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relationship which, I believe, can be
characterised as good and stable, can be
made more broad and diverse. And ever
since I was appointed by my government
as ambassador to the Republic of Kenya, |
have considered it my paramount duty to
work incessantly in this direction. We are
convinced that these friendly relations
will further be strengthened and
developed.

During the long years of Kenya’s
struggle for independence, the Soviet
people wholly supported her people’s
determination, courage and perseverance
which finally brought about the formation
of a new state, free from colonial rule, on
the face of the African continent. And it is
anything but a simple coincidence that
the Soviet Union established diplomatic
relations with Kenya immediately after
the country was proclaimed an indepen-
dent state back in 1963.

Since that time we have gradually
developed a whole sphere of co-operation
between our countries in quite a number
of fields. An inter-governmental trade
agreement is in force and last year’s high-
level talks in Nairobi between foreign
trade officials of both countries con-
tributed greatly to expanding the amount
of our reciprocal trade. And the balance of
our trade is heavily tipped in Kenya’s
favour, which means increasing the coun-
try’s foreign exchange reserves.

We have established mutually-
beneficial co-operation between our
respective chambers of commerce. And
recently the two organisations have not
only expanded exchange of information
between them, they have moved into a
higher level of partnership: this year the
Soviet Union for the first time par-
ticipated — and with considerable
success — in the Nairobi International
Show. It has also been agreed that Kenya
would take part in one of the international
exhibitions in Moscow.

A two-faceted factor of Soviet-Kenyan
co-operation concerns the issue of
qualified personnel. I am proud to say
that the results of our co-operation in this

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field are most tangible and dramatic. For
the last years, Soviet doctors have .been
working in the provincial hospital in
Kisumu, making a great contribution to
public health care in Nyanza Province.
And looking at the other side of the coin
we can see that the Soviet Union not only
sends qualified staff to work in Kenya, it
also accepts Kenyan students and post-
graduates for training in the USSR. Over
the past years, about 800 young Kenyans
have graduated from the Soviet higher-
education establishments, becoming
skilled engineers, agricultural specialists,
physicians, etc., thus greatly con-
tributing to the country’s development.

Speaking about international politics,
the Soviet Union is totally aware of the
fact that Kenya is one of the leading and
most respected nations both in the non-
aligned movement and in the Organisa-
tion of African Unity. The political stands
of our two countries on the majority of the
most urgent international problems coin-
cide or are very similar.

The Soyiet Union has always come out
in support of Kenya’s uncompromising
stand on such important and burning
issues as the questions of Namibia and
Palestine. We admire Kenya’s continued
backing of the struggle of the Namibian
people for independence and for the right
of the Palestinians to self-determination
and recognise it as a weighty factor in the
process which will, we are sure, finally
lead to the resolving of both issues.

To conclude my message, I would like
to state that the co-operation between the
Soviet Union and the Republic of Kenya
is based on principles of equality, mutual
respect and non-interference in the inter-
nal affairs of each other. The relation
between our two countries is a brilliant
example of the fact that the Soviet Union
does not seek advantages and privileges.
for these relations are mutually
beneficial. I wish to stress that in the
Soviet Union we are convinced that
Soviet-Kenyan relations are bound to
develop on the basis of these principles. TM



SHOE INDUSTRY DIFFICULTIES DESCRIBED

Luanda JORNAL DE ANGOLA in Portuguese 10 Nov 84 P 3

[Text] With possible guarantees of improving the production of shoes (an essen-
tial good the serious shortage of which is affecting the legal marketing system),
the Macanda-UEE shoe factory, although it is not on a large scale, holds a _
leading position in the Angolan shoe industry. :

Macanda-UEE, an enterprise comprised of three production units, namely, Curbol,
Mucaba and Sao Joao, does not adhere to the general rule with regard to the
problems which have a major effect on the production in the most varied sectors
of the national economy. For example, whereas on the one hand the development
of the national shoe industry is contingent on the extent of the capacity in

the tanning factories, it depends, in turn, on the potential guarantees of the
shoe component manufacturers, the professionally skilled labor and the raw
material supply which, ultimately, is the great obstacle in the shoe sector.

To find a suitable response to Macanda's material requirements, it is essential,
first of all, to stress that from last January until the present, "no real work
was accomplished for more than 4 months, " as the general director. of the enter-
prise, Rui Cristina, began by commenting, adding: "We were not provided with a
sufficient supply of raw material, which made it impossible for us to fulfill
the production plan completely." : a

This comment which, in itself alone, gives us an idea of the size of the predi-
cament in which the national shoe industry is submerged, also conveys to us the
extremely poor profitability of.the plants engaged in producing shoes. “ Most

of the shoe production units have a meager production, caused primarily by

the obsolete condition of the machinery and the small supply of raw material.
There are no guarantees of a supply of shoe components that could afford the
industry improvements in its production; and, at the same time, it is impossible
to count on the aid of the tanning industry. But, let us, for the present,

look at what we observed at the Macanda production unit.

Production Rates

The Macanda production unit, the headquarters of which is located in the munici-
pality of Cazenga, in Luanda, is engaged in the manufacture of leather and
canvas shotes with rubber soles, as well as in tanning production, and serves

as the base for the manufacture of canvas shoes made in the enterprise itself.

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According to explanations given by Sergio Chitara, IFLOMA general manager, this
will be solved shortly with the signing of an agreement between SHER

{Revue River Hydroelectric Power Company/ and the enterprise itself,

aimed at supplying water from the Revue or M'sica river located in the
immediate vicinity of the factory complex.

Independently of the river water problem, the factory has been bene-
fitting from another water collection source as a result of the drilling
of wells.

Workers Need Masks

Similar to what is happening to workers engaged in forest operations, as
we reported in yesterday's edition, the lack of protective masks has
also been noted in the factory.

The workers have to work without any equipment to protect them from
intoxicating gases or other chemical products used in the factory and
they thus run the risk of contracting diseases, such as, for example,
pulmonary tuberculosis. .

IFLOMA Soon to Publish Bulletin

The publication of a bulletin on the activities of the IFLOMA complex is
scheduled shortly as part of an effort by the publicity and promotion
section of the enterprise's commercial department.

The idea is to disseminate technical and practical points on the use of
lumber and panels as well as some results of the enterprise's growth as
a whole,

The bulletin will be illustrated with photos and drawings from the

teaching angle and will also cover the work process at this important
production facility.

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DETENTION OF KATE PHILIP SCORED

Johannesburg THE STAR in English 22 Nov 84 p 12

[Article by Dr Peter Greenhalgh]

[Text]

What on earth do those who made
the decision think they are achiev-
ing by incarcerating incommunica-
do a bright young woman like Kate
Philip, the president of Nusas?

If she really has threatened inter-
nal security, then let her be charged
and tried in a civilised fashion.

But if, as I suspect, she has just
been a bit too outspoken in her criti-
cism of the system under which she
now suffers, the system has hardly
helped to justify itself by advertis-
ing to the world that it behaves ex-
actly like the communist govern-
ments it purports to be defending us

against.

‘Can it really be thought that soli-
tary confinement for interrogation
under Section 29 and the mental an-
guish caused to her parents who are
‘not allowed to see her will make her
change her heart and mind?

The whole history of persecution
shows it will not. It will only harden
her opposition, and perhaps embit-
ter her for life.

Or is it intended to impress the
outside world with a display of
firmness and strength? If so, it is
totally counter-productive.

Such big-stick overreaction to
criticism simply advertises insecu-
rity and suggests to potential inves-
tors in South Africa that the coun-
try’s stability is shakier than it real-

ly is.

T have not talked to Kate Philip,
and I suspect that her views would
‘be rather too “left wing” for my
taste. But so what? :

There’s more than a grain of
truth in the adage that if you have

not been a socialist before you are
25, you have no heart, and if you
continue to be a socialist after you
are 25, you have no brain.

I suspect that Kate Philip, far
from being a monstrous revolution-
ary, is a fairly typical student of the
brighter sort — young, idealistic,
striving for perfection in an imper-
fect world.

I suspect too that her solutions to
this country’s (and no doubt the
world’s) problems, or even their
diagnoses, are not always realistic.

But the whole point of sending
bright young people to universities
is to give them the opportunity to
think, and their service to middle-
aged getters and spenders like me is
to keep our-consciences alive and
make us look up occasionally from
our daily preoccupations to ask a
few basic questions.

For example, isn’t it plain daft to
classify men by pigment rather
than by ability, potential, industry,
decency and other criteria that
seem under the face of it to be more
important to society?

Is it sensible that our business en-
terprises have to import often dis-
gruntled and second-rate Europeans
to fill skilled and managerial posi-
tions just because a decent educa-
tion and social mobility are effec-
tively denied to the greater part of
the country’s population, which is
not, after all, going to go away?

Can we really believe against his-
tory and commonsense that there is
more strength in division than unity,
or doubt (in Edmund Burke's fa-
mous words) that “the use of force

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EGROSMISTA is still facing transport problems, as large quantities of goods to
be shipped to the province are held up in Luanda because of a lack of
transportation, and the Public Transportation Enterprise (ETP) of N'Dalatando
is unable to satisfy the demand.

With regard to the problem of supplies which was solved by financing from the
business office, the deputy director said that "all the people in this province
need to work in the fields and in industry to increase production," since, as
he said, "we cannot count on imports alone."

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BUTHELEZI'S WARNING ON VIOLENCE BACKED

Durban THE GRAPHIC in English 2 Nov 84 p 4

[Editorial]

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In his article in the Washington Post,
Chief Buthelezi is correct in warning
that if change comes to South Africa
through violence rather than negotia-
tion, this country will be destroyed.

We have only to see what is happen-
ing in Ethiopia to realise that even when
a feudal government of the type of the
late Emperor of Ethiopia is overthrown
by a more modern type of government,
the basic problems of a country are not
automatically solved.

The new Ethiopian government, for’

example, was not able to end the civil
war in Ethiopia which, together with
the present drought in the country,
has resulted in the famine in that
country.

It has been reported that Ethiopians
in the hundreds have been dying daily
in recent weeks, and that hundreds of
thousands face death, and that over
6 million are affected by the drought.

Western European countries are plan-
ning to send massive food aid to the
starving millions in Ethiopia by air, but
their efforts are being hampered by the
civil war and attendant transportation
difficulties,

It is to prevent this type of disaster
in South Africa that Chief Buthelezi
has pointed out that for the vast majority
of blacks in SA, the struggle has always
been for inclusion in the existing South
Africa; it has always been a struggle to
transform the state rather than destroy
and rebuild it.

In opposing the alternative policy of
“armed struggle”. Chief. Buthelezi point-
ed out: “If change is ever achieved in
South Africa through violence, we will
find that the foundations of the future

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will have been destroyed in the course
of liberating the country.”

Instead Chief Buthelezi suggested that
ways could be found to build up black
bargaining power to force whites to the
negotiating table.

The government itself must realise
that showing the “siege of Sebokeng”
type of force is in itself not only un-
productive, but also calamitous for
future peaceful racial developments in
this country.

* Foreign investors have become
“jittery” as a result of the violence
that has hit the country in recent
months and have realized that for a
stable SA (a necessary precondition
for political-economic development) the
government will have to redress the
genuine grievances of the blacks in
the townships and countryside.

The solution to the present impasse
means, as Chief Buthelezi has stressed
that “Black anger must be directed
towards, constructive, achievable goals.
It must not be squandered on the
streets of our townships.” :

Also it implies that the government
must develop real structures to meet
not only the economic but also the
political aims of blacks in this country
and to end their legitimate frustrations.

There is no doubt that the Indian
community as a whole agrees with
Chief Buthelezi’s assessment of peace-
ful change in SA and their experience
especially in the Transvaal has confirmed
Chief Buthelizi’s appraisal that town-
ship violence has not threatened white
neighbourhoods nor endangered the
status quo, but that black anger has
led rather to black versus black con-
frontations,



Comrade Habte-Mariam Ayenachew expressed gratitude for the donation on behalf
of victims of the drought.

Present at the handing over ceremony was Comrade Dr. Gyula Gognar, Ambassador
of the Hungarian People's Republic in Revolutionary Ethiopia.

Also two C-130 Hercules aircraft have landed in Addis Ababa yesterday night
being sent by the British Royal Air Force to airlift grain donations to
drought— affected areas.

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WORKERS REPORTEDLY DISMISSED DUE TO UNION MEMBERSHIP

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 23 Nov 84 p 4

[Article by Joshua Raboroko]

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THE NATIONAL Union
of Mineworkers is await-
ing the outcome of an In-
dustrial Court ruling for
the reinstatement of 42
workers dismissed from
Tavistock Collieries,
owned by Johannesburg
Investments.

The NUM’s assistant
general secretary, Mr
Mokheseng Maloka,
told The SOWETAN

-that the dismissed work-

ers have been repa-
triated to Lesotho and
to homelands.

A long list of alleged
unfair labour practices
was filed in court. The
union claims the work-
ers were selectively dis-
missed on the grounds
of being union members
and their ethnicity.

The union said that
Sothos were dismissed,
while all the Mozambi-
cans were re-employed.

Tearsmoke

The ‘union has
charged the mine com-
pany with refusing to

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deal with them during
the strike, using tear-
smoke at the workers’
hostel without provoca-
tion and “illegally de-
taining workers in the
hostel’s dining room for
aday.”

A company spokes-
man said that they will
contest the charges.

Mr Maloka said that
their application was
raised in the light of re-
cent labour talks be-
tween South Africa and
Mozambique, which un-
derlined a growing be-
lief that greater numbers
of Mozambicans could
be employed on South
African mines.

“We brought this ap-
plication because appa-
rently some mining em-
ployers seem to prefer
Mozambican workers.
We are keen to hear the
outcome of this case,”
he added.

The ruling of the case
will be made as soon as
all merits have been
weighed, a government
spokesman said.

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ETHIOPIA

CENTER TO UPGRADE IDEOLOGICAL EDUCATION OPENS
Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD in English 8 Nov 84 pp 1, 4

[Text] A Centre to offer courses designed to upgrade the ideological educa-
tion of members of WPE and to assist them to have a proper knowledge of the
party's programme and the Ten-Year Perspective Plan opened here yesterday.

First secretaries of party primary organizations here yesterday began the
first round of courses designed to further strengthen party work in Addis
Ababa with the help of the new centre.

Both the Centre and the course were opened by Comrade Lemma Gutema, member of
the CC of WPE and First Secretary of the Addis Ababa WPE Committee.

The fundamental objectives of the centre is to develop the ideological and
political knowledge of mass organizations and professional associations as
part of the endeavours towards the formation of the People's Democratic Repub-
lic of Ethiopia. The centre would create the forum where members of the WPE
and of executive committees of mass organizations would attain a higher level
of professional competence by gathering knowledge from comrades who had spe-
cialized in different fields.

Accordingly, the Centre aims at enhancing the participation of WPE members in
the party's political programme, and further fulfils the duties of preparing
new party members and ensures that primary WPE organizations will carry out
their functions according to basic principles.

The Centre will also facilitate agitation and propaganda work within party
bodies, mass organizations and professional associations while striving at the
same time for a greater understanding of government proclamations, directives
and rules, the international proletarian movement and current developments
along the revolutionary process.

The first course, which would last for a month will hold discussions on such
topics as the building of a socialist economy in Ethiopia, the Ten-Year Per-
spective Plan, party leadership and basic principles of socialist ideology.

Comrade Lemma spoke on the occasion in detail on the significance of the
Centre and of skill upgrading course. He noted that the course was intended

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interests of defence, public safety, public
order, public morality or public health. It
could also refuse registration of a church if
such registration would be prejudicial to
the protection of the rights and freedoms
of others to practice their own religion
without inteference,

But while established churches may be
happy with Muli’s ban on the registration
of new and splinter churches, one issue
that they may not be in agreement with
him is that churches “must work com-
plementary to’ the aspirations of the
government”. Muli recently told a
seminar at Limuru Conference Centre
that churches cannot operate outside
their maker “which is the constitution”.
Church leaders, including the CPK
bishop of Eldoret, the Rt. Rev. Alexander
Kipsang Muge, have contested that asser-
tion, arguing that with or without con-
stitutions, churches would exist for they
owe their existence to God. During the

» recent conference on religion and peace in

Nairobi, delegates were at pains to
explain that churches had the right to he
critical and outspoken against what they
might view as unjust and oppressive
government; that could not be the same
thing as complementing the aspirations of
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(DPRK), while labour is provided by members of the four peasants producers’
cooperatives in the locality, teachers and workers of the Agarfa Multi-Purpose
Peasants Training Centre, trainees of the fourth batch of the Agarfa Training
Centre and residents of Agarfa town.

Comrade Gezahegn Workie recalled on the occasion that because of the absence
of major development projects during the feudal period, the Ethiopian broad
masses pursued backward systems of farming. He said that because the inhabi-
tants of Bale region lacked the technical knowhow to harness the Weib River
for irrigation agriculture, the river remained idel while the people suffered
from recurrent drought.

Comrade Gezhahegn expressed confidence that the irrigation project will great-
ly contribute to overcoming the problems caused by drought.

Comrade Adem Abdul Kadir, First Secretary of WPE Committee for Agarfa dis-
trict, said earlier that the irrigation project is expected to cultivate 15
hectares for.Amchaharo producers' cooperative and 300 hectares for Abet pro-
ducers' cooperative. .

Taking part on the first day of the digging of the canal were Comrade Yosef
Wolde Michale, with the rank of commissioner, head of the Southern Ethiopia

Zonal Planning Office, members of the regional and provincial WPE Committees,
and representatives of government agencies and mass organizations.

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interior uses because it is less vulnerable to humidity whereas, in the
first case, we are dealing with products for prefabricated housing,
furniture, etc.”

"Since this is so, it is necessary that, in making his purchase, the
consumer be familiar with the details involved in product application
because, otherwise, he might say later on that the IFLOMA panel is no
good, whereas the problem is due to the way in which it was used."

Castro Fevereiro talked to us about the way the factory works in
particular.

“This factory was started up on 13 February and so far we are running it
on an experimental basis, introducing three shifts."

"In the beginning, our output did not meet the usual dimension require-
ments, nor were the boards thick enough. But today we are turning out
panels with a thickness of 8, 12, 16, 19, 22, and 25 mm."

According to the statements made to us by Castro Fevereiro, the particle
board factory began to operate with one plant starting in March, at
which time the target for this year was established; that target has
been estimated at 10,000 cubic meters, although the capacity should be
20,000.

Technical Efficiency in Operating Terms

The skill level of technical personnel at the factory complex is con-
sidered quite reasonable and significantly positive, if we keep in mind
that this is the first time a factory of this kind has been put up in
the country.

By the way, @ group of 18 Mozambican technicians have already been taking
training courses abroad, especially in Sweden (five members), Zimbabwe
(seven), and others in Sweden, Norway, and Portugal.

These workers were assigned to mechanical operations, checking on the
panels, technical assistance, and other tasks,

At M'sica, personnel at the sawmill and the panel factory also get help
from Czechoslovak technicians from the "Pollytecua” enterprise as part
of a leyear contract with IFLOMA. -

“at this time we are struggling only with three or four main difficulties,”
the panel factory manager told us.

According to him, there are problems with water supply since the
collection capacity is poor. Instead of 900 cubic meters, the enter-
prise consumes only 65 cubic meters of water per day; this affects not
only the production line that supplies the raw material drying and
pressing section but also the public water supply.

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ASSOCOM RELEASES STATEMENT ON DETAINED UNIONISTS

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 23 Nov 84 p 14

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THE ASSOCIATED Chambers of
Commerce has urged the Govern-
ment to charge or release trade
unionists it detained last week be-
cause of the two-day stayaway.

In a statement released after a
three-hour meeting with the Minis
ter of Law and Order, Mr Louis le
Grange,. Assocom said it accepted,
that the law must now take its|
course. H

“In this regard, Assocom urged!
that the trade unionists concerned’
should be charged in court as soon
‘as possible, ‘or otherwise be re-
Jeased,” the statement said.

The three-hour behind-closed-
-doors meeting in Pretorla, follows
‘a souring of relations between the

“business leaders and the Minister

over the detentions which business
organisations warned, would en-
danger labour peace.

Urgent need

Assocom, during the meeting,
emphasised the urgent need for the
authorities to address the economic
and political fundamentals of urban
black unrest, while noting the steps
being taken by the Government to
this end.

It offered its assistance in pro-
moting stability and development
in the black urban areas, and em-
phasised the role employers could
-play in reducing industrial unrest
through the normal industrial rela-
tions process and urged that these
procedures be allowed to make
their positive contributions.

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BULGARIAN DONATIONS--The Government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria has
announced donations amounting to 25,000,000 birr to the Relief and Rehabilita-
tion Commission to support relief activities in aid of drought victims in
Ethiopia. This was revealed here yesterday when Ambassador Comrade George
Petrov Kassov of Bulgaria presented the details of the consignments to Comrade
Habte-Mariam Ayenachew, Deputy Commissioner of the RRC. The consignment will
include 12,000 tons of wheat, 5,000 tons of flour, 600 tons of various food-
stuff and 1,000,000 birr worth of medicine. The consignment will also include
10 trucks, 12 tractors, 12 trailers, four escavators, 100 water pumps, 5,000
blankets, 50 tons of various items. Comrade Ambassador Kassov also announced
that two aircraft, two helicopters along with their pilots are to be assigned
to transport the consignment to drought areas. The consignment announced by
the Bulgarian Government will reach the country within the coming three
months. [Excerpts] [Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD in English 1 Nov 84 p 1]
The People's Republic of Bulgaria yesterday donated a million birr worth of
medicine to the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission. The consignment was de-
livered as part of the 25,000,000 birr relief assistance pledged by the Bul-
garian Government in aid of drought victims. The Bulgarian Ambassador said on
the occasion that seven tons of food grain will be delivered during the coming
week and wheat, wheat flour, trucks, bulldozers, blankets, and other articles
will reach here early next month. [Excerpts] [Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN HER-
ALD in English 11 Nov 84 pp 1, 4]

PMAC APPOINTMENT--The Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC) has
appointed Comrade Berhanu Deressa as Deputy Commissioner to head a newly cre-
ated department within the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC). The
department set up by the Revolutionary Government to further strengthen the
RRC will combine and co-ordinate functions dealing with international aid and
public relations. The new department will give added fillip to the work of
the RRC to which immense attention is attached by the Politbureau of the CC of
WPE in view of the drought problem facing the country. [Text] [Addis Ababa
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD in English 11 Nov 84 p 1]

CZECH DONATIONS--The Revolutionary Ethiopia Women's Association (REWA) yester-
day received a donation consisting of various mothers' and children's clothing
worth over 240,000 bir from the Czechoslovak Union of Women. The consignment
weighing, 36,440 kgms was recieved by Comrade Asegedech Bizuneh, Alternate
member of the CC of WPE and Chairperson of REWA, from Comrade Libor Peel,
Ambassador of the Czechoslovak People's Republic in Socialist Ethiopia.
Speaking at the handing over ceremony held at the Cusioms Office, Comrade
Ambassador Peel said that the donation, which also includes toys, was made
available through funds raised by Czechoslovak women and noted that this
fraternal gesture symbolizes the close relationship and solidarity of the
women of the two countries. Comrade Asegedech on her part expressed gratitude
for the donation which she said was the biggest of its kind to be extended by
Czechoslovak women to REWA until now. [Text] [Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN
HERALD in English 3 Nov 84 pp 1, 5]

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SOUTH AFRICA

SASOL IN TALKS WITH BUTHELEZI OVER 6,000 DISMISSED WORKERS

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 27 Nov 84 p 7

[Article by Joshua Raboroko]

[Text ]

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THE KwaZulu Chief
Minister, Chief Gatsha
Buthelezi, yesterday:
held talks with Sasol

a tt in an at-
tempt to have 6 000
sacked workers re-em-
ployed amid protest calls
by a trade union rep-
resenting workers at Se-
cunda.

The Chemical Work-
ers’ Industrial Union has
rejected attempts by Sa-
sol to negotiate the work-
ers’ plight with homeland
leaders, community
councillors and other
non-union bodies.

The workers at Se-
cunda were dismissed
following a two-day
stayaway from work or-
ganised by trade unions
and community: based
organisations through-
out the Transvaal re-
cently.

Although manage-.
ment has offered to re-

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instate the workers,
unions and other organi-
sations have condemned
the action by manage-
ment. Last week some
90 workers stageda
demonstration outside
Sasol headquarters in
Rosebank. -

Problems

After the meeting
with Sasol’s manage-
ment yesterday, Chief
Buthelezi said that it
was only through nego-
tiations that the prob-
lems of this country
would be solved.

He understood from
management that in-
stigators and intimida-
tors caused the strike
that led to the dismissal
of the workers. He
pleaded with Sasol man-
agement to accept and
give preference to the
previous workers rather
than outsiders.

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He believed that the
workers should be given
a three-month probation
period ‘and that they
should prove that they
were not intimidators.
They should also: gain
their service benefits
during the time. “The
workers in South Africa
must not be destroyed
and uséd as political
pawns in dangerous
games,” he said.

However, the CWIU
said in a statement yes-
terday that’ it rejected
the conditions laid down
by management for re-
‘employment and called
for all workers to return
to Secunda to apply for
their jobs.

It also rejected at-
tempts by Sasol to nego-
tiate with homeland
eaders, community
councillors and other
non-union bodies.



It is obvious that the Angolan economic system is currently functioning under
very unstable conditions, specifically where the distribution and marketing
of goods is concerned.

From the point of view of the productive units, "excessive foreign spending"
is enormous. No "market" or "plan" can regulate economic activity satisfac-
torily. .The official price system reflects the actual goods trade relations
very little or not at all, and the planned goals go in large part unachieved.
Political stabilization, normalization of basic security conditions in the
Angolan nation, an end to South African aggression and the cessation of UNITA.
activities are obvious conditions which are indispensable for economic
recovery in a nation which has suffered so harshly from wars and violent
conflict for almost a quarter of a century.

The RPA does however, in strictly economic terms, enjoy a relatively favor-
able position in a certain respect in the general picture of a Third World
devastated by the consequences of the great crisis in capitalism in the past
decade, and specifically within the context of black Africa. -The RPA is
still regarded as a "good payor" in the classifications assigned by special-
ized international journals. It maintains a considerable import capacity, is
tending to reestablish the current transaction balance thanks to the combined
effects of increased oil exports and the reduction of imports, and although
it has a growing foreign debt (I am thinking above all of the 1978-81 period,
when this debt sextupled), it is not in a critical foreign payments situation
like that common in Latin America, where some nations are on the brink of
financial collapse, or in African countries, even Portuguese-speaking ones
such as Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau. "

It is however important to make it clear that the Angolan authorities will
have to face up to a certain number of crucial economic issues, once the
minimal conditions of domestic and foreign safety required, but not.suffi-
cient, for the economic recovery of the RPA,have been obtained.

