A recent DIARIO poll asking: "What do you think of
codfish?" produced a debate. It will do; it won't do. It's all right; it's
not all right. We eat it. Matter of eating habits (?!). That covers it. We
would simply say: Mozambique has a lengthy coastline--some thousands of
kilometers of seacoast. Its marine life is vast and varied. Thousands of
species of fish, good fish, and several qualities of crustaceans abound in
Mozambican waters. There are boats (not many, certainly, but we have them), for
local, semi-industrial and industrial fishing; there are infrastructures for
supervision, processing and distribution of fish and [there are] fishermen.
Equipment? We have this, too. We have all this but we do not have fish--this
good fish--said to say. [Excerpt] [Beira DIARIO DE MOCAMBIQUE in Portuguese 26
Oct 82 p 13] [Commentary by Miguel Brandao] 6362

AIM ,ADN AGREEMENT-~Recently in Berlin, the Mozambican news agency AIM and the
ADN, the press agency of the GDR, signed a working protocol for the 1983/1984
period. The document was signed by Carlos Cardoso and Guentar Poetschke,
directors,respectively, of the two agencies. The working protocol provides for

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DETENTION WITHOUT TRIAL REINSTATED

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 24 Nov 82 p 4

[Text]

cso:

MBABANE. — Deten-
tion without trial has been
‘éinstated in Swaziland
apparently to forestall the
revival of political activi-
ties by parties banned by

» ‘The : Prime. Minister,
“Prince Mabandla, in a
radio broadcast on Mon-
say, said: “I consider it
to‘remind all my
(countrymen that
“pol | activities remain
(prohibited in Swaziland
and that no meetings of
whatever nature may be
held in this country with-
out ‘the written permis-
sion of the Commissioner”
of Police.

“Let me sound a timely
warning in this regard
that should anybody fail.
to comply with this legal

requirement my Govern- |

ment will view such fail-

ure in a very serious light."

and may feel compelled
to invoke the measures
provided by Section 2 of
Detention Order Number
Tof 1978.

No joy
“I derive no joy from
using these measures but
I have a duty to ensure
that the laws of this coun-
try are observed by every-
one in Swaziland.”

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y

3h

Prince Mabandla said
Swaziland would continue
to follow-her long-stand-
ing policy of good neigh-
bourliness and non-inter-
ference in the internal af-
fairs of other states.

“We shall continue to
grant asylum to bona fide
Yefugees but. Swaziland

| cannot afford to allow its
‘territory to be used as a

springboard for launching
armed attacks . against
other states.

Battleground
“Swaziland believes it

will not be in the interest

of its people to allow itself
to be used as a battle-

. ground for other people’s
wars. I therefore wish to
smake a strong appeal to

the country’s refugee
community to respect the
Jaws and the territorial in-

‘ tegrity of our country and
» to abide by the conditions
: oftheir asylum.

“It is contrary to the
laws of the country for

-any unauthorised person

to possess arms of war in
‘Swaziland. It is also an of-
fence under our laws for
anybody to conceal or to
harbour any _ person
whom he knows to be in
possession of , arms. of

war,” the Prime Minister

said. — Sapa

SOUTH AFRICA



INDECO ISSUES PROFIT, LOSS ACCOUNT WITH ANNUAL REPORT

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 19 Nov 82 p 1

[Text]

cso;

: THE Industrial Development
“ Cerporation (Indeco) has not
K45.5 million to
outside creditors because of
- foreign exchange shortage.
rw profit.:and- loss account
published with the annual
report says Indeco officials
have expressed fears that
Zambia may have to pay
more in foreign exchange if
major currencies fluctuate
before the Bank of Zambia
releases the money.

Majority . shareholders in
Indeco __ the Government

\ __ are continuing to lose
money to the minority in-
terests.

During the year ended March
31, 1982 profit before tax
was a record K32.3 million
from K3.5 million last year.

After deduction of tax the net
profit of K13 million was.
distributed disproportiona-
tely as K8.1 million to the
minority shareholders and
K4.9 million to the con-
trolling . owners.

The profits were realised from
equally disproportionate
capital investments __re-
presenting K40.7 million
from the minorities and
K207.7 million from the
majority shareholders.

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The figures ‘show that the
earnings are the highest in

‘ Indeco’s history and are a
result. of — cost-saving
measures and increases in
prices during the year.

Indeco saved the country only
K6 million in real terms
in foreign exchange.

The corporation’s. consolidat-
ed statement of value-added
shows that to produce
goods worth K596.3 million,
Indeco imported K309.1

~wmillion in” materials - and
services.

But the directors’ report
indicates that it would have
cost Zambia K360 million to
import the finished goods.

The K45.5 million still in the
Bank of Zambia pipeline
is not part of the account,
which means total imports
of services and materials
stood at K354.4 million _
leaving K5.5 million in real
foreign exchange savings.

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ZAMBIA


MADAGASCAR

Briefs
Security Needs Probed

MOZAMBIQUE

Resistance Reports Operations Against FPLM
(Voice of Free Africa, 3, 6 Dec 82) ......

Ambush, Attack Reported
Militiamen, Bridge Losses
Ranks Reportedly Increase

Reluctance To Denounce Criminals Criticized
(Botelho Moniz; DIARIO DE MOCAMBIQUE, 30 Cct 82) ....

Briefs

Update for Diplomats, Cooperants

Fish Shortage Questioned

AIM,ADN Agreement
Granary Construction

Political Apathy Scored

Kidnapped Religious Released

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NIGER

Effects on Economy of Decline in Uranium Mining Noted
(Mark Doyle; WEST AFRICA, 22 Nov 82) ..sccciseseeeee se eeeeeee

Kountche Discusses Tunisian Relations, Society of Development
(Kountche Interview; LE SOLEIL, 11 Nov 82) ...... ee eeeeeee oe

SENEGAL

Role of 'LE POLITICIEN' in Minister's Resignation
(WEST AFRICA, 22 Nov 82) ..... see ee anes cece ee eceee een ceens

SOUTH AFRICA

Various Aspects of 'Reform' Examined
(Editorial; THE CITIZEN, 25 Nov 82) ....... beeeeeeee seeeee .

Apparent NP Recovery From Split Noted
(Editoriel; THE CITIZEN, 22 Nov 82) ...... ste eee eens sence

LP Chairman's Comment on Presidential Council Examined
(Editorial; SOWETAN, 24 Nov 82) ....seseseeee see eeeee seeeeee

ANC Man Sentenced to 24 Years for Sabotage
(John Mojapelo; RAND DAILY MAIL, 7 Dec 82) .cceccececececee .



TAZARA OPERATIONS HAMPERED BY PROBLEMS IN FUNDS TRANSFERS

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 20 Nov 82 p 5

[Text]

TAZARA operations have been hampered by difficul-
ties in the transfer of funds from Zambia to Tanzania,
chairman of the board of directors Mr Ondira Ongara

said in Lusaka yesterday,.,.
Because of these problems.. -
Bank of Zambia governor Mr ~
Bitwell Kuwani, permanent
secretary for finance Mr Fred
-Kazunga and permanent secre~
for the ministry of Power
‘Iransport and Communica-
tions Mr Esau Nebwe would
leave for Tanzania today to
sort out the matter.

Apart from. sorting out
Tazara payments, Mr Ongara
said the Zambian delegation ~
would also discuss Dar es
Salaam port dues and other
payments in relation to the
Zambia-Tanzania Road Ser-
vices and the Tazama Pipe-
lines.

Mr Ongara said in an
interview at the end of a
two-day Tazara board meeting
which started on Thursday at a
Lusaka hotel that the problem
of remittance of funds between
the two countries was an out-
standing one and had pre-
occupied the talks.

But he declined to say how it
had affected Tazara operations
as this could only be done by
the general manager Major-
General Charles Nyirenda.

Mr Ongara said as a result of
their discussions the matter
would receive the immediate
attention of the Zambian
Government.

Asked how the board viewed
.the problem of transfer of
funds, he said the members
appreciated that. both Tan-
zania and Zambia faced for.

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currency problems.

: "Hbis is. why we ‘feel this
matter should be discussed,”
Mr Ongara added.

There was an understanding
that most.of the payments for
services rendered in the Tan-
zanian. region be made in
Zambian Kwacha and later
transferred to Tanzania.

The meeting also reviewed
progress on the purchase of 14
locomotives from West Ger-

any. :

Mr Ongara said although
there were ‘minor technical
hitches’’ these locomotives
were expected to be delivered
early next year.

The meeting, also discussed
preparatory papers for the
council of ministers’ meeting
to be held in Tanzania on
November 29.

ZAMBIA



ZAMBIA

ZISC MANAGER NOTES CORPORATION'S SIGNIFICANCE TO ECONOMY

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 20 Nov 82 p 5

[Text]

PTHE Zambia State In-
‘surance Corporation
(ZISC) has invested
'K618.9 million in the

"national economy be-
tween 1978 and last
year, the company’s
general manager
(life) Mr Wamundila
Mainga has said.

. Addressing the Ndola

Press Club on Thursday
night Mr Mainga said
of this amount 30 per
cent went to the Gov-
ernment while ‘the 70
per cent was invested in
parastatal and private
enterprises.

Outlining the significance
of the corporation to the
national ecoriomy, Mr Ma-
inga said  ZSIC, together

_with ‘other, invisible e ekports
contributors; like: banking,
shipping and | -tourism,

cso; 3400/378

insurance played ‘a valuable’

role in reducing Zambia’s

balance of payments.
Through ; reinsurange ar-

rangements, the corporation

‘had been able to extend

cover to overseas clients.
Although the __ security
provided to such clients
was invisible, it was an
export in the same way as
any material goods as the
profits and premiums
received from overseas con-
tributed to the total foreign
exchange earnings.

Protection offered to indi-
viduals and organisations
through the insurance fund
helped to stabilise society
and reported that since 1978
to last year the corporation
paid out a total of K83.9
million in claims to its
clients for compensation of
loss.

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Through i insuaanee pe S.
people. provided” for | the
future while the savings had
a ‘benefit “Both “Afor “the
individual and the nation as
whole, Mr Mainga said.

. The insurance ‘industry
also helped in the reduction
of losses, both in their
incidence and extent.

He cited the example of
fire insurance where the
installation of a sprinkler
system received considerable
reward by way of teduced
premiums.

Mr Mainga told members
of the Press Club that the
ZSIC had given loans to local
authorities so they could
bring in fire fighting equip-
ment to fight fires in the
skyscrapers being erected all
over the country.


SMUGGLED GOODS FROM TANZANIA, ZAIRE ‘POPULAR’ AMONG ZAMBIANS

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 22 Nov 82 p1

[Text]

cso:

[SMUGGLED - goods * from
!'Tanzania and Zaire are be-
Scoming popular among Zam-
‘bians. s

Tanzanian instant coffee
Afri-Cafe is: being ‘brought
into the country illegally, a
Tanzanian high commission
spokesman confirmed in Lu-
saka yesterday.

Coffee was one of several
items ‘Zambia had stopped
importing from Dar es
Salaam when trade between
the two countries declined
because of foreign exchange
problems in both countries.

The Tanzanian coffee i
sold in many retail outlets

cluding reputable super-,

markets.

Most of the kapenta from
Lake Tanganyika is smug-
gled into Zambia while es-
sential goods like cooking oil,
soap and toothpaste are find-
ing their way into Tanzania.

3400/378

The Zambian cotton prints
(chitenge materials) are po-
pular in Dar and form part of

jthe goods increasingly being

sumuggled. .

In Ndola_ black marke-
steering has taken a new twist
with vendors selling smug-
gled goods from Zaire in
streets.

A Zana survey revealed
that Taiwan and South Ko-
rean shoes, believed to be
smuggled from Zaire were
being sold in Chisokone and
Independence avenues.

The shoes were selling at
an average price of K50 a

pair. .

“They are really worth the
value. The quality is ex-
cellent,”’ said one customer.
— Zana.

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ZAMBIA


according to the PFP, there can be no chance
ofzeform succeeding.

“<The PFP also wants checks and balances with
regard to the executive President’s powers, a
Bill of Rights (which the Government won’t
introduce) and a Parliamentary system giving
the Opposition its rightful place.

The New Republic Party accepts most of the
reform plan, but is also opposed to the ex-
ecutive President having unbridled powers
and has reservations ona few other aspects.

So.what to: abgut reform? Our belief is that
it-is not just’a matter-for NP congresses, or
for consultation only with Coloured and In-

cso: 3400/347

eT

dian leaders, but should carry ‘the broad con-
sent of the Whites.

We hope the Government will test the White
viewpoint in-a referendum.or' general. elec-,
tion — and that, in any-event, ‘it will heed
some of the criticisms. that have been x
pressed by non-Nationalists.

Reform is essential, but if it. comes about in
controversy, and with great divisions within
the White population, it is going to be a

~_ Source of great tension and bitterness.

That’s the problem with the reform plan as it
stands.



Ranks Reportedly Increase

MBO71151 (Clandestine) Voice of Free Africa in Portuguese to Mozambique
1700 GMT 6 Dec 82

[fext] Chimoio--Reports from the Department of Defense of the Mozambique
National Resistance [RNM] say that. inhabitants of communal villages and other
similar areas around the town of Maringue are moving toward liberated areas
in order to join the RNM.

The Department of Defense says that RNM fighters, operating in the Morrumbene,
Massinga and Inharrime districts, Inhambane Province, doubled their successes
during November. They have become more active in ambushes on national road No 1.
It is necessary to inform the local population that civilian vehicles traveling
on that road will be hit by our bullets since enemy forces use civilian vehicles
for transportation. [words indistinct]

CSO: 3442/66

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opinion to the dangers of nuclear fuel
processing and waste disposal. The nuclear
industry, according to the London-based
Uranium Institute, “is conscious of the
importance of maintaining high standards
of pollution control. However, there must
be an economic limit to the level of control
which the industry can, in practice, be
reasonably expected to achieve”.

On a more detailed level, a French
engineer in Niger explained that over 25
years, five to 10 people per thousand
working at the Arlit mines would die of
lung cancer caused by radioactive dust (25
per thousand would, over the same time-
span, die from physical accidents). This
level of risk, the engineer said, was consi-
dered “acceptable”.

From 1975 to 1980, on the back of the

uranium boom, Niger’s Public Investment ‘

* Fund was multiplied tenfold, but when the
slowdown bit in 1980, the Treasury was left

with a quadrupled external debt (estimated |

in 1982 at about 300,000m. CFA francs).
The income of the Investment Fund, which
comes almost exclusively from uranium
sales through the State holding company,
Onarem, has been slashed. From 26,000m.
CFA in 1980, 1981 and 1982, the Fund's
income is projected in 1983 at 7,000m.
CFA. Debt servicing will swallow almost a

quarter of the overall (investment and '

current account) national Budget. In 1983

Niger’s Budget is projected to balance at
81,250m. CFA, a fall of 13% per cent on
1982. But as just 40 per cent of the Budget
was achieved in 1981, the fall may be much
larger this year than is officially admitted.

Knock-on effects have spread the crise
to other sectors of the economy, especially
the public sector. Over the last year,
according to a trade union source, the
number of salaried posts in Niger has
plummetted by a fifth, to about 80,000.
Most of the lay-offs were in the para-public
construction companies.

Niger’s transport sector has also been
devastated by decisions to cut back on
nuclear programmes. The vast majority of
imports, by tonnage and value, are carried
by road and rail to supply the mines. The
majority of exports’ are blue barrels of
“yellow cake”.

Most of this traffic goes via the Uranium
Road, a thin black line which snakes across
the desert linking Arlit with the Parakou
trailhead in Benin and on to Cotonou on
the coast. This road is hailed as a shining
example of international co-operation. It
was paid for mainly from taxes on the
mining companies. However, along with
the coal-fired electricity generating station
at Anou-Ararem which started producing

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late 1981, and the experimental Amidar
market garden north of the mines which
produces foodstuffs at impossibly high, yet
subsidised prices, it is questionable how
much long-term infrastructural value the
Uranium Road has.

Technically, the road is a wonder; finan-
cially, it is an achievement..But socially, it
is more or less useless without com-
plementary development. From Niamey to
the ancient caravan town of Agadez, Gov-
ernment officials can point to a dozen
anti-desertification, irrigation or anti-
erosion projects. But the road is essentially _

an evacuation route, built for the same
reasons as the cocoa routes in Ghana and
the Benguela railway in Angola. It was not
built for any greater or lesser purpose than
serving the mines.

The mines themselves are controlled by
French interests, this being, in part, a
reflection of France's independent nuclear
defence strategy and in part a manifesta-
tion of the ‘general “excellent relations”
between France and her former colonies.
Two multinational companies, Somair and
Cominak, furnish between them — taking
satellite industries into account — about 90
per cent of Niger’s export receipts.

Somair, the Société des Mines de L’ Air,
digs the precious mineral from a vast open
pit (one has already been exhausted and a
third is being dug). Somair is owned 33 per
cent by Onarem, the State holding com-
pany, and 13 per cent by German and
Italian concerns. The rest is divided be-
tween French Government and private
interests. (In Africa it is sometimes diffi-
cult to distinguish between these.)

Somair’s town, Arlit, counts some eight
to nine thousand people; living, according
to their rank, in high-walled villas’ or
low-level worker’s lines. The casual visitor
might make the mistake of thinking accom-
modation was allocated on a French/Nige-
rien basis. But some Nigerians do work as
engineers or foremen, and a determined
effort will be rewarded by the discovery of
an occasional Japanese or Belgian.

Somair officials said the company em-
ploys 28 senior engineers, 23 of whom are
expatriates; 196 technicians, 150 of whom
are expatriates, and 1,260 workers. Niger-
iens employed in senior positions at the
mines are placed there by the government
and often return after their postings to one
of the Ministries in Niamey. “Obviously,”
one said, “the Government can’t afford to
pay as much as the companies when we
return to Niamey.” _

“The social structure is similar at Ako-
kan, the town built by Cominak, the
Compaignie Miniére d’Akouta (holdings _



For this reason, at the level of each agency, it is urgent that there be a
rigorous investigation and repair of the kind of breaches that are still inviting
enemy action in each sector and that measures be taken to combat them and to

create the necessary immunity and invulnerability,

especially in this phase of
our revolution.

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SOUTH AFRICA

APPARENT NP RECOVERY FROM SPLIT NOTED
Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in Engiish 22 Nov 82 p 6

[Editorial: "Recovering"]

[Text] Tye NATIONAL PARTY appears to be re-; ents, they are not going to express’ these

covering from the effects of the split in its
ranks brought about by the defection of Dr
Treurnicht and his followers.

Perhaps the congresses at which the Govern-
ment’s reform plan was put to the party were
tosome degree stage-managed.

But only a handful of dissentients were pre-
pared; to record. their opposition. The rest
accepted the plan with seeming enthusiasm.

The congresses were a triumph for the Prime
Minister, Mr PW Botha, as well as for Mr
Chris Heunis, the Minister of Constitutional
Development, who has masterminded re-
form and had to field questions about it.

