The frank and open dialogue between the highest official of the party and state
in the province and the residents of Dzunsa demonstrated that, despite all

the difficulties confronting us today, the people have full confidence in the
FRELIMO Party and in the government of the People's Republic of Mozambique.

“We have a lot of problems, but we are not running away. This is our land

and no one is going to move us from here. We just want to raise enough food
to overcome the famine that threatens us every year," a peasant remarked at
one point in the discussion.

Eduardo Arao stressed that the problems which the Mozambican people face now,
from the natural disasters to the armed banditry, will be solved if the people
throughout the country continue to believe that the party and government belong
to them. "This confidence in the party and government should be expressed

in the engagement of all our people in combating the armed bands and in increas~-
ing production on the farms." For combating the bandits, he recommended that
the people fashion weapons of "cold steel," such as iron-tipped javelins, darts,
bows and arrows; he promised that he would arrange to send a large quantity

of machetes to the Dzunsa area very soon.

Regarding the battle against hunger, we learned from our visit to Dzunsa that,
with just a little assistance, the area is capable of becoming self~sufficient.
The zone produces corn, "mapira," "feijao-nhemba'' [type of bean], peanuts,
yams, bananas, oranges, pineapples and various types of greens. What the
peasants need now is assistance with new agricultural techniques and tools,
such as hoes, machetes and, in the near future, animal-drawn plows, because
the residents raise cattle which could be trained to harness.

In the Dzunsa area, the government delegation visited a spring which supplies

the residents with potable water. With just a little more aid, this permanent
source of water could be put to many uses.

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He observed that the office of the President needs a young and energetic
person to lead this country to prosperity.

Mr Farhat, a certified public accountant, noted that the problem facing
Liberia will require a person dedicated and willing to work in the best
interest of the country for greater economic growth.

He pointed out that the lack of patriotism on the part of some citizens
and their unwillingness to adequately work in the best interest of the
country, is the major cause of our economic problem.

He said Liberians now needs good leader who will set shinning examples for
their "lieutenants" to emulate, noting that, "leaders who will say what they
mean and mean what they say". [para as published]

Mr Farhat, who is the vice president and executive committee member of the
Liberian Institute of Certified Public Accountants, said if nominated and
elected President of Liberia, his administration shall be characterized by
a government of national unity, peace, stability and a continue growth of
the Liberian economy.

He also promised a greater press freedom and expressed his desire to cultivate
awareness among Liberians in appreciating and accepting their values and
culture as a major step for economy recovery.

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JPRS*SSA~85+102
23 October 1985

NAMIBIA

"MASS ACTION NECESSARY' FOR NAMIBIAN LIBERATION
EA261842 Addis Ababa Voice of Namibia in English 1900 GMT 25 Sep 85

[Text] The SWAPO Youth League has threatened to calla consumer
boycott in Namibia unless businessmen and industrialists state where
they stand on the struggle for independence. One of the leaders

of the SWAPO youth league in Namibia, Comrade (Stevie Kahswanjo)
disclosed on Monday that the call had. been made at a youth rally in
Windhoek's black residential area of (Katarua) on Sunday.

The call of the SWAPO YOuth League to the business.community in
Namibia is both timely and critical. It is a uncontested fact in
today's Namibia that most businessmen support colonialism and
Pretoria's puppets in the so-called internal government (in Namibia).

The businesses of such collaborators should be boycotted .without
reservation while the businessmen whose stand is not .known should
clarify their position without hesitation. Mere verbal assurances of
allegiance to the liberation struggle is not enough. Those. businessmen
who. pledge support to the liberation struggle should: organize. them-
selves into a fresh circle to demand the immediate and unconditional
independence of Namibia in accordance with UN Security Council
resolution 435.

Our activities should moreover not be confined to a consumer boycott.
They should be broadened to encompass ‘key industries. such.as mining
and construction. Mining corporations such as consolidated diamond
mines, rossing Uranium Ltd, and [word indistinct] corporation are
among the main forces which are sustaining apartheid colonialism in
Namibia.. Through their treacherous mining operations these corpora-
tions provide the occupationist regime with: the revenue which enables
it to continue its despicable and oppressive rule over us. -Most if not
all of those corporations even prohibit us from organizing trade
unions.to defend our basic rights. Rossing Uranium Ltd for example
went even further than the economic:.super exploitation of .our en-
slaved labor and organized a so-called industrial army, which is in
reality an extension of the South African Armed Forces to the mines.

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The only way that southern Africa can truly prosper is. for its
countries and governments to.be freed from American-Soviet competition,
in order to allow a stable climate to attract development aid. The
Soviets have proved their inability to provide this. kind of aid,
therefore southern Africa's. only option for survival lies in

improving relations with the West.

Furthermore, southern Africa can only become thoroughly stable if
its governments find an amicable accommodation with South Africa,
as Mozambique has done through the Nkomati Accord.

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Assal Lake, a large mass of salt sparkling with whiteness, is located several
tens of kilometers from Ghoubhet El Kharab, 156 meters below sea Jlevel.

From time immemorial, nomads in the nearby regions have gone to Assal Lake to
get salt supplies, both for their. own use and also to sell.

Entire caravans transporting this precious commodity have traveled up to the
highlands of Abyssinia, from where they returned laden with "“d@ourah."

This thousand-year-old trade from which the nomads made great profits did not
survive for long against the competition from the Assab salt works. It came
to a complete halt because of the lack of markets.

A Successful Initiative

Now, about 30 years after the closure of the Djibouti Salt Works, we are
totally dependent on foreign salt supplies, According to the statistics ser-
vice data, salt imports cost us over 10 million francs each year,

Today, salt mining has been revived at the initiative of a Tadjourian, Mr
Ahmed Daoud, On the outskirts of Tadjoura, to the right of the new electri-
city plant, he has established some.salt marshes on the edge of the sea.

There are seven artificial marshes in all, covering a large area. "We had
no shortage of problems in the beginning, but through our perseverance, we
have managed to extract salt," Ahmed Daoud, proud of his accomplishment, told
us. He produces salt through the evaporation of seawater from the action of
the sun and wind,

Ahmed Daoud uses only a motor-driven pump and about 10 workers. To date he
has been operating with his own funds. He has not yet reached the stage of
commercial production, for the operation is not yet efficient,

"So far we have been in the testing phase, which has been very encouraging,
and we are about to enter the production phase. We will try to expand the
number of salt marshes now," explained Ahmed Daoud, sharing his determination
to carry this venture forward. His initiative deserves to be encouraged and
to be followed closely.

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JPRS*SSA*85*102
23 October 1985

NIGERIA

BRIEFS

PRIVATIZATION OF RADIO STATIONS--The minister of information and culture,
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Ukpo, has said that it will be premature
to privatize radio stations now. He said in an interview in the
course of his tour of FRCN [Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria]
studios and offices in Ikoyi today that rather than hand over to
private interests, efforts will be made to improve on the services

of the stations. The minister expressed satisfaction with the present
performance of FRCN stations in the face of old and inadequate
equipment, and promised that efforts will be made to provide the
stations with modern equipment. Col Ukpo said that the present
administration had not taken a stand yet on whether or not Nigeria
will be allowed to carry commercial advertisement, as a way of
generating revenue. He, however, said that recommendations will be
made on the need for the stations to generate funds internally. The
visit marks the end of the minister's tour of FRCN facilities in

the Lagos area. [Text] [Lagos Domestic Service in English 1200 GMT
30 Sep 85]

COMMUNICATION LINKS--The Nigerian Telecommunications Limited is to provide
communication links between the head office of the PAN-AFRICAN NEWS AGENCY,
PANA, in Dakar, Senegal, and its southern Africa pool office in Lusaka, Zambia.
An agreement to this effect has been signed by the two sides. The head of
PANA's West African regional pool office in Lagos, Alhaji Swaebou Conateh,
announced this yesterday when the minister of information and culture, Lieuten-
ant Colonel Anthony Ukpo, visited the establishment. Alhaji Swaebou said the
link was to provide full news coverage to developments in Southern Africa. He
appealed to mass media organizations in Nigeria to give credit to stories

from PANA, in order to enable their readers to identify and recognize the role
of the continental organization. Alhaji Swaebou described the effective collab-
oration between PANA and the NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA as well as other organs of
the Ministry of Information as a model for inter-African cooperation. [Text]
[Lagos International Service in English 0830 GMT 9 Oct 85 AB]

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LIBERIA

JPRS*SSA485~102
23 October 1985

BRIEFS

RADIO TRANSMITTER REPAIRED--The building housing the shortwave transmitters of
the Liberia Broadcasting System in Paynesville near Monrovia is to be renovated
at an estimated cost of $60,000. Disclosing this in an interview with newsmen
yesterday, Mr Togba Ngangana, chairman of the Building Committee of the National
Commission for the Rehabilitation of Broadcasting, NCRB, described the building
as deplorable to house sensitive equipment. Mr Ngangana, who is also deputy
public works minister for technical services, said the renovation of the trans-
mitter building could be completed by December. Minister Ngangana, who was on
an inspection tour of the building along with some of the members of NCRB, said
the renovation will include the complete airconditioning of the transmitter
building. During the special tour of the transmitter building, the chairman of
NCRB, assistant postal affairs minister, Samuel R. Watkins, disclosed that the
50 kilowatt shortwave transmitter had been repaired and was now on test with
good results. Mr Watkins said that the transmitter was not running at full
capacity due to the lack of certain parts which will be obtained in due course.
[Text] [Monrovia Radio ELWA in English 0655 GMT 8 Oct 85 AB]

SENATORIAL CANDIDATE 'BRUTALIZED'--A senatorial candidate of the Unity Party,
Counselor Francis (Galawole), yesterday appeared at the headquarters of the
Special Elections Commission to complain that he has allegedly been brutalized
by a group of soldiers while campaigning in Totota, Bong County. He said the
group, led by an army officer he identified only as Ajukwu, beat him and con-
fiscated his car yesterday morning while he was in Totoa on a campaign trip.
He did not, however, say upon whose orders he has been beaten by the soldiers.
[Text] [Monrovia Radio ELWA in English 1710 GMT 5 Oct 85 AB]

'GANG' THREATENS NEWSPAPER--Monrovia, Oct 4 (AFP)-~-A gang claiming to be mem~
bers of the youth task force of the National Democratic Liberian Party, which
(2supports) Head of State Samuel Doe, burst into the independent FOOTPRINTS
TODAY newspaper here and threatened to destroy its offices and equipment for
publishing "bad things about us," the paper reported today. It said about 13
men wearing task forct T-shirts, and armed with batons and steel chains,
entered its offices Wednesday to protest about a story carried the day before
saying that eight members of the opposition Liberia Action Party had complained
of being manhandled by the task force during a campaign tour in suburban Mon-
rovia. The paper (?said) the men claimed the story was "piased," and warned
that if similar items were repeated they would return to destroy the paper's
offices and equipment. There have been repeated reports and complaints by
opposition parties that the task force had attacked their members, but Police
Director Wilfred Clark said today he had received no official report of such
acts. In another development, the minister of state for presidential affairs,
J. Bernard Blamo, has denied persistent rumours here that the government wants
to impose a curfew before the October 15 presidential and legislative elections
to return the country to civilian rule. Mr Blamo described the rumours as
(2"misinformation"), adding, "it is just one of those lies circulating in
Monrovia." [Text] [Paris AFP in English 1224 GMT 4 Oct 85 AB]

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framework of a special organization outside the United Nations, the OAU
and the Movement of Nonaligned Countries, so also should black states
decide in future what they consider capable of improving their conditions
and bringing them to the level attained by others.

Black states, continued Mr Inongo, could also concert action outside
continental and world bodies towards the development of science and
technology.

Mr Sakombi Inonko appealed for total mobilization for the successful
implementation of this project, adding it will be the best mechanism for
economic integration and for fighting racism.

Apartheid in South Africa, according to the ambassador, is a problem
which can be solved if black states come together as a bloc and fight for
the total liberation of the continent.

In reply to a question on why the country is proposing a League of Black
States and not a League of Black People, the ambassador said it is better
to first of all sweep ones doorstep before sweeping that of the neighbour.
The other blacks (in Arab, European and North American countries) live

in states which are, already advanced compared to those of black Africa,
Mr Inongo said, adding that the league proposed by President Mobutu is a
project that should be realized for the benefit of black Africa which is
lagging behind white Africa and other continents.

The 6-hour debate attended by Senegalese intellectuals and journalists
of the national and international press ended with very little positive
interventions in favour of the project as defined by its initiator.

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Regain the Earlier Image

Because the activities of the group now under’ arrest practically altered
the borough's political and social stability, this situation. must urgently
be restored.

By way of following up on the measures taken,.the borough's political organi-
zation established the immediate task of reorganizing the militia command,

As we were told, this will require greater participation both’ on the part of
the borough's population and closer coordination and links with the’ PPM
detachment that serves the borough,

According to Manuel Simbine, the secretary of the Chamanculo "D" GD, the re-
organization of the militia command is considered’ the first step in the
general reorganization of the borough's life,

"Our goal is to regain the prestige which this borough always had. Besides,
during the process of reorganizing the party's: base structures, this borough
was considered a pilot borough," our source told us.

We notice that it has become necessary to revitalize the leadership bodies
throughout the borough.

In his briefing on the situation created’ by the operations of group of rowdies,
the name of Alfredo Nhamussua emerged several’ times, In the opinion not only
of the GD but also the residents,- this individual was the person. who was
chiefly responsible for everything that happened.

"He was the group's leader, We do not know how, but he had contacts with some
police officers and that enabled’ him to operate with impunity. This is. why
it did not take long to resolve the cases in which he was involved," the
official explained to us,

Our sources informed us on the other hand that’ Alfredo Nhamussua never reported
for training.

"I do not understand how he could become a militiaman," he’ said.

Adriano Matavele, the man in charge of literacy drive in the borough, believes
the arrest of the group is in keeping with’ the desires of the residents of
Chamanculo "D," Among other things to calls attention to’the fact that. the
borough's reorganization can be successful only if there is close collaboration
among all agencies involved,

In this connection he said that "I do not know how it happened that, when some

members are arrested, they are.released’ several days later due: to: lack of
evidence,"

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JPRS*SSA*85*102
23 October 1985

TECHNICAL TRAINING FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS=-Citizens of foreign countries will
be permitted to enroll as students in intermediate technical-professional
institutes, according to a dispatch published in the BOLETIM DA REPUBLICA and
signed by Joaquim Nunes de Carvalho, secretary of state for technical~profes-
sional education. The document indicates that the secretary of state gives
the national director of technical education the authority to admit the first
foreign students to the intermediate technical-professional institutes. The
document also determines that applications for enrollment should be sent to

the Secretariat of State for Technical-Professional Education. [Text] [Maputo
NOTICIAS in Portuguese 11 Sep 85 p 10] 6362

MACHEL PRAISES LIBYAN COOPERATION-—President Samora Machel expressed’ the desire
for cooperation between Mozambique'and Libya to continue fruitful to the bene-
fit of both peoples. This desire was éxpressed in a.message which the

marshal of the People’s Republic of Mozambique sent to Col Muammar Qadhdhafi,
the leader of the Great Revolution of 1 September, in Libya, congratulating
him on the 16th anniversary of that event. "It is with profound joy that the ©
Mozambican people join the people of the Arab Socialist People's Jamahiria of
Libya in the celebration of 1 September, the day of the Great Socialist
Revolution," the message said. ‘The chief of state added that he sends the
warmest greeting to Col Qadhdhafi on this occasion in the name of the people
and ;the government of the RPM [People's Republic of Mozambique] and in his
own name, On this "historical date" Samora Machel hails “the victories
achieved by the Libyan people over’ a period of 16 years of socialist revolu-
tion which were possible due to determination and courage of the Libyan
working masses under your leadership." The message ends with the wish that
the Libyan people may have a future of success’ and long life as well as good
health for the Libyan leader. [Text] [Maputo NOTICIAS in Portuguese 4 Sep

85 p 1] 5058

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JPRS*SSA*854102
23 October 1985

MALI

BRIEFS

SYRIAN CULTURAL ACCORD--At 1200 hours on 24 August 1985, the General Director-
ate of International Cooperation was the scene of the official ceremony marking
the signing of the executive program of the cultural agreement betweén the
Syrian Arab Republic and the Republic of Mali for the 1985-1986 and 1986-1987
period. By virtue of the accord, Syria pledges to: annually supply Mali with
40 scholarships and to send teachers to our country in the technical and pro-
fessional fields. The agreement was signed for Mali by Alpha Amadou Diaw,
general director of international cooperation, and for Syria, by Ahmed Nazir
al-Deir, director of cultural exchanges in the Syrian Ministry of National
Education. [Text] [Bamako L'ESSOR in French 28 Aug 85 p 1] 11,464

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was enacted with the aim of ensuring collaboration between commercial estab-
lishments and the security forces in the control and defense of key industries
and installations in South Africa and Namibia. Some 633 such installations,
many of them foreign-owned, have been designated as key units or key points.
The key points scheme, which includes the creation of local defense units or
industrial commandos, demonstrate the increasingly supportive integration of
transnational corporations into South Africa's overall military strategy.

For example, a 69-man standing army is maintained at the (Rossing) uranium
mines, distributed in three separate units. The (Rossing) security department,
consisting of 15 men, the security department auxilliary of 30 men, and the
[words indistinct] command industrial protection unit consisting of 24 men.

South Africa's military occupation of Namibia and its brutal behavior have
inflicted profound damage on the fabric of Namibian society. The destructive
role of the South African occupation forces and their puppets and mercenaries
stand in contrast to the efforts made by SWAPO to (?launch) a new society for
an independent Namibia.

South Africa's military expense in the largest single component of the total
budget. In addition, some military and security allocations are disguised by
being listed under categories other than defense. For instance, all construc-
tion and maintenance of military bases in paid for by the Department of Public
Works: all houses for military personnel are provided by the Department of
Community Development; and the welfare of the increasing number of war casual-
ties is the responsibility of the Department of Health, Welfare and Pensions.

South Africa has for several years been engaged in a systematic campaign of
destabilization of the neighboring African states. Using the international
territory of Namibia as a launching pad, it has repeatedly committed blatant
acts of aggression against the Peoples Republic of Angola and in the process
has caused extensive damage and destruction to lives and property. Women and
children and other innocent civilians have been its constant victims. At the
Vienna seminar, the (?four) participants noted that the Pretoria regime has

in fact (?launched) a premeditated policy of destabilization of the entire
southern African region. Such policy has been exemplified by the racist regime's
repeated aggression against and occupation of Angolan territory, its raids into
Zambia and its training and arming of Mozambican puppet groups which attack
roads and pipes of water and oil pipelines connecting Zimbabwe with the port of
Beira in Mozambique. For more than a year, South Africa has occupied parts of
southern Angola as far as 250 km (?jumped) the Namibian border with an estimated
5,500 troops operating in the area, notwithstanding the incidence of inter-
national outcries and condemnation expressed in numerous UN resolutions.

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JPRS=SSA*85*102
23 October 1985

ZAIRE

BRIEFS

DEFENSE SECRETARY TO VISIT SEOUL--Kinshasa, 28 Sep (AZAP)--General Likulia
Bolongo, secretary of state for national defense and territorial security,
will visit Seoul next December at the invitation of the Government of the
Republic of Korea, it was learned from the embassy of that country in
Kinshasa on Friday. The purpose of the visit will be to further strengthen
the relations of military cooperation existing between South Korea and
Zaire. The secretary of state for national defense and territorial
security will also convey the sentiments of gratitude of the Executive
Council and of the Zairian Armed Forces to the Korean Government and Army
for all the tokens of sympathy and solidarity that testify to the
importance of the friendship existing between the two countries and that
give a particular character to the Zairian-Korean military cooperation
which should be strengthened and developed. [Text] [Kinshasa AZAP

in French 1000 GMT 28 Sep 85]

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With the implementation of this program, the emergency power plant will, it
is believed, be capable of operating continually in the port .of Maputo,
thus preventing any interruption due to’ power failures; this also will
permit a faster: pace in loading and unloading’ operations at the port of
Maputo.

According to Manuel Lopes, a technician from MAN is coming to’ the country to
supervise the program and to train Mozambican’ supervisory’ personnel’ for
equipment maintenance,

The emergency power plant supplies energy tothe port and the connected areas.

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JPRS*SSA*85+102
23 October 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

LE GRANGE DISCUSSES POLICE ACTIONS DURING UNREST
MB270856 Johannesburg THE STAR in English 26 Sep 85 p 23

[Text] /Since August last year 'unrest has spread throughout the
country, claiming nearly 700 lives, including those of 12 policemen.
At least a third of the deaths are caused by black-versus-black
violence. There have been increasing allegations of unnecessary
police violence and criticisms of police methods of control. Political
Staffer Bruce Cameron interviewed the minister of law and order,

Mr Louis le Grange./ [slantlines indicate boldface as published]

Question: The police have been the subject of increasing criticism,
particularly in the United States, about the methods they use to
control demonstrations, marches and riots. What is your reaction to
this criticism?