Domestic Economies in Search of Themselves

The decline in economic activity, except for the oil sector, on the scale
seen in Angola cannot be explained simply in terms of factors, although
doubtless important, of a political or military nature. Moreover, a very
similar process can be observed in other African countries, including the
other former colonies of Portugal, with the exception of Cape Verde. Regard-
ing Portuguese~speaking African countries which have recently obtained their
independence~-after all, what is a‘decade in terms of the history of a
people?--there can be no doubt that the importance of the specific process of
colonization and decolonization they have undergone cannot be overlooked.
"Colonization" by a technically, economically, politically and culturally
backward mother country in which the political regime in existence almost up
to the date independence was won did nothing to prepare for the post-colonial
phase, even from a neocolonial point of view. "Decolonization," which was
necessary and even courageous under the conditions which existed, was more
brutal in the chaotic acceleration of the prerevolutionary period which
followed the fall of a reactionary dictatorship dating back almost half a



Cocoa Smuggling Control Measures
FRG Water Pump

FRG Sanitation Equipment Agreement
FRG Generator

UK Cooperation

Maize Smuggling Increasing
Contraband Cocoa Intercepted

Fuel Distribution Monitored
Konongo Gold Mine Closed

Nigerian Entry Requirements

KENYA

Moi Fires Two Permanent Secretaries
(THE WEEKLY REVIEW, 2 Nov 84) sseeececceceeseccsccecscess

Soviet Ambassador's Message on USSR National Day
(THE WEEKLY REVIEW, 2 Nov 84) ceccecsececsecccccccererees

Government Finds Japanese TV Program Insulting
(THE WEEKLY REVIEW, 9 Nov 84) wesccsceccccceersceecreeess

Beer Export Earnings Expected To Increase 70 Percent
(THE WEEKLY REVIEW, 9 Nov 84) ..scecevecsessceceercrceces

Central Tender Board's Power Dispensed to Districts
(THE WEEKLY REVIEW, 2 Nov 84) wveccsccevcecccerecercceces

No More New Churches To Be Registered
(THE WEEKLY REVIEW, 9 Nov 84) .secccececeeeeevenccces

MOZAMBIQUE

Several Countries Interested in Wood Panel Exports
(DIARIO DE MOCAMBIQUE, 18 Oct 84) cesceveeececeeccerecees

Chibabava Administrator Discusses Security Situation
(DIARIO DE MOCAMBIQUE, 19 Oct 84) ssevevescceccecrereeces

SOMALIA
Briefs
National District Elections Slated
Cultural Agreement With PRC
SOUTH AFRICA

Anglican Speaks Out Against Bishop Tutu's Appointment
(THE CITIZEN, 29 Nov 84) ...

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The Revolutionary Leader during the Metekel visit gave directives that urban
centres be planned concomitant with the social needs of residents in addition
to the settlement and agricultural development activities being undertaken in
the province where road communication has been opened up to the border area.

Comrade Mengistu was earlier accorded warm welcome by the residents of Chagnni
town and its environs on his way to visit Metekel province.

Accompanying Comrade Mengistu during the visit were Comrade Addis Tedla,
Politbureau member of the CC of WPE and Deputy Chairman of the National Com-
mittee for Central Planning, Comrade Legesse Asfaw, Politbureau member of the
CC of WPE and Secretary of the CC of WPE, Comrade Alemu Abebe, Politbureau
member of the CC of WPE and Chairman of the Control Commission of the CC of
WPE, Comrade Fasika Sidelil, alternate member of the Politbureau of the CC of
WPE and Secretary of the CC of WPE, Comrade Kassa Gebre, alternate Politbureau
member of the CC of WPE and Minister of Construction, members of the CC of WPE
and commissioners, Comrade Zeleke Beyene, member of the CC of WPE and First
Secretary of the WPE Committee for Gojjam region, Comrade Melaku Tefera,
member of the CC of WPE and First Secretary of the WPE Committee for Gondar
region, Comrade Gebre Admassu, Head of the North-Western Ethiopia Zonal Plan-
ning Office with the rank of commissioner, and other officials: ©

CSO: . 3400/293

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ANGLICAN SPEAKS OUT AGAINST BISHOP TUTU'S APPOINTMENT

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 29 Nov 84 p 4

[Text ]

cso:

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A MEMBER of the Anglican church has spoken
out against the appointment of Bishop Desmond
Tutu as Bishop of the Johannesburg Diocese, se ying
if the clergy are not sympathetic to the grievances of
the laity he would take it upon himself to initiate a
petition against the appointment.

Mr Henry Barry of Windsor Park, Johannesburg.
said yesterday that many members of the Anglican
Church, both here and in Cape Town, opposed the
election of Bishop Tutu.

“What the Church needs, particularly at this
time, is a spiritual leader, not a man who is going to
use the pulpit as his political platform.

“Anglican clergy worldwide have become in-
creasingly radical over the past few years, pushing
for both political and religious reform.

“However admirable political reform may be, it is
not the business of the Church.

“The laity are seeking spiritual direction, and 1
beleive I will recieve overwhelming support for the
petition”.

‘A number of Anglicans, who do not wish to be
named, were contacted yesterday and said they
agreed with his sentiments and would support such a
petition.

The Archbishop of Cape Town, the Very Rever-
end Phillip Russell, said yesterday he was not pre-
pared to comment on “speculation”.

“I will comment only when I have the petition in
myhands”. *

The parish priest of Roodepoort, Father Pieter
Den Blaauwen, who delivered a sermon on the con-
troversial subject on Sunday, said that his senti-
ments were given in the sermon and he would not
comment further.

In his sermon he said that Bishop Tutu had all the
qualifications to be a good spiritual guide to his
flock, and a good administrator of the affairs of the
diocese.

“We must all pray that he will be guided to end
his associtaion with the South African Council of
Churches and his call for disinvestment and leave
the political arena altogether”.

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GANDHI DEATH SCUTTLES CULTURAL RELATIONS TALKS

Durban THE GRAPHIC in English 9 Nov 84 p 1

[Text]

Hopes of a quick
breakthrough in the
establishment of cul-
tural relations be-
tween India and
South Africa took a
nosedive following
the assassination of
Indian premier, Mrs
Indira Gandhi. :

Secretary of the
Interim Committee of
the 1860 Settlers
Council, Mr Rajendra
Chetty told “Graphic”
this week discussions
had been proceeding
for some time and the
whole issue of cultural
relations had been treat-
ed as “confidential” to
avoid political inter-
ference.

“Mrs Gandhi was
personally in favour of
an early settlement of
the problem and pro-
mised to do everything
possible for South
African Indians to en-
joy the facilities India
extended to her citi-
zens settled elsewhere
in the world”, Mr
Chetty said this week.

According to him,
Mrs Gandhi had pro-
mised her personal
assistance and that of
her Government when
a delegation of five
from the 1860 Settlers
Council met her at her
official residence in New
Delhi in October, 1980,

“She was happy to
see us and cut short
her = morning walk-

about with the people
of India on the spacious
lawns of her house and
spoke about the need
to establish cultura]
links,

“Mrs Gandhi ex-
pressed surprise at the
disclosures that the In-
dian community had
continued to maintain
its culture and was in-
volved in a concerted
effort to propagate
culture; religion and
language with the
South African Govern-
ment and its educa-
tional authorities hav-
ing actually agreed to
the introduction of In-
dian languages in In-
dian schools,

EMBARASSED

“She must have been
embarassed by the dis-
closures because of In-
dia’s own attitude to
cultural links”, said Mr

Chetty.
“When told about
the country-wide

activity and an almost
entirely localised pro-
gramme through seélf-
help schemes to keep
Indian culture alive,
Mrs = Gandhi __ said:
“India must help and
I would like you to
come back and address
an all-party meeting to
push the issue through
parliament without dis-
sension ’.

“Mrs Gandhi specific-
ally noted that it was
important for the South
African delegation to

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discuss the matter of
cultural links with all
members of parliament,
both from her own
Congress Party and the
Opposition adding that
this was important be-
cause this would pre-
vent the issue from be-
coming a political exer-
cise.

“She was genuinely
concerned and imme-
diately phoned the In-
dian Foreign Minister at
that time, Mr Narishma
Rao at Parliament
House in New Delhi,
-tequested him to cancel
his flight that afternoon
to New York to meet
us and map out de-
tails for the proposed
all-party meeting.

The meeting with
Mr Rao proceeded as
arranged and = Mrs
Gandhi called on the
delegation to meet her
again before it flew back
to South Africa,”

According to Mr
Chetty Mrs Gandhi was
later called away to a
trouble spot _ near
Sikkim but left a
message for the dele-
gation to postpone its
trip.

This was not possible
because of air flight
bookings, but Mrs
Gandhi was told the
matter would be pur-
sued by letter.

FRIENDSHIP
SOCIETY
Mr Chetty said one
of the first develop-



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OVER 3,000 BLACKS LAID OFF IN NOVEMBER

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 28 Nov 84 p 3

[Text ]

cso:

MORE than 3 000 black
workers have been re-
trenched from their jobs
this month.

Trade unionists and
employers have pre-
dicted that more work-
ers will be laid-off when
factories go on vacation
for the Christmas holi-
days next month.

About 540 workers,
members of the United
African Motor and Al-
lied Workers’ Union, in
Rosslyn near Pretoria,
‘employed by Nissan,
have been retrenched by
the company.

UAMAWUSA’s as-
sistant general secretary
told The SOWETAN
yesterday that they
battled hard to
the number because
management had origi-
nally intended to re-
trench 870 workers.

‘They have also man-

-aged to negotiate a wage

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agreement with manage-
ment for the rest of the
workers at the plant.
‘The wage package in-
cludes improved work-
ing conditions and an at-
tendance bonus.

He indicated that
more than 360 employ-
ees at Motorware —
Magnis Truck Corpora-
tion near Pretoria are to

“be retrenched, but “we

are still locked in nego-
tiatons with manage-
ment on the aspect.”

A spokesman for the
Fosatu-affiliate Metal
and Allied Workers’
Union (Mawu) said that
more than 500 of its
members at different
companies have been
laid-off this month fol-
lowing the country’s
economic recession.

“We are battling to
negotiate a better deal
for them with manage-
ment. However, em-

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ployers have indicated
that they have no choice
because of the country’s
economic recession,” he
said.

African Cables in
Vereeniging is to re-
trench some 750 work-

jens; in Port Elizabeth,

Ford has retrenched
1150 workers and
Volkswagen in Uiten-
hage has:retrenched 680
employees.

Nissan’s industrial re-

he could only supply de-
tails at a later stage.

Meanwhile General
Motors has retrenched
449 workers and will
shut down for an ex-
tended 7¥2-week Christ-
mas holiday. Altogether
some 5000 workers in
the motor manufactur-
‘ing industry have been
retrenched since Jan-
uary this year.



GHANA

More Aircraft, Relief Aid Arrive
(THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD, 4 Nov 84) ..sscsessceesccvccoeecs

REYA Elected to World Youth Festival Commission
(THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD, 7 Nov 84) vssccececcecceceecevces

Dam Inaugurated in Erer District
(THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD, 30 Oct 84) ..cicccccacscivenceves

Details of GDR Food Aid Reported
(THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD, 31 Oct 84) ..cecececcveccccecvces

WPE Central Audit Commisséon Meets
(THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD, 1 Nov 84) ....ccececececececeenes

Center

To Upgrade Ideological Education Opens

(THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD, 8 Nov 84) ..ccecceceecevceceevers

Meketel Holds Great Potential, Mengistu Says
(THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD, 3 Nov 84) ..sccascceesccecceeeves

Briefs

Libyan Medical Team

Ethiopia, Mozambique Sign Agreement
Uzbek Cultural Group

REYA Delegation

Soviet Relief Supplies

AETU Delegation

Bulgarian Donations

PMAC Appointment

Czech Donations

Cocoa Farmers 'Thwarting' COCOBOD Rehabilitation Efforts
(Isaac Asante; PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 23 Oct 84) ......

Government Accused of Hypocrisy on University Fees Issue

Briefs

(TALKING DRUMS, 29 Oct 84) scccceccecevcencsceces

Netherlands 11-Million Loan

EEC Livestock Development Grant
Spanish Drugs, Vehicle Donations
Canada To Approve NORRIP

USSR Training Assistance

Pineapple Exports to Netherlands
Cuba To Increase Cooperation
Yugoslav Cocoa Cooperation Pledged
Cocoa, Oil Palm Strategy
‘Operation Golden Pod'

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UNION ACCUSES AMERICAN COMPANY OF BREAKING SULLIVAN CODE

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 23 Nov 84 p 7

[Text ]

cso:

THE COMMERCIAL, Catering
and Allied Workers’ Union has ac-
cused an American company oper-
ating in South Africa, 3M, of not
adhering to the Sullivan Code of
Conduct and refusing to bargain
with them in “good faith.”

The accusations follows a dead-
Jock in wage negotiations reached
between the Union and manage-
ment at a meeting which referred
the matter for mediation yesterday.

Ccawusa’s Pretoria branch secre-
tary, Mr Joseph Mokoena, told
The SOWETAN yesterday that the
American company had earlier told
them that they were willing to pay,
the workers satisfactory wages.

But, he continued, the union was
surprised during the wage negotia-
tions when 3M made it “im-
possible for us to believe their utte-
rances,” and also made them aware
that they intended sacking work-
ers.

He said that the union has asked
for a wage increase of R150 per
month for all workers who earn be-
tween R400 and R500; R100 incre-
ment for workers earning RSO1 and
upwards or a R150 across the board
increase.

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Refuted

However, the company’s PRO
Ms D Jensen, has refuted claims
that the company was refusing to
bargain in good faith. She said the
company has always believed in
bargaining in good faith with any
trade union representing its work-
ers.

She denied that the company was
not adhering to the Sullivan Code
and said: “the nogotiations are con-
tinuing and we hope that the me-
diator will solve the mattet soon.”

But Mr Mokoena said that. the
company was willing to give work-
ers a maximum iticrement of R99
and refused “to up” the offer. “We
regard this as a sheer violation of
the code because these overseas
companies ‘are making a lot of
money in South Africa, yet they
refuse to pay our members,” he
said.

“We have also suggested names
of top lawyers to mediate in the
deadlock, but the company has
been reluctant to accept these
names. We shall press for these de-
mands until our members are satis-
fied,” Mr Mokoena said.

SOUTH AFRICA



The donation was handed over to Comrade Habte-Mariam Ayenachew, Deputy Commis-—
sioner of the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission, by Comrade Oleg Bocharov,
Charge D'affaires A.I. of the USSR Embassy here, at the commission's central
store house at Nifas Silk area.

Speaking on the occasion, Comrade Bocharov noted the close ties between the
Soviet Union and Socialist Ethiopia and said that the present relief aid would
continue. He admired the efforts being made by the part, government and the
people of Ethiopia to withstand and solve the drought problem.

Speaking on his part, Comrade Habte-Mariam Ayenachew thanked the Soviet Union
for the donation which, he said, would be very useful to withstand the drought
problem.

The Deputy Commissioner recalled the support given by the Soviet government

since the eruption of the Revolution and thanked the people of the’ Soviet
Union for the donation. . .

CSO: . 3400/293 ‘

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SOUTH AFRICA

‘FOOLISH MOVE' POLITICIZES THE BLACK TRADE UNIONS

Johannesburg THE STAR in English 21 Nov 84 p 12

[Article by Allister Sparks]

[Text ]

Mr Louis le Grange has described
the current wave of unrest in the
black townships as more serious
than the 1976 Soweto disturbances.
For once I agree with him.

The unrest is not yet as wide-
spread as it was in 1976 and the ca-
sualty figure is still lower: Mr le
Grange said last Thursday that 130
people had been killed (another
three have died since then), while
the official death toll for eight
months of unrest in 1976 was 575.

But the conflict this time is more
the result of pointed political action,
less the spontaneous outburst of
rage which erupted in the Soweto
schools eight years ago.

Many of the protests have been
planned and there is a basis of po-
litical organisation in the form of
co-ordinating committees which
have brought together a wide range
of organisations in the black com-
munity, the most important being
the United Democratic Front.

As Mr le Grange has noted, there
are many more adults involved this
time. It is not just a youth rebellion.

There are several other impor-
tant differences as well.

One is that the black trade union
movement has become involved for
the first time, which could lead to
the political mobilisation of our
racially defined working class.

Until now the most important
unions have resisted repeated at-
tempts by black political organisa-
tions to draw them into the political
struggle. They seemed determined
to concentrate on improving the
wages and working conditions of

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their members instead.

Now, by its heavy-handed actions
against the unions, the Government
has gratuitously done what the
black politicans could not. By de-
taining leaders like Mr Chris Dla-
mini, the president of Fosatu, and
Mr Piroshaw Camay, the general-
secretary of Cusa, the Government
has politicised the black union
movement at a stroke. It is some-
thing it will live to regret. Future
historians may well record it as the
single most foolish action in 36
years of nationalist rule.

The protest strike of November 5
and 6, which prompted these deten-
tions, was itself enormously signifi-
cant. Prompted itself by the heavy-
handed Sebokeng raid of October 23,
it was by far the most ‘successful
action of its kind that has been
staged in this country. °

This shows that, with unionisa-
tion, blacks now have the ability,
and the willingness, to inflict seri-
ous damage on the economy to fur-
ther their struggle for political
rights.

The unrest also has the makings
of a constitutional crisis. With the
new constitution barely in place, it
has been stripped of legitimacy by
the massive boycott of the coloured
and Indian elections in August and
now by the evidence that it has ac-
celerated the alienation of the Afri-
cans.

It has virtually wiped out the sys-
tem of black local authorities which
the Government has established in
the townships, and which were to
have formed the basis of the next



SASOL SACKINGS RAISE CRUCIAL LABOR ISSUES

Johannesburg THE STAR in English 20 Nov 84 p 12

{Article by Carolyn Dempster]

[Text ]

While rubbish piled up in
Johannesburg’s streets
during the winter months
of 1980, a struggle was
being waged which was
to set the stamp on the
State’s handling of the
new style of black trade
unionism.

For Joe Mavi’s Black
Municipality — Workers’
Union (BMWU) the lesson
was a hard one.

After the initial suc-
cess of the strike by
10000 of the city’s black
workers, 1350 were dis-
missed and bussed back
to their homelands, and
the month-old union ef-
fectively crushed.

The municipality ad-
mitted backing and fa-
vouring the Union of
Johannesburg Municipal-
ity Workers — to the ex-
tent that the in-house
union was registered and
recognised with only 40
paid-up members.

It had a_ signed-up
membership of 2000 out
of a potential 15000 —
hardly representative.

Labour consultants and
commentators were criti-
cal but understanding of
the reactive way the
management committee
had handled the strike.

It was, after all, not
long after the implemen-
tation of the Wiehahn
Commission's recommen-

dations, and it was a
reaction more typical of
the times than anything
else.

In September 1982,
South African Transport
Services (SATS) peremp-
torily fired 423 East Lon-
don railway dock-work-
ers for staging a go-slow
in an attempt to pressur-
ise SATS into talks with
the non-racial General
Workers’ Union.

The Minister of Trans-
port, Mr Hendrik Schoe-
man, made it blatantly
clear at the time that
“outside unions” were not
welcome in SATS and
would never be recog-
nised — not as long as he
was Minister.

The premise for the
dismissal was that SATS
was an essential service
and already had staff as-
sociations that could ade-
quately articulate the
needs of the massive
240 000 worker force.

But it was arguable at
that stage whether the
newly-formed Black Staff
Association (BSA) — a
“sweetheart” in-company
union — was voicing the
needs of its members.

Wages, working condi-
tions and benefits of
black SATS employees
have traditionally been
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and particularly in the Soviet revolution, which inherited from the exploit-
ing regime of the landholders and capitalists the poor, starving, .semi-
literate country.

After this, Arnold Kalinini enumerated the difficulties encountered by his
country during the first period following the revolutionary victory, stating
that "every step forward was not easy for the Soviet Union." The Soviet
representative declared: "The very successful industrialization, the collec-
tivization of agriculture, the radical changes in the area of science and
culture as well as the establishment and affirmation of socialist democracy,
were the result of the enormous efforts of the party and the selfless effort
of the people."

Ambassador Kalinini also devoted his remarks to the agitated international
situation, caused by the arming policy of the United States, which persists
in its aggressive policy of confrontation with the forces of socialism and
national liberation.

He reaffirmed his country's position of countering the arms race policy,
opposing in particular the installation of nuclear weapons, which continues
to heighten the danger of a cosmic nuclear war.

The Soviet Union and the Rest of the World

As a result of the victory of the October Revolution, the Soviet Union is
today, on its 67th anniversary, a trustedfriend of the young independent
states, backing them consistently in their efforts to consolidate independence
and to develop the national economies.

The ambassador claimed that a living example of this is the fraternal rela-
tions that the Soviet Union maintains with countries on various continents,
especially Africa, where our country is prominent, with its reconstruction
counting on the valuable contribution of physicians, energy technicians,
machine repairers, bridge builders, teachers, pilots, fishermen and military
advisers from the Soviet Union. Of great importance are the relations between
the social organizations, the friendship between the Soviet and Angolan women
and that between the youth organization and the trade unions. The treaty of
friendship and cooperation between the two countries consists of a long-term
program for economic, scientific and technical, and commercial cooperation
for the years 1981-85 and for the period up until 1990,

In conclusion, Arnold Kalinini reaffirmed his country's backing for
the Angolan people, congratulating us on the occasion of the ninth anniver-
sary of our independence.

The head of the CPSU delegation, in turn, since he comes from the Soviet Repub-
lic of Azerbaydzhan, gave an account of the course traversed whereby his
republic achieved enormous success in the economic, cultural: and social areas,
as a result of the victory over imperialism 67 years earlier. He gave some



industries, and a substantial supply of rice would be delivered as food aid.
This year's technical co-operation programme would provide training for over
100 Ghanaians in the UK; it said. A recent mission from the London Chamber of
Commerce and Industry showed interest in Ghana's products for export and had
agreed to provide advice on marketing those products in Europe. [Excerpt]
[Acera GHANAIAN TIMES in English 31 Oct 84 p 8]

MAIZE SMUGGLING INCREASING--Smuggling of maize across the country's borders is
on the increase. At Paga in the Kassena-Nankani district and Misiga in the
Bawku district, both border towns, guardsmen have seized hundreds maxi bags of
the grain from smugglers who attempted crossing with them to neighbouring
countries. Captain P.K.E. Ansah, Officer Commanding the Paga Border Post and
W.0. II Solomon V. Donkor of the Misigan Border Post have both expressed con-
cern about the high incidence of food smuggling across the borders. [Excerpt]
[Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 23 Oct 84 p 1]

CONTRABAND COCOA INTERCEPTED--THE Hohoe Police Divisional Task Force has
intercepted 19 headloads of dried cocoa beans which were allegedly being smug-
gled to the Republic of Togo. According to the Divisional Commander, Chief
Superintendent P. K. Agbolosoo, the beans were intercepted in two separate
operations. He said in the first Operation, the force intercepted nine head-
loads at Wli border area while in the second operation 10 were intercepted at
the Ikpe-Bala area. He said no arrests were effected as the smugglers managed
to run away, leaving the cocoa behind. Chief Superintendent Agbolosoo said
the cocoa would be sold to the Ghana Cocoa Board and the proceeds paid into
Police-PDC Accounts to be used for development projects. [Text] [Acera PEO-
PLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 24 Oct 84 p 11]

FUEL DISTRIBUTION MONITORED--AN intensive monitoring exercise to ensure fair
distribution of fuel in the Nkawkaw district has been launched by the Ghana
Private Road Transport Union, the local PDCs and the police. The exercise is
also to check malpractices in the sale of. fuel at filling stations. Address-
ing members of the GPRTU at Nkawkaw at the week-end, Mr Joseph Yeboah Bempong,
Secretary of the drivers union who disclosed this advised drivers in the dis-
trict not to buy fuel above the official price. They should also form queues
at filling stations to avoid any confusion during the sale of fuel. [Excerpt]
[Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 23 Oct 84 pp 4, 5]

KONONGO GOLD MINE CLOSED--The Konongo gold mine in Ashanti is to be phased out
because, accoridng to the State Gold Mines Corporation, it is no longer via-
ble. According to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation tTegional correspondent
who visited the mine, only one shaft out of four is now functioning. The
other three have been flooded. The only mill at the mine installed in 1930
functions only eight days a month. Workers interviewed by the correspondent
blamed the State Gold Mines Corporation for the hopeless state of affairs at
Konongo and urged the PNDC not to accept the decision to phase out the mine.
The workers believed that given the hecessary boost the mine can be saved,
[Text] [London TALKING DRUMS in English 22 Oct 84 p 22]

NIGERIAN ENTRY REQUIREMENTS—-Nigeria has ordered ail Ghanaians entering the
country to carry with them an equivalent of 100 naira in convertible currency

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UK ENVOY:

DURBAN 3 MUST SOLVE OWN PROBLEM

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 3 Nov 84 p 4

[Text]

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A SOLUTION to the
problem of the three pol-
itical dissidents still hold-
ing out in Britain’s Dur-
ban consulate was largely
up to the three men them-
selves and the South Afri-

. can Government, the new

British ambassador, Mr
Patrick Moberly, said yes-
terday.

Though the British
Government would wel-
come a decision by the
three men to leave the
consulate voluntarily, its
standpoint remained that
they would not be forced
to leave, he told reporters
in Pretoria at his first of-
ficial press conference
after he presented his cre-
dentials to the State Presi-
dent, Mr P W Botha, on
Wednesday.

The cause of the issue
— now in its second
month and which resulted
in the non-appearance of
four South Africans in a
British court on arms
smuggling charges, lead-
ing to a serious diplomatic
impasse between the
South African and British
Governments — was the
detention orders against
the four men, he said.

Mr Moberly was reply-
ing to a question on what
actions he thought the
South African Govern-
ment should, or could,
take regarding the “Dur-
ban Three.”

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- Asked about current
relations between South
Africa and Britain, Mr
Moberly said there were
“differences” between
the two Governments at
this stage, but Britain still
had = “substantial” _re-
lations with the republic
and he personally looked
forward to “a construc-
tive and positive chapter
in relations” during his
term of office.

“Britain’s links with

South Africa are highly
valued in England,” he
said.Of the Durban con-
sulate drama, he said he
was optimistic the present
“difficulty” would not be
regarded as the long-term
norm.
“We would like to see a
calmer mood between
South Africa and Brit-
ain.”

Asked about the possi-
bility of Britain evicting
the Durban Three, he
said his Government’s
position that it would not
expel them by force was
clear.

This decision had been
taken against the back-
ground of concern in Brit-
jan at detention without
trial in South Africa, a
view conveyed to the
South African Govern-
ment before the consulate
affair.

SOUTH AFRICA


SOUTH AFRICA

FUTURE OF NIC DISCUSSED

Durban POST NATAL in English 7-10 Nov 84 p 9
[Article by Kanthan Pillay]

[Text] WHERE to, the Natal Indian Congress?

That's the big question now that the publicity dust has almost settled since
the Consulate Debacle first broke almost two months ago.

At a time when most political observers believed extra-parliamentary politics
would be overshadowed by the showpiece opening of the tricameral Parliament,
the NIC and the United Democratic Front pulled off a coup d'attention, divert-
ing the focus from Cape Town and forcing themselves into the world's
headlines.

This week, the world has finally lost interest. The three fugitives still
seeking refuge in the Consulate are all but forgotten by the media. It is
only a question of time, analysts say, before the NIC (and the UDF) recede
into the background as the attention of the country shifts to the new chambers
of Parliament.

And, they add, even if the three were to surrender themselves to the security
police at this stage, the ensuing publicity would be minimal.

Does the NIC then, have a future?

Professor Jerry Coovadia, vice-president of the NIC, feels that the Congress
and the UDF have barely begun to unveil their potential.