Germiston District sent tremors through the

~NP, since the combined Conservative Party

~and*Herstigte Nasionale Party vote exceeded
that of the NP by 1 330.

It seemed as if the Right wing would be strong
“enough to challenge the National Party suc-
“cessfully for 45 seats —provided the CP and
HNP came to an agreement not to stand

" against each other.

The NP used all its big guns in Parys, including
the Prime Minister, but succeeded only in
beating the combined CP and NP vote by 10.

In the Bothaville provincial by-election, the
combined -Right-wing vote exceeded that of
the NP by 570.

Nevertheless, one senses that the NP is in a far
more confident mood than it was after the
split and after Germiston District.

For one thing, there have been no more defec-
tions, Those who remain in the party. are
committed Nationalists. If some of them pri-
“vately express doubts about the reform plan

or about being able to sell it to their constitu-.)

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“ doubts publicly.

There may still be Nationalists who have gone
underground, so.to speak, refusing to let it
be known how they feel-about the present
Government.

They may surface in a general election.

But there may not be as many in this category
as was originally believed. In Parys the Nat-
ional Party’s assessment of the voting proved
correct; it was the CP and the HNP which
suffered from the lie factor.

Another reason for suggesting the NP is on the

- way to recovery is the enthusiastic audiences

the Prime Minister has been drawing.

“He spoke to an audience of 1 000 in Parys, and
last Thursday received an ovation from 1 500
to 2 000 people at Nylstroom, in the heart of
Dr Andries Treurnicht’s Waterberg constitu-

-ency. :

He told the Nylstroom meeting that the Nat-
ional Party in the Transvaal had pulled itself
together after the split last year and was
again in a position to lead the way.

Observers have noted that the Prime Minis-
ter’s performance in recent months has been
finely tuned to the need to push reform with-
out frightening any more people into the
Conservative camp.

At the congresses dealing with reform, he
showed an almost uncharacteristic patience
with questioners.

He has also seemed to be far more relaxed in
-his appearanices at public meetings.

* Since opposition to Mr Botha personally was

. as much a. cause of the-split as were matters

of’policy, this new, almost fatherly figure
‘that Mr Botha now, presents‘has done much



ADB AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN--Monrovia, October 28 - The African
Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to lend Liberia 9.6 million dollars for
agricultural development projects, officials said here Wednesday. ADB
Vice-President Samuel Ogunleye and Liberian Finance Minister Alvin Jones
signed the papers for the interest-free loan, which is repayable in 50
years. (A.F:P.) [Text] [Paris AFRICA AFP in English 29 Oct 82 p 18]

ADDITIONAL AUSTERITY MEASURES--The People's Redemption Council (PRC) has
moved that effective immediately, government officials will no more receive
free gasoline (petrol) allowances from their various ministries or agencies.
The PRC said this action applies to members of the council, ministers,
deputy and assistant ministers, directors of autonomous agencies as well as
other officials of government. The decision does not apply to security,
medical and defence operations. In another development, the council said
all companies or individuals in arrears with the Liberian Petroleum
Refining Company (LPRC) should fulfil their obligations without delay.
Consequently, LPRC will be empowered to seize all assets, including gas
(petrol) stations, of all creditors. On the issue of real estate taxes,
the council agreed that a committee of the PRC will be appointed to par-
ticipate in the collection of tax arrears throughout the nation. The
council agreed that government would have no alternative but to put a

lien on properties that are delinquent until outstanding amounts are paid.
The head of state said the decisions taken by the council are meant to help
eliminate corruption in society to raise the level of revenue collection in
the country. He said the council expects everyone concerned to manifest
fairness and kindness and co-operation in the pursuance of these objectives.
[Text] [London WEST AFRICA in English No 3407, 22 Nov 82 p 3053]

cso: 3400/349

10



BELGIAN ACCENT ON TECHNOLOGICAL AID REPORTED

Harare THE HERALD in English 11 Nov 82 p 3

[Text]

' : 4
ANY joint ventures between Zimbabwe and Belgium are more likely

to involve technological transfers than hard cash, believes Mr Jean-Luc

y Lacroix of. the Bel-
gian Foreign Trade
Office.

In line with the move to
a new economic order and
a fairer distribution of
wealth between North and
South, “Belgium believed
more ‘developing countries
should be given tech-
nological help to develop
their own industries, he
said.

Mr ‘Lacroix arrived 19
Zimbabwe in September to
gather information about
the country generally and
to find out whether local
businessmen were inter-
ested in joint ventures of
any kind with Belgian
companies.

“Three months 1s a very
short time and I have no
intentions of setting up
joint ventures while I am
here,” said Mr Lacroix.

“IL am’ just gathering
information to give to
people in Belgium ‘and it
will then be up to them to
make contact with
businessmen here.”

‘The most likely kind of
joint venture could be be-

CsOy; 3400/382

tween a local company
and a Belgian company
that was already opera-
ting in Africa, but wanted
to diversify or expand its
market. ‘The Belgian’ com-
pany would then either
supply ‘machines -and/or
licences to the local com-
pany and help train staff,
and once the operation
was in loca! hands, the
Belgian company ‘could
concentrate on its opera-
tions in Europe.

Mr Lacroix pointed out
that the Centre for In-
dustrial Development had
been established following
the Lome agreements to
help EEC and developing
countries set up joint ven-
tures. 7

He stressed that joint
ventures should be
economically viable as
long term’ projects and
should not be regarded as
an easy way to get new
machinery without having
to find foreign exchange
for it.

Belgium’s broadly based

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and sophisticated economy
should, he believed, offer
Zimbabwean businessmen
and industrialists plenty
of scope for joint ven-
tures.

Mr Lacroix wraps up
his study on November 26
and can be contacted until
then at the Belgian Em-
passy.

ZIMBABWE



ZAMBIA

ZAIRIANS SEEKING RESIDENT STATUS DOCUMENTS TO AVOID DEPORTATION
Lusaka SUNDAY TIMES in English 21 Nov 82 p 1

[Excerpt] WITH only five weeks to go before the. December 31 |

, deadline, more than 500 Zaireans at Gondwe village
in Ndola Rural are making frantic efforts to obtain
legal documents to support their resident status to
avoid deportation from Zambia. -_.

| The village-s are flocking to On November 7, the district

the immigration office in
Luanshya with bank books
and other documents dating
back to 1960 to prove they
came here before independ-

ence.

The villagers who were round-
ed up in June for settling in
Zambia illegally, were allo-
wed to stay for six months
in which they were to pro-
duce documentary evidence
of their residential status.

' Village headman, “Mr ange!

ason| told the

Times that he had submitted
names of his people who
came to Zambia before
1964 and were now waiting
to hear from the immigra-
tion department

executive secretary at Masa-
iti: boma Mr Lemmy Sha-
dunka and an immigration
official addressed the villag-
ers and assured them that
those who had been in Zam-
bia for a long time will be
allowed to stay.

: Mr Shadunka said: ‘“‘We have

told them that those who
came before December 31,
1963 will be treated as
residents and will not be
affected when the round-
‘ing up of those without
resident permits begins.

But Copperbelt Member of
the Central Committee Mr
Alex Shapi said the dead-
line still ‘‘stands and those
who do not take the warning
seriously will have them-
selves to blame.””



committee, Mr Clayton says he believes people occupying key posts should be
exempt from military duty, similar to the situation that exists in the
Government service,--Sapa, [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English

30 Nov 82 p 10]

SUPREME COURT JUDGES APPOINTED--Three new Supreme Court judges have been
appointed in South Africa, according to a statement in Pretoria by the
Minister of Justice, Mr Kobie Coetsee. Mr Hermanus Christoffel Johannes
Flemming has been appointed a judge in the Transvaal Provincial division of
the Supreme Court from January 1 next year, Mr James Ferguson Janse van
Rensburg, SC, has been appointed a judge in the Eastern Cape division of the
Supreme Court from January 1, Mr Acting Justice Thomas Mitchell Mullins was
appointed last Friday as judge in the Eastern Cape division of the Supreme
Court, to fill an existing vacancy, Mr Justice Malcolm Theal Stewart has
been seconded to the Government of Bophuthatswana, as from January 1,~-Sapa,
[Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 30 Nov 82 p 4]

QUARRY EXPANSION--Umzimkulu Lime, an Anglo-Alpha Industrial Minerals operation,
has completed a R13,2-million expansion programme, The quarry is situated in
the Umzimkulu River valley in Natal, The expansion programme ended with the
commissioning of a new flotation plant and a scrubbing plant, This was the
final phase of a project launched four years ago to provide finer white
calcium carbonate for new industrial application. In the same programme, a
secondary crushing plant, primary milling plant and fine milling section were
commissioned in December 1981, The milling plants in particular were brought
on stream ahead of the new flotation plant because Umzimkulu Lime needed the
additional milling capacity, [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English

30 Nov 82 p 25] .

SPORT COUNCIL WARNING--The formation of an unbrella council for sport in
South Africa could cause more problems than it solved, the Minister of
National Education, Dr Gerrit Viljoen, said in Johannesburg last night.

He said the proposed sport council would badly need the support of the big
sport administrators. Controlling bodies of popular types of sports would,
therefore, need to have good reason not to belong to the council, Dr
Viljoen said. Referring to the South African Council on Sport (Sacos) ,

he said it was no longer worth arguing with this body as it used sport for
political purposes. Sacos was not interested in sport and plans for the new
council should continue without it, although he felt the door should be left
épen for Sacos to join at a future date should it so desire. Dr Viljoen
felt the restructuring of South African sporting bodies would not improve
international sporting links. Such links had been improved in the past by
individual sporting bodies and not by umbrella controlling bodies. An
umbrella body would, in any case, have to negotiate with the most-
prejudiced organisation the country had to deal with, namely the Interna-
tional Olympic Committee. The president of the Football Council of South
African, Mr George Thabe, commented that the proposed council could lead to
the de-politicising of the sport. Mr Thabe said that, because the Govern-
ment gave financial aid to sports bodies, it had often been alleged that
sport was a tool used by the Government to fulfil its political goals.—~
Sapa. [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 22 Nov 82 pp 1, 2)

ok



CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

BRIEFS

AGREEMENT WITH CENTRAL AFRICA--An agreement has been concluded between the
Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah and Central African Republic on
economic, cultural and social cooperation. The agreement was signed by the
secretary of the general people's committee for communications and marine
transport and the foreign minister of Central Africa. Another agreement was
also concluded to set up a joint committee for economic and social coopera-
tion. [Text] [LD030250 Tripoli JANA in English 0845 GMT 2 Dec 82]

RUMORS OF EFFORTS AGAINST CHAD--Bangui, 3 Dec (AFP)--Press reports indicating
that 125 Libyans were allegedly ready to launch a destabilizing operation in
Chad from the CAR haye caused sharp reactions of indignation in the CAR
capital, official sources in Bangui disclosed today. For the CAR authori-
ties, these rumors are "totally baseless" and are aimed at "tarnishing the good
image" of the CAR abroad. Stability in Chad, they stressed, is a condition
for peace and security in the CAR; in fact, these two countries share a long
common border. Thus, the CAR Government, which is opposed to any attempt to
cause tension in central Africa, will never take any step aimed at destabili-
zing a neighboring state, official circles asserted. In this regard, the
restoration of diplomatic relations with Libya on 14 September 1982 shows

the willingness of the Military Committee for National Redress to respect
and implement the principles of the Nonaligned Movement, the same sources
explained. [Text] [AB031357 Paris AFP in French 1124 GMT 3 Dec 82]

CSO: 3419/281



SENEGAL

ROLE OF 'LE POLITICIEN' IN MINISTER'S RESIGNATION

London WEST AFRICA in English No 3407, 22 Nov 82 pp 3012, 3013

["Matchet's Diary" column]

[Text]

cso:

THE RESIGNATION of Ousmane Seck
as Minister of Finance in Senegal is a major
“scalp” for the Dakar satrical monthly Le
Politicien. The reason for the Minister's
resignation is the publication by Le Politi-
cien of the exposé of alleged “illicit enrich-
ment,” involving fraud at the customs. The
Minister is suing Le Politicien for libel, but
it is Significant that he resigned in order to
do so. He is understood not to want to
embarrass President Diouf in his campaign
against the same “‘illicit enrichment,” and
in his resignation letter, quoted in Le
Soleil, the former Minister said that his
resignation was due to “grave faults” on
the part of customs officials in the way a
customs dispute was handled. This dispute
concerned the sale by the customs depart-
ment of a cargo of merchandise seized
from a Greek cargo vessel, the “Swift
Seagull” in January 1979. This cargo,
according to Le Politicien had an estimated
value of $10m. and was sold at one-tenth of
the value on the Senegalese market. The
affair broke in Dakar in August, when a

customs official was arrested. The satirical .
magazine has also been publicising a dress

bought by Madame Seck at a Paris coutur-
ier, allegedly for 60.000 French francs
(£5,000).

Le Politicien was started some four or
five years ago, by a Senegalese journalist
Mam Less Dia, one of the most original
pressmen I have come across in my life.
Once, a long time ago. he was a militant of
the banned Marxist party, the Parti Afri-
cain de I’Independance (PAI), but when I
first came across him, during the First
World Festival of Arts Negres in 1966. he
was disillusioned with the revolutionary
life, and was selling a booklet he had
written on fetishism and folklore in African
religion. Our paths crossed on various
occasions, in Algiers in the OAU in 1968,

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in Casamance in 1969. but above all in
Dakar, in what is known as /e maquis (the
bush, the underground, or something
equivalent), usually used as a genetic term
for the night-life of the Medina. He work-
ed first at the Senegalese Press Agency and
then on Le Soleil (where he carried out
some pioneering reportages on the guerilla
war of the PAIGC in Guinea-Bissau). In
1977 he came to Brussels. and I recall
discussing his projected satirical publica-
tion which he tells me now that I suggested
should be called Le Crocodil Affame (the
Hungry Crocodile).

It saw light of day in the period of
Senghorian liberalisation. when new pub-
lications saw the light of day thick and fast.
and was supposed to have reet support.
from the President. That did not prevent
Mam Less from being jailed for one of his
publications. nor Senghor from suing him
for another. After that experience, many
said that Le Politicien (which sees itself as
a Dakar version of Le Conard Enchaine in
Paris) lost some of its bite, but it has been
soldiering valiantly on. and it always makes
stimulating reading. Man Less’s relations
with Abdou Diouf (known in the paper as
Le Roi Habdou. and always portrayed in
elongated form. usually with a very long
nose), are on the whole cordial. and some
have even suspected that the President
might even use the paper as a means of
keeping difficult ministers in line. although
Ousmane Seck is known as a friend of the
President. At all events Mam Less told me
on the phone he is bringing out a “special”
on the affair. so we should await further
developments. I can’t help being reminded
of a Senegalese friend who said that Mam
Less reminded him of a ceddo, the crusad-
ing knights of traditional Wolof society.
immortalised on film by Sembene Ous-
mane.



‘Unit Pack (TUP) which were
“semi-knocked down compo-
nents imported from Japan.

Mr Itoh noted thatas a liaison
office for the-region, the Lusa-
“ka office will act as Isuzu

business centre.

E

To this end, an Isuzu nhotor
dealers convention has already
been organised by Woodgate
Holdings and: started in Lu-
saka yesterday.

The three day convention
* will be attended by 35 parti-
cipants from Zambia, Ta-
nzania, Malawi Uganda and
Mauritius.

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everything was being done. to
{minimise the effect of” the
interruption on metal produc-
tion and services.

Informed sources at the
division said that electrical
foremén could not under-
stand how blown up trans-
formers could cause so much
damage at the power plant to
affect the three largest resi-
dential areas under ZCCM,
Chamboli, Wusakili, Nkana
East and Nkana West which

~ had ‘no electricity and water
‘ the whole of yesterday.

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GOVERNMENT, IMF REVIEW NATION'S 1982 BUDGET

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 12 Nov 82 p 4

[Excerpt]

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THE Government and the International Monetary
Fund (IMF) this week reviewed Zambia’s: 1982
Budget, it was learnt in Lusaka yesterday.

Director ‘of budget in
the Ministry of ‘Finance
Mr Peter: Magande said a
top official from the IMF
fiscal department had

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called at his office where
they. reviewed budget
figures for this year.

He could not ‘say what
impact the move would have-
on-the economy but noted it
was a normal exercise because
Lusaka was a member of the
IMF fiscal department which
was interested to know what

‘was happening in member

countries.

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case with tourism and the hotel business. You have referred

to the field of transport. There is a desire to overcome the
natural obstacle which exists between the Maghreb countries and
those in this initial edge of the Sahara and there is a project
being carried out to surmount and eliminate this barrier, the
Transafrican or Transsaharan which one day will actually make
possible regular transportation of products and why not, of
people starting here from the port of Bizerte, crossing Nigerien
gerritory to reach the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean in the

outh...

This shows you the spirit of enterprise and the dynamic nature
which we have found in the Tunisian people.

The events of history have been a positive factor for the
Tunisian people who have managed through conquests and control
to develop a soul and a personality and assert themselves. This
is what we have been able to realize during these 2 days. This
is to inform you that,without making too much fuss and too many
statements, genuine. cooperation exists between Niger and Tunisia.
It is a cooperation which we desire and it is our reason for
being here, why not, a little more dynamic.

[Question/ Mr President, the OAU is threatened with a split.
According to you, what are the necessary conditions for the
African summit to overcome the crisis and have new prospects
for our continent?

[inswer] The founding fathers of the OAU exist among us, in-
cluding President Habib Bourguiba. When these founding fathers
conceived and drew up the charter about 20 years ago, they took
measures, taking into account the instability of the African
organization. The first condition, if we want to steer the
organization clear of what we know, is to respect this charter.
I would not say that it has been well done: nothing can be very
well done. But let us say that it has been well done just the
same. The présent world is based on the respect of principles.
Because if there are no principles, it is the law of the jungle.

Accordingly the first condition is that the principles of our
charter be respected. It happens also that we have the advan—
tage with respect to other peoples of actually having the vir-
tues of dialogue and wisdom, which allow us to discuss our prob-
lem around a table. That is to say, setting up a dialogue, re-
garding all our positions. There is the minimum of measures
which should be taken, so that we may meet again and devote our-
selves body and soul to the OAU which is, I said it at a time
of crisis, a means of recourse for each one of us.

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ZAMBIA.

BRIEFS

RAILWAY TALKS ENDED--President Kaunda and President Nyerere of Tanzania ended
their third meeting this year on how to revitalize the operations of the
Tanzania-Zambia Railway. A report from Dar es Salaam says the talks, lasting
1 hour, centered on the major issue of the transfer of funds for the head-
quarters of the Tazara [Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority] authority of Tanzan-
ia. A presidential spokesman said a communique on the meeting would be issued
tomorrow morning. The two countries will also sign a third agreement. In

the meantime, President Kaunda is expected to attend a dinner hosted by Presi-
dent Nyerere this evening. [Text] [MBO40742 Lusaka Domestic Service in
English 1800 GMT 3 Dec 82]

TRADE AGREEMENT SIGNED--Tanzania and Zambia today signed a trade agreement
aimed at strengthening relations between the two countries. Under the agree-
ment the central banks of the two countries would work out a payment mechanism
enabling trade and services between the two countries to be conducted on a
barter or similar arrangement. The agreement was signed by the minister for
trade, Ndugu Ali Mohumo, on behalf of Tanzania; and the acting commerce and
industry minister of Zambia, Ndugu Musokotwane, on behalf of his country.