Mr le Grange: It is ironic that the police are always criticized
after the event for the methods they use to control demonstrations
and riots. I recall clearly how severely the police in the United
States and the United Kingdom were criticized during the riots in
Miami, Florida, and London a few years ago and, more recently, in
Birmingham.

The U.S. State Department should be the last to criticize us in this
respect. It must rather look to the beam in its own eye instead of
the splinter in ours.

I have often stated in public that neither I nor the commissioner

of Police will condone any form of violence on the part of the police
and strict instructions in this regard’ have been issued. But, equally,
we cannot allow our policemen to be killed or injured in. their
difficult task of trying to uphold the law. Sometimes they have to
face brutal and callous crowds who do not care about human life.

Question: You have been reported as saying that people with complaints
should lay charges at police stations. But the point has been raised
that people affected may be afraid to complain to the people about whom
the complaints are made. Is there any possibility of an independent
person being appointed to investigate the complaints?

84



JPRS*SSA*85+102
23 October 1985

BOTSWANA

MASIRE SAYS FOREIGN INVESTMENT SAFE IN COUNTRY
MB301333 Gaborone Domestic Service in English 1110 GMT 30 Sep 85

[Text] The president, Dr Quett Masire, has declared that foreign
investment in Botswana will be sager than. in the best of the

countries in the subregion. In a speech at the national. stadium

in Gaborone this morning on the occasion of Botswana's 19th anniversary
of independence, Dr Masire said Botswana was fortunate in terms of

its political climate. He said this was because it was at peace amid
instability and chaotic conditions: prevailing in some of the countries
with which it shared common borders,

Dr Masire told the nation that interdependence among countries,
including between developed and developing countries was increasing.
Developed countries were increasingly looking for areas in which
they could invest for a reasonable and assured return. He noted
that a prerequisite to this was the political climate they perceived
in a country. The president said that the government encouraged
such investment and had to this end created suitable conditions,
ensuring return on investment and reasonable repatriation of profits.

Dr Masire further said that Botswana had been fortunate.in the past
19 years to have received. tremendous international and bilateral
assistance mostly from developed. countries for which he was grateful.
He added that it was true that the country is still dependent on

the goodwill of these countries for it to go ahead,.and expressed
the hope that developed countries will continue to provide assistance
to Botswana.

Earlier, the president had warned that the best test for Batswana

as a nation lay in the challenge they face of transforming the country
from a pastoral preoccupation into a modern and diversified agri-
culturally based industrial state. Dr Masire warned that there was
no alternative to this strategy and called on Batswana to think
appropriately and adjust their attitudes accordingly.



Briefs

MOZAMBIQUE

Syrian Cultural Accord

Bank Accord Signed With Malawi

(NOTICIAS, 5 Sep 85) ccsseccccecceeseceeeeeeeseeseneeeeees

Reorganization of Militia Termed Goal in Maputo

(NOTICIAS, 3 Sep 85) ccccccccscseeeeeeereeenesseeeeenenees

Victory at Gorongosa Seen as Decisive Step in War

(NOTICTAS, LO Sep 85) cscccccccecceceeeeeresteetteeeresees

Various Projects in Maputo Port Under Way

(NOTICIAS, 3 Sep 85) cececeecesececcccccecsceeeserensseees

Bulgarian Commercial Attache Praises Cooperation

(Rachko Iliev; NOTICIAS, 9 Sep 85) ..seecesecerecceereeees

Lichinga Residents Support Defense Effort

Machel

Lugela

Machel

(NOTICIAS, 11 Sep 85) weceeessescsccrecrcceeereecerevesees

Declares Chinhamacungo Model Cooperative
(Azarias Inguane; NOTICIAS, 10 Sep 85).....seseeeeeseeeeee

District Administrator Discusses Cooperatives
(Ibrahimo Daudo Interview; NOTICIAS, 7 Sep 85)....+.+++++-

Visits IFLOMA Installations in Messica
(NOTICIAS, 11 Sep 85) ceecsesececeecceceessecseesseseeeees

Gaza Governor Tours Xai-Xai Socioeconomic Sectors

(Bento Niquisse; NOTICIAS, 11 Sep 85) ...seseeseeeeeeeeres

Tete Governor Visits Locality of Dzunsa

(NOTICIAS, 11 Sep 85) secesseeceecccessecessrcecerseercecs

Middle-Level Water Supply Experts To Be Trained

Briefs

(NOTICIAS, 29 Aug 85) ccscceccceevececeneecescsrecerereess

Experimental Cashew Planting

‘More Land to Private Sector

New Buses for Beira

Construction in Tete

Commander Dismissed for Embezzlement
Sugar Sector to Agriculture Ministry
Technical Training for Foreign Students
Machel Praises Libyan Cooperation

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Using their resources, the people, together with the political officers in
the borough, including conscientious and honest militiamen, exposed the
actions of these trouble makers and that led to their recent arrest.

It was thus proved once again that, in coordination with the leadership
structure of our districts, all of us together can confront any kind of
enemy action which, in addition to destroying the country's economic
resources, is aimed at threatening the correct guidelines of our party and
state,

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NIGERIA

DEBATE ON MERITS OF IMF LOAN HELD
AB270905 Lagos Domestic Service in English 0600 GMT 27 Sep 85

[Text] The first national debate on whether or not Nigeria should take
the IMF loan, organized by Chase-Manhattan Bank, has ended in Lagos.

At the end of the debate, the majority of the participants were
opposed to the country taking the loan. They were of the view that

the loan, with all its conditionalities, would spell economic and
social disaster for Nigeria. The conditionalities for the loan,

they contended, were to ensure that developing countries remained the
suppliers of agricultural raw materials to industrialized countries.
The opponents of the loan recommended an inward search for solutions

to the country's balance of payments problems.

However those in favor of the loan believed that Nigeria had no
wiable alternative than to take the loan since trading partners have
decided not to extend further trade credits to her, except if she
accepted the loan. They saw the loan with all its conditionalities
as the only way to instill financial discipline into the Nigerian
economy and its managers, By taking the loan, they argued, Nigeria
would be able to maintain its current pace of modernization and
industrial development, through access to foreign capital and experts,

The debate was organized by the Chase-Manhattan Bank, [word indistinct]
Management Consultants and the Nigerian Television Authority.

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to take this step almost 75 years after British imperialism gave it
an exclusive right to govern our country shows how deep the crisis is
in which the racist white minority finds itself.

Our enemy finds itself sinking deeper and deeper into the quagmire
and has now called on the services of the group of unprincipled and
immoral paid puppets to fish the racists out of the mud into which
they are sinking. It can only be a desperate and defeated. man that
can rely on the likes of Hindrickse and Rajbansi as his saviours.

But of course, Botha depends on the army as his ultimate saviour.

All the talk about a democratic system in South Africa is so much
hogwash. Indeed, the one victory that Botha can claim, is that in
almost 20 years of intimate dealings with the racist armed forces

he has succeeded to build up these forces and to install them in

the position in which they are today, a position where they constitute
the centre of power in the apartheid state machinery. But even that
victory belongs to a defeated politician, to a system that has failed
and can only maintain itself by the use of naked, brute force.

Dear compartiots, thanks to our struggle, thanks to our refusal to
be intimidated by Pretoria's policy of terrorism or to be misled by
the deceitful maneuvers of the racists, the apartheid regime has its
back to the wall. All that this regime can do today and in future
is to look for ways and means of prolonging its life. It knows that
it can no longer seek as it cannot obtain an outright victory over
the forces of national liberation and democracy in our country.

To repeat. in different ways what we have said earlier to you, dear
friends, in our planning, in‘our thinking, in our mobilization we
must proceed from the basis that we have in fact inflicted a whole
series of humiliating defeats on the apartheid regime. We have,
through struggle, created a situation in which our oppressors them-
selves know that their entire policy in all its aspects is in tatters.
The racists themselves know that for them, movement can only be in
one direction, the direction of retreat, the direction of backward
movement towards final defeat.

This situation demands that we should use our accumulated strength
to move forward, to force the enemy to retreat even faster, to turn
that retreat into a rout. The democratic forces of our country must
therefore address themselves urgently to the question of what we
should do to achieve this movement forward. The first and most
important thing that we need to do is to pin on our banners the
demand: Botha must go. Botha must go because he does not represent
the people of South Africa. His regime is illegitimate and unaccep-
table, even when it has a sprinkling of puppets who have been rejected
by the black people. Botha must go because his rule can only mean
untold suffering for the majority of the people of our country. Let
the call resound throughout our country. The tyrant Boths must go.

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against the State, including support for armed rebels who operate in
Matabeleland. Dr Nkomo has denied that he gives orders to rebels who have
murdered and mainmed scores of party officials and supporters of the Prime
Minister, Mr Robert Mugabe. The opposition leader has countered that the
crackdown is an attempt to frame his party so that it can be banned, paving
the way for Mr Mugabe's avowed aim to create a one-party state in Zimbabwe--
Sapa-AP. [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 27 Sep 85 p 15]

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UK's Position on RSA Sanctions
(Accra Domestic Service, 28 Sep 85) ..sccwecscceceeeees

Briefs
IDA Loan Granted

GUINEA

Two Financial Agreements Signed With France
(Conakry Domestic Service, 23 Sep 85) ...scsseeeeeeeeee

IVORY COAST
Briefs
UK Military Delegation
Party Congress 9-12 October
Canadian Commercial Mission Visits
LESOTHO

Radio Discusses RSA Economic Ties
(Maseru Domestic Service, 13 Sep 85) .........cceeeeenes

LIBERIA

Doe, Farhat Vie for LAP Presidential Nomination
(FOOTPRINTS TODAY, 11 Sep 85) ..scevececcecscceeeseceees

Two Tolbert In-Laws To Be Extradited
(J. N. Elliott; NEW LIBERIAN, 20 Sep 85) ...secseeseeees

Foyans Relocate Airf ield to Siombulenin
(NEW LIBERIAN, 9 Sep 85) ..cceecseeserecssecceeccscees oo

Rubber Tappers Want Recognition of Union
(J. Gortor Kiazolu; FOOTPRINTS TODAY, 10 Sep 85)........

FRG Pledges More Assistance to NCRDP
(Momo Dorley; NEW LIBERIAN, 16 Sep 85) .....seeeeeeeceees

Teachers Interrupt Classes To Protest Salary Arrears
(FOOTPRINTS TODAY, 17 Sep 85) ..ccceccececscererccceeecs

Briefs
Radio Transmitter Repaired
Senatorial Candidate 'Brutalized"
'Gang' Threatens Newspaper
MALT

Agreement With China on Health Cooperation Concluded
(L'ESSOR, 26 Aug 85) .rcccccececcccecececececeeceeseeeees

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LIBERIA

FRG PLEDGES MORE ASSISTANCE TO NCRDP
Monrovia NEW LIBERIAN in English 16 Sep 85 p 8
[Article by Momo Dorley]

[Text] The German Ministry for Economic Cooperation has earmarked $530,000
as its financial assistance to the Nimba County Rural Development Project
(NCRDP) for the 1985/86 fiscal year.

However, the actual disbursement of the funds will depend on the readiness
of the Liberian Government to fulfill its obligations to NCRDP, the project
coordinator, Dr Fred V. Goericke, told this paper in an interview recently.

If all goes well, he said, the German Economic Ministry will make available
$230,000 during the latter part of this year and disburse the balance
$300,000 next year.

He explained that the allotment will enable the project to increase its
budget for the first part of the fiscal year by $120,000 thereby alleviating
the financial crunch confronting NCRDP.

According to Dr Goericke, NCRDP is also negotiating with the German Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (KFW) to assist the project financially.

Dr Goericke, who held talks with the bank's official recently in Germany,
said the conclusion of the deal will depend on the outcome of a visit here
later this year by a delegation from the bank.

He said the NCRDP National Coordinating Committee had in June expressed
disapproval over certain aspect of the deal.

Dr Goericke hoped that a satisfactory compromise will be reached between
all parties concerned to prevent further delay in concluding the negotiation.

Dr Goericke expressed thanks and appreciation to those who he said have
contributed to the success of the project so far.

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Mr le Grange: I am aware of this but there are reasons for it.
Many people are seeing a riot situation for the first time and do
not know what it looks like. The actions from both sides must have
shocked them.

Any riot situation is ugly. I am quite aware of the complaints against
the police but I do know you do not fight rioters by turning the
other cheek.

Question: What are you going to do to improve the image of the
police force?

Mr le Grange: I want to give the assurance that, notwithstanding
the unfortunate hurt that has. been caused, the police will work very
hard to recover the position of confidence they had received from
the community they served. I have requested the commissioner to
give personal attention to this.

Question: What is the future of black policemen who have been the
brunt of attacks in the townships? Will they be able to return to
their homes?

Mr le Grange: It is true that black policemen and their families

in a few areas have had to endure extreme hardship. But they have
remained extremely loyal and are continuing their fight against crime
and lawlessness. They form part of the communities they serve and
it is important that they are allowed to live in thos communities.
The necessary steps have been taken to ensure their safety.

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In every locality and in all parts of our country, we must fight to
ensure that we remove the enemy's organs of Government, using all
means. and methods available to us. We must continue to isolate the
puppets who now sit in Botha's tricameral parliament, some of whom
have now joined the enemy's cabinet of repression as Muzurewa did in
racist Thodesia. The same should happen to the puppets who direct
the bantustan administrations and’ serve in the community. councils
and the new local and provincial. structures meant to control the
so-called coloreds: arid indians.

Compatriots, our own deep seated desire to be free demands -that. we
tackle this task of making our country ungovernable with great vigor,
determination and fearlessness.

The enemy will of course scream about the needs .to maintain law and
order and stability. But we reject that law and order and stability,
because all those words mean nothing but the.maintenance of the
apartheid system, a system we must break down, demolish .and destroy
in struggle. The accomplishment. of these tasks’means that we should
leave no section of our population unorganized.” The struggle in
which we are engaged requires that we should win specific victories
in each specific area.

We campaigned extensively for the boycott of: the racist elections
last month, During the course of this campaign-we further elevated
the strength of the organized democratic movement, improved its
contact with masses and increased the confidence of these masses

in this organized democratic movement as the fighting force which not
only protests against the injustices of the apartheid system, but
points the way forward to victory. In our continuing assault on the
enemy's organs of government we must use these organizational and
political games, to activize these organized and conscious revolu-
tionary masses, to take this next step of intensifying our drive to
make our country ‘ungovernable.

All classes and strata among the oppressed people are adversely
affected by the apartheid system, and they are all victims of
Pretoria's oppressive and repressive policies. It is therefore in
the interest of all these classes and strata that we defeat the
Apartheid regime. Accordingly, our offensive.against ‘the enemy's
organs of government has to be carried out by the people in their
entirety. This is not a task that should be left to the youth alone
or to the workers alone.

It requirés.:the involvement of the people as a whole. . It. is therefore
the task of our democratic movement to ensure that all these classes
and strata are organized, that they share a common political perspec-
tive, that they are motivated to act together in unity, to achieve
the national task of breaking the suffocating hold of the racist
rulers over all our people. Of particular importance in this regard,

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BURUNDI

BRIEFS

JAPANESE AID AGREEMENT--The Burundi minister of external relations and
cooperation, Laurent Nzeyimana, and the Japanese ambassador to Burundi,
Tsuneo Oyake, on 12 September signed.a grant agreement worth 200 million
yen, to be used to purchase rice and to cover the cost of transporting it
to Bujumbura. This grant is in the framework of the 1980 food aid agree-
ment between the two countries. [Summary] [Bujumbura Domestic Service
in French 0420 GMT 14 Sep 85]

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During his stay in Messia, the chief of state was enthusiastically welcomed
by the IFLOMA employees and their families.

On that occasion, President Samora Machel was presented with several gifts,
including 3 cubic meters of milled lumber and a cubic meter of plywood, all
produced there. The OMM [Organization of Mozambican Women] donated 30 contos,
to strengthen our defense capability, and other gifts were presented to the
party and government.

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Ironically, some of the regulations
that so intimately regulate people’s
lives, those provided for by the
Group Areas Act, were used by
party leaders to ram through con-
gress a long-awaited reform. This
was the decision to scrap the old

sy Free State Republic statute which
banned Indians and certain other
people from living or working in
the province.

RECOMMENDATION
Delegates were asked to vote for the
recommendation that the statute
be repealed to bring the Free State
in line with the rest of the country.

. However, they were hastily as-

sured that as the Group Areas Act
would still apply there would be no
real change in the status of the
province.

,Catch 22 is that an Indian may live

only in an Indian group area, and
there is no Indian group area in the
Free State.

This means that Indians who want to
live in the Free State (many have
said they could force themselves to
resist the urge) will in effect still
not be able to do so.

But just when delegates might have
been assured that the regulations
would come to their assistance, the
Deputy Minister of Constitutional
Development, Mr Piet Badenhorst,
told the congress the next day that
the advantage of the Group Areas
Act was that, for every restriction
it embodied, a permit of exemption
could be issued so that no person
need be unnecessarily inconven-
ienced.

The congress was also notable for the
opening speech given by the Trans-
vaal leader of the National Party,
Mr F W de Klerk.

He set out the Government’s guide-
lines for negotiations and made an
earnest appeal for leaders to come
forward. It was not only the con-
tent of reform which was impor-
tant, he said, but the approach of
those who wanted to take part in it.

“Reform will not succeed if the silent
majority of all population groups
remain silent ... The accord be-
tween all groups, which this coun-
try is so badly in need of, will only
materialise if a sufficient number
of leaders have the courage to ne-

; gotiate even if it has to be done in :
the face of intimidation,” he said.

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RWANDA

BRIEFS

CANADIAN FOOD AID--The Canadian International Development Agency will,

on behalf of the Canadian Government, donate to Rwanda a food aid package
worth 3.5 million Canadian dollars for 1985/86. This was announced in
Ottawa yesterday by the Canadian minister of external relations. [Summary]
[Kigali Domestic Service in French 1600 GMT 18 Sep 85]

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MOZAMBIQUE

BANK ACCORD SIGNED WITH MALAWI
Maputo NOTICIAS in Portuguese 5 Sep 85 p 1

{Text] Cooperation between Mozambique and Malawi will receive
new impetus with the signing, yesterday in Maputo, of an agree~
ment on the establishment of reciprocal accounts between the
Bank of Mozambique and the Reserve Bank of Malawi. The accord
will be particularly beneficial for border trade between the
two countries and also constitutes a strong impetus for broader
cooperation between the two banks.

The agreement to establish reciprocal accounts was signed by Prakash Ratilal .
and L. Chakalakala Chaziya, governors, respectively, of the Bank of Mozambique
and the Reserve Bank of Malawi. Governor Chaziya left our country yesterday.

During the signing ceremony, the governor of the Bank of Mozambique declared
that, in addition to giving significant impetus to cooperation between our
count zy and Malawi, the agreement would also make it possible to identify
financial mechanisms for developing a more suitable system of border trade
and general trade between the two neighboring countries.

“This important agreement is a new step in the relations of cooperation between
our two banks and will make it possible to identify questions of mutual interest,"
he said.

He felt the accord to be particularly beneficial for the Mozambican provinces
of Niassa, Zambezia, Manica and Tete, enabling them to develop a suitable system
of border trade with regions in Malawi.

The governor of the Reserve Bank of Malawi said the agreement really is in
furtherance of the goals outlined by presidents Samora Machel and Kamuzu Banda
to implement the General Cooperation Accord between Mozambique and Malawi.

"Our two countries have only one artificial border, as President Samora Machel
noted when he visited Malawi, We have the same people and the two countries
should work together to develop cooperation," he said.

He declared that the agreement to establish reciprocal accounts between the
Bank of Mozambique and the Reserve Bank of Malawi would stimulate trade between
Mozambique and Malawi, since the two countries are interested in importing
each other's products.

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MOZAMBIQUE

LICHINGA RESIDENTS SUPPORT DEFENSE EFFORT
Maputo NOTICIAS in Portuguese 11 Sep 85 p10

[Text] The residents of the First Urban District of Lichinga have contributed
3 tons of corn to strengthen the nation.'s defense capability.

The donation was recently presented to Abel Safrao, first secretary and chairman
of the executive council of the city of Lichinga, who voiced his gratitude
for this gesture, which he called patriotic.

In a message delivered at that time by [Afonso das Neves Ussene], first secre-
tary and administrator of the First Urban District of Lichinga, the residents
of that zone praised the highest leadership of the FRELIMO Party, in the person
of President Samora Machel, for the dynamic and correct way in which he has

led the Mozambican people in the building of a just and prosperous society.