Support

"T think we need hardly go further than the August elections to point out the
overwhelming support we enjoy in the community," Professor Coovadia said.

The August anti-election campaign, he said, had provided the Congress with the
opportunity of reaching every part of the province.

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ETHIOPIA

DETAILS OF GDR FOOD AID REPORTED
Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD in English 31 Oct 84 ppl, 5

[Text] The German Democratic Republic (GDR) yesterday donated food aid,
clothing and trucks worth about 20 million GDR marks in aid of compatriots
affected by natural calamities.

The first consignment of the emergency aid, which was air-lifted by the GDR
aircraft, was handed over at Bole International Airport to Comrade Habte-
Mariam Ayenachew, Deputy Commissioner of the Relief and Rehabilitation Commis-
sion (RRC), by Comrade Peter Gouschorek, Charge d'Affaires of the GDR Embassy
in Revolutionary Ethiopia.

The drought relief aid includes 3 tons of food, 35 trucks, medicines, canned
meat, tents and blankets.

After receiving the donation, Comrade Habte—Mariam expressed gratitude for the
donation on behalf of the victims of the drought.

Comarde Habte-Mariam said that as was made clear to the world community, the
problems of drought and food shortage have again become severe and to avert
this problem, the need for foodstuffs, medicines, clothing, transport subsidy
and other relief supplies are of major importance and urgency at this particu-
lar time. "In this connection the contribution of the government of the Ger-
man Democratic Republic is much valuable and will help the RRC to save the
lives of the drought-affected citizens," he said.

Comrade Habte-Mariam noted that the donation further strengthens the existing
friendly relations between the two countries.

Comrade Gouschorek on his part said that the donation of 20 tons (200 quin-
tals) of children's food is the first part of the 20 million GDR marks worth
of aid which is expected to arrive in Addis Ababa in the coming weeks.

Comrade Gouschorek pointed out that the donation was made in response to the
appeal made by Revolutionary Ethiopia to combat the drought situation in the
country.

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Although the Education Commission has recommended to government that boarding
and lodging fees be paid by students and for a re-activation of a Loans Scheme
for school fees, there is concern among the public about the mode of effective
implementation of these recommendations. First of all, the impending action
by the government to ask students to pay their fees directly or by loans will
be at variance with its stated commitment to end class system in the society
which such proposals are sure to accentuate. Secondly, it will defeat the
government's goals of ensuring social justice and equal opportunities for all.

The present system originates from the immediate post-independence era when
the need for skilled manpower in a growing bouyant economy called for fee-
free university education. Since then, there have been incessant calls for a
re-appraisal of financing university education. The Dowuona Commission of
1970 and the Evans-Anfom Commission of 1975 are symbols of national attempts
to seek solutions to the problem. The Progress Party government led by the
late Dr Kofi Busia adopted the Dowouna recommendations in 1971.

However, the military government that followed it modified this scheme and
introduced the textbooks loan scheme. The dismal failure of this scheme is
that no effective machinery was instituted to collect the repayments. Enquir-—
ies at the Bank of Ghana have revealed that out of nearly C40 million paid out
as loans, only about C150,000 were recovered in a period of ten years or so.
Co-operation between banks and employers was never forthcoming and besides,
the easy dispersal of graduates to different locations inside and outside the
country made collections of re-payments extremely difficult.

While government bears the ultimate responsibility of financing university
education, it can at the same time create avenues for the universities to
invest their resources profitably in agriculture, real estate development and
hostelling, literature publishing, research and consultancy services. Again
the government should consider the establishment of, for instance, a Univer-
sity Finance Fund (FFF) to which all employers engaging a certain number of
graduates will contribute a 'Manpower Tax' which will in turn be re-invested
at home and abroad. Large-scale exploitation of the nation's prime resources
such as minerals, oil, etc. will have to attract substantial contribution to
this Fund especially wholly foreign owned companies.

It is only by exploring these practical programmes that the nation can ensure
and assure access to higher education for all and sundry now and for the
future generation.

Anyone who doubts the value of university education to our national life
should take a closer look at the composition of the various branches of the
PNDC ruling body politic: About forty per cent of current PNDC appointees and
many Secretaries of State were at one time or another officials of the Nation-
al Union of Ghana Students or SRCs of the three universities. What is painful
is that these groups of people are now presiding over the possible decimation
of free higher education.

They who bombarded their fellow students with scientific socialism in the
1970s are now shouting that higher education is a privilege and not a right

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DROUGHT STILL CRITICAL--THE drought in most of the Transvaal is still far from
over, despite good rainfalls in the past week and hundreds of farmers are
still facing ruin, according to the Transvaal Agricultural Union. Mr Joel
Kotze, a spokesman for the union, said yesterday: "A survey we have just com-
pleted reveals that considerable areas of the province are still in the grip
of the worst drought in living memory." There was concern at the TAU that the
rains had not been more general, although good rains in specific areas had
lessened the problems of farmers in those areas. "But the drought, generally,
is still very far from having been broken," he said. The only regions which
had no problems were the Eastern Transvaal and the Lowveld. The situation in
the Northern Transvaal was still critical, while in the Western Transvaal
farmers were waiting for rain befor they could start planting. In the North-
ern Transvaal "blotchy" rainfall had not helped very much, and conditions were
citical north of the Soutpansberg and in the Northwest. Prospects were par-
ticularly bad in the districts of Ellisras, Potgietersrust, Baltimore, Swart-
water, Marnits and along the Limpopo. [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in
English 3 Nov 84 p 3]

EDITORS TO SURRENDER PHOTOS--CAPE TOWN--The three Cape Town newspaper editors
subpoenaed to hand photographs to a Bellville magistrate yesterday do not have
to appear in court, according to a police spokesman. The editors--Mr Andrew
Drysdale (the Argus), Mr W D Beukes (the Burger) and Mr A H Heard (Cape Times)
--have been subpoenaed in terms of Section 205 of the Criminal Procedure Act
to hand over photographs, films and negatives relating to recent scenes of
unrest at the University of the Western Cape. In an interview yesterday, the
police spokesman said the photographs had to be handed to a magistrate in
chambers yesterday who, in turn, would give them to the officer investigating
the unrest. The photographs could not be handed directly to the investigating
officer, he said. The spokesman said that, as the subpoenaes required either
the editors, photographers or reporters involved to hand over the photographs,
it was not necessary for the editors to appear before the magistrate them-
selves. He stressed that there would be no court hearing. [Text] [Johannes-
burg THE CITIZEN in English 29 Nov 84 p 9]

SASOL SUIT DISMISSED--In less than five minutes a Rand Supreme Court judge
yesterday dismissed a huge civil claim against Sasol Limited which had been
heard before closed doors for more than six months. As with the rest of the
proceedings, Mr Justice Melamet ruled that his judgment could not be pub-
lished. He released a statement later which said the parties consented to
reveal that the action was dismissed. No further details were released and it
may never be known what the action entailed, what amounts of money were really
involved and who was affected. A blanket of silence was invoked in terms of
the Strategic Procurements Act at the start of the trial in March. The claim
was brought by British consulting lawyer Mr Maurice Sellier, a foreign com-
pany, Trade Technology (Holding) Limited, and a Middle-Eastern businessman, Mr
Exra Nonoo, against Sasol Limited, the Strategic Fuel Fund Association and the
Honorary Consul-General for Peru, Mr Helge Storch-Nielsen, who is based in
Cape Town. The plaintiffs were ordered to pay the costs of the case. With
some of the country's leading lawyers appearing, the costs are reported to
total more than Rl million. In the action the original amount claimed was
reported to be R270 million. After more than five months of evidence, the
court adjourned in August and reconvened in October for almost a month of
arguments. [Text] [Johannesburg THE STAR in English 21 Nov 84 p 4M]

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monitoring the performance of each farmer to ensure that they do not cross the
border with their produce. Mr Adoba explained that the exercise has become
necessary because of the rampant smuggling of cocoa in the region. Last year
out of the expected 7,000 tons, the Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) got only 2,000 tons
of cocoa from the region with the rest finding their way into neighbouring
Togo. The Co-ordinator advised all PDCs to report farmers who may refuse to
comply with the directive to the nearest higher defence committee organ. [By
Stephen Kofi] [Text] [Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 19 Oct 84 p 1]

FRG WATER PUMP--THE government of the Federal Republic of Germany has provided
a water-pumping machine worth ¢540,000 (40,000 deutsche marks) to help improve
water supply at Abetifi in the Eastern Region. Mr Adu Ntiamoah, chairman of
the Abetifi Water Project Planning Committee, said at a fund-raising rally in
aid of the project that the donation of the machine was made possible through
the German Volunteer Services (GSV) which appealed to its government for the
assistance. Mr Ntiamoah said the people of Abetifi, led by the PDC and the
Abetifi Nkoanim Fekuo would repair all damaged pipelines with technical as-
sistance by the Ghana Water and Sewerage Corporation. He announced that water
would be extendéd to Kwahu Pepease and the surrounding towns. An amount of
£254,783 was realized at the function out of which the GVS contributed £4,000
GNA. [Text] [Accra GHANAIAN TIMES in English 26 Oct 84 p 8]

FRG SANITATION EQUIPMENT AGREEMENT--THE Government is to take delivery of
tractors and other equipment worth nine million deutsche marks from the
Federal Republic of Germany early next year to assist in the maintenance of
good sanitation in the city of Accra. Mr. J. ¥. Tetteh, city manager of the
Accra City Council who disclosed this in Accra at the week-end, said this fol-
lowed the signing of a protocol agreement between the government and an FRG
financial institution which agreed to come to the aid of Ghana with a sizeable
loan to improve sanitation in the country. Inaugurating the Abossey-Okai Area
Council, the city manager said technicians from the Federal Republic of Ger-
many would arrive in the country in January next year to help the council on a
number of sanitation projects under its face-life programme. [By Frederick Q.
Aryce] [Excerpt] [Accra GHANAIAN TIMES in English 15 Oct 84 p 3]

FRG GENERATOR--A 135-kilowatt electric generator donated by the Government of
the Federal Republic of Germany to the Kikam Technical Institute was commis—
sioned at the week-end. Apart from the institute, the generator will provide
electricity to the Nkroful Agricultural School, about four kilometres from
Kikam, as well as Esiama and other near-by towns and villages. Mr E. E. God-
wyll, Western Regional Director of Education, who commissioned the generator,
said the Kikam Technical Institute could consume only five kilowatts of elec—
tricity, leaving the remaining 130 kilowatts for use by the surrounding towns
and villages. [Excerpt] [Accra GHANAIAN TIMES in English 30 Oct 84 p 8]

UK COOPERATION--A press release issued by the Information Section of the Brit-
ish High Commission in Accra, said Britain's aid to Ghana in 1984 included a
B15 million ECGD line of credit for capital equipment and pharmaceuticals.
Negotiations were almost completed on a larger line of credit for 1985 it
said. According to the release, a three million pounds sterling grant for
programme aid would help improve output in the gold mining and timber

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which only those who can afford it should pursue. There are a lot more gov-
ernment functionaries and Secretaries who have left their posts temporarily as
university lecturers on full pay and who obtained post-graduate degrees over-
seas at state expense and are now living free of charge at Continental Hotel
while on service to government in Accra.

Yet all of them are wallowing in hypocrisy and colluding to decimate our free
higher education inheritance without abashment or sensitivity. Herein lies
the utilisation of the nation's resources expended on university education.
As to whether it has been for better or worse, only posterity will be able to
judge.

Better Education Outside Ghana? [Boxed item]

(1) 80 Ghanaians flew to Moscow in August to study in the USSR for periods
ranging from four to six years. Among them revolutionary cadres, youth
groups, Peoples' militia committees who are to study medicine, engineering,
architecture, law, etc. All those chosen to study law are several laymen of
the Public tribunals. In fact, there have been reports of fistfights, and
catcalls about nepotism and bribery in the selection of candidates for the
tribunal law students. These ‘Soviet Scholarships', according to informed
sources, entitles each of the participants to full study leave and extra sub-
ventions payable by the Ghana government to the students.

(2) The Acting Secretary to the National Defence Committee has gone to
Tiblisi in the USSR ostensibly to attend a Soviet Solidarity Committee
Conference.

(3) 28 Ghanaians flew to Libya recently made up of winners of an essay compe-
tition 'The third universal theory' organised by the Green Book Study Club,
and others selected to study Arabic in Libyan Colleges.

(4) A 14-member delegation visited Bulgaria in July to attend a 10-month
leadership training course.

(5) An 8-member delegation went to Libya to attend the 15th anniversary cele-
brations of the Al-Fateh revolution.

(6) A 16-member delegation went to Ethiopia to attend the 10th anniversary
celebrations of that country's revolution.

(7) A 200-member party attended the August 4 celebration of Sankara's Burkina
Faso.

...and many, many more. And yet...yet, the government is bitterly complaining
of how to get cash to re-open our universities. Where are our priorities as a
nation, as a people? How long are we going to sit down silent, apathetic and
insensitive to the brutalisation of our future generation? Sacrificed on the
altar of half-baked socialism? For how could anyone justify the impression
that the Afienya Leadership Training Institute and the Ajumako School of Lan-
guages are inferior to those in Bulgaria and Libya?

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Continue to challenge the tricameral parliament at all levels.

Challenge the introduction of ethnic local authorities (which form part
of local government proposals).

Take up with the relevant community organisations the day-to-day problems
of the people.

Isolation of "collaborators".

The manner in which these tasks were carried out, he said, would be developed
according to the current political situation at any time.

Struggle
"We do not believe that our struggle is one that is carried out through the
media. The Consulate sit-in helped to focus international attention on our

problems in this country, but was not an end in itself.

"We will continue to develop our already overwhelming support in the commun-
ity, and make our presence felt."

Pat Poovalingam, chairman of the official opposition in the House of Delegates
--Solidarity--said he believed the NIC's days were not yet over.

"I believe we need a strong NIC and we need them to be pushing forward their
point of view all along. It is also important that people like myself in
particular and Solidarity generally be kept constantly on our toes.

"I take a Holistic view of politics and while I might not like what they do
and say from time to time, I recognise the valuable role they are playing."

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BLACK MATRICS EXPECTED TO FLOOD JOB MARKET
Johannesburg THE STAR in English 20 Nov 84 p 1M
[Article by Michael Chester]

[Text]

More black than white
students would be

_be NEW PATTERN
Fitton “examinations | iN MATRIC

807

and launching them- 70 :
selves towards top ca- FLow |

reers within the next

few years, the National
Manpower Commis-
sion forecast today. 50:

The number of new
black matriculants will
almost double in the next

decade. 40.
And the surge of black
school successes _ will

come as the number of 30}32
new white matriculants
goes into a dramatic de-

cline caused by a shrink- 20:

age in the average size of
white families.

Dr Hennie Reynders, 1047:

chairman of the commis- i

7

2

sion, said the radical f° ae
swing in traditional pat-

terns should be regarded 1980. 1985, 1990. 19952000.

by employers as an early

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84

SOUTH AFRICA

alert to ‘the changes in
thinking that will be
needed ‘about recruit-
ment and training in in-
dustry and commerce.

The ‘number of new
white matriculants would
increase to 51500 next
year and to a peak of
55 300 in 1990 — but then
it would decline as a re-
sult of the swing towards
smaller white families
that started in the 1970s.

By 1995 the white total
would: have shrunk to
about 43900 and by 2000
it would be down to
43 700.

In sharp contrast the
black total would rise
from about 34800 next
year to 48900 in 1990,
64300 in 1995 — and as
high as 77900 at the turn
of the century.



ETHIOPIA

, BRIEFS
LIBYAN MEDICAL TEAM--A medical team from Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jama-
hiriya ‘arrived here Monday to render services in Ethiopia in drought affected
areas. The seven-member team came to Ethiopia in response to the appeal. made
in connection with the drought to welfare and donor organizations and to the
international community. The team will work under centres operated by the
Relief and Rehabilitation Commission in Sidamo region. The period of its ser-
vice will last for one month or even more if necessary, it was’noted. It was
further pointed out that the team would use the medical supplies and drugs
which it has brought here together with children's food. The team was wel-
comed by Comrade Habte-Mariam Ayenachew, Deputy Commissioner of the RRC and by
Brother Kalifa Ahmed Bazalia, Secretary of the People's Bureau of the Social-
ist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya in Revolutionary Ethiopia, and.other com-
trades when it arrived here at Bole International Airport. [Text] [Addis Ababa
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD in English 8 Nov 84 p 1]

ETHIOPIA, MOZAMBIQUE SIGN AGREEMENT--Revolutionary Ethiopia and the People's
Republic of Mozambique have signed an agreement in which Ethiopia will send
experts on aviation technical facilities and services to Mozambique. The
agreement was signed by Comrade Luis Zambjo, Director of Planning and Econom-
ics and State Secretary for Civil Aviation of the People's Republic of Mozam-
bique, and Comrade Abebe Asrat, General Manager of Civil Aviation of Socialist
Ethiopia following the meeting of the aeronautical authorities of the two
countries in Addis Ababa from November Ist to 5th, 1984. [Text] [Addis Ababa
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD in English 8 Nov 84 p 6]

UZBEK CULTURAL GROUP--A cultural troupe from the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Repub-
lic led by Comrade P. Kayumov, member of the Central Committee of the Commun-
ist Party of Uzbekistan and Minister of Technical and Professional Education,
arrived here yesterday morning on the invitation of the Ethio-Soviet Friend-
ship Committee. The cultural team comprising Comrade K. Nurmatova, Deputy, of
the USSR Supreme Soviet and cultural group of the Uzbek song and dance company
“Lyiazghi" and two world-known musicians from Moscow Conservatory, was invited
to take part in the Soviet culture days to be held in Socialist Ethiopia in
connection with the celebration of the 67th anniversary of the Great October
Socialist Revolution. In a statement at Bole International Air Port, Comrade
P. Kayumov said that the delegation during its week-long stay here will fur-
ther strengthen the existing relations between the two friendship committees.
He added that the delegation will also be able to know more about the

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The old constitution of the Union and subsequently the Republic of South
Africa, offered the option that the African people could some day be granted

representation in the South African Parliament. The tricameral Parliament has
removed that option.

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JPRS-SSA- 84-134

21 December 1984

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA REPORT

ConTENTS

INTER-AFRICAN AFFAIRS

Rightwing Daily Lists Cuban Presence in Various Countries

(O DIABO, 6 Nov 84) .esceeevere 1
ANGOLA

Economic, Oil Industry, Foreign Trade Situations Analyzed

(Mario Murteira; AFRICA JORNAL, 14 Nov 84) .sesseeeerees 3
Soviet Envoys Speak at Ceremony, Reaffirm Support

(JORNAL DE ANGOLA, 8 Nov 84) cecceecececcceercrecvcscces 7
Food Distribution Reinstated in Kwanza-Norte

(JORNAL DE ANGOLA, 25 Oct 84) wececeececcceeecescsececee 10
Captured UNITA Member Confesses Activities

(JORNAL DE ANGOLA, 11 Nov 84) wsessesceccereeceereee . 12
Cuban Youth in Moxico; People's Vigilante Brigades Meeting

(JORNAL DE ANGOLA, 31 Oct 84) sseceeeceererees 13
People's Vigilante Brigade Activities in Malanje

(JORNAL DE ANGOLA, 28 Oct 84) ...eeeeeee 15
Commissioner Discusses Development of Maquela Municipality

(Orlando Bento; JORNAL DE ANGOLA, 6 Nov 84) ..cceeeseeee 17
Shoe Industry Difficulties Described

(JORNAL DE ANGOLA, 10 Nov 84) vescececveccccrersccevecee 21
Briefs

Airline Director Relieved of Duty 24

Bulgarian Aid 24

ETHIOPIA

USSR To Help Transport Relief Assistance

(THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD, 31 Oct 84) ceeceecereeececceceees 25

-a- {III - NE & A - 120]



RACISM ROW AT MODDERFONTEIN PLANT

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 28 Nov 84 p 7

[Article by Joshua Raboroko]

[Text]

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‘THE AFRICAN Explosives and Chem-
ical Industries management {s cur-
rently holding talks with black and
white trade unionists about racial slurs
and segregation in buses transporting
workers at the Modderfontein plant.

The Cusa-affiliate South African
Chemical Workers’ Union has alleged
that its members have been withdrawn
from integrated buses because whites
complained of their “nasty smell” in
the vehicles.

The union has also accused manage-
ment of practising apartheid by intro-
ducing a separate bus service for the
race groups. Buses used by blacks
have no seats and those used by whites
were “luxurious and have comfortable
seats.” -

Matters came to a head this week
-when black workers defied the com-
pany’s regulation by boarding white
buses. This was allegedly followed by
the arrest of several black workers at
gunpoint.

However AECI’s PRO, Mr Bokkie
Botha, said that there were two cat-
egories of bus services which operated
at the plant. The first was for workers
in A-F group — mainly lowest paid
blacks — and the G-and-above group
which was integrated.

- They had serious overcrowding in
buses and were hoping to settle the
issue soon. Management had been ap-
proached on several occasions and
held meetings with union leaders on
the segregation issue.

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Where Is the Wood and How to Get It?

Lumber and particle boards are found together at the gates to the sawmill
and factory at M'sica, the place where the consumer can sign contracts
with the enterprise and can immediately take the order anywhere in the
country.

As our reporter was told, picking the product up at the factory is the
best way since IFLOMA does not have enough vehicles to ship the product;
the same is true of the railroads, which have been having difficulty in
allocating freightcars,

"On the other hand," Antonio Dengo said, "shipment by highway can be much
more expensive for the consumer because the freight rate fluctuates
around 1,500 meticals per cubic meter whereas by rail it only costs 160
meticals.”

Wood Shipment Affected by Inadequate Rail Service

The deficient handling of freight at rail and port installations in Beira
has in recent months affected the reception quality of the goods leaving
the sawmill and the panel factory at M'sica.

Consequently, the goods have reached the distributor (or the consumer) in
poor condition, causing disputes between the IFLOMA and the customer.

Damage to products and embezzlement are some of the examples here when it
comes to describing the poor services rendered by the Central CFM
{Mozambique Railroad/.

DM further learned that at M'sica the railroads have not been punctual in
delivering freightcars for the shipment of the orders and that has caused
serious problems with customers.

According to information supplied by a source at that rail-and-port
enterprise, everything is due to the poor capacity to respond to
requests with whatever resources are available.

Pinewood Requires Special Treatment

"Many persons have no experience in the treatment or use of wood," said
Castro Fevereiro, the technical engineer for industrial electrical sys-
tems and manager of the IFLOMA particle board factory.

This official taiked about the negative situation that can be observed
every day and explained:

"For example, there are two different types of panels: One type is for
external use and that is IFLOPAN-M, melamine, which is made with the

help of urea formaldehyde; and then there is the panel for internal use,
which we call IFLOPAN-U, urea formaldehyde. The latter is intended for

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existed between Ghana and Cuba. Mr Annan who recounted his recent visit to
Cuba said he had fruitful discussions with the Presidents of the National
Assembly, the Supreme Court and the President of the national Olympic Commit-
tee. The PNDC member said he also had the chance to visit the Ghanaian stu-
dents on the Isle of Youth in Cuba where he had warm discussions with them and
said he was very happy with their preformance Particularly in the Spanish

language. [By Lloyd Evans and Kate B. Hudson] [Text] [Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY
GRAPHIC in English 6 Nov 84 p 1j

YUGOSLAV COCOA COOPERATION PLEDGED--THE Yugoslav Government is Prepared to
help Ghana rehabilitate her cocoa industry. The Yugoslav Ambassador in Ghana,
Mr Radivoje Petkovic, made this known to newsmen after he had called on Mr

trial Complex, a company currently based in Ghana to do the rehabilitation.
The Company known for short as P.K.B. is at the moment engaged on a six hec-
tare pilot project on the Production of maize at Kumawu near Kumasi in the
Ashanti Region. Ambassador Petkovic described discussions he had with Justice
Annan on economic, cultural and scientific co-operation as very fruitful. [By
Abigail Bonsu] [Excerpt] [Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 7 Nov 84

P 1)

COCOA, OIL PALM STRATEGY--COCOA farmers have been advised to cultivate oil
palm plantations and food crop farms alongside their cocoa so as to earn regu-
lar and more incomes for their upkeep. By so doing, they will not face the
problem of cutting down trees to give way to oil palm plantations and other
crops which they consider More beneficial. Mr P. K, Owusu, member of the
Monitoring and Co-ordinating (MONICORD) Department of the Asante Akim District
Defence Committee (DDC), gave this advise at a mammoth rally organised by the
local PDC and DDC of Morso, a food and coca farming village in the Asante Akim

District. [By Yaw Barima] [Excerpt] [Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English
15 Nov 84 p lj

"OPERATION GOLDEN POD'--MILITIAMEN on an anti-cocoa smuggling operation code-
named ‘Operation Golden Pod' have arrested eight persons at Abenia Samre-Ano,
near Samreboi for allegedly attempting to smuggle head-loads of cocoa to the
Ivory Coast. According to Alhaji Isufu Toppo, leader of the militiamen and
Chief Farmer of Asenkragwa District, 39 head-loads of cocoa seized from the
smugglers were retrieved and sent to the district office of the Produce Buying
Company (PBC) Samreboi. [Text] [Accra GHANAIAN TIMES in English 12 Nov 8.

P 1)

COCOA SMUGGLING CONTROL MEASURES--THE Volta Regional Secretariat of the RDC
has introduced new measures to control the smuggling of cocoa in the region
during the cropping season. These include the registration of all cocoa
farmers by the local PDCs with special veference to areas around Jasikan,
Kpando, Hohoe, Ahamansu, Kadjebi and Likpe. Other areas include Kpedze,
Nyive, Ayoma, Kute Lakanti, Teteman. The acting regional co-ordinator of the
RDC Mr Frank Kofi Adoba who disclosed this at Ho on Wednesday said information
to be gathered from each farmer will include total acreage of farm and tonnage
recorded in the previous season. This information, he said, will assist in

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SOWETO ELECTRIFICATION SCHEME TO BE COMPLETED IN 1985

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 26 Nov 84 p 3

[Text]

cso:

3400/236

THE R265-million So-
weto electrification
scheme, originally
scheduled for completion
last December, may now
be completed next year.

Ninety-percent of the
105 000 houses will have
electricity by Christmas,
according to the West
Rand Development
Board chairman, Mr
John Knoetze.

However, although
Mr Knoetze told The
SOWETAN this week
that “work on the
scheme was well ahead
of schedule,” the project
appears to be dragging.
Atthe outset the
scheme was scheduled
to be completed by De-
cember 1983, but the
deadline was later
shifted to January 1984,
then March 1984 and
May 1984.

The then Minister of
Co-operation and De-
velopment, Dr Piet
Koornhof, told a Press
conference earlier ‘this
year that the whole com-
plex will be switching on

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under the new scheme
by the end of August.

It is feared that the
delay will have an ad-
verse effect on the capi-
tal costs of the project,
considering that it was
originally estimated to
cost about R211-million.
The WRDB chairman
said the total costs when
the project is completed
will be R265-miillion.

So far R183-million
on the installation of
cables and wiring of
90000 housesin
Greater Soweto, of
which 61 000 houses in
the complex are already
connected to power, ex-
cluding 20000 houses
which had electricity be-
fore the scheme startec
three years ago.