The ceremony was witnessed by President Nyerere and President Kaunda. [Text]
[EA042134 Dar Es Salaam in English to East Central and Southern Africa 1900
GMT 4 Dec 82]

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SWAZILAND

ZAMBIA

Swazi Paper Reports SADF To 'Shoot on Sight'
(Bobby Simelane; THE SWAZI OBSERVER, 4 Dec 82) ....

Briefs
Arms Cache Discovery

IMODC Opens Liaison Office in Lusaka To Coordinate With Tokyo

(DAILY MATL, 15 Nov 82) ...esseveseeevee bee e cece sense eeeeees

Transformer Blowup at ZCCM Plant Shuts Down Copper Production

(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 15 Nov 82) .scececcceccccecccvececscceecees

Government, IMF Review Nation's 1982 Budget
(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 12 Nov 82) .csccceeccececceccereceece see

INDECO Issues Profit, Loss Account With Annual Report

(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 19 Nov 82) ......... eee eee e cece cece eens

IFAD To Provide Long-Term Loan for Agricultural Project

(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 20 Nov 82) ...ceeeeeseeeeeeeece eee eeeeeee

ZISC Manager Notes Corporation's Significance to Economy

(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 20 Nov 82) ....... ee eee ce ee cecceceeceevens

Tazara Operations Hampered by Problems in Funds Transfers

(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 20 Nov 82) .eccscscecececescccecceeeeeeee

Zairians Seeking Resident Status Documents To Avoid Deportation

(SUNDAY TIMES, 21 Nov 82) .cccsceccsceccce cece eeceeeeeveeeees

Smuggled Goods From Tanzania, Zaire 'Popular' Among Zambians

(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 22 Nov 82) ..cceesecccccecsccecceeseeeseees

Civil Servants Union To Demand Salary Increase
(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 13 Nov 82) .

Thefts of Goods in Transit From Trains 'Alarming'
(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 14 Nov 82) .....-

Mundia, Shapi Warn of 'Stringent' Anti-gmuggling Measures
_ (TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 13 Nov 82)

Briefs ~
Railway_Talks Ended
Trade Agreement Signed

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Detention Without Trial Reinstated

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Refute Alliance To Bar Blacks
(THE CITIZEN, 24 Nov 82) .ssecseccsecceeccenceceeeees

Urban Foundation Official on Black Housing Needs

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Commentary on Survey of White Attitudes

(Editorial; SOWETAN, 19 Nov 82) ...csesceceeeeseeeees .

Government Handling of Kangwane Issue Hit

Heunis

(Editorial; THE CITIZEN, 29 Nov 82) ...........00- eee

Says Reform Guidelines 'Non-Negotiable'
(John Battersby; RAND DATLY MATL, 6 Dec 82) ........- .

Press Says Guarantee Participation of Opposition

(Editorial; RAND DAILY MAIL, 6 Dec 82) ........... eee

RSA Paper Interviews Ciskei Security Minister

(RAND DAILY MAIL, 6 Dec 82) .essccecevceceeccucenceees

Theft of Semi-Refined Metals Reported

(Patrick McLoughlin; THE CITIZEN, 30 Nov 82) ........ .

Critical Scenario Faces Platinum Industry

(Patrick McLoughlin; THE CITIZEN, 30 Nov 82) ........5

Majority of Whites Support Reform

(THE CITIZEN, 29 Nov 82) ..sesvesececcecevceeveevenees

Analyst Sees Brighter Future for Platinum

Briefs

(Patrick McLoughlin; THE CITIZEN, 29 Nov 82) .........

Relations With Portugal
Cement Production Down
Tribal Clashes

Call-Ups Threaten City
Supreme Court Judges Appointed
Quarry Expansion

Sport Council Warning
Unemployment Increase
Non-Black Area

Black Housing Needs
Inflation Rate May Drop
Ciskei Development Plan

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MADAGASCAR

BRIEFS

SECURITY NEEDS PROBED--Antananarivo, 4 Dec (AFP)--Senior French officers this
week investigated the security situation in Madagascar's rural areas where for
some years well-organised gangs have been terrorising farmers, causing signifi-
cant losses in rice output and stock-raising. The government here is asking
France for help with transport and communications for the Malagasy "develop-
ment army"--groups of soldier-peasants who are supposed to ensure the defence
and security of farmers and also to help with major agricultural work. The
development army units, short of equipment, have been largely ineffective
against the pillage and exactions of the "Dahalo" (Brigands), who operate in
highly mobile and well-equipped bands. The Dahalo activities have acquired

a political coloration in the past few years, in connexion with opposition

in some rural sectors to the government's policies. The government's power-
lessness in most cases is compounded by local collaboration with the gangs.

At the end of the military mission's 3-day inspection, some Malagasy sources
voiced concern Friday at France's association with what they termed "a form
of repression against the. rural opposition." [Text] [AB040815 Paris AFP in
English 0427 GMT 4 Dec 82]

CSO: 3400/397

i



CAPE VERDE

DECISION TO ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL MINISTRY ANNOUNCED
Praia VOZ DI POVO in Portuguese 28 Oct 82 p 8

[Text] Establishing a ministry attached to the Office of the Prime Minister for
the islands of Sao Vicente and Santo Antao and analysis of the General State
Budget for 1983 were the main points of order in the proceedings of the Council
of Ministers, which met early this week with Comrade Aristides Pereira presiding.

Regarding establishment of the new ministry, the spokesman for the Council of
Ministers said: "This is in answer to the need to increase the central govern-
ment's capacity to intervene politically in such islands as Sao Vicente and

Santo Antao, wehre a significant numberof public enterprises, general directorates,
major projects and consular and diplomatic interests are located, where greater
governement representation and greater efficiency are required to solve local
problems and where various agencies need to be coordinated."

The 1983 General State Budget, which would be presented to the ANP [National
Political Assembly] before the end of the year, estimates revenues at about
1.3 million contos and expenditures at 1.6 million contos.

It is noted that the table of revenues provides for a growth rate of about 10
percent in relation to this year's budget.

According to the assistant secretary of the prime minister, the present draft
bill to be sumitted for ANP approval authorizes the government to draw up an

investment program for 1983, establishing a plan and a ceiling on the amount
invested at 8 million contos.

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minority dictatorship is transferring to the dictatorship of the masses--

the proletariat." The minister said in the effort to achieve socialism, the
subordination of one man to another, one section of the population to another
and the need for violence will end, "We must aim at creating a new generation
reared in free socio-economic conditions: A state in which nobody is oppressed,"
Co-operatives were a way of achieving this, [Text] [Harare THE HERALD

in English 15 Nov 82 p 5]

COTTON DELIVERY--The Grain Marketing Board has received 155,000,000 kg of
seed cotton--24,000,000 kg more than the original estimate--in the eight-
month intake period now drawing to a close, It has been estimated that lint
sales could earn $84,3 million, of which $69 million would be in foreign
currency from mainly European exports, A further $10,2 million should come
from sales of ginned seed to stockfeed merchants and oil expressors, while
planting seed sales should realise $560,000, This season 105,000,000 kg came
from large-scale growers and 50,000,000 kg from the communal and small-scale
sectors, All the crop is expected to have been ginned by next week, About
35,000 communal and small-scale farmers and 550 commercial farmers have been
paid $76 million for their deliveries, This compares with $67 million paid
last year for 199,600,000 kg, which earned $88,299,000, of which $73,122,950
was in foreign currency. Ginned seed sales have earned $12,570,387, with
planting seed realising $555,645, Of the new season, a CMB spokesman said
about 225,000,000 kg of seed cotton was being expected, 130,000,000 kg of
which should come from commercial growers and 90,000,000 kg from other sectors.
Growers in the Highveld and Middleveld have been reminded to plant Albar
G501, introduced last season, In the Lowveld and Middle Sabi, Albar 72B will
be replaced by the new Albar K602, [Text] [Harare THE HERALD in English

13 Nov 82 p 1]

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STEEL NOW EARMARKED FOR PTA

Harare THE HERALD in English 13 Nov 82 p 7

[Text]

ZISCOSTEEL may in
‘future supply the iron
and steel needs of
several member-states
of the Preferential
Trade Area (PTA) if
general purchase con-
ditions are favourable
:and~ mutually , agreed
upon. .

This’ was disclosed here
on Thursday night at the
Eastern and — Southern
Africa Steel Development
Committee ,  (ESASDC)
meeting which was being
held: concurrently with
that of the Inter-Govern-
mental Experts Com-
mittee for the Engineer-
ing Industry (IECEI).

‘The two meetings began
on Monday and lasted for
four days. Delegates were,
from Angola; Ethiopia;
‘Tanzania: Uganda; Zam-
bia and Zimbabwe. The Af-
rican Development Bank
(ADB), .the African
Research Centre for Eng-
jmeering, Design and
Manufacturing (AR-
CEDEM), the Economic

+ Commission for Africa
(ECA) and the United

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Nations Industrial .De-
velopment Organisation
(UNIDO), sponsored the
meetings which were
hosted by Ziscosteel.

The ESASDC_ recom-
mended ‘to the PTA Coun-
cil of Ministers that mem-
ber-states should establish -
demand for identified Zis-
costeel products which
they may require for
downstream processing in
their steel industries into
finished products.

ft was agreed that
statements of these identi-
fied products should be
made available to Zim-
babwe and the ECA be-
fore the next PTA Council
of Ministers’ meeting.

Zimbabwe was recom-

‘mended to prepare and

submit to the PTA mem-

“ber-stateg and the ECA

the broad terms and con-
ditions for.sale of iron and
steel products. °

The ESASDC also
agreed that definite trade’
terms and price policies
would have to be
negotiated on a bilateral
basis and it was recom-
mended that . Ziscosteel
provide technical as
sistance whenever neces-
sary to other member-
states. :

; (The -IECEI, on the
, other hand, recommended
i that on the list of com-
modities to be given
preferential trade’ treat-
ment within the member-
states include the follow-
ing: Agricultural im-
plements and machinery;
transport equipment; fer-
rous- and non-ferrous
metals; and spare parts
related to all engineering
disciplines.

It was - also
mended that | member-
states should: Intensify
their _ participation at
trade ‘fairs organised by
individual countries;
establish an information
house on products and
specifications; and give
serious / consideration to
including posts of trade
attaches on the staff of
their embassies or high
commissions,

In the short-term, the
IECEI recommended that:
Member - states. utilise
fully and effectivély the
existing agricultural
handtools establishments
to meet their present de-
mand; encourage the ex-
change of technical  per-
sonnel in the various
fields as a means of
achieving transfer - of
technology and the dif-
fusion of technical xuuw-
how, update and revise
training programmes. h

On the role of the
ESASDC and the IECEI,

recom-

.-both_ committees recom:

mended that they should
be the technical and) sd-
visory. wings of. the PTA
committee on industrial
co-operation — entrusted
with. the task ‘to for-
mulate, review and mon-
itor work programmes in
their respective. flelds. —
Ziana. “

ZIMBABWE



GOVERNMENT SEEKS FUNDS FOR CONFERENCE CENTER

Harare THE HERALD in English 18 Nov 82 p 1

[Article by David Linsel1]

[Text]

THE Government is
proposing to raise
over $20 million from
foreign banks to help
finance its $65 million
conference centre in
Harare.

Mr Brian ‘Walters,
_ secretary-to the Treasury,
said yesterday that two
or three loca} banks had
been approached with a
view to
funding although the
Specific currency to be
used will depend on which
country wins the contract
to suppy equipment. such
as lifts and atr condition~
ing.

Tt is understood: that
French companies are
hotly pursuing the con-
tract,
interests have now joined
the race.

‘The overall contract,
said Mr Walters, has a
60 percent foreign
element shared between
the Government and the
Yugoslav group, Energo-

projekt.
The Yugoslav loan of
$195 million, announced

by Minister of Construc-
tion Callistus Ndlovu on
October 26, carries a 5
percent interest rate with
a four-year grace period
and thén 10 years to
repay.

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providing the”

however, British *

“As far as the local
foreign financing was
concerned Mr Walters
said the Government was
looking at export credits
which usually . provided
for repayment over five
to 10 years at favourable
rates of interest. The pre-
sent consensus rate, he
added, ‘was about’ 10
percent. —

“It will be up to us to
see how best the foreign
exchange for the third
party inputs can be used.”

‘The $65 million contract
is the responsibility of the
Ministry of Construction
and will be financed out
of its budget over the
next three years as part
of the Public Sector In-
vestment Programme.

There. will be no need,
according to Mr Waiters,
for the Government to
fioat a special loan. The
money will ‘come out
of ordinary budget spend-
ing.

‘The conference centre
is, however, the largest
capita) project undertaken
directly by the authorities.

INSIST

‘The local content, as
reported last welt, will
only be: some 40 percent,
but it is still unclear what
it will consist of Nor is it
clear. what “goods and
services”, apart from plant
and equipment — which is

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‘ maximisation - of

to be brought down from
Zambia — are to be sup-
plied by Energoprojekt,
“We always insist on
local
content,” said Mr Walters,

who added: “It doesn't
make sense to import
bricks; cement, sand or

stone when it is readily
available ‘locally.

“It is up to the contrac-
tor.to arrange supplies.”

An approach was made
‘this week to Mr Branislaz
Kraguljac, Energopro-
jents. stepresentative in
Harare, but he declined to
discuss his company’s role.

“T have nothing to say
to you: You should speak
to the Minister of Con-
struction,” sajd Mr Kra-

“ guliac,

The minister was inter-
viewed last week.

ZIMBABWE



LAND TENURE SHAKE-UP NEEDED, SAYS DUBE

Harare THE HERALD in English 18 Nov 82 p 9

[Text]

THE land tenure system
should be reformed to
meet the needs of the
communal people and
resettlement schemes, the
‘Deputy Minister of Lands,
Resettlement and Rural
Development, Cde Mark
Dube, said here yesterday.

Officially opening a
three-day ‘seminar for the
Organisation: of Rural As-
sociations for Progress, he
said the system should be
brought in line with
Government policy.

“In communal lands and
resettlement schemes it
can only be expected that
the idea of the Goveltn-
ment is to consider giving
titles to collectivés as op-
posed to individuals,” Cde
Dube said,

For the exercise to be
viable, a systematic land
acquisition policy — w:
needed which wou!d
enable the Government to
obtain land for resett-
Jement.

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| Plans were under way
to resettle 162 000 familiés
from the communal lands
on about 10 million ha of
commercial farming land.

The problem of land-
lessness and overcrowding
in the communal areas,
which had been caused by
inadequate extension serv-
ices and poor credit
facilities, would be over-
come if there was land for
the peasants, said Cde
Dube. !

The ministry was to
embark on a programme
of mobilising and educat-
ing peasants to form
people's co-operatives
Which would operate on a
self-reliance basis,

Another priority. was
creating and running
State farming enterprises
under the Agricultural
and Rural Development
Authority, °

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Communal. areas had
been neglected and under-
developed in the past and
replanning and redevelop-
ing were needed.

“No adequate provision
was made for inputs into
peasant agriculture such
as credit, seeds and fer-
tiliser and transport,
which led to a decline in
productivity and mass
poverty,” he said. —
Ziana.



continuing exchange of news reports on areas of operation of the two agencies
and ADN support to AIM in technical aspects of new reception and photography.
[Text] [Beira DIARIO DE MOCAMBIQUE in Portuguese 25 Oct 82 p 3] 6362

GRANARY CONSTRUCTION--Construction of the first food storage warehouse in the
RPM should begin in January 1983. Designed to hold 15,000 tons, this grain
storage facility will be built near the MOBEIRA plant in the city of Beira,
Sofala Province. The warehouse, construction of which will be financed by

the FAO, will consist of four cylindrical comparments 26 meters in diameter

and 7 meters high. The construction contract has been awarded to the Portuguese
firm Construcoes Tecnicas. DIARIO DE MOCAMBIQUE, which carried this news item,
reported that, to transport the grian to the warehouse, CFM-Centro [Central
Mozambique Railway] will construct a rail switch about 500 meters long, starting
from the branch line that goes to the MOBEIRA installations. [Text] [Maputo
TEMPO in Portuguese 7 Nov 82 p 3] 6362

POLITICAL APATHY SCORED--A government official was conducting a meeting in which
almost 1,000 people were taking part. After a short session of Mozambican
dancing, songs, and music, the official began to address his remarks to the
"dead air" represented by his audience. The faces of that mass of people, mainly
young people, indicated the discomfort that the meeting engendered in the minds
of some people. When the official began by explaining certain situations and
their origins and reasons, a buzz of murmurs cut into his words. It was when

he said: "During the armed struggle, the people, the guerrillas and the

leaders. . . ." I realized afterwards that the murmurs arose against "this
business of talking endlessly about the armed struggle." and that hiding

behind this rejection was the refusal to accept today's urgent tasks because they
do not correspond to the personal desires of particular individuals. The
above-mentioned official had to explain much more. Among other things, he said:
"Although some of you do not like us to talk about our history, we will con-
tinue to do so because it was from that history that this country was born, this
country in which you people today can mutter when we give you a task to do.

We want you to understand that, to be what we are today there were those who
were willing to make sacrifices. Do you think they were wrong to have made

these sacrifices?" [Excerpts] [Maputo TEMPO in Portuguese 7 Nov 82 p 45] [By
Celestino Jorge] 6362

KIDNAPPED RELIGIOUS RELEASED--The spokesman of the Mozambican National Resistance
(a movement for armed struggle against the Maputo regime) in Lisbon announced

on Friday, 26 November, that six religious (a Portuguese priest, a Brazilian one
and four Italian nuns) were released by his organization the day before. He

did not specify where the release took place, but the director of the "Consolata"
organization in Turin, to which the religious belong, is in Johannesburg at
present. [Text] [Paris LE MONDE in French 1 Dec 82 p 8]

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NEW GENERAL MANAGER FOR CSC NAMED

Harare THE HERALD in English 15 Nov 82 p 1

[Text]

THE Minister of Agriculture, Senator Denis
Norman, has announced that Cde Penias Ma-
dhovi will take over as general manager of the
Cold Storage Commission from Mr Don Collen,

who retires at the end
of January.

Also leaving the com-
mission are the assistant
general manager (techni-
cal), Mr Greg Baxter, and
the assistant general man-
ager (livestock), Mr Tony
Ziergovel.

Announcing the replace-
ments on Friday, Senator
Norman said Cde'T. Mado-
nko becomes the assistant
general. manager — (live-
stock) and Mr P. Sher-
phard, the assistant gen-
eral manager (technical).

