JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

UDF PUBLICITY SECRETARY COMMENTS ON VARIOUS ISSUES

Johannesburg THE STAR in English 19 Jun 85 p 16

[Interview with Murphy Morobe by Andrew Beattie]

[Text]

Mr Murphy Morobe, acting publicity
Democratic Front, is one of the UDF’
political firing line. A student I
recently went overseas to canvass su
fugitive political leaders who claime

secretary of the United ©
's latest additions to the
leader in Soweto in 1976/77, he
port for the six
diplomatic immunity

in the British Consulate in Durban. He spoke to reporter
ANDREW BEATTIE on a variety of issues including the
Kannemeyer Commission report and the unrest in the

Eastern Cape.

Q: What is the UDF’s attitude to
the findings of the Commission
into the Langa shootings?

We stated our opposition to
the Commission from the
beginning. Its conclusions did
not surprise us.

There have been so many
commissions and inquiries:
Sharpeville, the Cillie
Commission, those following the
death of Steve Biko, and they
have all had similar conclusions.

It seems there is nothing to
prevent more incidents of this

nature occurring in similar

circumstances.

The. UDF never precludes any
options for bringing about an
end to this conflict. But we

“would not participate in one ‘of

the Government’s commissions
just to give aggrieved people
false hopes.

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Q: There have been reports of
UDF and Azapo members feuding
in the Eastern Cape. What is the
situation there?

As organisations we are not
fighting with each other. We might
have our disagreements and
misunderstandings, but there is no
way we would ever decide to settle
them in a violent way. We would
rather avoid standing on the
rooftops decrying Azapo because
that is exactly what our detractors
would want us to do.

A certain amount of this conflict
between the UDF and Azapo is
being orchestrated, perhaps by the
State or the right wing, and there

jare many thugs operating in the

communities.

So, for example, when people
wearing UDF T-shirts, or Azapo
T-shirts, are seen throwing petrol
bombs through someone else’s
window, this does not necessarily
mean they are members of that
organisation.



JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

ETHIOPIA

ALEMAYA COLLEGE BECOMES UNIVERSITY

Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD in English 28 May 85 pp 1, 5

{Text]

DIRE DAWA (ENA) — Comrade
Mengistu Haile-Mariam to'd students
and teachers of the Alemaya Agricul-
tural College in Hararghe region that
the level of the col’ege had become
an instrument of university education
in the country to speed up plans for
socio-economic development, especially
to boost agricultural production, re-
search and training in order to
advance science and techno'ogy.

Comrade -Mengistu - Haile-Mariam,
General Secretary of the CC of the
‘Workers Party of Ethiopia, Chairman

“of the ‘PMAC and Commander-in-

Chief of. the Revolutionary Armed
Forces, yesterday gave directives that
Alemaya Agricultural College, the
oldest of the facu'ties of the Addis
Ababa University, be transformed to
a university of agriculture. He gave
the directives after inspecting the
various facilities of the college and
confirming that the college fulfil's
the criteria to be a university.

The college becomes the first uni-
versity of agriculture in the country.
The university was named ‘the Ale-
maya Agricultural University and will

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start its university functions during
the next academic year, according to
the directives given by Comrade Men-
gistu.

The Agricultural university will
operate autonomously under the Com-
mission for Higher Education and
will be administered by a president
and. three vice-presidents,

The three vice-presidents will be
academic vice-président, vice-president
of research , and extension and vice-
president “of administration, and deve-

‘lopment. There will be four faculties

and two divisions. They are the: Fu-
culty of Agricultural Economy, Fa-
culty of Rural Development, Faculty
of Agricultural Engineering and Tech-
nology, and Faculty of Livestock and
Plant Breeding, as well as divisions
of natural and social ‘sciences .admi-
nistered. under the academic vice-
president. ’

Various sections will be created in
the future under the different facul-
ties and the curriculum will be devi-
sed im line with the manpower needs

of the country. .



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19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

LAW PROHIBITING MULTIRACIAL PARTIES MAY BE REPEALED

Pretoria DIE AFRIKANER in Afrikaans 22 May 85 p 1

[Text] Coloreds and Indians will be increasingly used by the NP against the
rightist parties. This prognostication was made after last week's foreshadow-
ing of the possible repeal of the law prohibiting political integration early
next year.

That law prohibits the participation by one racial group in the political ac-
tivities of another.

The anticipated repeal of the law coincides with a gradual coalescence of the
three chambers of parliament over the course of last year. In political cir-
cles it is now being said that both developments make a coalition of the NP
with the Coloreds and the Indians against the rightist parties a likelihood.

The repeal of the law prohibiting political integration will make it legally
possible for Coloreds, Indians and Blacks to become members of white political
parties and vice versa. According to the reports, the repeal of the law has
already been approved by the cabinet, and new legislation is now being pre-
pared by the department of political development.

According to this legislation, candidates for parliament will have to belong
to the racial group of the chamber at whose disposal they place themselves.
Thus Whites will not be able to seek election in either of the two non-white
chambers, for example, nor Indians or Coloreds in the white chamber.

The repealing of the law stands against the background of increased joint ses-
sions of parliament. Ministers are now already giving their second lecture-
addresses before joint sessions, contrary to assurances that were given earli-
er. At the time of the 1983 referendum, the assurance was also given that
only the national president would be able to convene joint sessions. That
right was later extended to the speaker, however.

While the thinking is that the law is being repealed in order to facilitate
cooperation against the HNP [Herstigte Nasionale Party] and the KP [Conserva-
tive Party], in another way it is also the direct result of pressure by the
Workers’ Party. From the very outset, that law was a point of contention be-
tween the government and the leader of the Workers' Party, Rev Allan Hendrickse.

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COUNCIL OF CHURCHES REPORTS ON CRISIS SITUATION

JPRS~SSA~85~-064

19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

Government Helpless in Civil War Situation

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 26 Jun 85 p 12

[Text]

BECAUSE of growing
opposition, especially
among Blacks, the
Government has come
to rely increasingly on
the SA Police, the Se-
curity Police and the
military to maintain
power, according to a
report presented yes-
terday to the national

conference of South’

African Council of
Churches in Johannes-
burg.

The report, by Dr
Wolfram Kistner, the
director of the SACC’s
justice and reconcili-
ation division, said the
special nature of mili-
tarisation had the ef-
fect of “turning the
whole of South Atnica
into a military camp.”

The Civil Service
had to draw on the re-
sources of the military
and make use of the
services of soldiers for
many tasks in the Civil
Service and this inter-"
dependence resulted in
“a growing influence
of the military on all
aspects of national
life.”

The report said the
civil war situation in
the country had placed
‘the Government in “a
situation in which it
finds itself helpless.”

“The indiscriminate
use of weapons by the
Police Force and the
military is an express-
ion of the loss of power
and of control.

“The victims of re-
pression on the whole
do not possess
weapons.

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“However, in crisis
situations some of
them tend to retaliate
by setting fire to build-
ings which are consid-
ered to be symbols of
oppression, or by other
methods.

“Such incidents
again give the author-
ities a justification to
respond with intensi-
fied repression,” the
report said.

“In this situation ...
the traditional offical
explanation . . . is still
being upheld that un-
rest is being instigated
by enemies outside the
country who have their
agents in South Africa
and who promote the
cause of a communist
revolutin,” the report
said. — Sapa. -



JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

ANGOLA

BRIEFS

OIL OUTPUT INCREASE--The output of FINA[expansion unknown]/Sonangol [National
Fuels Company]-Texaco Association went up 25,798.6 metric tons compared to
1983, according to a recently published report from that oil company. This
increase is due to the success in most of the development wells and the entry
into operation, during the last quarter of the year, of the Pangala compressor
station which made it possible to raise the output level of certain wells
with the help of the "gas-lift" system, The renewal of the motor pool in-
cluding vehicles assigned to operations in the Basin of the Congo, with the
entry into service of 70 new vehicles starting in March, made it possible to
implement better supervision of producing wells and the equipment in the res—-
pective fields; this also contributed to the output increase, According to
the report, the total number of workers included in training programs in 1984
was 454, in other words, 154 more than the year before. During 1984 likewise,
1,366,869 metric tons of crude petroleum were refined, in other words, 5.8
percent more than in 1983, In an effort to eliminate or reduce imports of
certain refined products and to handle the foreseeable increase in consumption
on the domestic market, the company at the beginning of 1984 submitted a
proposal to the government for the increase in the output to a figure of 2
million tons per year. If the project is approved, it will be budgeted at
about 2,500 million kuanzas and it will take 2-1/2 years to complete, according
to the report. [Text] [Luanda JORNAL DE ANGOLA in Portuguese 25 May 85 p 3]
5058

PROVINCIAL AUTHORITY MEETING--The provincial commissariat of South Lunda
recently gathered for its 16th regular meeting under the leadership of its
commissioner, Luis Paulo Dokui de Castro, to analyze and to discuss the points
on the agenda. The meeting participants approved the minutes of the 15th
regular meeting without amendment; they recorded some failures to carry out

the decisions that emerged from the 15th regular meeting, in which connection
punishment had to be applied to the violators. The session also took up matters
relating to the plan for the execution of various work projects in honor of the
anniversary of the independence of the People's Republic of Angola, as well as
the execution of various other activities, such as water supply for municipal
seats and some villages in honor of the Second Party Congress. The meeting
also took up the question of management personnel assignment in some enter-
prises; the participants analyzed the proposals for the renting of the com
plexes of the AUP [Production Unit Groups] of Pelengue and of the bird house

to private individuals for their reactivation. A report was also presented

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[Question] But that only happened when there was a wares.

[Answer] I am not looking for a war; but I am not afraid of it either. I am
not afraid to fight, believe me. The government has now created a situation
which make a confrontation between whites and blacks inevitable.

[question] Is that why President Botha is being called a "traitor" in your
circles ?

[answer] If you can think of another word, something like it, please fee).
free, He has literally sold out the Afrikaaner nation.

[Question] He is the first South African head of state who is gently trying,
after 40 years of apartheid, to make some changes which will help the whites
survive, Is that such a bad thing ?

[answer] The white man will perish, if Botha continues along his present
COUrse +

[Question] Is it true that people like you are calling their dogs "Botha ?"

[answer] I do not think that anyone who loves his dog would give him such
a names

[Question] What you want is a white homeland...

[Answer] ... a white popular state.

[Question] Where ?

[answer] In former times, we had the "Zuidafrikaanse Republiek" [South
African Republic] and the “Oranje Vrystaat" [orange Free State] republic
[the present provinces of Transvaal and Orange Free State]. The English
stole them from us after killing two-thirds of our people.

[Question] After losing two wars, the Boers were forced to sign a peace
treaty with the English in 1902. Do you want to turn the clock back to the
turn of the century and have a third Boer War ?

[Answex] We axe looking ahead so that the revolution does not catch up with
us by the turn of the next century. It took the Jews 2,000 years to get their
land. back,

[Question] How do you expect to achieve this ?

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JPRS~SSA-85~064
19 July 1985

GHANA

RODRIGUEZ EXPLAINS STUDENT ROLE IN CUBA
Accra GHANAIAN TIMES in English 10 Jun 85 pp 1, 8
[Article by Frank Otchere]

[Text] Ghanaian school children currently studying in Cuba are doing
remarkably. well in their various courses.

Indeed, some of them are outshining their Cuban counterparts, Mr Nicolas
Rodriguez, Cuba Ambassador to Ghana, has disclosed.

Speaking in an interview here at the weekend, Mr Rodriguez described as
"totally untrue" the allegations that the students were undertaking
laborious jobs especially on sugar-cane plantations.

He explained that the Ghaianan students, like their Cuban counterparts,
undertake as a normal routine, food collection, gardening, cultural and
sporting activities in addition to their academic: wotk.

This work and study system being offered Cuban and Ghanaian students is
designed to develop the youth and mould them into hard working, responsible
and patriotic citizens, the Ambassador said.

Mr Rodriguez said 144 more Ghanaian pupils were expected to join their 608
colleagues on Isle of the Youth in August this year.

Mr Rodriguez who had earlier paid a courtesy call on the Ashanti Regional
Secretary, Mr W.H. Yeboah, also visited the University of Science and

Technology where he emphasised the need for universities in the Third
World to share experiences and adopt a common approach at solving problems.

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JPRS~SSA-85-064
19 July 1985

PRETORIA STUDENTS' RIGHTIST TRENDS--Students at the University of Pretoria are
inclining increasingly to the right, according to that university's student
newspaper, DIE PERDEBY [The Hornet]. The paper writes that the rightist stud-
ent organization, the Afrikaner Student Front (ASF) "looks like an up-and-
coming association, with great chances of success."' There is no doubt that
the ASF enjoys great support. "This is symptomatic of the general political
discussion at Tuks [the University of Pretoria]: a very strong leaning toward
the right," reads the report. The report in question also makes mention of
the left-wing student organization, Polstu, and refers to that organization's
"quiet death." Polstu could never really get off the ground during the few
years that it existed, according to the report. [Text] [Pretoria DIE AFRIKANER
in Afrikaans 22 May 85 p 3] 8117

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BROADCASTS TO STRESS RURAL TOPICS

Accra GHANAIAN TIMES in English 4 Jun 85 pp 1, 3

[Article by Janet Carboo and Douglas Akwasi]

[Text]

REE 50 kilowatt high

frequency _transmitiers,

to facilitate effective radio

broadcasting ‘to all parts of

the country, were commis-

sioned at a ceremony in
Accra yesterday.

The transmitters themsel
ves cost the Government 3.2
million dollars and the cedi
component of ¢7.8 million.

Until yesterday, GBC had

been operating on two 10- -

kilowatt: transmitters without
any stand-by.
Commissioning the trane-
mitters, the PNDC Chairman,
Fit-Lt Jerry John Rawlings,
asked the GBC to break
away from the past and -di-
rect most of its programmes
to the education, entertain-
ment and information of the
farmers and “our brothers
and sisters” in the rural
areas. .

“It is one ‘thing having
new and powerlul transmit:
ters and sophisticated mo-
sdern equipment, and ano-
ther thing, planning pro-
grammes in such a way
that they can: benefit the
majority of the people in
this country", the Chairman
Bointed. -out.

For instance, FItLt Raw
lings said, whenever a go
vernment project was com:
missioned, attention was
often concentrated on lis
beauty, and the advanced
technology that oroduced
the project

in addition to the unusual
admiration he urged, “we
should. devise ways . ‘and
means by which we can
make the new project bere:
fit the people whose toils
and efforts went into ‘pro-
curing the foreign exchange
involved.”

JPRS-SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

GHANA

He deplored the publicity of foreign events which had no bearing on national
development, adding, "let us know about our own activities."

The leader of the Revolution stressed the importance of transmitting the
truth, saying, "if you deny truth, you won't survive, you will degenerate.
You will decline."

He said the media had always projected the positive side of events but
failed to project wrongs done by the same people whose positive sides had
been so much projected.

"It is very important for the majority of the people to know the scientific
truth and understand the ongoing process," he said.



DIE AFRIKANER suggested to Mr Sorour that SAS officials do not reflect a bal-
anced cross-section of South African society and the various political view-
points. Not a single well-known person with conservative or rightist viewpoints
holds a high position in the SAS.

In reply to this, Mr Sorour said that the standard used in making appointments
to the council or the board of trustees of the SAS is leadership within the pri-
vate sector. At this time, the business world is still largely in the hands of |
English speakers, who stand "perhaps a bit to the left of the political center."
Clergymen who serve on the bodies in question are appointed to them because they
are leaders of church institutions. Rectors of universities serve on SAS boards
by right of office.

DIE AFRIKANER suggested to Mr Sorour that leadership in the business world is
evidently not the only standard for appointment to an SAS board. Various well-
known leftist academics, including Prof Nic Wiehahn and Prof Erika Theron, for
example, have had such appointments. Mr Sorour replied that some people are
appointed because of their prominence or fame abroad, such, for example as
Messrs Harry Oppenheimer and Gary Player, Prof Theron and Prof Chris Barnard.

He does not hold it against rightists, however, if they look upon the SAS as a
leftist organization. It is very difficult for the SAS to avoid accusations
of favoritism. "We are not only not guilty of favoritism on the local level,
but overseas as well. Our greatest problem abroad is to be accepted as an ore

ganization that is completely detached from the government of South Africa,"
said Mr Sorour.

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JUNE FOURTH MOVEMENT CALLS FOR NEW POLITICAL SYSTEM

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

[Article by Joe Okyere]

[Text]

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THE June Four Mo-
vementTM%JFM) has
suggested to the go-
vernment to evolve a
political system
which will reflect ge-
nuine democracy
and true freedom to
the people.

‘The suggestion was
contained in the move-
ment’s working docu-
ment copies of which
had already been pre-
ssented to the govern-
ment for study.

Briefing the press on
activities of the move-
ment in Accra yester-
day on the occasion of
the sixth anniversary
celebration of the
June 4 Uprising, Mr
Kweku Addo-Aikins,
General Secretary of
the JFM, said the mo-
vernent’s suggestion
stemmed from the fact
that both civilian and
military regimes since
independence which
pledged genuine demo-
cracy and true freedom
to the people juggled
with that idea.

According to Mr Addo-
Aikins, the movement no-
tes that the June 4 Upris-
ing of 1979 emerged as a
sponteneous reaction to
the oppressive political ar-
rangement of the time in
the midst of lack of true
democracy.

The movement describ-
ed past political systems
from independence to De-
cember 31, 198] as a period

31

of governing patterns of
alien institutions of Par-
liaments, elections and
Political Parties whose
manifestations were a so-
cial pattern in which indi-
viduals aggregated in une-
qual political relationships
to struggle for privileges
and advantages that kept
away the masses from go-
vernment.

In the movement's view,
instability and under-
development in the
country are the direct re-
sults of the practices of
alien political systems.

With the advent of June
4 which paved way for the

December 31 Revolution,
the period has come for the
reversal of all institutions
of governance that tend to
negate the attributes of
true democracy, the move-
ment said.

It called for the use of
Ghana’s own original com:
munal way of life as a basis
for the creation of a politi-
cal system that will pro}
de the democratic machi-
nery for the people to get
directly involved in go-
vernment.

The movement called
for the need for the crea-
tion of a positive revolu-
tionary culture that will
enable Ghanaians to see
and vehemently reject fo-
reign political systems as
highly incompatible with
the Ghanaian environ-
ment for a pattern that
will fulfil the aspirations of
the entire people from the
roots and natural way of

Ghanaian life.

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19 July 1985

GHANA



tablish in any of the
townships new services
such as ambulance, fire
brigade and traffic con-
trol, they will probably
be handled on an agency
basis by the nearest
white authority.

For instance Sharpe-
ville would probably de-
pend on Vereeniging’s
fire-fighting services.

- The fame could be said

for keng, Boipatong,
Bophelong, any of the
Lekoa townships ... or
anywhere else for that
matter.

Lekoa Town Clerk Mr
Louw says regional ser-
vices councils could sig-
nificantly improve facili-
ties for blacks when cir-
cumstances in the town-
ships return to normal.

Throughout their com-
munities they could
streamline essential ser-
vices such as water, elec-
tricity, sewerage and ref-
use disposal through joint
co-ordination.

But the shortage of
money for more local
functions such as traffic,
ambulance and fire ser-

Vices remains a desper-
ate problem, says Mr
Louw.

He suggests local auth-
orities should be allowed

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to supplement their own
revenue from functions
such as vehicle registra-
tion which currently ac-
crues to provincial aq-
ministration.

STRUGGLE
Lekoa, says Mr Louw,
-will probably struggle to
balance its books this
_year mainly because the
estimated 30000 tenants
are continuing a 10-
month boycott of service
charges and rents.
At the same time, no
one is prepared to fill the
.10 vacancies in the 39-
seat Lekoa Town Council
‘ for fear of possible vic-
' timisation by members of
, their own community.
| ‘The ‘question is wheth-
‘er the proposed new gov-
ernment system will be
able to operate effective-
ly in an already unstable
situation, or whether the
regional services councils
will themselves
‘caught up in a vicious
spiral.
| AS Johannesburg's :
‘Parktown —_ Association
‘asked recently: how can
“you direct more public
resources to poorer areas
when, to get-them, those
areas need more public
resources in the first
place?



JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

ZIMBABWE
SPEEDIER RURAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNED SAYS MUGABE
Harare THE HERALD in English 15 Jun 85 p 1
[Text]
involved to ensure that tbe said amid
DURING the next five every aspect of develop- Ce | Muget
fends Te eeolidate the ment meer undertaken ‘he Prime Minister,
ret sees no, that While the Government the Hignneta constivuen.
development in the com- was aspiring to peace and cy. during the forthcom
undertaken ‘unity, it was the duty of ing elections, called on
at a faster rate, = the people to make those the people not to forget
sident of Zanu (PF), goals a reality by support- that the township was the
“Mugabe, said Jaat night. ‘ing Zanu (PF) and mak- home of nation-
Addressing a well-. ing sure that those whe alism and should not dis-
eee eect at the not elected during the Stave ahead to your ais:
Oyril Jennings Hall in elections, ct leaders a few days
Hig said the role » “During 1980, you oo oad fam
Tne itiage development showed the world that that I have chosen to
commitvecs ‘was crucial if Zanu (PF). wap truly the a candidate in Highfield
meaningful development 'g party by giving and represent, you people
was to be ‘speeded up in it an overwhelming: ms- in Parliament, My!
the rural areas, \Jority. of votes, And now pinegs comes ‘about due
rovincial de ‘that we are at the thresh- to the fect that this ts
When = waa final- of another general the place I wtayed in un-
iy oretted” alt Govern- election det te en ia 1 was arrested Gur
would. show ‘Wo? Zanu ne Di -
ment ministries be (PF) is ‘here to stay,” fe jheydays

However, there were some minority parties which saw fit to disrupt the
country's unity and peace and chose to play a retrogressive role for their
own foolish ends.

"People like Nkomo do not want peace. In the first place when he decided
to choose a symbol for his party, he looked at the bird and decided to
choose the eagle--a bird that eats other birds.

"Now he has decided on a bull, with which to gorgeand butt.other people-~
would you say such a person was for development?" he asked.

He told the meeting that the elections "were a serious business and not a
concert or lottery draw" and ‘should’ be considered seriously with everyone
going to the polls to cast his or her vote.

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FISHERMEN SERVICE CENTERS

Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 5 Jun 85 p 6

Center Eliminates Middlemen

[Article by J.W. Ocran]

[Text]

THE Central Regional Under-
Secretary for Agriculture, Mr Emma-
nuel Amoah-Obu, has inaugurated a
Service Centre at Abandze in the
Central Region with a call on fisher-
men to register with the centre to
enable them to get the necessary in-
puts to expand the fishing industry.

Addressing fishermen at Abandze, near
Saltpond, Mr Amoah-Obu said such re-
gistration would go a long way to elimi-
nate unscrupulous middlemen from whom
they buy their inputs at exorbitant prices.

‘The Under-Secretary explained that.
power to the people means service to the
people and the nation, adding that, “it is
upon this strength that we have to em-
brace the Service Centre concept”.

He reiterated that the Service Centres

have been established by the Regional
‘Administration as instruments for the
economic development of towns and vil-
lages.

in his opening address, the chairman of
the centre, Opanyin Kow Egya Acquah,
appealed to the Central Regional Admi-
nistration to provide the centre with fuel,
lubricants and the necessary inputs regu-
arly.

‘Opanyin Acquah also appealed to the
Under-Secretary to consider the esta-
blishment of a storage facility in the town
for the excess fish caught during the
fishing season

‘Contributing, the manager of the Biri-
wa Rural Bank, Mr J.N.K. Annan, assur-
ed the fishermen that the doors of the
bank are alwaye opened and that every
assistance would be given them. provided
they will honour their bank obligations.

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SEIFSA DIRECTOR EXPLAINS INDUSTRY DECLINE

Johannesburg BUSINESS DAY in English 20 Jun 85 -p 7

JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

[Interview with Sam van Coller by Cherilyn Ireton--time, place not given]

[Text]

Why is the industry in such diffi-
culty?

It: foes back to 1982, when we
‘suffered setbacks brought about
by the poor gold price and the
-drought. We had an overvalued
rand and as a result encountered
intense competition from import-
ed goods and the engineering in-
dustry —, heavily involved in
long-term capital projects — was
at a competitive disadvantage.

Overseas counterparts were
able to obtain low interest rates
on export activities while our
local rates climbed steadily. Tra-
ditional exports such as ferro-al-
loys and steel suffered because
our major trading partners’
economies were in the doldrums.

In 1984 it looked as if we had hit
the bottom and in fact there were
‘some signs of improvment but the
rand came down dramatically
and we were caught by the infla-
tionary impacts. Concern that in-
flation would take off again led to
severe financial and monetary re-
straints. :

This affected the whole con-
sumer durables industry which
faced cutbacks in white goods and

the motor assembly — both areas

where we are heavily involved.