Mr Knoetze said over
5 000 kilometres of
cables had been in-
stalled and 3000 kilo-
metres of trenches dug.

“Soweto household-
ers should be. paying an
average of R32 in
monthly electricity
bills,” Mr Knoetze said.

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However, with the aid of 300 workers (including men and women, both skilled
and unskilled), one notes a total dedication anda desire to improve the
quality of their production; and Macanda is operating with 10 production
lines, three serving Curbol, one Sao Joao and the others the main plant
(Macanda).

Its production totals 4,500 pairs per day, although at present there has been
a fluctuation owing to the lack of raw material which occurs often, and which
is also the reason that the factory is currently working with only six of the
10 production lines at its disposal. However, also in Macanda's production
plan we might mention the fact that the enterprise is making hiking shoes and
canvas boots for the Armed Forces.

This involves a project of the Defense Ministry which will very soon cause
the factory to increase its capacity for canvas boots and the type of hiking
shoes that it produces, for the Armed Forces in particular. According to the
factory's director, Rui Cristina, "MINDEF [Ministry of Defense] has given us
requirements that far exceed our capacity. But, in any case, we don't think
that there will be any problem involved in this, because this type of shoe
(meaning canvas boots) is quite useful as footwear in factories and for the
countryside."

As for the tanning, since the tanning industry is considered the heart of the
shoe sector, we attempted to learn from the subject of our interview the
reason for the meager production of the tanning sector set up in Macanda; and
hence he told us: "We have a véry old tanning sector. ‘The machines are in
obsolete condition, but in any case we have done everything possible to repair
the machinery, so as to continue producing the tanned hides which afford shoe
production a genuine material backup."

He went:on to say: "Apart from this, there are other problems which are some-
what serious. For example, the tanning industry requires heavy water consump—
tion and this Cazenga area is very poorly provided with water.

"It should be noted that even with the faucets running all day, we are unable
to fill our tanks. There is also the problem of drainage, because even if we
succeeded in putting the tanning factory in full operation, we would have
difficulties in draining the waste from the hide tanning."

Still with regard to the tanning industry, Rui Cristina added: "The development
of the tanneries could reduce imports considerably. We are receiving some new
equipment to make maximum use of those tanned hides in the shoe manufacturing.
Hence, our goal is to increasingly reduce imports of components for shoes
manufactured in the country. Obviously, we are not going to achieve everything,
because we shall always have to import something."

That official also remarked that Macanda has had the assistance of the Portuguese

firm FAL which, with good will, ‘has guaranteed technical assistance for the
equipment installed in the factory. Moreover, that company has also offered

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For this very reason, the work will have to take time, since we do not have
laboratories for the transformation of the thinking of men, this official
concluded.

However, Alfonso Bambi emphasized, we have confidence in the work we are now
beginning, because according to the dialectics of life, everything can be
changed, and in this connection we believe that the people of Maquela do
Zombo can as time passes provide massive support to agriculture.

With the production of corn, bombo and other, products in large quantities, it
will be possible to trade articles with some industrial units in the capital
of the country or at other points, until it later becomes possible to dis—
tribute goods to each peasant based on the service rendered, this official
went on to say. He added that this factor will serve as a lever to promote
farm production, which is today almost entirely neglected.

Alfonso Bambi said that we are in a period of transition, one inherent in the
change with a view to the building of a socialist society. Therefore, we
will begin to change thinking and concepts, without forcing people, urging
them always toward the more reasonable attitude, although this must not mean
withdrawal or, worse, failure to observe the higher principles established by
our party and government, consistent with the option of our people for the
building of socialism.

We then asked the municipal commissioner of Maquela do Zombo to outline the
“dedication to trade" concept adopted by certain people in the municipality
he heads. On the one hand, some flaunt this slogan as a banner, using it as
a pretext for engaging in all kinds of smuggling to the detriment of the
interests of the majority of the people, while other individuals use it to
denigrate the actual reality for the majority of the citizens.

In this connection, he said that this should not currently be regarded as the
occupation only of people in Maquela do Zombo, although this municipality is
one of the major centers of black marketing. However, this is the practice
today throughout the country, and it is only that it is most clearly seen
here.

"This being the case, I regard this concept as very relative, because one
only need note that Maquela does not have a single industrial unit. While it
is true that the majority of the articles sold here come from Zaire, it is
equaily true that the products for which they are traded come from all parts
of our country.

"The battle we are waging here against bribery and smuggling is not like an
effort to block the wind with one's hands, because we control the frontier
through the activities of the Frontier Guard Troops and the Customs Police,
and we pursue other work with a view to establishing at least a minimum of
discipline on trade and reducing bribery.

“However, other municipalities and provinces, and to a certain extent’ some

bodies as well, have not contributed to this work. Therefore I believe that
the only way of destroying the evils in Maquela do Zombo is to organize a

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MOURNERS OF RIOT VICTIM FLEE POLICE

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 28 Nov 84 p 2

[Article by Mzikayise Edom]

[Text]

cso:

SCORES of mourners returning from the

SOUTH AFRICA

funeral of a riot victim had to run for

cover when police fired tearsmoke,and shots were heard in Vosloorus, Boksburg,

yesterday.
The more than 1 000

mourners were return- °

ing from the funeral. of
Mr Phinius Twala (20)
of 982 Kunene Street,
Vosloorus, who was
shot dead during the dis-
turbances in the town-
ship two weeks back.

He was to have been
buried on Saturday, but
his funeral was banned
by the Boksburg: Chief
Magistrate, Mr. Corne-
lius Roetson last Thurs-
day in terms of the In-
ternal ‘Security Act of
1982.

According to the

order, Mr Twala could’

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only be buried on a
weekday.

The order also pro-
hibited the mourners
from singing freedom
songs, displaying plac-
ards‘or making political

- speeches at the, funeral

service.

They were not al-
lowed to march from the
deceased’s home to the
graveyard and the coffin
and the mourners had to
be transported in vehi-
cles.

All these orders were
defied by the mourners
except the one that Mr

101

Twala be buried on a
week day.

Yesterday’s trouble
started as mourners
were leaving the grave-"
yard. Police and. mem-

ts of the SADF.
porters heard shots.

Police also used sjam-
boks, and scores of
mourners had to run in
different directions for
cover.

Major S van Rooyen
of the SAP unit in Pre-
toria last night said he
had no report concern-
ing the incident.



ETHIOPIA

DAM INAUGURATED IN ERER DISTRICT
Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD in English 30 Oct 84 pp 1, 3

[Text] DIRE DAWA (ENA)--A dam which has the capacity of irrigating more than
150 hectares and constructed at a cost of 13,864 birr raised by the Ministry
of Agriculture and people within the locality of the Gota Peasants' Associa-
tion in Erer district of Hararghe region was inaugurated Sunday.

The dam, 2.5 metres wide and 40 meters long, was constructed through funds
raised by the Hararghe regional branch office of the Ministry of Agriculture
and government departments and mass organizations in Erer district.

Inaugurating the dam, Comrade Kassaye Aragaw, member of the CC of WPE and
First Secretary of WPE committee for Hararghe region, said that the construc-—
tion of dams and the harnessing of rivers play a great role in arresting the
drought problem.

Comrade Kassaye observed that the result attained by the members of the Gota
Peasants’ Association without the use of modern implements and modern techni-
cal know-how attests to the fact that with hard work it is possible to with-
stand any problem.

The inaugural ceremony was attended by Comrade Negussie Wolde-Michael, member
of the CC of WPE and Chief Administrator of Hararghe region, members and al-
ternate members of the CC of WPE and first secretaries of provincial WPE
committees.

Meanwhile, construction work on the irrigation dam to harness the Weib River
for cultivating 315 hectares of land got underway in Agarfa district Sunday.

The work is expected to be completed within 45 days.

The digging of the canal running for nine kilometres between the Amigna Haro
and Ambieto peasants producers’ cooperatives was begun with the participation
of Comrade Gezahegne Workie, member of the CC of WPE and First Secretary of
the WPE Committee for Bale region.

The technical aspect of the dam construction work is being conducted by nine
technical and designing experts from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

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SOUTH AFRICA

BLACK UNIONS APPEAL TO BRITISH MINERS NOT TO EMIGRATE

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 29 Nov 84 p 19

.BRITISH miners who
accept jobs in South Af-
rica will face conscrip-
tion into the South Afri-
can Army and also find
themselves being used
~ against local workers.

In a statement to The
SOWETAN yesterday,
the International Metal
Workers Federation,
said that unions rep-
resenting black workers
in South Africa have ap-
pealed to miners in Bri-
tain not to emigrate to
this country.

Mining companies
from South Africa have
been seeking to recruit
British miners, taking
advantage of the current
British miners’ strike.

The unions, rep-
resenting some 200 000
black workers in South
Africa, said that they
were “deeply con-
cerned” about reports
that South African.com-

[Text }

cso: 3400/236

panies were actively re-
cruiting coal miners on
strike in Britain.

They have pointed
out that “all whites who
emigrate to South Af-
rica face conscription
into the army. The army
is being used against
workers demanding
their human and trade
unionrights,” the
statement said.

The unions have also
accused British and
South African employ-
ers of “exploiting
miners”. who were on’
strike in Britain for
“their own political rea-
sons.”

They have expressed
“solidarity with the Na-
tional Union of Miners
in their strike to keep
British pits from being
closed.”

However local mine
owners have argued that
they recruited workers

iii

from Britain because of
the shortage of skilled
workers in the country
and that they were not
responsible for the
shortage because the
Government was refus-
ing to scrap job reserva-
tion in the mines.
The Chamber of
Mines and several white
‘trade unions are cur-
rently negotiating means
\ of eradicating job reser-
vation, although most of
the right-wing unions
are opposed to the idea.
The IMF statement
comes at a time when
black unions — the Na-
tional Union of Mine-
“workers and the Black
Allied Mining and Con-
struction Workers’
Union, have made
scathing attacks on the
British miners recruited
to work in South Africa
amid strikes in their
mother country.



SOVIET AMBASSADOR'S MESSAGE ON USSR NATIONAL DAY

Nairobi THE WEEKLY REVIEW in English 2 Nov 84 pp 34, 35

{Text ]

ON the occasion of the Soviet Union's
national day — the 67th Anniversary of
the 1917 Socialist Revolution in Russia —
I would like to take the opportunity to
extend my country’s most cordial
greetings to the President of the Republic
of Kenya, H.E. Daniel T. arap Moi, the
government and the entire Kenyan
people. I am sending you these regards on
behalf of the general secretary of the
Soviet Communist Party, President
Konstantin Chernenko, my country’s
government and the Soviet people — the
nation of over 100 nationalities living in
fifteen constituent republics.

Sixty-seven years ago the revolution in
Russia ushered in a new era in the history
of humankind, creating the first ever state
governed by workers and peasants, a state
with a principally different social struc-
ture, dreamt about by common people in
many countries but never before brought
into being. The people of Russia started to
shape the country according to their own
wishes and aspirations — they began to
traverse the road of socialist construction.

This road was by far the most difficult
one my people had ever taken to in its
long history. But this time it was the path
of their own choosing and they clearly saw
the “light ahead”, to quote the founder of
our state, Vladimir I. Lenin, that is, the
image of the nation they would create in
the long’ tun — a mighty and powerful
country inhabited by aspiring, dedicated
and resourceful people held together by
common ideals, beliefs and goals.

The people, seized by such vigour and
possessed by such a burning desire to
build their own independent nation,
simply could not be stopped. And they
were not — either by foreign military
intervention which started soon after the
revolution, or by numerous economic dif-

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ficulties, or even by the utterly
devastating war brought upon them by
fascism and which claimed 20 million
Soviet lives. Nor were they stopped by the
enormous: ravages of the war and the
hardships they encountered in rebuilding
the country. In 67 years which have
passed since the Revolution, the Soviet
people have done the impossible: they
totally transformed the country, hitherto
crippled by misery and lying in ruins, into
a modern power with an extremely high
level of agriculture and industry, as’ well
as spiritual culture, and a constantly
rising living standards.

Many nations have since chosen ‘to
follow the trail blazed by the Soviet
people and have done it successfully,
basing their quest on our experience but
also making new in-roads in the nation-
building process. Those countries now
possess a sizeable economic and political
potential; their international prestige and
role in world affairs have increased many-
fold.

In its home and foreign policy, the
Soviet Union continues to be guided by
the principles laid down by Vladimir I.
Lenin. Fraternal friendship with the
socialist countries and those which have
embarked upon the road of socialism,
peaceful co-existence with states with dif-
ferent social structures, support for the
nations’ fighting for their independence
and for already formed developing coun-
tries and, of course, constant quest for
peace, for preventing a new world war
from breaking out — those are the
political guidelines, commitment to
which we will never abandon. And those
are the guidelines along which we build
our relation with other countries.

Soviet-Kenyan relations are, naturally,
no exception in this respect. Indeed. our

KENYA



SOUTH AFRICA

MABUZA BLAMES NEW CONSTITUTION FOR CURRENT UNREST
Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 27 Nov 84 p 7
[Article by Sello Rabothata]

[Text] THE Inyandza National Movement has no alternative but to blame the
constitutional status quo for the current unrest which has led to the unneces-
sary loss of life, arrests and detentions in the country.

The movement's president and Chief Minister of KaNgwane, Mr Enos Mabuza, said
in his presidential address at the movement's sixth annual congress held at
the Mgwenya College of Education at the weekend:

"A desperate people will resort to desperate acts, regardless of the self-de-
structive consequences of such acts."

Mr Mabuza said Inyandza has aligned itself with other political organisations
in rejecting a constitution which excludes 72 percent of the country's popula-
tion. "While it may bring temporary comfort and respite to its designers and
to those of our coloured and Indian compatriots who have opted for participa-
tion, the tricameral Parliament is a far cry from the genuine and equitable,
let alone the overdue non-racial constitution which this country needs," he
said.

Intolerance

He said the new constitution is undoubtedly a recipe for racial polarisation
and intolerance as the events of the past three months have shown. Black
leaders and political organisations which believe in the noble cause of peace-
ful negotiation are in a predicament because peaceful negotiation has up to
now, not borne tangible and edible fruits for the oppressed. The new consti-
tution is a classical entrenchment of apartheid.

He said: "The Government must not expect us to sing praises of apartheid and
to endorse high-handed action while ignoring the deep-rooted grievances of our
people. Our people want a reasonable standard of living and equitable polit-
ical rights in the land of their birth. These are the legitimate aspirations
of our people which cannot be meaningfully satisfied by means of either the
homeland policy or the Black Local Authorities."

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"We broke new ground. The NIC established its presence in areas previously
untouched while in areas where we did have a presence, the existing structures
were strengthened."

Network

But more importantly, he said, the campaign had raised feelings of strong
identification by the people with the NIC.

“Ordinary people came forward to openly identify with and lend support to the
NIC and the anti-election campaign. In the process an effective network of
supporters was set up.

"A greater number of people came forward as activists, indicating their will-
ingness to become intensively involved in the campaign. Intense interaction
resulted in a heightening of the political quality and calibre of our
activists."

The magnitude of the stayaway, while surprising to most of the media, had come
as no surprise to the NIC.

Freedom
"In order to understand the significance of the victory of Congress/UDF in the
August elections, we need to recall certain important policies and principles.

There are non-negotiable principles which guide us continually in our work."

These were:

Democracy: "All South Africans must participate directly in the govern-
ment of the country."

Non-racialism: "All forms of discrimination, particularly on the grounds
of race, must be eradicated."

An undivided South Africa: "Bantustans and dummy institutions must be
abolished."

Maximum participation: "The masses must participate actively and direct-
ly in the process of building a new and just society."

There were, he said, two essential Processes to which the NIC had committed
themselves in their quest for freedom for all South Africans:

Organisation: "Moulding our diverse peoples into a cohesive and resili-

ent force capable of both challenging apartheid and creating the conditions
for the new South Africa."

Struggle: "The apartheid system must be challenged in every possible way
in order that people defend themselves against assaults from the apartheid
system in respect of their living standards and their political rights."

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ANGOLA

BRIEFS

AIRLINE DIRECTOR RELIEVED OF DUTY--Dispatch number 409/84. Due to an urgent
need to improve services and using the prerogative conferred upon me by
Article 36, paragraph 1, decree law 17/77 of 15 September, I hereby determine
that Comrade (Rui Alberto Ciumento e Bala) is relieved from the post of
director general of the Angolan airlines, which had been conferred upon him
by dispatch 277/82, of 22 September 1982. This dispatch is immediately effec-
tive. Let it be observed. Office of the minister of transport and communica-
tions, Luanda, on 6 December 1984--the year of defense and production.
[signed] Minister Manuel Bernardo de Sousa, member of the MPLA-Labor Party
Central Committee. [Text] [Luanda Domestic Service in Portuguese 1200 GMT

7 Dec 84]

BULGARIAN AID--A donation worth $5 million was given to the Angolan Government
yesterday by Boian Nihailov, the ambassador of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
to Angola. The donation was handed over at the Luanda commercial port. Roberto
dos Santos, secretary of state for social affairs, received the donation on
behalf of the Angolan party and government, and expressed his gratitude for

this gesture of solidarity with the Angolan people. Most of the donation, con-
sisting of clothes and medicines, will go to distant communities which are
victimized by the murderous enemies of the Angolan revolution. [Excerpt]
[Luanda Domestic Service in Portuguese 1200 GMT 8 Dec 84 MB]

CSO: 3442/105

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LAWYER CALLS BIKO DOCTORS INCOMPETENT

SOUTH AFRICA

Johannesburg RAND DAILY MAIL in English 23 Nov 84 p 2

{Article by John Mojapelo]

[Text ]

THE conduct of the two Port Elizabeth

district surgeons who treated the black

consciousness leader, Mr Steve Bantu

Biko, while he was detained by security

police in iT ras not only rossly ine

com) ut “reprehensibly negli-
ent’, it was argued in the Pretoria
upreme Court yesterday.

. Mr Sydney Kentridge SC submitted this
in the application of six prominent doctors
who are asking Mr Justice W G Boshoff,
the Judge President of the Transvaal, and
Mr Justice B O’Donovan that the SA!
should be made to inquire into the conduct
ot Dr Ivor Ralph Lang and Dr Benjamin

er.
“The two district surgeons examined Mr
Biko between September 7 and 11, 1977. Mr
Biko, who was detained under Section Six
of the Terrorism Act, died from head injur-
jes at the Pretoria Central Prison on Sep-

t 12,
Dr Yosuf Variava, Dr Dumisani Vuyisile
drew Mzamane, both of Baragwanath
lospital; Professor Timothy D Wilson and
Prof] Phillip Tobias, both of the University
sibs Ut aie ad
es, of the Universi pe Town, ant
Professor Trevor Jenkins, of the Institute
‘of Medical Research are asking the
to institute an ing int

conduct of doctors Lang and er,
-- There is an allegation that the two dis-
trict surgeons had acted improperly and
dij acefull ie the treatment Mr Biko.
Q entridge, who is ay r
some of the gomplaining doctors, sald the
evidence of Drs g and Tucker at the
Biko inquest had shown that they were not
only grossly incom} it, but showed a
rehensible ence” of the interest

Of. eir patient.

He said despite the evidence, which on
the surface of showed that Dr Lai
and Dr Tucker had acted improperly a1

gracefully in the treatment of Mr Biko,

ie SAMDC had decided there was no justi-

90

fication for holding an inquiry into the
conduct of the two doctors.

_, Thirteen medical doctors, in various
fields of medicine and all well-qualified,
-expressed opinions to the SAMDC that Drs
Lang and Tucker had acted improperly
and Gigracefully, said Mr Kentridge. °

Mr Kentridge said Dr Lang had placed
the interests of the security police above
those of Mr Biko. The doctor had written
misleading medical certificates about his
condition,

‘The reasons for the false medical certifi-
SpThs cea Ata a

e) le BeCI ice who wanted to
interrogate Mr Biko farther and to
the security police, said Mr Kent e,

A false bed letter made out by Dr
ought to be investigated too. It had sta
the lumber puncture conducted on Mr Biko
by a neorosurgeon was “normal” when the
surgeon’s evidence was that Mr Biko was
rethat was palpably fas

iat was palpably false,” Mr Kentridy
said. There were contradictions in the ere
dence of Dr Lang and another Specialist,
Dr Keeley.

Earlier, the leader of the legal team of
three of the doctors bringing the action Mr
Dawid de Villiers QC, said the six doctors
had brought the spplication because the
SADC Eine es. and mind to the

ley ‘acel proper conduct
of ‘br Lang and Dr Tucker despite the
initial evidence. '

‘The application was about the standards
of the professional medical conduct of the
two district surgeons, he said, not on the
conduct of the security police or other
police or prisons officials, the correctness
or otherwise of the inquest verdict, the
influence, if any, of the testimony on the
verdict, or the merits or demerits of the
system of detention without trial.

Mr M J Prins, the presidin, magistrate
at the Biko inquest, on sanuary 9, 1978 sent
portions of inquest proceedings to the sec-



century in Portugal. And finally, there was a lack of a responsible and
consistent policy in the realm of cooperation on the part of the stabilized
political regime in Portugal, once the critical 1974-75 stage had passed.

All of this certainly contributed to the tremendous difficulties encountered
by the young nations in the days following their winning of political indepen-
dence. The "national".economies in search of themselves thus found themselves
at the outset unregulated domestically and neglected on the international
level. °

At present, we can identify the following key economic questions faced by
Angola, as well as, to a greater or lesser extent, by the other Portuguese-
speaking countries:

~--The organization or formation of a new economic system;

--The agricultural-industrial relation, or that between the "traditional"
sector and the "modern" sector, in view of the need for domestic integration
of the national economy;

--An investment policy and the pertinent financing; and
--Finally, a "foreign" economic policy.

As to the first problem, questions such as the role of planning, the
dimensions of the public sector, the price-fixing system (including foreign
currencies, that is to say exchange rates), etc., arise One comment on a
point I regard as basic: planning must not mean heavy and inefficient admin-
istrative machinery, ineffective even as a control system, which ignores the
real economy and its objective requirements. Nor, can planning serve as a
means of postponing the daily demands of a current economic policy. If plan-
ning, or better still planned activity, does not provide the actual space for
the coordination of the basic economy policy decisions, then this coordina-
tion is explicity or implicitly, consciously or unconsciously, located else-
where, in another space, for example in the semiclandestine networks of the
black market and the policy vacillations of the ET, at the negotiating table
with the IMF, or even in the lee of international trade trends.

The relation between agriculture and industry is a very difficult issue
which, in my view, has not been dealt with successfully in Angola or Mozam-
bique or Guinea-Bissau. Furthermore, it is necessary to provide the peasants
with consumer products they lack and to produce and compensate them properly,
in exchange for their productive effort. . Otherwise, the vast majority of the
population, to be found in the traditional sector, is neglected, and the
worker-peasant alliance, the keystone of the transition to socialism, becomes
a mere flower of rhetoric, and the "national" economy remains to be built.

In the case of Angola, there is the very obvious risk that the oil-bearing
enclave will be further expanded, and that the sacrifice of endogenous food
production will be paid for with the financing of: the needed imports--while
foreign exchange remains. . 1 know, however, that those currently responsible
for planning and agriculture in the RPA are well aware of these problems.
Likewise they also have the resources needed to take action.



The Consulate drama, he said, had not been a question of luck, but a carefully
considered move which had important strategic repercussions.

"It brought into sharp national and international focus the harsh security and
detention laws, in particular Section 28 of the Internal Security Act.

The tactic had demonstrated and consolidated the wide support and sympathy
enjoyed by the UDF and the NIC and had increased support from people who had
previously been "neutral".

The Six

"It exposed the Constitution's inability to respond to the real issues affect—
ing the people of South Africa and placed co-responsibility for apartheid and
detentions on the shoulders of Rajbansi, Reddy, and Hendrickse.

"it placed a clear challenge at the door of the Reagan and Thatcher govern-
ments to test their ‘constructive engagement’ policy to bring about change in
South Africa.

"It also served as a challenge to the South African Government, calling on
them to. demonstrate their claim that they are reasonable and willing to re-
solve matters through negotiation and discussion when being challenged by law-
ful, peaceful and popular organisations enjoying mass support."

But most important, he said, it had "totally overshadowed and pushed into ob-
scurity" the inauguration of the new State President and the opening of the
new Parliament.

"The Botha Government was creating, and reasonably effectively for a while,
the image that a new sophistication and liberalisation had affected its polit-
ical style. The Consulate Six showed up the fragility of this facade."

But where to now? Could the NIC continue to play any effective role in South
African politics?

The organisation, he said, had a number of tasks ahead:
To continue with the development of extra-parliamentary politics.

Build greater links with the community; build organisation and greater
day-to-day involvement.

Build leadership in the community that has courage, skill and political
sense.

Create opportunities for greater unity in action with the coloured and
African communities.

Contribute to the continued growth of the UDF “which we believe to be the
single most important political organ in this country".

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ments after the meet-
ing with the premier
was her support for
the delegation’s pro-
posal to set up an
India-South Africa

Friendship Com-
mittee in New Delhi
and Madras.

“At the time of the
meeting with Mrs Indira
Gandhi the ANC in
Delhi called on the
Indian Government to
‘arrest the South
African delegation and
deport it to South
Africa’, but = Mrs
Gandhi herself ignored
the ANC and told us
she and her Govern-
ment would continue
to talk to us and find
ways and means of
extending India’s cul-
tural contact — with
South African Indians.”

Mr Chetty visited
New Delhi last year
and renewed contacts
with the Indian Goyern-
ment in spite of ANC
attempts to block the
meeting after a con-
frontation at the Inter-
national Hotel Ashok in
Bangalore.

“This time Govern-
ment officials expressed
disgust with the way
the five young Indian
refugees from South
Africa working for the
ANC in Delhi behaved
and promised to look
into the matter.

“Tt was at this meet-
ing in Government
Buildings that officials
disclosed how the
Government was being
regularly pressurised to
stop all contact with
South Africa and to
prevent cultural groups

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visiting this country,

“It was also dis-
closed that an Indian
political pressure group
based in Durban was
keeping the ANC in
Delhi fully informed
as well as providing
information on all

“Students seeking ad-

mission to Indian uni-
versities.”

Mr Chetty said
officials claimed they
were unable to do any-
thing without the
ANC’s sanction where
South Africans were
concerned and students.
of ‘Indian origin who
applied for Govern-
ment of India scholar-
ships’ and general ad-
mittance with Indian
Government _ approval
were only chosen on
the basis of their active
involvement in student
politics in South Africa.

“It came as a shock
but that is the situation
in India and that is
why Mrs Gandhi was so
determined to call an
all-party conference to
discuss the . South
African issue.”

Mr Chetty said the
matter had been kept
confidential to prevent
an ANC campaign in
India and pressure from
its contact group in
South Africa against
the proposed meeti

However, although
the conference idea is
likely to be abandoned,
Mr Chetty said both
the Governments of
Andhra Pradesh and
Tamilnadu were willing
to take up the cudgels
of South African In-
dians.



INTER-AFRICAN AFFAIRS

RIGHTWING DAILY LISTS CUBAN PRESENCE IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES
Lisbon 0 DIABO in Portuguese 6 Nov 84 p 20

[Text] In addition to Angola, 17 African countries, from the south to the
Rorth of the Sahara, are supporting a Cuban communist presence to a greater
or lesser degree. Here they are:

Algeria--About 35 doctors; nothing is~known about their date of arrival,
their specific tasks, and the economic and social implications of their
presence.