It was also announced
that Mr 8S, Elliot becomes
the assistant general man-
ager (marketing).

Senator Norman said the
rumour that there was
some stir surrounding the
resignations of the three
executives was baseless.

Cde Madhovi takes over
at a time when the
Government's accent is on
rural development.

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To this .end, Senator
Norman said on Friday,

; the commission and show

societies could introduce
competitions " specifically
for commenal farmers to
encourage the improve
ment of livestock quality.

He felt emphasis ought
to be placed on slaughter
animals rather than pedi-
gree stock.

“In the event of this
idea taking root, the CSC
could set aside half its
total show sponsorship for
such competitions,” said
Senator Norman.

Cde Madhovi obtained a
‘BSc (Honours) in Food
Science and Technology at

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Nottingham University.

He worked at a variety
of meat plants in Britain,
gaining practical experi-
ence in meat production,
animal health and meat
inspection, legislation and
marketing.

After lecturing in food
science at Aberdeen for
two years, he retummed to
establish the first food-
Science course at the Uni-
versity of Zimbabwe.

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Fortunately be ‘Government _appeaied “to

‘lashing. claims” over Ingwavuma.

The-commission: will take into consideration
the interest of the inhabitants of Ingwavuma
and consider the desirability or otherwise of
making the border adjustments between
South Africa and Swaziland.

Last week the South African Government
withdrew its proclamation’ dissolving the
KaNgwane Legislative Assembly just as a
full Bench of the Pretoria Supreme Court
was scheduled to hear an application-by the
KaNgwane Government to have the procla-
mation declared unlawful.

The Government agreed to pay the KaNg-
wane legal costs, said to amount to R20 000,
and both parties agreed that the issue of
whether KaNgwane should be included in
any border adjustment between South Africa
and Swaziland be referred to the Rumpff
Commission.

South Africa has already appointed five mem-
bers, and KwaZulu three members of the
commission. KaNgwane will appoint three
members as. well.

Since the settlement was announced, Swazi of-
ficials have claimed that South Africa has as-
sured the Swazis that the land deal will go
ahead.

But South Africa dare not excise KaNgwane
and Ingwavuma against the will of the people
of these areas.

Meanwhile, to make a virtue of what has hap-j
pened, as Dr Koornhof has tried to do, is
arrant. nonsense.

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ho



COUNTRY SECTION CHAD

BRIEFS

GOVERNMENT APPRECIATES OAU SUPPORT--Bardai, Safar 16, 3 Dec JAMAHIRIYAH NEWS
AGENCY--The Chadian Provisional Government of National Unity (CPGNU), led by
Goukouni Oueddei, has acchaimed the stand of the majority of African countries,
which met in Tripoli to attend the 19th OAU summit, toward the Chadian peo-
ple and in backing the CPGNU as sole legitimate government in Chad. In a
press statement, the CPGNU also acclaimed Jamahiriyah's principled stand, at
the above conference attended by 31 African countries, toward the Chadian

and other African peoples. The statement regretted the stand taken by the
minority countries which prevented convening the 19th OAU summit. This minor-
ity was trying to justify Chad's destruction by the rebel Hissein Habre, the
statement said. It pointed out that the entry of rebel Habre's forces into
Ndjamena was a temporary occurrence caused by the complicity of the joint
African forces, which were asked by the CPGNU to guarantee the country's se-
curity. Large parts of the country were still governed by the legitimate
government. This in addition to the fact that rebel Habre's situation was
very unstable. The statement affirmed the inevitability of the Chadian peo-
ple's victory over rebel Hissein Habre and all imperialist conspiracies

aimed against Chad and its people. JText] [2D030930 Tripoli JANA in English
0830 GMT 3 Dec 82]

LIBYA BLAMED FOR SUMMIT FAILURE--Idriss Miskine, Chad's minister of foreign
affairs and cooperation, today blamed Libya totally for the failure of the
recent OAU summit. Mr Miskine was our guest for the 1300 newscast. He said
particularly that Libya, knowing that the central government in Chad is
consolidating itself and effectively administers the whole country apatt
from the Zouzou Strip and sensing once again that its occupation would be
brought up at Tripoli, seeks through indirect means to bring us to our knees,
which we shall never accept. The Chadian minister of foreign affairs affirmed
that five Libyans are included in the National Salvation Governmentiwhich was
formed shortly before the Tripoli summit by Goukouni Oueddei, the former
president of the Transitional National Union Government, in exile since he
was ousted last June. This, according to him, explains why the list of the
15 member government has not yet been officially published. Mr Miskine in
conclusion stated that he was pleasantly surprised and morally comforted by
the outcome of the international conference on the reconstruction of Chad
which was held in Geneva last month. [Text] [AB040734 Dakar Domestic Ser-
vice in French 2200 GMT 3 Dec 82]

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CHAD

RENEWED TENSION IN SOUTH
Paris AFRICA AFP in English 29 Oct 82 p 19

[Text] Ndjamena, October 29 - Tension is running high in southern Chad
between local people and the Armed Forces of the North (FAN) of Hissene
Habre as a result of further exactions by Mr. Habre's men, according to
diverse sources here.

The FAN took control of Ndjamena on June 7, ousting the Government of
President Goukouni Weddeye. They extended their control to the south more
than two months ago.

The family of the army chief under Mr. Goukouni, Lieutenant-Colonel Allafi,
said he was assassinated last week at Lai in the south. He had fled there
when Mr. Habre's forces took the capital.

The discovery of his decapitated body in the bush has nourished fears of a
new wave of violence in the south similar to that between northern and
southern forces in February and March 1979, the sources said.

Then, several hundred FAN sympathisers had their throats cuts [as published]
by southerners in retaliation for the murder of hundreds of southern com-
batants held by Mr. Habre's men.

(Mr. Habre, who had been Defence Minister under Mr. Goukouni, launched a

civil war against the Goukouni Government in 1979. He was formally
invested as Chadian President earlier this month). (A.F.P.)

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SOUTH AFRICA

BRIEFS

RELATIONS WITH PORTUGAL--A further effort in the strengthening of trade and
tourist ties between Portugal and South Africa will be staged this week with
the visit to the Republic of the Portuguese Secretary of State for Foreign
Trade, Mr Fernando Faria de Oliveira, according to the Portuguese Government
trade office in Johannesburg, One of the aims of the Secretary of State's
visit is to announce the opening in South Africa of a fully fledged trade
office which will operate under the newly arrived commercial attache to the
Embassy of Portugal in South Africa, Dr Joao Ascencao, During its short
stay in South Africa this week, a Portuguese Government party will hold dis-
cussions in Pretoria with government officials on plans to step up two-way
trade and tourism. [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 29 Nov 82

p 25]

CEMENT PRODUCTION DOWN--Cement production in October reached 713,000 tons,
down from 788,000 in September, and marginally below the level reached in
October, 1981, of 719,000 tons, The South African Cement Producers Associa-—
tion says that output for the year to end-October totalled a little over
6,9-million tons, almost 2 percent more than in the same months of 1981,
when the industry produced just under 6,8-million tons, [Text] [Johannesburg
THE CITIZEN in English 30 Nov 82 p 25]

TRIBAL CLASHES—-Durban--Seven blacks were hacked to death when a Zulu faction
and a Pondo impi fought a vicious battle in the Isipingo area of Natal on
Sunday night, The police said yesterday that the trouble began originally
on Sunday morning when a group of about 300 Zulus armed with pangas, knives
and assegais attacked about 200 Pondos, The police were called and managed
to restore order, However, the trouble flared up again on Sunday night,
resulting in seven mutilated bodies being recovered later, Police are still
in the area, At this stage the reason for the battle is not known. [Text]
[Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 30 Nov 82 p 1]

CALL-UPS THREATEN CITY--Port Elizabeth--The City Engineer, Mr Arthur Clayton,
has warned Port Elizabeth City Council that the call-up of key personnel by
the Defence Force is severely affecting the city's operation of essential
services and could lead to the collapse of the system, Because of the call-
up of municipal staff, the stage had been reached on several occasions where
the operation of a service in the city had ceased or had reached the point
of collapse, Mr Clayton says in his report to the council's works and traffic

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SOUTH AFRICA

URBAN FOUNDATION OFFICIAL ON BLACK HOUSING NEEDS
Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 22 Nov 82 p 9
[Text]

{NEARLY 2,6-million “ alised countries; South ‘The bulk of low-cost standards based on
houses would have to Africa’s downward “housing in the pasthad = Western values were
be built in the urban trend in housing in- been provided by-cen-. not. suitable -for the
areas before 1990, the —_vestment had alarming ‘tral and local Govern-. low-income sector and
Urban Foundation’s implications for the, ment efforts and any was reviewing these to

general ava Op. country as a whole. moves to combine provide more varied
erations), Mr Pa a blic and private’ sec- and lower standards of
Dempster, said in Dur- are Leen 0 tor spending in the housing on a regional
ban at the weekend. y provided about i i ‘
a percent of all housing same housing project basis.
Addressing a sym- for blacks, 80 percent had generally been re- It had conceded,
osium on Indian of all housing for sisted, Mr Dempster 455, that regulations
using, he said this  coloureds, 65 percent Said. and procedures in pro-
worked out at 280 000.. of all housing for .But the Government claiming residential
houses a year at a‘¢ost. Asians, and 15 percent had now committed it- schemes and building
of R4000-million cal- of all housing for ‘selfto encouraging the houses were cumber-
culated at 1982 prices: whites. private sector to play a some and created de-
But investment in If this pattern conti- housin active role in lays. :
“housing was. decreas- , nued, he said, the pub-s - ® Finally, the accep-
ing and last year was ‘lic sector would be re- - It was concentrating | tance of the Viljoen
down to 2,8 percentof quired to invest its resources on pro- recommendations and

South Africa’s gross R2 600-million a year viding serviced stands the appointment ot the
domestic product. This in housing, which was .on._ which the private Steyn Committee
compared with the five now five to six times ~ - ~~ pointed very definitely
“percent of the GDPin-. "the average investment Sector could help to. 19 4 new attitude to
j Vested in housing in ofthe private sector. develop houses. housing in South Af-
¢ United States, 5, is i “Tica.
percent in Canada, 4,9 INVEST ‘This, he said, was. @.

. 2 significant and nec- wee i 1
Percent in Asta was aint these | Sly change dw’ gunesy angounee
and 32.percent inthe trends and patterns | Sore private sector ont om the
nied Kingdom. that the Government's | money into providing — work of the Steyn
new housing policy, | jow-income housing. Committee which
ALARMING which he described as could give further

- 7 7 __....... + giving rise to optimism The Government | ,
« Mr’ Dempster -said A j strong impetus to the
iP on the housing front, had also. recognised devel t of a dy.
that although these should be seen. tat present building developmen y

namic housing proc-

fully industri-
were fully industri. | ess,” Mr Dempter said.

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MINISTER USHEWOKUNZE EXCLUDED IN PARTY SHAKE<UP

Harare THE HERALD in English 19 Nov 82 p 1

[Text]

! THE former chairman of
the Matabeleland North
; executive committee of
ZANU (PF), Dr Herbert
‘Ushewokunze, is not
‘among the members of the
provisional committee ap-
pointed to run the party's
affairs in the province.
The committee headed
by Cde Ushewokunze, who
is also Minister of Home
Affairs, has been dis-
banded. Announcing this
on Wednesday, the party’s
national organising sec-
retary, Cde Maurice Nya-
gumbo, who is also Min-
ister of Mines, said the dis-
“panded committee had not

performed satisfactorily
since being set up in Jan-
-uary 1980.

Some members of the
-old committee have been
appointed to’ the provi-
sional committee headed
by an administrative sec-
retary.

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> Cde° Nyaguinbo said he
was giving the new execu-
tive committee one to two
months to mobilise party
support in the province.
“They should go out into
the field now. I want them
to do this in a month or
two, I want to see in them
a spirit of pride. They
must be aggressive in their
bid tc organise for mass
membership for the party.”
He said the previous
executiv. committee had
Deen confuse ] in its leader-
ship. “They did not seem
to understand their posi-
tion and wer selective
and too cautious in their

_ performance in mobilising

the masses.”

1T

The provisional execu-
itive committee is led by
de Zvaipa Chivivito. (ad-

ministrative secretary).
: The committee’s co-
chairmen are Cde Peter
yNemapare and Cde Sam-
son Ndebelr. Other mem-
bers are: co-secretaries,
Cde Timos Mudenge and
Cde  Simayendwa Khu-
malo; co-treasurers, Cde
Reuben Zemura and Cde
Jimiel’ Pakachena; com-
missariat, Cde Sarai Chi-
‘punza and Gde S, Musa.
Committee members are
‘de Gloria Vera, Cde
Oliver Ushendibaba, Cde
Chrispen Chivende, Cde
Champion Machoro, Cde
Hughes and Cde Manyu-
mbo, \

ZIMBABWE



observe the same attitude toward the Jewish state. On the other
hand, it is not a question of only seeing this spirit of domina-
tion, conquest and reconquest through South Africa. But it is
also necessary to see this spirit of the invader. Invader, that
is to say gradually extending its sphere of influence, its area
of existence or life at the expense of the other peoples in the
area.

Regarding the resumption of diplomatic relations with Israel, I
say here as I have said to your prime minister, that we are
adopting a logical position: if we condemn South Africa, I don't
see why we do not condemn Israel.

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SOUTH AFRICA

HEUNIS SAYS REFORM GUIDELINES '‘NON-NEGOTIABLE '
MB061137 Johannesburg RAND DAILY MAIL in English 6 Dec 82 p 4
[By John Battersby, political correspondent]

[Text] The government's guidelines on constitutional reform will be regarded
as non-negotiables in its talks with coloured and indian leaders on Friday,
according to the minister of constitutional planning and development, Mr Chris
Heunis.

However, the Labour Party leader, the Rev Allan Hendrickse, said last week
that he still regarded the government guidelines as negotiable.

Mr Heunis is due to hold talks with a Labour Party delegation, headed by Mr
Hendrickse, and a delegation of the Indian Reform Party on Friday.

Although the talks are being held at the request of coloured and indian
leaders, the government has committed itself to a process of negotiating a new
constitutional deal with coloured and indian leaders.

It would appear, however, that there is already a fundamental difference
between the government and the Labour Party on the meaning of negotiation.

Mr Heunis said in an interview that the government had not yet adopted a final
position on the numbers of the coloured and indian chambers, the numbers of
representatives of each chamber on the standing committees, the representation
of opposition parties on the committees, and the division of administrative
areas into matters of segmental (specific) or common interest.

These were matters that could be discussed at the 10 December meeting, Mr Heunis
said.

He emphasised, however, that the principles laid down in the government's
guidelines, and subsequently adopted by all four provincial congresses of the
NP [Nationa Party], would not be negotiable as they had already been the
subject of negotiation with coloured and indian leaders before their release
in July.

WL



MQuestion/ Mr President, you advocated on the eve of taking
office, a model of progress called a society of development. How
does it differ from the conventional models and what exact role
does this society confer on the Nigerien man?

What my delegation and I have seen here in Tunisia? It is dif-
ferent than the sum of the various experiments throughout the
world, which the Tunisian has tried to apply to Tunisian condi-
tions.

We also in Niger have advocated a genuine development society.
And we have told it sufficiently to your prime minister, a coun-
try mainly with a livestock and agricultural vocation.

It would be useless to conceive such or such model of development
which does-not take into account the man behind an animal, who
has no other desire but to get something out of the earth...It

is a question of training this man in a world which is developing
thanks to technology, to science, to know how to manage his own
affairs so they may succeed.

The society of development does not differ from other models, it
involves a peculiarity which is connected with the nature of the
Nigerien man, the Nigerien environment and ambiance and whose
purpose is to allow the Nigerien to properly manage his affairs
through his community, of government. Some speak of socialism,
but there is socialism and socialism. There is revolution and
revolution, just as there is democracy and democracy. The essen-
tial is to promote the well-being of the man who lives in an
atmosphere of well-ordered sovereignty.

[Question/ A final question Mr President. Israel is trying by
all means to make new inroads in Africa. What is your opinion
of such a situation and how do you evaluate its scope and reper-
cussions in Africa?

We say that to be consistent with ourselves, we must show the

same attitude vis-a-vis Israel. Beyond the fact that Niger and
some African countries belong to the Islamic and Muslim world
which links us with the Arab world, a geographic area in which
Israel is located, consequently independently of this characteris—
tic to which we are attached spiritually, we should have the same
attitude to be consistent with ourselves. In South Africa the
whites behave the same way toward the blacks, which we continue

to condemn: apartheid, who says apartheid, says spirit of domina—
tion and colonialism.

I think that in the same way that we would have to consider our
positions of eventual rapproachment with South Africa, we must

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ZAMBIA

IMODC OPENS LIAISON OFFICE IN LUSAKA TO COORDINATE WITH TOKYO
Lusaka DAILY MAIL in English 15 Nov 82 p 7

[Text] _jSUZU Motors Overseas Distribution Company

(IMODC).of Japan has opened a liaison office
in Lusaka to co-ordinate business activities be-
tween the head office in Tokyo and the dealers
and distributors in Africa.

The decision by IMODC to
open a liaison office here is as
a result of increased volume in
business by the company in
Zambia following an agree-
ment with: Indeco recently
to assemble one-ton _pick-
ups at the Livingstone Motor
Assemblers (LMA).

Mr Hisashi Itoh, who has
been appointed by Tokyo
as manager to run the Lusaka
office, said in Lusaka yester-
day that the company was re-
gistered last October while
business activiti:s opened on
November 1.

The offices are in’ Woodgate
House. IMODC’s _ business
activities in Zambia were
previously handled by Wood-
gate Motors.

Mr toh. said IMODC,
a new subsidiary of Isuzu
Motors Company, was formed
last August to market and dis-
tribute the cars overseas
due to the increase in the vo-
lume of trade.

“The new fiaison office —

will cater for business: activi-
ties in. Uganda, Kenya, Ethi-
opia, Tanzania, Comoro Is-
land, Seychelles, Mauritius,
Zambia, Zimbabwe. Malawi,
Angola, Burundi, Malagasy,
Reunion, Mozambique, and
Rwanda,

Mr Itoh said initial plans
were to start with the assem-
bling of about 45_ pick-ups
per. month or 500 units per
year until reaching 1,500 units
per year in three years’
time.

He said, however, that it
was not possible at the mo-
ment to meet. the targets
because of foreign exchange
problems.

“We could like to increase
on the production. gradually
so that after three years, we
can’ introduce other makes
such as the —_four-ton
trucks,” he said.

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It was, however, much chea-
per and advisable to counti.
nue importing the Isuzu mini-
buses which have proved very
popular in the country.

Once the assembly line for
Isuzu vehicles has been firmly
established, Mr Itoh said,»
assembling of bigger makes,
of Isuzu motors-such as the»
seven ‘and 10-ton trucks ‘and #
mini buses would start at!
LMA.