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Otganisations such as Escom,
which had continued to function
at a reasonably high level during
the earlier part of the recession,
keeping many of our members in
business, had to tighten up.

But with the rand’s low rate of
exchange our overseas competi-
tiveness has improved and the ex-
port side is looking good.

Who are Seifsa’s major trading
partners?

We sell ferro-alloys to the major
steel producing countries and
we're selling steel all over the
world. :

The test now is whether we are
able to market manufactured
metal products overseas. It is
critical to us that cost escalation
be contained so we can take ad-
vantage of the low rand.

When do you see a revival of the
industry?

It’s very difficult to predict the
likely upturn. Obviously there are

things that can the eco-
nomy come right: the gold price, a
decent summer. rain and im-
iproved performance on the ex-
port market.

Exports remain the prime area’

.of survival but our int tional
iperformance is tied to the level of
‘overseas écondmic activity.

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It doesn’t look as if there Will be
money available in SA until well
into 1986. «:

Which sectors are not running at
full caj e

The feneral engineering, consum-
er durablés — such as white
foods, motor parts — foundry and

leavy engineering sectors have

been badly affected. Now, con-
tracting sectors whose fortunes .
are determined bythe building
industry are casualties.

Are a lot of companies being put
out of work?

Definitely. It’s difficult to tell how
many because even in a recession
:people start new ‘small busi-
nesses. The metal industry as a
whole comprises more than 9 000
companies. By far the majority
are very small employers.

Will the recession destroy the in-
dustry’s competitiv ?
Idoubt if we have reached a level

isn’t large enough to support ma
shave peared but The indus.
try, recorded more than
}R20bn in sales last year, is char-
,acterised by high levels of com-:
tpetition. © . * ‘



Construction of the party, propaganda and counterpropaganda, and history of
the MPLA.

It should be pointed out that the opening session was presided over by Alcidio
Pereira da Silva, assistant party coordinator and coordinator of the DORGAN
[Provincial Department of Party Organization]; in his speech he mentioned the
urgent need for the constant political and ideological training of the party
cadres in terms of positively influencing the people's political awareness.

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New CDR Formed at Atomic Energy Commission
.. (Joyce Nyele Nortey; GHANAIAN TIMES, 14 Jun 85) cece ceeeeee

Tawiah Explains Legalizing Only One Private Transport Union
(E.G.K. Deletsa;. PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 1 Jun 85)....-66e

Women Form Cocoa Rehabilitation Squads
(Isaac Asante; PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 3 Jun 85)......+++-

Fishermen Service Centers
(PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 5 Jun cs) ee ce

Center Eliminates Middlemen, by J.W. Ocran
Dollars Allocated for Imports

Timber Industry Undergoing Restructuring :
(PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 7 Jun [> ee

Farmers To Be Grouped Under Crop Associations
(Peter Abban; GHANATAN TIMES, 7 Jun 85)...++eeeeeseeereees

Akosombo Dam Has Disastrous Effect on Tongu District
(Newton Amedofu; PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 10 Jun B85) ec ceeee

Greater Internal Security Called for To Curb Gold Smuggling
(Boniface Ablekpe; PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 6 Jun B5).ceeee

Militia Effective in Reducing Smuggling
(PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 14 Jun ) Se

Quainoo Discusses Resettlement of Retired Officers
(Kojo Atsu; PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 14 Jun 85)...+++-eeeee

Briefs :
Clear Radio Broadcasts
New Bridges Installed
Border With Togo Opens
Opinion Poll Results

Arab Bank Aids. Timber

SOUTH AFRICA

Marais Discusses Restoration of Boer Republics
(DIE AFRIKANER, 22 May 85).ccesesccecerccccesercccesseeces

Hendrickse Optimistic on Various Changes
(Frans Esterhuyse; THE STAR, 19 Jun 85)...sseeseeeeeeeeees

UDF Publicity Secretary Comments on Various Issues
(Murphy Morobe Interview; THE STAR, 19 Jun B85) ocecceeeenee

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NEW CDR FORMED AT ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION

Accra GHANAIAN TIMES in English 14 Jun 85 pp 1, 3

[Article by Joyce Nyele Nortey]

[Text]

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HE Special Assistant to the

Political Counsellor for the
Economic Development of the
CDRs, Mr Dan Abodakpi, . yes
terday inaugurated the Ghana
Atomic Energy Commission's
Committee for the Defence of
the revolution and reminded
cadres that the reconciliation
policy of the Government did not
signify a defeat of the aims of
Revolution.

The policy, he explained, was
to enable every Ghanaian to
contribute his quota towards the
consolidation of the gains of
the December 31 process.

He called on the new execu
tives to be dedicated and dis-
ciplined.

The Secretary of the Cornmis-
sion's CDR, Mr Samuel Akoto-
Bamford, in his report, said
the vigilance of the executives
had led to the exposure of some
fraudulent deals, irregularities
and certain shortcomings at the
commission. This had resulted
in the retrieving, of €86,200
owed “he commission by indi-
viduals and institutions.

The commission's CDR, he
sa'd, realized €20,623 from the

sale of vegetables and maize
from its farm.

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JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

TERRE BLANCHE PREDICTS "BLOODY CONFRONTATION? WITHIN YEAR
Hamburg DER SPIEGEL in German 17 Jun 85 pp 108-109

[Interview with Eugene Terre Blanche, jeader of AWB-African Resistance
Movement, eonducted by SPIEGEL staffer Paul M. Schumacher in Pretoria,
date not given: "That Is the Death Blow for the Whites"]

[text] Eugene Terre Blanche, 41, is the leader of the
tafrikaner Weerstendbeweging" (AWB) [AWB-African Re~
sistance Movement] which has been established for the
defense of true racial theory.

[Question] Mr Terre Blanche, the ban on mixed marriages and the indecency
law, which made physical love between persons of different color a punish-
able offense, have both been abolished. What do you say to that ?

[Answer] That is the death blow for the whites. Now the government no
longer has any moral right to hold on to any of the other apartheid laws.
Once the mixing of blood has been permitted and once one has said that it
is not a violation of the law and the Holy Scriptures that children are
produced from such relationships, then one can no longer make them second=
class citizens.

[Question] You have just said so yourself: apartheid—and particularly the
pure version of apartheid you would like to see maintained—turns non-whites
‘into second-class human beings.

[answer] I do not consider apartheid a form of oppression but an orderly
arrangement between the different races, Human beings of different color
are kept peacefully apart. Nowhere where the white man was in the minority
in Africa have the blacks left him in peace.

[Question] The white Afrikaaners have been living in Africa for more than
300 years and still you are so afraid of the blacks ?

[answer] I ama realist. There is no consensus among the whites in South
Africa and the blacks in Africa, Wherever the blacks took over power, the
whites lost their property and their pensions. They were driven out of
their factories and their property was burned down.

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ARBITRATORS INVITED TO JOIN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK

Johannesburg THE SUNDAY STAR in English 16 Jun 85 p 3

[Article by Malcolm Fothergill]

[Text]

cso:

‘SOUTH Africa has been invit-
ed to join an international
network of arbitration cen-
tres. ‘

‘The chairman of the Asso-
(Ciation of Arbitrators in South
‘Africa, Mr Eyvind Finsen,
says the necessary wheels
‘will be made to spin as fast as
possible: “Personally, I feel
bucked beyond words.about

\.. The invitation came from
Mr Norman Royce, a past
‘president of Britain’s Char-
‘tered Institute of Arbitrators
and chairman of the London

‘Court of International Arbi-’
“tration. eee

Mr Royce, who delivered
‘one of the papers at the Asso-
ciation of Arbitrators confer-
ence in Sandton during the
_week, was asked by the direc-.
tor of the UK institute to in-
vite the local association to
‘set up an arbitration centre in
Johannesburg.

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Others already exist or are
being set up in London, Paris,
Melbourne, Auckland and To-

ronto. :
The Johannesburg’ centre
will be used to settle disputes

‘between parties from differ-

ent countries, enabling them
to avoid many of the costs
and delays of litigation.

. Arbitration, a method of
solving disputes that falls be-

‘tween mediation and litiga-
. tion, is as old as law itself.
.. In “The Laws” (350BC),
Plato wrote: “There shall be
elected judges in the courts
who shall be chosen by the
plaintiff and defendant in
common. They shall be ‘arbi-
tors’ rather than ‘judges’.”

In South Africa, arbitration
has been recognised in law
since before the turn of the
century. The Arbitration Act
was passed in 1965 and the
Association of Arbitrators set
up in 1979,

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Socialist Villagization Program Highlighted
(Editorial; THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD, 14 Jun 85).........eee0e

Alemaya College Becomes University
(THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD, 28 May 85).sccscceccccsseccecercecs

GDR Donates Garage
(THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD, 12 Jun 85)...cceceseececcecercecess

Briefs
Dire Dawa Improvements
Aseliso Development
Sento Coffee Plantation
University Cooperation
Arssi Tree Planting
Youth Festivals Conducted
Ula Cora-Minare-Shino Road

Student Union Backs ANC, Urges Active U.S. Role
(PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 4 Jun 85)....

Rodriguez Explains Student Role in Cuba
(Frank Otchere; GHANAIAN TIMES, 10 Jun 85)..

Joint ANC Communique Issued, ANC To Establish Diplomatic Mission
(Kodjo Atsu; PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 6 Jun 85)..

ANC's Tambo Departs, Assesses Trip
(Kodjo Atsu; PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 6 Jun 85)..

June Fourth Movement Calls for New Political System
(Joe Okyere; PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 4 Jun 85).....

Strict Law Enforcement in Bawku Area Urged
(Iddrisu Seini; PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 7 Jun 85)......

Chiefs Warned Against Retarding Socio-Economic Growth
(Albert Sam; PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 6 Jun 85)........00- .

Company Profits Despite Low Production Levels
(Mavis Quaicoe; PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 11 Jun 85)........

Broadcasts To Stress. Rural Topics
(Janet Carboo, Douglas Akwasi; GHANAIAN TIMES, 4 Jun 85)..

Rawlings Calls for Objective Press Reporting
(Breda Atta-Quayson; PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 4 Jun 85)....

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19 July 1985

ULA GORA-MINARE-SHINO ROAD--Enchenie (ENA)--A 51-km road constructed at a
cost of over 1,235,000 birr through the joint efforts of the inhabitants
of Metta Robe district, Shoa region, and the government was opened to
traffic Saturday. The newly constructed gravel road from Ula Gora to
Minera and Shino was inaugurated by Comrade Debela Dinsa, member of the CC
of the WPE and First Secretary of the WPE Committee of Shoa region.
Comrade Debela said on the occasion that the newly constructed road would
greatly minimize the transportation problem of the inhabitants of the area
and is a testimony to the fact that nothing can hamper the united efforts
of the broad mwsses from carrying out any development activities.

Comrade Debela spoke about the significance of modern transportation
system to the overall socio-economic progress and thanked those who made
immense contributionsi-toi:the construction of :the road. The road was con-
structed at a cost of 1,235,384 birr which otherwise would have cost
2,800,000 birr had it not been for the devoted and dedicated efforts of
the employees and expetts of the Ethiopian transport and Construction
Authority and local inhabitants. On the occasion, the inhabitants of the
district donated 1,000 birr in aid of drought victims, which was handed
over to Comrade Abebe Belayneh, member of the CC of the WPE and Chief
Administrator of Shoa region. [Text] [Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD
in English 8 May 85 pp 1, 8]

csO: 3400/561

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MINE WORKERS' HEAD UPHOLDS JOB RESERVATION

JPRS~SSA~85~-064
19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

Johannesburg SUNDAY TIMES [Business] in English 16 Jun 85 pil

(Article by Amrit Manga]

[Text]

ARRIE Paulus, head of
the right-wing Mine
Workers Union, has

Obstacles

mit, Fraulus se there are
the way of

Sie freer

ter ‘ind the the Director-General

fain that 0 that only Ay abet 0 of
our members would

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volved in an ment and
the Chamber of Mines.
| “The other 40% work on
mines that are not mem-
bers of the chamber. What is
to happen to them?

pine Minister understood
m nation -oposed
that Be December 31 bere ard
ed as a target date. But
. can be no question that it be
regarded asa final date for

aso far talks have been con-
ducted with registered white
| unions nes The black
National: "Union . of
" Mineworkers (NUM) has
been kept out of the discus-

‘The NUM has, however, in-
cluded in its list of demands
for this year the scrapping of of
job discrimination an¢ seems

determined to achieve its ob-
ive with the backing of its

10000 members.

Assurances
Mr Paulus says: “Ne
tions can drag on ‘ndetisitely

because we do not see our
way clear to giving blasting

85

"certificates to blacks.

“My feelings on the issue
are well known. We cannot

ragree that December 31
‘ shoud be be the ¢ final dat one

the ota on, Guin Toms

measures to ensure
aes ae ith dae
changing the nition

rea on the first two 1s.
sues before the removal of
‘job discrimination: is ad-
‘dressed.

Wage negotiations be-
tween the chamber and the
black union started this
week. The chamber has
made an undisclosed counter
offer to the union’s 40% wage
increase demand.



JPRS~SSA~85~-064
19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

OPERATIONAL COSTS OF JOHANNESBURG REPORTED
Johannesburg BUSINESS DAY in English 20 Jun 85 p 3

{Article by Winnie Graham]

[Text]
JOHANNESBURG will ‘spend ‘tancy Of another 20 years.”
1m a day in the coming year The electricity department will
keep the wheels of the city turn- cost ‘Johannesburg an estimated
ing, said management committee 259m in the coming year, but will
chairman J F Oberholzer yester- enerate an income of Other
a Bresen rd gs whi aloo bring in profits for
the city’s budget, he and gas, P
said it cxeceded Bit for ‘ast the council — gas just less than Rém
time — and was larger than both that and water just under Rim.

of Natal and the Free State's.
Oberholzer announced 11,8%
across-the-board increases in rates
and service charges for ratepayers.
The price of water, sewerage and
refuse removal will go up by 15%, .

‘The bus service, whose losses will
un to an estimated R44m in 1985/86,
will bring in only R27m. Bus fares
will increase by 10% but season
tickets will go up considerably more
“to reduce the unfair advantage over

assessment rates by 10,8%, bus fares users”. .

by about 10% and electricity by 7%. ° ‘the increase: in parking garage
“In spite of the increases, Johan- fees will range up to 50%. The move

CTEM Mobetsier es Seance
ie Press mc : ‘The cost of building plans is to be

He told a Press conference Johan-
nesburg had been able to hold the
increase in the electricity price to 7%
because the city generated about half -
of its own. power.

The council had recently bought
two alternators from power stations
closing in Britain, giving its fant in
Johannesburg an added life span.
Some of the machinery had been in-
stalled at the Orlando power station.

“We are not permitted to build new
power stations," he said, OWhen we
ap] for permission al years ,
aeD we were turned down by the ad-:
ministrator, but our existing power
stations probably have a life expec-

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increased by 10% and sewerage by
‘The estimates reveal -Johannes-
‘burg will spend R44,8m in its roads
and works ent. Of this, more
than R20m will be spent on capital
charges, R13m on salaries, wages and
allowances and R29m on general ex-
penses. The council will not spend
money on regional roads — a function
it expects the new regional services

councils to take over.
Oberholzer. said city council em-
Ployees, in line with government
r, would not receive pay increases

~ this year.



Alberto Buza also emphasized that the factory has only a single vehicle which
is used to transport the workers.

For the transportation of raw materials procured at Ponta Negra (People's
Republic of the Congo), we use trucks belonging to other enterprises,
especially the lumber transport company which in most cases charges us
rather exorbitant prices, "I must inform you that we would need at least
three vehicles to do our job."

As for future prospects, the Orix factory manager told us that the company
is planning to install a new production line which will handle only special
orders since, as he sees the situation, the enterprise management's objective
is to enlarge the technological chain.

Supervisor training at the Orix production unit, where the party's mass
organizations are also established, is another concern that is not being
overlooked; each year, several Angolan workers are given specialized train-

ing there.

To prove that point, it suffices to note that 75 percent of the workers are
highly skilled for the type of jobs they do in the factory.

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JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

GHANA

BRIEFS

CLEAR RADIO BROADCASTS--The people of Wa are now receiving loud and clear
radio broadcasts following the installation of new transmitters at the
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC). Before the installation of the
transmitters, people in the Upper West Region often complained of poor
reception and difficulty in listening into the GBC; Farmers who own pre-set
radios told the Graphic in interviews that they could now listen very
clearly to GBC programmes in the local languages, . People from the Tumu and
Lawra districts have also said radio reception in the districts has
improved tremendously. Those interviewed said the difficulty in hearing
mid-day broadcasts has also been solved with the installation of the new
transmitters. On June 3, the PNDC Chairman, Flt-Lt J.J. Rawlings commis—
sioned three new 50-kilowatt transmitters for the GBC in Accra. [Article
by George Sydney Abugri] [Text] [Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English
12 Jun 85 p 1]

NEW BRIDGES INSTALLED-~Four Bailey bridges in the Sefwi-Wiawso District in
the Western Region assembled by the Ministry of Roads and Highways under a
programme to rehabilitate all burnt and broken-down bridges in the country
have been installed. The bridges which would be commissioned very soon

are at Kojokrom, Aprogya, Bopa and Wuruwuru. Major A. Sam (rtd), Operational
Assistant to the Secretary for Roads and Highways who disclosed this in an
interview with the "GRAPHIC" in Accra, said:there are two more Bailey bridges
to be constructed in the area. He also said that two other bridges would be
constructed in the Ashanti Region. Work on the bridges, he explained,

would however. be a joint project between the ministry and the Field Engineers
Regiment, The bridges which are at Nkesere and Yapesa, he said, would also
be ready for use by the end of this month. In the Brong-Ahafo Region, Major
Sam said work on the Yamfo and Nsansama bridges would begin immediately that
on the bridges in the Ashanti Region is completed. [Article by Mavis
Quaicoe] [Text] [Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 7 Jun 85 pp 1, 4]

BORDER WITH TOGO OPENS--Ghana and Togo at the weekend reopened three entry
and exit points along their common border to traffic. These are at Wli-
Afegame, Honuta and Batume Junction. At Batume Junction, the Ghana side
of the border was opened to traffic at exactly 6 a.m. on Saturday. The
Togolese who did not receive any directive from Lome area were hesitant at
first but they opened their side when an official from the Bureau of
National Security in Lome arrived at Batume to confirm the decision.

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AGREEMENT SIGNED WITH CISKEI FOR LABORATORY SERVICES

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 27 Jun 85 p 4

[Text]

CSO:

3400/544

BISHO. — ‘The South
African Ambassador to
Ciskei, Mr Matthy Botha,
and the Ciskei acting
Minister of Health, Mr
David Takane, yesterday

; Signed an agreement on
laboratory and allied ser-
vices.

This was confirmed by
the Director-General of
the Department ‘of
Health, Mr H Mdieleni.

: The Cecilia Makiwane
Hospital in Mdantsane,
‘which had the only lab-
oratory in the Ciskei, had
experienced a lack of
trained staff and equip-
_ment.

As a result there were
i delays in the obtaining of

‘results, the treatment of

: patients and the control

| Of infectious diseases.

; In view of this, Mr
Mdleleni said, the South
African Department of
«Health and Welfare had
Pagreed to assist with the
overall planning and de-
velopment of an effective
governmental laboratory

“service, the practical

training of Ciskeians in

“medical technology —

«free of charge — and sec-
“onding of such personnel
tas might be required to
b lage and operate the
faboratores "Sapa

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[answer] We have to cut loose from Botha and his mixed breeds on the Cape,
if we win in the next elections. In Transvaal and in the Free State, we
have no mixed race problems. 85 percent of the mixed breeds live in the
Cape Province.

[Question] But your people have committed so-called racial lapses time and
again, too.

[answer] Yes, there were some exceptions; individual weaklings. But do not
forget that we started on our big trek from the Cape when the English
abolished the laws against mixed marriage there.

[Question] But scientific tests have shown that Boers have about seven per=
cent of "dark" blood on the average.

[answer] That holds true for those in the Cape Province but not for the
Boers in Transvaal and the Free State. In 99 percent of the cases which did
come up on occasion, it was the white man going to a black woman, But a white
woman going to a black--that virtually never happened. Well, and if there were
any children, they grew up among the blacks. We want nothing to do with such
mixed breeds.

[Question] And you personaliy--are you 100 percent sure that you have none
tut white antecedents ?

[answer] Of course.

[orention] And who is to do the work in your white state, if it ever got to
hat point ?

[ansver] For many years, there will still be many blacks living there be~
¢ause one cannot just load them on trucks and ship them back to their home~
lands. First, we will have to make those regions fit for living.

[Question] You are a farmer. Do you have any blacks working for you ?
[answer] Just twoI let them have the work,

[Question] It is said that you sympathize with the Nazis.

[Answer] The propaganda of the left is lying when it says that I ama

national socialist pure and simple. The truth is that I am an Afrikaaner
nationalist. I feel much more of a kinship for Paul Krueger than for Adolf

Hitler.

[Question] Seeing you salute at the close of a speech with your arm extended
and your palm open, one might think otherwise.

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STRICT LAW ENFORCEMENT IN BAWKU AREA URGED

JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 7 Jun 85 p 1

[Article by Iddrisu Seini]

[Text]

CSO:

THE Chairman of the Civil Defence
Orga: ion (CDO), Brigadier A.
Tehn-Addy, has declared that the
PNDC will strictly and rigidly enforce
Laws 75 and 99 to bring about lasting
peace and order in the Bawku area.

Speaking during a courtesy call on the
Bawku-Naba, Nichiama-Asigri, Brigadier
Tehn-Addy said since the passing of the
laws, especially Law 99 which vested all
lands in the Bawku district in the govern-
ment, attempts have been made by chiefs
and elders, especially the Kussasi faction
to undermine the smooth enforcement of
the law.

According to a statement issued by the
Public Relations Department of the Upp-
er East Regional Administration, Briga-
dier Tehn-Addy said reports reaching the
office of the CDO revealed that the chiefs
and elders including some enlightened
persons have started organising the people
to contribute monies for the purchase of
arms.

The chairman made it clear that it is
illegal to purchase arms without authority
and that this amounts to subversion and
treason. :

He said the government wants to see a

lasting peace and harmony in the area and.

warned that anyone caught engaging in

acts intended to undermine the smooth:

enforcement of Law 99 will face the full
rigours of the law.

Brigadier Tehn-Addy asked the
Bawku-Naba to mobilise his people and
educate them on the need to live in peace
and unity instead, pointing out that they

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should get themselves actively involved in
farming to increase food production.

Earlier at a méeting with some of the
sub-chiefs and people, Brig. Tehn-Addy
advised them to plough their resources
and energies into productive ventures
instead of engaging in litigation which
tends to undermine the smooth adminis-
tration of the country.

He' said despite the efforts being made
by the government to find a lasting solu-
tion to the conflict, some self-seeking
people, are making attempts to thwart the
good work of the government by causing

confusion and violence.

He stressed that any at-
tempt by anybody or
group of people to cause
confusion and violence will
be resisted with counter
violence. .

Mr J. E. Sakyi, Upper
East Regional Secretary,
also advised them to
submit their grievances on
land allocation to his office
through the district admi-
nistration.

‘The Bawku-Naba assur-
ed Brig. Tehn-Addy and
the Regional Secretary of
his preparedness to co-
operate with the govern-
ment to bring about peace
in the area.

GHANA



FARMERS TO BE GROUPED UNDER CROP ASSOCIATIONS

Accra GHANAIAN TIMES in English 7 Jun 85 pp 1, 3

{Article by Peter Abban]

[Text]

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Tt newly-elected execu.
tive of the Ghana Fede
ration, of Agriculture Co-ope-
ratives (GAFACO-OPS) yes-
terday announced Its inten-
tion to organize all farmers
into specialized crop asso
ciations to produce enough
food and industria} raw
material.

it will also help. in the
marketing of farm produce
at home and abroad, except
cocoa, coffee and sheanuts.

Addressing the first steer-
ing committee meeting of
GAFACO-OPS at the conte
rence room of the Ministry
of Rural

the
ail the 10 crop associations
would be organized 23 soon
as possible to make jt possi-
ble for the 1987 congress of
the federation to be based
on crop associations.

44

Mr Kofi Acquaah-Harrison
Secretary tor Rural Development
and Co-operatives, spoke on the
crop associations, and said with.
out them, the farmers would
continue to incur losses as it
happened tast year.

He urged them to embrace
the idea in order to improve
their tiving standards.