A special greeting was directed to the FAM/FPLM [Mozambican Armed Forces/People's
Armed Forces for the Liberation of Mozambique], for the successive and lasting
victories which they have won on the battlefield against the armed bandits.

Meanwhile, the residents of Muchenga District, also in the city of Lichinga,
contributed more than 15,000 meticals to strengthen the country's defense.

For their part, the residents of the People's District, again in the city
of Lichinga, donated about 11,000 meticals, collected for the same purpose.

On accepting the two donations, the first secretary and administrator of the
First Urban District of Lichinga declared that the gesture by the two neighbor-
hoods reveals love of country and is in acknowledgement of the efforts or our
defense and security forces to eliminate the armed bands.

He added that the collections which were taken up in the various districts

of Lichinga for the nation's defense were in response to the recommendations
to this effect by the Seventh Session of the FRELIMO Party [District] Committee
in the capital of Niassa Province.

Meanwhile, in Cuamba, the participants of the Seventh Session of the FRELIMO
Party District Committee, held recently in that district of Niassa Province,
also contributed over 1,700 meticals to strengthen the nation's defense capacity.

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MOZAMBIQUE

MACHEL VISITS IFLOMA INSTALLATIONS IN MESSICA
Maputo NOTICIAS in Portuguese 11 Sep 85 p 1

{Text] President Samora Machel visited the facilities of IFLOMA (Forestry Indus-
tries of Manica), a state company located in Messica, slightly more than 50
kilometers from the city of Chimoio, last Friday, 6 September.

The enterprise was created following the proclamation of national independence and
at the height of the Rhodesian attack against our country. It will be recalled
that Manica Province was one of the favorite targets of the military forces

of the former illegal, rebellious and racist regime of Ian Smith»

In February 1977, the Third FRELIMO Party Congress defined the country's forest
development policy and determined the need to establish forest industries in
Manica Province at short and medium range.

That same year, the governments of the People's Republic of Mozambique and
Sweden signed a cooperation accord, making funding available to carry out the
projects outlined in the Economic and Social Directivé of the Third Congress.

The program calls for the immediate exploitation of the existing stands in
the province (about 15,200 hectares in the Penhalonga, Rotanda and Bandula
regions) and the rehabilitation of the Penhalonga sawmill to handle an annual
production of 9,000 cubic meters of lumber.

It was also decided to build a new sawmill, with a capacity of 26,000 cubic
meters a year, and to establish a plywood factory with a production capacity
of about 20,000 cubic meters a year.

In accordance with the program, a pulp and paper mill has been established,
with the capacity to produce about 100,000 cubic meters a year of newsprint,
writing paper and cardboard.

The program also calls for the factory to produce a sulfate wood pulp paper,

of the "kraft" type, for export. At this time, Mozambican workers and techni-
cians, who have received specialized training abroad, are available to operate
this economic infrastructure. Some Czechoslovak and Canadian technical cooperants
are also working there.

In Messica, where economic and social infrastructures have been established

in support of the workers and their families, President Machel was informed
about the progress of the program by Sergio Chitana, general director of IFIOMA.

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In that session, a motion was also approved in praise of the district residents
for the way in which they had carried out the guidelines and tasks set by the
FRELIMO party, particularly for the way in which they had prepared for and
participated in the festivities in celebration of the 10th anniversary of
national independence.

The session approved the report of the committee's secretariat regarding the
activities conducted in the district in 1984 and in the first 6 months of this
year.

The report, presented by Fliado Jossias Mussengue, first secretary of the dis-
trict committee, stressed that, despite the problems experienced recently in
Cuamba, the program outlined for the residents and cadres in the district for
the first 6 months of 1985 had been fully implemented.

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SOUTH AFRICA

RADIO CITES CLASHING U.S., USSR REGIONAL INTERESTS
¥MB300754 Johannesburg International Service in English 0630 GMT 30 Sep 85

[Station commentary: "Soviet and American interests in Southern
Africa"]

[Text] Clashing Soviet. and American interests in Southern Africa
are manifesting themselves increasingly. Mozambique President Samora
Machel's visit to the United States and the openly amicable relation-
ship established between him and President Reagan obviously does not
augur well for future Soviet-Mozambique relations. Furthermore, just
before the weekend the Reagan administration warned the Soviets that
their increasing involvement in the Angolan civil war could harm
Soviet-American relations.

Mozambique's devastated economy has opened the eyes of the country's
Frelimo government. Since the signing of the Nkomati Accord with
South Africa early last year, President Machel has realized that his
ailing country could only survive if it got. massive Western develop-
ment aid, but Western business interests have indicated that develop-
ment aid would be given to Mozambique only if the country returned

to stability,

This meant an end to the civil war with the RENAMO rebels, and a
turning away from the destabilizing influence of Soviet communism.
Mozambique's obvious shunning of the Kremlin has resulted in a
desperate effort by the Soviet Union to save face and restake its
claims by sending a naval task force around the Cape from Angola to
Maputo, to show the flag to the dissident Mozambicans.

And now, the Reagan administration is challenging the hand of Moscow
in Angola as well. State Department spokesman Charles Redman said
on Thursday: Increased Russian involvement in combat operations in
Angola is perturbing America. It is important the Soviets realized
that such action can influence relations between our countries.

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Mr le Grange: It is difficult for the police to investigate complaints
unless they have the facts. Unfortunately, complainants too often
complain to the media and supply false and unsubstantiated allegations.
The police are then expected to act. The truth is that many. people
making allegations against the police are not prepared to have their
allegations tested in a court of law.

It is not necessary to have an additional person investigating com-
plaints because the attorney-general is ultimately responsible for
a final decision on any complaint lodged with the police.

A person can lay a complaint at the charge office, with the station
commander or even with the district commandant. Because one police-
man hits you on the head there is no reason why you should not complain
to one of the 51,000 other policemen.

Question: But won't a policeman be sympathetic to another policeman
in an investigation?

Mr le Grange: They could be--but the investigation against a police-
man must be carried out by an officer and under the rules laid down
by the attorney-general. The attorney-general, whois an experienced
man and absolutely independent, will not be easily bluffed.

Question: The use by the police of quirts has been strongly
criticized as a method for dealing with demonstrations, particularly
when they are peaceful. Would it not be better for people who dis-
regard bans on demonstrations to be arrested and charged in. court?

Mr le Grange: One must be realistic. If we arrested everyone by

the hundreds of thousands it- would be exactly what our enemies want.
They want to inconvenience us with numbers. Our policy is that,

if necessary, we arrest the leaders, The rest of the.crowd--who are
just followers or purposely paid ro emotionally involved--are instructed
to disperse, If they do not disperse we will assist them to disperse.
When the police act they use the minimum of: force,

A quirt will not kill or seriously injure anyone. Overseas they use
heavy batons which can cause serious injury.

Question: Are other methods of riot control being considered?

Mr le Grange: The se of water. cannon and other riot control methods
are constantly being examined in our endeavor to operate as affectively
as possible.

Question: There appears in some areas to be a mood’ of.ill-feeling

developing toward the police because of the manner in which the
unrest. is being handled. Are you concerned’ about this?

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MOZAMBIQUE

VICTORY AT GORONGOSA SEEN AS DECISIVE STEP IN WAR
Maputo NOTICIAS in Portuguese 10 Sep 85 p 1
{Commentary]

[Text] The victory at Gorongosa should be understood as a decisive step in
the battle for the total elimination of the armed bands, and not as the end
of the armed bandits in our country.

It would be a serious mistake to think that, in inflicting this heavy defeat
on the armed bandits, the problems of security and stability nationwide are
now solved.

The fact is that, now that Gorongosa has been taken, breaking the backbone
of the snake, it is important to intensify the struggle for the complete and
total liquidation of the armed bandits. This combat is the responsibility
of everyone and should extend throughout the national territory.

The forces inimical to the Mozambican people are going to any length to disguise
the facts. They are trying to deny the importance and effectiveness of the
victories won by the joint forces of Mozambique and Zimbabwe in the country's
central region. They are attempting to denigrate and discredit the military
cooperation between the Mozambican and Zimbabwean peoples, cooperation which
has been in existence for at least two decades.

Not only this. The armed bandits could come to be used in an attempt to carry
out spectacular operations for maximum psychological and propaganda effect
and to divert our attention from the main point.

The bandits, who are being used as tools, might seek revenge and could attempt

to destroy an important factory, to sabotage a bridge, to set up an ambush

or even to attack an area which is important from an economic or social standpoint,
as they did recently in Marromeu,

It is important to remain alert, to redouble our efforts to improve our military
capability and to sharpen our vigilance everywhere in the nation.

Hence the victory at Gorongosa can only serve as a stimulus and encouragement
to win other victories. We can never fold our hands or rest on the laurels
won at Gorongosa.

The struggle continues. This is the great certainty which inspires our continued
effort to see that peace is established again, so that we may really build
our society of well-being and happiness.

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SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA REPORT

ConTENTS
BOTSWANA
Commentary Foresees Hard Times-as RSA Economy Suffers

(Gaborone Domestic Service, 13 Sep 85) ...seseseeeeeeeree

Commentary Views RSA's Refusal To Pay Compensation
(Gaborone Domestic Service, 27 Sep 85) ...seeeeeeteseeees

Masire Says Foreign Investment Safe in Country
(Gaborone Domestic Service, 30 Sep 85) ...+.eeeeeeeeeeere

BURKINA

Conclusion of Student Conference Reported
(SIDWAYA, 28 Aug 85) .cceeseeeeesececeeeeresceneereeeeees

BURUNDI

Briefs
Japanese Aid Agreement

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Briefs
Six Civilians in Government

DJIBOUTI

Details on Tadjoura Salt Reclamation Project
(LA NATION, 12 Sep 85) sescceseeceeeeeceeseesereneeeeseees

GHANA

Industrial Cooperation With UK Discussed
(Accra Domestic Service, 28 Sep [> ee

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23 October 1985

ZIMBABWE

BRIEFS

STIFFER PENALTIES ON POACHERS-~Harare--Stiffer penalties will soon be imposed
on poachers, illegal ivory dealers and those who tamper with endangered
plants. The acting Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, Mr Richard
Hove, told the Senate on Wednesday that the National Parks and Wildlife Act
was being amended to provide harsher measures. The draft amendments, which
would tighten control on exploitation and commercial transactions in endanger-
ed plants or trophies of endangered wildlife species, were at the final
stages. An additional 115 scouts, mainly former combatants, had recently
been engaged and deployed to areas where poaching was rife. It was hoped that
a contingent of 500 anti-poaching officers, with specialised training in
various fields, including investigation, would eventually be employed he
said--Sapa. [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 27 Sep 85 p 9]

DETAINEES 'PROPERTY SUPERVISED'+-Harare--Zimbabwe's Government has taken over
the supervision of properties and assets of two Whites detained for nearly
four years as enemies of the State and a third White who fled the country
after being acquitted on espionage charges. Philip Hartlebury and Colin Evans
were arrested in December 1981 and acquitted in the High Court in January 1983
of charges of running a South African spy ring. The court ruled that confes-
sions they made were obtained by torture and were not admissible. But the two
men were redetained immediately after the trial and have been kept since in
the maximum security prison under emergency powers regulations ruling them
enemies of the State. The third man, Colin Bickle, was arrested in February
1982 and released in May that year by a magistrate's court that found him not
guilty of exporting arms to South Africa and of using his private plane to
fly South African spies into Zimbabwe. Bickle was instead fined R5000 for
contravening the Immigration Act and the Customs and Excise Act. Bickle fled
the country for South Africa immediately after his acquittal, escaping a
fresh detention order aginst him. All properties and assets of the three men
have been placed under State supervision to prevent their being used for
illegal or undesirable purposes--Sapa-AP. [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN
in English 23 Sep 85, p 10]

SOUTH AFRICA ACCUSED, ARMING DISSIDENTS--Harare-~Zimbabwe Prime Minister
Mr Robert Mugabe has accused South Africa of continuing to arm "super-Zapu"
dissident elements as well as bandits in Mozambique and Angola. Addressing
a gathering of several thousand at Tongogara, about 30 km northeast of
Shurugwe, he said: "They are doing this to make sure that no country in
Southern Africa becomes strong enough to support liberation movements in

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In the course of the discussion at the Vienna seminar on the use of mercenaries
in southern Africa, it was agreed that Namibia had become the center of opera-
tion of mercenaries who were deployed by South Africa to strengthen its position
in the territory and to commit acts of aggression against independent neighbor-
ing countries and states. Among the forces deployed by South Africa are units
consisting largely of mercenaries. As a result of South Africa's extensive re-
cruitment campaign in recent years, an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 mercenaries
mainly from the United States, the FRG, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, France, Australia, Chile and Israel are reported to be fight-
ing alongside the South African forces in the campaign to crush the Namibian
liberation struggle.

Participants at the Vienna seminar noted that defectors from the so-called 32d
battalion, which was composed largely of mercenaries and was used for operations
against the SWAPO forces, had been identified in the [word indistinct] as coming
from Australia, Portugal, New Zealand and the United States. South Africa also
recruited mercenaries from neighboring countries some of whom [words indistinct]
which operated under the overall command of the South African defense force
while others were assigned to the 32d battalion.

In addition, a large number of Rhodesian whites had joined the South African
Army at the time of Zimbabwean independence. One participant stated that he had
information according to which 5,000 Zimbabwean mercenaries had been brought
together in a South African special unit for possible action in Zimbabwe. He
submitted that the failure of the Western countries to take strong measures
against mercenary involvement in southern Africa should be considered a form of
military collaboration with apartheid South Africa.

Participants at the Vienna seminar indicated that in certain Western countries,
particularly the United States, there were several organizations which published
information about mercenary opportunities and actually directed potential re-
cruits to those seeking mercenaries for use in southern Africa. The support
which the racist minority regime of South Africa receives from the transnational
corporations and other financial interests which are collaborating with it in
the exploitation of the natural and human resources of Namibia has helped it to
entrench its illegal occupation of the territory and to strengthen its system
of apartheid. The transnational corporations and financial institutions
operating illegally in Namibia are deeply involved in a range of activities
which have strengthened the Pretoria military domination of Namibia.

The transnational corporations have emerged as major supporters of South
Africa's military establishment. They purchase South African defense bonds,
[words indistinct] the economy concerned with the production of military equip-
ment, finance arms purchases by South Africa, provide loans (?without argument
for) South Africa's military expenditures, provide facilities for South African
military personnel, and serve on the defense advisory board which unites the
private sector behind South Africa's defense effort.

With the intensification of the military conflict in Namibia, many transnational

corporations have seen fit to increase security measures and to cooperate
closely with the army of occupation. In 1980 the national key (?points) act

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that occurred between 1976 and 1977, in response to the order of the day to
organize the people along collective lines. Lugela District, however, was
lacking certain important factors for the organization and functioning of the
cooprative sector.

The results were not encouraging; with such a large population group, in a
relatively small area, the effort to organize cooperatives was unsuccessful
and most of the people became discouraged.

After this bitter experience, Ibrahimo Daudo, continued, the district officials
held onto only one collective farm and gave it all the support possible to
raise the level of production there.

"This naturally required enormous sacrifice and took condiderable time. Years
later, however, we can say that the effort has paid off; although the Nacusseque
Agricultural Cooperative has not yet achieved the desired results, it may
already be considered a pilot cooperative for the district," explained the
Lugela administrator.

According to Ibrahimo Daudo, unlike sam cooperatives, this production unit
has had no problems in terms of the area of land under cultivation in relation
to the number of members, because each member is responsible for 1/2 hectare.

Moreover, the cooperative has more than 300 contos in the bank, it has started
a consumer cooperative to supply its members with essential items and it also
has a sewing machine.

With 120 members, the Nacusseque Agricultural Cooperative planned to plant 48
hectares in cotton and 12 hectares in corn in the last campaign. The cotton
did not germinate as well as expected because, according to the technicians,
the seed was of poor quality, but the cooperative expects to harvest 15 tons
of corn.

Cotton is the preferred crop at this unit, which has managed to market more
than 50 tons per season.

"The level of organization and the production figures achieved by this coopera~
tive have inspired many peasants to create other collective production units,
notably the cooperatives of Debane, Intuba, Mecupune and Ngazine, and their
yields are tending to improve," our interviewee added.

According to Daudo, there is still much work to be done, because there are
always problems, “but the basic things have already been accomplished."

Regarding the people's participation in the fight against the armed bandits,
who are still operating in certain areas of the district, he said that the
local authorities have worked intensively to mobilize the peasants for combat.

As a result of this effort, he noted the recent recapture of enemy~occupied
areas and the liberation of their residents.

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23 October 1985

ZAIRE

EXCHANGE OF DETAINEES WITH ZAMBIA BY 15 OCTOBER
AB291731 Paris AFP in English 1917 GMT 29 Sep 85

[Text] Lusaka, 29 Sep (AFP)--Zambia and Zaire have agreed to exchange
detainees held during their various border conflicts by 15 October,
official sources said here today.

The agreement was the highlight of the 5-day annual meeting of the Zambia-
Zaire Joint Permanent Commission held in Lubumbashi, Zaire, last week.

The sources said those to be released include seven Zambian security
officers arrested while travelling along the road through the "Pedicle,"
a Zairean salient into Zambia, and three Zaireans arrested in the
Gililabombwe and Kapushi border areas.

According to the source the detainees will be exchanged through diplomatic
channels. The joint commission also called for an end to the harassment
of Zambians on the Pedicle road, which links Zambia's northern copperbelt
town of Muto and the town of Mansa through Zairean territory.

Also adopted at the meeting were several measures including a call for the
prompt exchange of information regarding (?criminals) on both sides in
order to minimize crime. It called for a quick ratification of the
extradition treaty so criminals who take refuge on either side could be
repatriated.

The deployment of troops along the border area was discussed at length
and the two sides observed that cross-border smuggling and other crimes
had not been curbed, the sources said.

For the past 5 years, the Zambia~Zaire border areas have been troubled

by exchanges of gunfire between soldiers from both countries and by
smuggling rings and bandit groups.

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JPRS*SSA“85+102
23 October 1985

LIBERIA

TWO TOLBERT IN~LAWS TO BE EXTRADITED
Monrovia NEW LIBERIAN in English 20 Sep 85 p 1, 6
[Article by J. N. Elliott]

[Text] The Justice Ministry is presently seeking the extradition of two
sons-in-law of the deposed President William R. Tolbert, in order to have
them tried on charges of criminal conspiracy.

Messrs. Jehu Richardson, a one-time executive pilot and TotieKing, a former
Immigration Commissioner, are presently in self-imposed exile in some parts
of the United States of America.

According to Justice Minister Jenkins Scott deportation proceedings against
the accused are being sought in order to have them face trial. They are
accused of allegedly conniving last year with foreign "mercenaries" to
destabilize the state and install a new government.

He said during a news conference held Wednesday at his Ashmun Street office
in Monrovia said that Richardson and King were implicated in the plot by
Messrs. Elmer Glee Johnson and Henry Woodhouse who were conficted by the
Criminal Court "A" at the Temple of Justice on charges of "terrorism and
mercenarism",

He said the ministry is presently trying to trace their whereabouts in order
to submit evidence to the appropriate authorities to effect their deportation.

Minister Scott said if they flee their present locations, "we will not go
after them. But, any time they enter the country, they will be arrested.
Their writs have already been prepared waiting to be served," he said.

Johnson, 27, a Liberian, along with Woodhouse, an ex-U.S. Marine, who were
sentenced to 10 years imprisonment each, in separate trials, were granted
executive clemency last month by the Head of State.

It can be recalled that when the men were arrested last November following
a shootout with security forces on Smythe Road, Monrovia, Johnson revealed
that Richardson gave him $5,000 to travel to Liberia where he would assist
him with 30 men to effect the plan.

Making his confession at a press conference held at the Catholic Hospital
in Sinkor last December, Johnson said portion of the amount was used to
purchase arms which were transported to Monrovia in a 19 inch color
television.

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JPRS“SSA“85+102
23 October 1985

LESOTHO

RADIO DISCUSSES RSA ECONOMIC TIES
MB131050 Maseru Domestic Service in English 0500 GMT 13 Sep 85
[Station Commentary: "Focus on Unavoidable Economic Relationship"]

[Text] Much has been said about the special economic relationship between
this kingdom and the Republic of South Africa. Most of it is true and valid,
a little bit of it imaginary if not pure fiction. The major reason for focus-
sing the spotlight on the relationship is quite obviously the increasing de-
mands for imposition of international sanctions against South Africa because
of apartheid and Pretoria's treatment of the African majority in South Africa.

It is regrettable that this relationship is now an increasingly topical issue
for wrong reasons and because of negative factors. The economic interrelation-
ship of the region deserves far better and more serious examination within a
context not of coercive measures, but of initiatives to achieve the highest
level of human satisfaction for all the peoples of the region.