But he emphasized that this
would be after many years,
and‘noted that at the moment,
seven-ton Isuzu trucks were
being assembled by Ley-
land Motors, Zambia, in Lusa-
ka.

Assembly of ihe Isuzu
trucks started in August after
an agreement with Leyland.
Twenty units were being Pro-
duced per month from Twin



ZIMBABWE

ZANU (PF) Prepares for Year of Celebration

(THE HERALD, 16 Nov 82) ......

Government Seeks Funds for Conference Center
(David Linsell; THE HERALD, 18 Nov 82) ......

Minister Ushewokunze Excluded in Party Shake-Up

(THE HERALD, 19 Nov 82) ......

Establishment of Regional Cultural Centers Planned

(THE HERALD, 12 Nov 82) ......

Land Tenure Shake-Up Needed, Says Dube

(THE HERALD, 18 Nov 82) ......

New General Manager for CSC Named

Opponents of Cooperatives Concept Hit

(THE HERALD, 15 Nov 82) ........5.

(THE HERALD, 15 Nov 82) ......

Belgian Accent on Technological Aid Reported

(THE HERALD, 11 Nov 82) ......

Steel Now Earmarked for PTA

(THE HERALD, 13 Nov 82) ......

Importers Fear Shipping Plan

(BUSINESS HERALD, 11 Nov 82) .

Details on Energo Projekt Contract Given

Wage Freeze Hurts Worker Productivity

Briefs

(BUSINESS HERALD, 11 Nov 82) .

(BUSINESS HERALD, 18 Nov 82) .

Power Deal Completed
AFC Surplus
Romanian Gifts

Maize Subsidy
Courses in Norway
Engineering Tutors
Building Brigades
Korean Rice
Cooperatives Backed
‘Cotton Delivery

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MOZAMBIQUE

RELUCTANCE TO DENOUNCE CRIMINALS CRITICIZED
Beira DIARIO DE MOCAMBIQUE in Portuguese 30 Oct 82 p 13

[Commentary by Botelho Moniz: "Combating the "Mouthful of Steak'"
y

(Text] "A mouthful of steak" is a popular expression in our country, indicating
a kind of illicit commitment. In other words, someone with a mouthfulof steak
does not report or denounce situations.

In seminarswhich we have had an opportunity to attend, to study and disseminate
the topics [of the fourth party congress], this question has been put very
sharply--"the compromised," those with "steakin the mouth," as the saying
goes.

In this phase of intensification of the class struggle, the ideological struggle
and the revitalization of political work preceding the congress, the "mouthful
of steak" will certainly be useful weapon for the enemy.

The enemy will try to silence or soften up some front in the current struggle,
taking advantage of current shortages, particularly the food shortage. They
will resort to bribery; they will try to compromise individuals in agencies
dealing with inspection, taxation and decision-making.

The current shortages, combined with an inconsistent and unprincipled mentality,
can in fact create an opening, inviting the action of the "benefactors,"
gentlemen of great wealth, always ready to be of "great help" to those who per-
form functions in certain services and can be "useful" to them in some way.

The "benefactor" puts himself at the service of his victim. "If you need
something, I am entirely at your disposal. You know, stick with me and your
problems are solved. Just ask. I can solve your problem. I have this, that
or the other." This way he creates the actual conditions for the compromise;
that is, he begins his investment by putting steak in the mouth of his captive.

The rest, the silence and the development of the commitment will come with time
and the size of the investment.

The battle against speculation, infiltration, crime and the armed bands are
topics that have merited intensive discussion during the study of the topics
for the fourth congress. There is lively debate, because these are matters of
importance to our lives and our future.

uy



ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL CULTURAL CENTERS PLANNED

Harare THE HERALD in English 12 Nov 82 p 1

[Text]

THE Government intends
to establish 55 culture
houses‘ throughout the
country to develop differ-
ent regional cultures, . the
Minister of Education and
Culture, Dr Dzingai Mutu-
mbuka, said yesterday.
Addressing about 2000
People on the site of the
first culture house in
Murewa, Cde Mutumbuka
said: “A culture house
should be a crossroads at
which all elements of
Social, economic and politi-
cal activity should meet.

“The true value of Zim-
babwe's cultural experi
ences cannot be realised
until all Zimbabweans

Jocal ct toms and tradi-

tions within a wider con-

text of national culture.
“any cultural study

that does not start with an’
understanding of these.

rudiments of national cul-
ture, will contintg to be
superficial and alienating.”

No culture could de-
velop strongly in complete

isolation. The foundations _

on which a culture house
would be built had be
the bedrock of national
unity.

Such a foundation would
be able to break down all
previous. social barriers

cso; 3400/382

which sought to negate the
valuablg ‘contribution of
local traditions to the en-
richment of the experience
of a Zimbabwean society.

Cde Mutumbuka said:
“Walls ‘alone will not be
enough to make jt.a cul-
ture house unleSs there are
people living in it.

“This will be a func-
tional place and not just a
monument to self-glorifica-
tion.” _

A culture house was a
people’s house. It would

vhave a library, informa-

tion dissemination facili-
ties, craft workshops, a
craft market, a local arts
and crafts centre, a local
museum and oral archive,
2 community hall with a
lecture room and a large
outdoor area for dances
and music festivals,

It would be a focal point
for community life and
activiuies, he said,

He urged the people of

. Murewa not to withdraw

into a shell of “parochial-
ism and cultural chauvi-
nism”, -

“The fact that the first
culture house is to be
built here puts a great
responsibility on all of
you, It is here that the
‘wuole project will stand to
be judged over the next
few years.

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“Your success here will

be like a beacon on top
lof @ hill to guide others,”
said Cde Mutumbuka,

If the people ailowed the

culture house to lie empty
in order to use\it as a
begging bowl Yor inter-
national or Government
support, they would re-
ceive littie syinpathy or
assistance from the Gov-
ernment.

“We want to draw the
talents of the writers, the
woodearvers, the potters
and the basketmakers, to
the ‘forefront of develop-
ment,

“These symbolise the
creative potential and
practical ingenuity which
is necessary for an in-
novative approach » in
meeting the needs of our
country”, he said.

ZIMBABWE



ANALYST SEES BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR PLATINUM

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 29 Nov 82 p 24

[Article by Patrick McLoughlin]

[Text]

FOLLOWING three
years of declining world
demand for platinum, ac-
companied by falling free
market prices, there were
at last signs. of change

with the low point in free
market prices ~ being
reached last June.

This is the belief of a
share analyst from a top
Johannesburg Stock Ex-
change broking - firm
which has just released a
comprehensive study on
platinum and platinum
shares.

Demand

‘The analyst says that al-
though’ physical demand
continued to be very
weak, he felt that an im-
provement would become
evident by mid-1983 and
‘that thereafter demand
‘would increase rapidly.

“We base this view on
the belief that real US in-
terest rates are now likely
to remain relatively low
for an extended period
and that US monetary
policy will now move to-
wards a moderate relaxa-
tion of money supply.

“This should enable US
Tecovery to develop and,

with’ it; recovéry’in the
‘major Western industrial
economies.”
Pick-up
|.. Although no dramatic
recovery in prices or de-
mand for platinum was
foreseen in the short-
term, a steady pick-up
lover the next two to three
years was anticipated.
“While we do not ex-
pect this to be reflected to
any degree in the earnings
or dividends of the major
South African producers
in their respective 1983 fi-
nancial years, we project
sharp increases in 1984
- due to the combination of
increased production and
increased sales from both
current production and
accumulated stocks.”

Recovery

|

| The ‘analyst believes
that all three platinum
shares — Impala, Rus-
plats and Lydenburg —
can be bought on recov-
ery prospects over the
next two years. But of the
three, Impala offered’ the
best value on yield con-
siderations. For similar

51

reasons, Lydenburg was
tegarded as the cheap
way into Rusplats.
Commenting on tim-
ing, the analyst: says that
although he considered
the bear market in plati-
num shares to have ter-
minated in June, he
would be reluctant to buy
at current prices — par-
ticularly in view of the
prospective 1983 dividend
yields and the current
‘overbought nature of the
‘prices ofall three shares.

Position

“We recommend that
the shares be accumu-
lated on further weak-
ness,” the study adds.
_..Looking at the individ-
ual shares, thé~ analyst
says that’ Impala would
appear -to be in. a-good
position to take advan-
tage of the anticipated im-
provement in the world
economy and the conse-
quent improvement in de-
mand of Platinum group
metals.

At its current price,
prospective 1984:dividend
and ‘earnings yields were
14,4 percent and 16,1 per-

SOUTH AFRICA



ZANU (PF) PREPARES FOR YEAR OF CELEBRATION

Harare THE HERALD in English 16 Nov 82 p 9

[Text]

AS the new year nears,
ZANU (PF) “is gearing
-itself up to ‘celebrate one
of the most important oc-
casions in its history —
the 20th anniversary of
its founding.

‘The party's acting sec-
retary for publicity and
information,” Dr Hddison
Zyobgo, also the. Minister
of Legal and Parliament-
ary Affairs, said recently

in an interview that 1983 -

would. be a_ special year
for-ZANU (PF)

‘The party would be cele-
brating its birth for the
whole df next year.

There would be many
books and other forms of
literature explaining the
party’s contribution to the
nation during the last 20
years,

Because of this, the
party’s printing and pub-
lishing “house, — Jongwe
Press, would. be working
“flat out”. .

There would be a double
celebration next year be-
¢gause, besides it being the
party's 20th anniversary
of its founding, 1983 will

be the 100th anniversary ,

of the death of Karl Marx.
“Throughout all socialist

CSO; 3400/382

+ litical seminars’ by pub

countries,. there will be
conferences on the growth
and development of Marx-
ist-Leninist ideology and
Zimbabwe will try to get
as much literature as pos-
sible from the other coun-
tries on socialism,” he
said.

Jongwe Press would
also be expected to con-
tribute to the production
of socialist literature, It
was also gearing itself UR.
for next year's party po

lishing relevant material.
Cde Zvobgo said that the
aim of the seminars the
party | was. organising
throughout the provinces
was to “cap the restruc-
turing efforts”, which the
party undertook recently.
The idea was to enable
the provinces to take
stock of the restructuring

-exercise and the extent to

which branch districts had
been established through-
out the-country.,

“The seminars are also
to give an opportunity to
the leadership within the
provinces to discuss con-
crete problems, not just
among themselves but also
with members of the ‘cen-
fral committee,” he said,

1

ZIMBABWE



BUILDING BRIGADES~-More than 15,000 tradesmen have so far registered for building
brigades throughout the country, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of
Housing, Cde Musindo Chenga, said yesterday, Cde Chenga told the HERALD

that 56 centres out of a total of 126 had returned completed registered forms,
"This is quite a considerable number in view of the fact that some of the rural
centres are not likely to have many tradesmen, if any at all," He said

14,500 of those who registered did not produce National Industrial Council
cards as proof of their trade qualifications. "We are sending out teams from
the ministry to go and check these people's qualifications, It is necessary

to ensure that they are well qualified if we are to maintain high building
standards, "Those who cannot prove their qualifications will be trade tested
by the Ministry of Manpower Planning and Development," The ministry teams
would also check whether the local authorities were working according to the
rules set down by the ministry in their construction projects, Cde Chenga
explained that the brigades were taking over work which was previously done

by private contractors, "The brigades will operate under the same work and
pay conditions as the private companies used to do, The only difference will
be the absence of a profit motive in building houses, Any money made will be
pumped back into the councils for further development.projects," He said the
brigades did not pose a threat the the future of private construction companies,
"We do not foresee a time when building brigades will take over the construc<
tion of multi-storey buildings and the detailed infrastructure of housing,

like laying on pipes. This will continue to go to experts," he said, He

said fears that the brigades would soon run out of work as houses were com=
pleted were unfounded. "With the present backlog in housing, it will take a
long time to provide every family in the country with a house, After this,
there is always the rehabilitation of old houses to do," Cde Chenga said
registration for building brigades was an on-going exercise and that more
people were expected to register, [Text] [Harare THE HERALD in English

12 Nov 82 p 1)

KOREAN RICE--A shipment of 6,600 tonnes of rice destined for Zimbabwe--together
with a further 1,125 tonnes, added as a gift--has arrived in Beira from North
Korea, The rice was ordered earlier this year after loack supplies from
Malawi, Zimbabwe's traditional supplier, became critically short, the result
of a drought in Malawi, Mr Pesung Kim of the Korean embassy in Harare con-
firmed that the 1,125 tonnes gift was a gesture of friendship between the two
countries,--Ziana, [Text] [Harare THE HERALD in English 18 Nov 82 p 1]

COOPERATIVES BACKED--Co-operatives can only succeed if they operate on sound
democratic principles, the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office,
Cde John Nkomo, said yesterday, Opening the Tsholotsho Co<operative at the
Mbamba shopping centre, the minister said in addition to being properly run,
a total commitment on the part of the co-operators was vital, otherwise the
effort would fall, One of the ways of transferring power to the people was
the establishment of co-operatives, the minister said, "In the context of
Zimbabwe we have set ourselves to transform the society from capitalism to
socialism, We must therefore understand that between capitalism and social-
ism there lies the revolutionary transformation of the one into the other,
"Correspondingly there is also a political transition period in which the

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OPPONENTS OF COOPERATIVES CONCEPT HIT

Harare THE HERALD in English 15 Nov 82 p 1

[Text]
ZANU (PF) members who

‘scorn the concept of co-

operatives are at variance

‘with the party's’ policies

and principles, the Prime
Minister and party presi-
dent, Cde Mugabe, has
said,

Be told the seminar that
at the congress in 1964,
the party adopted social-
ism as an effective tool of
spreading the country's
wealth among’ the masses.

“Therefore, our party
was born as a socialist
party,” he said. *

_ During the armed strug-

gle, in 1977, it was also
resolved in Chimoio that
socialism would be imple-
mented, following experi-
ences on how it had been
operating in other coun-
tries,

“We agreed that in rul-
ing the country the bulk
of the wealth would not
remain in the hands of a
few, but should be in the
hands of the majority.

“We want people to
form co-operatives volun-

tarily; they should be edu?

cated so that they under-*

stand that by working t
gether they can succeed

\

It was ZANU (PFY's de-

sire to acquire farms and
give them to organised
groups so that tractors
and other machinery could
be acquired and given to
co-operatives.

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)

People should under-
stand that what they pro-

, duced would be theirs and

the Government would

take nothing,

Cae Mugabe added: “The
Government will not inter-
fere; it is there to help

. co-operatives succeed,

“The Government can

“help them to buy big

tractors and ploughs, but
these are difficult for an
individual to get.

“People should come to-
gether and form co-opera-
tives for they will gain a
lot of things out of that.
‘This is the type of social-

‘ism we want.”

Cde Mugabe said there
were also similar ideas for
factory workers. Since the
Government had been
doing all it. could.to uplift
them, it was also anxious
to see a stage reached
where workers managed
factories, worked out
solutions to problems, had
production targets and ac-
quired shares as the fac-
tory would be theirs.

“The «profits should
come to the workers and
not go into the pockets of

81

a few,” said Cde Mugabe.
“Yes, this is the type
of socialism we are look-

. ing forward to — to en-

able the workers to be the
éwners of the country.

“It will take time, but I
am happy that there are
already signs of this hap-
pening in the form of
workers’ committees. The
committees are not yet
working as we would like
to see them doing, but I
hope they will work well.”

‘Women would be given
sewing machines to make
schoolchildren’s ' uniforms
‘instead of buying thent
from individuals owning
shops, The money realised
would go to the people.

Cde Mugabe said: “The
problem is that some
people do not have
enough knowledge about
the party's aims.

“At the moment, the
office of the president and
the  commissariat are
working together to pro-
duce booklets which will
be distributed in all pro-
vinces so that people will
know about the party and
governing the country.”

ZIMBABWE



ZIMBABWE

BRIEFS

POWER DEAL COMPLETED<~Central African Cables have completed a $7,2 million
order for power lines to supply Bulawayo with electricity from the new
Hwange power station, Productions of about 1,844 km of Bison overhead
conductor cable began late last October, The total order of 922 drums,
each carrying 2 km of cable was completed on November 5, Aberdare Aycliffe
were responsible for distributing the Bison cable to Powerlines Central,
who in conjunction with consulting engineers Merz and McLellan have been
erecting the lines from Hwange to Bulawayo, CAFCA's sales manager,

Mr Ron Milne, said: "This is a significant achievement for our company, as
the last run of Bison overhead conductor was manufactured for the Kariba to
Norton power lines. "It may be some time before we are called on to manus

facture this type of cable again, It is proposed that power lines are to be
erected from Hwange to Sherwood, Harare, which means that we could start
production again in 1984," added Mr Milne, During the 13-month run 25
people worked constantly on manufacturing the cable, [Text] [Harare

THE HERALD in English 18 Nov 82 p 1]

AFC SURPLUS--It was incorrectly reported yesterday that the Agricultural
Finance Corporation had lost $3,66 million during its financial year, This
in fact was a surplus, [Text] [Harare THE HERALD in English 17 Nov 82 p 11]

ROMANIAN GIFTS--Ther government of Romania has, through its embassy in
Zimbabwe, given the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Recreation many items of
sports equipment, The shorts, footballs, football boots and volleyball equip-
ment were presented to the deputy minister, Cde George Rutanhire, by the
Romanian Charge d'Affaires, Cde Lupea Dumitru, in Harare on Monday, Speaking
at the ceremony, Cde Dumitru said the equipment represented a modest contri-
bution to the youth of Zimbabwe by the Romanian Communist Youth League,

A few months ago the youth of Romania had given tents to the ministry for its
countrywide projects. [Text] [Harare THE HERALD in English 17 Nov 82 p 11]

MAIZE SUBSIDY--Senator Garfield Todd has called for an end to the Government's
subsidy on maize meal, In a statement on Thursday, he said the mealie-meal
crisis was partly due to the drought but was mainly a result of the Govern-
ment's pricing policy which needed to be revised. Eighty thousand tonnes of
maize was going through the big mills every month and the Government was paying
a subsidy on the roller meal produced of about $7,500,000 per month at a rate

88



Our sources also said that two other freedom fighters, who they also alleged
were members of the ANC, had been shot down in the Hullets plantations, one-
and-a half kilometres away from the border line at Murphy's post last week.

They also said that both the police and soldiers in that area knew of a freedom
fighter hideout in the plantations, but would not attack it until they received
an action warrant from the SADF headquarters Pretoria.

They said the two men had been found hiding in the forests during a search
launched by the SADF after police in the Piet Retief region suspected that
there were more freedom fighters still at large, after three had been shot
down.

Two of the three were ambushed by the police after they were tipped off by the
driver of the car. The driver is said to have contacted the police, by phone,
while he was filling up his car in Piet Retief in preparation for the long
trip to Durban.

All weapons found on all five freedom fighters had been of Russian-make, said
the sources. The sources further said that the last two freedom fighters had
been found with explosive plastic and detonators, for making bombs.