Mc Acquaah-Harrison advised
the farmers to’ reinain united and
endeavour to raise the quality
of leadership of the federation,

Mr Martin Appiah-Danquah,
former secretary-general of the
erstwhile United Ghana Farmers
Council (UGFC). who has been
appointed the new ‘secretary-
general of the GAFACO-OPS,
disclosed that the federation
would soon come out with a
monthly paper, ‘The Farmer’
—GNA,

JPRS~SSA~85-064
19 July 1985

GHANA



QUAINOO DISCUSSES RESETTLEMENT OF RETIRED OFFICERS

Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 14 Jun 85 pp 1,5

{Article by Kojo Atsu]

[Text]

NO nation can have ner
peace or ask other na-
tions to leave it alone'to
manage her own affairs
if she cannot feed her-
self. " :

Similarly, an individual
who cannot feed himself
.and yet demands to be left
alone to have his peace of
mind is deceiving himself.
‘Thus the ability to feed
oneself is the foundation of
freedom.

The Force Commander,
Major General Arnold
Quainoo, stated these
when he received a 100-
page report on an Inte-
grated Agricultural Sche-
me for Retired Armed
Forces Personnel at his of-
fice in Accra yesterday. -

. Major-General Quainoo

said the report, which,
spells out a resettlement

scheme for retired armed

forces personnel and pre-

pared by Colonel Victor

Coker-Appiah (rtd), would

be studied in detail for im-

plementation as soon as |
practicable. 5

He added that the effec-
tiveness of present serving
,fficers and men would be
enhanced if the welfare of
retired personnel is well
taken care of. .

Briefing newsmen after _
thé presentation ¢ere-
mony, Col. Coker-Appiah
said the need to resettle

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retired service personnel is
Idue to the fact that “so-
meone who has devoted his
life to.defending the nation
should not end’ up being a
destitute” as it would:a
‘show that the nation has
ret been grateful to that
Person. © .

. He noted that if such a
situation persists no one
would like to sacrifice his
life for the nation.

Col.” Coker-Appiah
stressed that the agricul-
tural sector has been chos-
en because the sector de-
mands hardwork, discipli-
ne, management and a
pioneering spirit,. ‘the at-
tributes he said the mili-
tary personnel have. ~

n the details of the
scheme, Col. Coker-
Appiah said the-retired
personnel would be settled
in groups but with indivi-
dual farms. .
~ He said the grouping
would help in such a way
that. services could be ren-
dered to the groups easier
than individual scattered
farms. - ~

He further noted that
‘the grouping will enable
the farmers to co-operate.
among themselves for bulk
purchase of inputs, mar-
keting and other services.

‘According to the retired

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GHANA

army officer, the personnel
would also be encouraged
to settle on the farms,
forming a kind of farming
community so that. they
can always protect their
farms against fire and such
risks,

As part of the recom-
mendation, Col. Coker-
Appiah further revealed
that any farm of about 20.
acres in the savannah area
should have one. of the
land planted with “useful

‘tree crops” so as to encou-

rage éfforestation.

On funding the scheme,
he said part will be borne
by the farmers so that they
will have a commitment to
it. .

Col. Coker-Appiah who
retired from military servi-
ce in 1975 called for a re-
view of the country
‘cultural lending pol

He said since investing in
agriculture involvés some
risk on the part of the
farmer, the banks should
also take part of the risk.

He explained that under
the present lending policy
a farmer who takes a loan
is compelled to pay back to
the hank with interest
whether there is a crop
failure or not and therefore
suggested that the banks
should take part of the
risk just as the farmer.



AKOSOMBO DAM HAS DISASTROUS EFFECT ON TONGU DISTRICT

JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

GHANA

Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 10 Jun 85 pp 3-4

[Article by Newton Amedofu]

[Text]

THE economic impor-
tance of a hydro-electric
scheme in the life of a
nation cannot be over-
emphasized. It is even’
more essential and re-
warding, if it dawns
upon a Third. World
country like Ghana to
have this. kind of a
multi-million-dollar de-,
‘velopment project to
.Promote a rapid econo-
‘mic take-off for better
Jit standards for its
ipeople.

In Ghana the eléctric

wer from the Akosombo

trial might, urban and ru-
ral electrification, abun-
-dant fresh water fish (the
yopular Akosombo fish)
om the Volta Lake and
viable vegetable and cereal
cultivation on irrigated
land ai the lake are a
few economic benefits de-
rived from such a scheme.
. However, if this same
essential development pro-
ject turns to be a health
azard and an economic
deprivation to a section of
‘the community, then it
will not be out of place to
‘sound the authorities con-.
.cerned to take a prompt
and serious action for
ever-lasting solution.

Sword

One such community is
the Tongu District on
whose people's neck the
Volta Dam can be said to
hang like the sword of Da-.
mocles. For, the. adverse
effects of the Dam on the
Tongu District are a phe-
nomena which cannot be
‘simply described in lan-
guage.

Indeed, the hopes and
expectations of the Tongus
that the commissioning of
the project in 1965 signall-
ed the beginning of a mo-
dern life for Ghanaians,
have gradually disappear-
ed into a shadow world.

‘The truth is that today,
+20 years after Akosombo,
‘the happiness of the Ton-
gus about it has turned
into unprecendented bit-
terness as most of the eco-
nomic activities of this hit-
herto promising district
“have been on the decline.

Among them is the once
lucrative OYSTER IN-
DUSTRY, the second to
-the main fishing occupa-
tion on which the people
\depend to a large degree for
their economic well-being.
“ Before the construction
of the Akosombo Dam,
there had been abundant
oyster in the Volta, start-
ing a little beyond Amedi-

45

ca, once a commercial
town on the edge of the
Volta to parts of Battor in
North Tongu.

Occupation

‘The oyster fishing is the
main occupation of mostly
women of Mepe, Battor,
Bakpa, Volo and Duffor
providing an annual inco-
me of £5,000.00 to a wo-

man.

It is indeed lamentable
that at present about 95
per cent of the women en-
gaged in this business are
now out of it because the
oysters have virtually
disappeared from their
main breeding grounds in
Battor, Volo, Duffor and
Alabo.

The cause of this sudden
disappearance is that the
swift currents which nor-
mally accompany the pe-
riodic opening of the spill-
ways of the Akosombo
Dam have pushed the
oysters from their original
grounds of the Lower Vol-
ta Bridge through a spot
near the estuary of the.
Volta River.

Tt is now feared that this
gradual push of oyster,
this highly protein.
yielding fish, will even-

jtually enter the sea, thus

‘completely bringing to a
sad end this big income



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-more, thousands of passengers have

been {eft stranded at various times after
Putco withdrew services from certain
areas. According to a Putco spokesman
this cost the company another R4,5m in
lost fares,

She added that 11 buses had been de-
stroyed since August and another 40 da-
maged. There were 130 bus drivers in-
jured. 10000 bus windows had been

Shattered.

Law and Order spokesman Colonel
Leon Mellet said it was impossible to at
a cost on police action during
period. But police vehicles are not cov-
ered by Sasria and many have been da-
maged. Then there have been increased
transport and maintenarice costs as
policemen move from one hot spot to
another.

More than a hundred policemen have
had their homes gutted and alternative
accommodation has had to be provided.

“It is impossible to tabulate all of this,
but there has to be an increased cost,”
Mellet said.

Black local authorities have also been
the target of anger in the townships.
Recently minister Gerrit Viljoen sought
new powers to continue the administra-
tion of black townships if the local au-
thority resigned en bloc — the clearest
sign to date that the black local author-
ity system was close to collapse. -

_ Since 1982, 34 local authorities, with
city council’ status, have been intro-
duced. Of the $93 councillors, Steenkamp
said there were 89 vacancies because of
unrest, while another fixe councillors.
had been killed. He said there we -
other 13 vacancies not related to the

t.
"By Al 1 more than 140 of the 1165

ernbers of old-style community coun-
ils had been forced to resign and, in
some areas, such as Heidelberg, Beau-

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74

almost im;

fort West and Cradock, entire councils!
had resigned.

In' Uitenhage all but councillor TB
Kinikini had resigned by March. He and
three members of his family were subse-

“quently killed. .

More than 100 councillors have been
attacked while 66 have had their homes
burnt down and many their businesses
destroyed. Others have had their shops,
funeral parlours and taxis boycott

‘Schools have also been a target, and in|
the eastern Cape alone 43 schools were

‘damaged, three of them completely de-

stroyed.
artment. of Education and

. e.
Training had set aside R140m to make

good the need for 6 000 more classrooms

and Spokesman Job Schoeman said it

subtful whether there would be
money to repair the damaged
schools.

was

Another spokésman for the depart-
‘ment said that in the past three yeats

damage to schools had amounted to

more than Ri,5m.
South Africa’s image abroad has also
suffered because of the unrest; and this

could, if it has not already, adversely
affect the flow of foreign capital to ‘this
country. be
At the recent Afrikaanse Handelsin-
stituut ress in Port Elizabeth, insti-
tute executive member G Z Liebenburg
said that, while South Africa had at-
tracted large investments from over-
seas, increasing pressure on foreign or-
ganizations to liquidate their

tment led to man
preference to loans instead Bf rae
ments.

Assocom’s Vincent Brett’ said it was
ible to say whether in-
vestments had slowed down because of

the unrest.



BLACKS STATE TERMS FOR INVESTMENT

JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 26 Jun 85 p 14
[Text]

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FIGHT Black organisa-
tions have accepted a
strategy for investments
by foreign organisations
in South Africa, but at the
same time they stipulated
some conditions for Black
support of foreign invest-
ments.

‘The president of the
African Chamber of
‘Commerce, Dr Sam Mot-
suenyane, said at a news
conference in Soshanguve
near Pretoria that the
eight organisations had
met in Johannesburg at
the weekend to discuss all
aspects of the disinvest-

‘ment campaign against
South Africa. .

‘The first provision ac-
cepted by the delegates
was that the investments
should, in all cases, beto

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the advantage of all popu-
Jation groups in the coun-
try. They should particu-

larly be designed at devel-
opment projects. for
Blacks. i

Secondly, dll forms of.
racism should be eradi-
cated from the South:
: African economy. Blacks
should be allowed to be-
come directors and share-
holders.

‘Another condition was
that Blacks wanted to de-
velop a comprehensive
code of conduct for local
companies.

, Fourthly, the confer-
‘ence unanimously decid-
ed that foreign currency
should be channelled into
the African Bank so that
development of Black
communities could be ac-
celerated. — Sapa.



JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

TAWIAH EXPLAINS LEGALIZING ONLY ONE PRIVATE TRANSPORT UNION

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

[Article by E.G.K. Deletsa]

[Text]

THE government has explained why
it recognised the Ghana Private Road
Transport Union (GPRTU) of the TUC
as the only legitimate private road
transport union in the country.

Mr Ebo Tawiah, a member of the
PNDC, stated in Accra yesterday that
some transport owners other than memb-
ers of the GPRTU in the recent past
manipulated the question of income tax
‘on transport owners to initiate crisis in the
economy.

He said it was not until the leadership of
the GPRTU came in to give transport
operators the correct picture that an
explosive situation was averted.

ir Tawiah expressed concern over the
activities of such groups and associations
in the transport business who have again
started to use the question of “who con-
trols lorry parks” to create contusion.

He referred to the history of Chile under
the regime of the late President Allende
and said because some of the reforms
opposed the exploitative interests of the

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multi-nationals and their. Jocal agents,
these interest groups used private road
transport operators to. paralyse that
country’s economy.

‘This step, he said, initiated the eventual
overthrow of the government of Allende
by the present regime of Pinochet.

“The account of the manipulation of
the transport sector to overthrow a pro-
gressive regime in Chile clearly demons-
frates the need for this sector of our
economy to be in the hands of organisa-
tions and persons who derive their suste-
nance from the masses, and whose support
for the current revolutionary process in
Ghana cannot be questioned,” the PNDC
member emphasised. a

‘The government, Mr Tawiah said, also
believes that road transport is a very
important element in the economic, social

and political life of the country consider--

ing the thousands of different types of
vehicles which ply the length and breadth
of Ghana carrying thousands of passeng-
ers and huge tonnages of goods.

GHANA



JPRS-SSA-85-064

19 July 1985

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA REPORT

CoNTENTS

ANGOLA

Ambassador in Lisbon Discusses Reasons for Strained Relations
(JORNAL DE ANGOLA, 18 May 85)...eseeeceeeecescecrcreeecees 1

Official Visits Namibe; Political Activities Course Opened
(JORNAL DE ANGOLA, 23 May 85)...+e-eeeeescsereereeeveceeee 3

Tribal Conflicts, Dissident Groups Reportedly Weakening UNITA
(AFRICA JORNAL, 22 May 85).--eeeseceecescereceseccessseres 5

Difficulties of Textile Industry Detailed
(Luis Ferreira; JORNAL DE ANGOLA, 18 May B5) cocccccceccees 7

Artillery Specialists End Training
(JORNAL DE ANGOLA, 23 May 85)..--s+eeeeeeeseeereceereseeee 9

Briefs :
Oil Output Increase 11
Provincial Authority Meeting i
Diamond Mines Being Reactivated 12
UNITA Claims Successful Operations 12
Boats, Planes Ordered From Spain 13
ETHIOPIA

Ethiopian, Czechoslovak Youth Agreements Signed
(THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD, 4 Jun 85)..--e+eeeeeeeceresrerecees 14

ETA Launches Sixth Development Program
(Makonnen Haile; THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD, 6 Jun 85) .eeeeeeeee 15

Directives on Promoting Villagization Scheme Reported
(THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD, 7 Jun :)) ee 17



NKOMO LOSES GROUND IN MIDLANDS

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in Elglish 27 Jun 85 p 13

[Text]

GWERU. — Voters in
Zimbabwe’s —_ Midlands
province, dubbed “no-
man’s-land” because of
its past political neutrali-
ty, are rallying behind the
Prime Minister, Mr Ro-
bert Mugabe, residents
say.
In the provincial capital
Gweru and in neighbour-
ing Kwekwe, both plas-
tered with the elction
posters of Mr Mugabe’s
ruling Zimbabwe African
National Union-Patriotic
Front (Zanu-PF), almost
everyone thinks ‘he will
‘sweep all 12 Midlands
seats in the July 1 and 2
general elections.
©" «lt is a foregone con-
clusion that Zanu-PF will
romp to victory in the
elections, and we in the
Midlands intend to show
_the world we are behind
our Prime Minister,” a
school-teacher, Mr N Mh-
langa said.

Mr Mhlanga (51) resi-
dent in Gweru for seven

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years, went on: “The gov-
‘ernment has done so

much for so many people
- since it assumed power in
1980.

“I can’t see any politi-
cal party competing with

*Zanu-PF here.”
. Scores of other resi-
dents said that support for
the chief opposition lead-
er, Mr Joshua, Nkomo,
‘the only serious challeng-
er to Mr Mugabe, has
thinned significantly . in
the province.

Mr Nkomo’s PF-Zapu
(Zimbambe African
People’s Union-Patriotic
Front) party won four of
the Midlands seats to

Zanu-PF’s eight in the.

February 1980 pre-inde-
pendence poll.

A student, Mr Jabulani
‘Sibanda, (18) said: “I
don’t think PF-Zapu will
make it this time.
The tide is simply
against them and the
party ‘does not seem

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19 July 1985

ZIMBABWE

* to have a viable alterna-
tive programme of action
to counter Zanu-PF.”

Mr Amon Gunge, a 32-
.year-old labourer, com-
mented: “PF-Zapu has no
chance. Its support has
gtadually died and the
party looks headed for ex-
tinction here.”

Mrs Mary Ndlovu, who
used to back Mr Nkomo,
said most people felt op-
position. parties did not
serve any useful role.

» “They . just want to:
cause trouble for us. ©

‘After all, Zanu-PF has
done more in the five
years than the colonial
White Rhodesian govern-
ment did for Blacks in
more than 90 years,” she

Said.

Last year at least 10
people died and scores
were injured in the prov-
ince in clashes between
Zanu-PF and PF-Zapu
supporters, —-  Sapa-
Reuter. .



HOW REGIONAL SERVICES COUNCIL MIGHT NOT WORK

JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

Johannesburg THE STAR in English 18 Jun 85 p 9

[Text]

Suppose your house
catches fire.

If you're lucky, the
fire brigade will be
over in a jiffy to put it
out.

If you live in Sharpe-
ville, you'll be lucky even
to see a fire engine be
cause it would have to
come from Vereeniging.

And, says Lekoa Town
Clerk, Mr Nicholas Louw,
Vereeniging no longer
sends fire tenders into
Sharpeville for fear of
stoning or damage by
angry crowds.

TOWNSHIPS

Sharpeville is one of six
black townships under
Lekoa Town Council and
is almost certain to be in-
cluded in a regional ser-
vices council to govern
the joint affairs of
Vereeniging, Meyerton,
Vanderbijlpark, — Sasol-
burg, Deneysville, Eva-
ton, Roshnee and Rust-
ter-Vaal.

These are the black,
white, coloured and In-
dian towns which make
up the Vaal Triangle.

In all these towns reve-
nue from taxes and bulk
services such as water,
electricity, sewerage and
refuse disposal should go
to a regional fund and be

62

dished out in favour of
the neediest communities
which, in most cases, are
the black townships.

But the evaluation of
need will almost certain-
ly lie in the lap of the re-
gion’s white local auth-
orities because, being
wealthier than the other
groups, they will have the
strongest vote.

Pressures from their
white electorate could
make them reluctant to
vote a large proportion of
regional funds for black
urban development.

1 In a dispute between

‘Jocal authorities, final ar-
‘pitration would be left to
ithe appointed provincial
‘executive or the Minister
‘of Finance.

DEVELOPMENT

Even if they were sym-
pathetic to the black
cause, they could be
forced by lack of funds to
cut back on infrastruc-
tural development
throughout the regions.

Or they could raise the
extra revenue through
heavier local taxes, as
predicted recently by Mr
Nigel Mandy, chairman
of Johannesburg Central
Business. District Asso-
ciation.

If the regional council
finds it too costly to es-



MILITIA EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING SMUGGLING

Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 14 Jun 85 p 5

[Text]

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REPORTS received at
the Office of the PNDC
reveal successful anti-
smuggling operations
by the People’s Militia
in areas along the We-
stern border. Some pur-
chasing clerks are re-
questing the militia to
extend its activities to
cover their areas. This
will be considered with
the incre

ical strength of the

A statement issued in
‘Accra last night said as a
result of these anti-
smuggling activities, 203
persons out of 210 who ap-
peared before the Public

‘ribunal have been con-
victed, while eight farms in
the Sefwi, Enchi-Dadieso,
Samreboi and Takoradi
districts have been confis-
cated to the State. In
addition, three vehicles in-
volved in smuggling activi-
ties have also been confis-
cated.

It is believed that great-
er successes will be scored,
if additional recruitment
and training of more mili-
tia men will be undertaken
as a matter of urgency, the
statement said.

48

The morale of the mili-
tiamen will improve consi-
derably if they are issued
with uniforms and identity
cards, and provided wit!
some weapons. They also:
need more vehicles for
border patrols and con-
veying arrested smugglers
to nearby police stations.

‘As a measure to discou-
rage cocoa smuggling
across the border, it has
been suggested that the
number of police stations
and banks in the cocoa

roducing centres should
be increased. These facili-
ties will also cater for the
needs of farmers, especially
in cashing their Akuafo
cheques without delay.

It is also expected that
these anti-smuggling ope-
rations of the militia will
be extended to other sensi-
tive sectors of the national
economy, including gold
and diamond smuggling.

There is currently taking
place a joint military /poli-
ce exercise, ‘Operation
Dragnet’, against gold
smuggling, and the active
involvement of the public
is expected to complement
this exercise, the state-
ment added.

JPRS~SSA~85~-064
19 July 1985

GHANA



JPRS~SSA~85~-064
19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

REVOLUTIONARY SURVEILLANCE AIRCRAFT CAN BE BOUGHT

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 27 Jun 85 p 11

[Text]

LONDON. — The British Govern-
ment has decided the~ revolutionary
‘surveillance aircraft, the Edgeley Opti-
“ea, can be sold to South Africa without
an export licence because it does not
fall within the scope of the interna-
tional arms embargo.

A representative of Edgeley Air-
craft, which makes the Optica, is re-
“ported to be in Johannesburg dis-
Sussing sales with the National Air-

ways Corporation.
i. The NAC originally placed orders
© Yor Opticas but cancelled the deal after
production delays. However, the cor-
; poration’s finance director, ‘Mr Brian
: Frankel, is quoted in a report publish-
ed here yesterday as saying the NACis
now having “another look”.
The Anti-Apartheid Movement
tried to pressure the British Govern-
ment into blocking sales of the Optica

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to South Africa, claiming it would be
used for military purposes.

However, in a letter to the AAM,
the Foreign Office Minister of State,
Mr Malcolm Rifkind, said that in its
basic form — without radar and com-
munications equipment — the Optica
did not need an export licence.

‘The Optica is a cross between a heli-
copter.and a fixed-wing aircraft, pow-
ered by a pusher propeller between
twin booms. It is capable of very slow
flight and costs far less than a helicopt-

er.

It is being marketed here as being
specially suited to police surveillance.
Its bulbous cockpit offers excellent
visibility.

The first Optica delivered in Britain

» crashed last month while police were

testing it, killing the two men aboard.
— Sapa.



cso:

~The cbjectives of the university are
to train students in various agricul-
tural ‘fields, conduct. research and
eperiments to analyse the require-
ments of the country and’ introduce
and popularise the results obtained as
well as organize a short-term training
courses in agricultural fields and dis-
seminate new farming methods, and
seek ways of enhancing the scientific
and technological transformation of
the country. :

Besides serving as a core in agri-
cultural education the university will
comprise training, research and. agri-
cultural extension services in coopera-
tion with development-oriented insti-
tutions in the country.

The General Secretary gave the
directives for the allocation of the
necessary budget and other facilities
for the efficient function of the new
university.

Comrade Mengistu was briefed on
the long and short-term training cour-
ses of the University. The long term
plan.of the University is:to train in-

dividuals for bactielors, masterate and ,

doctrate courses while the immediate

3400/561

22

plan includes training next year
of 1,050 students in bachelor

and othersin post-graduate studies.
The college which has grown into

a full-fledged university, besides
the activities it has undertaken
through the coordination of educa-
tion and research, has estab-
lished numerous research and
training centres all over the coun-
try with the contributions

rendered by the thousands of gradua-

tes of the Alemaya college which was
established three decades ago.

At present the University has enrol-
led 1,325 students who will be major-
ing in livestock raising, crops and
agricultural economy under pre and
post graduate studies programmes,
according to Dr. Abiye Kifle, Presi-
dent of the Addis Ababa University
who briefed the Revolutionary Leader.

Pointing out the criteria that enab-
led thé:Alemaya College to grow into
a university, Comrade Abiye Kifle
said that the University had been
making all the necessary contributions
for bolstering agricultural * output
which is, given priority by the Wor-
kers Party of Ethiopia and the Revo-
lutionary Government.



SOCIALIST VILLAGIZATION PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTED

Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD in English 14 Jun 85 p 2

JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

ETHIOPIA

[Editorial]

[Text]

The villagization programme currently under way in many
parts of our country has been found out to be an essential under-
taking to overcome problems created by the drought and build
rural infrastractures to realize long-term national development
objectives. :

At a time when land and ail natural resources have become
the collective property of the Ethiopian people, rural develop-
ment can only ‘be promoted through the establishment of peasants
producers’ cooperatives. Experience has shown that agricultural
backwardness can only be overcome when peasants come out of
their’ previous scattered and isolated economic life and pool to-
gether their resources to undertake joint development activities,

‘Revolutionary Ethiopia is presently: implementing 2 vigo-
yous rehabilitation campaign to create the necessary conditions
for drought-affected compatriots to lead a normal and more pro-
ductive life. In this nationwide mobilization of great significance,
people from all sections of socicty are playing an increasingly dy-
namic role. The rehabilitation programme will no doubt prove
beneficial to the drought-affected compatriots as they are being
organized in such a ‘way as to enable them to build a new life in
the spirit of co-operation and collective well-being.

The absence of effective organization and sense of solidarity
in the past in the face of natural and man-made disasters had
contributed to the exacerbation of the problem of drought and

18



LITTLE INTEREST IN POLL SHOWN BY WHITES

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 27 Jun 85 p 13

[Text]

HARARE. — Zim-
babwe’s White minori-
ty vote today in what
long-time © Rhodesian
leader, Mr Jan’ Smith,
has called a “last
chance” poll.

However, the ballot,

being contested by two,

parties and a handful of
individuals, has aroused
scant interest among the
country’s 100 000 Whites
and the most frequently-
asked question at thinly-
attended campaign rallies
thas been: “What's the
use?”

* Under Zimbabwe's
1980 independence con-
stitution, which ended 90
years of White rule and
seven years of guerrilla
‘war, 20 seats are reserved
for Whites in the 100-
member parliament until
1990.

Only 32000 whites
have registered to vote in
today’s poll, being held
ahead of the July 1-2 bal-
lot for the other 80 seats
which are being contested
by six Black parties.