Benin--50 security advisors.
Cape Verde--15 Cubans with unknown duties.

Congo--3,000 military advisors and instructors in addition to those who are
engaged in installation protection tasks.

Ethiopia--The first Cuban military personnel arrived in May 1977 and their
number afterward increased to 14,000. Although they are employed primarily
on defensive missions, Cuban military personnel have been very active in
the conflict between Somalia and Ethiopia in 1977-1978 and they helped

the Ethiopians win in Ogaden. But Operation "Red Star," carried out with
Cuban military aid against Eritrea, was a total failure. The reduction

in the number of Cuban military personnel in this country has been

blamed on their inefficiency as well as on the heavy burden which their
presence constituted.

Equatorial Guinea--The Cuban presence was noted for the first time in 1982
and currently there are about 750 Cuban military personnel there as
advisors and instructors.

Guinea-Bissau--140 military advisors and 50 doctors.

Lesotho--Nine Cuban military personnel as instructors.

Libya--2,000 Cubans employed on military projects of an unknown nature.

Madagascar--150 military personnel with unknown duties.



AZAPO MEMBER'S HOME ATTACKED

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 23 Nov 84 p 2

[Text ]

cso:

A MEMBER of the Aza-
nian People’s Organisa-
tion and his family this
week narrowly missed
death when their Tem-
bisa home was peppered
with bullets.

No-one was injured
during the attack on the
home of Mr David Mak-
gakgu, a member of the
organisation’s Tembisa
branch. The family has,
since the attack on
Wednesday night, left
their home in fear of
their lives.

Several bullets hit the

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bedroom in which Mr
Makgakga and his fam-
ily were sleeping. The
person or persons re-
sponsible for the attack
left in their wake shat-
tered windows in one
bedroom and kitchen.
Said Mr Makgakga:
“The incident occurred

just before 10pm, when”

we were asleep. We
were woken by loud
bangs, which had us
scurrying for cover into
the wardrobes and un-
der the bed. The night-
mare experience lasted

107

only five minutes.”

Shortly after the at-
tack the family heard
footsteps of a person
running away. The fam-
ily found five bullet car-
tridges in and around
the house. The incident
has been reported to the
Tembisa police.

Major C Liebenberg,
liaison officer of the
East Rand police, said
yesterday that he was
not aware of the inci-
dent, but would investi-
gate.

SOUTH AFRICA



SOUTH AFRICA

GOVERNMENT TALKS WITH ANC ADVOCATED
Johannesburg RAND DAILY MAIL in English 23 Nov 84 p 2
[Article by Patrick Laurence]

Text The Dey of Constitutional De-
{ } vel ent and Planing report said: “The
PAST Government statements carry the ities and demands of the constitutional
implication that it is prepared to talk to development of blacks should be consid-
the banned African National Con , ered with and

Professor David Welsh of the University of vision.”

Cape Town said yesterday. Welsh ; y
‘of Welsh, co-author of a study on What they have committed themselves to

South Africa’s constitutional options, was in the past, then talking to the ANC is a

commenting on the call by the tute of consistent step. :
Race Relations for the lifting of the ban- He added: “We are a society virtually at
ping orders onthe ANG the a War with itself, The only way in which Wwe

ss and 18 black consciousness or- can end the endemic violence by talking
. mat

Prof Welsh referred to two statements . how views and strategies
by the Seblebusch Commission in 198) = some of these segments may be to general

accepted all political white opinion
parties in Parliament at the time — and, Prof Welsh recalled that Mr Ton Vosioo

tic structt accompanied
by the “widest possible consultation and and of
deliberation with ... all population the background paper were sent to Presi-

” of abceptabllity dent P W Botha and tothe Minister of Law

groups” to raise the level
of the new constitution”. and Order, Mr Louis Le Grange.

@The President's Council, as the body ‘The Office of the President referred the

char ed with creating @ new constitution, Rand Dally Mall to Mr Le Grange

ed f eaperts and peop ede by commen: is La Cranes pti
le rej

their respective commun! Re not

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VIOLENCE FLARES IN LEANDRA

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 28 Nov 84 p 2

[Article by Nkopane Makobane]

[Text]

cso:

VIOLENCE flared in the Eastern
Transvaal township of Leandra
yesterday when a mob of youths
threw stones at Highveld Devel-
opment Board policemen guard-
ing a bulldozer demolishing 28
shacks and brick houses on the
plot of a resident.

The stone throwing incident
happened at noon, immediately
after a member of the Leandra
Action Committee (LAC), Chief
Ampie Mayisa, was arrested by
police in a hippo.

At the time of going to press

yesterday, police had not yet con-
firmed the incident.
i After the police hippo drove
laway with the chief, angry youths
attacked a Board police van
driven by a white policeman. It
drove off at high speed, leaving
behind black policemen who had
to run for their lives as hundreds
of stones and other objects rained
on them.

Also attacked was the bull-
dozer operator, who drove in cir-
cles before he eventually man-
aged to escape the mob’s fury.

A short while after the stone-
throwing incident, the police
hippo returned and police started

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chasing youths. Our reporters
saw. at least one youth being cor-
nered and arrested.

For more than two hours after
the incidents, the township was
gripped with tension as youths
lined the streets, holding stones in
anticipation of police reinforce-
ments. -*

The demolition took place at
the stand of Mr Andries Fakude,
whose late father acquired it in

‘1904 under the title deed right.
: The stand is sitéd adjacent to the
_ newly-built houses in Mpumelelo

Township.

According to Mr M A Nka-
binde, chairman of LAC, Mr Fa-
kude had been opposed to selling
his land to the Board to make way
for a shopping complex.

Mr Fakude could not be traced
yesterday. Some sub-tenants on
his plot told The SOWETAN they
were angry that they had not been
informed about the demolition
move. .

They said they were surprised
when at about 8 am, police and
the bulldozer arrived and started
destroying their homes.

SOUTH AFRICA



SOUTH AFRICA

AFRIKAANS PUPILS URGED TO PREPARE FOR RACE MIXING

Durban THE DAILY NEWS in English 16 Nov 84 p 13

[Text]

cso:

THE Minister of Education and Cul-
ture, Mr Stoffel Botha, urged Afri-
kaans teachers to prepare their pupils
for the diversity, cultural differences
and even conflict of a multi-racial fu-
ture in South Africa, when he ad-
dressed the Empangeni branch of the
Natal Onderwysersunie at Richards
Bay last night.

He told the teachers that children
had to be prepared for the “contact-
situations” of a multi-racial and
multi-cultural reality that lay ahead.

“White youth will have to be able to
participate in the new forms of dia-
‘Jogue with other racial groups, and
to develop good and constructive atti-
tudes towards those different from
himself.

“The teaching profession would be
disingenuous and unfaithful to its task
and calling if it looked only inwardly
and directed its attention only to its
own people,” he said.

Mr Botha said that the Afrikaner
was characterised by his determina-
tion, in spite of many obstacles, to re-
main an Afrikaner.

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88

“Surely then the task of education
is to prepare Afrikaner youth to de-
velop his identity in a multi-racial
context.

“In order to advance and spread
the Afrikaans language and culture
the Afrikaner has a duty to make it
accessible and attractive to other
groups above and beyond boundaries
of race and nation.

“Young people must be prepared
for responsible participation in new
forms of dialogue and negotiation
which will be necessary for good rela-
tions between different peoples.”

He told the teachers that, in South
Africa, with its multi-racial composi-
tion, the emphasis fell increasingly
on the recognition of the rights of
other population groups.

“We live in a world in which the
privileged position of the white man,
and especially the Afrikaner is being
questioned all over the world.

“The people in this country, in the
African context, become more and
more the last bastion against commu-
nist expansionism and opportunism,
anarchy and terrorism,” he said.



GOVERNMENT FINDS JAPANESE TV PROGRAM INSULTING

Nairebi THE WEEKLY REVIEW in English 9 Nov 84 p 21

{Text ]

cso:

THE Kenya government has not taken
kindly to the incident where an illiterate
Kenyan couple was taken to Japan to
appear on a television programme on
civilisation. The incident was unknown to
‘Kenyans until President Daniel arap Moi;
told a public rally in Kisumu two weeks;
ago how an illiterate Kenyan woman from
'Pokot district was taken to Japan and dis-'
played as a representative of Kenyan
society. The president was particularly:
‘unhappy. with. the: immigration officer!
‘who’ issued the woman. with ‘the. passport ,
:and Raid he should be brought to book.
“Soon after the president Had disclosed
the incident, details ‘of how thé couple
ended up in Japan slowly began to unfold.
At issue was the fact that the illiterate,
couple was ‘seen as having been|
hoodwinked into the deal and used to
depict the standard of civilisation in’
Kenya in such a way that it amounted to|
an insult to Kenyans. The permanent!
secretary in the ministry of foreign affairs,
Mr. Bethwel Kiplagat, immediately|
summoned the Japanese ambassador to
Kenya, Mr. Teruo Kosugi, and expressed
his displeasure at the behaviour of the
Tokyo television company that had-
ridiculed and made a mockery of the
Kenyan couple. Kiplagat said that the
humiliation of the couple was tantamount:
to the humiliation of all Kenyans, but the
ambassador said he had only learnt of the,
incident through the press and had sent
request to his government for further
information.

In parliament, an assistant minister for
‘foreign affairs Mr. Philip Leakey, gave al
ministerial statement on the subject in!

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answer to a question by the M.P.- for
Pokot East, Mr. James Korellach: He

gave the name of the woman as Mrs Tingo

Kiptoo:Yegon and her‘ husband as’ Mr.

Kiptoo_Kegon -Kapilimo;’ of:Kapiire"in

Elgeyo Marakwet district. The-couple he

said, left zl as guests ote Japanese

company, Television Company to

appear in'a film which Leakey described
as lacking. a-rational in-depth view of the

cultural background on Kenyan people. It.
was the Kenyan embassy in Japan which
first reacted ‘after seeing the film,’ and

protested ‘to the company, which ‘agreed
to change the format of the film dnd make
it adocumentary.

One thing that has probably cooled
down the issue is the fact that the televi-
sion company has been apologetic to
Kenyans and has said that it meant no
offence. Its director, a Mr. Ishimitsu, told
the Japanese foreign ministry that the ;
purpose of making the programme was to
give the Japanese people an opportunity
to view African civilisation from a fresh
point of view and through the unspoiled
eyes of the couple from Kenya, saying
that the company never intended to make
a mockery of Kenyang or Africans.

As for the immigration officer who
issued the passports, Leakey exonerated
him from any blame on the grounds that
he did not infringe the laid-dawn
procedures for issuing travel documents.
Other reports have it that the trip was,
made with the assistance of an officer of
the Kenya National Museums, now on a
trip to Sweden, and he, too, is probably
not going to be found as having con-|
travened any laws. Ci

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KENYA



MOI FIRES TWO PERMANENT SECRETARIES

Nairobi THE WEEKLY REVIEW in English 2 Nov 84 p 4

[Text]

FINALLY President Daniel arap Moi has
decided to get tough. After several weeks
of talking of his new “no nonsense era”
which requires a greater dedication to
national interests and more efficiency in
the civil service, the president last week
sacked two of his permanent secretaries
for misconduct and abuse of public office.

It was probably the only occasion that

Kenyans could. remember where the
government gave specific reasons where a
permanent secretary, or any other senior
government official, had been sacked. In
the past, senior government officials
involved in serious public misconduct
were merely removed from office with no
explanation given, and the public left to
speculate on the reasons. On the rare
occasions when reasons have ‘been given,
they have been limited to the amorphous
“retired in public interest”. More often
than not, officials at the level of perma-
nent secretary have not been removed
from public office even when clearly
shown to have been involved in public
scandals or misuse of office. They have
merely been transferred to other
ministries in mini-reshuffles or moved to
become chairmen or chief executives of
quasi-government organisations.

- That was not:the case last week when
the president fired the former PS in the
ministry of water development Mr.
Francis Masdkhalia, and his colleague in

ministry of environment and natural
resources Dr. Omolo Opere. A statement
from the office of the president announc-
ing the sacking of the two said that,
Masakhalia had been sacked for employ-
ing people in the ministry without follow-
ing the established procedures.
Masakhalia was also accused of practising
tribalism in such unauthorised recruit-

ment and of failing to maintain financial
control in the ministry. Opere was said to
have used government machinery,
including a bulldozer, and government
employees to construct his personal house
in his home in South Nyanza.

’ The sackings of the two permanent
secretaries sent chills through the civil
service as the message began to sink in
that the president determined to translate
his recent warning to public officials into
tangible action. In the past few months,
President Moi has repeatedly said that he
is determined to clean up corruption,
tribalism and other malaises that have
plagued the civil service for years. Last
month, he warned that while in the past
the culprits were merely shifted from one
‘public post to another, future culprits
would just be uprooted and removed from
the system. wo

. Explaining the sackings of the two
officials at the weekend, the president
made it clear that that was not the end of
the purge. He said that screening was still
going on to rout out other tribalists and
undesirable elements in the service.
Recently, the government conducted a
head count of all employees in the civil
service. Although the results of the count
have not been published yet, speculation
is rife that Masakhalia’s under-the-table
recruitment drive may have been exposed
through the exercise. That possibility is

enough to cause panic among other public’

officials who may have been guilty of
similar practices.

But the president has made it clear that
he does not intend to stop at only civil
servants who practise tribalism and other
forms of corruption. Errors of omission
will bes punished as severely as those of
commission. Also to face the music will be

52

KENYA



At a meeting held the day before the seminar with the local press service, the
head of the Provincial Sector of the People's Vigilante Brigades, Jorge
Nguingui, termed the activities that the BPV's have been carrying out in Moxico
to safeguard the conquests of the Angolan Revolution as "positive."

He said that despite difficulties encountered in extending the BPV's to all the
municipalities in the province, the results of their work are already visible,
particularly in dismanteling networks of infiltrators and arresting them.

As far as organization is concerned, the official termed it effective, since
the brigades were formed in the 14 districts surrounding the city in such a way
that it would be impossible for foreign elements to infiltrate the town.

He added that the only municipality with BPV's at present is Luacano.

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14



GHANA

GOVERNMENT ACCUSED OF HYPOCRISY ON UNIVERSITY FEES ISSUE
London TALKING DRUMS in English 29 Oct 84 pp 14, 15

[Text] Ghana's three universities are facing delays in getting re-opened for
the 1984-85 school year due to lack of funds to support the full cost of feed-
ing students. Although the government has conceded to pay up this term at a
nominal rate of C34.00 per student per day, it has given indication that par-
ents and guardians will have to pay the full cost of feeding their wards in
the very immediate future, possibly from the second term in January 1985.

This is yet again another slap in the face of university education in this
country judging from the officially stated justification for this thinking
that since parents and guardians pay for their wards in pre-university insti-
tutions, they could as well continue paying at university level. That to my
mind is unreasonable for if that be the case, would it not be fair to relieve
them of the burden once their wards get to the tetiary cycle instead of pro-
longing their burden of expenditure?

Government has the obligation and the capacity to foot the entire bill of uni-
versity education even under our present. dire economic circumstances. If the
PNDC sets its priorities right and not indulge in wanton gallivanting across
the globe to say 'Hello Comrade' to every self-proclaimed revolutionary who is
celebrating his day of glory, it should be able to totally finance increased
expenditure in university education.

One way, in the short term, is for government to reduce or abolish frequent
overseas trips by political aids and functionaries and revolutionary delega-
tions, which trips and scholarships are more of a drain on the nations re-
sources than the cost of supporting the universities (see inset).

The cost of university education has become something of a millstone around
the neck of the government so in the short term, the finance has got to be
found and this can be done by severe pruning and cut-backs in other areas of
expenditure such as defence and expensive overseas trips as aforementioned.
The rate of C34.00 a day fixed by University Workers Defence Committees is
utterly insufficient and the decline in student diets is likely to get worse
and worse and generally materials, books and equipment are going to be hard to
get.

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completed include the provision of potable water, access roads, improved agri-
cultural and animal husbandary practices as well as large-scale afforestation
schemes. The NORRIP, a joint programme between Ghana and Canada, through
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), will offer consultancy
services, supervision, expertise, finance and materials to the appropriate
national body such as the Ghana Water and Sewerage Corporation (GWSC), to
execute the project. [By Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafo] [Excerpt] [Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY
GRAPHIC in English 20 Oct 84 p 1]

USSR TRAINING ASSISTANCE--THE Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) has
elaborate plans to offer more opportunities to Ghanaians to be trained in var-
jous fields in the Soviet Union. In addition, the USSR hopes to send down
experts in various fields to help train Ghanaians locally. This assurance was
given by the Soviet Ambassador in Ghana, Mr V. Semenov, when he paid a cour-
tesy call on the Central Regional Secretary, Lt-Col. E. A. Baidoo, at his
office in Cape Coast on Wednesday. The Ambassador who is on a tour of the
Central Region, said at the moment, the Soviet Union offers 150 scholarships
to Ghanaians every year and promised that the number would be increased in the
near future. Mr Semenov was happy that the PNDC Government has rekindled the
co-operation that existed between Ghana and the USSR during the reign of the
late Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah and hoped that the revival of this co-operation
would be strengthened for the mutual benefit of the two countries. Earlier in
a welcome address, Lt. Col. Baidoo commended Soviet trained medical practi-
tioners working in the region for their hard work and dedication to duty and
[expressed] the hope that the USSR will continue to offer more assistance to
the country in the training of its personnel in various fields. [By J. W.
Ocran] [Excerpt] [Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 19 Oct 84 p 8]

PINEAPPLE EXPORTS TO NETHERLANDS--THE Nsawam Cannery Company, a subsidiary of
the Ghana Industrial Holding Corporation (GIHOC), is to export pineapple
pieces in syrup to Holland. The first consignment would be shipped by the end
of this month. Mr A. E. Owusu, General Manager of the company, disclosed this
at the just-ended three-day District Agricultural Show at Asamankese in the
Eastern Region. According to Mr Owusu, apart from the exportation of the
pineapples, the company is also negotiating to export its canned palmnut soup
to the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States where response for the expor-
tation of pineapples has been encouraging. [By Isaac Asante] [Excerpt] [Accra
PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 5 Nov 84 p 8]

CUBA TO INCREASE COOPERATION--CUBA has re-affirmed her preparedness to assist
the PNDC Government to achieve its aims and objectives set in the National
Economic Recovery Programme. Mr Miguel Martinez-Moles, Cuba Charge d'Affaires
who called on Mr Justice D. F. Annan, member of the PNDC, yesterday, said the
forthcoming Ghana-Cuba Joint Economic Co-operation meeting will see the two
countries charting new areas of economic, social and cultural agreements that
will be of benefit to both countries. The Charge d'Affaires said the invita-
tion for agricultural experts from Ghana to visit Cuba was still open and that
his government has approved of 16 medical doctors to assist Ghana in the field
of medicine. In reply, Mr Justice Annan said the Government of the PNDC was
looking forward to increase co-operation between the two countries and ex-
pressed his appreciation for the cordial bilateral relationship that has

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is but temporary: it may subdue for
a moment but it does not remove
the necessity of subduing again, and
a nation is not governed which is
perpetually to be conquered”?

Admittedly, thinking is not easy
in a country where the law, the
State-controlled propaganda media
and much so-called education seem
jesigned only to reinforce bigotry
and prejudice.

But even if the authorities have
no concern for moral issues (which
they would probably call “immoral”
anyway if the name of the Immoral-
ity Act is anything to go by), they
should at least ask themselves if
clobbering students so heavy-han-
dedly is really very helpful to those
of us who do so much to promote
foreign investment in South Africa.

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statistical data on the Soviet Republic of Azerbaydzhan's contribution to the
country's economic balance, primarily in the oil, chemical, electronic and
electrotechnical fields.

The representative of the MPLA/Labor Party and secretary of foreign relations,
Afonso Van-Dunen, "M'Binda," underscored the significant changes that the
October victory caused in the world liberation movement, the internationalist
spirit and the most illustrious evidence of the solidarity that the Soviet
Union has, since that time, offered to national liberation movements, particu-
larly at the time of the MPLA's founding.

He also commented on the situation in Southern Africa, where the Pretoria regime,
backed by the Reagan administration, persists in threatening interference and
aggression in the neighboring states.

He said that the issue of peace and social progress is on the agenda in South-
ern Africa, involving the struggle for liberation on the part of the oppressed
peoples. In this connection, that leader of the MPLA/Labor Party reaffirmed
the Angolan people's solidarity with the others engaged ina struggle for
independence, peace and social progress.

A folk ensemble from the Soviet Republic of Azerbaydzhan and the "Kituxi" band,
as well as the performers. Filipe Mukenga and Beto Gourgel, provided for the
cultural portion of the event.

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or to show evidence that they have been invited by residents who are gainfully
employed before being allowed in. According to a report from the Ghana News
Agency Correspondent in Lagos, immigration authorities at the Murtala Muhammed
Airport, have said that the move is an old regulation which is being enforced.
Ghanaian authorities have, however, said that it is an offence for travellers
to leave Ghana for any Nigerian port of entry with more than 20 naira. [Text]
[London TALKING DRUMS in English 22 Oct 84 p 22]

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Buthelezi's Warning on Violence Backed
(Editorial; THE GRAPHIC, 2 Nov 84) ..cesseeececeececeveves

Future of NIC Discussed
(Kanthan Pillay; POST NATAL, 7-10 Nov 84) sccecceccesecces

Detention of Kate Philip Scored
(Peter Greenhalgh; THE STAR, 22 Nov 84) ..ceseecccceeceecs

Government Talks With ANC Advocated
(Patrick Laurence; RAND DAILY MAIL, 23 Nov 84) ....eeeeess

Gandhi Death Scuttles Cultural Relations Talks
(THE GRAPHIC, 9 Nov 84) .

Sasol Sackings Raise Crucial Labor Issues
(Carolyn Dempster; THE STAR, 20 Nov 84) ..sececcecevcecces

Fired Sasol Men Stage Demonstration at Headquarters
(Phillip Van Niekerk; RAND DAILY MAIL, 22 Nov 84) ...eeeee

Sasol in Talks With Buthelezi Over 6,000 Dismissed Workers
(Joshua Raboroko; SOWETAN, 27 Nov 84) .

Black Matrics’ Expected To Flood Job Market
(Michael Chester; THE STAR, 20 Nov 84) ..

‘Foolish Move! Politicizes the Black Trade Unions
(Allister Sparks; THE STAR, 21 Nov 84) ...cecececsceces

Sasol May Re-Employ Some Fired Workers
(Carolyn Dempster; THE STAR, 21 Nov 84) .cscsscesceccecees

Afrikaans Pupils Urged To Prepare for Race Mixing
(THE DAILY NEWS, 16 Nov 84) ...scceccccecccccvcceceveccers

Koornhof Quits Zulu Funeral on Advisement
(RAND DAILY MAIL, 23 Nov 84) Pee e eee e ere ee eer eeeeeeseseees

Lawyer Calls Biko Doctors Incompetent
(John Mojapelo; RAND DAILY MAIL, 23 Nov 84) .sccecesceeces

UK Envoy: Durban 3 Must Solve Own Problem
(THE CITIZEN, 3 Nov 84) cccccccoecaceoceccccccccessossccos

Commissioner Warns Against Formation of Private Armies
(SOWETAN, 29 Nov 84) ..ccccceccecceccccecccecscessoceesees

Gencor: Miners Complaints Not Justified
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SOMALIA

BRIEFS

NATIONAL DISTRICT ELECTIONS SLATED--Second Vice President Afrah today announced
that national and district assembly elections will take place on 31 December
1984. The number of polling stations in the country will be 1,655. [Summary]
[Mogadishu Domestic Service in Somali 2045 GMT 8 Dec 84 EA]

CULTURAL AGREEMENT WITH PRC--At the headquarters of the Ministry of Culture
and Higher Education in Mogadishu today, the SDR and PRC governments signed
an agreement on cooperation in the fields of culture, education and informa-
tion. The agreement, which will officially come into force in 1985-86, pro-
vides for exchange visits of delegations, exchanges of broadcasting informa-
tion, exchanges of radio and TV programs, and technical aid. It calls on
the two sides to strengthen cooperation in the exchange of films aimed at
enhancing the interests of the two peoples. The agreement was signed on behalf
of the SDR by the deputy minister of culture and higher education, Fatimah
Ahmad 'Ali, and the Chinese deputy minister for culture, (Lu Jihanyang).
[Excerpt] [Mogadishu Domestic Service in Somali 1700 GMT 8 Dec 84 EA]

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the opportunity for suitable occupational training for the workers who, in
spite of the efforts, are still beset with difficulties in the execution of
their tasks.

The first step taken in the area of the occupational training of Macanda's
workers, according to its director, was the specialization offered for the
heads of .the production lines; something which has helped greatly to improve
the quality of the shoes. That training, given in the factory, was provided
by cooperants from FAL, for the purpose of providing its workers with better
knowledge; and this has really shown satisfactory results already.

It should be noted that, despite the many problems that it has, Macanda is
backing other shoe enterprises of a state type, and giving them priority, as
in the case of the factories in Uige and Lubango and, in the future, Huambo.
This, which is due partly to the dimensions with which the factory ranks in
the context of the shoe industry, is sufficiently evident to ensure better ~
support for this sector of the national economy.

So that, during the next few years, there will be a shoe industry more capable
of meeting the consumption requirements, it is in fact necessary to lend a
different quality to the tanning industry. For example, in Macanga next

year 80,000 pairs of leather shoes and 50,000 pairs of canvas shoes will be
produced, rather small quantities for.a country in which neither shoes nor
shoe repairing have been on the market for many years. By this we mean that
all the citizens should benefit from shoes either produced in the country or
imported.

Also part of the Macanda factory's production plan for 1985 is the manufacture
of 100,000 square feet of chrome tanned products and 35,000 tons of vegetable
tanned products; whereas it would actually be possible to produce far more

if the installed capacity were different. We ask one. question: When can we
expect to have a genuine tanning industry?

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Consolidation of Victories

Various operations are currently being carried out in Chibabava to
consolidate these hard-won victories, First of all, the people are
being organized in new patterns of collective life and production.
At the same time, they are getting military training so that they
will always be able to respond to any possible new attacks by the
bandits.

In this connection, administrator Sande noted that the people, including
the old folks and the children, already know what to do in this war
situation, They know how to seek shelter in the right places, to stay
there and even to fire on the enemy. They also know how to use tradi-
tional weapons, such as arrows, bush knives, spears, and others. Their
vigilance is sharp enough already. They do not allow any suspect to
pass, All suspect individuals are taken to the proper agencies. These
actions by our people facilitate the neutralization of various “madjubas"
and even armed bandits who, realizing that they are surrounded, seek
refuge in their midst.

Promising Outlook for Farm Production

In spite of the drought which still affects some towns in the district of
Chibabava, prospects for farm output are promising this year. With the
introduction of dryland crops and the full use of lowland areas,
particularly high profitability rates compared to last year's harvest
were obtained and 20 tons of miscellaneous surplus products were sold.

“This year, the people received more land and they expanded their culti-
vation areas. This action is gaining more and more force with the
elimination of the armed bandits who, in addition to the atmosphere of
instability which they created, were busy pillaging the property of the
people. I can tell you reliably that we will be successful during the
next harvest," the Chibabava administrator said on this point.