The economic relations between Lesotho and South Africa in particular have too
often been used as a plank in a political framework that contains scant regard
for the larger benefits of the peoples of the two countries. Economic ties
have been unfortunately seen in certain circles as a tool for diplomatic
pressures rather than as an instrument to give fullip to perceptions for mutual
economic advantage. The reality is that the two countries are inexorably
bound, through a whole range of economic, commercial and financial agreements,
to giving meaningful substance on the basis of equality to their geographical
proximity.

The Southern African Customs Union Agreement, the Monetary Agreement and the
Labor Agreement are substantial evidence unlying and underlining the common
experiences that Basotho and South Africans share, not always as a matter of
choice, but essentially because the Caledon and the Maluti Mountain ranges have
proved that they can never constitute a barrier to human contact, nor the flow
of human perceptions, feelings, aspirations, and ideals across geographical
frontiers.

The king's government has since independence formulated policies based on the

premise of acceptance of this reality. Nevertheless, those policies reflect
another reality. That reality is that this nation is not prepared to accept

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JPRS*SSA*85*102
23 October 1985

ZAMBIA

BRIEFS

ALGERIAN YOUTH GROUP--The two-man delegation of the Pan-African Youth
Movement is in the country from Algeria for consultations with the UNIP

youth league on multilateral and bilateral issues. The issues concern

the international youth movement and the developments in Southern Africa.

The delegation is led by the movement's secretary general, Mr (Mohammed
Damusiperez). [Text] [Lusaka Domestic Service in English 0500 GMT 28 Sep 85]

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growing development of Chinese-Malian friendship, he said, adding that "thanks
to friendly meetings, China and Mali have agreed on an additional report on
work to overhaul the equipment of Mali's second sugar mill. This points to
better progress in economic cooperation. between, our two countries. Completion
of the general overhaul of the equipment will enable the plant to be reacti-
vated, raise the production capacity and obtain even greater economic profita-
bility," Zhou Haiping concluded.

Aloune Blondin Beye, the second speaker, evoked the quality of Chinese-Malian
cooperation and pointed to the "discreet and effective action" of China in
Mali. Our minister of foreign affairs also recalled an idea dear to President
Moussa Traore, to the effect that "we must first of all rely on our own efforts,
with foreign aid constituting but a part."

Finally, Beye asked Ambassador Zhou Haiping to kindly express the gratitude of
the Malian people to the Chinese people.

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CSO: 3419/565

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After another arduous trek, we were worn out again and had to make another
stop, We wereat the highest point of the second mountain, terribly tired and
our nerves shattered, when a voice from below us broke the silence which our
fatigue had imposed on us. The tone of that female voice expressed the natural
gaity of a person who is returning home filled with good cheer, after attending
a party where the “pombe” [native spirits]had flowed freely from the gourds.

As we listened to that enchanting voice, growing more apprehensive as the minutes
passed, the woman seemed to be taking that punishing climb as fast as if it
were level ground.

The scene helped us to comprehend that we were not in an unpopulated area,
as it had appeared to us as we came up the mountain, and that we were not
traveling over an isolated path.

We got up, mopped the sweat which bathed us from head to toe and gathered our
courage for the final stage. In the village of Dzunsa, which is set on a fairly
level plateau, the people were anxiously awaiting the arrival of the first
secretary and governor of the province. When we had reached the last peak,

we could already hear the chanting coming fron the village. The people were
celebrating!

It was 1130 hours. With the warm welcome which we received from the residents
of Dzunsa, our spirits were miraculously revived.

Groups of children with baskets of oranges, tangerines, bananas and pineapples
offered them to the visiting delegation, while the adults formed a receiving
line and formally greeted Eduardo Arao, governor of the province.

As we sat in the shade of a leafy tree, the sun's rays which had traveled to
far struck the dense foliage and were automatically transformed into fresh,
calm air. We were on a plain over 900 meters above sea level.

The popular rally began immediately after the visiting delegation was duly
introduced. The governor's speech on that occasion focused on the battles
which must be waged to overcome hunger and the armed banditry. The Dzunsa
residents said the problem of speculation should be added to the agenda of
the meeting. The villagers confronted the governor with the shortage of salt
in the stores and cooperatives. Certain individuals are bringing salt from
the city into these rural zones to trade for chickens, goats, peanuts, corn
and other products. The same thing is happening with sugar, soap, cloth and
batteries.

"The speculators bring these products in, but we never find them in the stores
and cooperatives, The speculators want to barter; they won't take money."

The governor explained to the people that these problems are not peculiar to
their locale, or to Cahora Bassa District; it is a problem that troubles the
entire country. However, the best way to combat this speculation is to increase
production and to eradicate the armed bands. "The shortage of products is the
primary reason for the speculation," said Governor Eduardo Arao.

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23 October 1985

SENEGAL

SENEGAMBIAN MILITARY DETACHMENT FORMED
Dakar LE SOLEIL in French 31 Aug-l Sep 85 p 6
[article by Amadou Fall]

{Text] Banjul, the Gambia. The Senegambian Confederation is moving foward
at a brisk pace, just like the first detachment of 150 soldiers who were yes-
terday assigned to the Confederal army now being formed, And quite appropri-
ately, the ceremony marking this new contribution to the strengthening of
Senegambian unification was celebrated in Banjul yesterday with full mili-
tary solemnity.

Present inside Independence Stadium for the commemoration of this event
were; Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, president of the Gambian Republic; his
vice president, ministers of finance and of external affairs, Messrs Bakary
Darbo, Sekou Cisse, and Kiti Diabang, respectively; the president of the
Confederal Assembly, Mr Baboucar Ndiaye; the Confederal minister of the
armed forces, Mr Medoune Fall; Gen Joseph Tavarez de Souza, Gen Coumba Diouf
Niang, inspector general of the armed forces, etc. They were surrounded by
an audience stirred by military music,

The military police fanfare which beat out the march of the "new recnuits

fit for service" was certainly a stirring performance, This music, a sublime
hymn to the Confederation, went straight to the hearts of the Senegambians
who were present.

The 150 new recruits who have now joined their Senegalese brothers to create
together the first solid link of the Confederal Army did not remain at rest,
for there could be no occasion more appropriate for them to display their
military skills, to demonstrate that they have been properly trained in mar-
tial drills and behavior,

With their Rangers hats and in their brand-new camouflage dress--temporarily
theiuniform of thd Confederal Army--they demonstrated their great pride.

The audience applauded them heartily yesterday, during their perfect rendi-
tion of the goosestep in both its quick and slow versions.

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23 October 1985

LIBERIA

RUBBER TAPPERS WANT RECOGNITION OF UNION
Monrovia FOOTPRINTS TODAY in English 10 Sep 85 p 1, 10
[Article by J. Gortor Kiazolu]

[excerpt] About 8,000 tappers of the Firestone Rubber Plantations Company in
Harbel, have petitioned the Labour Ministry for a peaceful solution to a

long pending dispute between the management of the company and the National
Agricultural and Allied Workers’ Union (NAAWUL).

In a five-page petition, dated August 23, and signed by 735 representatives
of six groups at the Firestone Rubber Plantations Company, the tappers
alleged that inspite of repeated requests by them, the management of the
company has refused to recognize NAAWUL as their sole bargaining agent, a
union which they said has been awarded certificate of recognition by the
Labour Ministry.

The workers further alleged that Firestone had also refused to honor an
earlier mandate in January 1985, by Labour Minister Frank P. Senkpeni,
ordering the company to allow NAAWUL to take over the management of the
affairs of the workers following the lifting of the ban on NAAWUL's activ-
ities by government.

The workers said in their petition, that in the face of these long pending
unsolved problems confronting them that, the management of Firestone, has
established "its own control" union called the Firestone Agricultural Workers
Union (FAWU), in which they the workers have been placed under its manage-
ment against their will and consent.

The workers also alleged that the management of Firestone was making an
"illegal deduction" of $5,000 from their wages for the completion of the
multilateral high school now under construction in Harbel, nothing that,
"we are forced to pay this amount despite the several taxes we are paying
to our government for the development of our country".

The workers said that "it is in view of the foregoing and for peace, justice
and fairplay", that they were submitting their petition to the Labour
Minister for a solution to the long pending dispute between the management
of FPCO and NAAWUL, and hoped that both parties will be cited within 30
days as of the date the petition was submitted to the Labour Minister.

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"The tragedy is that the outside world, fed by the opinion-forming
mass media, will not or cannot admit the disappearance of
institutionalized apartheid."

Mr Nel said foreign journalists had a responsibility to give the
world an objective picture of South Africa.

"The onus rests on the foreign media. representatives, despite their
own preconceived perceptions, to convey to the outside world their
reactions in an honest, responsible and objective manner."

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He said that the future of the youth in Botswana would be secured if
Batswana could turn their self-sufficiency slogans into reality,
particularly with respect to food production. The president added
that the level of Botswana's dependence on food imports placed the
country's independence in jeopardy. He said that while it may be
correct at times to blame others, it was the weakness of Batswana
that created conditions for the enemies to reap high dividends from
Botswana. He urged Batswana to familarize themselves with the various

incentives the government had put forward in the area of food produc-—
tion,

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While watching them, President Dawda Diawara said that he was convinced that
this was "now an operational infantry company," with full certainty that its
officers and troops "will loyally and efficiently perform their duty in the
service of Senegambia."

He also made use of the opportunity afforded by yesterday's ceremony to
repeat his government's determination to commit itself still more resolute-
ly to the creation of Senegambia. "We will continue to work in all appropri-
ate areas so that our mutual plans and interests may be entirely fulfilled,"
he pledged,

Right now, it is the hope of Senegambia's vice president that the men forming
this detachment which he has now turned over to the Confederal battalion will
behave like "true sons of Senegambia, becoming models for the rest of the
Confederal population."

They will certainly do so, For the memory of the Senegalese and Gambian
soldiers who have fought and made the supreme sacrifice of their lives for
Senegambia remains there, to remind everyone of this community ideal, This
is the deeply felt conviction of the Confederal minister of the armed for-
ces, Medoune Fall. "Despite our detractors," he said, "the reality is here,
with the image of Gambian and Senegalese soldiers wearing the same uniform,
fraternizing, and most of all, defending the same territory, the same ideals;
independence, liberty, democracy, and integration." This is a fact that now
seems to be irreversible,

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Let us make this call wherever we meet, whatever struggle we are
engaged in, be it local or national. We are not asking this tyrant
to reform the apartheid system. We are not interested whether he
keeps them as they are or amends the immorality and mixed marriages
acts.

We are not pinning our hopes on Botha sitting down with us around

a conference table to draw up a new democratic constitution for
South Africa. We are not pinning our hopes on this because we know
that Botha is not interested in a just solution of the South African
problem. All that interests him, is the defense and perpetuation
of the apartheid system which we have rejected in our millions.

Dear compatriots, the solution to our problems lies in the downfall
and destruction of the Botha regime. The tyrant Botha must go. We
should not allow anybody to divert us from this demand. We must
reject unequivocally all the lies that are told that Botha is
experiencing a change of heart, that this tyrant has suddenly become
a reformer and peacemaker. There can be no sharing of interests
between ourselves and our oppressors. Botha must go. And yet we
know that the Botha~Malan regime will not disappear simply because
we say so. It is only through unrelenting all round political and
military struggle that we will force the Botha regime to go.

When we say Botha must go, we mean that we are no longer prepared to
be ruled by a regime which has no authority to govern our country,

a regime whose illegal rules we are challenging every day. It is
therefore clear that in our continuing offensive against the Pretoria
regime we must, in practice, show that we are no longer prepared to
be ruled by this racist and fascist clique of usurpers. We must
destroy the enemy organs of government. We must render them
ineffective and inoperative.. Indeed, wny should we continue to
co-operate with organs of government that we have correctly denounced
as institutions imposed on us to perpetuate our own oppression?

Why should we cooperate with structures created and imposed on us in
terms of the constitution we rejected on August 22nd and 28th? It
makes no sense that we should cooperate with the Bantustan and
community council apartheid structures. To achieve our goal of
forcing Botha to go, means that among other things and of primary
importance we must weaken his capacity to govern us. In rejecting
Botha, we also reject his puppets. There is no reason that we should
allow these puppets to control our daily life, be it in the Bantustans
or the black urban townships. We have accumulated enough organized
strength to achieve this objective of making our country ungovernable,
We have raised the level of political consciousness among ourselves
to the point where we can and must in practice refuse to submit to
the dictates of the Pretoria regime.

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The recent fuel increases in South Africa and the plunging of the rand to an
all-time low are seen as signs of things to come. It's time Botswana and
Batswana gear themselves psychologically and practically for any eventuality.
In the past, Botswana was able to withstand pressure from outside thanks to
the strong fiscal policy and sound management of the economy. When in 1984
inflation in South Africa was rampant at 15 percent, it just kept at around 8
percent in Botswana, but it's doubtful if the measures applied then would be
adequate for a prolonged economic war in southern Africa. We must be ready
with appropriate contingency measures as a government and as a nation if we
are to survive what looks like a bleak economic future ahead.

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of course, that the same gang of racists who fought hard and
strenuously to remove the so-called colored people from the common
[word indistinct] are today at pains to persuade the colored people
to approve their fraudulent return to the organs of central
government through the tri-cameral apartheid parliament.

It is also not so long ago that the same racists were stating openly
that South Africans of Indian origin are after all not South
Africans at all and should be repatriated to India. P. W. Botha

has also gone on to say that a solution to the constitutional future
of the 9 million Africans outside the so-called national and indepen-
dent states would have to be found, as Botha said, for the sake of
justice and in the interests of future white generations. And yet
the same Botha has been preaching it as something ordained by God
that the time was coming when south Africa will be lily-white with not
a single African outside the structures of the Bantustan system

that has taken so many years to create and impose on the people.

These examples and many more that we can cite all point to one central
fact which is that Botha is a defeated man. His entire apartheid
policy is in crisis.

His policy of stopping our forward march by force of arms, by terror
and extreme repression is producing only one result, the result of
inspiring us further into action to remove the Pretoria regime of
terrorists and murderers as soon as possible.

Political tricks, whether in the form of bantustans and the tri-cameral
parliament, have equally failed in their intention of dividing the
black oppressed and directing us away from our objective of one
democratic South Africa. Even in the economic sphere, the apartheid
system has produced nothing short of an unmitigated disaster. Millions
are unemployed. Hundreds of thousands die of hunger in the Bantustans.
Millions cannot afford to pay the rising rents, food prices, electricity
charges and transport fares and so on. Millions of other are without
land which they can till to provide for themselves. Botha is aware

of all this and knows that the apartheid regime has failed in many
other areas as well. This regime has failed to stop the advance of
the Namibian struggle, under the leadership of SWAPO. It has failed
to subjugate the peoples of Southern Africa as can be seen by its
frantic efforts to compel Botswana and Lesotho, especially, to sign
so-called non-aggression pacts. Pretoria has failed to break out of
its international isolation and to gain legitimacy and acceptance

for its criminal apartheid system despite the recent visit of Pieter
W. Botha to Western Europe.

With nowhere to turn, Botha, has, for the first time in South

African history, put a couple of token blacks in his cabinet,

traitors to the cause of liberation Allan Hendrickse and Amichand
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Namibia and South Africa itself." Zimbabwe still had enemies on its borders
and South Africa continued to destablise Mozambique and Angola. "We had to
send our troops in to help Mozambique because of what Mozambique did during
the war here. We will never forget their aid to us during our time of need,"
he said--Sapa. [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN 23 Sep 85, p 4]

AIM IS PRISON POPULATION CUT--Harare~-The Zimbabwean Government is studying
ways of reducing the country's prison population, which is among the highest
in the world, according to the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary
Affairs, Dr Eddison Zvobgo. He told the Senate on Tuesday that there were
about 14,000 people in the country's jails, proportionately mere than in
most other countries--particularly in the developed world. Among the measures
being considered was periodic imprisonment. "T would like to see drunken
drivers locked up every Friday and released on Monday--straight to work,"
he said. Reckless drivers, whom he called "killers on the road", should

be sent to clean mortuaries at weekends, he suggested. Zimbabwe's prison
system was governed by international conventions and the country could not
afford to be seen to be primitive, he said--Sapa. [Text] [Johannesburg

THE CITIZEN in English 26 Sep 85 p 16]

SCHOOL RAZED BY REBELS--Bulawayo--Pupils at a Mattabeleland school were being
taught under trees after armed rebels burnt down their classrooms, teachers'
houses and neighbouring villagers’ mud-and-grass huts, police said yesterday.
The gunmen, allegedly Zapu dissidents loyal to opposition leader, Mr Joshua
Nkomo, ordered boys and girls at the Zimbadule Primary School to throw their
books onto a pile. The rebels then set fire to the books and to desks. No
one was hurt in the September 19 attack on the school, 30 km northwest

of Bulawayo. "They seemed to have done this just to get at the Government
because this is a State school," a teacher said. The rebels, armed with semi-
automatic rifles, lectured teachers and pupils on what they said were short-
comings of the Prime Minister Mr Robert Mugabe's five-year-old socialist
Government, witnesses said. Some 200 to 300 rebels, former guerrillas who
fought for Mr Nkomo in the seven-year war for independence, are roaming
Matabeleland, Mr Nkomo's traditional tribal stronghold--Sapa-AP.--[Text]
[Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 27 Sep 85 p 11]

ZIMBABWEAN HELD IN SOUTH AFRICA--Harare--A White Zimbabwean garage owner,

Mr Ivan van der Walt (71), has been detained on charges of alleged subversive
activities in an ongoing crackdown against opposition leader Joshua Nkomo's
Zapu Party. Mrs Cheryl van der Walt said her father-in-law was arrested under
emergency powers regulations in a midnight police raid on his home in Bulawayo
last Friday. Mr Van der Walt was served with a detention order accusing him,
among other things, of frequent visits to South Africa to acquire arms for
anti-government rebels who profess loyalty to Dr Nkomo. Scores of Blacks,
including MPs, and about a dozen Whites have been detained in the last three
months. One of the Whites, Bullawayo City Councillor and former Mayor,

Mr Mike Constandinos, appeared in the Bulawayo Magistrate's Court yesterday
for a routine remand to November 7. Last week, Mr Constandinos was released
on bail on charges of possesing subversive literature. Government officials
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MOZAMBIQUE

MIDDLE-LEVEL WATER SUPPLY EXPERTS TO BE .TRAINED
Maputo NOTICIAS in Portuguese 29 Aug 85 p 3

[Text] In February of next year, the State Agricultural
Water Supply Directorate isplanning to’ start the first
experiment in training middle-level technicians for this
sector with a view to’ better handling the national food
production projects whose technology, it is now believed,
must be disseminated and applied to all agricultural
sectors, it was disclosed by Horacio Listo, of SEHA
(State Agricultural Water Supply Secretariat), He added
that, after training in the country and considering the
country's shortcomings and limitations, but with some
foreign support, SEHA figures’ that the first: Mozambican
trained in this sector will graduate in 1989.

SEHA is now in the process of registering applicants in order to give this
first course; next September and for a period of 3 months, these applicants
will be subjected to a mini-course for preliminary selection so as to make
sure that the number of candidates to be trained’ in this field can actually
be obtained. The course to be given starting in’ February will last 2 years
and the purpose is to graduate a minimum of 30 technicians,

The SEHA chief said that an experimental irrigation field will.be prepared

as a parallel effort in Umbeluzi.to provide complete training and considering
the area that is of tremendous importance to the development of agriculture
and the dissemination of farming techniques; this field will be. used for
practical training to be given to the trainees. From this field the trainees
will, during each phase of the course, acquire practical skills in experiment-
ing with soils and testing the many forms of irrigation, among other subjects.

This experiemental irrigation field will produce the most varied crops which
obviously will permit a substantial improvement in the diet, at least for
the trainees at the Umbeluzi Agricultural School, said Horacio Listo in
commenting on the importance and usefulness of this field.

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Laudable Example

Despite the many and various problems detected in several sectors, there were
companies which won praise from Colonel Manave for their organization. As
he was touring one of these companies, Manave said: "The organization here
sets a laudable example."

The praiseworthy companies included the SRBL (Lower Limpopo Irrigation System)
and AGRICOM (Agricultural Products Marketing Company), among others.

At the SRBL, Manave spoke with Agostinho Muthemba, who has been foreman of
the parts warehouse for 5 years.

"Your sector presents a pleasant and organized appearance, a sign that you
don't put up with slipshod or careless work. This is a real workplace,"
Manave said.

Interest Not Enough

"It is not enough for the workers to be interested in their work; this is not
everything. There must also be a vision of growth," Manave said to one of
the officials of the Esquema Geral company of Xai-Xai., He was talking about
employees with a sixth grade education, who were nonetheless doing the work
of research technicians in the company's chemical laboratories.