Mr Smith, who led
Rhodesia throughout its
15-year break with the
British Crown, is standing
in the southern city of Bu-

cso: 3400/542

lawayo. He told an enthu-
;siastic audience there on
“Tuesday night there had
been a recent change of
attitude by Whites from
one of complacency and
lethargy.

“There has been a sud-
den realisation that they

| (Whites) must sit up and

take notice before it is too

‘late — that this is a last

chance,” he said ‘to ap-
plause.
‘Thé Prime Minister,
MrRobert Mugabe, has _
made clear he will intro-
duce a one-party state in
Zimbabwe «as soon as
legally and practically
possible and the next par-
liament, likely to open in
July, will be the last with
a guaranteed White pres-,

ence.

Mr Smith (66) leads the
Conservative Alliance of
Zimbabwe, the renamed
successor to the Rhode-
sian Front party which de-

clared unilateral indepen-
dence in 1965.

‘The CAZ and the Inde-
‘pendent ~ Zimbabwe
Group,’ founded by for-
mer Smith supporters
who broke away during
the last session of parlia-
ment, are contesting all
20 seats. In 15 itis a
straight fight between the

two with other candidates ,

running in only five con-
stituencies.

Political -analysts and
diplomats predict that Mr
Smith and his supporters,
who held only seven seats
when parliament was dis-
solved after sweeping ‘all
20 in 1980, will be routed

‘at the polls and be left
; with only three or four.

But Mr Smith told the

tally there had been a sur-

‘ge of support for the”

"CAZ. To cries of “Good
old Smithy!” he added: “I
see a regrouping of the
:. White people. This gives
me hope. The White
; people are not going to lie
down and let people walk
:over them.” ~
The IZG leader, Mr
Bill Irvine, who is stand-
ing for a Harare seat,

, wound up -his campaign ,
‘with a rally in Bulawayo :
on Tuesday night.’ His"

party is campaigning on a
platform that cooperation
‘with the socialist govern-
ment is the best way of
protecting White inter-
ests.

» “The CAZ js a spent
force, refusing to face up
‘to the future. In the last
three years in parliament,
their attitude ‘has been
completely negative, and

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ZIMBABWE

“their criticism totally de-
structive,” Mr Irvine told
* supporters.

‘The CAZ campaign
slogan is: “Take courage
—prosperity through free
enterprise and multi-par-

‘ty democracy.”
Half the country’s
' Whites have left since in-

dependence and new
boundaries for their 20
seats were drawn up this

year.
“A majority of regis-
stered voters live in Ha-
rare and 12 of the seats
are in the. Greater Harare
area.“
= Flanking Mr Smith at
‘Tuesday night’s meeting
‘were the.CAZ candidates
for the Harare area seats,
‘among them the flamboy-
ant Mr P K van der Byl,
former Rhodesian De-
fence Minister.
Mr Van der Byl, long
_Mr Smith’s staunchest
Lieutenant, is involved in
a three-way fight with an
IZG candidate and Minis-
| ter of State for the Public
Service, Mr Chris Ander-,
} sen. Mr Andersen, one of
“two Whites in the Cabi-
F net, is running as an Inde-'
pendent and is widely ex-
pected to end Mr Van der
Byl’s political career..—:
Sapa-Reuter.



ANC'S TAMBO DEPARTS, ASSESSES TRIP

Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 6 Jun 85 pp 1, 5

[Article by Kodjo Atsu]

[Text]

cso:

3400/536

THE President of the
African National Con-
gress (ANC), Mr Oliver
Tambo, yesterday flew
back to his base in Lu-
saka, Zambia’after a
week’s visit to the
country.

He was accompanied by
two other ANC members
and two special assistants.

Ina pre-departure inter-
view, Mr Tambo told
.newsmen that his visit
which was in connection
with the sixth anniversary
celebrations of the June 4
Uprising, gave his delega-
tion an opportunity to see
ahigh level of commitment
and support of Ghanaians
in the African liberation
struggle.

He said, “we will go back
feeling that Ghana will
continue to support us In
the struggle,” adding that
throughout the cele-
brations, one message was
clear; that Ghanaians
would continue to contri-
bute to the African libera-
tion struggle.

* The ANC leader noted
that the experience of his
entourage in Ghana, has
revealed to them the qua-
lity of leadership in the
PNDC, observing that
such leadership can returr
Ghana to its past giory as
the fore-runner in the

30

African liberation struggle.
On Nelson Mandela, Mr
Tambo said the ANC will
continue to fight for his re-
lease, but “this will not be
on any condition but we
are still confident that the
Botha regime will find it
necessary to release him.”

Mr Tambo was grateful
to the PNDC and the peo-
ple of Ghana for the hearty
welcome and warm recep-
tion given the delegation,
which he said, further de-
monstrates Ghana's sup-
port for them in their
struggle.

“We are encouraged to

go back and ensure that
this support is effectively
used to strengthen the li-
beration struggle.”
_ He urged Ghanaians to,
‘unite so that they could
succeed in their Economic
Recovery Programme
(ERP).

The ANC delegation
was seen off by Captain
Kojo Tsikata (rtd), Special
Adviser to the PNDC and
Dr Obed Asamoah, Secre-
tary for Foreign Affairs.

Meanwhile, Mrs Aanaa
Enin, member of the
PNDC, has left Accra for a
two-week visit to the Ger-
man Democratic Republic
(GDR), at the invitaion of
the GDR Friendship In-
ternational League.

JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

GHANA



JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

HENDRICKSE OPTIMISTIC ON VARIOUS CHANGES

Johannesburg THE STAR in English 19 Jun 85 p 16

[Article by Frans Esterhuyse]

[Text]

The Labour Party leader, the Rev
Allan Hendrickse, is pleased with
the results of the first full session of
the new Parliament. He foresees
many more changes from now on —
away from racial discrimination
and towards “a broader South
Africanism”.

He said in an interview that much .
had been achieved through hard
bargaining and the reaching of
compromises between people of
different political viewpoints and
different races. New political
perspectives had developed in all
three Houses.

Through contact, often at a
personal level, a better
understanding was developing
between people who had previously
not understood one another’s
thinking.

Mr Hendrickse, Chairman of the
coloured Ministers’ Council and a
member of the Cabinet, said that for
him one of the greatest successes of
‘the session had been the repeal of
laws that were, in fact, fundamental
to the philosophy of apartheid.

The repeal of.the Prohibition of
Mixed Marriages Act and section 16
of the Immorality Act was one of
the fruits of negotiation in which the
Labour Party had played a role.

In the field of black affairs
considerable changes had been

brought about in the short period

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54

since President Botha delivered his
opening address to Parliament.
Legislative changes brought
reforms in respect of resettlement,
influx control, black participation in
decision-making, and other matters.

Other changes included ‘a better
deal for the people of Crossroads,
the proposed development of
infrastructures for the Cape
Peninsula’s black townships of
Langa, Guguletu and Nyanga, and
the repeal of the government's
coloured labour preference policy in
the Western Cape.

The Labour Party had also played
a role in negotiating these changes.

Mr Hendrickse said the success of
the “politics of persuasion” had
been particularly evident in the
Joint Standing. Committees of the
three Houses where much of the
negotiation took place.

“It was not a question of
dominance on one side from the
National Party, or of acceptance or
subservience from people of the
other two Houses,” he said.

By way of a political

“cross-pollination” a better
understanding of the thinking of
people of different colours and
backgrounds was achieved.
One matter needing attention was
the question of joint participation in
debates on issues of national
interest. It made no sense to have
separate debates in the three
Houses. ~



[answer] If I stand up for my cause with ardor and love and that makes a
handful of Jews nervous, then let them be nervous. As for me, I am a son
of my country.

[Question] You have given the new South African constitution which went
into effect last September and which gave the brow population of South
Africa a voice in the political life of this country for the first time
ever a lifespan of just 18 months. And for the time thereafter, you are
predicting a "great bloody confrontation." Where will you. be when that
happens ?

[answer] I will stand up for lew, order and security with all my might
and with my entire movement. But if all order should disintegrate, then we
will reconquer this country by force.

[Question] So in other words, things will start happening in less than 12
months ?

[answer] I do not think the date is particularly important. But if the
government: should capitulate-—as I am sure it will—we will fight. We
Boers have no other home but this country—or would you like us to come
to Germany ?

[Question] No.

9478
CSO: 3420/66

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JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

ETHIOPIA

BRIEFS

DIRE DAWA IMPROVEMENTS--Dire Dawa (ENA)--The overall Urban Dwellers'
Association of Dire-Dawa town constructed different service rendering
organizations at a cost of 982,000 birr which are already operational.
The association constructed a 211-km-long gravel road linking two kebeles
in the town, a silo that could accommodate 40,000 quintals of grain, and
40 low cost houses. The facilities were inaugurated by Comrade Kassaye
Aragaw, member of the CC of WPE and First Secretary of the WPE Committee
of Hararghe region. [Text] [Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD in
English 16 Jun 85 p 1]

ASELISO DEVELOPMENT--Dire Dawa (ENA)--Members of the Aseliso kebele
Peasants' Association in Dire Wawa-Issa-Gurgura province of Hararghe

region are carrying out commendable development activities, especially

by cultivating more arable land. The peasants, who used to farm individual
plots in isolated areas, have come today together and are settled in areas
suitable for agricultural development. They are developing various crops
over 200 hectares of land, The 420 families, the first group in the
province to come under one village, have constructed over 300 dwelling
units while over 1,000 adults are regularly attending literacy classes.
[Excerpt] [Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD in English 16 Jun 85 p 1]

SENTO COFFEE PLANTATION--Agaro (ENA)--The Sento Coffee Plantation in Limu
Kossa district, Kaffa region, is making substantial improvements in
coffee production. The coffee agricultural development unit in the area
is replacing rapidly disease~prone and low-yielding varieties with new
seedlings. Already the unit has been able to produce four quintals per
hectare and this is expected to increase to eight quintals per hectare in
the long-run. In addition to developing 612 hectares by stumping the old
plantation, the unit plans to replace with totally new seedlings the old
coffee trees planted on 150 hectares. In order to implement the project,
the unit has already produced 618.582 improved coffee seedlings as well
as 60,000 tree-seedlings that would serve as canapies. A total of 233,440
holes have been dug for the realisation of the extensive plantation scheme
aimed at producing quality coffee in large quantities in order to bolster
the national economy. [Text] [Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD in
English 7 Jun 85 p 5]

24



MINING INDUSTRY REGISTERS RECORD EARNINGS

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 26 Jun 85 p 25

[Article by Madden Cole]

[Text]

THE only highlight in
an otherwise -unsatis-
factory year for the

South African econ-'

omy was the record
eamings achieved by
the mining industry in
the face of difficult
market —_conditions,
Chamber of Mines
president George Nis-
bet said in his presi-
dential address yester-
day.

“Favourable exchange
rates boosted mining rev-
‘enues in 1984 by 17 per-
cent to a_ record of
R19 000 million.”

“Although \ the real
gross domestic product
increased by 4,5 percent,
almost all the growth oc-
curred in the first quarter
of the year and was fol-
lowed by six negative
months accompanied by
accelerating inflation and
growing unemployment.”

CSO: 3400/562

But the severe and pro-
longed economic down-
tum appeared to have
bottomed out in recent
months and there were in-
dications of a marginally
better year ahead, Mr
Nisbet said.

Referring to the count-
er-productivity of sanc-
tions against South Afri-
ca, Mr Nisbet pointed out
that the gold mining in-

‘ three-million dependants

— 40 percent of them liv-
ing in foreign countries —
relied on the earnings
from gold mines for their
economic survival.

“It is estimated . that
mine employment earn-
ings last year constituted
a R1 000-million lifeline
for Black families in
Southern Africa.”

For the gold mines 1984
was a mixed year, with
the average dollar price of
gold falling by nearly 15
percent from $425 in 1983
to $361 in 1984, Mr Nis-
bet said.

“But rand revenues
reached a record R11 560-
-million, some 13,6 per-
cent higher than the pre-
vious year.”
. Coal, now the second
largest revenue earner
after gold, recorded a
: 30,8 percent increase in
the value of sales last year
which reached R3 426-
million, he said.

“Silver sales for 1984 at
R66-million were 6,8 per-

,eent down on the pre-
vious and diamond
Sales valued at R518-mil-
lion, some 3,6 percent be-
low the previous year’s
figure.”

‘Producers of the plati-
num group of metals ex-
perienced a good year in
1984 despite substantial
falls in the dollar price of
platinum and paladium,
‘Mr Nisbet said.

“Sales of other metals
_and minerals were valued
at R3.438-million, some
21 percent more than the
previous year’s figure.”

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SOUTH AFRICA

Although Mr Nisbet
feels that the domestic
economy is likely to re-
main under severe press-
ure over the next year,
there are signs of im-
provement.

These are the definite
trends towards lower
short-term interest rates
and the recent bullish sen-
timent on the Johannes-
burg stock market which
suggests a renewed confi-

:dence about the outlook
for the economy. . :

Although the expected
slower rate in the

- United States - will put
downward pressure on in-
terest rates, Mr Nisbet
does not think they will
weaken markedly. The
best guess is that they will
remain steady.

“But inflation seems to
be going up in the United
States which js likely to
make gold a more attrac-
tive asset. A slow rise in



JPRS~SSA~85-064
19 July 1985

ANGOLA

TRIBAL CONFLICTS, DISSIDENT GROUPS REPORTEDLY WEAKENING UNITA
Lisbon AFRICA JORNAL in Portuguese 22 May 85 p 7

[Text] UNITA is in considerable military disarray. All indications are
that preparations for.a large offensive to demonstrate its ability to
operate freely in Angola after the South African troop pull-out are also
affected.

In Europe, the movement led by Jonas Savimbi is claiming that the current
military quiet is due to troop "reassignments."

According to Western diplomatic sources, these "yeassignments" are an
attempt to smooth over rifts caused by the dissidence of an important group
of top officers, including Jose N'Dele, one of the movement's most out-
standing militants and UNITA's prime minister in the Angolan transitional
government following the Alvor accords.

The reassignment announced by UNITA would also be aimed at breaking down
the strongly tribal element in the movement, which centers around the
Umbundo, Savimbi's tribe.

Various tribal conflicts have shaken the movement's leadership, and many
non-Umbundo troops have deserted from its ranks. These deserters, who
are turning themselves in with their arms, have said that non-Umbundo
soldiers are being shot, especially Cuanhamas.

Actually, tribal confrontations are one of the main causes of disarray in
Operation North, whose objectives were to plunge all of Angola into war,
which they surround on the south and east.

UNITA tried to take over the provinces of Kuanza Norte, Uige and Malange,
but due to a lack of popular support also, it was unable to score any
military successes.

The fact that former soldiers from FNLA-COMIRA [Military Committee of the
Resistance in Angola] have joined FAPLA [Armed Forces for the Liberation of
Angola] has also greatly contributed to the failure of Savimbi's troops, who
for the first time made a serious error in estimating his strength.

However, South African planes recently delivered arms and supplies to UNITA
near Malange to support large-scale military activities in that region.



JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

UNREST DAMAGE COSTS ASSESSED

Johannesburg BUSINESS DAY in English 19 Jun 85 p 7

{Article by Peter Wellington]

[Text]

and violence over the past

nine months defies calcula-

tion. That it is large is undis-
puted. In just 45 days in one small
area, the Vaal Triangle, the bill,
apart from the huge social cost in
wasted lives and injuries, was
Rism. :

Since those few weeks in September,
when Sharpeville erupted for a second
time, unrest has become a way of life
in many parts of the country.

In that turbulent time angry mobs
attacked — and in some instances de-
stroyed — schools, beerhalls, shebeens,
private houses and cars, buses, admini-
stration board buildings and businesses.

People have been arrested and jailed,
further burdening an already over-
loaded judicial system. And hundreds
have died, either because of police ac-
tion or because they have been identified
as ‘collaborators’ with the ‘apartheid
‘system’, and have been murdered.

‘While the cost — aside from the hu-
man toll — is impossible to estimate,

jlimpses are contained in the following
facts gleaned from various sources. At
least:
(OR3im damage has been caused to

T: quantify the cost of unrest

property;

OR12m damage to vehicles and trains;
010000 le arrested due to unrest-
related incidents;

(143 schools damaged in the Eastern
Cape’ alone;

(Putco bus company has lost nearly
R10m, either through damage to buses
or lost earnings;

73

The South African Special Risks In-
surance Association (Sasria) has had
claims totalling R35m;

{0.440 people have died and 1500 have-

-been injured.

Law and Order Minister Louis le
Grange said 381 le had died from
September to April — most of them as a
result of police action. .

‘The South African Insititute of Race
Relations documented another 59 deaths
in May. Since then there have been
more. The figure now tops 440.

Co-operation and Development
spokesman Johan Steenkamp said the

in damage caused to property and
-vehicles was a national total for all dam-
age reported to the police. .

Apart from e to property mil-
lions of rors fave Been fost in unpaid
rents and levies. Co-operation and De-
velopment Minister Gerrit Viljoen told
By ent recently that more than
18m — from 16 000 households in Le-
koa township — had not been paid.

While this is the only ific case
known, St said councils
had also had difficulty in getting rentals
and levies. :

Sasria GM Rodney Schneeberger said
the past few weeks had seen a signifi-
cant increase in claims from unrest.
These had risen from R26m in April to
R35m at the end of May.

Schneeberger pointed out that this

figure property or
vehicles, insured ‘vith Rasta damaged
in political unrest.

Putco — which ites buses in the
Vaal Triangle \nd Natal — has lost Rim
through damajte to vehicles. Further-



MOVE TO REGULATE DUTCH FIRMS

Ss

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 19 Jun 85 p 5

[Text]

cso: 3400/544

THE HAGUE. — The
Dutch Foreign Minis-
ter, Mr Hans van den
Broek, yesterday
called for Government
regulation of Dutch
companies operating in
South Africa, but re-
affirmed Government
opposition to any uni-
lateral economic sanc-
tions against Pretoria.

In a letter to Parlia-
ment, Mr Van den Broek
said that Dutch ‘invest-
ment could “help the
emancipation of Blacks
by offering equal pay,
conditions and opportu-
nities, could do more to
change the political situa-
tion in South Africa than
independent economic
sanctions taken by “the
Netherlands”, according
to Ministry spokesman,
Mr Jan Boeles.

‘Mr Van den Broek also
proposed that any Dutch
‘economic embargo activ-
ity against the apartheid
Government be within
the context of an interna-
tional framework of sanc-
tions, such as one imple-

79

mented under UN aus-
pices.

Dutch exports to South
Africa totalled about
‘R508-million in 1984. Im-
ports totalled — about
R278-million.

In his letter, Mr Van
den Broek also called on
Parliament to adopt, as
law, the European Econ-
omic Community’s
(EEC) code of behaviour.

The voluntary EEC
code prohibits racial or
sexual discrimination by
multinationals in South
Africa, and asks them to
report to their govern-
ments annually on the pay
policies and advancement
opportunities given to
South African employees.

“There are one or two
Dutch companies (in
South Africa) who never
report,” said.” Foreign
Ministry spokeswoman
Mrs Josine Boissevain.

ante Netherlands bans
exports of weapons to,
or imports of weapons
from South Africa. —
Sapa-AP.

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JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

ANGOLA

AMBASSADOR IN LISBON DISCUSSES REASONS FOR STRAINED RELATIONS
Luanda JORNAL DE ANGOLA in Portuguese 18 May 85 p 12

[Text] Lisbon--as part of his diplomatic activities in
Portugal, Mawete Joao Baptista, ambassador of the People's
Republic of Angola, held a working meeting on Thursday
with Fernando Amaral, president of the Assembly of the
Portuguese Republic with whom he took up questions con-
cerning bilateral relations between the two countries.

During the meeting, Fernando Amaral expressed the concern of the Assembly of
the Portuguese Republic regarding the freeze on cooperation relations be-
tween the People's Republic of Angola and Portugal due to the poor political
relations between the two states. The Portuguese leader assured the Angolan
diplomat of his commitment, along with other deputies in this sovereign
body which he presides over, ‘in terms of contributing to the improvement of
political relations between Angola and Portugal.

On the other hand, Mawete Joao Baptista was received in audience by Por-
tuguese Secretary of State for Cooperation Eduardo Ambar. On that occasion,
the ambassador of Angola communicated to the Portuguese leader the main
issues that affect economic relations between the two countries which are
influenced by the development of political relations between the two states
and peoples.

Desire to Eliminate Misunderstandings

During the meeting, Eduardo Ambar expressed the desire to work in an effort
to dispel the climate of noncomprehension existing between Angola and
Portugal, noting that the situation should be resolved on the basis of a
permanent dialogue between Angolan and Portuguese authorities.

The Portuguese government official reaffirmed his country's attitude of
respect as regards Angolan sovereignty and its total independence, emphasiz—
ing that the territory of Portugal will never be used for subversive propa-
ganda against the People's Republic of Angola. The Portuguese state secre~
tary deplored the stagnation of economic projects that had been previously
planned by the two countries.



Black Sash President Address
Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 26 Jun 85 p 12

[Text]

IT is because the power of the State is unrestrained that
South Africa is in such a mess and that so many people
are suffering, the president of the Black Sash, Mrs
Sheena Duncan, told the national conference of the
South African Council of Churches in Johannesburg
yesterday.

Addressing the conference on its theme, “Women: A.
power for change,” she said:

“Justice and peace, freedom and democracy, are not
about power but about the restraint on the exercise of
power which needs to be placed upon the powerful.

“We are looking towards a new society . . . We are
not going to reach it by a process of piecemeal reform,
but only by the transformation of the way in which our
society is ordered.”

Mrs Duncan said the rapid militarisation of South
African society was “one of the most obvious symp-
toms of the abuse of power.”

The police also represented the powerful, as was
shown during the Uitenhage shootings and the events
at the Regina Mundi Church on June 10, she said.

The army was being increasingly used in civilian con-
trol.

Mrs Duncan referred to a recent police raid on the
Duduza township on the East Rand where parents al-
legedly had to disguise their young sons as girls to es-
cape the police.

“It reminds me of nothing sognuch as the Nazi occv-
pation of Europe and the hiding of Jewish people,” she
said.

“As all orderliness disappears in many Black com-
munities, the scene on the political front leaves little
room for encouragement or hope for real change.

“President Botha talks of giving Black communities

| autonomy or self-government in their own areas. This
means handing to selected Black leaders real power
over the people whom. they govern. The Government's
policy is the creation and co-option of a privileged Mid-
dle Class,” she said.

“The State President’s policy of reform is a new way
of achieving the same ends — the entrenching of what
apartheid is all about.” — Sapa.

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JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

RSA LOSING MILLIONS ON MACHINERY

Johannesburg BUSINESS DAY in English 19 Jun 85 p 4
{Article by Isobel Humphreys]

[Text]

SOUTH AFRICA has become at-

tractive for overseas ain-hunt- “Tp the last month, I know of 10

ers looking for sophisticated
second-hand machinery.

Businessmen say the country is
losing millions of rands worth of
technical equipment it cannot af-
ford to let go.

They add that most of the cqulp-
ment is being sold by industrialists
looking for ready cash and com-
panies that have closed.

, Erie Lindigger, MD of a com-
pany of industrial materials and
‘equipment brokers, said: “We are
ship) Ew

ing to America rope
equipment we cannot afford to
ieee higher price than can be ob.
a can be ol
bs locally but, on the original
price, we are selling at a Toss.”
He sald most of the equipment
being shipped overseas was in the
engineering industry. _

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computer-controlled machines —
the latest equipment to produce so-
isticated components in a num-
os of industries — that have been
shipped out of the country.
. machines were sold at an
average of 50000 each, but the
replacement value in a year or two
will be double.

“Last month we had a buyer

idea worth of tus type of egal
jm

ment, So far this pel we have
had four more British buyers and
two Americans on the same mis-
‘sion. Collectively they went away
wih a tow millon fands worth of
macl ata premium
and sold at ape ,

He said it was ironic that outdat-
ed equipment was blamed for the
country's low rate of productivity,



CSO:

Q; What effect has the security
clampdown had on the UDF? ~

Any organisation that has its
leaders detained or removed,
especially leaders who have the
ability to rally people, is bound to
suffer. The Government does not
want the Front to function properly.

‘The question is, is this a blow or a
temporary setback? The
organisation is so huge that new
leaders are being produced all the
time. Blows may make us stagger
but we are well balanced and we
will not fall.

Q: Can you compare the current’

wave of unrest in the townships
with that prevalent in 1976?

I think the uprisings or resistance
have deepened in content compared
with 1976. Without being prejudicial
to ’76, there is much greater
cohesion and organisation involved
now at all levels.

Q: Is South African society
becoming more polarised?
The white community is

sundergoing shifts and re-evaluations

of its positions. The contradictions

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at the level of race in South African
society are becoming more
apparent.