Continuing, Roesai Sande said that everything is already in place for the
new start. We already have seeds and other production equipment which
will be distributed to the people who have been liberated from the
bondage of the "matsangaissas."

Education

The education situation in Chibabava has improved considerably. According
to information gathered by DIARIO DE MOCAMBIQUE from district education
and culture director Mario Nassone, "since April we have managed to
achieve 60 percent school attendance."

He reported that the education effort in the region suffered losses last
year due to the drought and the action of the armed bandits,

“As a result of the military offensive, we managed to reopen various
schools which had been abandoned. The teachers and students, who had

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NO MORE NEW CHURCHES TO BE REGISTERED

Nairobi THE WEEKLY REVIEW in English 9 Nov 84 pp 13, 15

{Text ]

AMONG the controversial decisions that
the attorney-general, Mr. Justice Mathew
Muli has taken recently is to stop register-
ing any new churches or splinter churches
in the country. Muli told a Voice of Keriya
television press conference a fortnight ago
that the government would not register
afy more splinter churches, and that
those already registered will be
investigated with a view to deregistering
some of them. Also to be refused registra-
tion in the future will be sects based in
foreign countries: because, according to
Muli, “they bave been found to be sources
of foreign ideologies that confuse
wananchi (the public).” He told the same
press conference that Kenya had enough
churches to cater for all its spiritual
needs,

It is not difficult to see why the govern-
ment has placed a ban on the registration
of new splinter churches, ''he churches in
Kenya, including well-established ones
such as the Anglican Church (commonly
known as the Church of the Province of
Kenya (CPK), ‘The Presbyterian Church
of East Africa (PCEA) and the African
Independent Pentecostal Church(AIPC)),
have been entrangled in internal
squabbles, and at times the government
hes had to interfere to avert clashes
among the clergy and the laity. Apart
from squabbling in the church, there has
been a tendency among church leaders to
rush to register new splinter groups when
they have been excommunicated from
their main church organisations. Asked
Muli recently: “How can a person. who
has been excommunicated from a church
due to sins claim that he is forming a new
church while he has not been cleared of
the original sins?” ‘Io register a church
led by such a church leader, Muli argued,
would be tantamount te perpetuating sin

“in the country.

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Another reason why the attorney-
general has ceased registering new
churches is because some people had
formed companies limited by guarantee
and had turned them into church
organisations, while others, when refused
registration of their churches had resorted
to registering them as companies. ‘I'he
government has therefore taken measures
to scrutinise such church organisations in
order to streamline their operations. ‘The
steps taken by the government were as
result of President Moi’s concern over the
multiplication of splinter churches in the
country, and his diyection to the attorney-
general to scrutinise them and establish
which were genuine. Moi’s view was that
of the 800 or so registered sects perhaps
only ten to 14 were genuine. ‘I'he president
advised church leaders to accept suspen-
sions from their churches when such
leaders were found to be in the wrong and
their affairs were being investigated. ‘To
create splinter groups would not solve the
problems, he said. .

While established churches may
welcome the blanket ban on the registra-
tion of new churches by Muli, students of
constitutional law might take that deci-
sion as a step towards the curtailing of
freedom of worship enshrined in Section
78 of the Constitution of Kenya. ‘The
section says in part: “Except with his own
consent, no person shall be hindered in
the enjoyment of his freedom of con-
science... and that freedom includes
freedom of thought and religion, freedom
to change his religion or belief, and
freedom either alone or in community
with others and both in public and in
private to manifest and propagate his
religion in worship, teaching practice and
observance.” ‘The government could, of
course, refuse the registration of a church
if such registration was contrary to the

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Cultural Activities

During the first half of this year the provincial office of the State Culture
Secretary conducted a series of political and cultural activities in the
Province to occupy the free time of the workers, a reliable source told ANGOP.

According to the same source, a variety of cultural evenings and dances were
organized, and the people's cultural organizations in the suburbs of the city
of Malanje were revitalized.

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The GDR Charge D'affaires said that all the donations made demonstrate the
fact that GDR firmly stands by the side of the Ethiopian people in the fight
against natural and man-made disasters, in the efforts of Revolutionary Ethi-
opia to accelerate its socio-economic development.

The GDR Solidarity Committee has also on its part extended various drought
relief aids.

Present on the occasion were Comrade Girma Yilma, member of the CC of WPE,
Minister of Culture and Chairman of the Ethiopia-GDR Friendship Committee,
Comrade Yohannes Gebre Selassie, acting Secretary General of the Ethiopia
Peace solidarity and Friendship Committee (EPSFC) and other comrades.

In another development Comrade Yousuf Ahmed, member of the CC of WPE and
Minister of Transport and Communications Monday held talks with GDR officials
who came here to discuss ways of effectively transporting relief aids to the
victims of drought and the possible support that the GDR could give in this
regard.

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public officials who, wilfully or otherwise,
act against Kenya’s national interests in
the execution of their duties. The presi-
dent gave an example of an immigration
official who reportedly assisted a
Japanese television network to acquire @
passport for an illitrate Pokot woman to
be flown to Japan where she was put on
display on television as being represen-
tative of what Kenyan society is like

When shown a telephone in the TV studio,
the woman was said to have asked whe-
ther such things were known to Kenyans

-— supposedly to show how backward

Keriyans were. That incident has
become a diplomatic incident between
Kenya and Japan with the permanent
secretary in the ministry of foreign affairs
Mr. Bethuel Kiplagat, summoning the
Japanese ambassador to Kenya, Mr.
Teruo Kosugi, early this week to express
Kenya’s displeasure over the issue.
Kiplagat told the Japanese envoy that the
humiliation of any Kenyan was viewed as
humiliation of the whole Kenyan com-
munity. President Moi has, in the mean-
time, ordered that the immigration
official who assisted the Japanese
company to acquire a passport for the
woman be tracked down and punished for
the action. La

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national distribution system, for you will note that we will have an easier
time persuading smugglers to abandon trading oil for Primus beer from Zaire
if we have our Nocal, Cuca or Eka for sale here.

"You see, just by way of example," Alfonso Bambi explained, "since I have
been here, about half a year, Domestic Trade has only provided supplies once,
and I am told only a tiny portion of the plan for last year was fulfilled.

I myself have very frequently had recourse to the military storehouse. As
can be seen, the work here is difficult and needs the joint effort of many
more people, not only those of the municipality."

Private Trade

On the subject of private trade, Alfonso Bambi summarized the new forms in
which it is currently functioning, since merchants have since the first of
the year come under the control of Domestic Trade, through the authorization
issued them by this body, with the approval stamp of the Municipal Commis-
sariat.

However, even now a certain scattering can still be seen, which will be
eliminated with the review of some of those receiving authorization who, in
their trade practice, have shown dishonesty and unwillingness to contribute
to resolving the problems of the people of Maquela do Zombo, since they
prefer to ignore the established distribution norms.

And this is most notable among fuel merchants, who subtract large quantities
from the total they receive, which they trade for Primus beer and other
products in Zaire.

Another question we asked Commissioner Alfonso Bambi had to do with the
checking on individuals returning to the country, how they are identified as
true Angolans, and what aid they later receive until they find jobs providing
a living once on Angolan soil.

In this connection, he said that checking is done at the frontier by agents
of the Frontier Guard Troops, with special training for the purpose, based on
interrogation and also witnesses of good repute.

As can be seen, this system is to some extent dubious, because we do not
believe that the individuals swearing to the true identity of an Angolan are
invulnerable to bribery. However, the municipal commissioner of Maquela do
Zombo gave us his assurance that the questioning to which our individuals are
subjected is efficient, and has made it possible to detect or reveal certain
instances of deception. The people themselves have helped considerably in
this work.

The SEAS [State Secretariat for Social Affairs] exists to aid returning
citizens, and in the early days it provides food and clothing and it chan-
nels those who need medical assistance to the health bodies.

Alfonso Bambi also spoke of the need to reactivate the Mavoio mines, because,
he believes, in addition to the contribution this would make to the national

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phase of its constitutional develop-
ment.

The Government has been work-
ing towards the idea of creating a
national council for urban blacks,
based on these township councils,
which could be given authority over
urban black “own affairs” and also
be slotted in beside the “homeland”
governments in the confederal
framework of the envisaged “con-
tellation of Southern African
states.”

This would complete the “neo-
apartheid” constitutional structure.

But the township councillors, who
are despised as “collaborators” in
their communities and often live in
conspicuous luxury, have been pri-
mary targets during the unrest.
Seven have been killed. Their
houses and businesses have been put
to the torch. Many have resigned
and others have fled. According to
one authoritative source, only four
of the 22 councils in the affected
township are still functioning.

I do not know how the Govern-
ment can restore that structure.
There will be no takers for these
jobs. Only a few days ago elections
to replace Heidelberg’s Ratanda
Council, which resigned en masse,
had to be postponed because there
were no candidates.

The only alternative would seem
to be to go back to direct rule by the
white administration boards, but if
the Government does that it will
block its own constitutional plans.

Has the unrest reached the level
of a revolution? No. It is still too
directionless to be called that, but it
has more direction to it than the
1976 upheavals, and if the Govern-
ment continues to refuse to give
blacks a role in the central govern-
ment, so that their grievances and
aspirations can be democratically
expressed, then the next outbreak
will doubtless have more direction
still.

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victories of the Ethiopian revolution while visiting various places in the
country. Comrade Kayumov further disclosed that a photographic exhibition
would also be presented by the delegation depicting the features of Uzbeki-
stan, its traditions and the day to-day life of the people, expositions of
handicraft and children's drawings, books and files about the history, cul-
ture, science and economy of the republic. The delegation was welcomed on
arrival at Bole International Airport by members of the Ethio-soviet Friend-
ship Committee. [Text] [Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD in English 3 Nov 84
p 6]

REYA DELEGATION--A delegation of the Revolutionary Ethiopia Youth Association
(REYA) returned here yesterday after attending two international youth and
students' meetings held in Moscow. The four-member delegation led by Comrade
Hiruy Amanuel, member of the Executive Committee of REYA and Head of Foreign
Relations Department, have taken part in the International Youth Workers'
Meeting and at the 3rd Preparatory Committee Meeting of the 12th International
Youth and Students Festival. Members of the delegation have presented differ-
ent writings at the international youth workers’ meeting on such topics like
"The Role of the Youth for the New Economic Order", "Youth and Workers Asso-
ciations", "The Relation of Youth Activities and Culture and Education", "the
Role Youth Should Play for National Liberation and Social Progress", "The Role
of Mass Communications to Increase the Participation of the Youth in Economic
Development and for Peace and Social Progress". Youth and students associa-
tions of 117 countries participated in the youth and students festival.

[Text] [Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD in English 10 Nov 84 p 5]

SOVIET RELIEF SUPPLIES--The Soviet Red Cross ‘and Red Crescent Society yester-
day donated to the Ethiopian Red Cross Society a consignment of relief sup-
plies to help alleviate the drought problem affecting Ethiopian compatriots.
The relief consignment, consisting of 6,000 blankets, eight tons of various
kinds of medicines and nine tons of a variety of nutritious food, was secured
in accordance with the call made the Ethiopian Red Cross Society to sister
societies for assistance. The donation was handed over to Comrade Dr. Dawit
Zewde, president of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society by Comrade Konstantin
Fomichenko, Ambassador of the USSR in Ethiopia, at a ceremony held at Bole In-
ternational Airport. In addition, a consignment of relief supplies consisting
of 1260 blankets, 15 quintals of medicine, medical equipment cases and soaps
weighing 350 kilograms sent to the Revolutionary Ethiopia Youth Association
(REYA) by the counterpart association in the USSR arrived here yesterday under
the auspices of the Soviet Red Cross and Red Crescent Society. [Text] [Addis
Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD in English 10 Nov 84 pp 1, 5]

AETU DELEGATION--A delegation of the All Ethiopia Trade Union (AETU) left here
for Moscow yesterday for a working visit. The three-member delegation is
headed by Comrade Tesfaye Woyessa, Executive Committee member of AETU and Head
of the Department of Education and Socialist Emulation. Comrade Tesfaye said
that the delegation will gather experiences on socialist emulation during its
two-week stay in the Soviet Union. ‘The delegation comprises experts from the
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. [Text] [Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN HER-
ALD in English 10 Nov 84 p 3]

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by the State, and the ad-
vent of the BSA did not
alter this fundamentally.

In any event, SATS
took a hard line on the
issue in spite of Minister
of Manpower, Mr Fanie
Botha’s open criticism of
“sweetheart unions” and
the new spirit of enlight-
ened labour reform.

Less than six months
after the mass dismissal,
the Conditions of Em-
ployment (SA Transport
Services) Act was passed.

By law all public sec-
tor employees are ex-
cluded from the provi-
sions of the Labour Rela-
tions Act, cannot go on
strike and are not afford-
ed many of the protec-
tions which private sec-
tor employees enjoy.

The Act took this even
further. Black, coloured
and Indian SATS em-
ployees are openly discri-
minated against — they
do not enjoy equal rights
accorded to whites.

Nor does SATS have to
deal with any unions it
does not choose to recog-
nise.

And collective bargain-
ing — an essential fea-

ture of the new era of la- .

bour relations’‘— has no
real place in the Act.

Even freedom of asso-
ciation has been undercut
in the legislation. SATS
employees are allowed to
belong only to unions
which are officially per-
mitted to exist.

Both the BMWU and
GWU’s attempts served
as an explicit demonstra-
tion of just how difficult
it would be to organise
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what treatment was like-
ly to be meted out in the
event of industrial action.

But the grievances
which drove 10000
Johannesburg municipal
workers to form the
BMWU and 1100 SATS
employees to join the
GWU have not abated,
nor have emergent
unions given up the fight
to organise the public
sector.

Because of this, and
against the backdrop of
the progress that has
been achieved in labour
relations in the private
sector, the hard-line
stance adopted by Gov-
ernment and parastatal
organisations is seen as
counter-productive and a
growing threat to labour
reform.

Sasol this month vi-
gorously denied the Gov-
ernment had any say in
the firing of some 6000
black workers.

Yet the fact remains
that until it went public
in 1979, Sasol was State-
controlled, and today
seven out of its 11 direc-
tors are State-appointees
or have strong Govern-
ment links.

Sasol workers, unlike
public sector employees,
are subject to the provi-
sions of the Labour Rela-
tions Act.

At the time of the stay-
away, the corporation’s
senior general manager,
Dr Dirk Mostert, justified
the mass firing as
“morally right,” but the
action has drawn sharp
criticism from private
sector industrial rela-
tions practitioners.

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“Industrial relations is
a game of consequences
and social and political
issues are a part of the
process,” said Mr Mark
Anstey, director of the
Institute of Industrial Re-
lations.

“A dismissal of work-
ers at that level is a po-
litical act, and I would
not be surprised if it in-
vited a political re-
sponse.”

Industrial _ relations
consultant Mr Gavin
Brown views the action
in terms of tolerance
thresholds. “I think Sasol
made its point very
clearly — that there are
some sectors of the econ-
omy where latitude will
not be allowed. The pub-
lic and parastatals have
a very low tolerance
threshold.”

But it is becoming in-
creasingly obvious that
the public sector and
parastatals simply can-
not afford to pursue a
hard or intolerant line.

In February this year,
800 Groote Schuur Hospi-
tal workers participated
in work stoppages over
wage demands — an ac-
tion initiated by the hos-
pital workers themselves.

Labour Bulletin re-
searcher Mr Marcel
Golding quotes one of the
striking workers:

“The authorities are
spending millions on this
new Groote Schuur
project, yet they cannot
pay their existing staff a
living salary. We cannot
survive. And when we
talk they don’t listen. We
are forced to take ac-
tion.”



CENTRAL TENDER BOARD'S POWER DISPENSED TO DISTRICTS

Nairobi THE WEEKLY REVIEW in English 2 Nov 84 p 26

{Text ]

cso:

THE Central Tender Board (CTB) last
week lost much of its power to district
tender boards, which have been created as
a part of the government's new policy of
giving districts more say in the implemen-
tation of development projects. The
financial secretary to the treasury, Mr. J.
Njoroge, announced last week that dis-
trict development committees, which
would be acting as tender boards, would
now be awarding tenders for projects in
their areas, leaving CTB to deal with
national projects such as the construction
of trunk roads.

The chief secretary, Mr. Simon

“Nyachae, has since last year argued that

decentralising the planning and
implementation of projects would benefit
people in the rural areas. He also said in a
recent Voice of Kenya television interview
that the new tender system would ensure
that small contractors and businessmen
in the districts benefit from projects in
their areas, with money allocated for
projects in a district circulating in the
area instead of going to contractors from
outside.

Nyachae has also argued ‘that many
projects have been delayed because some
contractors have been given more work
than they can handle and have failed to
meet their deadlines: The district tender
boards are expected to give tenders to as
‘many firms or individuals in the district
as they can and thus minimise delays in
project implementation.

Awarding tenders to different contrac-
tors in the districts may help to speed up
some projects but there are still some
tenders which will have to be awarded to
specialised companies, including for
example, the supply of science equipment
to schools which few businessmen in the
districts would be able to accomplish. But

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Nyachae wants to see each district get its
fair share of such equipment and the
government will keep a close check on the
distribution of such facilities.

The new tender system has increased
the powers of the district: development
committees, which are made up of
government officers and local leaders,
including politicians and church leaders.
Already some effects of the district focus
for development are being felt. Mr.
Odongo Omamo, the minister for
agriculture and livestock development,
has already had a taste of the increased
power of the Siaya District development
committee recently when it defied a
ruling by his ministry on the use of Yala
Swamp. Last August, the Siaya DDC
decided to allow a German firm and
private individuals to grow sorghum on
500 hectares of the reclaimed swampland,
in contravention of a ruling by the
ministry of agriculture that the reclaimed
land be used only for sugar cane produc-
tion. Members of the DDC who attended
the meeting included an assistant
minister for education, science and
technology, Mr. Peter Oloo Aringo, an
assistant minister for co-operative
development, Archbishop Oluoch
Ondiek, and Mr. Horace Owiti, the MP
for Gem. Omamo did not attend the
meeting. Last week, the Siaya DDC
decided that their decision would stand,
and they expressed disappointment at
Omamo’s remarks regarding it. They were
unhappy about the fact that Omamo had
criticised them at a public meeting in
Bondo during a membership drive for the
Kenya Grain Growers’ Cooperative
Union.

Observers wait to see how the govern-
ment deals with this problem and similar
ones that may arise as a result of giving
more pe ver to the districts. a

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SOUTH AFRICA

FIRED SASOL MEN STAGE DEMONSTRATION AT HEADQUARTERS

Johannesburg RAND DAILY MATL in English 22 Nov 84 p 9

[Article by Phillip Van Niekerk]

[Text]

cso:

ABOUT 100 former Sasol workers,
fired for participating in the recent
two-day stayaway bussed them-
selves in from Secunda yesterday
and demonstrated outside the com-
pany’s headquarters at Rosebank,

pe ohannes urg’s northern sub-
url :

A spokesman for the workers said
they had intended to inspect Sasol’s
share register, but had been held up

police en route, who searched

eir bus for half-an-hour, and had

arrived at 4.20pm, 10 minutes before
closing time.

Barred entrance to the building,
the workers stood outside holding

Macards saying: “We demand our
Jos back”, “A hungry man is an
angry man”, and “Our pension mon-
ey was used to deport us”.

White employees leaving the
buil sidled nervously past them
and police eyed the situation warily,
but after 15 minutes the workers re-
turned.to their bus peacefully.

The demonstration came as the
Chemical Workers’ Industrial Union
(CWIU) warned Sasol they would not
relieve the growing local and inter-
national pressure on the company
unless it resolved the issue of the
dismissals with the union.

Ih a clear change from their earli-
er policy of not re-employing any of
the 5 400 workers sac! ed after the
stayaway, Sasol announced this week
that they would take back some of
the workers under certain condi-
tions.

A statement, by Sasol’s public re-

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lations officer, Mr R Hugo, said
workers would be re-employed if
they could satisfy the company that
they were victims of intimidation
and incitement.

Worker leaders have interpreted
this shift in the company’s policy asa
sign that Sasol is having difficulty
finding replacement labour for the
workers fired from skilled and semi-
skilled posts.

_As recently as Monday the Rand
Daily Mail witnessed the company
turning back workers at the Qwa-
Qwa labour bureau who had re-ap-

lied for their jobs, while taking on
fundreds of new workers. :

Following the demonstration, Mr
Hugo refused to comment other than
to say the company had “taken note”
of it and that they would be re-em-
ploying workers on a “fair and equi-
table” basis.

He said the workers would be al-
lowed to see the share register, but
had arrived too late yesterday.

Yesterday, Mr Rod Crompton,

eneral secretary of the Chemical

orkers’ Industrial Union, said any
settlement of the Sasol 2 and 3 issue
had to be negotiated with the union
and should follow correct proce-
dures.

He also said that if the company
was considering intimidation as a
criterion for re-employment, all
union members should be re-em-
ployed as they were all subject to
massive intimidation — by the Army
and police.



ETHIOPIA

MORE AIRCRAFT, RELIEF AID ARRIVE
Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD in English 4 Nov 84 pp 1, 4

[Excerpt] Four helicopters and two airplanes, part of the donations from the
Soviet Union to help withstand the drought problem, have arrived here
yesterday.

The helicopters are capable of carrying 20 quintals while the planes can carry
120 to 140 quintals. The aircraft will render services in line with the di-
rectives of the Co-ordinating Committee of Transport and Distribution operat-
ing under the National Drought Elimination Committee.

Soviet comrades have also arrived here yesterday to participate in the efforts
being made to withstand the drought problem after being sent by the Communist
Party and Government of the Soviet Union.

The donations were recieved at Bole International Airport by Comrade Yusuf
Ahmed, member of the CC of WPE and Minister of Transport and Communications
and Deputy Chairman of the Co-ordinating Committee on Transport and
Distribution.

Present at the handing over ceremony of the aircraft were Comrade Habtemariam
Ayenachew, Deputy Commissioner for Relief and Rehabilitation, Comrade Oleg Bo-
charov, Counsellor of the USSR Embassy in Ethiopia and other staff members of
the embassy.

In a similar development, the government of the Hungarian People's Republic
also donated 27 tons of different food items for compatriots affected by

drought.

The donation was handed over to Comrade Habte Mariam Ayenachew, by Comrade F.
Vadaj, head of African Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of the Hungarian People's Republic.

Speaking at the handing over ceremony, the Hungarian official expressed joy
over being honoured to bring to Revolutionary Ethiopia the relief supplies

donated by the government of the People's Republic of Hungary. He said that
the donation which was airlifted by two planes consists of various kinds of

food.

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ANGOLA

ECONOMIC, OIL INDUSTRY, FOREIGN TRADE SITUATIONS ANALYZED
Lisbon AFRICA JORNAL in Portuguese 14 Nov 84 p 7

[Summary of an address ("Development and Prospects") delivered at the ISCTE
on 8 November 1984 by Mario Murteira, as a part of the Third Angolan Cultural
Week organized by the CIDAC]

[Text] According to the limited statistics and estimates available, the
Angolan economy reached its lowest point after the winning of independence in
1976, when domestic production dropped to 53 percent of the 1973 level. Some
recovery had been achieved by 1980, reaching perhaps the 60 percent level,
also as compared to the production reported in 1973. More recently, general-
ly speaking, there have been two developments in opposite directions. One is
the accelerated expansion of the oil sector, and the other the stagnation or
decline for the rest of the economy, above all as a result of the combined
aggressive actions of South Africa and the UNITA [National Union for the
Total Independence of Angola], under the conditions known to all. As to oil,
a few simple comments will suggest the scope of the expansion in progress.

At the beginning of this year, production totaled 200,000 barrels per day, up
18 percent from 1977, and up more than 50 percent from the 1981-82 period,
when production dropped sharply. It is expected that production will reach
250,000 barrels per day in 1985, which will mean production of 50 percent
more than in 1977 and almost double the 1982 total. All of this is occurring
within the framework of a broad Angolan offshore prospecting program south of
Cabinda (prospecting is already intensive in this region), an area which has
been divided into 13 blocks of about 4,000 square kilometers each. These are
being successively allocated to various enterprises, and the area already
contains at least 22 oil and four natural gas fields.

Under these conditions, it is understandable that the "oil economy" is taking
on increasing absolute and relative weight in the RPA {Angolan People's Re-
public].

Oil products currently account for 90 percent of the exports.

In other sectors, however, recession is obvious. It is estimated that in
1982, agricultural production had reached only 59 percent of the total at the
beginning of the 1970s, and per capita food production 71 percent. Diamond
production in 1983 came to 43 percent of the 1974 total, and the quantity
exported (total goods) in 1981 was only one-third of the 1973 exports.



GHANA

COCOA FARMERS 'THWARTING' COCOBOD REHABILITATION EFFORTS
Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 23 Oct 84 pp 1, 5
[Article by Isaac Asante]

[Text] FIELD staff of the Cocoa Services Division (CSD) of the Ghana Cocoa
Board (COCOBOD) in the Eastern Region, have appealed to the government to make
it an offence for any cocoa farmer who destroys cocoa farms rehabilitated
either by them or any other voluntary groups in any part of the country.

According to the personnel, such punishment would make those farmers to see
the government's wisdom in the general improvement of the cocoa rehabilitation
programme. -

Briefing the 'Graphic' on the state of some of the rehabilitated cocoa farms
at Nkurakan near Koforidua yesterday, the field workers expressed their utter
dismay at deliberate attempts by some cocoa farmers to destroy their ‘rehabili-
tated farms by felling trees on them.

According to the field workers, some of the rehabilitated farms were turned
into tomatoes farms shortly afterwards.

The CDS field staff complained that in spite of efforts they were putting in
to revive the country's cocoa industry, some of the farmers were rather
thwarting their efforts.

They claimed that even though the National Mobilisation Programme (MNP) has
mounted an intensive enducational campaign on the need for the farmers to re-
habilitate their cocoa farms, some farmers at Nkurakan look at’ the govern-
ment's programme from a different point of view.

The workers therefore appealed to the government to make it obligatory for all
cocoa farmers in the country to replant their burnt cocoa farms because its
success would neither go to only the PNDC volunteers who helped to revive the
industry but the farmers themselves.

The CSD personnel cited an instance where nursed cocoa plants planted in some
of the farms in the area were destroyed by a farmer to give way for the
planting of tomatoes.

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Mozambique--In 1980, 700 military personnel arrived including specialists
in engineering, plus 1,400 civilians. As of now, the Cubans have done
nothing in terms of neutralizing the growing military success of RENAMO
(Mozambican National Resistance/ in most of the territory of Mozambique.
Nigeria--180 military advisors.

Sao Tome and Principe--More than 600 military advisors,

Sierra Leone--400 military.

Tanzania=-100 military instructors.

Uganda--250 military advisors,

Zambia--200 military instructors.

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to refresh the knowledge of the participants and to provide deeper ideological
understanding which would help staff social science institutes with Marxist—
oriented personnel. He stressed the importance of conditions favourable for
wider knowledge and further study and research.

Comrade Lemma pointed out that the course is not an end in itself but a means
to an end and said that the participants should thus strive for further knowl-
edge so as to arm themselves with Maxist-Leninist theory.

Comrade Lemma said that the course, particularly as it touches on party lead-
ership and relationship, would significantly benefit the primary organizations
which he said are the planks of the vanguard party. .