In explanation, the governor said: "These people may be more than willing to
do the work, but their knowledge is very limited and we can't expect them to
be great researchers or scientists."

He added that, although these are difficult times, the company management
should be considering the possibility of hiring new people who are interested
in the sector and who have at least a ninth grade education, although, as he
said, even they could not be considered "great experts."

Aurelio Manave also visited some agricultural cooperatives located in the green~
belt of the ciy of Xai-Xai.

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GHANA

UK'S POSITION ON RSA SANCTIONS
AB281010 Accra Domestic Service in English 0700 GMT 28 Sep 85
{Article from the Press Review]

[Text] The PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC comments on the statement made

in Accra by Lord Lucas, the British undersecretary of state for trade
and industry, that Britain will never impose any trade sanctions on
apartheid South Africa. The paper says this blunt statement has not
come as a surprise. This is because until Lord Lucas decided to come
out with this statement, it was well-known that British trade with
South Africa was mounting and still continues to mount.

The GRAPHIC is, however, surprised that despite this stand, Britain
still pretends to be going along with the restrictive measures which
the European Community has adopted to bring the racist regime to its
knees. The paper refers to another statement by a British spokesman
that the country reserved its position on the restrictive measures

in order to allow more time for their detailed consideration. Then,
in a turn-about statement, this same. spokesman said most:of the
restrictive measures have already been enforced: in the United Kingdom,
in some cases for a considerable period.

The GRAPHIC sees these statements as double talk and hypocrisy. It
says, Britain must realize that the.more it delays quick.action on
the trade sanctions issue, the more it endangers the lives.of the
indiginous blacks of South Africa. This is because the racists will
never cave in so long as they have a strong economy. The GRAPHIC
further asks. Britain to forget what.it calls the black money that
enriches the exchequer through her various economic interests in
South Africa if she is fully a friend of Africa.

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Regarding the situation in South Africa, the Bulgarian diplomat recalled that,
on 4 September, the Bulgarian Committee of Solidarity with the Peoples of
Africa and Asia had issued a declaration in which it "condemned the vicious
crimes committed by the Pretoria racists in an effort to save the shameful system
of ‘apartheid.'"

The declaration states: "Joining our voice in protest with the voices of all
honorable men, we demand the unconditional release of Nelson Mandela and all
the political prisoners, and that the life of Benjamin Maloise be spared, and
we appeal to all the democratic forces in the world to give active support

to the struggle of the South African patriots against the ‘apartheid’ regime."

The document, which was distributed to Mozambican journalists at the press

conference, demands an end to the state of emergency in South Africa and urges
the installation of a just society in South Africa.

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MOZAMBIQUE

LUGELA DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR DISCUSSES COOPERATIVES
Maputo NOTICIAS in Portuguese 7 Sep 85 p 3

{Report on interview with Ibrahimo Daudo, first secretary and administrator of
Lugela District, date and place not specified]

[Text] In our first 10 years of independence, the enlistment of
the people in agricultural production and their subsequent organi-
zation in a collective system was the primary task of the party
and government authorities in Lugela District, Zambezia Province.
According to Ibrahimo Daudo, first secretary and administrator of
Lugela, as a result of the experience gained in this first decade,
considerable progress has already been noted, especially in the
agricultural cooperative sector, where new and promising produc~
tion collectives are appearing.

To achieve this progress, administrator Daudo said, intensive political work was
first required to create and organize the basic political structures » from

the dynamization groups to the party organs, a process which is still in pro-
eress.

“As an immediate result, we can point to the presence, in this district, of
534 party members and 150 candidates for membership," our interviewee said.

He added that the most intensive development took place in 1980, with the reorgani-
zation of the District Committee, a process which required major popular parti-~
cipation to select the best party members to assume the leadership of the party

in the 16 localities of the disrict, where the local assemblies have already

been installed.

"Once this political work was launched, we were prepared to create the conditions
to organize the people in a collective system, a process which relied on the
excellent work of the party members and deputies in mobilizing and engaging

the inhabitants in the tasks defined by the fourth party congress, in the battle
against hunger and against the armed bandits," added Ibrahimo Daudo.

Positive Experience

In the agricultural sector, specifically the cooperative sector, the first
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SOUTH AFRICA

ANC OFFICIAL DEMANDS BOTHA OUSTER

FA011307 Addis Ababa Radio Freedom in English to South Africa 1930 GMT
30 Sep 85

[Text] Compatriots, once again the monotonous propaganda of the
racists and their imperialist allies intended to raise false hopes
and to render our struggle ineffective has been whipped up to focus
our attention on the speech that the fascist leader, Pieter Botha,
was to make at another conference of his Nationalist Party in Port
Elizabeth. Once again we have been promised so much reform that
fascist Botha was expected to make this evening as a demonstration
of his alleged change of heart, including the scrapping of the now
useless past laws and Botha's talk with the black leaders.

However, in the words of Comrade Tavo Mbeki, a national Executive
Committee member of the ANC, Pieter Botha is standing up today as he
did earlier on this year to beat his breast and shout.of reforms not
because of a change of heart but this is yet again another demonstra-
tion that his regime is in a deep crisis, his policies are in shambles.
Botha is a defeated man and we should not waste our time waiting on
him to change his heart and letting him to lull us away from our
determination to crush his illegal and criminal regime. As Comrade
says, the call of the day for us, the oppressed and democratic forces,
whatever Botha stands up and says,.must always be that the Botha
regime must go. We, the progressive forces, the oppressed and
democratic forces of our country must address ourselves to one and
one question only, that Botha and his criminals must go.

[Begin Mbeki recording in English] Fellow fighters for the libera-
tion of our suffering motherland: It is important that we recognize
the reality and bear it in mind that in fact Botha's policy is in
shambles.

The unforgivably criminal policy of the Malans, the Strijdoms, the
Verwoerds and Vorsters has landed Botha in a situation. in which
everything he does brings his day of doom ever nearer. The arrogant
confidence of White (baaskaps) is evaporating like the clouds in the
face of the storm winds. The very adoption of the new constitution
was the act of desperate men. The clearest illustration of this is,

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

BRIEF

SIX CIVILIANS IN GOVERNMENT-~General Andre Kolingba, head of state

of the Central African Republic, dissolved the Military Committee

of National Recovery on Saturday 21 September and formed a new govern-
ment, characterized in particular by the introduction of several
civilians. Gen Kolingba, president of the republic, is also still
head of government and minister of defense. Six military ministers
have left the government, notably Colonel Alphonse Gombadi, former
minister of state for rural development, and Lieutenant Clement
Michel N'Gai Voueto, minister of foreign affairs and international
cooperation, who is replaced by civilian Jean-Louis Psimhis, former
ambassador in Brussels. Five more civilians have entered the govern-
ment, which comprises 18 ministers and four secretaries of state.

Gen Kolinbga had promised to include civilians in the government
several times in the past. The next stage should be the organization
of parliamentary elections. In fact, a parliament is being built

in Bangui. [Text] [Paris LE MONDE in French 25 Sep 85 p 4]

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MOZAMBIQUE

GAZA GOVERNOR TOURS XAI~XAI SOCIOECONOMIC SECTORS
Maputo NOTICIAS in Portuguese 11 Sep 85 p 10
{Article by Bento Niquisse]

[Text] Col Aurelio Manave, first secretary of the party and
governor of Gaza Province, recently spent a week visiting var-
ious socioeconomic sectors in the center and on the outskirts
of the city of Xai-Xai. The governor detected several irregu-
larities which were still impeding production in these sectors
of activity. He ordered that corrective measures to eliminate
these irregularities be taken immediately or at longer range,
depending on their severity,

Governor Aurelio Manave was accompanied on his tour by some members of the
Party Committee and the Executive Council of the City of Xai-Xai.

In some of the sectors visited, the governor observed such problems as
laziness, carelessness and apathy and set deadlines for the correction of each
error detected.

There is the case of the anomalies observed in the building housing the Executive
Council, which is in a state of total deterioration. More than 3 tons of spoiled
pesticides were discovered in the Xai-Xai facilities of the BOROR distributing
company, At the "Esquema Geral," several abandoned auto bodies and parts were
scattered around, left to rust in the damp night air.

In all these locales, Aurelio Manate left instructionsand deadlines for the
rehabilitation and reorganization of these sectors, reiterating again and again
that he would "return to see if these directives are being carried out."

Also at BOROR, Col Aurelio Manave had harsh criticism for the management of
the company when he found a large quantity and variety of seed which should
have been distributed to the districts by now.

The governor also called attention to 85 sacks of cement, apparently abandoned,
at the same company.

"When I come back here, I do not want to find a shameful situation like this,"
Manave said. He added that, if he did, harsher measures would be taken.

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NAMIBIA

VON Viewa Namibian Military Situation
(Voice of Namibia, 15 Sep 85) .sccecscceccuceceuceecuces

"Mass Action Necessary’ for Namibian Liberation
(Voice of Namibia, 25 Sep 85) ...ccececececcecececececes

Briefs
SWAPO Abandons Supply Route

NIGER

Minister Comments on 3-Year Investment Program
(Niamey Domestic Service, 27 Sep 85) ....cccececececeees

NIGERIA

Debate on Merits of IMF Loan Held
(Lagos Domestic Service, 27 Sep 85) ...csecscccceccecees

Briefs
Privatization of Radio Stations
Communication Links
RWANDA

Briefs
Canadian Food Aid

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Senegambian Military Detachment Formed
(Amadou Fall; LE SOLEIL, 31 Aug-1 Sep 85) ......eeeseees

SOUTH AFRICA

Radio Cites Clashing U.S., USSR Regional Interests
(Johannesburg International Service, 30 Sep 85) ........

ANC Official Demands Botha Ouster
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Sociologist Warns of Key Factors Leading to Revolution
(Sheryl Raine; THE STAR, 13 Sep 85) ......ceececeneeeees

Le Grande Discusses Police Actions During Unrest
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major handicap to our economy and public finance. The following figures
illustrate this handicap and. show that scope of its impact on the public
sector: Agricultural production fell nearly 40 percent in 1984 from that
of 1983. Each one of us knows what this cost us in terms of anxiety,
mobilization of energy, organization, and distribution of food aid. The
effects of the drought last year killed 50 percent of our livestock.

You also saw the disruption this situation causedin the long-standing
traditions of many families in Niger and the exemplary courage the people
showed in coping with the situation.

With the rise of the dollar, the servicing of our external debt will
increase by nearly 40 billion CFA francs. Finally, let us cite the fall
in real terms of 43 percent in the price of a kilo of uranium from 1978
to 1984, seriously reducing revenue for our budget and disrupting our
balance of payment.

The short-term developments in our economic situation fortunately seem to
be less preoccupying. At the agricultural level, the production expected
is quite significant because of the satisfactory rainfall in 1985. The
expected results should enable Niger to catch up. Thus the gross domestic
product, which increased by 5 percent in 1983 at current prices, and which
fell by 16 percent in 1984 to again increase by 7 percent in 1985, should
in 1986 improve by 4 to 5 percent in real terms to nearly 11 percent at
current rates.. But this tendency needs to be strengthened by appropriate
economic and financial policies. This is the objective of the economic
and financial redress program established with the IMF and which has enabled
us up to now to attain the objectives of the financial redress and the
structural adjustment program under preparation. This tendency needs also
to be sustained by effective public investments which are outlined here

in the 3+year investment program, which I am goingto present to you and
which I have already indicated the context in which it was drawn.

We now come to the 1986-88 investment program: During the coming 3 years,
that is, from 1986 to 1988, financial resources to be allocated to public
investments will amount to a total of 275.5 billion CFA francs. The annual
allocation will rise from 80 billion CFA francs in 1986 to 92.5 billion
CFA francs in 1987 and to 103 billion CFA francs in 1988. Investments
will therefore register an increase of 15.61 percent in 1987, an increase
of 28.75 percent over the period.

The successive annual budgets will represent 10.1 percent of the gross
domestic product in 1986; 10.77 percent in 1987; and 11 percent in 1988.
That shows a considerable effort which shows the Supreme Military Council
and the government's desire to devote maximum resources to development in
order to improve the living conditions of our people. These figures also
show our firm determination to extend the basis of our national production
so that individual and collective initiatives can flourish and thrive.
The objectives sought by this 3-year investment program obviously falls
within the framework of our national priorities, priorities which have on
many occasions been reaffirmed by President Seyni Kountche, chairman of
the Supreme Military Council and head of state. [End recording]

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LIBERIA

FOYANS RELOCATE AIRFIELD TO SIOMBULENIN
Monrovia NEW LIBERIAN in English 9 Sep 85 p 3, 6

[Text] Citizens of the Kissi Chiefdom in Lofa County have begun relocating
the Foya Airfield from its present site on Kpelloe Road to Siombulenin, a
village located about nine miles from Foya, the Co-Chairman of the Kissi
Development Association, (KDA), Mr Philip S. Tali, disclosed in Monrovia
Friday.

Mr Tali who made the disclosure in an interview with the Liberia News Agency,
said this was necessary due to the closeness of houses around the airfield.
He recalled an incident three years ago when an Air Liberia plane was destroy-
ed when the pilot, trying to dodge an oncoming cyclist, ran off the runway.

Mr Tali, the director of operations at the Planning and Economic Affairs
Ministry, said 60 per cent of the work on the airfield which was started four
months ago, has already been completed.

He said the new airfield will, upon completion, be 6000 feet long and 1,500
ft wide.

Mr Tali who is also the National Democratic Patty of Liberia house of
Representatives nominee for the Kissi Chiefdom in the forthcoming elections,
said following the completion of the airfield project, the Foya Market would
be relocated to the site of the present airfield.

He said the projects which are estimated at more than $50,000 form part of
the KDA's efforts to bring genuine development to the Kissi Chiefdom.

He named the laying out of the city of Foya and the provision of pipe-borne
water system from residents of Foya as other projects earmarked by the
association.

Mr Tali disclosed that beginning Tuesday, September 10, he would be meeting

with chiefs in the Kissi Chiefdom to discuss strategies for the development
of the chiefdom--LINA.

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NAMIBIA

BRIEFS

SWAPO ABANDONS SUPPLY ROUTE--The Zimbabwe National Army; ZNA, are not
the only force experiencing problems with logistics and:supply. lines.
SWAPO has abandoned the use of the supply ‘route via ‘Lusaka, Living-
stone, Kasane, and Francistown. They maintain’ that convoys on this
are being monitored by the South African security forces at Katima
Mulilo. It was feared that these supply columsn could be subjected

to attack, The SWAPO planners are now'looking at the possibility of
alternative routes. We can only hope that ZANU-PF, in its current
mood of hostility to the Pretoria regime, do not compromise its stated
principle: that no bases or. transit facilities would be granted to
forces committed to aggressive acts against our neighbor.’ The last
thing that Zimbabwe needs right now, or at. any time for that matter,
is open confrontation with the powerful defense forces of South
Africa, They must not be provided with any justification for indulging
in preemptive strikes against Zimbabwean territory. The security

of our country is far too precious and important to be prejudiced

by any ill-considered actions in support of movements hostile to the
Pretoria regime, [Text] [(Clandestine) Radio Truth in English to
Zimbabwe 0430 GMT 29 Sep 85]

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23 October 1985

CONSTRUCTION IN TETE--The work of setting up ground traffic signals at the
Chingodoza Airport, in the city of Tete, should be completed by now. The
work was initiated last August and is being executed by the Tete Company for
Construction and Maintenence of Roads and Bridges. According to our corres-
pondent in Tete, the same company will soon begin to repair the section of
road between Cabvulats'tsi and Estima, with construction of two aqueducts

at the entrance to Estima, as well as the repaving of that entire stretch of
road. Referring to the traffic indicators on the principal roads of Tete
province, an official of the road construction and maintenance company said
that, by last July, the work had been completed on more than 30 kilometers of
roadway between Matombo and Songo. The job was performed by 22 workers. The
same official added that the work of repairing and marking traffic signs on
all the streets and avenues in the city of Tete was well along, especially
the pedestrian crosswalks and the solid and broken lines. He concluded that
the company is concerned now with preparations for the immediate rehabilita-
tion of the Inhacapiri-Magoe road. [Text] [Maputo NOTICIAS in Portuguese

7 Sep 85 p 3] 6362

COMMANDER DISMISSED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT--Major General Domingos Fondo,
Inhambane provincial military commander, chairdd a rally in Inharrime
recently during which he announced the dismissal of (Armndo Saize),
chief of the general staff of the district's battalion. This officer
of the Mozambique Armed Forces was accused of embezzling property
belonging to the local residents which had been recovered from armed
bandit camps.. (Armindo Saize) embezzled seven head of cattle and
several pieces of furniture. During the meeting, he was given 30
lashes with a whip. He acknowledged his mistakes and agreed to return
the property. Maj Gen Domingos Fondo called on Inharrime's residents
to mobilize the youths for the defense of the fatherland. He mentioned
also the new tactic being employed by the armed bandits, who stab
party and state officials to death. The Inhambane provincial military
commander ordered the local organizations’ to mobilize the people for
the neutralization of enemy actions in the district. [Text] [Maputo
Domestic Service in Portuguese 0500 GMT 20 Sep 85]

SUGAR SECTOR TO AGRICULTURE MINISTRY-=The sugar sector, which had been under
the direction of the Secretariat of State for the Food and Light Industries,
has been transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture, by presidential decree.
The transfer is already being carried out. The decree states that the sugar
sector is “one of the basic sectors of the nation's economy." It notes » however,
that ‘in the present phase, increased sugar production depends strongly on the
agricultural-technical aspects of sugar cane production." Moreover, the sugar
industry is established in zones which are essentially agricultural. Along
with sugar cane cultivation, there is a broad diversification of crops and
significant agricultural production within the sector. Experience shows that
increased sugar production and the development of the sugar sector depend on
the correct strategy for [cane] production, which implies giving priority to
sugar cane cultivation and the use of the most suitable agricultural methods ’
based on experimentation and research. The presidential decree thus determines
that the sugar sector should be transferred to the Agriculture Ministry. The
ministry and the Secretariat of State for the Food and Light Industries are
responsible for its implementation. [Text] [Maputo NOTICIAS in Portuguese

11 Sep.85 p 10] 6362

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JPRS*SSA¥85*102
23 October 1985

GUINEA

TWO FINANCIAL AGREEMENTS SIGNED WITH FRANCE
AB232140 Conakry Domestic Service in French 1945 GMT 23 Sep 85

[Excerpts] Two financial agreements were signed ‘today between Guinea
and the Aid and Cooperation Fund of France at the Ministry ‘of Foreign
Affairs and International Cooperation. At the signing:.ceremony,

the Guinean side was represented by Captain Facine Toure, minister

of state for foreign affairs and international cooperation, who was
accompanied by his closest advisers, As for the French side, it

was represented by Christian (Saziano) and Edouard (Yole), respectively
acting charge d'affaires, and acting head of mission for cooperation
at the French Embassy in Guinea.

The first agreement, which concerns modernization of: radio equipment
and setting up of a frequency-modulation network, involves FR6
million, The money is to enable the national radio to be well
received throughout the nation. thanks to the setting up of. a network
of seven frequency-modulation transmitting centers,

The second agreement, which concerns data processing, involves
FR200,000. and will help to acquire minimum equipment for the general

directorate.of data processing which is already assisted: by a French
technical assistant,

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“I am sure that the agreement which we have just signed here will stimulate
the interest shown by companies and businessmen in Malawi," Chaziya said.

The agreement will make it possible to develop even more important ties of
cooperation between the two countries.

6362
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JPRS*SSA*85+102
23 October 1985

MOZAMBIQUE

TETE GOVERNOR VISITS LOCALITY OF DZUNSA
Maputo NOTICIAS in Portuguese 11 Sep 85 p 5

(Text] On the Songo Plateau, 11 July dawned clear and bright. It was not
like the day before, when the cold from the mountains invaded the district
capital in the form of heavy fog. It was as if our bodies, accustomed to the
infernal heat of Tete, had been put into a refrigerator. On that day, at

9 am, the sun was still hidden behind the clouds, which seemed to be made of
ice crystals.

But, as I was saying, 11 July dawned clear and bright; by welcome or perhaps
not so welcome coincidence, on that day we had planned a rough trip over
Dzunsa's rocky mountains. The hot sun appeared early on the horizon and did
not disappear again until we had returned to the district seat of Cahora Bassa.

Dzunsa is located a little to the east of the district capital, no more than
35 kilometers distant.

The trip was heavy going from the beginning, on the small trail which led us
into a little valley. The people have some farm plots there because the land
is very fertile. At that point, we rolled up our trousers for an arduous climb
over a Chain of mountains to the seat of the locality of Dzutsa.

The mountain occasionally dropped off sharply and the path made continuous
short zigzags to overcome the steepness. A little higher up, the path seemed
wider. The locals explained that, in the past, there had been a small road
through the mountains, passable only by the "Jeeps" of the priests who traveled
there to conduct mass from time to time.