The problem we have is the
ability of the Government to reach
out with various means of
propaganda, such as TV and radio,
to affect people’s formation of
opinions. While this would not have
the same effect on the black people
of this country for obvious reasons,
it causes the whites, a privileged
community, to close ranks. .

Look at how The Citizen and the
SABC are eulogising the raid by the
army into Gaborone. They are only
open to a specific view.

This kind of attitude (among
whites) will continue for some time.
But the Government has seen that
whites alone will not cope.
Therefore it must recruit from
other sections of the population in
whom it can inculcate the same
nonsense about Swart Gevaar and
Rooi Gevaar.



JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

MARAIS DISCUSSES RESTORATION OF BOER REPUBLICS

Pretoria DIE AFRIKANER in Afrikaans 22 May 85 p 1

[Text] The lost freedom of the former Boer Republics was already restored in
1960, says the leader of the HNP [Herstigte Nasionale Party], Mc Jaap Marais.

Mr Marais, in answering a question put to him at a public gathering he was ad-
dressing at Vryburg, digressed concerning the HNP position on the concepts of
a white national state, white growth points and the restoration of freedom to
the former Boer Republics. The restoration of these republics has been pro-
posed in recent weeks in rightist circles as a countermeasure to the govern-
ment's integration policy.

Mr Marais said that the idea of giving birth to a republic not only involved
the restoration of the republics, but also the extension of that freedom to
the former British colonies, Cape Province and Natal.

The HNP leader pointed out that the Transvaal and Free State system differed
radically from the one that existed in Cape Province and Natal. In contrast

to the two British colonies, there was no equality between Whites and Non-
Whites in the Boer Republics. Developments after 1910 caused the Transvaal and
Free State system to be extended to Cape Province and Natal. ‘Thus Blacks and
later Coloreds were withdrawn from community voting registers. Later, too, the
representation of these two groups in parliament was discontinued.

In this way, not only were the two republics restored, but also the two former
colonies were brought in on the same basis. Thus the NP achieved more than
just the restoration of the freedom of the Boer Republics. "To say that you
want to restore the two republics now means that you are denying that achieve-
ment.

He looks upon it as wrong to exclude Afrikaners who live in Natal and in Cape
Province. They are, in the final analysis, of the same blood as we. It is an
injustice to sell out these people and to want to take care of ourselves alone.

About the notion of a white national state, Mr Marais said that NP prime minis-
ters such as Dr D.F. Malan, Atty Hans Strijdom and Dr H.F. Verwoerd all recog-
nized the concept of white South Africa. White South Africa has excluded the
historical and traditional homelands of the Blacks.

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19 July 1985

ETHIOPIA

ETHIOPIAN, CZECHOSLOVAK YOUTH AGREEMENTS SIGNED

Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD in English 4 Jun 85 p 6

[Text]

CSO:

The leader of the Czechoslovak
youth delegation said that th: Ethio-
pian revolution has in the past ten
years of struggle and victory enabled
the youth to organize and carry out
thelr international duties.

Comrade Ivan Lipaviski, Second
Secretary of the Czechoslovak Socialist
Youth Association, made the statement
in a press conference he gave yester-
day at the REYA Central Committze
office at the end of his working tour to
Socialist Ethiopia.

Comrade Lipaviski, who leads a
three-member youth delegation, « state-
ed that REYA, in addition to enabling
the youth to live up to expectations by
organizing them, has greatly contribut-
ed towards strengthening its relations
with friendly youth associations of so-
cialist countries in general and Cze-
choslovakia in particular.

He expressed confidence that REYA
will be better _ prepared to carry out

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its national and international respon-
sibilities as a result of the guidance
it receives from the WPE.

The festivals launched at various
levels are clear testimonies of the satis-
factory preparations REYA has made
in connection with the marking of the
International Youth Year (IYY) and
the international youth festival to be
held soon in Moscow, noted Comrade
Lipaviski, adding that’ his delegation
had gathered a broader knowledge of
REYA that would enhance*oooperation
between the two youth assoolations.

The two friendly associations have
exchanged emblems, besides signing
Bilateral agreements to implement
jointly the international principles of
their assocfations.

Comrade Zenebe Bizuneh, member
of the Executive Committee of REYA,
and Comrade Lipaviski signed the
agreement yesterday on behalf of their
respective organizations. (ENA)



TIMBER INDUSTRY UNDERGOING RESTRUCTURING

Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 7 Jun 85 p 1

[Excerpt]

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‘A TIMBER Export De-
velopment =: Board
*(TEDB) and.a Forest
Products: Inspection
Bureau (FPIB) are to
take over the functions
of the Ghana Timber
Marketing Board.
(GTMB), as part of the
restructuring exercise

of the Timber and Wood |

Products Industry.

J The two separate insti-
tutions would share the
dual role of the GTMB —
the promotion, marketi
‘and export of timber anc
wood products on one
hand, and the supervision
of their production and
control of forest utilisation
on the other, for effective
functioning. 5
In an interview in Accra
“yesterday the Under-
cretary for Lands and
‘Natural Resources, Mr F.
Qhene-Kena, said the
TEDB would among other-

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things; establish a market:
Gng intelligence and stati-
stics unit to analyse the
Units’s findings and pro-
jection and disseminate
them ‘frequent!’ and re-
nsibly”. :
The TEDB would addi
tionally establish and e
rt matket development
information system with
offices and agents in Euro-
and, ultimately, other
ey markets as. required,
and wold also. advertise
Ghana’s timber, especially
the commercially un-
known species,td the world
market and promote their

sale.

The FPIB, Mr Ohene
Kena said, would control
the number of timber mills
and factories and their sit-
ing, and declare the species
of timber that may be
turned into finished or
semi-finished products for
export or use in Ghana or
both.

JPRS-SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

GHANA



GREATER INTERNAL SECURITY CALLED FOR TO CURB GOLD SMUGGLING

Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 6 Jun 85 pp 1, 4

[Article by Boniface Ablekpe]

[Text]

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THE Ashanti Gold-
fields Corporation
(AGC) CDR has
charged the manage-
ment of the corpor:
tion to strengthen,
a matter of urgency,
its internal security
network in order to
halt the high inci-
dence of gold steal-
ing at the mines.

Mr Victor Dandzo,
Organising Assistant of.
the CDR, made the call
in an interview with the
press shortly after he

iad been returned
unopposed for another
term of office in elec-
tions held at the mines.

According to Mr
Dandzo, it is very ridi-
culous for management
to call for increased
production without
taking steps to safe-
guard and protect what
is being produced.

He said gold stealing
is on the asvendancy at
the mines particularly
at the Blackies shaft
where workers are seen
openly surfacing with
gold quartz under the
very noses of security
agents posted there.

“The Organising Assi-
stant said even though
his outfit assists in ar-
resting and checking
gold thieves at the
mine, much cannot be
achieved since the gold
dealers who enter the
premises of the shafts
are heavily armed.

Mr Dandzo suggested
therefore that the corpo-
ration’s security personnel
should either be armed or
the management should
consult the government for
outside security assistance
to eradicate these dealers
operating at the mines.

On the issue of legalising
“galamsey,” Mr Dandzo

said the government
should rather look for
mining companies inte-
rested in doing surface
mining and enter into
agreements with them.

When this is done, he
said, the state would stand
to benefit more than lega-
lising “galamsey” which
will tend to put more mo-

ey in the pockets of indi-
viduals and also lead to an
increase in the theft of gold
from the mining compa-
nies.

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GHANA



JPRS~SSA~85-064
19 July 1985

Policies Blamed for Refugee Crisis

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 26 Jun 85 p 12

[Text]

AN estimated 250 000
South African and SWA
tefugees have sought re-
fuge in neighbouring ter-
ritories and other coun-
tries, according to a re-
port presented to the Na-
tional conference of the
South African Council of
Churches yesterday.

“Many refugees who
have fled to.neighbouring
territories are members of
banned organisations in-
volved in the struggle for
political change within
South Africa,” the re-
port, from the director of
the SACC’s division of
refugee ministries, the
Rev Sol Jacob, said.

“As a result the South
African Government has

been exerting increasing
amilitary, economic and
“diplomatic pressure on
these states to evacuate
the refugees or restrict
their involvement in pol-
itical activities.”

The report said South-
ern Africa’s refugee situa-
tion was “largely deter-
mined” by South Africa’s
policies, “which in terms
of military capability and
economic strength domi-
nates its neighbours and
other Frontline States
such as Tanzania and
Zambia.

“The war in Namibia
between South Africa and
Swapo, the war in Angola
between the Government
forces and Unita and the
destablisation of the Mo-
zambique by the MNR
(Renamo) are related to
South Africa’s foreign

policy.”
Political instability in
Southern Africa had also

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made South Africa a refu-
gee-receiving country.

“Refugee movements
in Angola, Lesotho and
Mozambique have left
South Africa with a refu-
gee population of over
100 000,” the report said.

“There are some 50 000
Angolans in Namibia,
30 000-50 000 Mozambi-
cans in the North-East
Transvaal and some 2 000
refugees from Lesotho in
the Transkei and Qwa
Qwa.

“In addition, we face
the future problem of
‘apartheid’s —_ refugees,”
displaced persons within
South Africa’s borders,
those who flee the Ban-
tustan Governments and
South Africa’s ‘indepen-
dent’ states, those who
live in squatter camps in
the urban areas as South
Africa’s illegals’.”

The report said it was
unable to respond to the
needs of the 100 000 refu-
gees in South Africa be-
cause it had “no funding
for this purpose”.

‘fugees in Southern
Aldca “did not feel safe
in the region”, because of
South Africa’s attacks on
refugees in Angola, Mo-
zambique, Swaziland, Le-
sotho and Botswana and
other pressures on gov-
ernments in the region
“to prevent South Afri-
can exiles from mobilising
any form of resistance”.

“Until there are signifi-
cant changes in South
Africa’s internal policies,
‘it seems very unlikely that
movement ‘of refugees
will diminish in the fore-
seeable future”, the re-
port said. — Sapa.



JPRS-SSA-85-064
19 July 1985

ANGOLA

ARTILLERY SPECIALISTS END TRAINING
Luanda JORNAL DE ANGOLA in Portuguese 23 May 85 p 3

[Text] The fourth training course for fire and fire control platoon leaders,
which had been given in Luanda and which had been prepared in the township
of Viana, at the field artillery school, ended Saturday with a ceremony held
at the Club of the Viana Regiment, presided over by Capt Antonio Farelo dos
Santos, chief of staff, Field Artillery Directorate, accompanied by officers
from the DAT [Field Artillery Directorate], the school, and Cuban inter-
nationalist military advisors.

The course lasted about 3 months and was attended by almost 50 trainees who
were being instructed in the special skills they would need as fire and fire
control platoon leaders for the 82-mm batteries of the light prigades. The
trainees also were taught subjects having to do with their specialty, such
as political training, military disciplinary regulations, military topo-
graphy, tactical training, technical training, special training and artillery
firing, ending with maneuvers featuring live combat firing.

With the end of this course, the trainees will be assigned to the various
minor artillery units; their work will mainly involve action against the
bands of UNITA until they have been completely wiped out.

The new specialists were given warrant officer certificates and others were
immediately promoted to higher rank, especially 2nd and ist lieutenant.

On this occasion, one of the graduates, in the name of his fellow trainees,
read the pledge of honor in which they promised among other things to close
ranks around the MPLA-Labor Party and Comrade President Jose Eduardo dos
Santos, the commander-in-chief of the FAPLA [Armed Forces for the Popular
Liberation of Angola].

They also pledged to use the knowledge they were given to redouble their
discipline and vigilance since these are the basic requirements for a con~
stant increase in the fighting and defensive capacity, a high level of
loyalty to the party and the people, profound hatred of the country's
domestic and foreign enemies, along with a pledge without reservation to
fight for the oppressed peoples of the world, particularly those of southern
Africa.



JPRS~SSA-85~064
19 July 1985

Mr Miheso Bosson, District Secretary for Ho who addressed the guardsmen
and customs officials later, reminded them that the opening of the three
new stations increases their responsibility in border patrols and control
of smuggling, He observed that the peoples of both countries had tradi-~
tional links long before the colonialists placed that imaginary boundary
between them. He, therefore, advised the border personnel and customs
officials to be humane and courteous when attending to travellers from
both countries. Mr Bosson assured his Togolese counterpart that Ghana
will continue to work hard towards African unity starting with her closest
neighbours. The Togolese official assured that Togo will co-operate with
Ghana to ensure that the re-opening of the border points becomes beneficial
to both countries. [Article by Stephen Kofi Akordor] [Text] [Accra DAILY
GRAPHIC in English 3 Jun 85 p 1]

OPINION POLL RESULTS~-The Central Regional Secretary, Lt-Col E.A. Baidoo,
has started a house-to-house survey with the people to find out what they
think about the PNDC. During the survey, which was started at Anaafu, a
fishing community here, the fishermen complained about the attitude of some
public officers who, they said, continued to treat fishermen and farmers
with contempt. The way these public officers behaved, they complained,

it was as if they felt ‘that fishermen and farmers are second rate human
beings, because they are illiterates, They cited nurses as an example,
saying they (nurses) never accorded them any respect whenever they went
to the hospital for treatment. Some of the fishermen were not happy about
the way government vehicles had been monopolized by few senior officers

to the neglect of the general workers. The fishermen, therefore, sug-
gested a public education platform against these practices. [Article by
J.W. Dadson] [Text] [Accra GHANAIAN TIMES in Englsh 1 Jun 85 p 1]

ARAB BANK AIDS TIMBER-~The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
(BADEA) has granted a loan of nine million dollars (¢477 million) to Ghana
for the rehabilitation of two timber companies owned by the government.

The two timber mills to benefit from the loan are the African Timber and
Plywood Company (ATP) at Samreboi and Gliksten (West Africa) Company at
Sefwi Wiawso, both in the Western Region, According to BADEA's 1984 annual
report, the loan is repayable in 12 years, including three years" grace
period and attracts an annual rate of interest of seven percent. The
report said implementation of the project which should take 12 months
would be the responsibility of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources
under the supervision of the National Investment Bank (NIB). It said the
loan would be used in supplying the factories.with equipment, machinery,
tools and vehicles needed to improve the running of their plants. It would
also be used for supplying the sawmills with spare~parts and improve main-
tenance operations. The report explained that to increase government
revenue and foreign exchange earnings, a three-year development programme
had been planned covering 1984-86 and emphasised the development of the
forestry sector and timber industry. [Text] [Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC
in English 13 Jun 85 p 1]

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CP, HNP To Join Forces for Three Polls
(Keith Abendroth; THE CITIZEN, 27 Jun 85).......-eseeeeeee

Minister Says Nation Sealed Off as Support for MNR
(THE CITIZEN, 26 Jun 85)... . sce c eee c cece eee eceeeeteeeenes

South Africa Foundation Accused of Being Leftist
(DIE AFRIKANER, 22 May 85)....cseccccccccccccccceccreseees

ANC Suicide Squad Links Disclosed
(THE CITIZEN, 26 Jun 85)...... cece ce cee ceccceeecceeseceees

How Regional Services Council Might Not Work
(THE STAR, 18 Jun 85)......cccccceecccere cc cece cecescasees

Law Prohibiting Multiracial Parties May Be Repealed
(DIE AFRIKANER, 22 May 85)...cecescecceccccvccseceeseceses

Poster at University Rejoices at Death of 42 White Children
(DIE AFRIKANER, 22 May 85)....scccecceccecccccececceseeeee

Terre Blanche Predicts 'Bloody Confrontation’ Within Year
(Eugene Terre Blanche Interview; DER SPIEGEL, 17 Jun 85)...

Unrest Damage Costs Assessed
(Peter Wellington; BUSINESS DAY, 19 Jun 85)........0eeeeee

Council of Churches Reports on Crisis Situation
(THE CITIZEN, 26 Jun 85).....ceeeceeneececccscccnccsccvces

Government Helpless in Civil War Situation
Policies Blamed for Refugee Crisis
Black Sash President Address

Arbitrators Invited To Join International Network
(Malcolm Fothergill; THE SUNDAY STAR, 16 Jun 85)..

Move To Regulate Dutch Firms
(THE CITIZEN, 19 Jun 85).......6.

Operational Costs of Johannesburg Reported
(Winnie Graham; BUSINESS DAY, 20 Jun 85)......

RSC Budgetary Needs Noted
(Winnie Graham; BUSINESS DAY, 20 Jun 85)...

New Economic Growth Phase Foreseen
(THE SUNDAY STAR, 16 Jun 85)..

Seifsa Director Explains Industry Decline
(Sam van Coller Interview; BUSINESS DAY, 20 Jun 85).......

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A tug-of-war is evidently going on between Dr Viljoen of the department of
education and training and Mr Louis le Grange of the department of law and
order. Minister Viljoen wants to keep on with the appeasement policy, while

simply introducing changes in the House and Senate, but his law and order col-
league wants to intervene much more radically.

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GDR DONATES GARAGE

JPRS~SSA~85~064

19 July 1985

ETHIOPIA

Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD in English 12 Jun 85 pp 1, 5

[Text]

The Government of the Germen
Democratic Republic (GDR) yester-
day donated the IFA Garage valued
at two million birr to the Agricultu-
ral Equipment and Technical Servi-
ves Corporation within the Ministry
of State Farm Development.

The garage located at the vicinity
of Kebele 54 of Higher 19 in Addis
Ababa was handed over to Comrade
Hailu Sebsibe, General Manager of
the Agricultural Equipment and
Technical Services Corporation, by
Comrade Marks, Acting Commercial
Counsellor of the GDR Embassy in
Revo‘utionary Ethiopia.

The IFA-service workshop which
was granted to the Ministry yesterday
includes one IFA workshop truck,
one IFA truck, one IFA workshop
trailer, one fork-lift truck, one. pick-
up car, one motor cycle, as well as
machineries, equipment, tools and
spareparts.

Speaking on the occasion, Comrade
Hailu recal’ed that a decision was
made and an agreement reached to
handover the IFA Garge to the Ethio-

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pian government in accordance with
the 7th Ethio-GDR-Joint Commission
for Economic, Scientific and Techni-
cal Cooperation. Comrade Hailu fur-
ther stated that the workshop would
serve as training centre to overcome
the shortage of skilled manpower
within the Ministry of State Farms
Development. .

Comrade Hailu expressed gratitude
to the government of the GDR for
the donation. Comrade Marks said
on his part that the garage will serve
as a training centre for the trainees

“specializing in mechanics and those

deployed in the career of repair and
renovation of tractors, combiners and
other agricultural equipment. He also
noted that the Free German Youth
Brigade of GDR coming here on an
assignment will he'p in the training
programme within the workshop.

Present on the occasion were Com-
rade Hambissa Wakwaya, Vice Minis-
ter of the State Farms Development,
and: Comrade Puffky — Charge
Waeffaire of the Embassy of the GDR
in Revolutionary Ethiopia.



JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

POSTER AT UNIVERSITY REJOICES AT DEATH OF 42 WHITE CHILDREN
Pretoria DIE AFRIKANER in Afrikaans 22 May 85 p 5

[Text] The colored driver of the ill-fated bus of Westdene-dam performed a
real feat by letting the 42 white children drown.

Thus reads a poster on the bulletin board of the black University of the North
near Pietersburg.

In its message is an expression of joy that the children are dead, for they
were presumably future "racists" and pupils of a "racist" school. The poster
goes on to say that the black students are delighted that the bus driver sur-
vived and expresses their thanks to him. The country presumably needs more
such men.

This is the spirit that prevails on the campus of the University of the North,
which according to white professors has become a hotbed of ANC activities under
the "enlightened" administration of the department of education and training
and its minister, Dr Gerrit Viljoen.

They say that the community of Pietersburg is shocked by the results now being
produced by Prof Viljoen's policy of appeasement toward agitators. There are
great misgivings about the stance taken by university rector, Prof P.C. Mokgo-
kong and about the ability of the senate and the university council to deal
with a full-blown revolutionary situation.

Two weeks ago, 70-year-old Professor Paul van Warmelo, an internationally known
professor of law, who teaches law courses at the university, was injured by an
acid bomb hurled at him by a student. He cancelled his classes and reported
the incident to the South African police in Pietersburg. Some of his students
were allegedly angry with him because too many of them had failed. Prof Van
Warmelo had to be treated in the hospital.

Last week, Whites were stoned on the campus. Mr Danie Steenkamp, a Pietersburg
businessman who wanted to submit a bid at the university office, had to run
through a hail of rocks, two of which hit him in the face and two in the tem-
ple. He was able to drive away, in any case, but his car was badly damaged.

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JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA FOUNDATION ACCUSED OF BEING LEFTIST
Pretoria DIE AFRIKANER in Afrikaans 22 May 85 p.5

[Text] He holds nothing against rightists who believe that the South Africa
Foundation (SAS) is a leftist organization, says Mr J. de L. Sorour, the
director-general of the foundation.

DIE AFRIKANER suggested to Mr Sorour that the SAS will be judged in rightist
circles in virtue of the persons that serve on its council and board of trus-
tees. A great number of left-wingers are members of these bodies, including
Mr Harry Oppenheimer, ABD Sam Buti, Mr Gavin Relly, Mc Ted Pavit, Mrs Lucy
Mvubelu, Mc Jan Steyn, Prof Erika Theron, Dr Frans Cronje and a number of oth-
ers.

DIE AFRIKANER conducted a telephone interview with Mr Sorour in connection with
the fact that numbers of local administrations and cooperatives are members of
the SAS, while the latter is looked upon in rightist circles as an organization
with clearly leftist sympathies.

To the question whether he holds it against rightists if they consider the SAS
a leftist organization on these grounds, Mr Sorour answered: "T don't hold it
against you at all. I can fully understand it. Just as I can also understand
why people abroad look upon the SAS as a champion of apartheid."

Mr Sorour says that the SAS does not take any position concerning local party
political issues. The SAS is a communication organization. When SAS officials
give lectures overseas, they simply bring their audiences up to date on what is
happening in South Africa. One example of this is the decision to repeal the
law on mixed marriages and Article 16 of the immorality law. The SAS itself
does not take any position, because there are people serving on its board of
trustees who are against the repeal, while others approve of it. It simply
makes foreigners aware of the contemplated repeal.

Mc Sorour says that through its publications, the SAS acquaints people with
what is happening in South Africa. Thus among other things they also issued
a report on the rightist opposition to the government policy. The SAS takes
cognizance of the huge gatherings that have assembled to listen to speeches by
rightist political leaders. "Our goal, therefore, is to give foreigners the
background and an analysis of the situation in South Africa, not to take any
position on them ourselves."

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cso:

The programme, by the time it is
realized, will enable 95 per cent of
telephone ' subscribers in the country
to use automatic dialing, . The sixth
programme equally aims at moderniz-
ing the nation-wide telephone net-
wotk; and measures will be taken to
raise the efficiency of telephone links
between towns, The traffic load now
hampering quick communication on
the microwave line linking ‘urban.
areas will be improved and eventually
removed.

One of the objectives of the program-
me calls for the installation of a new
microwave station to improve the tele-
phone link between Ethiopia and Dji-
bouti. It is also planned to build a mod-
ern satellite earth station to focilitate
telephone and telex traffic with the out-
side world. In order to satisfy the de-
mand of telex subscribers, the existing
exchange will be further exvanded.
Again, to improve and facilitate the
international telephone traffic, it is
planned to install a computerized tele-
phone exchange, whereby the subscri-

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16

bers can make Airect calls by means of
automatic dialling.

About 50 per cent of the existing
telephones in the country are found
in Addis Ababa, A number of towns
now using manual exchange will
ewitch over to automatic exchange
during the sixth development program.
me. These include Debre Berhan,
Debre Markos, Nekomte, Mettu, As-
scla, Goba, Dekemhare and Arba Min-
ch. :
Tt is also’ known that some of the
problems facing the ETA in providing
satisfactory services to its customers
and the officials, could be solved within
the framework of the programme. Also
taking part in the oress conference was
Comrade Bekele Kebede, manager of
Operations Department, who elaborat-
ed on the various constraints felt by
both ETA and its customers. He said
the ETA is prepared at all times to
make its services available to a wider
section of the population but indicated
that this will take time to achieve.



CHIEFS WARNED AGAINST RETARDING SOCIO-ECONOMIC GROWTH

Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 6 Jun 85 p 4

[Article by Albert Sam]

[Text]

cso: 3400/533

THE Ashanti Regional
Administration has
warned destoolment
contractors and other
litigants who are re-
tarding the socio-
economic growth in
some parts of the region
through chieftaincy and
land disputes to re-
assess themselves or the
wrath of the people and
the revolution will be
visited upon them.

To this end, the admi-
nistration has charged all
CDRs, .Village and Town
Development Committees
and other progressive or-
ganisations in the region to
monitor activities in their
localities and report all
anti-people activities to
the appropriate authorities
for action. ao

Mr W. H. Yeboah, -As-
hanti Regional Secretary,
pave the warning at a co-

jourful durbar of chiefs
and people held in honour
of the Asantehene, Otum-
fuo Opoku Ware II, at Es-
sumeja Asantemanso at
the weekend.