Comrade Demissie Haile, Head of Ideological Affairs of Addis Ababa WPE .Commit-
tee, said earlier that the course helps professionals to have a proper under-

standing of Marxism-Leninism so as to actively participate in the-works‘of the
party and its programmes.

CSO: 3400/293

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ANGOLA

PEOPLE'S VIGILANTE BRIGADE ACTIVITIES IN MALANJE
Luanda JORNAL DE ANGOLA in Portuguese 28 Oct 84 p 1

[Text] Seven counter-revolutionaries belonging to the UNITA puppet faction
were recently discovered by the People's Vigilante Brigades when they attempted
to infiltrate the villages, according to a report to ANGOP by Alberto Borges,
chief of the provincial sector in charge of the BPV's.

Alberto Borges also said that the’ people's vigilante brigades in the province
were intensifying their activities, and that they had detained over 30 persons
for illegal possession of firearms, explosives and drugs (marijuana).

Malanje Province already has 753 people's vigilante brigades.

Moreover, the chief of the BPV sector said that 19 other brigades in the
municipality of Mussende, Kwanza-Sul Province, are in full operation, under the
control of Malanje Province.

Alberto Borges added that a provincial commission to promote the people's
vigilante brigades is being set up.

Workings of the OMA

The Provincial Committee of the OMA (Organization of the Angolan Women)
recently held its sixth regular meeting to review its internal organization in
the province.

During the meeting, the participants unanimously approved the report on the
status of the activities developed by the provincial secretariat.

The meeting recommended to the municipal secretaries that they make an effort
to collect funds to remunerate the communes.

It further recommended that the department of social and legal affairs take

steps to penalize the municipal secretary of Massango for having abandoned the
municipality without sufficient grounds. ‘

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ANGOLA

FOOD DISTRIBUTION REINSTATED IN KWANZA-NORTE
Luanda JORNAL DE ANGOLA in Portuguese 25 Oct 84 p12

[Text] The problem of supplying Kwanza-Norte Province with foodstuffs and
industrial goods was solved during the second half of this year, after supplies
were cut off by EDIMBI and EDIMBA for about a year, according to a report to
ANGOP by EGROSMISTA's deputy director for Commercial Affairs, Jacob Lidia.

This same official added that the interruption of supplies of essential
commodities to the people in the region occurred because EGROSMISTA in
Kwanza-Norte had contracted a debt estimated at 353,286,720 kwanzas with the
main commercial office located in Luanda as a result of unpaid bills and poor
financial control at the local level.

EREMISTA in turns owes EGROMISTA 478,751,916 kwanzas.

Jacob Lidia said that thanks to the joint efforts of the central offices of the
MPLA-Labor Party, the business office, and the ministry to help the enterprise
financially, supplies to the region will be limited until next January and then
things will improve, especially in light of the measures recently adopted to
correct EGROSMISTA's problems.

Lidia indicated that the new directors are going to reorganize the enterprise's
five departments to this end. They decided on this course of action in
response to the workers' lack of responsibility, anarchy, failure to perform
jobs properly, and dishonest practices, such as falsifying receipts and forging
signatures of the enterprise's directors.

According to Jacob Lidia, there are workers who try to cheat the management by
signing any documents, using copies made chemically for the purpose.

"The departments have never operated according to the guidelines of the
Ministry of Home Trade, especially the commercial departments for foodstuff and
industrial goods, where more vigorous efforts need to be made to meet the
people's pressing needs," the deputy director of the enterprise pointed out.

“Irregularities noted are the result of ineffective control and carelessness on
the part of previous managers."

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Journalists Subpoenaed for Violation of Security Act
(Sandra Leberum; THE CITIZEN, 29 Nov 84) ..secesccesceeees

Stayaway Organizers Could Face Charges
(SOWETAN, 26 Nov 84) scceccccccccccccescecccccecssscceeees

Soweto Electrification Scheme To Be Completed in 1985
(SOWETAN, 26 Nov 84) cccccccccccncccvccccecccccvcsecscsoes

Report Says Red Tape, Restrictions Apply Only to Black Businessmen
(SOWETAN, 23 Nov 84) .ceeccecoesoeccccccccccececccccsences

Workers Reportedly Dismissed Due to Union Membership
(Joshua Raboroko3; SOWETAN, 23 Nov 84) cssseseceeececeeoees

Assocom Releases Statement on Detained Unionists
(SOWETAN, 23 Nov 84) ccccccccccccccccccccccseccssccccences

Mourners of Riot Victim Flee Police
(Mzikayise Edom; SOWETAN, 28 Nov 84) ..cecceseeceeceeecece

Racism Row at Modderfontein Plant
(Joshua Raboroko; SOWETAN, 28 Nov 84) ssscoocecccececeeces

Violence Flares in Leandra
(Nkopane Makobane; SOWETAN, 28 Nov 84) -..cssseseee

Over 3,000 Blacks Laid Off in November
(SOWETAN, 28 Nov 84) ccccccccccccsccccccence

Union Accuses American Company of Breaking Sullivan Code
(SOWETAN, 23 Nov 84) scccccces

AZAPO Complains of Police Harassment
(Len Maseko; SOWETAN, 23 Nov 84) scesceeseoesoce

AZAPO Member's Home Attacked
(SOWETAN, 23 Nov 84) .cccccceesece

Mabuza Blames New Constitution for Current Unrest
(Sello Rabothata; SOWETAN, 27 Nov 84) ..

Stayaway Slammed at AZAPO Meeting
(Len Maseko; SOWETAN, 27 Nov 84) cccccccccccoecccecccceves

Black Unions Appeal to British Miners Not to Emigrate
(SOWETAN, 29 Nov 84) sccccccccccsccceccccccsccsecceesceses

Briefs
Bus Fare Increases
Venda Opens R4,5-M Shopping Center
Ucasa Calls for Negotiations

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AZAPO COMPLAINS OF POLICE HARASSMENT

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 23 Nov 84 p 2

[Article by Len Maseko]

{Text}

cso:

THE Azanian People’s
Organisation has called
on its members and the
community to resist
being used to sabotage
and undermine the na-
tional liberation.

This all stems from
what the organisation
has termed a campaign
of harassment against its
members. The black
consciousness organisa-
tion claims that 13 of
its members had — in
the past 11 days —
either been raided in
their homes, detained
for a short spell, ques-
tioned about their politi-
cal activities or asked to
inform on their col-
leagues.

Meanwhile the Police
Directorate in Pretoria

said yesterday that it

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could not comment on
“routine investigations
which take place”.

The directorate said
in a telex: “The South
African Police do not
harass people. How-
ever, should any person
be of the opinion that
he/she has lawful cause
for complaint then such
person or persons
should make an affidavit
at their nearest police
station, where their alle-
gations will be investiga-
ted.”

The members alleged
to have been contacted
by the Security Police
are Messrs James
Chauke (Alexandra),
Victor Ndlovu (Alexan-
dra), Jabu Shabalala
(Alexandra), Herman
Viljoen (Alexandra),
Philip Sibeko (Alexan-
dra), France Pale (Tem-

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bisa), Phosa Kuwa Ma-
shelo (Lebowakgomo,
Pietersburg), Max Le-
dwaba (Seshego, Pie-
tersburg), Mangope Ra-
mothlolo (Seshego),
Windsor Meraba (Se-
shego), Thabo Mont-
jane (Seshego), Rachi
Rasethaba (Seshego)
and Matsapa Letsoalo
(Seshego).

Notably, according to
Azapo, the campaign
had intensified since the
organisation’s national
congress held in Port
Elizabeth recently.

Azapo saidina
statement yesterday:
“We urge all our mem-

-bers and the community

at large to resist from
being made use of to
sabotage and undermine
our national liberation
struggle.””

SOUTH AFRICA



MOZAMBIQUE

CHIBABAVA ADMINISTRATOR DISCUSSES SECURITY SITUATION
Beira DIARIO DE MOCAMBIQUE in Portuguese 19 Oct 84 pp 8-9

[Text/ Chibabava: Soon after the first rays of the sun
Come up, one can observe an exuberant movement of people
going back and forth on roads and trails. They are
children whose faces show joy and happiness; they are
young people, men and women, who, with books, hoes,

bush knives, and other production tools head for the
schools, plantations, and other activity areas with

long and firm strides; they are the senior citizens who,
stooping in various positions, carry out many different
activities in keeping with their age. Peace and calm
prevail in Chibabava as part of a vast military offensive
launched in the region against the armed bandits. These
are the fruits of the iron determination of the armed
forces which, in close collaboration with the local popu-
lation, are striking heavy blows at the bandits in the
military field.

Today, Chibabava has a new face. No more sounds of firing from all kinds
of weapons, no more kidnapping, raping, massacres, and other atrocities
committed by the bandits in the past.

According to Mateus Roesai Sande, Chibabava District FRELIMO Party
first secretary and administrator, "the current military situation in
the region is completely under our. control. Only a few centers of
armed bandits are left and we are going to wipe them out one after the
other. The bandits no longer have any camps in this district, They are
in despair and they are being broken up."

According to this official, "all of these victories are the result of
the offensive launched by our armed forces who are operating in close
conjunction with the people.”

And he added: "Through this offensive, we are restoring access to the
towns of Muchungue and Tronga. Convoys can already move around freely.
Trucks are already being driven on the National Highway without any
trouble."

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economy, it would make possible the greater development of the municipality
and a consequent increase in the national labor force.

Health and Education

Like what is happening almost everywhere in our national territory, Maquela
too is experiencing a great educational explosion on the first and second
basic levels, since the third is not offered in the municipality.

This being the case, it also needs more teachers and permanent school build-
ings. However, the material is already available, but instead of being used
for the building of new schools, it will go to repair those already in exis-
tence.

As to advancement, our interlocutor said that the percentage is very low,
mainly on the second educational level, both because of the language problem
(when the children leave school, they only speak Lingala), but also due to
lack of industry on the part of the students themselves and also the inade-
quate contribution of those responsible for education. But the greatest
obstacle is language as such, because the students make little effort to
learn Portuguese.

The health sector suffers from fewer problems than education: There is a
shortage of beds, technicians and a slight shortage of medicines. The most
frequent epidemics involve sleeping sickness, diarrhea, leprosy and malaria.

Tuberculosis is another major problem, and is most often found in individuals
who have recently returned, because of the malnutrition from which they have
suffered in Zaire.

At the conclusion of the interview, Commissioner Alfonso Bambi expressed
regret that his municipality is rather neglected in terms of national sup~
plies of goods of first necessity, when it should have priority, although no
extra privilege, since it is a municipality on a frontier with a republic
which has a philosophy different from ours.

As such, it should be reasonably well-supplied, among other things as a form
of providing a comparison between the two systems. °

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The investment policy issue has to do with the subject of the planning
system, mentioned before. There can be no investment “policy" without
central coordination of decisions, i.e., planning. No plan worthy of the
name can fail to include an investment policy. When the domestic saving
capacity is limited and foreign financing is indispensable, it is easy to
fall into the hands of the financial bodies and/or the sellers of equipment,
if there is not a clear and consistent national policy determination with
regard to investment criteria. There would be no point in giving examples of
highly dubious investment decisions, from the point of view of national
economic interest, either in Angola or in the other countries on the African
continent where Portuguese is the official language. But I cannot resist one
question: why such haste in deciding now on as ambitious a macroproject as
the Capanda dam, in Cuanza, given the present critical conditions in the
Angolan economy?

Foreign Economic Policy

The subject I have called "foreign economic policy" is perhaps the most
complex and delicate of all. Basically, it is a question of choosing the
foreign relations of the economy, insofar as the national political regime
has actual freedom of choice. In the case of the RPA, schematically, it is a
question of weighing or combining,with what consistency is possible, various
directions for relations:

1. South-South, within the framework of the SADCC, involving cooperation
among the Portuguese~speaking countries in Africa and even cooperation with a
Portugal with an autonomous foreign policy, that is to say one which is not
simply the tool of the developed capitalist countries in Europe and/or
America;

2. South-North, with the United States, dominant today in Angola's foreign
trade, and the EEC countries, within the framework of the new Lome Convention
being negotiated, and which will probably be signed by Angola and Mozambique,
along with the other three former Portuguese colonies; and

3. With the self-designated "world socialist system," according to its spe-
cific principles and modalities of economic cooperation.

Recent world economic development, as well as the experience of the African
countries in which Portuguese is the official language themselves, indicates
the difficulties in directions 1 and 3, although some of them are likely to
be consolidated, perfected and developed in the long run. In the short run,
I believe that the South-North direction will predominate heavily, with all
the risks inherent in it, but also with all the known potential.

In my view, the political and economic future of the RPA, after the urgently
needed overcoming of the present crisis in state security, with domestic and
foreign aggression, will be essentially dependent on the domestic macro-
economic and macrosocial adjustment I referred to previously, as well as the
shape or form of the foreign relations of our economy in the South-North
direction.

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ETHIOPIA

USSR TO HELP TRANSPORT RELIEF ASSISTANCE
Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD in English 31 Oct 84 pp 1, 5

[Text] Comrade President Konstantin Chernenko of the Soviet Union has in-
formed Comrade Mengistu Haile-Mariam that the USSR is to send quickly 300 ve-
hicles, 12 transport aircraft and 24 helicopters with their necessary supports
to help transport drought relief assistance in Ethiopia.

In a message to Comrade Mengistu Haile-Mariam, General Secretary of the CC of
WPE, Chairman of the PMAC and Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Armed
Forces, Comrade Chernenko said: “The CC of the CPSU and the Soviet Government
share your concern in connection with the consequences of the drought which
has affected Ethiopia."

The General Secretary of the CC of CPSU and President of the Presidium of the
USSR Supreme Soviet said in his message to Comrade Mengistu that the Party and
Government of the Soviet Union decided to provide the assistance "being guided
by the principles of international solidarity, being prompted by striving to
render assistance to the friendly Ethiopian people, on shoulders of which such
a terrible ordeal has fallen, and in accordance with the treaty of friendship
and co-operation between the Soviet Union and Socialist Ethiopia.

"We hope that this Soviet assistance will become a considerable help in your
efforts to eliminate the consequences of the drought. We express full confi-
dence that the Workers Party of Ethiopia, the government and people of your
country will cope with the existing difficulties in the nearest future."

Meanwhile, the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC) yesterday received
considerable relief aid from the Soviet Union to help solve the problem cre-

ated by the drought.

The Soviet Union had earlier promised to donate 100,000 quintals of rice, ten
water tank carrier vehicles, two water well drilling equipment with their in-
struments and experts, when the RRC made its international appeal.

The present donation includes 100,000 quintals of rice and one water well
drilling equipment. The remaining relief aid are on their way to Ethiopia.

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GENCOR:

MINERS COMPLAINTS NOT JUSTIFIED

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 13 Nov 84 p 8

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GENCOR is taking com-
plaints from — British
miners in South Africa,
concerning salaries and
living conditions, with a
pinch of salt.

Mining families in
Evander have voiced
their dissatisfaction over
salaries and homes they
were given, as well as
with the distance between
Johannesburg and Evand-
er (11 km) and Evander
and Springs (70 km).

Mr Naas Steenkamp,
director (manpower) of
the Gencor mining group,
said he was taking these
complaints with a pinch of
salt.

He feels that miners re-
cruited for work in South
Africa were adequately
informed about _ living
conditions in SA, salaries
and the rate of exchange.

They were issued with
brochures which gave
full details, Mr Steen-
kamp said. He admits
however, that with any
brochures things could
look better in the pictures
than they do in real life.

But prospective mine-
rs, he said, were not left
with a brochures alone. A
recruiting team consisting
of a technical man, a
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advise them on working
conditions) and a British
immigrant worker to
South Africa (who can re-
late to their aspirations
and their needs, spoke to
the potential immigrant.

“We do our best to
familiarise them with
what they can expect in
South Africa. But we
have found in practice
that it is very difficult to
adapt to life in a strange
country. I have personal
experience of the misery
of adaptation during the
first six months in a coun-
try,” Mr Steekamp said.

“When people are
faced with problems in
adaptation, they tend to
blame it on the externals,
like long distances, the
salaries and the houses.

“In situations like this,
individuals tend to see
things out of context and
to make the problem big-
er than it is,” he said.

Out of 400 workers em-
ployed by Gencor, only
55 left, and about 50 per-
cent of these were either
transferred within the
group, or found employ-
ment elsewehere in South
Africa. There was, there-
fore, only a small percent-
age of miners who re-
tumed to Britain, Mr
Steenkamp explained.

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SASOL MAY RE-EMPLOY SOME FIRED WORKERS

Johannesburg THE STAR in English 21 Nov 84 p 4M

[Article by Carolyn Dempster]

[Text] Sasol yesterday an-
nounced it would consid-
er applications for re-em-
ployment by the 5 400 Se-
cunda workers dismissed
earlier this month after
participating in the two-
day regional stayaway.

A spokesman for the
oil-from-coal corporation
said the re-employment
of the dismissed workers
would be subject to cer-
tain conditions, but mem-
bership of a union would
not have any relevance in
the matter.

“It has been decided
that these applications
will be sympathetically
considered together with
other applications, pro-
vided such ex-employees
can satisfy Sasol that
they were not guilty of
intimidation or incite-
ment to participate in the
stay-away and that they
were victims of such in-
timidation or incite-
“ment,” he said.

“Appointments will be
based on merit. Factors
such as reliability, loyal-
‘ty, competence and other
attributes which normal-
ly play a part in the se-
lection of staff will ob-
viously be taken into ac-
count.

“Whether or not an ap-
plicant belongs to a trade
union will not have any
relevance in considering
his suitability for ap-

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pointment.”

Altogether more than
1000 new workers have
been recruited for the
Sasol 2 and 3 plants and
both plants have been
operating normally and
at full production since
the stay-away on Novem-
ber 5.

“After 15 days of con-
tinuous operation, noth-
ing has happened to
change Sasol’s view that
they can continue to op-
erate at full production
— albeit with extraordi-
nary efforts.”

Sasol has denied
claims by the Chemical
Workers’ Industrial
Union that the army is

- being used to fulfil func-

tions at the two plants
normally carried out by
Sasol security staff.

There is still a hand-
ful of the dismissed erh-
ployees in the Sasol hos-
tel accommodation in
eMbalenhle township,
and about half of the 250
Sasol houses are occupied
by the ex-employees.

The CWIU has notified
the International Federa-
tion of Chemical and
General Workers’ Unions
in Geneva of the sack-
ings, and the IFCU has
undertaken to mount pro-
test action overseas over
the Sasol dismissals.

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ANGOLA

SOVIET ENVOYS SPEAK AT CEREMONY, REAFFIRM SUPPORT
Luanda JORNAL DE ANGOLA in Portuguese 8 Nov 84 pp 1, 12

[Text] Yesterday, the progressive world celebrated the 67th anniversary of the
victory of the Great October Socialist Revolution in Russia, which paved the
way for a more decisive era of transition from capitalism to socialism, and
undermined the Machiavellian: positions of the imperialists attempting to
keep considerable, strategic portions of the globe under their governmental
control by force of arms.

In our country, the date was marked by fitting political and cultural demonstra-
tions, scheduled a week before 7 November as "Soviet Union Days in Angola,"
which culminated in the various provincial capitals with the holding of main
ceremonies in the provinces in which Angolan leaders from the party and the
state, Soviet internationalists, Cubans, members of the party youth, OMA
[Organization of Angolan Women], UNTA [National Union of Workers of Angola],
OPA [Organization of Angolan Pioneers] and others took part.

As the nation's capital, Luanda obviously received the most significant comme—
morative activities, including Soviet film week, which took place at the Karl
Marx cinema.

On the night before 7 November, at the same cinema, the high point of the
celebrations occurred. It was the main ceremony on the national level, gather—
ing hundreds of internationalists from Lenin's fatherland, Cubans, members of
the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and of the
MPLA/Labor Party, the diplomatic corps accredited to Angola, FAPLA combatants
and.other guests. :

It was a politico-cultural event, with the political portion taken up by the
speeches by the Soviet Union's ambassador, Arnold Kalinini; the chief of the
CPSU delegation at the ninth anniversary commemorations of Angolan independence,
Telman Orudjev; and the secretary of the Central Committee of the MPLA/Labor
Party for foreign relations, Afonso Van-Dunen, "M'Binda."

In his address, the Soviet diplomat gave a history of the Great October Social-
ist Revolution, as well as of the significant changes that this victory of
the proletariat brought about in the entire system of international relations,



COMMISSIONER WARNS AGAINST FORMATION OF PRIVATE

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 29 Nov 84 p 12

[Text]

cso:

THE SA Police will not
tolerate the formation of
“private armies”, no
matter what guise they
appear in or what noble
purpose they serve, the
senior Deputy Commis-
sioner of Police warned
yesterday.

‘An address by Major-
General H J P van Zyl
was given by Brigadier
H C Muller, Divisional
Inspector, Witwaters-
rand, at a conference on
security in industry held
at the Chamdor Train-
ing Centre, Krugers-
dorp.

The General was
called to duty in the “ru-
mourt war”, the organis-
ers said.

Brig Muller said some

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security firms, in efforts
to attract better quality
staff, promised careers
full of action and excite-
ment. “Pictures of tough
guys armed to the teeth
in the likes of the noto-
rious ‘A Team’ are pro-
jected.

Assault

“They even see them-
selves as assault groups
who will not only ward
off attacks by terrorists,
but who will hunt terror-
ists and in turn. attack
them.

“This I want to warn
against very seriousty.”
People who trained per-
sonnet to such heights

that they regarded -

themselves as an attack

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ARMIES

force should know that
such a force could only
be used at the order of
the police, in which case
they would be under di-
rect police control.

Groups which became
frustrated due to lack of
action, and which ex-
ceeded the limits of pro-
tection services, were
just as dangerous as
poor security services.

The police welcomed
assistance from well-
trained security staff,
who should not only be
able to ‘identify threats
in time, but also deter-
mine what was to be
done, by what means
and with the right de-
gree of force.

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SOUTH AFRICA

REPORT SAYS RED TAPE, RESTRICTIONS APPLY ONLY TO BLACK BUSINESSMEN

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 23 Nov 84 p 16

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THE black man is usually the first to be laid off
should a company deem it necessary to retrench staff
or curtail productivity, according to Dr Nthato Mot-
lana, director of Get Ahead Limited, a predomi-
nantly black business company.

In his report, as chairman of the board of direc-
tors, Dr Motlana said “the increase in unemployed
persons coupled with the overcrowding in the town-
ships and the current difficulties in the field of ed-
ucation make for a bleak economic outlook”. '.

Get Ahead Ltd, Dr Motlana said, sought to pro-
mote the establishment of black businesses and to
act as a two-way medium between its clients, rele-
vant blacks and its shareholders and white com-
merce and industry. He also lauded a number of
companies who did their best to assist blacks.

Dr Motlana, however, was perturbed by the

emerging black entrepreneur whose aspiratiorfs, he
* added were rejected by the prohibitions which bar-
‘sed him from trading in the city central business

districts or in established industrial areas.
“The loss which prevents him from the freehold
title to property, denies him opportunity of provid-

ting adequate or excepted security to the lending in-

stitutions. Thus the free enterprise system operating
at present in South Africa gives little hope of en-
couragement to the potential black businessman”,
the director said.

Dr Motlana also added that their objectives of
establishing black businesses and acting as a medium
between blacks and the established white economic
structure had been met with obstacles. “Often these
appear in the form of red tape or restrictions which

apply only to the black population”, Dr Motlana
id

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FLOATING ROOF DAM--A 60-megalite earthen embankment reservoir with a floating
roof--the biggest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere--has been constructed
for the Witbank Town Council by Floataroof. The project is a new concept in
water storage and has considerable cost and time-saving advantages over the
conventional concrete reservoir. The reservoir will be officially opened by
the Mayor of Witbank, Mr P WP Cornelius, on Wednesday, December 5. [Text]
[Johannesburg RAND DAILY MAIL in English 23 Nov 84 p 15]

SADF RAIDS THOKOZA--MEMBERS of the South African Defence Force, travelling in
armoured vehicles, raided homes and premises in the township of Thokoza, near
Alberton, yesterday. Residents said troops were first noticed at about 7am as
they began their operation, and that the sections they entered included Phen-
duka, Tabantsimbi, Everest and Thokoza. Some residents told the Rand Daily
Mail the soldiers went into their homes, looked around and then left without
saying a word. They also entered yards, looked at cars and motorbikes and
asked whose they were, the residents explained. The main reaction of the
local population was described as one of curiosity and surprise. A spokesman
for the public relations division of the South African Police said yesterday
police were no longer commenting on the day-to-day activities of the army in
the townships. "If the army is there it will be to assist the police in a
supportive role, like they have done elsewhere recently," the spokesman said.
[Text] [Johannesburg RAND DAILY MAIL in English 23 Nov 84 p 2]

HOMES FOR INDIAN MP'S--BELLANDIA Homes was the lowest tenderer on, and has
been awarded the contract to construct eight large houses for Indian Ministers
in the newly-elected House of Delegates. The houses are being built at Peli-
can Park on the east banks of Zeekoevlei, and have to be ready before the
start of the new builders' year in January 1985. Work has already begun and
is proceeding fast. A number of carefully selected contractors were invited
by the Department of Community Development to tender on the houses. To quali-
fy for inclusion on the tender list prospective contracters had to satisfy the
Department that they were capable of completing all eight 350 square metre
homes in just four months. "The houses are in keeping with the stature of the
intended occupants and are of the same standard as those which were built in
Newlands for the Ministers of the White cabinet," said a Bellandia spokesman.
The site is part of a designated Indian suburb. All the houses will have
direct access to Zeekoevlei and magnificent mountain views. [Text] [Durban
THE GRAPHIC in English 2 Nov 84 p 3]

SECTION 29 SLAMMED--THE parents of the detained student leader, Ms Kate
Philip, say they have twice been refused permission to see their daughter,
held under Section 29 of the Internal Security Act. Ms Philip, the president
of the National Union of South African Students, was detained on Wednesday
last week. "It is to this country's shame that the Internal Security Act is
outside and above the rule of law," he father, Mr David Philip, said. De-
tained on the same day were: Mr Piroshay Camay of the Council of Unions of
South Africa, Mr Guy Berger of the Media and Research Services, Mr John Camp-
bell of the Screen Training Project, and Mr J Dlalisa of the Transport and
General Workers’ Union. [Text] [Johannesburg RAND DAILY MAIL in English

23 Nov 84 p 5]

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MOZAMBIQUE

SEVERAL COUNTRIES INTERESTED IN WOOD PANEL EXPORTS
Beira DIARIO DE MOCAMBIQUE in Portuguese 18 Oct 84 pp 8-9

[Rext/ Businessmen from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Sweden,
and Brazil, as well as those from this country have high
regard for the wood composition boards made in
Mozambique, Antonio Dengo, IFLOMA /expansion unknown/
commercial department head, told DIARIO DE MOCAMBIQUE.
This source noted that Mozambique has already been con-
tacted by Kuwait regarding the signing of a contract
that would guarantee the supply of these panels, far
beyond the coverage given by enterprises to the domestic
market at this time.

“Later, after we have a security guarantee for domestic sales, we will con-
cern ourselves with negotiating with foreign countries," DM /DIARIO DE
MOCAMBIQUE/ was told by Antonio Dengo who added that “IFLOMA at this time
is studying the product price charge to be worked out on the basis of the
quality of the wood, the dimensions, and the finish."