However, when the war of liberation intensified in that zone, the road became
overgrown with brush and the rains washed rocks and gravel onto it. Hence,

from time to time we beat a trail through the brush, only to come up against huge
boulders, which tired us out very quickly.

Although many of us were sons of peasants, it had been decades since we had
gone hunting on the trail of a swift gazelle, much less scrambled over moun-
tains, leaping from rock to rock over dizzying chasms. When we reached the
first peak, we stopped to catch our breath; 5 minutes later we set off again.

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the intolerable situation inherited at independence of Lesotho remaining the
backwaters of South Africa, nor of Basotho constituting the hinterland of the
people of South Africa. The prime minister, from his very earliest contacts
with his South African counterparts, sought to convey this message to them,
that Lesotho would take measures to add an economic dimension to its political
independence by economic and commercial policies designed to achieve a more
balanced economic relationship. But Dr Leabua Jonathan was not different
about going further. He cautioned South Africa about the (?perilous) interest
in its domestic policies and counselled change before time ran out. He has
not stopped doing so. Indeed, despite the escalating pressures for change

in South Africa, both domestic and international, there is still time for
change.

The fiction in the equation of Lesotho-South African relations is contained in
various factors. The primary ones are that Lesotho is an economic hostage of
South Africa, that this country is so utterly dependent on its neighbor that
the ceiling on its ability to adopt independent policies is no higher than the
carpet, that South Africa does not derive measurable benefit from the economic
relationship, and that Lesotho has no options but to ape South African policy
and condone even actions that go against the very soul of Basotho, and even
worse, that the king's government has no choice but to fight Pretoria's battles
against sanctions aimed at forcing an increase in the tempo of change in South
Africa. These factors have all contributed to a perception of Lesotho's
attitudes based on fiction and neglect of realities. Those realities will be
the subject of subsequent commentaries.

By way of a conclusion to this commentary, the wording of Article 50 is germane:
If preventive or enforcement measures against any state are taken by the Security
Council, any other state which finds itself confronted with special economic
problems arising from the carrying out of those measures shall have the right

to consult the Security Council with regard to a solution of those problems,

In that article, Lesotho has an option which the king's government has not
chosen to exercise for the time being while it watches the unfolding situation
in South Africa.

The imposition of limited economic sanctions by Washington and some European
countries should take into account this fact, but when all is said and done,
it should never be forgotten that in the final analysis it is the people of
South Africa themselves who will solve their problems, and the unavoidable
economic relationship of the region will become a truly enriched and balanced
relationship of partnership.

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LIST OF 130 PEOPLE RELEASED FROM DETENTION

MB281007 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1002 GMT 28 Sep 85

JPRS*SSA“85+102
23 October 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

[Text] Pretoria, 28 Sep (SAPA)--Following are names of the 130 people
released from detention under the state of emergency regulations over
the last week, according to the latest lists from police in Pretoria:

Name

Samuel Khumalo
Agrippa Kubheka
Khulili Kunene
Ntozanele Malinda
Andreas Sitole
Dennis Magiatua
Dennis Beginane
Dickson Phiri
Joseph Makarumele
10 Joseph Masetenyane
11 Glen Ntsieng

12 Dennis Morake

13 Embrose Diudlu

14 Aubrey Madlala

15 Colin Mokoene

16 Forunate Madlala
17 Patience Mbele

18 Lucas Stihebe

19 Faith Matshepo

20 Mashoba Leslie

21 Portio-Sonto Mathebula
22 David Dalasile

23 Sikele Mhiangu

24 Richard Makabela
25 Julius Kabelo

26 David Pasha

27 Patrick Xaba

28 Isaac Zwane

29 Sam Maise

30 Charles Shabalala

CON DUEWNE

Magisterial District

Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Benoni

Benoni

Benoni

Benoni

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23 October 1985

MOZAMBIQUE

VARIOUS PROJECTS IN MAPUTO PORT UNDER WAY
Maputo NOTICIAS in Portuguese 3 Sep 85 p 2

[Text] Efforts being made to improve the efficiency of

the port of Maputo will.be stepped up considerably with

the implementation of the program for the restoration of

at least 35 cranes, Another project to be implemented
involves’ the restoration of the emergency power plant which
supplies energy to the port and connected areas. A con-
tract for the crane restoration program was signed recently
between the National. Directorate of Ports and Railroads and
the MAN [Augsburg-Nuernberg Machine Factory] Company of the
FRG.

Information supplied to this newspaper indicates that the’ program for the
restoration of 35 cranes in the port of Maputo will last approximately 18
months and will probably be started next year.

The FRG is participating in this undertaking with an amount of DM9 million,
equivalent to about $3,2 million.

This program will include job training and the supply of spare parts. It is
hope that five technicians with that West German company will arrive soon to
work on the project.

MAN representative Manuel Lopes said that, during the program's 18 months,
two large teams will be trained in the area of mechanics and electric power
to maintain the equipment which, because of its age, requires more care for
its upkeep.

The first MAN cranes were supplied’ in 1924 and the last came in. 1981, As for
coastal shipping, the oldest cranes vary between 3 and 10 t.

As Manuel Lopes said, the best cranes for the container terminal are those
that date back to the period between’ 1978 and: 1981; they are the most modern
and they havea capacity of 22 tons.

In the meantime, the FRG company will also participate ‘in the: program for the

restoration of the emergency power plant in the port of Maputo... ‘The’ project
will last approximately 3 months and will be started this year.

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is the organization and activization of the black workers to engage
in struggle not only to advance their economic position but also to
accomplish the political tasks facing the entire people of our
country.

Finally, compatriots, in this struggle, we should use'all means and
methods available to us, elaborate various tactics according to

the objective situation, all with the aim of paralyzing and destroying
the enemy's state machinery. This means that we must combine both
political and military methods of struggle. We have to hit the

enemy. from all sides, take him by surprise where we can, but other-
wise force him into a situation where he finds the country ungovernable.
[end recording]

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23 October 1985

MOZAMBIQUE

BRIEFS

EXPERIMENTAL CASHEW PLANTING--Eduardo Arao, governor of Tete Province, recently
visited the Casa Agraria, in Nhartanda Valley, where he learned about the work
being conducted there on drying corn for seed and also about the excavation
work for the construction of a fish-breeding tank. At this point, this project
in that southern area of the Nhartanda Valley has been halted for want of
building materials. The first secretary and governor of Tete Province also
visited the area where cashew seeds are being propagated in an experimental
program. More than 500 cashew plants have germinated. The agronomists in
that zone say the conditions are favorable for the development of cashew
farming in the Nhartanda Valley. Therefore, Governor Eduardo Arao directed
that the experiment be extended to other agricultural production sectors around
the city of Tete, It is noted that, at a recent meeting of the provincial
government, it was decided that the cashew planting experiment should be con~
ducted in all the districts of the province. A nursery and a warehouse are
also under construction in the Nhartanda Valley. A flour mill will be installed
in one part of the warehouse. These infrastructures will benefit the members
of the six agricultural cooperatives in the valley. [Text] [Maputo NOTICIAS
in Portuguese 29 Aug 85 p 3] 6362

MORE LAND TO PRIVATE SECTOR=-About 2,339 hectares of land in Niassa Province
has been allocated to the private sector for the 1985/1986 agricultural cam~
paign. Abel Lucas, provincial director of agriculture in Niassa, made the
announcement in a meeting with cadres from his sector and private farmers in
Niassa. The meeting was called to take stock of the current agricultural
campaign, principally with regard to first-season crops. [Text] [Maputo NOTICIAS
in Portuguese 7 Sep 85 p 3] 6362

NEW BUSES FOR BEIRA~-The Beira Urban Public Transport Company [TPU] is inaugurat~
ing a new fleet of buses today: 34 units of the IKARUS model. With this new
fleet, the Beira TPU will have a total of 54 buses for urban transport. Thus

the waiting time will be reduced to 10 minutes, meaning that buses will be
circulating every 10 minutes. The longest bus route is 25 kilometers and the
shortest is 6 kilometers. [Text] [Maputo NOTICIAS in Portuguese 7 Sep 85 p 2]
6362

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SOCIOLOGIST WARNS OF KEY FACTORS LEADING .T0. REVOLUTION
Johannesburg THE STAR in English 13 Sep 85 p 6
[Article by Sheryl Raine]

[Text] .

South Africa must neu- ‘he factors include:

tralise key factors in the @ Establishment of insti-;
fabric of its society if it is ‘ tutions of higher learning
to escape the risk of mass capable of producing

“It was imperative” that.
ways be found to neutral-
ise the effects of these
factors to prevent them

revolution and evolve -jarge numbers of poten- occurring in combination.

" peacefully. These are the {jally frustrated intellec- He added other tactors

words of Dr Nic Rhoodie, _tuals, pertinent to the South

one of the country’s lead-; - 5.5 jane ge a~ African situation:
ing soci | @tntroduction of com- — @ A widespread feeling of
ig sociologists. ti aati

. pulsory mass education. deprivation among the

Dr Rhoodie, of the} @ insufficient opportuni- challengers (of power)

Human Sciences _Re-| ties to attain positions of relative to the living

search Council, in| power. . standards and power of.
speaking at a seminar tn] Oo ... -— ‘the dominant groups.

Johannesburg yesterday; MOTIVE SYMBOLS “@A~ “general feeling

arranged by the National | » yas education that is among the challengers
Institute for Personnel | not accompanied by cor-. j that the dominant group
esearch. responding ,. economic was the source of their
tant said os successful power, * deprivation. politi:
pping of human rei 44), ~" @ Mobilisation and politi-
sources could take place @A pagtern of boom fol. ciation of ‘mainstream

only against a pack: lowed y economic reces- ' protest movements, i
ground of social stability. * tact wee ace a oe
@ Contact — through ur’ “SUPPORT EVIDENCE

He highlighted under-
lying factors which soci- !
ologists had identified as
key factors contributing
to mass revolution in

banisation; for example

! between unequally
stratified groups. 4
@An ideology .that fo-/
cuses ‘on change ~ and’

Asked by a delegate if.
, there was any empirical
‘evidence to back up the
(findings on these reyolu-

Third World countries. . projects emotive symbol ‘tionary factors, Dr Rhoo-
All the factors applied to ; of revolution. hae { die said: “I wish I could:
South Africa and, if they ~@ Charismatic leaders. ~~ say there was none, but

were allowed to exist in Dr Rhoodie described _ thete is overwhelming
combination, the risk of. ‘these factors as the “di evidence to support this
a mass revolution be- ‘grass of revolution”; ' model for revolutionary,
came considerable, ‘which needed only a: ‘ behaviour.”

‘spark to set them alight.’

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23 October 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

"He added that there
' was a growing perception

‘ among whites that the
unrest in black areas was
‘the beginning of mass
revolution. .

» “Right or wrong, this is
the perception of the peo-
ple, and whites are be-
coming increasingly pes-
simistic.”

’ HSRC surveys’ had
shown that in June more
:than 70 percent of whites
believed terrorism would
increase.

Dr Rhoodie said there
were also positive ele-
{ments in the South Afri-
fean equation, These in-
!! cluded a growing accep-
| tance by whites of mul-
|tiracial government. . ”
| Surveys had shown
‘i that 48 percent of whites

favoured a’ multiracial
government made up of’
whites, coloureds and In-
, dians similar to the pres-
ent system, and 46 per-
cent of whites favoured a
multiracial government
including blacks. .
What was still totally
lunaccepatable ‘to whites
| twas black majority rule,
he said. .



JPRS*SSA*85*102
23 October 1985

LIBERIA

TEACHERS INTERRUPT CLASSES TO PROTEST SALARY ARREARS
Monrovia FOOTPRINTS TODAY in English 17 Sep 85 p 1, 10

[Text] Classes at the Monrovia College on Camp Johnson Road in Monrovia
were yesterday interrupted as a result of the teachers' demand for their
three months salary arrears from the school administration.

The teachers when interviewed yesterday morning by our reporter, claimed
that they have not been paid since last June and that every effort made by
them to find out from the school administration when they will receive their
pay, has been to no avail.

Some of the teachers and also some employees including janitors further
claimed that the demand for their salary arrears has always been taken for
granted by the school authorities.

The teachers said they had no alternative, but to express their "bitter agony"
in action, until the school administration can find a possible solution to
their demand.

Some of the students who earlier walked into the office of the FOOTPRINT
TODAY on Broad Street yesterday, said that the teachers salary demand has
resulted to a complete dissatisfaction among the teachers, a situation which
the students said has affected their lessons at the school, especially the
seniors who are scheduled to take this year's national examination.

However, when contacted yesterday afternoon, Mrs. York declined to comment
on the issue. She said "there was no class interruption, no salary crisis,
the situation is an internal one."

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If those who in past years have accounted for the deaths of more than
1,000 in the South Africa and beyond: are supposed to be-civilized,
and those who respect human values and dignity, like Botswana, are
denied this privilege, then one is bound to wonder if the word
civilization hasn't lost its meaning.

In this hour of crisis on the subcontinent, every opportunity to
salvage the worsening situation by peaceful means must be ‘seized.
This week's talks in Pretoria between Botswana and South Africa must
be viewed in this context. We believe Botswana, as an island of
peace in a sea of insanity, can play a meaningful role in politics
of southern Africa. It's only disturbing when those on the other
side don't cooperate in efforts’ to secure peace in the subcontinent
as evidenced by their refusal to pay compensation for the destruction
of life and property by their commandos. As far as many Botswana
are concerned, this is rubbing salt into the wound.

South Africa's decision not to meet Botswana's demand for. reparations
is not backed by any legal or moral consideration. Botswana is not at
war with South Africa, therefore any act of terrorism perpetrated

by its forces, such as the 14 June raid, is the direct responsibility
of the aggressor state. We can only hope South Africa will reconsider
its stubborn position.

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#102
JPRS=SSA"85*1
23 October 1985

MOZAMBIQUE

BULGARIAN COMMERCIAL AT'KACHE PRAISES COOPERATION
Maputo NOTICIAS in Portuguese 9 Sep 85 p 5

[Report on press conference with Rachko Iliev, Bulgarian commercial attache, in
Maputo on 6 September 1985]

[Text] Economic cooperation between Mozambique and Bulgaria

“has developed normally and will come to know even better times,"
Rachko Iliev, commercial attache of the Bulgarian mission in
Maputo, told the Mozambican press on Friday.

Rachko Iliev was speaking at a press conference marking the 41st anniversary
of the victorious socialist revolution in Bulgaria, which is celebrated today,
9 September.

The Bulgarian diplomat did not, however, divulge the figures for Bulgarian
financial aid to Mozambique. Regarding the trade balance, he said that, in
the last 3 years, "Bulgaria has exported more than it has imported from Mozam-
bique."

He reported that the Mozambican~Bulgarian Joint Economic Commission, chaired
by Marcelino dos Santos on Mozambique's side, should meet this year. He admitted
that Mozambique's debt to Bulgaria should be one of the items on the agenda.

Explaining why the trade balance is favorable to Bulgaria, Rachko Iliev cited the
destabilization of which our country is the target. He added that his country
has "lent political, moral and material support" to the Government of Mozambique
in its struggle against the armed bandits.

Bulgaria cooperates with Mozambique in several economic areas, notably the
prospecting of the graphite deposits in the northern province of Cabo Delgado,
the marble. quarrying in the Montepuez region of the same province, and in agri-
culture, education and other economic and social areas.

"Generally speaking, Bulgaria cooperates with Mozambique in almost every sector
of the political, economic and social areas," said the commercial attache.

Rachko Iliev also assessed the problems of southern Africa and voiced his country's
support for the region's liberation movements; specifically, the African National
Congress (ANC), in South Africa, and Namibia's SWAPO.

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JPRS“SSA“85~102
23 October 1985

BOTSWANA

COMMENTARY VIEWS RSA'S REFUSAL TO PAY COMPENSATION
MB271328 Gaborone Domestic Service in English 1110 GMT 27 Sep 85
[Station commentary: "The Complex Situation in Southern Africa"]

[Text] The situation in Southern Africa is becoming more complex

each passing day and at the center of all the problems, including a
threat to international peace and security, is South Africa itself.
The fact is that there are more Security Council resolutions: of. censure
on South Africa than on any other country represented at the United
Nations. With its merciless assault on its own citizens and militarily
weaker neighbors, it has earned itself the label of the bully of
Southern Africa.

The latest in a series of disturbing events was the invasion of Angola
on the pretext that this was a preemptive strike against the South-West
African People's Organization, which we call SWAPO. But Angola
countered and we have no reason to doubt its argument, that the
invasion was aimed at bolstering the shaky military position of UNITA
which is also know to receive massive backing from the West.

Then there was the confession coming from South Africans themselves
for what was called tactics [as heard] reasons. Pretoria had been
giving assistance to Renamo which is waging a war against the
Mozambican Government. This proved that Mozambique had been right +:
to complain that South Africa had not been honoring the Nkomati
Accord signed between the two countries last year.

These incidents are surely enough to prove South Africa's policy of
destabilization . We in Botswana, who were the direct victims: of

one of these brutal actions for no reason other than that we give
sanctuary to victims of oppression, view these latest developments

in southern Africa with great concern. We have firsthand experience
of how savage their troops can be once they are in a foreign land.
They shoot to kill and they shoot indiscriminately. .We therefore feel
nervous when such a callous regime, which has the guts to shoot a
6-year-old child from Lesotho and blow: two Botswana girls’ to smithereens,
are still referred to as the bastion of civilization in Africa by
some Western circles.



Leoner Magaia, who lives in block 6, said that these steps will.return an
atmosphere of calm to the district.

He added that these measures will bring the desired results only if all
citizens who live there contribute’ to this effort, particularly by increasing
their vigilance.

Their Are Conscientious and Honest Militiamen

Talking about the reorganization of the local militia command, our source
expressed the opinion that all residents must participate in the process. He
noted that it is the residents who know the persons who must work for the
good of the community.

"There are conscientious and honest militiamen, . They are the men who must
guarantee calm in the borough. -I also believe that the new militia applicant
must be chosen by the residents," he added.

Paulo Manjate, a resident of block 12, and Jose Manhica, a resident of block
6, argued that the population has an important role to play in the coming
reorganization because it is more than anything else the people who life in
the borough who know the problems. *

In this connection, Paulo Manjate said that the militia units in the borough
must be made up of residents who have a professional occupation.

"As far as we know, some of the individuals constituing the borough's militia
units (including those under arrest) never went to work. The rest of this

is that the articles that were stolen and later on recovered are diverted by
these militiamen, Establishing a militia unit consisting of workers would
signify the adaptation of a system of duty tours for a duty roster," this
citizen emphasized.

Banditry from Inside Out

The instability which prevailed until a short time ago in the borough of
Chamanculo "D" was not a new situation in the city of Maputo, according to
Jorge Rebelo, member of the Political Bureau and first secretary of the city.

The existence of destabilizing individuals among us was a part of the latest
form of activity by armed banditry--the infiltration of its agents into the
agencies of people's governments. As such, the individuals now charged and
held employed criminal practices with which they are charged and are now
being viewed from that same perspective from which armed banditry in general
is analyzed.

Operating under thé cover of their militia status, the criminals now under
arrest thus tried to downgrade the work of the people's’ militia which, above
all in recent times, has been increasingly busy in reporting and neutralizing
any actions,

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IJPRS*SSA*85~102
23 October 1985

GHANA

BRIEFS

IDA LOAN GRANTED--Ghana is to receive a credit of $28 million from -
the International Development Association [IDA], an affiliate of

the World Bank, for the improvement of electricity supply. According
to a statement issued by the office of the resident representative

of the bank in Accra, the loan will be used to finance the rehabilita-
tion of the generating and ‘distributing facilities of the

Electricity. Corporation of Ghana, ECG, and the Volta River Authority,
VRA. Improvement is to be made to the 30-megawatt diesel plant at
Tema, 15 BRA substations, and. various. ECG distribution facilities.
Beside the IDA credit, the ECG, VRA, Italy and Britain will make funds
available for financing the program. The IDA credit is for 50 years
including 10 years of grace. It carries no interest but has annual
charges of 0.5 percent on the undisbursed balances and 0.75 percent
on the disbursed balances. [Excerpts] [Accra Domestic Service

in English 1300 GMT 26 Sep 85]

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JPRS“SSA*85*102
23 October 1985

DJIBOUTI

DETAILS ON TADJOURA SALT RECLAMATION PROJECT
Djibouti LA NATION in French 12 Sep 85 p 3

[Text] Salt is a vital commodity for which we pay over 10 million Djibouti
francs to import every year. Our country produced salt until 1957. Now,
nearly 30 years later, a Tadjourian has just taken a step toward the re-
clamation of our salt production industry.