Describing this warning
as the last to destoolment
contractors and other liti-
gants in the region, Mr

Yeboah said he would not
allow divisive tendencies to
disrupt the genuine efforts
being made by progressive
people in the society to-
wards accelerated rural
development.

Otumfuo Opoku Ware
commended the people of

Essumeja Asantemanso.

for the peace, unity and
understanding prevailing
in the area which he said
have contributed in no
small way towards the ra-
pid development of the
area.

‘The Asantehene there-
fore expressed the hope
that the message of toget-
herness and progress which
is the theme for the Golden
Jubilee celebration would

ovide added momentum

for the rapid development
of the rural areas through
self-help.

In his welcome address,
the Essumejahene, Nana
Oduro Numapau I who is
also the Omanhene of the
area enumerated various
projects which the people
‘have and continue to pro-
vide themselves and called
on all Ghanaians to assist
in the development of rural
areas.

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GHANA



The NP policy was that the number of Blacks in the white district had to be
systematically reduced by means of a policy of economic decentralization. Ul-
timately there was not to be a greater number of Blacks than Whites in white
districts, and no permanent residency rights were to be granted to Blacks in
white districts. This meant that over this white South Africa, Whites alone
would exercise sovereignty.

“As far as I am concerned," said Mr Marais, "it is a white national state. I
believe that there is no difference between the concept of white South Africa
and that of a white national state."

Mr Marais said that he is of the opinion that the creation of white growth
points is desirable. "If you don't have political power, however, you cannot
prevent the rest of South Africa from being overrun by Blacks. Serious prob-
lems are hereby created which give rise to an ever greater crowding out of
Whites. Although it may be good to create white growth points, you cannot es-
tablish the one while leaving out the other."

There is no essential difference between the various designations. The HNP
chooses to use the term "white South Africa," however, because it is a contin-
uation of the terminology of the NP, which had the right approach on this issue.

The concept of a white South Africa is nowadays called the "Verwoerd vision,"
and it is said to have failed. The policy did not fail; it was abandoned by
Messrs John Vorster and P.W. Botha, said Mr Marais.

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53



famine that came in its wake. As the experience acquired during
the rehabilitation drive of the last few months indicates, people
are less susceptible to natural calamities if they come together and
muster their potentialities to tackle common problems.

The villagization progranunes so far implemented in the
administrative regions of Bale, Arsi, Kaffa, Iubabor and Harar-
ghe — to name but a few — have confirmed the correctness of
the directives given by the Workers Party of Ethiopia, according
to which tangible progress can only be made in rural develop-
ment endeavours through socialist villagization.

Indeed, the nation’s rural development drive can fully attain

_ the desired target only when the peasant masses live and work

together. It would be unrealistic to think about the poss‘bility of

providing. rural community services to each peasant household
eeparately.

The villagization programme has clearly shown the possib'lity
of creating favourable conditions to build social infrastructures
such as schools and clin‘cs and the installation of water service
systems.--Moreover, the peasants themselves can undertake deve-
lopment activities such as the construction of feeder roads, ‘the
building of water. reservoirs and small-scale irrigation systems
when they live and work togethcr.

Ethiopia has a sizable nomadic population in the arid eastern
and north-eastern areas. The nomads spend most of their time
travelling long distances in search of water and pasture for their
cattle. Under such conditions, it would be extremely difficult to
integrate’ these people into rural development schemes. It is with
the puropse of improving the livelihood of nomads and help them
start a sedentary life that the revolutionary leadership has launch-
ed villagization programmes in various regions.

During the recent ‘visit to Hararghe by top-level Party and
government _ officials led by Comrade Mengistu ' Haile-Mariain,

19



EUROMARKETS TO FINANCE RSA LOANS

JPRS~SSA-85~064
19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

Johannesburg SUNDAY TIMES [Business] in English 16 Jun 85 p 3

[Article by Neil Behrmann]

[Text]

{SOUTH African bor-
“rowers will be able to
receive more than suf- :
ficient finance on the |
Euromarkets through
Swiss and West Ger-
man banks, says the
Governor of the'Re- |
serve Bank, Gerhard de ,
Kock. 1
In spite of the US disinvest-
ment campaign, SA’s_ eco- -
nomic track record and poli-
cy of prompt loan;
repayments has allayed the
fears of international bank- |

ers. j
Dr de Kock said in an in:
terview in Basle that Swiss
and West German banks
were more than willing to |
lend to the SA public sector.

Escom issue

‘The disinvestment cam- |
paign was embarrassing |
American banks. But any ban
on loans would not affect
their lending to the private
sector, said Dr de Kock. The -
‘US disinvestment Bill ex-
cluded bans on loans to pri- |
vate businesses.

SA’s parastatal corpora-
tions were floating issues on
the Eurobond market, the in-
ternational capital market.

This week Escom an-
nounced a 11,5% issue of
$100-million to be repaid in|
1991. The bond, however,
traded at 98,13 points be-
“cause SA issues are out of
favour. It compared with a

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$100-million 1990 Ford Mo-
tors 9,5% issue which traded
at 96,4 points.

Dr de Kock said South Af-
rica’s international borrow-
ings had fallen by $2-billion

a -billion) to $17,6-billion.
‘his would help improve SA’s
credit rating especially as
nations like Argentina were
negotiating bridging finance
to lielp repay $600-million in
,arrear interest. eet
' BIS meeting“
i. Dr'de Kock attended the
‘flank, for. International Set-.
tlements meeting in Basle
this week ‘where the gover-.
nors of West Germany's and
Switzerland's central banks
expressed disenchantment
with Argentina, They refused
to take part in a financial
package to bail out the bank-
rupt South American nation
which has an annual inflation
rate of 1000%.

‘A West German central
banker said: “This isn’t a
question of the world finan-
cial system’s breaking down.
sIt is a case of Argentinian
blackmail.”

Dr de Kock said the unre-
lability of several indebted
nations was working in SA’s

favour.

“South Africa’s unique
political problem has focused
attention on us. We have to}
show them that our stan-|
dards are much higher. ‘

“That is why banks are still
lending to us.”

South Africa had sufficient

jold reserves to negotiate
further swaps if neccesary.

86

This was unlikely, however,»
because the balance of pay-'
ments current account's sur-!
plus was about Ré4-billion.

» ~ South Africa’s gold re-
serves had fallen from 12,15-
million ounces in 1980 to 6,6-
million ounces because the’
Reserve Bank swapped gold
for foreign currency.

Topped up

| phe gold swaps, said Chris
Stals, senior Deputy Gover-
nor of the Reserve Bank,
were negotiated on gold val-
ued at 80% of the market
price. Although the gold re-
«serves have fallen in the past
year, swaps were not negoti-
ated. The oes up th Bank
merely topped up the go
collateral of the swaps be-
| cause the gold price fell.
' Dr Stals sail at a Financial,
‘Times conference in Lugano,
* that more hdtions should mo-
bilise theit bold reserves by
swapping them for currency.
Gold might come under
pressure in the next two
months because that wds a
time when the market was
seasonally weak. .
But this might be the bot-
tom ahead of the next bull
.eycle -- especially. if the dol,
. lar starts weakening towards
the end of the year.
»--Any improvement in golds
would be a bonanza; said yc
+ de Kock — so mucli so that;
-the Reserve Bank would cons,
sider easing exchange con~
trols. Instititions would be,
able to invest a small part of,
their funds abroad. -~ e



WOMEN FORM COCOA REHABILITATION SQUADS

Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 3 Jun 85 p 1

[Article by Isaac Asante]

[Text]

cso: 3400/535

A “MOBISQUAD” com-
prising 60 women was
inaugurated at Akyem
Juaso, Eastern Region
at the week-end.

The “mobisquad” is to
mobilise other women in
the town and surrounding
areas to rehabilitate burnt
cocoa farms.

Inaugurating the group,
Mr E.N. O. Turkson, Chief
Patron of the Numuadu
Cocoa Council under the
National Mobilisation
Committee (NMC) at Ak-
yem Juaso commended the
women for their initiative,
foresight and support for
government efforts to re-
habilitate cocoa farms in
the area.

Their initiative and fo-
resight, the Chief Patron
observed, has thrown a
challenge not only to wo-
men in other areas of eco-
nomic activity but also to
men asa whole to redouble
their efforts.

40

The Regional Liaison
Officer of the NMC, Mr
Mike Kofi Afflu who was
present, disclosed that
within two weeks of the
formation of the women
“mobisquad”, the group
had brushed 17 cocoa
farms in the Mumuadu
area alone.

The women, Mr Afflu
stated have pledged to rut
shoulders with their men
counterparts so long as the
cocoa rehabilitation exer
cise is still in progress.

The Regional Liaison
Officer assured them that
the Mumuadu Rural Bank
will assist any group that
will go into viable ventur
like crop farming and liv
stock breeding.

Si on for Sending
Blankets to Africa,
(ASBA), a philanthropic
organisation based in Ja-
pan, as an incentive to the
group. i

JPRS~SSA-85~064
19 July 1985

GHANA



JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

RSC BUDGETARY NEEDS NOTED
Johannesburg BUSINESS DAY in English 20 Jun 85 p 4

[Article by Winnie Graham]

Text

t ] JOHANN ESBURG Mana| eanent It was unlikely he said that con.
mmittee : cl in r- sumers | wot from the
holzer said the new regional ser- RSCs’ bulk-buying capacity. The
vices councils will need “enorm- councils would sell these services at
ous” sums to finance huge ‘a profit to the local authorities in its
budgets. ey wi totupgrase ‘acllites, ven if they
This money will have to be pro- raised the price by 1% this would
vided by regional taxpayers, he add- "cost Johantesburg “mailions” This
_ money was nee over above
ome first of the new regional being the payroll and turnover taxes busi-

on the "Witwatersrand within the nessmen would have to Lt ‘tic
next few months. Delimitation of the shiast cross have the createst need
regions will start “soon”, — Whose areas have the catest need
Presenting Johannesburg's “ull receive the bu see {he Pegional
wali tee a iene See tng ye
tion of the RSCs would bring about a buying facilities in the first years of

lowering of ‘living standards for their existence.”

whites while at the same time im- | Johannesburg, -he added, would
proving standards for people of oth- have a 50% “weighted vote” on its
a : ional council, but only five of a
inpetaetecseeetiy bee ciate
of facilities for people of all races,” ; Oberhelzer said he did not believe
sh "iso predicted the new coun: fhe REC Would ¢ rrode th e auth ae
n- wn and ci Is because
cils would take over the “profitable” or they will be selling is a service”.
ae such as the sale of Slectri: He foresaw, however, that the multi:

city, water and sewerage, wel racial nature of the councils wot

“ahead of accepting responsi ility for make them “highly political”. _
the deficit-creating ones such as the Johannesburg, as a_core city,
‘bus services or regional parks. would make the council chambers
When the coi took over ser- available to its regional. council. It
vic Oberholzer added, a “middle ‘would probably also act as an agen-
iman” would be introduced so that cy for the councils on a no-profits,
‘the price of water, electricity and no-loss basis. This would keep down
‘sewerage would almost certainly in- administrative costs for the regional
jerease. Profits on the sales would go council serving Johannesburg and

ito a central pool. - environs.
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81



MINISTER SAYS NATION SEALED OFF AS SUPPORT FOR MNR

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 26 Jun 85 p 4

[Text]

THE South African
Government was now
convinced the country
‘had been completely
‘sealed off as a means of
support for the rebel
Mozambique __Resist-
ance Movement
(MNR), the Deputy
Minister of Foreign Af-
fairs, Mr Louis Nel, said
yesterday.

He was reacting to a
‘reported charge _ last
night by Mozambique’s
President Samora Ma-
chel that South Africa
was continuing to sup-
port the rebels.

“The whole matter of
possible support for the
rebels from South Afri-
can territory has been
investigated in depth,”
Mr Nel said.

“I want to say positiv-
¢ly that not only. is
South Africa in no way
supporting Renamo

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(MNR), directly or indi-

rectly, but we are also

convinced that no sup-
port for Renamo from
whatever source ema-
nates from South Afri-
can territory.”

Mr Nel said he was
not responding directly
to President Machel’s
reported remarks made
in a speech on the eve of
Mozambique’s 10th an-
niversary of indepen-
dence. He was awaiting
a full text of that
speech.

However, he pointed
out that the South Afri-
ean-Mozambican Joint
Security Commission,
of which he is chairman,
meets regularly and met
last month.

“No evidence of any
contravention from
South African territory
of the Nkomati Accord
was submitted to us
then,” he said.

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19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

He noted that “’co-op-
eration between South
Africa and Mozambique
following the Nkomati
Accord is not limited
only to the political le-
vel. There is also co-op-
eration on a security le-
vel.”

Mr Nel recalled that

‘old allegations against

South Africa were in-
vestigated last year and
dispensed with. In this
regard, he mentioned
the transfer or discharge
of South African secur-
ity force members, al-
leged to be MNR sup-

porters.
Also as a result of in-
vestigations, South

African authorities had
cracked a MNR propa-
ganda printing opera-
tion in South Africa,
which was also printing
counterfeit South Afri-
can rands and American
dollars. — Sapa.



NEW ECONOMIC GROWTH PHASE FORESEEN

JPRS~SSA~85~064

19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

Johannesburg THE SUNDAY STAR in English 16 Jun 85 p 1

[Text]

‘SOUTH AFRICA is about to
enter a growth phase that will be
characterised by a “new econ-
omy”. "

Professor Jan Hupkes and
Mike Perry, in a study compiled
by Perry & Associates, believe
that the upswing will be well un-
:derway by 1986 — but with a
critical difference.

“The phases of the next up-
swing will be in a new sequence
with consumer spending bei
the third, rather the -econd,
step up the economic ladder.

. “Disinvestment, rivatisation,
inew technology new com
tition will provide the South Afri-
ca businessman with new oppor-
tunities and new headaches.”

* The bad news to emerge from
the analysis is that the 1986 re-

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covery will be accompanied by a
sharp decline in general living
standards, with average em-
ployee remuneration increases
early in 1986 still “considerably”
below the inflation rate.

The good news is that the mon-
etary and fiscal authorities have
finally got their act together,
with the result that there is
every chance that 1986 will bring
single- digit inflation and sharply
falling interest rates. :

Further: “Zero fiscal budget-
ing will be a cornerstone of the
new economy. The buzzword
these days is privatisation’ but
those who consider this to refer
only to the selling-off of parasta-
tal enterprises such as Escom
are missing the point. .

“The Department of Finance
fhas embarked on a thorough
stocktaking as regards those ser-

82

vices they could farm out to the
rivate sector. The list is virtual-
ly endless.”

The analysis suggests that
with the anticipated deregulation
of the financial sector the tax-
free savings privileges of the
building societies will disappear.

It concludes that the new econ-
omy holds exciting promise.

“We detect a new note of con-
sistency in Government policy,
also the recognition that private
entrepreneurship is the more ef-
ficient locomotive to drag us out
of the quagmire of rising unem-
ployment and inflation.

“The discipline of the profit
motive must be rewarded —
hence a new look at our tax
structure. Hopefully, this will
eventually also include a reward
for the virtues of saving.”



JPRS~SSA-85~064
19 July 1985

GHANA

STUDENT UNION BACKS ANC, URGES ACTIVE U.S. ROLE

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

[Text]

CSO:

THE National Union of Ghana Students
(NUGS) has appealed to the United States
to put an end to its present accommoda-
tionist attitude and adopt a more concrete
programme to bring about the collapse of
the apartheid system.

In an address welcoming Mr Oliver Tambo,
President of the African National Congress
(ANC), to the University of Ghana, Legon, on
Sunday, the NUGS expressed its admiration
and support for the stand taken by the ANC in
its struggle against inhumanities, indignities
and the atrocities being perpetrated by the
apartheid regime.

‘The NUGS advised the ANC and the people
of South Africa not to be deterred by the
arduous and herculean nature of their fight for
freedom and to take consolation from the fact
that freedom is invaluable and can only be
obtained at a great cost.

The Students Union commended the historic
struggle of the black majority of South Africa
and hoped that the indomitable and relentless
fighting spirit of the founding fathers of the
ANC like Nelson Mandela, will spur the people
on to victory.

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27

Ina similar message, the Legon branch of the

Committee Against Apartheid expressed its
solidarity with “Umkhomto We Sizwe”, the
armed wing of the ANC, -

The Committee expressed admiration for the
‘success with which “Umkhomto We Sizwe” has
managed to live up to nerve point, dealing
blows of revolution and liberation within South
Africa in view of Pretoria’s military superiority

and military manoeuvres
! within the sub-region.

\ The Committee con-
demned the blatant disre-
gard and violation of the
UN's resolution for peace
and violation of the arms
embargo by the United
States and other Western
countries and pointed out
that the alternative to the
“Lipservice” to the South
Africa problem is a libera-
tion war.

It therefore called on the
world community to join
hands and resources to
support “Umkhamto We
Sizwe” in its decisive battle
with the nuclear-powered
apartheid war machine.



JPRS~SSA~85~-064
19 July 1985

ANGOLA

OFFICIAL VISITS NAMIBE; POLITICAL ACTIVITIES COURSE OPENED
Luanda JORNAL DE ANGOLA in Portuguese 23 May 85 p 3

[Text] Namibe--The Provincial Committee of Namibe of

the MPLA-Labor Party is holding its sixth regular meeting
in the township of Virei to analyze the activities carried
out during the quarter which has just ended.

The meeting, which took place under the guidance of Assistant Party Coordina-
tor Alcidio Pereira da Silva, will review the accomplishment of decisions
adopted at the preceding meeting and it will also review the People's
Festivities of the Sea. The political-military situation and the work
program of the watchdog groups of the Central Committee will also be re-
viewed by the meeting participants.

Questions deriving from the party's internal life as well as guidelines for
the party's growth in honor of the Congress as well as the explanation of
the bill for the family code will be discussed at the meeting that will be
attended by a majority of the members.

Reports from Virei on the other hand indicate that Municipal Party Committee
Coordinator and Municipal Commissioner Joao Domingos recently went to the
community of Cainde as part of the effort to increase party: membership.

In that town, the municipal coordinator priefed the indoctrination meeting
workers concerning the admission of new members to the MPLA-Labor Party
among the workers of the peasant association of Tchacuto.

On that occasion, this leader also visited the boarding school in Cainde and
was briefed on the way in which the people are working the fields in Tchacuto;
at the end of his inspection visit he met with local authorities.

Political Activist Course Opened

In the meantime, the first course for political activists was opened on Monday
at the Provincial Party School located in Karaculo.

The course will be attended by 49 students from the provinces of Huila, Namibe,
and Cunene; it will last 6 months and the following subjects: will be taught:



Dollars Allocated for Imports

Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 5 Jun 85 p 8

[Text]

CSO:

THE government has
approved 180,000 dol-
lars worth of licence to
fishermen’s service cen-
tres in the Western Re-
gion for the importation
of fishing inputs.

Fit-Lt Samuel Cudjoe, a
member of the Nations!

Monitoring Unit and offic- .

er responsible for the esta-
blishment of service cen-
tres in the country, disclo-
sed this at a three-day
seminar organised for exe-
cutives and advisory
boards of six fishermen’s
and copra selling centres in
the Jomoro District at
Half Assini.

Speaking on “Improving ,

the Fishing industry: the
role of fishermen’s service
centres and distribution of
inputs and fuel,” he ex-
plained that the centres
were not political organs of
the government but purely
economic units to organise
farmers and fishermen to
benefit from the distribu-
tion of agricultural inputs.

Fi'-Lt Cudjoe pointed
out that the rapid increase
in the population of the
country demanded that
the fishing industry should
be improved to meet in-
creasing fish demand.

He noted the high cost of
petrol, spare parts and the
short span of the outboard
motor and hoped with the
introduction of the in-
board engine which uses
diesel oil, fishermen would

3400/537

42

be able to improve their
living standards conside-
ably.

Fit-Lt Cudjoe said two
of the inboard fishing ves-
sels presently in the region
would be given to the
Shamamand-Half-Assini
Centres for experimental
exercises. .

He also said the govern-
ment was considering de-
mands for re-fuelling sta-
tions exclusively for fis-
hermen. '

Meanwhile, 13 fisher-
men service centres in the
region are to share 30 Ya-
maha outboard motors al-
located to the region.

‘The machines are to be
collected by the various
centres at Japan Motors in
Accra.

Mr Joe Manlenze, We-
stern Region Co-ordinator
for the National Service
Scheme and organiser for
service centres, disclosed
this at the seminar.

The chairman of the
Half-Assini Copra Service
Centre, Nana Ackah Anyi-
mah Ii of Anlomatuape,
appealed to the Ghana
Export Promotion Com-
pany to release money for
the payment of about two
million cedis worth of co-
pra credited from farmers.

He said the farmers had
threatened to retrieve their
copra from the centres —

JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985



Eduardo Ambar, who was to depart for Mozambique yesterday for a working visit,
will make a stopover in Luanda where he hopes to analyze aspects dealing with
economic cooperation between Angola and Portugal with his Angolan counterpart,
Carlos Fernandes, He also brings a message from Portuguese Foreign Affairs
Minister Jaime Gama for the chief of Angolan diplomacy, Afonso Van~Dunem (Mbinda).

Mawete Joao Baptista also attended a luncheon given by Portuguese Prime
Minister Mario Soares for African ambassadors accredited in Lisbon. During
the meeting, the Portuguese leader reaffirmed Portugal's intentions to co-
operate with the African countries, especially those where Portuguese is the
official language, on mutually advantageous foundations, without interference
in internal affairs and without any neocolonial intentions.-

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Flt-Lt Rawlings stressed that it was the press, radio and the print media
which could educate the people on their values and virtues.

"The press, as the mouth-piece of the people, is in a position to diredt
the course of the revolution and this.it can do by informing people of
actual happenings and highlighting the trend of development," the Chairman
said.

The Under-Secretary for Information, Mr Kofi Totobi Ouakyi, who chaired the
function, said the mass media had wide capabilities, but the greatest
disservice they could do to society would be to perpetrate psychic and
moral violence on the people. , Hl

‘| “This sort of violence is of the undergo modemisation:: wt the
‘more subtle nature than. physical cost of 2.9 million dolfats, to
brutality and is all the more be borne by a Japanese grant,

it rare! ” '
dangerous because ly Mr Kot Hesse-sald with the

raises a protest, even from the

vicum", he noted. ~ \ new transmitters, he was conti

dent that there would be fewer

The Director-General of @ac| ‘or no breaks. in transmission.
Mr Fifi Hesse, arinounced tha’ : ‘rican
the next stage of the renabiiita- nite, resisent ot tne AC ver
tion exercise would be the con- t "bo currently visiting the
versivn of one of the’ television bats also spoke at the func
studios into colour at the cost country aise ee also. attended by
of 1.9 million dollars, tion wich bors, Secretaries. of

He said did television ‘trane- State and members of the Diplo-
mitters in the country would algo thatic Corps.

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36



JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

ETHIOPIA

ETA LAUNCHES SIXTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD in English 6 Jun 85 pp 1, 3
{Article by Makonnen Haile]

[Text]

The Ethiopian Telecommunications
Authority (ETA) has launched its
sixth 316-million birr development
programme, which will bz realized by
1990, it was announced here yester-
day.

Addressing “apres conference at
ETA, hearquarters, Comrade Seyoum
Gebre Christos, manager of Engineer-
ing Department, said the on-going pto-

“gramme will enable to raise the capa-
city of existing telephone exchange
from 123,000 to 190,000 by the end
of the development period. He expla-
ined that part of the . programme also
includes the setting up of 200 public
telecommunication stations in rural
parts of the country, namely, ‘around
business centres, health stations, reha-
bilitation and administrative centres.

Comrade Seyoum said the sixth pro-
gramme aims at establishing efficient
telecommunication services 60 as to
cope with the nation’s growing socio-
economic development activities, He
noted that telecommunication plays a
decisive role in the economtic develop-
ment and progress of a country. In eddi-
tion, telecommunication helps to pro-

15

mote international relations and under-
standing and the preservation of world
peace.

According 10 Comrade Seyoum, the
sixth development programme
will be financed by long-term loans
and funds to be raised locally by the
ETA itself, the latter’s share amount-
ing to 100 million birr. The remaining
68 por cent will be provided by the
World Bank, the African Development
Bank as well as the Governments of
Ttaly and Sweden, The interest-free
World Bank Joan will be repaid in 50
years with a ten-year grace period.

The sixth telecommunications deve-"
lopment programme has ‘been drawn
up with a view to satisfying the ever-
growing demand for telecommuntca-
tion serviecs in keeping with ETA’s
financial ability end the nation’s deve-
lopment plan, The programme has
also taken into consideration the Ten-
year Perspective Plan as well as the
‘African Transport and’ Communication
Decade, with particular emphasis on
expansion of telecommunication servi-
ces in rural areas.