At this time, lumber and particle boards are being sold to the provinces
of Manica, Sofala, and Maputo; it is expected that shipments will soon be
made to Tete and that an agency will be opened which will be concerned
with distributing the product.

“Qur product distribution system is handled through contracts with the
interested consumer or through district, province, state, or private
middlemen," the IFLOMA commercial department head explained to us. Then
he added:

“The number of contracts is not as large as it might seem but we are moving
toward that objective and right now there is a tendency toward an increase
in the volume of requests."

Priority in sales during this phase goes to the big industrial establish-
ments scattered throughout the country; this does not mean that small
consumers or carpentry shops and other establishments are not entitled
to purchase wood.

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to live with their weapons ready at hand, have already resumed their
activities in the various towns and new centers of life and production
are springing up. We note a special characteristic in these teachers.
All of them have already been trained, This is why they are alWays
ready to cope with any situation. The bandits no longer approach them
because they know that they will get the proper tesponse.”

But not everything is rosy in this field. According to Mario Nassone,
"we still have many difficulties concerning the programs and the tests,
as well as textbooks and guidebooks for the teachers. We have resorted
to local initiatives to correct that situation, The teachers themselves
are working out the programs and preparing the tests."

He also mentioned the problem of teacher salaries. According to him,

“we have not had any salaries paid out here for six months. But we
never stopped teaching classes."

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ANGOLA

CAPTURED UNITA MEMBER CONFESSES ACTIVITIES
Luanda JORNAL DE ANGOLA in Portuguese 11 Nov 84 p 3

[Text] Lubango--Yesterday, the Military Court of the Fifth Region sentenced
fellow countryman Domingos Mateus to a single term of 16. years in.a major
prison for proven crimes of treason to the fatherland, while in the pay of
the puppet faction UNITA. The trial session lasted 2 days.

Domingos Mateus, aged 22, and a native. of Sangueve-Huila, shad been a member of
UNITA since 1979, having taken military training at the Canjivale base in the
so-called Zone 19, specializing in the installation of mines.

During the course of the trial, the accused confirmed to the court that-he had
taken part in installing mines on the roads which connect the settlements of
Chipindo, Sangueve and Chicuandi, causing the destruction of two vehicles that
were carrying foodstuffs to the population of those areas. |

During this entire period of subversive activity, Domingos Mateus also parti-
cipated in attacks on the localities of Sangueve and Chicuandi, where he
sabotaged the people's possessions, in addition to abducting individuals and
taking them to the jungle.

The sentence was handed down by the first judge, Lt Joao Lenda, who directed |
all the trial sessions, in the presence. of the prosecutor's representative, i
2nd Lt Fernando Leite and the defense attorney, Abel N’ Djamba.

The same military judicial authority will convene again next Monday, to try

the fellow countryman Domingos Kameque,.also accused of crimes against state
security.

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SOUTH AFRICA

JOURNALISTS SUBPOENAED FOR VIOLATION OF SECURITY ACT

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 29 Nov 84 p 9

{Article by Sandra Leberum]

[Text ] THE fourth Johannes- Permission was granted to refuse”.
burg journalist sum- to the Editor of the Sun- Rand Daily Mail jour-
monsed to court this day Express, Mr Kenneth nalists, Mr A Harber and
week under Section Owen, to remain in the Miss J Minnie, who ap-
par courtroom. peared briefly in court
205 of the Criminal ‘After about 40 minutes Tact week also under Sec-
Procedures Act, Mr the court was adjourned tion 205 of Act 51 of 1977,
Graham Watts, of the and Mr Watts was allow- are due to appear in court
Sunday Express, was ed to leave. again tomorrow for ques-
questioned in the Jo- Under this Section of tioning.
hannesburg Magis- the Act persons who re- This appearance also
trate’s Court yesterday fuse to answer questions Telates toa published re-
in conjunction with face a jail sentence. port written during the
police — investigations ‘When asked by The stayaway and which refer-
into an alleged con- Citizen, Mr Owen con- red to Mr Mali.
travention of the Se- firmed to journalists pres- Mr G van Staden who
ave! ent that a report publish- was originally subpoe-
curity Act. ' ed on November 11 ap- naed under Section 205
‘or this reason, the peared to have given rise appears on December 3
magistrate, Mr D Dafel, to the subpoena. now under another sec-
gone eges thee en, oe
» . cerne ir Thami Mali, He was due to appear
Wyk, for the public and leader of the Transvaal for questioning on Wed.
Pres wbceeed tomy Rea Siyeny Com ay, tt ie ater
. ire also not al- mittee who is presently in was not proceeded with.
the Press were also n detention. Later that day he was re-
lowed sight of the related ‘Mr Watts had not been subpoenaed.
documentation. that eager to answer ques- Nine journalists, in-
“These proceedings ac- tions, Mr Owen seid, but cluding a Cape Town edi-
tually form part of the ‘the questions tor, have been subpoc-
lice investigations,” Mr bea a naed during the past 10
Pn Wk told the court since “I could see no legal days to appear in various
y . or ethical grounds for him courts under this section.
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ANGOLA

COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENT OF MAQUELA MUNICIPALITY
Luanda JORNAL DE ANGOLA in Portuguese 6 Nov 84 p 3

[Article by Orlando Bento: "Development of Municipality Requires Change in
Thinking" ]

[Text] The essence of certain specific problems which are making the munic-
ipality of Maquela do Zombo, in Uije Province, a center of various trade
activities, its agricultural development and its economic and social situa-
tion were the subjects of a short interview granted to this journal by Alfonso
Bambi, the party coordinator and municipal commissioner. Of the four com-
munes making up the municipality, which are Quibocolo, Cuilo Futa, Beu and
Sacandica, only the last three are agricultural. As a result, the people in
the municipal seat are mainly consumers of what is produced in the other com-
munes. According to this official, in the commune of Quibocolo and the areas
around the municipality, very limited farming is done, and the few individ-
uals so engaged produce no more than what they need for their subsistence.

As is the case in many parts of Angola, cassava, ginguba and and sesame seed
are the main crops cultivated, along with coffee, on a small scale, and other
so-called "poor" crops. According to the new farm development plan for the
municipality, the municipal commissioner said, this activity will be increased
in the provincial seat and made more dynamic in the other producing communes,
although everything depends on the availability of material resources for
farming, and to a certain extent, on certain technicians to supplement the
initiative and good will of the peasants.

In this way, Alfonso Bambi said, ideological work to sensitize the masses
will be undertaken, as a way of leading them to understand the importance of
agriculture, not only for their self-sufficiency, but also for the economic
development of the country.

Alfonso Bambi added that this ideological work is necessary because it is not
easy to persuade a population with long trade traditions and even a certain
aptitude, as is the case with Maquela, to abandon trade pure and simple in
order to engage in agriculture, where, naturally, the sacrifice is greater.

It is public knowledge that the majority of our compatriots living in Maquela
do Zombo have returned from the neighboring republic of Zaire, where the
practice of trade stands above all other activities, and our compatriots who
sought refuge there were not immune to the effects of this scourge which
seriously threatens agriculture.

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GHANA

BRIEFS

NETHERLANDS 11-MILLION LOAN-=THE Netherlands has given Ghana an 11 million-
dollar loan to speed up the economic recovery programme. This is in addition
to a three million-dollar aid given in support of the national emergency food
aid programme. [Excerpt] [Accra GHANALAN TIMES in English 15 Nov 84 p 1]

EEC LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT GRANT--THE European Economic Community (EEC) has
granted 3.2 million ECU to Ghana for the development of the Aveyime livestock
project in the Volta Region. Mr Bruno Nec, acting delegate of the Community
in Ghana, who announced this in Accra at the week-end, said the EEC considered
the project as a viable one which must be encouraged to expand. Speaking when
he led a five-man team of the EEC mission in Ghana to the project site, Mr
Bruno said the planned duration of the Project was four years and was sched-
uled to end in December 1986. According to him, specialists would soon be
appointed to evaluate the whole project before further assistance was consid-
ered. Mr Bruno noted that the evaluation was to improve the project and said
he was optimistic that "there is a Possibility of expanding it". The project
co-ordinator, Dr. Giovani Valensa, who conducted the visitors round, said the
cedi component of the project was nine million last year, but had risen to ¢15
million this year. Dr. Valensa Pointed out that the project, at the moment,
had 1,200 cattle expected to be increased to 2,000 by 1986. He said dams for
the project were to be rehabilitated for use by the cattle and that a treat-
ment centre had been built by private cattle owners. [Text] [Accra GHANATAN
TIMES in English 12 Nov 84 p 8]

SPANISH DRUGS, VEHICLE DONATIONS--The Spanish Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Jose M.
Sierra Nava, yesterday presented a Land Rover and assorted drugs valued at
20,000 U.S. Dollars on behalf of the Spanish Government to the Sefwi-Asafo
Hospital at a ceremony in Accra. Mr Sierra Nava said his Embassy had presen-
ted similar items to the St John's Hospital in Koforidua, the Catholic Hospi-
tals at Assin Fosu and Breman-Asikuma, all of which are run by Spanish mis-
sionaries and nuns. He said it is the tradition of his Embassy to make such
presentations to the hospitals since they run them and as a result know their
needs. [Excerpt] [Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 10 Nov 84 p 8]

CANADA TO APPROVE NORRIP--THE Canadian Government will at the end of this year

approve the implementation scheme of the Northern Region Rural Integrated Pro-
gramme (NORRIP) which takes off early next year. Projects to be executed
under the programme for which feasibility studies and plans have been

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retary of the SAMDC saying there ap-

pearéd to be a case of improper and dis-

frecetul conduct of Drs Lang, Tucker and
irsch, said Mr De Villiers.

Mr De Villiers said it was extraordinar-
ily strange that the SAMDC, even after
complaints lodged by the former Ombuds-
man of the SA Council of Churches, Mr
Eugene Roelofse, and a group of doctors,
that the SAMDC said there was no action
contemplated against the two district sur-
geons,

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ETHIOPIA

REYA ELECTED TO WORLD YOUTH FESTIVAL COMMISSION
Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD in English 7 Nov 84 p 5

[Text] MOSCOW (ENA)--The Revolutionary Ethiopia Youth Association (REYA) has
been elected member of the permanent commission for the forthcoming 12 world
festival of youth and students along with 42 other national regional and
international youth and student organizations.

The result of the election was disclosed at the end of the four-day session of
the 3rd meeting of the International Preparatory Committee (IPC) for the 12th
world festival of youth and students which unanimously adopted a communique
and an appeal for intensifying the participation of the youth in the interna-
tional effort to make the forthcoming festival due to be held next summer in
Moscow a success.

The communique took note of the important role the youth play in struggle for
peace, international understanding, disarmament and strengthening the anti-
imperialist solidarity with peoples struggle for their national independence,
freedom, democracy and self-determination.

The appeal which pointed out the creation of an international solidarity fund
called upon all national preparatory committees, youth and students’ organiza-
tions and individuals who share the main ideas of the festival to render
material support regarding their possibilities in order to ensure broad and
representative participation of the youth of the whole world in the Moscow
festival.

Earlier, addressing the opening session fo the 3rd International Preparatory
Committee which was attended by 174 National Preparatory Committees (NPC),
national, regional and international youth and students' organizations from
117 countries as well as a number of observers, Comrade B. N. Ponomaryov,
Alternate member of the CC of CPSU Political Bureau and Secretary.

Comrade Ponomaryov said that the Moscow festival will help to raise the role
of youth and students movement, to increase the contribution made by young
people to fight for peace on this planet, to build the future society, the de-
velopment of the economies and cultures of peoples.

Comrade Herouy Amanuel, leader of the Ethiopian youth delegation addressed the
meeting outlining the efforts undertaken by REYA under the leadership of the
Workers Party of Ethiopia (WPE) at national and international levels for the
successful realization of the ideals of the festival.

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ANGOLA

CUBAN YOUTH IN MOXICO; PEOPLE'S VIGILANTE BRIGADES MEETING
Luanda JORNAL’ DE ANGOLA in Portuguese 31 Oct 84 p 3

[Text] The first celebration of friendship with Cuban youth, which began last
15 October, concluded recently in the city of Lwena at a political ceremony
chaired by the coordinator of the Moxico MPLA-Labor Party Committee, Joao
Goncalves Lourenco.

While the celebration of friendship was going on in Moxico, various cultural
and political activities were taking place, including discussions and sessions
to inform people of the basic organizations of the JMPLA-Party Youth.

Attending the ceremony were Cuban "internationalists" linked to the Cuban
Communist Party, members of the Executive Commission of the Party's Provincial
Committee, and members of the Party Youth Provincial Secretariat.

BPV Methodology Seminar

Meanwhile, the First Provincial Methodology Seminar of the Moxico People's
Vigilante Brigades (BPV), which was recently held in the capital of the
province, reviewed the work accomplished since they were established in the
province, among other things.

The participants received explanations of the document entitled "Basic
Principles of Vigilance," and of another one on the establishment and
operations of People's Vigilante Brigades, including the presidential decree
creating them.

The members of brigades from the 14 districts around the capital of Moxico
(Lwena) and municipal representatives attending the seminar also discussed
matters related to provincial statistics, maps for the daily work of the BPV,
and the main jobs to be done before the first anniversary of this people's
organization, among other things.

Various talks on "Basic Principles of Primary Health Care," "The Party's

Leading Role," and "Agitation and Propaganda" were given by representatives
from the Health Ministry and the MPLA-Labor Party, respectively.

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BEER EXPORT EARNINGS EXPECTED TO INCREASE 70 PERCENT

Nairobi THE WEEKLY REVIEW in English 9 Nov 84 p 25

{Text ]

cso:

TUSKER Premium has been given 4
warm reception in Britain — home of some
of the world’s most discerning beer
-drinkers. And Kenya Breweries Limited
(KBL) estimate that this export market
will earn Kenya at least shs. 2.8 million a
year in foreign exchange, representing a
70 per cent increase in the value of KBL.
exports.

Mr. Ian Warden, sales and marketing
director of KBL, who recently returned
from Britain on a visit to finalise details of
the launch, said Premium has excited
tremendous interest there. “Half. the
stock was purchased even before it arrived
and before the final prices were set,” he
said. “We had to dispatch an extra three
containers (each carrying 26,400 bottles)
to meet demand. We are particularly
pleased to clinch the UK market at last,
especially during Kenya’s export year,”
he added. :

Premium is being distributed in Britain
by Worldwide Beer Importers Limited
(WWBI), a subsidiary of Allied Breweries,
whose 7,800 public houses around the
country will retail the Kenyan beer.
Premium will also be sold to independent

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wholesalers and distributors, as well as
small breweries, such as Paines in Cam-
bridgeshire. Distribution of the beer
began three weeks ago.

Tusker Premium is the first African
beer to be distributed by WWBI, who
currently distribute another 10 imported
beers from countries such as Holland,
Denmark, New Zealand and India.
Although they also distribute products
from such renowned beer-producing coun-
tries as Germany, WWBI say Premium is
by far the best received of their imported
brands. * .

Produced at KBL’s Mombasa brewery,
Premium is bottled and packaged exactly
as we know it here in Kenya. It will retail
at prices from 80p (shs. 14.75) to £1.20p.
(shs. 22.13) which compares very
favourably with other imported brands.

The launch is being supported by trade
magazine advertising around the country
and plans are in hand for incentive drives
in March and April next year with prizes
of holidays to Kenya. “Sales could get
even better,” said Mr. Warden. “With
guarded optimism, I think it will do well
and will continue to do well.” e

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STAYAWAY SLAMMED AT AZAPO MEETING

SOUTH AFRICA

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 27 Nov 84 p 3

{Article by Len Maseko]

[Text]

cso:

STAYAWAYS could not be de-
scribed as a success if human life
was lost in the process, 16 com-
munity organisations declared at
the weekend.

And previous stayaway calls
were an “uncalculated action”
lacking political substance and di-
rection, the organisations ‘con-
cluded at a meeting in Soweto
called to review the current un-
rest situation in the country.

The meeting, convened by the

Azanian People’s Organisation
(Azapo), took a critical view of
the previous stayaway campaigns,
describing them as “ill-timed.”
Among organisations rep-
resented at the meeting — which
was held at St Hilda’s Anglican
Church, Senaoane — were the
Azanian Students Movement,
Black Clergy Caucus, the Steve
Biko Foundation, the Black Al-
lied Mining and Construction
Workers’ Union, and Women

Unite. .
Slated
The organisations slated re-
ports that previous stayaways had

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been successful, saying this raised
a question as to what criteria were
used to determine the success of
such campaigns.

“Can stayaways be termed suc-
cessful when lives are lost unnec-
essarily?” one representative
asked.

Among points made at the
meeting were:
© The community was not consul-
ted when such a call was made;,
© The stayaway concept was tak-
ing ethnic lines, with the so-called
coloureds, Indians and whites not
participating. Ironically, there
were whites among the stayaway
organisers; and
“© Stayaways helped unscrupulous
employers to “get away with mur-
der,” by retrenching their work-
ers to avoid paying bonuses to

them. .

Mr Saths Cooper, deputy presi-
dent of Azapo, told the meeting:
“The community, imposed with
the idea of a stayaway without
consultation, appeared to stay
away from work solely in fear of
their safety rather than in solidar-
ity with the cause.”



SOUTH AFRICA

BRIEFS

BUS FARE INCREASES--PUTCO's fare increases--due to be implemented next week--
will only lead to further unrest and riots in the township, the Atteridgeville
Town Council warned yesterday. The council, at its monthly meeting yesterday,
also announced that they had written a letter to Putco requesting them to
suspend the proposed fare increases indefinitely. In the letter, the council
also stated that "Our fear is that an increase of fares under the present
political climate in the township will lead to further unrest and riots. A
postponement will hopefully continue the moderate residents of your company's
good will and good intentions." We hope that a better economic and political
climate will come up with the new year where both the council and your company
will be in a position to increase their tariffs and fares". [By Monk Nkomo]
[Text] [Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 29 Nov 84 p 3]

VENDA OPENS R4,5-M SHOPPING CENTER--A R4,5-MILLION shopping complex was opened
in Venda this week. Speaking at the opening ceremony, the Minister of Econom-
ic Affairs, Mr Gin Ravele, said the outflow of money from Venda was a thorn in
the flesh and needed to be stopped. "The opening of OK Bazaars Venda will not
only enable Venda to retain a larger slice of its purchasing power within its
borders, but will also create job opportunities, stimulate other businesses
around it and provide training for Venda citizens," Mr Ravele said. President
K P R Mphephu said his government would not estrange or minimise white South
African investment in Venda. "People outside our borders are cordially in-
vited to support this prestigious national venture where they will find that
many of their needs will be met at a lower expense level." [Text] [Johannes-
burg SOWETAN in English 23 Nov 84 p 4]

UCASA CALLS FOR NEGOTIATIONS--THE URBAN Council of South Africa has demanded
that the local authorities should in future negotiate directly with the Gov-
ernment instead of first consulting the local Chief Commissioner as is the
case at present. The Association announced yesterday that there had been dis-
satisfaction with the channels of communication the councils had to follow in
communicating with the Department of Co-operation and Development. To speed
up negotiations between the local authorities and the Government it was sug-
gested at the meeting held by Ucasa at the weekend that future negotiations
between town councils and the Government should be dealt directly with Dr
Gerrit Viljoen, the Minister of Co-operation, Development and Education.
[Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 28 Nov 84 p 7]

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Drought Still Critical
Editors to Surrender Photos
Sasol Suit Dismissed
Floating Roof Dam

SADF Raids Thokoza

Homes for Indian MP's
Section 29 Slammed

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[Text]

cso:

DURBAN. — The chairman of the Presi-
dent’s Council, Dr Piet Koornhof, and his
wife, left halfway through the funeral
service for Princess Magogo, mother of
Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, at Mahlabatini

terday after being advised to do so by

ivan offical

Gideon Zulu, felt
that wuach dep rar coal gv a vey
nasty isplay South African
Government.

It is believed that Dr Koorhof tele-
ed bot the State President ae
ate teaving the faneral,

The last time
‘Ulundi was in ay omen Netto
shocked members the KeraZulu Legisla- 0,
net hed decid to code the ingwavamna
ma, area to Swaziland.

the master of ceremonies,

several thousan
” because the
Swaziland authorities had failed to
Princess Pumzile, the eldest daughter
Chief Buthelezi, to her family

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SOUTH AFRICA

KOORNHOF QUITS ZULU FUNERAL ON ADVISEMENT

Johannesburg RAND DAILY MAIL in English 23 Nov 84 p 5

attend her tend her gran andmother’s funeral.
Swoon t after being ales me aly

for a year alle;
abducted from KwaZulu,

The disclosures have aggravated al-
ready tense relations between KwaZulu
and Swaziland,

Dr Koornhof and his wife were accom-

er-General for

because Mr Botha had allegedly spoken
“on behalf of the Swaziland Government”
in the message he had deliveréd to Chief
Buthelezi.



ETHIOPIA

WPE CENTRAL AUDIT COMMISSION MEETS
Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD in English 1 Nov 84 pp 1, 5

[Text] A seminar attended by members of the WPE Central Audit Commission and
aimed at effecting a correct understanding on the execution of regulations,
programmes and directives of the Workers Party of Ethiopia was opened here
yesterday.

The three-day seminar held at the auditorium of the Central Committee of the

WPE was opened by Comrade Teka Tulu, alternate member of the Politbureau of !
the Central Committee of the WPE and Chairman of the WPE's Central Audit |
Commission.

Explanatory briefings will be given on the directives, regulations and pro-
grammes of the WPE, the organizational set up and guidelines of the Audit Com-
mission, the activities of the Working People's Control Committee, accounting
and control in line with Marxist-Leninist ideology, execution of directives on
the proper handling of resources, the highpoints of the Ten-Year Perspective
Plan and on other relevant issues.

Opening the seminar, Comrade Teka Tulu stressed the arduous responsibility of
the Audit Commission and said that beyond controlling the use of the financial
resources and property of the party as well as the work of its component
bodies, the Commission will also oversee Proper execution of the duties of
government agencies and mass organizations. : .

Comrade Teka Tulu pointed out that the Commission will ensure that wasteful-
ness, extravagance and backward practices are not tolerated and said that the
Commission will discharge its day to day activity through regular contact with
executive bodies of the WPE Committee with which it will chart future plans.

Comrade Teka urged members of the Audit Commission to carefully study the
regulations, programmes and directives of the WPE, the Centrai Report of Com-
rade Mengistu Haile-Mariam submitted to the WPE Founding Congress, and the
government's proclamations and regulations in order to be able to accomplish
their work effectively. He also said that particular attention should be
given to charting and implementing short and long term schemes based on the
Ten-Year Perspective Plan close liaison between the Commission, the National
Working People's Control Committee and other control committees was also said
to be important.

Concerning on recurrent drought, Comrade Teka outlined the programme worked
out to alleviate the problem.

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STAYAWAY ORGANIZERS COULD FACE CHARGES

Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 26 Nov 84 p 3

[Text ]

CSO:

ORGANISERS of the
mass work stayaways
now face the possibi
of a dramatic “show
trial” on charges of eco-
nomic sabotage or sub-
version.

Dossiers have been
opened on several of the
scores of people — in-
cluding 19 trade union
leaders — held in deten-
tion, a senior officer of
the Security Police has
confirmed after enqui-
Ties by The SOWETAN.

Investigations were
still in progress, he said.
He did not rule out the
possibility of more ar-
rests in the wake of the
stayaways on November
5 and 6, which caused
losses in industrial pro-
duction estimated in
tens of millions of rands.

The authorities are
trying to determine
whether it can be proved
that ardent trade union-
ism and political protest
have crossed into what
the Internal Security
Act defines as terrorism
or subversion.

Confirmation of the
investigations follows an
appeal by big business to
the Minister of Law and
Order, Mr Louis le
Grange, to charge the
detainees or release

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them. :

The appeal was first

made by the Association
of Chambers of Com-
merce at talks with the
Minister at midweek,
and is likely to be sup-
ported by both the
Federated Chamber of
Industries and the Afri-
kaanse Handelsinsti-
tuut. .
All three bodies have
warned the Minister that
detentions without trial
have already jeopar-
dised industrial peace.

Observers predict
that if extremists are put
on public trial it would
draw the most intense
international attention
since the Rivonia trials
of the 1960s.

Police preparing dos-
siers are known to be
concentrating on Sec-
tion 54 of the Internal
Security Act, which pro-
vides a wide legal inter-
pretation of terrorism
and related offences.

Under particular scru-
tiny, it is understood,
are offences regarded as
subversive. These carry
a maximum penalty of
20 years in jail — or 25

tyears if violence is in-

volved.

A sub-section of the
Act classifies a “subver-
sive” as anyone who,

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among other violations:
® Causes or promotes
general dislocation or
disorder, or attempts to
do so.

© Cripples, prejudices
or interrupts any indus-
try or undertaking, or
the production, supply
and distribution of com-
modities or foodstuffs.

© Interrupts, impedes or
endangers the. manufac-
ture, storage, genera-
tion, distribution or sup-
ply of fuel, petroleum
products, energy, light,
Power or water, or san-
itary, medical, health,
educational, police, fire-
fighting, ambulance,
postal or telecommuni-
cation services, or radio
or television broadcasts.
® Endangers, damages,
destroys or renders use-
less or unserviceable any
installation referred to
above.

© Prevents, hampers or
deters anyone from as-
sisting in the mainte-
nance of law and order.
© Causes, encourages or
foments feelings of hos-
tility between popula-
tion groups.

© Conspires with any
other person to commit
or bring about any of the
above disruptions.



ETHIOPIA

METEKEL HOLDS GREAT POTENTIAL, MENGISTU SAYS
Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD in English 3 Nov 84 pp 1, 3

[Text] .METEKEL (ENA)--Comrade Mengistu Haile~Mariam, General Secretary of the
CC of WPE, Chairman of the PMAC and Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary
Armed Forces, said here yesterday that Metekel province, Gojjam region, holds
great potential both in the implementation of the government's programme of
alleviating the drought disaster and in long-term development projects.

Comrade Mengistu made the observation while visiting the province which occu-
pies a leading place in the emergency resettlement and agricultural develop-
ment programme on account of its fertility, adequate rainfall, bountiful river
systems, and rich forestry and mines resources.

Comrade Mengistu, who is leading a top-level team comprising Politbureau
member and alternate members of the CC of WPE, members of the CC of WPE and
Commissioners on a tour of drought-stricken areas and localities suitable for
resettlement, yesterday gave directives on immediate measures to be taken in
launching resettlement and agricultural development programmes and establish
an agricultural research centre.

Comrade Mengistu said that Metekel's rich natural resources will have an im-
portant role to play in the Ethiopian people's present struggle against the
drought crisis. He said the challenge wiil be faced with the same resolve and
determination which were brought to bear in the past against the overt and
covert plots of reactionaries.

Both the on-the-spot findings and assessments made during the top-level team's
tour of western and north-western Ethiopia as part of the government's pro-
gramme of coping up with the drought situation on immediate and short and
long-term basis and today's directives by the Revolutionary Leader indicates
that Metekel holds the most prominent place in the successful execution of the
action programme.

The agricultural research centre to be established in accordance with Comrade

Mengistu's directive will eventually conduct study in broad areas of animal,
livestock and plant life and development

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