'

At the start of this century, sea salt, our eountry's only known natural
resource, began to be mined by a French firm: Compagnie des Salines du Midi
et de Djibouti (Salt Works of the South and of Djibouti).

This company developed a number of salt marshes at Salines, This place
still has the same name, 3 decades’ after the halt of salt production there.
The operation at the salt marshes proceeded very well in the beginning, and
a number of markets were found both within the region and elsewhere.

This salt, which was intended primarily for export, was sold to Ethiopia,
Japan, and to a number of other countries, Everything went well for the
Djibouti Salt Works until 1955 when there was a steep drop in salt produc—
tion. At that time, from a production of 57,000 tons in 1954, it dropped
to 18,000 tons in 1955, 6,000 tons in 1956, and 3,000 in 1957, The reason
for this was that the Djibouti salt was no longer competitive on the world
market: the salaries and benefits which the Djibouti workers received were
a drain on the company's finances, and were too high in relation to those
paid in nearby countries, such as Ethiopia and Yemen.

For these reasons, production at the Djibouti Salt Works was halted.

Big Profits for Nomads

The company laid off its employees and closed its doors, This benefitted
the Assab salt works in Eritrea, which had many advantages, such as low-
cost labor and markets, Its salt production increased from year to year un-

til it reached 100,000 tons.

Salt production in our country was not limited to the production at the
Djibouti Salt Works' marshes,

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Nel Says Foreign Media Must Act Responsibly
(SAPA, 27 Sep 85) .eccccccceeccesevsesscsevecssscereeees

Results of Orange Free State Congress Discussed
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Algerian Youth Group
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The mining corporations in our country are thus not only for our
continued economic exploitation but also for the maintenance of the
present colonial system. Our activities should therefore not only
focus on a consumer boycott but should embrace the entire Namibian
economy.

Knowing that we are our own liberators we should exert maximum efforts
on all fronts to hasten our liberation. The just-ended seventh
annual meeting of the SWAPO Central Committee has pointed the way by
calling on all of us to organize strikes, boycotts and go slows all
over our illiterate masses until [words indistinct] call for organiza-
tion discipline, and sacrifices.

Let us use all. available means at our disposal to mobilize the masses
for concerted actions. Let us explain the aims and objectives of
our actions tirelessly and painstakingly to turn the entire Namibian
masses into a formidable fighting force. Let us launch a multi-
dimensional offensive, with the youth in the forefront, to destroy
apartheid. colonialism in our country. Let us make the military,
political, diplomatic, economic, and. social forms of struggle into
an organic force to extricate ourselves and the generations to come
from fascist oppression and imperialist exploitation.

Everything and every effort for the struggle. All for final victory.

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23 October 1985

LIBERIA

DOE, FARHAT VIE FOR LAP PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION
Monrovia FOOTPRINTS TODAY in English 11 Sep 85 pp 1, 10, 12

[Excerpt] As the Liberia Action Party (LAP) is set for its national convention
in Monrovia tomorrow, two members of the party have declared their inten-
tions to be nominated for the presidency in the forthcoming general elections.
They are Mr Jackson F. Doe, former Managing Director of the National Port
Authority (NPA), and Mr David M. Farhat, a former Deputy Commerce Minister.

Their intentions yesterday in Monrovia, Mr Doe, an administrator and educa-
tor, said he is seeking nomination with "great humility being fully aware of
the enormous duties and responsibilities of that position."

"I am convinced that at this time in our national history, the office of the
President requires the dedication of an individual who, by training, experi-
ence, and temperament, is given to reconciliation and healing, change and
stability, and the promotion of justice and fairplay, the former Education
Minister pointed out.

He said the position also "requires the ingenuity of a person who will seek
to cool tempers and invite all sectors and factions of our people, no matter
how aggrieved, no matter how elated, to come and reason together."

Mr Doe, also a former Senior Senator from Nimba County, who claims to possess
all these qualities, said "the coming years pose serious challenges to our
nation. They will have to be years of reconstruction and renewal. They
will require a leadership which has the capacity to identify, motivate, and
efficiently utilize talents; the strength to make bold decisions, and the
vision to inspire confidence in the future of our country".

"Given my training, experience, temperament and character, and with the
blessings of God, I shall endeavour to serve with commitment, courage, and
goodwill if nominated and elected President of Liberia," he added.

For his part, Mr David M. Farhat, who also held some key government positions,

said he is seeking the party's nomination with great admiration and support
by members of his party and also the Liberian people.

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23 October 1985

BURKINA

CONCLUSION OF STUDENT CONFERENCE REPORTED
Ouagadougou SIDWAYA in French 28 Aug 85 p 5

[Text] The closing session of the first national student conference of Burkina
Faso, attended by delegates from all the continents, began on 24 August with a
speech by Mamadou Traore, president of the conference presidium.

Traore first of all indicated that among the students are some who once fought
for the revolution but who, since thé advent of the RDP [People's Democratic
Revolution], have turned to the counterrevolution in order to deny and deni-
grate that which they long sought. For those sick minds, victims of leftist
“childishness," Traore said, the only therapy now is to meet their reactionary
histeria with revolutionary violence. It was in order not to attack these
last reactionary citadels in a scattered fashion and with their eyes closed
that the students organized their first national conference, seeking to define
their tasks and strengthen their organizational capabilities. That is why,
according to Traore, "today, under the RDP, students organized into committees
for the defense of the revolution, (CDR) worked for aweek to determine their
specific role in Burkinabe society, along with their tasks."

For the president of the conference presidium, the conference bears witness to
the ever greater organizational and political capabilities of students, their
concern for strengthening their structures and correctly apply the statutes,
particularly with the establishment of the national office of university
CDR's. He concluded by asserting that "a revolution that does not provide for
its own defense and effectiveness dangerously compromises its development and
future in time. In other words, the durability of any revolutionary process
worthy of the name necessarily resides in the awakening, awareness, mobiliza-
tion, organization and political, ideological, social, cultural and military
education of a force capable of continuing revolutionary action."

Comrade Felix Kabre, delegate from the University of Ouagadougou and president
of the national student bureau, spoke next to thank all those who did their
utmost to make this first national conference a spectacular success. He went
on to say that "the holding of this first national conference of student CDR's
strikes a decisive blow against the antiprogressive forces of our country,

for they realize the importance of our work and clear and precise political
positions, in keeping with the legitimate aspirations of our people." For
Kabre, serving the nation means transforming one's patriotic zeal and resolu-
tion into action and devoting oneself to it. That is why, he said, the


However, when contacted yesterday by FOOTPRINTS TODAY, Labour Minister
Senkpeni acknowledge receipt of the petition from the tappers, but said
that he could not probe the matter because, according to him, a writ of
prohibition from the Supreme Court has been served on him and NAAWUL by a
Grievance Council, an interim body which was set up following the ban on
NAAWUL.

He said the writ of prohitition has restrained and prevented him from excer-
cising jurisdiction over the matter, noting that any attempt by him to probe
the matter, while the prohibition is pending in court, would subject him to
a fine by the Supreme Court.

Minister Senkpeni explained that the Labour Ministry had earlier started an
investigation into the matter, in an attempt to establish which union is the
worker's rightful representative to bargain on their behalf following the
lifting of the ban on NAAWUL by the Head of State.

He said during the investigation it was established that majority of the tap-
pers of the company, agreed that NAAWUL should be their sole bargaining agent,
and as such, the company was mandated by him to allow NAAWUL to take over the
affairs of the workers from the Grievance Council.

He said the decision, which was however challenged by the Grievance Council,
was followed by a suggestion for a referendum by him for the workers to decide
which group or union would be their legitimate representative.

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Meanwhile, in his speech at Inkatha's King Shaka Day meeting, Chief
Buthelezi made a point of saying that his organization was powerful
because "it did not dissipate its strength on street corners in
killing our fellow blacks".

"We will defend our homes and our property with our lives if necessary,"
he said, adding, "we will clean out all hornets nests and we will
banish from our midst the agents of death and destruction who want
blacks to kill blacks."

This was a reference to the murders in black townships during the
past year of dozens of black policemen, local officials and blacks
viewed as collaborators with the white authorities.

He also attacked the banned African National Congress (ANC), which
is fighting to overthrow white minority rule in South Africa, and

said "black South Africans do not want to conduct their liberation
struggle this way."

"I know there is such a thing as a just war but I say black South
Africans will not turn to supporting violence en masse while there
is yet one non-violent action which can succeed," Chief Buthelezi
said.

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Augustus Khazoa
Fanie Myeni
Ephraim Nkosi
Isaac Modudu
Harald Thekiso
Brenton Zwane
Kenneth Sigende
Simon Mokdena
Moses Mihimkulu
Gabriel Zulu
Joseph Shabalala
Michael Kubheka
Otto Sibabamotsi
Johannes Maskela
Johannes Tiwane
Michael Mdluli
Molefe Paul Sefularo
Cecil Mdwayi
Frans Msimango
Simon Msimango
Emmaneual Radebe
Hamelo Mayakane
Reginald Mkhonza
Frank Lanza
Hlumbi Biyana
Issac Marema

Joel Lelape
Cedric Rossouw
Sulamani Vamile
Johnston Sahdines
Tehmbile Nonjeju
Mzwandile Axola
Nuyani Soyamblana
Phakamile Mlaba
Mjwenqaba Bolise
Sipol Moli

Aaron, Basie
Salomiti Nontshina
Nkwedun Anetoiyi
Ariel Soyioi
Thembani Mcune
Lision Thube
Nluleki Thadine
Zamele Noaka
Muthutra Sicqhala
Xolisi Majoka
Derick Mahayija
Ludwe Nxyhe
Ghandi Roxo
Malaya Sam

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experience of the past 2 years of struggle, both at home and abroad, entrusts
us with many tasks contained in the conclusions of the work of the conference.

He concluded by saying that in order not to betray the trust which the CNR
[National Council of the Revolution] has in them, students must "fight our
enemies wherever they are found, intransigently and with revolutionary firm-
ness, always advancing the profound aspirations of the people. They must ward
off any deviation by a consistent undetstanding of the COP of 2 October 1983."

The third and last speaker was Comrade Pierre Ouedraogo, who, after asking for
a minute of silence to honor our courageous comrade, Georges Namoano, a fear-
less fighter of the RDP whom death blindly struck down on Thursday, said that
thanks to these frank debates, marked by a spirit of maturity and responsibil~
ity, the students endowed themselves with a new weapon that "will make them
invincible in the face of all the greedy nationals and foreigners whose eyes
turn red with tears of rage over the existence of the RDP,"

For Quedraogo, students must employ this weapon with effectiveness and dexter-
ity and their first task is to disseminate the conclusions of the work of the
conference wherever they are found, for it is at that price that the hard work
and efforts made will bear fruit. "After the exchanges that you have had, all
the student CDR's, wherever they may be and however many members they may have,
will have to work to raise their level of participation in the struggle.
Wherever a Burkinabe is found in the world, there must be a front for the
defense and consolidation of the RDP," he continued.

He stated, furthermore, that the massive presence of students in decision-making
structures is the sign of the strengthening of power they have assumed with
self-sacrifice and dedication. He concluded by saying that "the reactionaries
who dream of an RDP without CDR's must realize that in the near future,

it will be impossible for them to do anything without the CDR's. They have

one choice: to join or disappear."

During the ceremony, two motions concerning the administrative authorities of
the University of Ouaga and on peoples in struggle, five recommendations on
political organizers, the SNP [expansion unknown], illiteracy, the CRES
[expansion unknown], agricultural production, and one resolution on the lack
of discipline in student CDR's were read.

At about 2100 hours, the students assembled at the Officers Mess.
[Photo Caption]

Members of the national student bureau: They must coordinate their activities
within the CDR's. President, Kabre Felix; secretary general, Bewinde Christo-
phe; information, Bado Guy; treasurer, Sanou Yacouba; Coordinators: France,
Badini Zacharie, Sarr Malick; Senegal, Ilboudi Jean-Baptiste, Kagone Soumaila;
Benin, Ouedraogo Lamine, Toe Alain; USSR, Zampon Alfred; Arab countries,
Diabate Ibrahim.

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23 October 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

FOUR KILLED AS ZULUS ATTACK TOWNSHIP
NC281746 Paris AFP in English 1703 GMT 28 Sep 85

[Text] Durban, South Africa, 28 Sep (AFP)--At least four people were
killed and an unknown number injured after several hundred Zulu
warriors went on the rampage in a black township near here during
celebrations commemorating the 19th century Zulu King Shaka, eye-
witnesses said.

As Zulu Chief Gatsha Buthelezi addressed some 6,000 members of his
INkatha Party at Umlazi, on the outskirts of this Indian Ocean port
city, one of his top aids left the meeting with several hundred
Zulus. armed with spears and headed for the nearby township of
Lamontville--a stronghold of the country's largest anti-apartheid
grouping, the United Democratic Front (UDF).

Journalists who followed the armed group said they attacked passers-—
by in the township and were then confronted by a group of young UDF
supporters,

A pitched battle ensued which was eventually broken up by South
African security forces who arrived in five armored cars, the
eyewitnesses said,

Witnesses said at least four people were killed. A local hospital
said it had received three people from Lamontville dead on arrival,

The group of armed Zulus was led in its charge through the township
by senior Inkatha official, Prince Gideon Zulu, deputy chief whip
of the Kwazulu Legislative Assembly, set up by the South African
Government under its "homelands" policy, local journalists said.

The attack on Lamontville came amid a mounting campaign by pro-UDF
residents of the township to resist attempts by the South African
Government to incorporate it into Kwazulu.

Inkatha and UDF supporters also clashed violently during widescale
rioting around Durban eight weeks ago in which about 60 people died.



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23 October 1985

ZAIRE

AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE ADVOCATES 'LEAGUE OF BLACK STATES
AB302127 Dakar PANA in English 1824 GMT 30 Sep 85

[Text] Dakar, 30 Sep (PANA)--The establishment of a League of Black
States has once again come up for discussion. According to Zaire's
ambassador to France, Mr Sakombi Inonko, the league will be an effective
instrument in the service of African people south of the Sahara in their
search for solutions to persistent social, cultural, and economic problems.

Chairing a dinner-debate organized by the Senegalese Press Club on Friday
in Dakar on the theme "the Negro question and the League of Black States,"
Ambassador Inongo asserted that the League of Black States, an idea
launched by President Mobutu, could like the League of Arab States serve
as an ideal framework for decisionmakers of member states to address
themselves collectively at any time to specific problems facing their
people. He-cited these problems as poverty and the increasing development
gap between these states and the industrialized countries.

These problems, according to the ambassador, can only be resolved through
the creation of an awareness in the black man about his status of a victim
of discrimination in a state which has been exploited and continues to lag
behind because of this exploitation.

Mr Sakombi Inonko, Zaire's former information minister, was opposed to
those who believe that the League of Black States will reduce the power
and the credibility of the Organization of African Unity. The ambassador
who also rejected the notion of racial prejudice in the creation of the
league called on African intellectuals to reflect upon the project and
contribute effectively to its realization.

Asked to define the structure and content of the league, Mr Inongo said
these should be left to the wisdom of the heads of state of countries
which will be members.

The League of Black States will not be established to counter the League

of Arab States, the ambassador said, adding that just like all Arabs
can today find solutions to especially their economic problems within the

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23 October 1985

NAMIBIA

VON VIEWS NAMIBIAN MILITARY SITUATION
EA162051 Addis Ababa Voice of Namibia in English 1900 GMT 15 Sep 85

[Excerpts] In this week's edition of "Sunday Special" we take a look at the
military situation in and in relation to Namibia.

In recent years, South Africa's increasing use of military force to suppress
the popular resistance in Namibia and to destabilize the neighboring countries
has been the cause of grave concern to the international community. In seeking
to perpetuate its illegal occupation of Namibia, the South African regime today
has a massive number of troops in Namibia; the Pretoria regime has moved large
numbers of heavily armed units into the territory, recruited mercenaries from
a number of countries to serve with the South African so-called defense force
in Namibia, and launched repeated acts of subversion and aggression against the
frontline states. Furthermore, since 1981 the African population of Namibia
has been subjected to compulsory service in the army of the occupation regime
causing many young Namibians to flee into exile.

Due to the growing violation of the arms embargo as well as the continued
nuclear collaboration with the apartheid regime by the United States and some
parts of Western countries and Zionist Israel, the mandatory arms embargo is
not successful in stopping the flow of foreign arms to South Africa. The
attitude of Western permanent members of the Security Council has so far pre-
vented the council from adopting comprehensive sanctions against South Africa
under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter. Furthermore, the embargo gives a strong
impetus to the domestic military industry which had obtained the licenses for
the manufacture of many foreign weapons.

Press reports indicate that as a result of forced enlistment plus increased

use of extensive emergency powers against SWAPO supporters inside the territory,
10 percent of the population has been forced to flee into exile. The facist
regime of South Africa has moved a step further in the implementation of its
so-called internal settlement through the establishment of the so-called South
West Africa Namibian Police.

The new force operates as an arm of the South African police who are already,

according to reports, responsible for up to 60 percent of the killings in the
war against SWAPO.

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23 October 1985

NIGER

MINISTER COMMENTS ON 3-YEAR INVESTMENT PROGRAM
AB272246 Niamey Domestic Service in French 1200 GMT 27 Sep 85

[Excerpts] As you know, the Council of Ministers, in its meetings from
16 to 19 September, adopted the general budget of the state and the
1985-86 capital investment. After the explanations given by the finance
minister on the general budget, the minister of planning, Almoustapha
Soumaila, yesterday commented on capital investment for 1986 and on the
3-year investment program for 1986, 1987, and 1988. The planning
minister's comments touched on recent and short-term .developments in the
economic situation in which the 1986 budget and the 3-year investment
program will be implemented—the program and the major characteristic of
the capital investment as well as the necessary elements for the pursuit
of the financial rehabilitation and for the nation's economic revival.
Let us listen to Planning Minister Almoustapha Soumaila:

[Begin Soumaila recording] Let us first of all look at the economic
situation. Upon.analysis, the following essential data can be noted:

The international environment continues to be shaken by the scope of the
world economic crisis. The beginning of the economic revival observed
in 1984 and 1985 did not meet the expectations in the industrialized
countries, most of which were forced to maintain and even intensify their
financial austerity measures. This evidently aggravated the difficulties
of countries whose exports and financing of imports, as well as payment
of their foreign debts, are dependent on world economic efforts.

During these few years, the dollar continued to rise and even reached a
record high in 1985. At the same time, the monetary policies of the big
financial markets could not succeed in stopping quickly the galloping
interest rate. At the regional and subregional level, several unexpected
events neutralized the efforts of our countries. In Africa, the drought
compounded the already many and thorny problems of the peoples on which
the most spectacular conscience-awakening has been brought to the
international community.

If the sector of parastatals was able to survive this crisis, it continued

to hold our attention. These have been the recent developments in our
economic environment. As you know, the economic crisis constituted a

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23 October 1985

GHANA

INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION WITH UK DISCUSSED
AB281029 Accra Domestic Service in English 0700 GMT 28 Sep 85

[Text] A member of the PNDC [Provisional National Defense Council],
Mr Justice D. F. Annan, has stressed the crucial role the private
sector-~both foreign and local--can play to complement the efforts

of the public sector in the development of the country, To this end,
he called for further development of the bilateral relations existing
between Ghana and Britain. Justice Annan made the call when the
visiting British parliamentary: undersecretary of state for trade and
industry, Lord Michael Lucas,*paid a courtesy call on him.

The PNDC member endorsed the government's commitment to the develop-
ment of good relations with Britain and emphasized the important
role Britain can play in the economic recovery program [ERP]. He
referred. particularly to the need to promote investments in the timber,
mining, and manufacturing industries. Mr Justice Annan said, in
the short term, Ghana looks to the timber industry to provide the
necessary base to the economic recovery program. He disclosed that
the industry used to provide $100 million a year. But consequent to
the decline of the economy, the earnings. in that sector dwindled to
about $20 million. The country is, however, looking forward to
doubling the $100 million in the short term and reaching the height
that existed before the decline set in.

On the mining industry, Mr Justice Annan said the gold industry has
been able to attract funding from the International Finance Corpora~
tion, a private wing of the World Bank, and also from a consortium

of international commercial banks into the Ashanti Gold Fields
Corporation to revamp its operation, The PNDC member said Ghana
appreciates the need to adopt measures leading to increased production,
To this end, the government is putting up a new deal for cocoa
producers both in terms of rehabilitation of existing farms to promote
good husbanding.and replanting burnt-out farms. In addition, new
forest lands are being brought under cocoa cultivation.

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23 October 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

RAILWAYS ACCUSED OF HARASSING MIXED TRAVEL

Johannesburg THE STAR in English 14 Sep 85 p 5

[Article by Zenaide Vendeiro]

[Text]

Ticket examiners, backed
by railways policemen,
have been harassing non-
white train passengers oc-
cupying “mixed” coaches, .
The Star has been told.