The ceremony was closed by Capt Antonio Farelo dos Santos, chief of staff,
DAT, who delivered a speech in which he stressed the importance of this
training course for the armed forces and especially for ground forces,

adding that the course was given "in compliance with the order issued by

the chief of the FAPLA general staff to complete the staffing of the 82-mm
battery of the light brigades which are in action against the bands of UNITA."

"Tn conclusion," he said,"I want to wish you, the graduates, success in your
difficult but honorable mission in the certainty that you will use your know-
ledge in practice in an effort to fight without truce against the enemies of
our revolution."

Artillerymen Talk to Reporters

Mizalaque Jacob Francisco said that "the course turned out the way we had
hoped, in other words, it met our expectations and it was crowned with success.
There was good understanding between the instructors and the trainees."

"The job which I will soon have will be nothing new for me because, even
before I attended this course, I already had some knowledge on this subject
and I think that the course enabled me to perfect my knowledge so that I may
use it in practice."

Manuel Francisco, a 2nd lieutenant and instructor at the school, noted that
the course turned out rather well in spite of some difficulties which how-
ever were resolved to the extent possible.

"The trainees complied with military disciplinary regulations and that helped
promote good relations the instructors and the trainees."

First Lt Florentino Pinto said: "The course went well in spite of the fact
that we had rather little time available considering the urgent requirements
of the various subunits; but I think that the knowledge we acquired will
enable us to make a tremendous contribution to our daily duty performance
and to carry out the task we have been given, that is to say, to fight with-
out truce against the bandits of UNITA until they have been wiped out
completely."

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10



Blacks State Terms for Investment

(THE CITIZEN, 26 Jun. 85)..sseeseeeceerceeeees sees 84

Mine Workers' Head Upholds Job Reservation

(Amrit Manga; SUNDAY TIMES, 16 Jun 85)....-.-eseeee 85

Euromarkets. To Finance RSA Loans
(Neil Behrmann; SUNDAY TIMES, 16 Jun 85).....seeeeeeeereee 86

Tax Evasion Costs Government Billions

(Ciaran Ryan; SUNDAY TIMES, 16 Jun 85)......---+ 87
RSA Losing Millions on Machinery
(Isobel Humphreys; BUSINESS DAY, 19 Jun B85) wc ccecceeee 88

Fertilizer Industry Price War Discussed
(Editorial; BUSINESS DAY, 21 Jun ) eek 89

Mining Industry Registers Record Earnings :
(Madden Cole; THE CITIZEN, 26 Jun > eee

90
Hendrickse Wants Train Apartheid Eliminated Completely
(THE CITIZEN, 26 Jun 85)...seeeeeeeeeeeeccecee 91
Agreement Signed With Ciskei for Laboratory Services
(THE CITIZEN, 27 Jun 85)...-seeeeeeecereeere 92
Shortage of Experienced Computer Personnel Reported
(Brendan Ryan; SUNDAY TIMES, 16 Jun B85) ce eeeee 93
Computer Staff Shortage 'Worsening'
(Alan Peat; BUSINESS DAY, 17 Jun 85) ..6- 94
RSA Studies Local Computer Options
(Alan Ruddock; BUSINESS DAY, 21 Jun 85).... sesee 96
Revolutionary Surveillance Aircraft Can Be Bought
(THE CITIZEN, 27 Jun 85)....+-. 97
Briefs
AEE-DESA Merger 98
New Constitution Poll 98
Pretoria Students' Rightist Trends 99
ZIMBABWE

Speedier Rural Development Planned Says Mugabe
(THE HERALD, 15 Jun 85) ....eeeeeeececeeeeecerereereeseceee 100



Before the elections of the two non-white chambers last year, it came to light
that a large number of Indians had gone over to that party. Rev Hendrickse re-
fused to declare the membership of the concerned persons invalid. A long-drawn-
out series of negotiations was conducted on this matter after that, with the
minister of the interior, Mr F.W. de Klerk.

The director of publications for the PFP [Progressive Federal Party] and MPC
[Member of the Provincial Council] for Groote Schuur, Mr Jan van Eck, told DIE
AFRIKANER that his party will definitely recruit colored and Indian members if
the law is repealed. The right of Coloreds and Indians to join white political
parties (and vice versa) will bring about the decline of the underlying princi-
ple of the present parliamentary dispensation, he says.

The affair will possibly be discussed at the biennial congress of the PEP, to
be held in Durban in August.

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65



cso:

it has been made clear that the villagization programme will not
only accelerate rural development but is also the best approach to
creating situations conducive to meeting the basic needs of the
Wari population. It is also belicved that further development acti-
vities in Hararghe can be promoted by harnessing the waters of
the Wabe-Shebelle, Awash and other smaller rivers.

-The programme of socialist villagization is an inseparable
aspect of the rehabilitation drive and as such will continue to be
implemented in a consistent manner. The deployment of students,
teachers and employees of higher institutions of learning to the
rehabilita’‘on localities will undoubtedly ‘help promote villagiza-
tion in a still more vigorous and organized way. '

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20



But FAPLA, taking advantage of the various opportunities offered by internal
UNITA conflicts, is carrying out military operations to isolate areas where
UNITA was most active, destroying its installations.

The need to explain how a national movement forced Savimbi to relocate in the
North and expose openings in his own territory was unthinkable only a short
time ago, and these openings are enabling the MPLA to achieve victories

that would have been equally difficult to imagine.

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JPRS-SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

UNIVERSITY COOPERATION--A cooperation agreement providing for launching
joint research projects and exchange of scientific and research documents
by teachers of the Asmara University and the Wilhelm Pieck Unieck Univer-
sity in Rostock in the German Democratic Republic was signed this week
in the GDR. This was stated by Comrade Dr Towlde-Berhan Gebre-Egziabher,
President of the Asmara University, on his return here yesterday after
signing three cooperation agreements and making a study tour in the GDR.
The accord, based on the cultural and scientific agreement between the
two fraternal countries, will enable further exchange of views and experi-
ences among teachers, technicians and administrative workers of the two
countries. The two universities also agreed on the strengthening of
cooperation in various fields including man-power training and exchange
of educational equipment and veteran teaching staff. Comrade Dr Towlde-
Berhan said that the GDR side agreed to provide the Asmara University
with educational equipment worth 250,000 marks. He pointed out that he
had met and discussed with senior officials of other universities and
research institutions during his working visit in Italy, Sweden and
Britain. (ENA) [Text] [Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD in English

9 Jun 85 p 1]

ARSSI TREE PLANTING--Assela (ENA)--Over 11 million different tree seedlings
have been prepared to be planted during the coming rainy season in Arssi
region by the Natural Resources Development and Conservation Department

of the South-Eastern Zone Agricultural Development Office. Of the total,
3,897,000 seedlings will be planted on 975 hectares to develop state
forests while the remaining will be planted in peasants’ association
localities on 1,667 hectares. Comrade Sileshi Mengesha, member of the

CC of WPE and First secretary of the WPE Committee of Arssi region,
recently visited nurseries in Chilalo province and reminded the people

in the area to work hard in order to cover with greenery the deforested
areas in line with the directives given by the Political Bureau of the

CC of the WPE to take maximum care for natural resources. There are 123
nurseries for seedlings in the region. [Text] [Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN
HERALD in Englsih 7 Jun 85 p 5]

YOUTH FESTIVALS CONDUCTED--Youth festivals organised in connection with
the observance of the International Youth Year (IYY) and the International
Youth Festival soon to beheld in Moscow are being staged in several major
towns throughout the country. These festivals reflect the role of youth
in the anti-imperialist struggle, the advancement of the cause of peace
and the active participation of youth in development activities and in

the maintenance of International Youth Solidarity. They were presented
through drama performances, acrobatic displays, literary contest and sports
competitions, Parades were held by youth in Nazareth town, Yerer-Kereyu
province in Shoa region, Goba town, Bale region, and Mettu town, Tllubabor
region, over the weekend. The youth festival in Goba was opened by
Comrade Gezahegn Workie, member of the CC of the WPE and First Secretary
of the WPE Committee of Bale region, while those of Nazareth and Mettu
were inaugurated by Comrade Abebe Belaineh, member of the CC of the WPE
and Chief Administrator of Shoa region, and Comrade Zelalem Wakeyo,

member of the WPE Committee and Head of Ideological Affairs of Illubabor
region respectively. (ENA) [Téxt] Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD in
English 5 Jun 85 p i]

25



JPRS~SSA~85~-064
19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

COMPUTER STAFF SHORTAGE 'WORSENING'

Johannesburg BUSINESS DAY in English 17 Jun 85 p 3
[Article by Alan Peat]

[Text]

THE drastle ‘shortage of cortipitter staff at’
almost all levels is expected to worsen, pays
d P-E. Corporate Setvices/CPL

Mt

‘The iationwidé 1964 shortage was 1 031 in
nine job categories, There were 8 010 places
but only 6 979 people, a 15% shortfall, to fill
them, In 1983 the gap was 11%.

This shortage was particularily notice-
able in the cai eB ries of systems analysts,
business analysts, database analysts, ana-
lyst programmers, technical programmers
and programmers.

The systems analyst category required
680 staff at the end of 1984 with only 536
available. The shortage was 27%, compared
with 1983's 19%.

In business analysis, there were 183 va-
cancies and only 147 staff avilable. The
shortage was 24% (1983:3%),

Database analysts’ figures were 109 va-
cance 89 available — a shortage of 22%

5%).

( Analyst programmers needed were 899,
compared with 727 available — a shortage
Of 24% (23%).

There were 295 technical Programmers
required, compared with 244 available — a
shortage of 21% (17%).

‘The programmers’ category needed 1321
staff, with only 1 070 available — a shortage
or 23% (17%),

Says Barry Lewis, a director of Computer
* Personnel (CPI): “The shortage at the mo-
iment certalnly tends to be in the categories
from junior programmer with perhaps 18
months’ experience up to senlor systems
analyst. This covers six of the nine data
processing job categories.

94

“There ts a strong emphasis here on staff
with experience on IBM or IBM-compatible
systems,

“We have about 900 vacancies, I would
say that as many as 75% are in the categor-
jes I have mentioned.”

The opposite situation prevails in the sen-
jor staff area, with a glut of staff available,

“This,” says Lewis, “ is probably attribut-
able to the fact that large numbers of DP
folk responded to the benefits of going out
on their own in the period before the reces-

ion.

“Now, with the effects of the recession, a
lot are coming back onto the market. But
they are only a small section of the number
of computer personnel required and I see
this overall shortage continuing to get
worse.”

Lewis highlights the lack of adequate
training facilities as being one of the con-
tributory factors..

“We are very limited in the number of
suitable training centres outside the univer- '
sities, technikons and high schools, Private-

‘ owned training schools with suitable cre-
ntials ate few and far betiveén.

“Indeed, a large number of the glossily
advertised computer training schemes pro-
duce people with diplomas that are not even
worth the paper they are printed on.”

Lewis is also concerned about the lack of
DP-trained blacks and stresses this as a
prime need.

A Unisa School of Business Leadershi,
study shows that among the 111594 matri-
culants in 1985, 37 130 were black and 56 264
wi



TAX EVASION COSTS GOVERNMENT BILLIONS

JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

Johannesburg SUNDAY TIMES [Business] in English 16 Jun 85 p 9

[Article by Ciaran Ryan]

[Text]

TAXPAYERS are
evading tax of R10-bil-
lion a year says Mr Jus-
i tice Cecil Margo, chair-
man of the Commission
on Tax. .

That sum is an incredible

+ 10% of South Africa’s Gross

national product and a third
of all tax receipts.

Mr Justice Margo says es-
timates of tax evaded vary.

“A hate-hate relationship
has developed between the
taxpayer and the receiver's
Office. Ideally we need to see
a drop in income tax. Income
tax should not be the most
productive form of tax —
sales tax should.”

more power —

Mr Justice Margo stresses
that these are his opinions
and not those of the commis-
sion which is due to make
recommendations to the
Government on tax reform.

Government spending is
sometimes too high, says the
judge. Penalties for evaders'
are likely to increase.

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“Tax evaders are pros-
ecuted and treble.tax penal-
ties are imposed. The courts
need more power to order the
evader to pay for the costs of
the inquiry. The charge
should be one of fraud.

“Other methods of stop-
ping evasion are being looked
at (by the commission). But
‘one does not want to destroy
the offender, one only wants
ta chastise him.”

Ploys

One of the deterrents to
tax evasion in continental
Europe is to publish the
names of cheating taxpayers
in the newspapers.

In the United States a com-
puter. throws up a random
ist of names that are investi-
gated each year for tax eva-
Mir Justice M ‘

Ir Justice Margo says
several ploys have been
-adopted in SA to evade tax.’

87

One is the inclusion of a de-
liberate error in the tax re-
turn in the revenue office's”
favour to make any further,
errors in the taxpayer's fa-

"your appear legitimate.

Retailers who pocket GST
are guilty of theft.

‘The International Mone-
tary Fund has said that VAT
(value added tax) results in a
Maximum of 30% being
evaded because the tax is
levied at various stages in
the production cycle of
Boods, and only 30% of the
total tax is paid at the con-
sumer level.

1 Estate ist , one of ane
least popular taxes, nets R90-
million a year for the SA
Treasury, but costs only
R30 000 to administer.

Some stockbrokers are
telling their clients that
bankers’ acceptances — bor-.
rowings made by banks —
are tax free. They are not,

“says Mr Justice Margo.



JPRS~SSA~85-064
19 July 1985

ANGOLA

DIFFICULTIES OF TEXTILE INDUSTRY DETAILED
Luanda JORNAL DE ANGOLA in Portuguese 18 May 85 p 3
[Article by Luis Ferreira: "torix' Factory Facing Raw Materials Problem"

[Text] Cabinda--"The Orix clothing factory. which at this time has 300
square meters of miscellaneous fabric available for production will within
the next few months have to close down some of its main production lines
due to the shortage of raw material it is encountering at this time,"
factorymanager Alberto Buza told JORNAL DE ANGOLA.

The Orix factory, which is located in the outskirts of the city of Cabinda,
had an installed production capacity which enabled it annually to turn out
about 950 square meters of fabric in the five production lines which the
factory has.

Established for the purpose of minimizing the clothing shortage in the
province in July 1981, this factory, which is privately owned, employs a
total of 131 workers, most of whom are skilled and get rather considerable so-
cial. benefits. Today, the Orix factory can be considered a real mainstay

of the national economy; but, as we can see for ourselves, it is still not
capable of meeting the people's current needs due to the lack of raw

material which constitutes its main problem.

According to factory manager Alberto Buza, the factory's output is essentially
geared toward the production of men's shirts and trousers as well as blouses
and skirts for women. "In addition to this, the factory also turns out
sheets and petticoats but the fabric shortage made it impossible for

us to produce articles of this kind. I must unfortunately say that we will
be forced to stop making skirts due to the shortage of fabric. This situa-
tion is quite serious since the production line is about to be underutilized,"
he said.

Our source also said that the clothing turned out by the factory is earmarked
for ERGOSMISTA [expansion unknown] since the sale of these clothing items

is under the Domestic Trade {ministry]. However, and in spite of the raw
materials shortage in the province, we produced about 350,000 shirts and
similar items, 283,000 men's trousers, 82,000 sheets and pillowcases, 7,611
dozen skirts, and 74,000 pairs of underwear between 1982 and 1942.



SHORTAGE OF EXPERIENCED COMPUTER PERSONNEL REPORTED

Johannesburg SUNDAY TIMES [Business] in English 16 Jun 85 p 3

[Article by Brendan Ryan]

[Text]

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SOUTH Africa’s seri-
ous shortage of exper-
ienced computer per-
sonnel is worsening as

increasing numbers

emigrate.

Main reasons for the
movement are concern about
‘SA’s future and punitive per-
sonal income tax. Many com-

iter fundis have discovered
They can do better for them-
selves abroad.

Shortages

Another factor in the deci-
sion of some to leave is the
‘introduction of military ser-
vice for permanent residents
who are foreigners.
Emigration is helped by

the fact that computer skills
and experience are universal
and can be applied in any
country.

Although many industria-
Jised nations suffer from high
unemployment, there are
still shortages for certain

cal jes of computer
cate erica forelga frins are
recruiting staff in South
Africa.

Oné “factor preventing an
even iter exodus seems to.

ibe

“available abroad, nf a diffi-
cult and time-consuming
task for SA citizens to be ac-
cepted as immigrants.

iithot jobs are.

93

Tim Sargeant, a director of
CPL Computer Personnel,

computer peop!
like to emigrate and- have
‘come to us for help in finding

jttne ition is worrying.
It ise: Jer for holders of non

. Mobile

“The overseas jobs are de-
peed
may be 3-1 jon people out
‘of work, but there are thou-
sands of vacancies for com-

puter people.” .
“Eric Henderson, a director
of the St Thomas Group, says
i his management pla
' firm is looking for about 30
people to fill computer job
vacancies wil les
‘Australia, New Zealand and
the UK.
Computer staff in general
» are highly mobile people and
the outlook in South Africa
« provides encouragement for
mat. to move.
“We've definitely got a
brain-drain of com; ‘staff

as many look at’ ‘oppor-
i‘ tunities abroa .”

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19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA



JPRS~SSA~85-064
19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

BRIEFS

AEE-DESA MERGER-~Automotive equipment, power tool and household appliance
manufacturer Bosch of West Germany has consolidated its interests in South
Africa under the name of Robert Bosch (Pty). It involves the merger of Auto
Electrical & Engineering (AEE), of Brits, the manufacturing subsidiary and
supplier of original equipment (OE) with Diesel-Electric (DESA), Johannesburg,
Bosch's distribution and product servicing subsidiary. Thomas Wagner,

joint MD, production, finance and administration, said: "The establishment
of Bosch as a single entity in South Africa heralds a new era of growth and
development for the company." It also offered significant operational
benefits, Wagner said. The merger would shorten lines of communication and
ultimately enable Bosch to respond more swiftly to changes in the markets
in which it operated. Wagner is AEE's former MD, Until the merger, AEE
and DESA ran in parallel, Elements of AEE and DESA will remain intact,

and no closures of branches or agencies or retrenchments directly related

to the amalgamation accompany the change. By August of this year--under the
West German parents' conditions for the merger-~all of DESA's wholesale
distribution network of 40 branches across the country will have been sold
to independent franchisees, Wagner said Bosch West Germany's South African
interests could not go ahead until they had met its stringent organisational
requirements, "It was decided that this point in time had now been reached."
In May the former AEE factory at Brits began to export alternators for the
replacement markets in the US and West Germany. Gordon Wright, joint MD,
sales and marketing, said the business had a volume behind it worth about
R3m a year or about 10% of Bosch's SA turnover in this line. About 75% of
all locally manufactured cars generate their on-board electricity by means
of Bosch alternators, and almost every SA~built vehicle carries one or more
of the company's products. [Text] [Johannesburg BUSINESS DAY in English

17 Jun 85 p 3]

NEW CONSTITUTION POLL--Only 50% of SA's urban whites believe the new
Constitution will make a major difference in the way the country is being
governed, ‘says a recent Gallup poll. Nearly twice as many Afrikaners

(63%) as English South Africans (38%) hold this view. [Text] [Johannesburg
BUSINESS DAY in English 19 Jun 85 p 1]

98



ANC SUICIDE SQUAD LINKS DISCLOSED

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 26 Jun 85 p 3

[Text]

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THE African National
Congress “suicide
squads” which Security
Police claim have pen-
etrated the Transvaal and
Cape provinces are being
controlled from ‘the capi-
tal of Lesotho as well as
from Gaborone, accord-
ing to police.

A police spokesman in
Pretoria said yesterday
that information about
the Maseru link had been
obtained from a person
arrested as a result of the
South African military

-raid on the Botswana

capital.

He added that the ar-
rest could lead to further
arrests.

After the June 14 raid,
Security Police said “sui-
cide squads” were trained
in Gaborone, where ANC
trainees were given week-
end-long courses in acti-
vies such as throwing
hand-grenades.

The activists usually
came from Angola on
their way to South Africa,
they added. — Sapa.

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SOUTH AFRICA



Among the rock throwers were students from a nearby black secondary school, who
took sides with the striking university students. Some days prior to this, the
office of a white professor had been plundered, and examination questions were
missing.

Last week in Cape Town, Dr Gerrit Viljoen stated that the government is prepar-
ing a bill whereby a rector may suspend students without giving any reasons and
expel them from the campus. The present law stipulates that such a student has
the right to a formal hearing and that the person who issues the complaint
against him must be present at the hearing.

In answer to this the rector of the university, Prof P.C. Mokgokong, assembled
his faculty and defiantly informed them that the university is applying for
another amendment to the law that would allow university authorities to suspend
any professor without giving reasons and to terminate his services summarily.
Those white professors who do not subscribe to this, said Prof Mokgokong, are
free to leave.

Concerned white professors told DIE AFRIKANER that they expect the rector will
never take action against the agitators. He would rather blame the difficul-
ties on the white professors.

In a sharply worded statement, the commissioner of the Lebowa police, Brigadier
W.C. Beetge, said that the rector never calls the police when there are diffi-
culties on campus. ‘The rector has consistently refused to cooperate. He ap-
peals to the autonomous status of the university and to academic freedom, say~
ing that the university authorities will solve their own problems.

Brigadier Beetge said that the university knew last week that disturbances
would occur. On the Wednesday of the really bad rock-throwing, the rector's
office let all white professors go home right away, very early in the morning,
because a disturbance was expected. ‘The rector did nothing to stop the distur-
bance, however, nor did he call in the police for help.

Irate white professors say that as a result of the laissez-faire policy of Dr
Viljoen, the university is rapidly turning into an ANC training institution.

They questioned the ability of the minister's department to stand up against

revolutionary organizations.

A senior official of the department of education and training told DIE AFRIKA-
NER that his department always tries to see to it that classes continue where
possible. In addition, the autonomous status of the University of the North
always had to be respected. It is true that quiet and order prevails at the
universities of Bophuthatswana and Venda, where the situation is radically dif-
ferent from that at the University of the North. But it is presumably against
departmental policy to assign the responsibility for that university to the
government of Lebowa, because Lebowa is still not an independent state. It is
merely a nation-state.

From Cape Town, political sources report that Dr Viljoen "adjourned" classes
at the University of the North on Monday. All students were to return home.

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on the work done by the party-government delegation that recently went to
Luanda. Finally, all those present were briefed on the political-military
situation which still prevails in the province. In closing the meeting,
the provincial commissioner thanked all those present for the active way
in which they participated in the debates during the meeting. [Excerpts]
[Luanda JORNAL DE ANGOLA in Portuguese 23 May 85 p 3] 5058

DIAMOND MINES BEING REACTIVATED--London--MPLA-Labor Party Central Committee
Secretary for the Production Sector Santana Andre Pitra "Petroff" yesterday
announced in London the imminent opening of the Cafunfo diamond mine and the
Kassinga iron mine which had been the targets of attacks carried out and
directed by South Africa with a view to destabilizing the economy ofthe

RPA [Angolan People's Republic]. The Party Central Committee member, who
spoke at a press conference held in the British capital, said that security
measures have been taken in order to guarantee the full operation of the
country's economic structure, on the one hand, and to ensure the defense of
Angolan sovereignty on the other hand. "It is necessary to create the
material foundations while fighting at the same time wherever we cap guarantee
production, wherever production is better, because then we would be able to
create the conditions for production," he said. He said that the government. |
is studying the possibility of operating the Mocamedes railroad branch line |
and to create facilities for iron mining in the province of North Kwanza,
Commenting on Angola's future membership in the International Monetary Fund
and the World Bank, the Central Committee secretary for production indicated |
that this issue had not been studied by the Angolan government. He admitted
however that, as a result of its joining the Lome Convention, the RPA could
get a large volume of aid for its economic development. "We want to create
a new type of society, however taking into account the specific conditions
of our country and our continent," he said; on the other hand, he revealed
the existence of prospects of an increase in economic relations between

the RPA and Great Britain starting with the next 5-year term, [Text]
[Luanda JORNAL DE ANGOLA in Portuguese 18 May 85 p 1] 5058

UNITA CLAIMS SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS--UNITA announced yesterday that it killed
161 Angolan government soldiers and seven Cuban advisers in operations
carried out from 13 May to 16 May. A communique from the National Union for
the Total Independence of Angola, released at the Jamba Central Base, also
stated that an MI-25 helicopter was also destroyed at Vissati Air Base in
Cuando-Cubango Province. The UNITA communique also said 325 different
weapons were captured from the enemy and 16 cars and a locomotive were
destroyed in operations in which the guerrilla organization counted 11 dead,
13 injured, three missing and 5 weapons lost. Among the operations fielded
by UNITA, successful attacks on the 70th Brigade's lst Battalion 21 km
southeast of Quixima in Zaire Province, the Chiluage border station in Lunda
Province, a supply column of the 17th Brigade on the Malange~Duque de
Braganca highway in Malange Province and another military column on the
Chitembo-Mumbue road in Bie Province, were notable, The UNITA communique
added that Jonas Savimbi's guerrillas also destroyed a battalion of Angolan
border troops stationed at. Namakunde in Cunene Province. [Text] [Lisbon

A TRADE in Portuguese 21 May 85 p 11] 8844

12



cso:

But the estimates for the year 2000 show
a 275278 total, with a frop-off to 54620
among whites and a 400% increase to
186 922 among blacks.