The South African Defence Headquarters in Pretoria refused to comment on the

issue. Authorities in Swaziland confirmed that, indeed, the border line had
been cut several times, but they did not know who had done so, and why.

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58



cso:

There will incidentally be three

chambers — white, coloured and In-

/ dian — with three separate speak-

ers.
If implemented the system will
end. an era of exclusive white rule
and give coloureds and Indians lim-

: ited say at every level of Govern-
" ment. But the coloureds and Indian

representatives will be nominated by

© the president.

3400/347

}

Further to that, the president
elected in practice by the majority
party in the white chamber — will
be the final arbiter in most matters,
and will be able to assume dictato-

' rial powers, at least for a period of

up to one year. .

All this makes most interesting
reading no doubt, but the bottom
line inthe argument is where does it
leave blacks?



CIVIL SERVANTS UNION TO DEMAND SALARY INCREASES

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 13 Nov 82 p 2

[Text]

CSO;

“HE Civil Servants Union of Zambia is to approach
the Government to demand salary: increases. for its

.This was disclosed in
Ndola yesterday by the
union’s general secretary Mr
Alex Chirwa when he:addres-

sed a general meeting of the. .

Ndola branch of the union.

Mr Chirwa said the union
viewed the salaries and wages
currently being paid to civil

“ servants as insufficient to
meet the high cost of living in
* Zambia.

“To this effect, we shall
approach the Government
for an increase in salaries just
to be in line with the cost of
living.””

The Muchangwe salary in-
crements for civil servants in

1980, although good at that.

time, had been overtaken by
the high cost of living and
needed to be reviewed.

He said the services pro-
vided by the civil servants
were important as they were

, charged with implementing
~Party plans.

All the good plans by the
Party would not succeed
without the loyalty and com-
mitment of civil servants, he
said. Civil servants had play-
ed their role well before and

) after Independence.
» “Without this commit-
; ment and loyalty, this nation

3400/378

members because of the high cost of living.

would have collapsed,’’ Mr
Chirwa said.

On allegations that the
public sector is too large and
should be pruned, Mr Chirwa
said people should distin-
guish between the civil and
public sector, which includes
politicians drawing their sala-
ries from public funds. Zana.

ral

ZAMBIA



Mr Haasbroek said damage at the sub-station amounted to R20,000 and an aggravat-
ing factor in the sabotage was that Chamusso had undergone specialised training
for it.

Mr J. N. de Vos, for Chamusso, said Chamusso had become an ANC sympathiser after
his wife and child were killed during a raid on Matola, in Maputo, by the
South African defence force on January 31 last year.

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33



THEFT OF SEMI-REFINED METALS REPORTED

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 30 Nov 82 pp 1,2

[Article by:
[Text]

‘SEMI-REFINED
‘gold and platinum
group metals worth
R11-million, stolen
from Rustenburg
Platinum’s Wade-
ville refinery in Ger-
miston, may have
been carried from
the premises in hand
buckets.

Further details of the
theft were revealed. by
Rustenburg. Platinum’s
chairman, Mr Gordon
Waddell, in his annual re-
view released yesterday.

Mr Waddell said on the
night of June 22, two se-
curity guards had been _

‘apprehended _ allegedly

carrying buckets of semi-
refined material from the
refinery. “

“The South African
Police were immediately
informed of both the
specific theft and the
overall theft,” Mr Wad-
dell said.

Police
A formal statement on
the overall theft was then
made to the police who
are still investigating. The

cso; 3400/3821

Patrick McLoughlin]

two Wadeville employees
have been charged with
thefts and are due to ap-
pear in court early next
month. :

Two months ago the in-
vestment * world was
shocked when Rusten-
burg Platitium disclosed
the massive theft, reduc-
int its earnings per share
\ for the year to August 31

by Seto 32,6c.

The group, under in-
tense financial pressure
after the dramatic fall-off
in world platinum usage
because of the recession,
posted earnings of 95,8¢
the previous year.

Shareholder
Mr Waddell said yes-
terday as announced to
shareholders in the pre-
liminary results published
on September 27, it now
appeared clear there had
' been continuing theft ona
“large scale” of semi-re-
fined. platinum group
metals and gold from the
Wadeville refinery _of
; Matthey Rustenburg Re-
| finers Ltd.
|_*This is obviously a
matter of the utmost con-
cern and everything poss-
ible has been, and is being

Uy

done, to determine how
the thefts came about and
to establish the identity of
the persons responsible.””
Immediate steps were
also taken to counter fu-
ture theft and additional
security measures have
been taken, Mr Waddell
added. He did not elab-
orate on these measures.
‘The original announce-
ment of the theft was con-
tained — almost in pass-
ing — in a brief note at-
tached to the financial re-

- sults, In the latest report

Mr Waddell said the
groups’s legal advisers felt
details of the theft should
be held back in the inter-
ests of shareholders.

The chairman said the
practice at Wadeville was
to take stock twice a year.
It took two to three weeks
to collect the. various pro-
duction samples required,
during which production

SOUTH AFRICA

at ‘the “refinery almost
stopped.

“Thus the results of the
stocktake in March only
became known. on June:
20,” Mr Waddell added.
“As a result of the huge
discrepancy that then be-
came apparent, cross-
checks were immediately
instituted to verify the re-
sults.” _

The results, of the<de-
tailed stocktake in ‘Sep-
tember became available
in the’ middle of this
month and these indi-
cated a further loss had
been incurred after, the

|»March stocktake.

| It was thought that
| most, if not all of the loss,
| had occurred in the
© period up toJuly.



cso:

—31 per cent Onarem, 34 per cent French,

25 per cent Japanese and 10 per cent
Spanish). Cominak said it employs 38
engineers (four Nigerien), 260 technicians
(54 Nigerien) and 1,511 workers. The
underground mines of Cominak (it is the
largest single underground uranium mine
in the world) support a town of 7,000
people, most living in what is coyly de-
scribed as the ville traditionelle, though
there is very little traditional about it.
Apart from Somair and Cominak, which
say in 1982 they will be producing at 2,000
and 2,250 tonnes respectively, there are
two major projects planned. These have
been drastically pruned, if not shelved, in
the wake of the crise. The largest is the
Imarouren project, 90km. south of Arlit,
which is reportedly. the largest uranium
dep in Africa: But it is a measure of the
pessimism prevalent in the nuclear industry
that Conoco, the US partner, is negotiating
withdrawal. The other partners are
Onarem and the French. A smaller project
is the Société Miniére de N’Tassa

3400/348

N’Taghalgue (SMTT) which is. still,
viewed from the slagheaps of Somair, but a
small collection of huts. SMTT has
Onarem, Kuwait and the omnipresent
French as partners.

International politics are unavoidable in
any discussion of-uranium mining. Niger
has protected itself from some of the
effects of the slump in the uranium market
by negotiating “political prices” in return
for guaranteed supplies, which are crucial
to nuclear power generation. In 1982 a
French initiative led to Niger’ receiving
about 24,000 CFA per kilo when the spot
(short term) price was about 16,000. Simi-
larly, Onarem has admitted to selling at
least 2,000 tonnes to Libya at a price higher
than the “market” price. Much hot air has
been generated over the possibility that
this tranche of “yellowcake” may not have
been used to power steam turbines. But
less mention tends to be made of the
nuclear “co-operation” agreements that
France has with Israel and South Africa.



MAJORITY OF WHITES SUPPORT REFORM

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 29 Nov 82 p 8

[Text]

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3400/381

MOST White South © whilethe rest abstained.
Africans would vote ~~ “Among Afrikaans-
for the Government’s speaking. people, 56,7
constitutional “propo- Percent voted “for” ‘and
sals if there were ‘a re-*
ferendum, according _ py ojich-sp
to a nation-wide opin-  yoted “for” and 15,6 pe
ion survey conducted cent “against”.
by Market Research A significant finding is
Africa for Rapport. that the English people
Many English-speaking . are as much in favour of
people and Progressive the Government’s propo-
Federal Party supporters salsas Afrikaners are.
are reported to be in Fewer English-speak-
favour of the Govern- ing people (15,6 percent)
ment’s guidelines. than Afrikaners (28,2
Two thousand Whites percent) oppose the pro-
representative of the pop- __posals.
ulation were asked: “In PFP supporters’ reac-
‘the event of the Govern- tions were 57 percent in
“ment holding a referen- favour and 24,3 percent
dum to determine against.
whether its new constitu- Most of the National
tional proposals are. ac-. Party supporters (89 per-
ceptable or not, would cent) in the poll voted
you. vote for or against “for” while 1,4 percent
them or abstain from vot- voted “against”.
ing?” Many New Republic
Nearly 56 percent of Party followers (55,1 per-
the total voted in favour cent for, 18,8 percent
of the proposals; 22,8 per- against) support the pro-
cent voted against them posals while Herstigte

50

Nasionale Party support-
ers (9,2 percent for, 77,4
percent against) reject
them. ‘

More old than young

people are in favour of
the proposals.
- win “the 16 to 24 years
category, 49 percent are
for them while 26 percent
are against.

More men (59,3 per-
cent) are in favour of the
proposals than women
(52,5 percent).

In the low-income
group, the proposals were
accepted by 50,3 percent
in the middle-income
group by 55,5 percent and
in the high-income group
by 62,2 percent.

Support for the Gov-
ernment’s proposals is
stronger in the Cape,
Free State and Natal than
itis in the Transvaal.

FOR AGA-

INST

Cape - 60,9 14,1
Transvaal 50,8 29,1
FreeState 61,4 21,2
Natal = 61,5 «17,4

SOUTH AFRICA



SWAZILAND

BRIEFS

ARMS CACHE DISCOVERY--The commissioner of the Swaziland police, Mr Titus Nsibi,
has criticized the ANC for using his country as a route through which to
launch attacks on South Africa. He was speaking in Mbabane after the discovery
of a cache of Russian-made rifles, ammunition and grenades in a remote piggs
peak area in northern Swaziland. Mr Nsibi said there was no doubt that the
weapons were for use by ANC terrorists in South Africa. The kingdom has prom-
ulgated stronger legislation to deal with people caught in possession of arms,
and all such cases will in future be dealt with in the high court rather than
lower level. [Text] [LD062218 Johannesburg International Service in English
2100 GMT 6 Dec 82]

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JPRS 82477

16 December 1982

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA REPORT

No. 2737

ConTENTS
CAPE VERDE

Decision To Establish Additional Ministry Announced
(VOZ DI POVO, 28 Oct 82) .....eeeee :

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Briefs
Agreement With Central Africa : 2
Rumors of Efforts Against Chad

CHAD

Renewed Tension in South
(AFRICA AFP, 29 Oct 82) ..sseeeeeeeeeees rr rrr rer eeneeee 3

Briefs
Government Appreciates OAU Support y
Libya Blamed for Sumit Failure 4

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

Briefs
Foreign Minister Leaves for Paris 5

LIBERIA

Minister Comments on Student Role in National Development
(ELWA, 2 Dec 82) ..... senceceneeees cee esecen sees cee ceesenees 6

Doe on 'Unwholesome Practices'
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Briefs
Rural Development Tax
Biweekly Consumer Price Index
Measures Affecting Retirees Announced
ADB Agricultural Development Loan
Additional Austerity Measures Li

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SOUTH AFRICA

GOVERNMENT HANDLING OF KANGWANE ISSUE HIT

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 29 Nov 82 p 6

[Editorial: "Muck-Up"]

[Text]

§. Oh jolly D.

The Government announces that KaNgwane
is to be handed over ‘to Swaziland.

It then settles a’ court action-brought against it’

by KaNgwane’ “by. handing the territory back

i “According to the Minister of Co- -Op-
eration and Development, Dr Koornhof, is a
damn fine example of co-operation.

: You first do. something without consultation,
then reverse your decision when you’re likely
to lose a court action over your decision.

-Then, instead of being shamefaced because
you’ve mucked up the whole business, you
try to show what good sense you have by
settling the action out of court.

In actual fact, the proposed incorporation of
KaNgwane, in the Eastern Transvaal, and
Ingwavuma, in KwaZulu, into Swaziland
were ill-inconsidered decisions taken without,
the prior consent of their inhabitants.

In the case of Ingwavuma, the South African
Government lost a series of court actions.

Dr Koornhof was insulted and booed when he
announced the Government decision at
Ulundi.

Zulus, including the KwaZulu Cabinet, threat-
ened to oppose, “until death”, the land
transfer plan.

Chief Gatsha Buthelezi warned of possible
bloodshed.

You might have thought that Dr Koornhof
would have had second thoughts at that point

“and that he would have said: “Listen, we’re
really dedicated to co-operation; as-you well
know, so we'll Staft’co-operating by consult-
ing you.” =”

Instead, the ‘Government, after losing the first
case on the grourid that there had been iasuf-
ficient consultation with the KwaZulu Gov-|
ernment, simply used the device of issuing:
another proclamation under a different Act’
excising Ingwavuma from KwaZulu.

The full Bench of the Natal Supreme Court
tuled the second proclamation was bad and
without effect because the State President
had exceeded his powers.

The Government, and Dr ‘Koornhof in par-
ticular, might have paused even then to dem-
onstrate what a reasonable bunch of chaps
they were.

Instead, the Government took the matter on
appeal, and Dr Koornhof’s‘department an-
‘nounced that the South. African Government
would remain in conttol pending the out-
‘come. ... .

However;:a full Bench. ofthe Natal Supreme
Court ordered‘Dt Koornhof’s officials out of
Ingwavuma and banned the department and
the South African Goverriment from inter-
fering in the administration of the area.

Then came the Appeal Board judgment that
the State. President had acted beyond his
powers in excising KwaZulu without prior
consultation.between the South African and

- KwaZulu Governments.

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COMMENTARY ON SURVEY OF WHITE ATTITUDES

SOUTH AFRICA

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 19 Nov 82 p 6

[Editorial]

[Text]

THE tragedy of South Africa could
not have been better demonstrated ~

, than by the findings of a survey on

white attitudes by Dr Deon Gelden-
huis, associate professor of Political
Science at the Rand Afrikaanse Uni-

|, Nersity.

In short, it seems, the majority of
white South Africans still believe
that might is right. They still believe

“that the Government is handling

matters in exactly the correct way,
and that the threats that the Gov-
ernment sees, are for real.

The survey set out to establish
how informed the adult white popu-
lation of South Africa was concern-
ing foreign affairs. It also investi-
gated the correllations between
opinion on external matters and cer-

_ tain contentious domestic political

issues.

A vast majority of these whites
perceives the “communist” threat as
real, and justifies the Government’s
“total onslaught” perception, which,
can only be answered by a “total
strategy”. They do not believe that
the communist threat against the
country is exaggerated by the Gov-
ernment.

‘They. see Zimbabwe as being a
threat to the security. of South Af-

, Tica. They believe that “hot pursuit”

operations are justified. They be-
lieve the country should not export

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;. food to countries which allegedly
\ “support or harbour terrorists”. .

The majority feels that South Af-
rica should not negotiate a set-
tlement in Namibia directly with

{- Swapo. Most still believe that a mi-
litary solution is possible. They be-
lieve a “terrorist war” is coming to
South Africa, and believe that the
Government has not been ruthless
enough in suppressing black resis-
tance. Blacks, they say, do not have
good enough reason to take up
arms, and whites cannot depend on
black support in case of war against

; South Africa, |

‘Most. of these findings -are not in

the least surprising. However, we
hope that the Government realises
just how much it has been able to
manipulate people’s thinking, and
how dangerous this situation can be
for the country.
- The sad truth is that might is not.
always the best solution to problems
— and problems this country cer-
tainly has in abundance. Rather, the
Government should be looking at
ways of bringing the peoples of this
country closer.together.

They must realise that they have
done enough to polarisé the people
of this country into a clear black
versus white line-up. This must be
cause for concern.

We wonder just what the findings
of a similar survey on black opinion



ZAMBIA

TRANSFORMER BLOWUP AT ZCCM PLANT SHUTS DOWN COPPER PRODUCTION

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 15 Nov 82 p1

[excerpt] T¥REE major transformers at ZCCM power plant at Nkana
division blew up at about 20.30 hours on Saturday night bringing
copper production to a complete standstill.

Later, ‘at about 01.00 hdur yesterday, all switch
gears blew up as well cutting off electricity supply to”
important mine installations including the smelter.

ZCCM chairman and executive director Mr Francis Kaunda

yesterday announced the compnay would launch investigations into
the causes of the blasts.

Damage to the power plant had affected many vital installa-;
tions at the division.

Mr Kaunda has despatched executive director in charge oft
operations, Mr Lawrence Bwalya and am executive director tor:
technical services to investigate.

‘*T cannot say anything on the extent of the damage or the cause!
of the.damage to the transformers until I get a full report,” Mr

Kaunda said.

~Although. the South © Oré
Body shaft was affected no
lives were lost because
workers were not going under-
gtound for work at the time.

‘rhe only machinery affected
underground were rock drills
which were incapacitated as
soon as power was lost.

On the surface, the entire
smelter lost power while
copper ore was still being

A Times team that visited
the mine area learnt that most
work in the plant had stopped
except in the cobalt plant
which had power most miners
stood and loitered about.

In the afternoon it ‘was
reported that  Copperbelt
Member of the Central Com-
mittee Mr Alex Shapi, Kitwe
governor Mr Raphael Mwale
and other provincial Party and

processed. The refinery also Government leaders visited
ground to a halt. the area,

‘Yhe greatest concern was Some of the workers inter-
with the smelter where tempe- viewed said millions of

Kwacha would be lost unless
the faults could be rectified
quickly it could take months
to raise the converters tempe-
ratures to normal.

They estimated the cost of
each transformer at about
K100,000 and KS00,000.

ratures have to be maintained
at 3,000 degrees centigrade
but started falling.

Yesterday morning, all elec-
tricians from ZCCM and the
Copperbelt Power Company
were battling to rectify the
situation,

“Later im & statement, a ~
ZCCM spokesman in Kitwe

said yesterday that shortly
after 20.00 hours on Saturday,
a 3.3 kilo volt electrical trans-
former, adjacent to the Nkana
division power plant failed and
the consequent electrical fire
resulted in serious damage to
the feeder cables into the
power plant -number one

_sub-station.

In turn, this resulted in the
loss of power to the Nkana
smelter, number one ‘cobalt
plant, Nkana refinery and the
power plant itself.

A later disturbance resulted
in the loss of electric power to
the South Ore Body shaft
system and the Nkana division
acid plants. In addition, the
pumps feeding the service
water to the townships also
failed.

Expected

The spokesman said the first
power restoration was expec-
ted yesterday afternoon and
this was to be devoted
initially to township services
including water supply.

Apart from the minor
injuries to workers, there were
no other accidents and the
‘miners from the South Ore
Body shaft had been safely
evacuated during the early
hours of yesterday.



Earlier during the program, the minister for rural development, Maj Yudu S,
Gray, delivered a special message on behalf of the head of state and chairman
of the People's Redemption Council, Commander in Chief Dr Samuel K. Doe.