Since mixed-race train ,
travel was introduced on |
certain train coaches, The |
Star has been inundated
with’ complaints by black
and’ coloured commuters
about overcrowding and in-
sulting treatment by rail-
ways staff.

And they say that fewer |

whites are travelling on trains
because of the change.

A source in the South African
Transport Services (SATS) said
this week the railways had re-
ceived many letters from unin-

@Mr Elwin White ot “Corona-
tionville said he and others had,
‘on several occasions, been eject-
ed from open coaches by ticket
examiners, who swore, made ra-
cial remarks and forced them
to enter “overcrowded” non-
white coaches.

He said that, when he com-
plained, the examiner sum-
-moned a group of railway poli-
cemen who manhandled him.

@ Miss Desiree Abrams said she

boarded a Johannesburg-bound
‘train at Doornfontein station
| | this. week and entered a coach
{ with no markings, which she un-,
__ derstood to be an open coach. +

A railways official informed:
the non-whites in the coach over
a loudspeaker that they. were
travelling in the wrong coach
and asked them to move. He

formed whites objecting to “kaf- | said railways staff had neglect-

firs” travelling with them.

The true ‘situation is that
there are still the same number
of white coaches. These are still
marked “Whites Only” and only '
whites may travel in them.

But certain non-white coaches
have been opened to all races.
‘These have no markings and are
known as “open” coaches.

Complaints received by The
Star this week include:

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ted to mark the coach for
‘ “Whites Only” and apologised.
When the train arrived at
_ Johannesburg station, a “Whites
Only” sign was placed. on the
coach, she said.

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An SATS spokesman, Mr Jan-
nie van Zyl, yesterday said his
impression was that there had
been no drop in white passen-
gers since integrated coaches
‘were introduced. “But SATS
‘ have not made a recent count of
: passengers and I cannot cate-
.gorically deny. that there has
becn a piett he said.

le said he had investigated
Mr White’s complaint. An in-
spector accompanied Mr White
on the train home on Thursday
night and found that, of the 62
seats available for non-whites,
only 25 were occupied, ,

He added that all passengers
were of value to SATS and‘ac
tion would be taken against
staff if it was found they acted
against instructions. ‘

More coaches would also be
provided if claims of over-
crowding were valid.

Mr van Zyl said he would in-
westigate Miss Abrams’. com-
plaint and invited passengers
with grievances to call him at
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23 October 1985

IVORY COAST

BRIEFS

UK MILITARY DELEGATION--A British military delegation led by Admiral

P.N. Marsden of the Royal Navy and comprising military men and functionaries
of the British Institute for Defense Studies, the equivalent of the French
Institute for Higher National Defense Studies (IHEDN), is now visiting
our country. In the company of the British ambassador to Ivory Coast,

His Excellency Mr Wilson, this delegation paid courtesy visits to many
members of .the government last Saturday beginning with Internal Security
Minister General Oumar Ndaw, who was acting for the defense minister.

At the Defense Ministry, Colonel Mockey, director of defense, informed

the delegation about the general principles of our country's defense
system. According to Colonel Mockey, this system "is based on the policy
advocated by our president in the early days of our independence and aims
at the development of the Ivorian people in peace and stability." The
military delegation later visited the Economy and Finance Ministry and the
Rural Development Ministry. Our guests are continuing their visit with
tourist trips to Bassam, Yamoussoukro, and Bouake. [Text] [Abidjan
FRATERNITE MATIN in French 24 Sep 85 p 5]

PARTY CONGRESS 9-12 OCTOBER--The Executive Committee of the Political
Bureau of the Democratic Party of the Ivory Coast~African Democratic
Rally [PDCI-RDA] informs party militants that upon the decision of the
party chairman the eighth ordinary congress of the PDCI-RDA will take
place in Abidjan from 9 to 12 October 1985 at the Congress Hall of the
Hotel Ivoire. [Excerpt] [Abidjan Domestic Service in French 1930 GMT
13 Sep 85]

CANADIAN COMMERCIAL MISSION VISITS--Abidjan, 27 Sep (AFP)--A mission of
Canadian industrialists of the agro-food and forest products sectors

is expected on Saturday in Abidjan, where it will examine with Ivorian
officials the possibilities of trade and technical collaboration in the
sectors, it was learned on Friday in the Ivorian economic capital. Led
by Christine Blanchet, economic adviser at the Quebec Ministry of Foreign
Trade, the mission, which will stay for 5 days, will include representa-
tives of five Canadian companies. This visit of a Quebec commercial
mission to Ivory Coast is the third one in less than 2 years. A big
regional-oriented exhibition of Canadian technology was held in Abidjan

in November 1984, it is recalled. Furthermore, a joint commission on
cooperation, which has been instituted between the two countries, met last
January to examine the modalities of utilizing a Canadian loan of more than
8 billion CFA francs (Fr160 million). [Text] [Paris AFP in French

1236 GMT 27 Sep 85]

cso: 3400/75
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JPRS*SSA*85*102
23 October 1985

MOZAMBIQUE

MACHEL DECLARES CHINHAMACUNGO MODEL COOPERATIVE
Maputo NOTICIAS in Portuguese 10 Sep 85 p 3
[Article by Azarias Inguane]

[Text] It was with great pride that the peasants of Chinhamacungo welcomed
President Samora Machel last Friday, 6 September. In the not too distant past,
history created close ties between the chief of state and the Chinhamacungo
production cooperative.

The story began when Zeca Lampiao, president of the cooperative, used the occa-
sion of the general session of the Fourth FRELIMO Party Congress to voice the
anxieties and aspirations of the Chinhamacungo peasants.

That was in April 1983, and Samora Machel decided that the cooperative should
be provided with a tractor. A year later, Zeca Lampiao wrote to the president
to give him an accounting.

In his letter, Lampiao wrote that the production goals for irrigated corn and
for "mapira" had been surpassed by 200 percent and that the production goal
for dryland corn had been exceeded by 125 percent.

"With the tractor and the truck, we are not only meeting the needs of our coopera~

tive but we are also helping out other cooperatives in the district with the
harvesting and other farm work," Zeca Lampiao wrote in April 1984,

A year later, it was reported in the press:

“Today the Chinhamacungo agricultural cooperative is a singular model in the
struggle against hunger and for food self-sufficiency, largely owing to the
determination, effort and initiative of each cooperative member to increase
and diversify food production."

In fact, the development of the cooperative is unequalled. This year, it will
be provided with a power station to be installed there, the civil construction
for which has already been completed.

In addition to farming, the cooperativists are raising small livestock, such
as rabbits, duck and hens. They also have a store, a bakery and a laundry.

As for social services, the cooperative has a medical station, a school and

a nursery, The members are now engaged in ironwork; they are fashioning blades
for plows, scythes and hoes, among other items.

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CSO: 3442/420

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JPRS*SSA*85~102
23 October 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

RESULTS OF ORANGE FREE STATE CONGRESS DISCUSSED

Johannesburg THE STAR in English 14 Sep 85 p 10

[Article by David Braun]

[Text]

-

! This week's Free State congress, at- »

7

tended by only a handful of media
representatives, turned out to be ;
far more epoch-making than its
celebrated Natal counterpart of «
last month.

Only one or two foreign Pressmen }

and a few South African journalists +
were at the Bloemfontein City Hall -
to hear the State President, Mrs
PW Botha, deliver the coup de

grace to the Nationalist illusion

that some day there would be no 4
black citizens left in South Africa. .’,

' They also heard Mr Botha’s voice -

Much of South Africa was surprised

quaver emotionally when he pro-
mised that if the political accom- }
modation of blacks required “dras- {
. tic reform” he would go again to
the country.

that Mr Botha did not use his Rubi-
con speech to announce that the
Government would be prepared to .
return South African citizenship to. -
those who lost it in the process of .
Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda ,
and Ciskei becoming independent.

There is still some speculation that ;

the President, enraged by the huge
publicity build-up and pressure to ;,
make a major statement, cut this ,
significant concession from his
Durban speech. ‘

Sources closer to the President say, .

however, that Mr Botha did not
have time to consult all the rele-
vant leaders of the national states .
before the Durban speech and that

* Bloemfontein was his first oppor- -;

tunity to make the decision public.

There are indications that the Presi-
dent will make clear his specific
reforms on a piecemeal basis, at
his own pace.

The Free State congress was also im-
portant for other developments,

TAKEN BY SURPRISE

Firstly, the willingness of delegates
to accept the urgent need to re-
dress the fundamental grievances
of blacks appeared to take some
party leaders by surprise.

Certainly the Minister of Constitu-
tional Development and Planning,
Mr Chris Heunis, was moved to say
how much he valued the under-
standing shown of the need for ur-
gent reform.

Several delegates called on the Gov-
ernment to find solutions to the po- »
litical dilemma. One man, who said
he worked closely with blacks,
called for the scrapping of influx
control because he understood how
frustrated and bitter it had made

* people. .

” Mr Heunis said that in his view South

Africa’s people, particularly
blacks, were over-regulated. He
had asked liis department, which
took over the administration of
black affairs from Co-operation
and Development at the beginning
of this month, to review all regula-
tions which affected blacks with a
view to scrapping measures wher-
ever possible. ‘

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JPRS*$SA=85~102
23 October 1985

MALI

AGREEMENT WITH CHINA ON HEALTH COOPERATION CONCLUDED
Bamako L'ESSOR in French 26 Aug 85 p 3

[Text] At 1100 hours on Friday, 23 August 1985, an important ceremony was
held in the conference room of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Interna~
tional Cooperation at which an agreement was signed on the strengthening of
friendly cooperation between the People's Republic of China and the Republic
of Mali.

The ceremony actually involved two documents, the first concerning the addi-
tional report on work on the general overhaul of the second sugar mill in Mali,
which is one of the keys to the policy of food self-sufficiency that is the
prime objective of the party and the government.

The overhaul will cost an estimated 16.45 million yuan RMB {expansion unknown],
or some 2.7 billion CFA francs, part of the credit set up under the Economic
and Technical Cooperation Agreement of 23 August 1984. It will make it possi-
ble to restore the theoretical production capacity of the Siribala plant and
finance the cost of the project study, as well as amortize the equipment sup-
plied by China,

The second document is the protocol concerning the sending of a Chinese medical
team to Mali.

The government of the People's Republic of China will, under the agreement,
send Mali a medical team of 32 doctors and specialists, to work at the Kati,
Markala and Sikasso hospitals.

The documents were signed by Zhou Haiping, ambassador extraordinary and pleni-
potentiary, for the government of the People's Republic of China, and by Alioune
Blondin Beye, minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation, for
the government of the Republic of Mali.

Two speeches were delivered at the ceremony. The first was by the Chinese am-
bassador to Mali, who said that "the Chinese Government will thus send its
tenth medical team to Mali. Based on the conditions existing in Mali, the
Chinese Government, and other expenses during their stay in Mali [sic].

This action, which expresses the brotherly friendship between the Chinese and
Malian peoples, will ensure closer cooperation between us and promote the

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On his part, Lord Lucas said he was very much encouraged by the
extraordinary progress made in the ERP in a very short time. He was
also impressed by the spirit of understanding which characterized
the ciscussions on trade and commerce. He described his discussions
with PNDC secretaries as fruitful and successful. Mr'Justice Annan
later presented him with a copy of the investment code.

¢S0: 3400/65

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Value of Courses in SEHA's View

According to. this.official, the training of Mozambican technicians specializing
in this field, on.the middle and higher.levél, is being tackled. as a matter

of absolute priority not only because’ the development of the’ food ‘production
projects is of utmost importance in the effort to put an end to hunger but
also because’a country such as Mozambique--in,which agriculture plays a
fundamental role in the economy's growth--must have a "battalion" of
technicians throughout the country.

According to Horacio Listo, Mozambique today, right here and now,. does not
have a single trained technical supervisor and depends purely and exclusively
on foreign supervisory personnel, even for the performance of minor soil
utilization studies as well as studies on rivers and other natural resources
for the development of agriculture. "This situation, on the one hand, must
be resolved and, on the other hand, we must meet the requirements of our
growth since the state water supply sector is being organized with a view

to organizing, utilizing, and making profitable all natural resources
available for the purpose of increasing agriculture."

Horacio Listo also’ said that there is no organization in this field at the
provincial level although by way of reference one might look at the minimal
material conditions already established plus some organizational work in
very few other areas. "The training of these technicians is aimed at
spreading this concern throughout the land," he remarked.

What a Technician Can Do

According to our interview subject, a middle-level agricultural water supply
technician can do many things in his area and that is only logical. Horacio
Listo argued that, among these many things, he can plan the use of soils,
the exploitation of water power resources, and, side by side with the man
who works the land, he can disclose the best technologies for increasing
food output.

In addition to these tasks, looking at the provincial level, we can work
more directly with the high-priority sectors in the area of food production
by stimulating and providing incentives for the production of the most
diversified crops throughout the year in accordance with the specific soil
and river conditions as well as the other objectively existing natural
conditions,

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CSO: .3442/408

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JPRS*SSA“85~% 102
23 October 1985

BOTSWANA

COMMENTARY FORESEES HARD TIMES AS RSA ECONOMY SUFFERS
MB131718 Gaborone Domestic Service in English 1110 GMT 13 Sep 85
[Station commentary: "Economic Future"]

[Text] It appears hard times lie ahead for the southern African subcontinent
as the white South African giant begins to show serious signs of fatigue.
Pressure on the South African economy is thought to be the greatest in recent
history with the threats of sanctions not only gaining momentum, but becoming
a reality.

America, which was known to be the traditional backer of South Africa, has
become the latest Western power to apply selective sanctions against apartheid.
Its president, Ronald Reagan, known for his ambivalent but ostensibly sympathet-
ic attitude toward South Africa, this week succumbed to growing internal and
international calls for sanctions against South Africa. Observers say although
the American move amounts to nothing more than a mere symbolic gesture, the
fact the largest democracy in the world is now turning its back on its tra-
ditional ally is itself significant. It was thought to be enough to send

shock waves within the ruling circles in the embattled country.

South Africa itself is doing very little to ward off an impending peril. If
anything, the authorities are adding more fuel to the fire with the forceful
implementation of draconian laws, the sustenance of the state of emergency,
and detentions without trial of leading opponents of apartheid, including the
patron of the United Democratic Front, Dr Allan Boesak.

Reactions to the South African situation vary. The Australian prime minister,
for instance, has described the South African police as the most brutal in
modern time. The LONDON TIMES said in its main editorial last week that the
sudden onset of dramatic financial difficulties in South Africa shows how
private financial sanctions can be swift, simple and disturbingly powerful.

. But as we helplessly watch the growing economic and political crisis in South
Africa we mustn't even for a moment think we are insulated. There is a saying
that when elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. There is no way in
which the fledgling nations like Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland will avoid the
impact of recession. This is because of the traditional trading patterns and
the currency and customs relations.



JPRS*SSA*85+102
23 October 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

NEL SAYS FOREIGN MEDIA MUST ACT RESPONSIBLY
MB271932 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1855 GMT 27 Sep 85

[Text] Bloemfontein, 27 Sep SAPA--The deputy minister of information,
Mr Louis Nel, today told local journalists there was an onus on the
foreign media to convey an honest and responsible picture of South
Africa to the rest of the world.

At the KWA [Cape Winegrowers Association] prizegiving for local
journalism, Mr Nel noted it was the first function he would address
in his new capacity as head of the Bureau for Information.

The bureau was created earlier this month to make the government
and its departments more "accessible" to the press, Mr Nel said,
adding:

"This step was taken because the government realises that a healthy
and open relationship between the press and the state.is a pre~
condition for factual, balanced and objective news coverage of
government policy, actions and viewpoints."

The press played a cardinal role in keeping the public informed, Mr
Nel said, and “one of the cornerstones of democracy is the public's
right to know."

Mr Nel said that despite what appeared in news coverage abroad,
South Africa was a relatively free and open country.

It was ironic, however, that the freedom which the press enjoyed was
used by foreign journalists "to slander and falsely typify (South
Africa) as a closed, unfree and unjust society, with the. accent on
the inaccessible and inhuman government" and its policy of “so-called
apartheid."

Mr Nel said the government had admitted that apartheid was discriminatory,

"but it is no longer government policy and the leftovers are busy
dying a final death.

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IJPRS*SSA*85~102
23 October 1985

MOZAMBIQUE

REORGANIZATION OF MILITIA TERMED GOAL IN MAPUTO

Maputo NOTICIAS in Portuguese 3 Sep 85 p 2

[Text] Recovering lost prestige as one of the pilot
boroughs of the city of Maputo is now the main task.
facing the Mobilizing Groups of. the’ Borough of
Chamanculo "D." ‘This task has arisen following the
breakup of a group of troublemakers who for a long time -
caused trouble and discontent along the local. residents.
In statements’ to this newspaper, 6D [Mobilizing Group]
officials told us that the immediate task calls for the
reorganization of the local militia command so that this
agency may effectively play the role it has to play in
society.

Last Saturday, six persons belonging to a group of troublemakers, who at that
time were members of the local militia, were arrested and turned over to the

police authorities for the purpose of initiating the proper criminal proceed-
ings.

The group under arrest is charged with having terrorized the inhabitants of
this section forsmany months which, as we were told yesterday, caused a
decline in party work in this residential area.

According to information supplied to our reporter, the group operated in
connivance with two officers, one from the PPM [Mozambican People's Police]
and the other one from the PIC (Criminal Investigation Police), .who were also
arrested.

During a popular meeting, directed by Jorge Rebelo, first party. secretary in
the city of Maputo, several.persons made statements, accusing those individuals
of the practice of torture and other physical punishments.

It must be reported that some of the persons, who’ denounced the practices of
those individuals, were victims of their atrocities.

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JPRS*SSA*85*102
23 October 1985

TANZANIA

BRIEFS

EEC GIVES TRC LOCOMOTIVES--Dar es Salaam, 4 Oct (SHIHATA/PANA--The European
Economic Community (EEC) today handed over five locomotives worth U.S. $8
million to the state-owned Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC). The locomo-
tives, to be used on the German built central line from Dar es Salaam to the
Lake Tanganyika ports of Kigoma and that of Mwanza in Lake Victoria is expected
to ease transportation of [words indistinct] Uganda and Zaire. TRC officials
said at handing over ceremony that the corporation anticipates to handle
400,000 tonnes [words indistinct] countries imports and exports (?thus) super-
ceding last years 200,000 tonnes. The central line, vital for economies of
the four neighbouring countries, was built in the 1800's. The four countries
use the Dar es Salaam port for their imports and exports. [Excerpt] [Dakar
PANA in English 1030 GMT 4 Oct 85 EA]

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These criminal acts, carried out by individuals who infiltrated the militia
forces, must not be considered as being a-.part.of the operation of the
people's militia as such since the latter, being made up-of the’ armed’ people
and therefore constituting a component of the population, precisely defends
the legitimate interests of all of us, as demonstrated in the day-to-day
routine of our fight against banditry.

More Than Just Rowdies

Alfredo Nhamussua, Joaquim Libombo, Abilio Tila, Pedro Manhica, Vasco Sumbane,
Ricardo Fernando, and furthermere PPM and PIC officers Alfredo Joao and
Antonio Quenhe, thus are more than just rowdies. Since they acted from
within the people's government agencies, they are perhaps worse than

the armed bandits as such because they threaten our moral and political
integrity.

What then car one say about a group which, exploiting a phase of reorganization
in the political leadership of the borough of Chamancujlo "D," promotes a
slander "campaign" aimed, on the one hand, at indiscriminately discrediting
the leadership of the GD and, on the other hand, trying to cover up its own
prior acts?

Now that this farce has been exposed for what it is, this group of dishonest
militiamen has been placed under arrest since the beginning of the year but
the members were then released supposedly on grounds of “insufficient
evidence" which were supplied through connivance with the two police officers
who are also dishonest.

Released by the middle of the year, the group resumed and stepped up its
operations, thus threatening the members of the GD with imprisonment along
with all of the remaining residents of the borough who had reported them to
the police in the first place.

According to witnesses heard during the people's meeting on Saturday, these
individuals who infiltrated the militia unit--although they have already
been kicked out--unlawfully insisted on staying in the ranks of the militia
forces. Using the uniforms and weapons which they still had, they arrested
and tortured a large number of innocent residents on false charges.

According to statements from borough residents, it was the goal of this group
to arrest all of those who had denounced it, including the GD secretary.

The practices employed by these destabilizers, according to their immediate
victims, included physical torture, extortion of the property of the residents,
assaults, robbery, and other crimes which the entire population had been com-
plaining about for several months.

Still wearing the militia uniform and equipped with weapons, some of these
individuals never received any training, nor did they get any ID cards, as

is the case, for example, with Alfred Nhamussua, who was apparently considered
the group's leader.

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