Lewis says: “We must look to the number
of blacks entering industry in general and
tap that source; otherwise we are dead.
International recruitment is only a short-
term solution to the shortage problem.

“The only way to overcome that is to look
very much more strongly at black re-
sources.”

‘The only area of business showing a rea-
sonable complement of DP staff at the mo-
ment Js that of the financial institutions.

This, Lewis says, is primarily due to the
benefits of housing loans and the like in that
industry, which act as a stabilising condl-

jon,

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19 July 1985

ETHIOPIA

DIRECTIVES ON PROMOTING VILLAGIZATION SCHEME REPORTED

Addis Ababa THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD in English 7 Jun 85 p 1

[Excerpt]

CSO:

HAMAR (ENA) — Comrade Men-
gistu Haile-Mariam, General Secretary
of the Central Committee of the Wor-
kers Party of Ethiopia (WPE), Chair-
man of the PMAC and Commander-
in-Chief of the Revolutionary Armed
Forces, yesterday gave directives to
create conditions conducive to promote
the villagisation scheme intended to
transform the lives of peasant farmers
in Hararghe region.

Peasants’ villages are being established

in Habro, Chercher, Garamuleta and
Harar-Zuria provinces to bring together
thousands of peasant farmers and or-
ganize them through kebele associat-
ions, service and producers’ co-ope-a-
tives so as to help them improve their
standard of living, open clinics and
schools and run their own social ser-
vices in line with the directives of the
WPE and the Revolutionary Govern-
ment. \ ’

The working tour Comrade Mengi-
stu has been undertaking in Hararghe

3400/561

17

.Hararghe region, Comrade Mengistu’

region accompanied by a high-level,
team of parity and government offici-
als is aimed at strengthening the orga-
nizational set up of peasant farmers
in the region to enhance their producti-
vity and improve their livelihood.
During his inspection of the villagi-
sation scheme in the provinces, Com-
rade ‘Mengistu was accorded warm
welcome by thousands of singing and
dancing people,
‘As part of his inspection tour of
,
flew over and watched the ;enormaus
terracing programme being under-
taken in Wobera, province. ..., :
In a village in’ Addis Alem Tocality
in Gelemso district of Habro provincp,
Comrade Mengistu visited a new pri-
mary school, a flour mill, a new clinic
and a newly completed feeder road
within the village. He also visited the
peasants association in village 5
within the same district which is run-
ning a thriving service co-operative
with a capital of nearly 160,000 bi;-.



CSO:

earning occupation of a
section of the Tongus.

' Another economic acti-
wvity of the people of Tongu-
1 groundnut, cassava ‘and
sweet potato farming
around the Volta Basin
-usually covered by fertile
alluvial soil brought about:
by the annual flooding of
the river.

As a result of the rich-
ness of this soil, these
normally thrive well and
are harvested in three te
four months, thus provid-
ing tl fe with enow,

i Hand food. sal
day, the seasonal
flooding of parts of Tongu
is no more, leaving the soi
infertile and full of termi-
tes which have beco1
a menace to crops cultiv:
Cin of
er consequences of
the non-flooding of the
river basin are poor hary-
ests and less farming acti-
vities in these areas. :
e stoppage of the an-
nual flooding ‘of the ‘river
basin as a result of the
construction of the
has also had a telling
on creeks along the Vol
‘These creeks which hithe
to served as sources
fresh water fish supply.
apart from the main river
have now dried-up com-
pletely. .

Compensation

According to a spokes-
man for the Creek Owners
Association (COA), the
Volta River Authority,
(VRA) is yet to pay the
individual creek owne:

their compensations as th

3400/536

dried-up creeks have heeni
rendered useless by the.
construction of the Dam.-
‘It is my hope that the VRA.
would take a. serious view’
of the matter.

‘That cheaper river tran-*
sportation of people and
movement of goods from:
South Tongu to Akuse in
the North will sooner or
later come to an end and
cause hardship to the peo-
ple cannot be’ ta
lightly.

‘Today, in the annals of
‘Tongu, parts of the River
Volta from Mepe to Ame;
dica have been vartiall
covered by weeds that
have grown from the bed of
the river to the surface.
‘These weeds have so grown
in certain areas and cover-
ed by sand carried along by
swift currents from the
upper stream thus shal-
lowing the river-bed in
many places.

The result is that ca-
noes, outboard motors and
the only launch that ply on
the river between Ada and
Akuse have been ericoun-
tering difficulties during
their journeys up stream.

‘hese river weeds ac-
cording to medical reports
have been spreading bilha-
rzia through inadvertent
drinking of the raw water
in the Tongu District.
This, indeed, calls for ur-
gent action to save the li-
ves of the people.

The decline of economic
activity in Tongu has also
led to the drift of the ma-
jority of the people to areas
around the Volta Lake.
This exodus which has

46

been going on for many
years has resulted in a
number of villages becom-
ing desolate with bushes
over-growing buildings as
people only return home
on special occasions like
Easter and Christmas or
when a relative expires.

The drift has two de-
vastating effects and the
first is the decrease in po-
pulation of pupils in first
cycle institutions as whole
families desert the Tongu
District to seek greener
pastures elsewhere.

This, indeed, has been
giving a lot of concern not,
only to traditional rulers
and a féw people who have
decided in. spite of all
hardships and deprivations
to remain at home but also
to the education authori-
ties. *

‘To alleviate the present
sufferings and the decline
in economic activities as a:
result of the Akosombo
Dam, the 13 towns in the
Tongu District have de-
cided to organise themsel-
ves under one umbrella to
be known as the “Tongu
Union". pote

For the people of Tongu
known to be hard-working
citizens are aware that
they have to help themsel-
ves to enable the govern-
ment too to assist them in
any development project
including provision of pij
borne water to free the
people from bilharzia and
electricity supply among
others and it is hoped that
the government will surel
take a serious view of their
plight. oa



HENDRICKSE WANTS TRAIN APARTHEID ELIMINATED COMPLETELY

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 26 Jun 85 p 4

[Text]

CAPE TOWN. — The
Rev Allan Hendrickse
yesterday urged the
Government to scrap
train apartheid com-'
pletely as “public
transport is _ public
transport”.

There was no moral
justification for the con-
tinuation of this form of
segregation, he said.

:The announcement by‘
his Cabinet colleague, Mr!
Hendrik Schoeman, the
Minister of Transport Af-~
fairs, that certain coaches
on inter-city and subur- ;
ban trains Were to be |
opened to all races from |
September 1, but that '
there would still be
Whites-only coaches, was
“disappointing”. -

Mr Pat Poovalingham,.
chairman of Solidarity in
the House of Delegates,
slammed the announce-
‘ment as “‘a political confi-
dence trick”.

During the past session
of Parliament there were
strong demands in. the
House of Representatives
vand the House of Del-
egates for the abolition of
train apartheid.

cso: 3400/546

Mr--Hendrickse _ said
there had now been an at-
tempt to placate the ver-
ikrampte element among
‘Whites instead of taking

‘into consideration the de-
‘sizes. of ‘the’ majority of

South Africans.

If a survey. was taken, ©
he was conviriced that the
majority of people would
be. satisfied ‘ with: train
apartheid ~being "done
away with completely.

People who did not
want to travel in the same

_ carriages with people of

‘other race groups should
consider other forms of
transport.”

“Public transport is

public transport. Train
apartheid was in fact one
of the first steps the Nat-
jonal Party took, when, it
came to power ii 1948 =
in fact, they“séemed:
have inherited it from the
‘old United Party Govern-
ment who had hhad-segre-
gation signs for suburban.
trains prepared.

“While so much has
been done to move away
from discrimination - at
higher levels, something
should now be done at
this level as well. There is

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JPRS~SSA~85-064
19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

no justification for the
continuation of segrega-
tion at this level,” Mr
Hendrickse said.

He referred to a re-
mark by a Labour Party
MP in the past session
that he found it strange
that he could now sleep
with a White woman but
they could not travel to-
gether on thé same train.

Mr Amicharid Rajban-
si, leader of the National
People’s Party and chair-
man of the Ministers
Council of the House of
Delegates, said he would
comment after he had
spoken to Mr Schoeman.

It had been agreed that

-one: Minister would not

criticise another Minister
without first speaking to
him.

Mr Poovalingam said
Mr = Schoeman’s © an-
nouncement would create
more friction.

It’ gave impetus to’ the
United Democratic
Front’s claim that the
National Party. was using
the tricameral ‘system as
camouflage ‘to -continue
with the system of apart-
heid. —Sapa. -



JPRS-SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

GHANA

JOINT ANC COMMUNIQUE ISSUED, ANC TO ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC MISSION
Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 6 Jun 85 pp 1, 4/5
[Article by Kodjo Atsu]

[Text]

‘TO further strengthen
‘and

and éollous regime in hi-

ands by aparthe 7
“To this end, the commnu- tonet upa “puppet regime
nique said, the PNDC and nth territory.
the ANC called on all eee compan
member state one oted with satisfaction
fo meet if full their con-
that the move
lgsion in Accra. tributions to the OAU ny :
MRROTPROC has also Fund for Liberation. tasted by the internatio
reaffirmed its unflinching "The communique furth- nal community ap comple
support and its readiness er indicated that the two
to offer all possible mate- les noted with satisfac- It said they reaffirmed
and other assistance nthe world-wide oppo- tne vie al Resola.
jin its resources to the sition against apartheid as curity. ‘ounce Reso lu
ANG. is yanifested in demonstra. fers the only
“These were contained in Hons by various mass oF-
‘joint communique issued jganisations and legisla ment of the Namibian is
at the end of a week's visit ction by elected officials sue.
to Ghana by an ANC dele- particularly in the USA ‘The communique also
geen led by its President, and Europe. pointed out that the ANC
ir Oliver Tambo. Ttalso noted the growing delegation’s discussions
‘The delegation was in opposition to the Reagan with members of govern:
the country from May 2 ‘administration's policy of Tnent centred on interna-
to June 5, 1986 at the invi- constructive engagement tional issues, with particu-
tation of the PNDC. It ‘and the mounting support lar reference to the current
held. discus for the struggle for majo- situation in southern Afri
members of rity rule in South Afric ca and the role of the OAI
including cording to the com- iheration Committee
Cl munique, the two sides ho- currently headed by Gh
fawlings wever agreed that these ‘na, in the struggle for the
“According to the com- developments were not independence ot
munique, the two sides ex- ‘enough and-should there- and the ination
pressed satisfaction with . fore be backed by ;parthetd in South Africa.
The united mass action position of total -and ‘The communique also
‘aimed at making apartheid ‘complet ‘said the ANC leader brief-
South Africa ungovern- tions ay ed the Ghanaian side on
‘able, and also realised that In tl ‘the recent spate of violence
as @ result of this mass communique said, they ‘and brutalities perpetrated
‘action and the intensified ‘called on members of the by the Botha regime
gale, the Preto- UN Security Council, par- against. innocent and
e was becoming ticularly the USA, the harmed Black in South
progressively vulnerable, -United "Kingdom ’ and
adding that victory over France to vote positively
apartheid was now inevi- for the introduction of den therefore
abte if not imminent. mandatory sanctions avbeinous crime. against
ont Said however that the ageinst South Africa oy humanity and that there
wo sides still emphasised 0 in ld be no jst
the need for further inten- ‘Council meeting on sout- gould be no just and les

ing peace in the region tn
. the system is t

fication of the armed hhern Af
struggle to liberate not On
only South Africa, but also
Namibia, “from the clut- et

‘ches of the most barbarous plored the latest

mocratic society,” the
communique added:

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29



JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

BOATS, PLANES ORDERED FROM SPAIN--The People's Republic of Angola ordered

37 boats of various sizes, 8 of which are due shortly in Angola, from El
Ferrol, Vigo, Helva and Asturias shipyards in Spain. The 8 boats, 26

meters long and weighing 135 metric tons, will be transported by the builder,
the Joint Hispano-Angolan Company, to Angola to begin service in Angolan
waters. The cost of each fishing vessel is $950,000 (about 160,000 contos),
Meanwhile, the Banco Exterior de Espana earmarked $2.8 million for the sale of
eight Aviocar C-212 aircraft to the People's’ Republic of. Angola. A letter of
ftitent for this sale was signed in January by the Angolan government and
Construcciones Aeronauticas. [Excerpt] [Lisbon A TRADE in Portuguese 21 May
85 p 9] 8844

cso: 3442/308

13



JPRS~SSA~85~-064
19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

CP, HNP TO JOIN FORCES FOR THREE POLLS
Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 27 Jun 85 p 4

[Article by Keith Abendroth]

[Text] dating them into one unit.
THE Conservative and ed conservative front had
Herstigte Nasionale again run into a dead end.
Parties are to join. “At a meeting on Tues-
forces to fight three day, members of the CP
‘coming by-elections — pleaded _ strongly for
and fight them in such amalgamation — but this
away that there will was not met with equal

visit enthusiasm from the HNP
not be a division of and the discussions were
tightwing voters. ended,” he said.
‘The leader of the CP, ” .
Dr Andries Treurnicht, He said that the parties
said in Pretoria yesterday could not achieve agree-
afternoon that it had been ment on the naming of
decided at talks between candidates for the Springs
he two parties that the and Vryburg by-elections.
‘woul ck an “There is accord
candidate in the Sasol- “the best chances for the
burg by-election. Conservative Parties are
At the same time, the lin Sasolburg and Vry-
HNP would back a CP ‘burg.”
candidate in the Bethle- 7
“hem and Port ‘Natal by- “The .CP feels that
elections. -while it is dean Sa
. This means that, in ‘burg to # » the
‘terms of the only candi- HNP should, reasonably,
date named so far, the CP leave Vryburg to us.
will support former Nat- ‘But we couldn't reach
ionalist MP and HNP ex- ment on this,” said
ecutive and one of its Dr Treurnicht.
founders, Mr Louis Stof- . In the meanwhile, the
fberg, at Sasolburg. CP would honour its
At the same time, Dr ‘agreement on Sasolburg
‘Treurnicht said that fur- aad would urge its mem-
ither talks between. the bers to vote for Mr Stofi-
parties aimed at consoli- berg.
cso: 3400/544

57



Little Interest in Poll Shown By Whites
(THE CITIZEN, 27 Jun 85)........eeeeeeeeeveee se eeees

Nkomo Loses Ground in Midlands
(THE CITIZEN, 27 Jun 85).........- eee cere reese eee eee



JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

FERTILIZER INDUSTRY PRICE WAR DISCUSSED

Johannesburg BUSINESS DAY in English 21 Jun 85 p 6

[Editorial]

[Text]

war has been raging in the

South African fertiliser in-

dustry for some time past.
So serious is the situation that the
industry produced in 1984 at a
rate slightly less than half its
capacity of some 5-million tons.
Local sales have been badly hit
by drought while the export mar-
ket has been of no great assist-

| t is no secret that a price

ance.
Yesterday, however, a new

. twist was added to this situation,

with the announcement that
Louis Luyt will be selling Triomf

Fertiliser to the maize farmers’ -

anisation on a basis which
give them control within five

years. .
Nampo chairman Hennie de

‘dager claimed that the decision
to buy

csO: 3400/562

control of Triomf was mo-
tivated by the consideration that
only two of the five producers
currently in the industry would
have survived another five years.
What is likely to happen if the
deal between Louis Luyt and the
maize farmers’ organisation
goes through? Prima facie, the
result could be a form of vertical
integration which would bode ill
for those manufacturers who re-
mained without proprietorial

links to the farming community.
The reason ‘is only too obvious.

Increasingly Nampo farmers
are likely to shift their business
to the company they control. This
would leave the remaining pro-
ducers largely out in the cold. If
this is to be the course of events,
it could eventually restrict com-
petition seriously and reduce a
constraint on the eventual, and
probably inevitable, rise in
fertiliser prices.

‘The obvious course of action at
this stage is to refer this deal to
the Competition Board — it is

isely the sort of situation the
rd was constituted to handle.

Rationalisation there may
very well need to be in the
fertiliser industry, but it should
be achievable without creat
this undesirable sort of verti
integration.

No doubt the maize farmers
will argue that by owning a
major fertiliser producer they
will have control over a vital
input cost which will, in turn,
enable them to keep the price of
maize at reasonable levels. But
that argument is negated by the
likely consequences of vertical
integration.

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COMPANY PROFITS DESPITE LOW PRODUCTION LEVELS

JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

GHANA

Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 11 Jun 85 pp 1, 5

[Article by Mavis Quaicoe]

[Text]

THE Ghana Industrial Holding Cor:
poration (GIHOC) has declared a pro-
fit of 116.7 million for 1984 as
against a profit of ¢36.5 million for
1983, in spite of the constraints within
which the corporation operated dur-
ing the period.

Mr Myles Hagan, Executive Chairman
of the corporation who announced this at
a press briefing in Accra yesterday stated
that provisional figure tor corporate sales
for 1984 was £840.9 million.

He said as a result of the corporation's
poor financial position throughout 1984 as
well as low level liquidity and the adjust-
ments of the cedi, GIHOC was compelled
to borrow heavily from the banks’to fi-
nance its operations.

Finance charges alone, he said amount-
ed to over (66 million, representing 7.9 per
cent of corporate turnover and 57 per cent
of the consolidated profit
before tax. .

The Execytive Chair:
man noted that production
levels were generally below
budgeted targets due to
inadequate raw materials
and the power curtailment
exercise during last year.

said that the-
ributed to
the low utilisation of
plants in the various fac-
tories adding that the ave:
rage production level for
the year was about 20 per
cent.
He however said that the
Fibre Company at Kuma-
si, producers of jute bags
was the only company
which was able to utilise its
plant at 47 per cent for
1984," .

cso: 3400/534

Reviewing the perfor-
mance of the various com-

anies of the corporation,

ir Hagan said the Veget-
able Oil Mills Factory at
Tamale operated on a li-
mited amount of raw ma-
terial because of serious
liquidity’ problems and the
high price of local ground-
nut.

The Footwear Factory,
he said had to rely entirely
‘on processing local raw
rubber sheets and inade-
quate supplies of local ar-
tificial leather as a result of
acute shortage of raw ma-
terials for nine months.

34

Mr Hagan also said that
efforts were made to enter
the export market by the
initial shipment of 2,000
cartons of Pineapple pieces
to the Netherlands.

‘The Execucive Chair-
nfan explained that out of
the 24 companies only 15
contributed to the profit
performance recorded
stressing that a program-
me of re-organisation is
underway to reduce the
number of loss-making
companies. :

‘The re-organisation of
the GIHOC Footwear,
CADCO as well as the cor-

poration’s paper and
printing, motors and refri-
geration companies would

help make their opera-
tions profitable this year.

From the above eviden-
ce, Mr Hagan stressed that
there is therefore no doubt
that the strength of GI-
HOC lies in the concept of
group holding.

Mr Hagan finally assur-
ed the government of the
new board of the corpora-
tion's commitment to pur-
olicies which would
efficiency, accounta-
bility and productivity at
all levels in the corporal
to make it a major contri- -
butor to the success of the
Economic Recovery Pro-
gramme.



JPRS~SSA~85~064
19 July 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

RSA STUDIES LOCAL COMPUTER OPTIONS

Johannesburg BUSINESS DAY in English 21 Jun 85 p 3

[Article by Alan Ruddock]

[Text]

SOUTH Africa may be on the
brink of establishing its own com-
puter manufacturing industry.

While foreign countries make
threatening noises about possible
embargoes on computer sales to
SA, a Board of Trade investigation
into the electronics industry is ex-
pected to advise government early
next year on the feasibility of local
manufacture. .

However, there are already
fears that such an industry could
lead to enormous losses, Particu-
larly if government decides to

Africa is a very low volume coun-
ATY when compared to;European
or American markets. There could
be for development in more
jalised fields with an eye to
e export markets. This is espe-
cially true with components and
sub-components.”
Reunert Information Systems’
Doug Eyre puts the value of pre:
sent local manufacture at about

“The ‘real potential for in-:
creased local manufacture lies in’
the intermediate complexity area. '

offer protection. At the lower end of the et, we:

Total turnover of the computer couldn’t. com with the mass
industry in South Africa is esti- producers and at the top end there
mated at between Ri,5bn and are neither the skills available nor
R2bn. Those figures include the the ne Volume of local de-

‘cost of hardware, software and
intenance.

:mand to make it viable.

F porters — IBM, I iseno ugh scope fora great deal of
‘our im| - , ICL, enough scope for a lea!
Burroughs and Reunert — domi- added local value ‘and the industry

nate the local market.

While local companies await the,
findings of the Board of Trade in-
vestigation, officials are loth to

wouldn’t have to learn too many
new tricks to cope with it.

“J would estimate the value of
the intermediate market at

jump the around R300m and we could confi-
ICL spokesman Fred van de dently hope to capture about two
Werke : “ICL would certainly thirds of that.

en sai
look at the feasibility of manufac-
turing locally, but we have no
plans to leap into it at the mo-
ment.”

Nixdorf’s Ian Robb said: “South

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“Further development of local
manufacturing would require
some form of fovernment pur-
chasing Support, it not necessar-
ily out-and-out protection.”



RAWLINGS CALLS FOR OBJECTIVE PRESS REPORTING

JPRS~SSA~85~-064
19 July 1985

GHANA

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

[Article by Breda Atta-Quayson]
[Text]

AS the mouth-piece
of the le,
the press is in the best position to
lirect the course of the revolution.

It can do this by informing the people of
actual happenings in the country and high-
Tighting the tren Of development. :

press must al objective in i
and be consistent in itsstand, Poms

‘The Chairman of the PNDC, Fit.-Lt. Jerry
John Rawlings, said this when he conimission-
ed the three new 50 KW short-wave transmitt-
ers with four associated antennae systems at
the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) in
Accra yesterday.

He told the GBC workers to use the new
equipment to benefit the majority of the people
in this country.

The GBC, Chairman Rawlings said, must
break with the past and direct most of its
programmes to the education, enver ainment
and information of the farmers and the people
in the rural areas.

He stated that the biggest weapon in the
revolution is communication and as such it is
very important for the majority of the people tc
know the scientific truth and understand the
on-going process.

It is the mass media which can educate our
people on our values and virtues, Chairman

Havelings adited.
The Leadcr of the hevo-
i the celebration

of the

the GBC would only mean
something to the people in
the rural arcas if from now
‘on they can hear news
about their farming activi-
ties and their cultural va-
lues discussed on the radio
in their own languages.

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Chairman Rawlings said
the GBC should use the
new transinitters it has ac-

aired to give the people
{heir cultural history and
the past and present eco-
nomic history oi the
country instead of devot-
ing more time to the news
of foreign leaders and un-
profitable things.

Ghana, the Leader of the
Revolution pointed out,
has enough superiority in
her cultural heritage and
this should be portrayed

for emulation.
‘Phe visiting African Na-
tional Con} President,

Mr Oliver Tambo, who was
invited to speak on the
same platform said the
commissioning of the
transmitters is not an ex-
clusively Ghanaian thing
because the dissemination
of information to Gha-

naians about what is hap-

pening in Africa and else-
where would be beneficial.
to the people of South
Africa.

He said the name of Fit.
Lt. Rawlings is beginning
to feature in conversations
in South Africa as a leader
who is bringing back Gha-
na into African affairs and
the liberation struggle.

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Mr Tambo said ANC is
looking forward to hear the
Voice of Radio Ghana in
Cape Town where libera-
tion fighters are engaged in
a ferocious war for the to-,
tal liberation of Africa.

"The Director-General of
the GBC, Mr Fifi Hesse,
said the next project of the
corporation after the suc-
cessful completion of the
transmitter project will be
the Television Studio Co-
lour Project, the contract
for which has been signed
since September last year.

‘The other project is the
general Radio and Televi-
sion Rehabilitation Pro-
gramme which will be
Completed in two phases.

Mr Hesse said from July
1 this year, the GBC would
be able to increase its daily
transmissions significantly
and also start the External
Service of Radio Ghana for
the West African Region
ona limited scale.

The Director of Engi-
neering, ME T.
Bonso-Bruce, said the in-
stallation of the trans-
mitters started in October,
1984 and completed on
schedule at the cost of
$3.294 million and ¢7.822
million which was provid-
ed by the PNDC.