In a message, Dr Doe extended greetings to the citizens and University
Students Association of Maryland County and urged them to always work in

the interest of the people of this country.

During the program, Minister Blay was honored by the Maryland University
Students Association with the highest honor of the distinguished services
award for the many contributions he has made and continues to render the
youth and people of Liberia.

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<P IRSt Year’ and thie presence,

“of a new facton it the
market — at the scale of|
the last two to three’ years
—— namely the substantial
volume of trading‘in:pla:
tiunum on the New. York
Mercantile ‘Exchange
(Nymex), had again
caused Rusplats to review
its market policies.

There was a new di-
mension because many of
those involved in. Nymex’,
were not platinum users }
/and there was little doubt +
that such. trading would !
persist. df
. This presented  Rus- !
plats with opportunities, |
given greater flexibility, |
to profit without detri- |
ment to its traditional cus-

tomers.

cso: 3400/381

PTR thé latter iand par-
arly Sino ‘had
it-term cOftracts With
?Rusplats, together. with
potential new users}‘to be
- able to rely on stability of
price remained important
and the group would con-
tinue to give priority to
that need in its market-
ing.

The group had thus ad-
justed its market policies
to take advantage of the
‘Nymex factor and to re-
cognise that Rusplats was
important, but was not
the sole producer of size
in South Africa in what
remained a very competi-
: tive market. .

hg



UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASE--Figures released by the Department of Manpower indicate
that there has been a 50 percent increase in unemployment numbers over the
past year. However, the latest statistics relate only to the number of
registered white, colored and Indian unemployed workers as the figures for
blacks are unreliable. A department spokesman Says that 24,500 whites, colored.
and Indians who were unemployed in September represent 1 percent of the .
economically active population compared with 0.7 percent in January. The one
percent rate, he said, was the lowest in the world and by international
standards it was tantamount to total employment. [Text] [MBO71207

Johannesburg Domestic Service in English 1115 GMT 7 Dec 82]

NON-BLACK AREA--The Association of Oranjewerkers (Vereniging van
Oranjewerkers), has requested the Government in a memorandum to keep Blacks
out of the Trichart-Evander-Secunda area and rather retain this envisaged
regional economical growth points "as part of South Africa's White heart-
land." The association said in its memorandum this area was not well
suited as a so-called labour intensive growth point and recommended that
the emphasis should rather fall on White development in the area. The
association said in its statement it was a question whether this area could
contribute to the development of any nation other than the "White Afrikaner"
has it is not near any acknowledged area of the colouréd, Asian or Black.
[as published] The statement said this White heartland presently showed a
favourable ratio for Whites--namely 33 000 Whites to 35 000 non-Whites.

The guideplan for the area showed that there would be only 47 000 Whites
in the year 2 000 as compared to an estimated 80 000 Blacks. "This jeopar-
dises the area as a White growth point," the association said. The state-
ment added "this plan would give away an area where Whites could be repre-
sented predominantly in years to come to the Blacks." It also said the
envisaged new area would create opposition to other growth. points at
Bronkhorstspruit. The association recommended that the envisaged growth
point should be developed as a priority labour area for Whites and even-
tually to an exclusive White labour area. The Black township, Langverwacht,
should be considered as a temporary development and should eventually dis-
appear completely. The association further said if it was not possible to
immediately stop the increase of Black workers in the area, Blacks should
rather be transported from nearby areas until they could be diverted to
other areas. [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 25 Nov 82 p 10]

BLACK HOUSING NEEDS--South Africa stands at the crossroads in terms of its
approach to the housing of urban Blacks and the backlog for family housing
for Blacks is estimated to be 168 000 units, Dr George Morrison, Deputy
Minister of Cooperation, said in Pretoria yesterday. Dr Morrison, who
officiated at a ceremony to inaugurate a company housing scheme for blacks
in the township of Mamelodi, said the social planning branch of the Prime
Minister's Office was working on an “urbanisation strategy" for South
Africa. He said it would be a positive strategy aimed at spreading the
population evenly in order to avoid problems of large metropolitan areas.
He added that urban Black families have the option of a 99-year-leasehold
scheme or of home ownership schemes which allows a person occupation right

in respect of the stand, either with own or borrowed finance. [Text]
[Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 25 Nov 82 p 10]

by)



LIBERIA

BRIEFS

RURAL DEVELOPMENT TAX--A local tax to be used primarily for rural development
purposes has been instituted. The tax will take effect 1 January 1983.

This was announced today by the head of state in his nationwide address.
Commander in Chief Doe said government had received petitions from the rural
inhabitants expressing their willingness to contribute to the development
effort of the nation. The procedure for implementing collection of sales
tax will be worked out by the Ministry of Finance in association with the
Ministry of Internal Affairs. At the same time, government has also considered
a number of other measures to improve the Liberian economy. Effective

1 January next year, all purchases of government gasoline will be on a duty
pay basis to make this action consistent with current government purchasing
procedures. Government is to institute a national lotteries scheme to be
operated as a means of generating funds to undertake government development
projects throughout the country. The chairman of the National Investment
Commission in association with the cochairman and the vice head of state of
Libera, the ministers of finance, planning and economic affairs will work
out the modalities of the scheme. [Text] [ABO12041 Monrovia Domestic
Service in English 1900 GMT 1 Dec 82]

BIWEEKLY CONSUMER PRICE INDEX--The Ministry of Commerce has been directed

to revise and publish on a biweekly basis a price index of all essential
consumer goods. The move is to afford Liberian consumers the benefit of the
principle of supply and demand which is supposed to fluctuate prices of
goods. The principle has seemingly not applied to the Liberian market.

This was announced today by the head of state in his nationwide address.
[Text] [ABO1L2048 Monrovia Domestic Service in English 1900 GMT 1 Dec 82]

MEASURES AFFECTING RETIREES ANNOUNCED--Citizens who wish to retire from
government to enter business or farming will be given business loans. The
loans will be in a form of government guarantees amounting to not less than
l-year's net salary of such personnel, In addition the construction industry
will be Liberianized with respect to government construction activities.
Government pension scheme is to be thoroughly reviewed to ensure that all
persons 65 years old and above are honorably retired. Careful consideration
must also be given to the continuous effectiveness of those employees who have
rendered 25 or more years of service in government. In this regard, various
ministries and agencies of government as well as public corporations are to
immediately examine recommendations to government for this reaction. In his
nationwide address today, Head of State Doe said the move was a means of
reducing the financial burden on government. [Text] [ABO12046 Monrovia
Domestic Service in English 1900 GMT 1 Dec 82]



JPRS 82477

16 December 1982

Sub-Saharan Africa Report

No. 2737

FBIS| FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE



SOUTH AFRICA

LP CHAIRMAN'S COMMENT ON PRESIDENTIAL COUNCIL EXAMINED

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 24 Nov 82 p 6

[Editorial]

[Text]

PERHAPS the most interesting
comment on the latest President’s
Council, in our view, came from Mr
David Curry, national chairman of

, the Labour Party which is itself
‘ ironically also a Government insti-

tuted organ.

Mr Curry said, among other
things, that he could not believe the
proposals would be acceptable to the
broad coloured community and
added: “They seem to be just a new
version of the same recipe for con-
flict that-we had in the old Coloured
Representative Council.”

We hope coloureds and Indians '
are taking very close note of this. ©

For whatever the reasons for the
Government’s new ‘dispensation’
for them, they will be held account-
able, at least those among them who
join the party, when the final count-
down comes.

We think the view that the Coun-
cil is a new version of the same old
recipe for conflict pretty well sums
up the situation. In the first place
the absence of blacks — the total
absence of ‘even black views —
makes it an instrument solely for the
preservation of the white power
structure. These coloureds and In-
dians who will participate in them
will be part of this scheme.

It also comes out that the old
trusted Westminister system of con-

30

stitutional representation has been
done away with.

Whichever way the architects of
this constitutional monstrosity try
and manipulate the officialese, the
president will have dictatorial pow-
ers. This: is obviously in keeping
with the strategem of an embattled

| National Party that has been ren-
dered somewhat ineffective by the
snarling at its heels of irritating

_, ight-wing parties. .

‘Last but not least, the new Bill has. ~

} thrown out a most important feature

k of the presidential system — a Bill of

i. Rights.

The reasons given for this single
exclusion are specious to say the
least. We are being told that the rea--
sons for keeping out this democratic
instrument are stronger than those
for its inclusion. It is-also averred
that the Bill of Rights is entrenched
in the substantive law and the law of
procedure.

The new Bill, if it becomes law,

{ will see a strongman president and
government -by a semi-multiracial
committee system which will en-
trench white control at every level.
This spells the end of white parlia-
mentary oppdsition and prevents
opposition parties from effectively
functioning in the coloured and In-
dian chambers.



THEFTS OF GOODS IN TRANSIT FROM TRAINS

"ALARMING!

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 14 Nov 82 p 7

[Excerpt]

THEFTS of goods in
transit from Zambia
Railways goods trains
especially.on the Cop-
perbelt have reached
alarming proportions,
regional manager Mr
Foster Munkasu said
in Ndola yesterday.

Mr Munkasu said he held
discussions with railways
security personnel and the
marketing manager yester-
day on the situation which
he described as serious in
the Bwana Mkubwa area.

Zambia Railways had appeal-
ed through the public rela-
tions office to the Copper-
belt Member of the Central
Committee Mr Alex Shapi
and to police to help arrest
the situation.

And Chiwala Member of
Parliament Mr Eno Juma
Banda yesterday addressed
the people in Munkulungwe
area and told those who

stole goods from the trains _

to stop the dirty habit.

He appealed to Party officials
and the people to report
anybody suspended of

cs0: 3400/378

A

72

engaging in tne: preerice:w
the police because sath
people were sabotaging the
country’s economy.

railways employee: Mr
George Tembo who stays-at

Munkulungwe siding said :

people from surrounding

villages stoned passenger -
“trains at night and piled:
stones on the: line in a Bid

to derail trains so that they
could steal goods. frem
wagons. an

ZAMBIA



NIGER

EFFECTS ON ECONOMY OF DECLINE IN URANIUM MINING NOTED

London WEST AFRICA in English No 3407, 22 Nov 82 pp 3001-3002

[Article by Mark Doyle]

[Text]

TWO HUNDRED and fifty metres below
the Sahara bulldozers with wheels taller
than men are rumbling around a vast
labyrinth of mineshafts. Half-an-hour’s
drive away, across packed sand roads
broadened by the sandstorms of a
thousand Toyota pick-ups and Renault
Fours, 90-tonne lorries are lumbering up
and down the spiral sides of a great grey
crater which is sunbaked by day, floodlit by
night.

The uranium mines of Arlit, in northern
Niger, are unreal places. Built from no-
thing, in the middle of nowhere, the mines
and the towns constructed by the mining
companies are populated by ‘‘expatriates”
— from France, from other foreign coun-
tries and from the southern regions of
Niger. The only “indigenous” people of
the region are nomadic Tuaregs. But few
Tuaregs work in the mines. Of course,
not all of the “expatriates” live under the
same conditions. But there is a very real
sense in which no-one belongs there. The
isolation, the heat, the dust and the quiet
click-click of geiger-counters, conspire to
make Arlit a very strange place indeed.

It is hard to imagine a less developmen-
tally “appropriate” activity than uranium
mining. Vast capital investment, highly
trained and specialised personnel, enclave
development of plant and an almost com-
plete impotence in the face of world price
fluctuations, do not auger well for a “ba-
lanced development” strategy. It is reason-
able to suppose, moreover, that Niger will
not have a nuclear power plant or a nuclear
bomb in the foreseeable future.

Appropriate or note, uranium is almost
all that Niger seems to have. Apart from a
small fertile strip of land in the south, the

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country is a monotonous plane of brush,
rock and swirling sand. Before uranium
“came on stream” in the early seventies
the capital, Niamey, resembled a large
village. Now it has a cluster of prestige
developments, paid for almost entirely by
receipts from uranium sales.

Throughout the seventies, Niger’s eco-
nomy seemed to be advancing, at least in
terms of State receipts from uranium. But
then the all-too-familiar pattern emerged
with a vengeance. The Gods of Supply and
Demand were displeased. More specifical-
ly, following the oil price boom of 1973,
everyone-and-his-brother got in on the
uranium mining act; it seemed that nuclear
reactors, symbols of a Brave New World,
were planned to multiply almost inde-
finately. But by the late seventies several
important events militated against Niger's
economic expansion which was based on
uranium sales.

First, global rates of economic growth
were revised downwards. In such circum-
stances large, capital-intensive projects are
always the first to be shelved, especially if
they involve power generation; the de-
mand for electricity is closely related to
levels of economic activity. Second, high
interest rates, pushed higher by monetarist
policies pursued in Britain and the US,-
aggravated capital cost problems — why
invest in a long-term specialist industry
when you could, until recently, get 16 per
cent on the London financial market?

A third factor in the nuclear programme
slowdown was political pressure in North
America and Western Europe following
the Three Mile Island disaster in 1979. This
radioactive leak in a power plant so close
to a major conurbation alerted public



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WAGE FREEZE HURTS WORKER PRODUCTIVITY

Harare BUSINESS HERALD in English 18 Nov 82 p 1

[Text]

‘THE wage freeze has not
led to wholesale job-swop-
ping by Zimbabweans in
search of higher salaries,
but it:has adversely af-
fected worker initiative
and productivity,

This is the view ex-
pressed this week by one
employment agency when
asked whether the
predicted jo b-swopping
boom had taken place this
year.

All the agencies ap-
proached’ pointed out that
job-swopping or poaching
was difficult because of
Government _ regulations
that prohibited companies
from. employing someone
in a certain post at a
higher salary than the
person who left.

HIGHER

Some firms, . however,
re-assessed and restruc-
tured posts left vacant
and offered higher or
lower salaries accordingly.

Some agents pointed

“out that some people were
always dissatisfied with
their salaries, wage freezé
or not, but said there had

_been "no. real increased
Movement in the job
market because of the re-
strictions.

Some workers had used
the wage freeze as an ex-
cuse to leave their jobs

when what they really »

wanted was better work-
ing conditions or greater
job satisfaction, not better
wages.

cso; 3400/382

One ‘agent said the
major effect of the wage
freeze had been to “de-
stroy initiative all the way

- down the line and hinder

productivity”; If workers
could not be’ rewarded for

initiative, productivity
would suifer,

‘The agents agreed that
few people changed jobs
‘at this time of the year
because’ they wanted to
get their © Christmas
bonuses.

But they said it was im-
possible “fo predict
whether of not people
would start looking for
new jobs in large numibers
early next year if they did
not receive
‘wage increases soon.

CAREFULLY

Several agents said that
because of the recession,
several companies now
tended to carefully reas-
sess posts left vacant and
often decided that they
did not need to fill them
again. -

“Commerce and in-
dustry are definitely clos-
ing ranks,” said one
agent.

But skilled and ex-
perienced managerial or
specialist staff are still at
a premium in most organ-
isations cid one agent
was recently rather’ sur-
prised to get “a very good
response for some good
accountants positions, We
don’t always get a res-
ponse like that.”

87

significant *

On the other end of the
1 scale, one agent expressed
concern about the fate of
|. the hundreds of | school
‘and’ university leavers
who will enter the ‘job
market in January. © ~
“There will be too many
: people chasing too few
jobs,” she said, adding
that it was unfair that
firms insisted on ex-
perience. “These young
people have no experience
and have to start some-
where,”

ZIMBABWE



"The government's final response will be formulated within the framework of
those guidelines," Mr Heunis said.

"But there are still many details to be filled in and this will be discussed
with coloured and indian leaders."

But Mr Hendrickse said yesterday that while there had been "ongoing consultation"
with the government over the constitutional initiative, he did not regard the
government's guidelines as a product of negotiation with the government and,

did not regard the Labour Party as being a party to those guidelines.

Mr Hendrickse said that the Labour Party would use the 10 December meeting
with Mr Heunis to put questions to the government which had been raised by
the various regional committees of the Labour Party looking into the constitu-
tional plan.

However, the Labour Party would only adopt a formal position in relation to
the government's proposals at its annual congress in Eshowe, Natal, on 3
January.

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SOUTH AFRICA

VARIOUS ASPECTS OF 'REFORM' EXAMINED
Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 25 Nov 82 p 6

[Editorial: "Reform"]

{Text] 7 DEPENDS what you nian by reform.

To the Government reform is a system of shar-
ing power with the Coloureds and Indians,
‘with the Whites staying in control.

A-system whereby a three-Chamiber Parlia-
ment engages mainly in consensus politics
and the ruling party in each chamber has all
the say and the Opposition parties are vir-
tually impotent.

A system whereby the executive President is
all-powerful, a strongman if not, as critics
would have it, a virtual dictator.

“A system’ which excludes the Blacks, who are
still supposed to fulfil their political aspira-
tions via the’ independent Black States and
homelands.

‘At the same time, by preserving the home-

.. lands and independent States concept and
excluding South African Blacks from the de-
cision-making process, the Government is
able to maintain the- pretence that. the
Blacks, while living in White South Africa,
are not really part of it but owe their alle-
giance elsewhere.

Eventually the Black States.and the White-In-
dian-Coloured State will come together,
hopefully, in a confederation.

From the Nationalist point of view, reform
succeeds in introducing a modified form of
limited power sharing that does not (a) make
the ruling National Party any less in com-
mand — it will determine who the executive
President is and what the policies ‘of the

, country are.— and (b) will not enable the

~ White liberal Opposition, the Coloureds and
Indians to gang uponiit.’ **

It is, in the end, a numbers game to’avoid the
Whites, with their allies, the Coloureds and

26

* Indians, being overwhelmed numerically by
the Blacks in any joint political system.

“One might ask, since reform will at least for.
the foreseeable future entrench White: con-
* trol, why the Right-wing Afrikaner parties,

, the Conservative Party the ‘Herstigte Na-

4 sionale. Party, are so arms against the

\ plan. “ .

{The answer is that reform; to'them, is a form

} of capitulationof White sovereignty.

Give an inch and yougive an arm.

,No matter that the Coloureds.and Indians will
, Not be able to outvote the Whites under the
4:2:1 representational arrangement.

The . Right-wing sees the admission of
Coloureds and Indians to a single Parliament
where they will share the decision-making

‘function: as the start of a process in which,
eventually, the Blacks will have to be ad-
mitted. .

The HNP was always against reform of any
kind, believing the Whites do not have to
make concessions to any people of colour,
»-but have the power to stay in complete con-
trol at all times (a vain hope, considering the
external and internal dangers that confront

; the country).

The Conservative Party goes back to the.1977
proposals of the Vorster Government, with

+, three Parliaments instead of one and a Coun-

* ‘cil of Cabinets instead of Coloureds and In-
dians being not only in the same Parliament
as Whites, but also in the same Cabinet.

, The Right-wing parties also believe the ex-
ecutive President will be a dictator.

To the Official Opposition, the. Progressive
Federal Party, reform means going the whole
hog by including Blacks, for without them,



MINERS REFUTE ALLIANCE TO BAR BLACKS

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 24 Nov 82 p 12

[Text]

THE Mine Surface Offic-
ials Association had not
entered into any Right-
wing’ alliance with the
Mine Workers’ Union to
block ‘an application by
the Federated Mining,
Chemical and Explosives
. Workers’ Union to join
the newly-formed Con-
federation of Associa-
tions and Mining Unions,
MSOA general secretary,
Mr Robbie Botha, said.
The confederation,
which was seen as a major
step towards multi-racial
“bargaining. in the mining
industry, this week voted
‘not to admit FMCEWU,
‘a’ Coloured and Black
union.
“This was widely seen-as
a sétback in'the search for
an agreéd labour relations
structure forthe industry’

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© This: is not so”, he
"The chairman'at Mon-

‘:day’s: meetifig asked who

was in favour of admitting
:FMCEWU: and: those ‘in
favour raised their hands.
They constituted less than
the required two-thirds
majority and that was the
end of the matter. We
were not asked whether
we intended opposing or
abstaining.

“We would have
abstained in the voting
because the confedera-
tion. itself does not yet
have an accepted consti-
tution. It is not officially
constituted arid my plea
was that approval of the
‘FMCEWU. membership
be kept back until the
confederation’s ..constitu-
ction is officially. accepted
by. the executive commit-
tee... -

“In_ effect thez} y.

ed
‘not actually ex-
List officially.”

{* Mr’Bottia said ‘keeping
the FMCEWU ..applica-
tion. pending would haye.
given. the-union’s officials
ithe ,chance- to; - study. the!
constitution of the .con-
federation. they. were ap-
plying to join.

He denied any “Right-
wing alliance” between

his union and the: MWU

on the issue.

“MSOA is a multi-
racial union itself and as
such promotes the organi-
sation of Black and
Coloured: workers in
unions.”

Replying to allegations
that his union feared com-
petition from Black and
Coloured unions, he said
MSOA did not compete
for members.

“All we are interested
in is ‘that Black and
Coloured ‘workers should
be organised. Who orga-
nises them is beside the
point.”

Mr Botha said the con-
federation’s draft consti-

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SOUTH AFRICA

tution was still before a
sub committee after sub-
mission to the Depart-
‘ment of Manpower to test
its acceptability for regis-
tration purposes.

The department had
made many _tevisions
which required _ratifica-
tion by the confedera-
tion’s constitution com-
mittee. / te

Referring « to ‘reports

‘that Monday’s vote could
‘split the confederation
and doom it, Mr Botha
said he hoped all the :par-
ties concerned would act
responsibly and allow the
' confederation to come to
» fruition. :
| “The confederation
should be allowed to de-
velop as circumstances
demand. It would be irre-
sponsible to doom it now.
All responsible parties
should get together and
discuss the _ immediate
“problems,” ‘he said. —
> Sapa. eee S



DETAILS ON ENERGO PROJEKT CONTRACT GIVEN

Harare BUSINESS HERALD in English 11 Nov 82 p 1

[Text]

THE «local — building
industry is unlikely to

benefit from the
$65 million contract
awarded to~ the
Yugoslav company,

Energoprojekt, for the
proposed hotel and
conference centre in

Harare.

Contractors such as
Roberts Construction,
Jobn Sisk, Grinaker Con-
struction and Costains ‘all
said this week that they
had not “been asked -to
participate.

Cement and brick
manufacturers SPC, Port-
land Holdings, and Ma-
shonaland Holdings also
said thay they had not
been approached to pro-
vide the essential raw
materials. ;

Nor had local plant hire
contractors. ‘

The building’ industry in
Zimbabwe is currently ex~
periencing its leanest pe-
riod for many years and
many labourers, skilled
and ‘semi-skilled, have
been laid off.

None of the companies
approached this week
could understand = why
they had been left out of
such a major project, es-
pecially when they have
the skills to undertake the
construction of the show-
piece scheme. .

Mr Keith Butterfield, of
| Roberts Construction, said
he believed a local.team of
architects,
| veyors, consulting eng-
ineers ‘and, if necessary, a
consortium of local con-
tractors could have hand-
led the project.

DEADLINE

But the two-year dead-
line would be difficult
for anyone to meet, he
added. It would be a very
tight situation: for
whoever handled it.

Mr Buttertield said that
although all the major
contractors in Zimbabwe
had ongoing projects they
-could handie the hotel and
conference centre on a
consortium basis.

Mr 0.. B.
managing director of
cement manufacturers
SPO, said that there was
a gross excess of manu-
facturing’ capacity in the
local industry and there
would be no problems sup-
plying all “the cement
needed.

‘We have absolutely no
knowledge of this scheme
apart from what we have
garnered from _ the
Pris.” .

At Mashonaland Hold-
ings, a_spokesman for its
Dale Face. Brick —sub-
sidiary, said; “There have
been ‘no inquiries for
bricks to my knowledge. 1
certainly haven't heard
anything.”

Jennings,

85

quantity. sur-~

The question —_being
asked is “who is going to
supply the bricka and
mortar?”

According to - Minister
of ‘Construction Callistus

Ndlovu the project will
have a 40 percent local
content with the remain-
der shared between the
Yugoslav contractors,
Energoprojekt, and vari-
ous French interests,

“It would be expectiag
-too much for local com:
panies, already committed
to other major projects, to
handle a project of this
size,” said the minister.

“I don’t think any of the
focal companies” could
handle it at the moment.

They are already -over-
stretched.”
Work will start ‘im-

mediately” once financial
protocols have been sign-
ed.

The minister ° added:
“This is moré of a
political agreement than a
business arrangement.”

The Energoprojekt re-
presentative in Zimbabwe,
Mr Branislaz Kraguliac,
was reported to be in
Yugoslavia this week, tut
that country's economic
counsellor, Mr Stanislav
Lazar, said yesterday that
the financing agreements
would be signed next
week. ,

“Our proposal is ready
as far as the Yugoslav
government is concerned,”
said Mr Lazar.

ZIMBABWE



NIGER

KOUNTCHE DISCUSSES TUNISIAN RELATIONS, SOCIETY OF DEVELOPMENT
Dakar LE SOLEIL in French 11 Nov 82 p 20

[interview with President Kountche of Niger by A. Gmati and B.
Ben Maatouk, correspondents of LA PRESSE in Tunisia. Date and
place not given,

[text] In the framework of our cooperation
agreement with the newspaper LA PRESSE in
Tunisia, we are publishing below the inter-
view President Kountche of Niger granted to
our Tunisian colleagues.

[Question] Mr President exemplary relations can be established
between Tunisia and Niger in the framework of south-south trade,
how can one lay the basis for such cooperation when we know the
geographic and economic obstacles which confront such an under-
taking?

Can we speak realistically about joint projects and intensive
and controlled trade between the two countries? Finally in
what definite fields can this trade develop?

[Knswer/ Genuine south-south cooperation has developed and
been established between Niger and Tunisia, going back to some
time after Niger acquired international sovereignty. It is
Tunisia which granted it assistance to establish a very impor-
tant institution, a privileged instrument of our development,
our National Development Bank, which now enjoys Tunisian sup—
port, since Tunisia is a stockholder in this bank with us.

There is a genuine confirmation of this south-south cooperation.

In addition, Niger benefits from the contribution of Tunisian
personnel who provide their experience and their knowledge and
make them available to Niger. Nigeriens are being trained in
Tunisia. I do not mention the cooperation agreements which
have been signed with Tunisia, some of which have been carried
out. South-south cooperation means that those who have experi-
ence share it with those who do not have enough. That is the

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B

4

* Yugoslavia, he added,
was funding one-third of
the project, French inter-

|. ests another third, and the

remainder locally. '

He had no idea tiow
many technicians exe
perts would be brought in
to enstire that the two-
year deadline was" met.
But Vir Lazar said that all

‘the plant and equipment .

would be brought in from
Bnergoprojekt's African
headquarters in Zambia.

A spokesman for the
French trade commission
in Harare said that the
Novatel hotel group was
interested in the hotel

| management contract ‘and

other companies were
hoping to supply equip-
ment such as'lifts.

“But since the signing
of the building contract
we don't know anythin;
she added.

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86



EQUATORIAL GUINEA

BRIEFS

FOREIGN MINISTER LEAVES FOR PARIS--The minister of state for foreign affairs,
Marcelino Nguema Ndeme, left Malabo this morning for Paris at the head of

a government delegation. The foreign minister is bearing a personal message
from President Obiang Nguema Mbazogo to French President Francois Mitterrand.
From Paris, the Equatorial Guinea delegation will proceed to Geneva,
Switzerland, where the Equatorial Guinean foreign minister will establish
his first contact with the United Nations offices in Geneva since his
appointment to the post of foreign minister. [Text] [AB021448 Malabo
Domestic Service in Spanish 1900 GMT 1 Dec 82]

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SWAZILAND

SWAZI PAPER REPORTS SADF TO ‘SHOOT ON SIGHT’
MBO70840 Mbabane THE SWAZI OBSERVER in English 4 Dec 82 p 1
{By Bobby Simelane]

{Text] The South African Defence Force has vowed to shoot on sight any sus-
picious-looking people trying to cross the South African border with Swaziland,
sources at Houkop (Sicunusa) said at the weekend.

They said the South African soldiers had been instructed to "shoot first and
ask questions afterwards," as they did not know whether the people were armed
or not, following the recent shootout between South African police and three
freedom fighters who got killed in the incident.

The sources alleged that the three people had been members of the banned
African National Congress (ANC), who had tried to hire a car to take them down
to Durban, promising the owner E400 for the journey. The driver had apparently
tipped off the police after fearing that they might kill him after dropping
them in Durban.

Our reporter spoke to one of the soldiers who were patrolling the border line
between Houdkop and Neston border posts on Monday.

Mr D. Els, who refused to give his rank, but was obviously in charge of the
platoon of soldiers said that they had been sleeping in the veldt for the past
3 weeks, following disturbances around the area which had been caused by
freedom fighters who he alleged were members of the ANC.

He then took our reporter on a tour of the border line between Houdkop and
Murphy's post (south western Swaziland) during which he pointed out several
spots where he said freedom fighters had cut the wire in order to let supply
cars into Swaziland during the past 3 weeks.

He did not know what had been in the cars but thought it had been guns and
other types of combat artillery.

Mr Els also said it was very difficult for them to identify people who had

just been caught crossing the border illegally, without any sabotage intentions
whatsoever, from the freedom fighters who were always armed to the teeth.

oT



MUNDIA, SHAPI WARN OF 'STRINGENT' ANTI<SMUGGLING MEASURES

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 13 Nov 82 p 1

[Excerpt]

‘THE Party and its Government

working out str-

Hingent measures to curb. the ever increasing cases of
smuggling of essential commodities 60 ofthe country

‘resulting in shortages.

| Prime” Minister ~Mundia
said in Chipata yesterday
that the Party and its Govern-
ment was- concerned at the
high spate of -smuggling ‘in
border areas. He appealed: to

*Party-leadets to give ‘customs *

Officials ~’maximumTM help _ to:
control the-situation.

Tough measures to fight
.the scourge would come into
effect early next year.

What the Party and its
Government wanted was
Straight trade between Zam-
"bians and nationals of neigh-
bouring. countries as . they
were all members of the

“Southern Africa Development

Coordination
(SADCC). .

And speaking on smuggling
Copperbelt Member of the
Central Committee Mr Alex
Shapi warned smugglers that
they risked being shot on the
spot if they persisted with
their activities.

The warning comes after
reports of increased smug-

Conference

gling which was creating |

artificial shortages of essen-
tials such as sugar and cooking
oil.

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Mr Shapi gave the warning |
in Ndola yesterday when pro- |
vincial political secretary, Mr |
Pickson, Chitambala, who is |
also. provincial contingency |
planning tommittee chairman,
reported that smuggling had
become rife and sophisticated
in the province.

Although the available pro-
duction statistics showed that
capacity production of cooking
oil and sugar had been main-
tained, shortages were being
caused by smuggling. — Zana.

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ZAMBIA



SOUTH AFRICA

PRESS SAYS GUARANTEE PARTICIPATION OF OPPOSITION
MBO61146 Johannesburg RAND DAILY MAIL in English 6 Dec 82 p 8
[Editorial: "Democracy Demands It"]

[Text] The minister of constitutional planning and development, Mr Chris
Heunis, has given an assurance that opposition parties will not be excluded
from standing parliamentary committees in the new presidential-style constitu-
tion due to be inaugurated in 1984.

His assurance is welcome, but it is too vague. Given the vital law-making
role assigned to the committees, what is required is a written guarantee
built into the new constitution.

At present the only firm proposal is the one contained in the second and final
report of the president's council. It is that the decision on whether or not
opposition parties should be left to the majority party in white, coloured and
indian chambers of the new legislature. That is tantamount to an invitation
to the governing national party to deny opposition parties in the white chamber
representation in the committees.

The prescribed formula for representation in these committees is that delegates
should be drawn from the white, coloured and indian chambers according to a
4:2:1 ratio. As long as the national party controls all white representatives,
it can outvote combined opposition from coloured and indian deputies. But if
white opposition MPS are included, the prospect of national party control
being thwarted becomes real.

Mr Heunis has cautioned against the assumption that coloured and indian dele-
gates on these committees will automatically vote with the white opposition.
His point is taken--and welcomed. The more South African politics is decided
on issues of principle rather than race or ethnicity the better.

But there are many issues on which the white opposition and coloureds and
indians might make common cause on principle, particularly the removal of
ossified forms of segregation which the national party, to the detriment of
the country, has balked from abolishing. The antediluvian laws criminalising
inter-racial love and prohibiting the free emergence of racially mixed resi-
dential areas come to mind.

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SOUTH AFRICA

RSA PAPER INTERVIEWS CISKEI SECURITY MINISTER
MB061306 Johannesburg RAND DAILY MAIL in English 6 Dec 82 p 9

["Edited transcript" of an interview given "this week" by Xhanti Charles Sebe,
State Security Minister of Ciskei]

[Excerpts] [Question] Has the promise of independence been fulfilled and
would you see this first year of independence as a success?

[Answer] There is an enormous difference between what Ciskei was before inde-
pendence and what it is now. Take my department, for instance. We never had
a department of state security before independence. After independence, the
department is now manned by well over 887 men.

This, then has afforded job opportunities for these men. Imagine if indepen-
dence had not been opted for, where then would these men have been employed.

[Question] Have you gone ahead with your plan to license poets and playwrights,
and would, for example, the president, who is a poet, have to be licensed?

[Answer] We are a country with certain norms, a country with intelligence

and security services, who are qualified, professional people in their field.
They are people who have to know what type of politicising is done by the enemy--
and you can, for example, politicise people through drama.

If any play, any drama group wants to book a hall, they are compelled to pro-
duce a script. I run through the script, and if there is no political conno-
tation which could wake up the masses, then they can go ahead.

[Question] Have advances been made incombating poverty and unemployment?
[Answer] Unemployment is an on going process, but with independence, the un-
employment will soon fade, because we will have Bisho, that is our capital,
which is under construction. Soon a number of shops and other buildings will
be put up there, and this will relieve the problem of unemployment.

As government grows, this will also alleviate the problem of unemployment—-for
example, next year I will have to increase my army by about 260 new men.

45



of $98 per tonne, If people used an average of 55 kg of maize meal per person
per day, it seemed the Government was subsidising the daily food of 5,000,000
people, he said, "There are not 5,000,000 drought-stricken people in
Zimbabwe, so what is happening? In normal circumstances a peasant farmer
would set aside the maize he needs for his family for a year, "The present
pricing policy makes a nonsense of such thrift," said Senator Todd, Peasant
farmers. now knew they could sell every bag of maize they produced and receive
$120 a tonne, They could buy their maize back as prepacked roller meal for
$90 a tonne, [Text] [Harare THE HERALD in English 13 Nov 82 p 7]

COURSES IN NORWAY--Twenty ex-combatants left Harare for Norway yesterday
afternoon to take up two-year courses in agriculture and mechanics, A
spokesman for Development Aid from People to People (DAPP), the organisation
sending them to Norway, said in Harare yesterday that this was the third
group they were to train, The first two, with a combined total of 50 ex-
combatants, left the country for Denmark earlier this year to train in
agriculture, mechanics, building and wire meshing, The group that left for
Norway yesterday was accompanied by a representative of the DAPP,

Miss Getrud Carlsen. An official of the Demobilisation Directorate, who

was at the airport to see them off, said they had been selected from all the
country's provinces, The skills they were to learn he said, would be important
to the country on their return, but they would be more important to the ex-
combatants because, like most former fighters, their education had been
interrupted during the liberation war, "This training will provide them with
the skills to help them in future, when their demobilisation payments run
out," the official said. The move to send the ex-combatants to Norway for
training was part of the efforts the Demobilisation Directorate was making

in a bid to resettle those already demobilised, [Text] [Harare THE HERALD

in English 11 Nov 82 p 4]

ENGINEERING TUTORS~-Nineteen students who spent nine months studying as
engineering lecturers at the University of British Columbia in Canada returned
to Harare yesterday. A spokesman for the Ministry of Manpower Planning and
Development said the students were the first group to take advantage of a
Canada-Zimbabwe programme launched in March to train Zimbabwean students as
lecturers in various areas of engineering. The students would now be sent
to technical colleges throughout the country. Before leaving Zimbabwe, the
19 students were already qualified as engineers, A larger group of students
to be trained as lecturers in engineering would leave for Canada next
January. A spokesman for the World University Service of Canada, which is
administering the programme, said it was part of Canadian technical aid to
Zimbabwe through his organisation, Canada was offering 50 technical teachers
to the Ministry of Manpower Planning and Development, Of these, 14 were al-
ready in the country and another 25 would be coming next January, There was
also an agreement with the Ministry of Education and Culture under which
Canada would provide 100 teachers for rural secondary schools, Already 72
were in Zimbabwe, with the rest due to arrive next January, [Text] [Harare
THE HERALD in English 18 Nov 82 p 7]

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LIBERIA

DOE ON 'UNWHOLESOME PRACTICES'
Paris AFRICA AFP in English 29 Oct 82 p 18

[Text] Monrovia, October 28 - Liberian Head of State Samuel Doe Wednesday
vowed to discipline any official involved in "unwholesome practices" that
seem to be pervading the Government.

Mr. Doe spoke of payroll padding, misappropriation of public funds, nepotism,
conflict of interest and bureaucratic red tape, and said any official found
guilty by the courts of such activities would go to jail.

Public confidence in the Government was eroding quickly, Mr. Doe said,
because of "weak leadership and the lack of initiative".

Many of the problems stem from "selfishness, greed, lack of national spirit",
and a tendency to regard Government as private property, Mr. Doe said.

Rather than the hoped-for "better day for the nation", he said, "the situa—
tion has been the reverse. Ministers and directors have refused to accept
the challenges afforded them and have left the burden of leadership on the
ruling council". (A.F.P.)

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